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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 Aileen Williamsonhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1e5df44697c951ca911496805c705b71.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/get-best-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-memoirs--6575855Sat, 29 Mar 2025 02:19:33 +0000Aileen WilliamsonAileen Williamsonfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/386/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Do you love Horror, Mystery stories, or want to learn about Astronomy & Physics? Our library with over 500,000+...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/386/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Do you love Horror, Mystery stories, or want to learn about Astronomy & Physics? Our library with over 500,000+ audiobooks will meet all your needs. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and start your journey of exploration. Easily listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices. Let audiobooks become your reliable companion! 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.]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zerozerozero-look-at-cocaine-and-all-you-see-is-powder-look-through-cocaine-and-you-see-the-world-by-roberto-saviano--65200939https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ZeroZeroZero: Look at Cocaine and All You See is Powder. Look Through Cocaine and You See the World Author: Roberto Saviano Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the author of the #1 international bestseller Gomorrah comes an electrifying investigation of the international cocaine trade, as vicious as it is powerful, and its hidden role in the global economy In many countries, “000” flour is the finest on the market. It is hard to find, but it is soft, light, almost impalpable—like the purest, highest quality grade of cocaine. ZeroZeroZero is also the title of Roberto Saviano’s unforgettable, internationally bestselling exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade—its rules and armies, and the true depth of its reach into the world economy and, by extension, its grasp on us all. Gomorrah, Saviano’s explosive account of the Neapolitan mob, the Camorra, was a worldwide publishing sensation. It struck such a nerve with the Camorra that Saviano has had to live under twenty-four-hour police protection for more than eight years. During this time he has come to know law enforcement agencies and officials around the world. With their cooperation, Saviano has broadened his perspective to take in the entire global “corporate” entity that is the drug trade and the complex money-laundering operations that allow it to function, often with the complicity of the world’s biggest banks. The result is a truly harrowing and groundbreaking synthesis of intimate literary narrative and geopolitical analysis of one of the most powerful dark forces in our economy. Saviano tracks the shift in the cocaine trade’s axis of power, from Colombia to Mexico, and relates how the Latin American cartels and gangs have forged alliances, first with the Italian crime syndicates, then with the Russians, Africans, and others. On the one hand, he charts a remarkable increase in sophistication as these criminal entities diversify into many other products and markets. On the other, he reveals the astonishing increase in the severity of violence as they have fought to protect and extend their power.Saviano is a writer and journalist of rare courage and a thinker of impressive intellectual depth, able to see the connections between farflung phenomena and bind them into a single epic story. Most drug-war narratives feel safely removed from our own lives; Saviano's offers no such comfort. As heart racing as it is heady, ZeroZeroZero is a fusion of disparate genres into a brilliant new form that can rightly be called Savianoesque.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236235Tue, 14 Jul 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ZeroZeroZero: Look at Cocaine and All You See is Powder. Look Through Cocaine and You See the World Author: Roberto Saviano Narrator: Paul Michael...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ZeroZeroZero: Look at Cocaine and All You See is Powder. Look Through Cocaine and You See the World Author: Roberto Saviano Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the author of the #1 international bestseller Gomorrah comes an electrifying investigation of the international cocaine trade, as vicious as it is powerful, and its hidden role in the global economy In many countries, “000” flour is the finest on the market. It is hard to find, but it is soft, light, almost impalpable—like the purest, highest quality grade of cocaine. ZeroZeroZero is also the title of Roberto Saviano’s unforgettable, internationally bestselling exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade—its rules and armies, and the true depth of its reach into the world economy and, by extension, its grasp on us all. Gomorrah, Saviano’s explosive account of the Neapolitan mob, the Camorra, was a worldwide publishing sensation. It struck such a nerve with the Camorra that Saviano has had to live under twenty-four-hour police protection for more than eight years. During this time he has come to know law enforcement agencies and officials around the world. With their cooperation, Saviano has broadened his perspective to take in the entire global “corporate” entity that is the drug trade and the complex money-laundering operations that allow it to function, often with the complicity of the world’s biggest banks. The result is a truly harrowing and groundbreaking synthesis of intimate literary narrative and geopolitical analysis of one of the most powerful dark forces in our economy. Saviano tracks the shift in the cocaine trade’s axis of power, from Colombia to Mexico, and relates how the Latin American cartels and gangs have forged alliances, first with the Italian crime syndicates, then with the Russians, Africans, and others. On the one hand, he charts a remarkable increase in sophistication as these criminal entities diversify into many other products and markets. On the other, he reveals the astonishing increase in the severity of violence as they have fought to protect and extend their power.Saviano is a writer and journalist of rare courage and a thinker of impressive intellectual depth, able to see the connections between farflung phenomena and bind them into a single epic story. Most drug-war narratives feel safely removed from our own lives; Saviano's offers no such comfort. As heart racing as it is heady, ZeroZeroZero is a fusion of disparate genres into a brilliant new form that can rightly be called Savianoesque.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gray-work-confessions-of-an-american-paramilitary-spy-by-jamie-smith--65200917https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy Author: Jamie Smith Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The first ever, first-person story of America's private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors, men who run highly dangerous missions deep inside foreign countries on the brink of war. It will lift the veil and detail the ultimate danger and risk of paramilitary operations (both officially government-sanctioned and not) and show us in very intimate terms exactly what private soldiers do when the government can't act or take public responsibility. GRAY WORK combines covert military intelligence with boots-on-the-ground realism, following Jamie Smith through his CIA training and work as a spy in the State Department, to his co-founding of Blackwater following 9/11, to his decision to leave that company. As the founder and director of Blackwater Security, Smith's initial vision has undeniably shaped and transformed a decade of war. He argues that this gray area-and its warriors who occupy the controversial space between public and private-has become an indispensable element of the modern battlefield.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236102Tue, 30 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy Author: Jamie Smith Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy Author: Jamie Smith Narrator: Jeff Gurner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The first ever, first-person story of America's private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors, men who run highly dangerous missions deep inside foreign countries on the brink of war. It will lift the veil and detail the ultimate danger and risk of paramilitary operations (both officially government-sanctioned and not) and show us in very intimate terms exactly what private soldiers do when the government can't act or take public responsibility. GRAY WORK combines covert military intelligence with boots-on-the-ground realism, following Jamie Smith through his CIA training and work as a spy in the State Department, to his co-founding of Blackwater following 9/11, to his decision to leave that company. As the founder and director of Blackwater Security, Smith's initial vision has undeniably shaped and transformed a decade of war. He argues that this gray area-and its warriors who occupy the controversial space between public and private-has become an indispensable element of the modern battlefield.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blackout-remembering-the-things-i-drank-to-forget-by-sarah-hepola--65200962https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget Author: Sarah Hepola Narrator: Sarah Hepola Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this unflinchingly honest and hilarious memoir, a woman discovers that her best life is a sober one. For Sarah Hepola, drinking felt like freedom; part of her birthright as a twenty-first-century woman. But there was a price–she often blacked out, having no memory of the lost hours. On the outside, her career was flourishing, but inside, her spirit was diminishing. She could no longer avoid the truth–she needed help.  Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure–sobriety. Sarah Hepola's tale will resonate with anyone who has had to face the reality of addiction and the struggle to put down the bottle. At first it seemed like a sacrifice–but in the end, it was all worth it to get her life back]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234132Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget Author: Sarah Hepola Narrator: Sarah Hepola Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget Author: Sarah Hepola Narrator: Sarah Hepola Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this unflinchingly honest and hilarious memoir, a woman discovers that her best life is a sober one. For Sarah Hepola, drinking felt like freedom; part of her birthright as a twenty-first-century woman. But there was a price–she often blacked out, having no memory of the lost hours. On the outside, her career was flourishing, but inside, her spirit was diminishing. She could no longer avoid the truth–she needed help.  Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure–sobriety. Sarah Hepola's tale will resonate with anyone who has had to face the reality of addiction and the struggle to put down the bottle. At first it seemed like a sacrifice–but in the end, it was all worth it to get her life back]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/legend-of-the-road-mangler-an-audio-memoir-by-phil-kaufman--65200936https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend of the Road Mangler: An Audio Memoir Author: Phil Kaufman Narrator: Phil Kaufman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mick Jagger has described Phil Kaufman, America’s legendary road manager, as the entertainment industry’s “executive nanny.” In Legend of the Road Mangler, Kaufman tells the stories of his adventures on the road with the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, Nanci Griffith, and many others. In addition to road managing, he’s been an airman, an inmate, and (briefly) Charles Manson’s record producer. To fulfill a promise, he once borrowed a hearse, stole Gram Parsons’ body, and cremated it in the desert. You’ll hear the whole story as only Kaufman can tell it, along with the voices of some of the artists who know him best. Legend of the Road Mangler is a must-listen for music fans who love to know what goes on behind the scenes, on the bus, after the show, and out in the desert.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236178Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend of the Road Mangler: An Audio Memoir Author: Phil Kaufman Narrator: Phil Kaufman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend of the Road Mangler: An Audio Memoir Author: Phil Kaufman Narrator: Phil Kaufman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mick Jagger has described Phil Kaufman, America’s legendary road manager, as the entertainment industry’s “executive nanny.” In Legend of the Road Mangler, Kaufman tells the stories of his adventures on the road with the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, Nanci Griffith, and many others. In addition to road managing, he’s been an airman, an inmate, and (briefly) Charles Manson’s record producer. To fulfill a promise, he once borrowed a hearse, stole Gram Parsons’ body, and cremated it in the desert. You’ll hear the whole story as only Kaufman can tell it, along with the voices of some of the artists who know him best. Legend of the Road Mangler is a must-listen for music fans who love to know what goes on behind the scenes, on the bus, after the show, and out in the desert.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-catch-a-russian-spy-the-true-story-of-an-american-civilian-turned-self-taught-double-agent-by-naveed-jamali-ellis-henican--65200926https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Catch a Russian Spy: The True Story of an American Civilian Turned Self-taught Double Agent Author: Naveed Jamali, Ellis Henican Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With an epilogue on recent Russian spying, a “page-turner of a memoir” (Publishers Weekly) about an American civilian with a dream, who worked as a double agent with the FBI in the early 2000s to bring down a Russian intelligence agent in New York City. For three nerve-wracking years, from 2005 to 2008, Naveed Jamali spied on America for the Russians, trading thumb drives of sensitive technical data for envelopes of cash, selling out his beloved country across noisy restaurant tables and in quiet parking lots. Or so the Russians believed. In fact, Jamali was a covert double agent working with the FBI. The Cold War wasn’t really over. It had just gone high-tech. “A classic case of American counterespionage from the inside…a never-ending game of cat and mouse” (The Wall Street Journal), How to Catch a Russian Spy is the story of how one young man’s post-college-adventure became a real-life intelligence coup. Incredibly, Jamali had no previous counterespionage experience. Everything he knew about undercover work he’d picked up from TV cop shows and movies, yet he convinced the FBI and the Russians they could trust him. With charm, cunning, and bold naiveté, he matched wits with a veteran Russian military-intelligence officer, out-maneuvering him and his superiors. Along the way, Jamali and his FBI handlers exposed espionage activities at the Russian Mission to the United Nations. Jamali now reveals the full riveting story behind his double-agent adventure—from coded signals on Craigslist to clandestine meetings at Hooter’s to veiled explanations to his worried family. He also brings the story up to date with an epilogue showing how the very same playbook the Russians used on him was used with spectacularly more success around the 2016 election. Cinematic, news-breaking, and “an entertaining and breezy read” (The Washington Post), How to Catch a Russian Spy is an armchair spy fantasy brought to life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236148Tue, 23 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Catch a Russian Spy: The True Story of an American Civilian Turned Self-taught Double Agent Author: Naveed Jamali, Ellis Henican Narrator: Kirby...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Catch a Russian Spy: The True Story of an American Civilian Turned Self-taught Double Agent Author: Naveed Jamali, Ellis Henican Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With an epilogue on recent Russian spying, a “page-turner of a memoir” (Publishers Weekly) about an American civilian with a dream, who worked as a double agent with the FBI in the early 2000s to bring down a Russian intelligence agent in New York City. For three nerve-wracking years, from 2005 to 2008, Naveed Jamali spied on America for the Russians, trading thumb drives of sensitive technical data for envelopes of cash, selling out his beloved country across noisy restaurant tables and in quiet parking lots. Or so the Russians believed. In fact, Jamali was a covert double agent working with the FBI. The Cold War wasn’t really over. It had just gone high-tech. “A classic case of American counterespionage from the inside…a never-ending game of cat and mouse” (The Wall Street Journal), How to Catch a Russian Spy is the story of how one young man’s post-college-adventure became a real-life intelligence coup. Incredibly, Jamali had no previous counterespionage experience. Everything he knew about undercover work he’d picked up from TV cop shows and movies, yet he convinced the FBI and the Russians they could trust him. With charm, cunning, and bold naiveté, he matched wits with a veteran Russian military-intelligence officer, out-maneuvering him and his superiors. Along the way, Jamali and his FBI handlers exposed espionage activities at the Russian Mission to the United Nations. Jamali now reveals the full riveting story behind his double-agent adventure—from coded signals on Craigslist to clandestine meetings at Hooter’s to veiled explanations to his worried family. He also brings the story up to date with an epilogue showing how the very same playbook the Russians used on him was used with spectacularly more success around the 2016 election. Cinematic, news-breaking, and “an entertaining and breezy read” (The Washington Post), How to Catch a Russian Spy is an armchair spy fantasy brought to life.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bastards-a-memoir-by-mary-anna-king--65200911https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bastards: A Memoir Author: Mary Anna King Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the early 1980s, Mary Hall is a little girl growing up in poverty in Camden, New Jersey, with her older brother Jacob and parents who, in her words, were great at making babies, but not so great at holding on to them. After her father leaves the family, she is raised among a commune of mothers in a low-income housing complex. Then, no longer able to care for the only daughter she has left at home, Mary's mother sends Mary away to a small town in Oklahoma to live with her maternal grandparents, who have also been raising her older sister, Rebecca. When Mary is legally adopted by her grandparents, the result is a family story like no other. Because Mary was adopted by her grandparents, Mary's mother, Patty, is legally her sister, while her brother, Jacob, is legally her nephew. Living in Oklahoma with her maternal grandfather, Mary gets a new name and a new life. But she's haunted by the past: by the baby girls she's sure will come looking for her someday, by the mother she left behind, by the father who left her. Mary is a college student when her sisters start to get back in touch. With each subsequent reunion, her family becomes closer to whole again. Moving, haunting, and at times wickedly funny, Bastards is about finding ones family and oneself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236092Mon, 22 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bastards: A Memoir Author: Mary Anna King Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bastards: A Memoir Author: Mary Anna King Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the early 1980s, Mary Hall is a little girl growing up in poverty in Camden, New Jersey, with her older brother Jacob and parents who, in her words, were great at making babies, but not so great at holding on to them. After her father leaves the family, she is raised among a commune of mothers in a low-income housing complex. Then, no longer able to care for the only daughter she has left at home, Mary's mother sends Mary away to a small town in Oklahoma to live with her maternal grandparents, who have also been raising her older sister, Rebecca. When Mary is legally adopted by her grandparents, the result is a family story like no other. Because Mary was adopted by her grandparents, Mary's mother, Patty, is legally her sister, while her brother, Jacob, is legally her nephew. Living in Oklahoma with her maternal grandfather, Mary gets a new name and a new life. But she's haunted by the past: by the baby girls she's sure will come looking for her someday, by the mother she left behind, by the father who left her. Mary is a college student when her sisters start to get back in touch. With each subsequent reunion, her family becomes closer to whole again. Moving, haunting, and at times wickedly funny, Bastards is about finding ones family and oneself.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-real-by-gretchen-carlson--65200971https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Real Author: Gretchen Carlson Narrator: Gretchen Carlson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the wake of Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit against former Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, her memoir of her time at Fox—working alongside Megyn Kelly, Bill O’Reilly, Steve Doocy, and other prominent conservative news personalities—is more relevant than ever. In this candid memoir, celebrity news anchorwoman Gretchen Carlson shares her inspiring story and offers important takeaways about what it means to strive for and find success in the real world. With warmth and wit, she takes readers from her Minnesota childhood, when she became a violin prodigy, through attending Stanford and later rising to anchor of The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson on Fox News after working her way up from local television stations.   Carlson addresses the intense competitive effort of winning the Miss America Pageant, the challenges she’s faced as a woman in broadcast television, and how she manages to balance work and family as the wife of high-profile sports agent Casey Close and devoted mother to their two children. An unceasing advocate for respect and equality for women, Carlson writes openly about her own struggles with body image, pageant stereotypes, building her career, and having the courage to speak her mind. Encouraging women to believe in themselves, chase their dreams, and never give up, Carlson emerges in Getting Real as a living example of personal strength and perseverance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233931Tue, 16 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Real Author: Gretchen Carlson Narrator: Gretchen Carlson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting Real Author: Gretchen Carlson Narrator: Gretchen Carlson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the wake of Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit against former Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, her memoir of her time at Fox—working alongside Megyn Kelly, Bill O’Reilly, Steve Doocy, and other prominent conservative news personalities—is more relevant than ever. In this candid memoir, celebrity news anchorwoman Gretchen Carlson shares her inspiring story and offers important takeaways about what it means to strive for and find success in the real world. With warmth and wit, she takes readers from her Minnesota childhood, when she became a violin prodigy, through attending Stanford and later rising to anchor of The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson on Fox News after working her way up from local television stations.   Carlson addresses the intense competitive effort of winning the Miss America Pageant, the challenges she’s faced as a woman in broadcast television, and how she manages to balance work and family as the wife of high-profile sports agent Casey Close and devoted mother to their two children. An unceasing advocate for respect and equality for women, Carlson writes openly about her own struggles with body image, pageant stereotypes, building her career, and having the courage to speak her mind. Encouraging women to believe in themselves, chase their dreams, and never give up, Carlson emerges in Getting Real as a living example of personal strength and perseverance.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-seven-good-years-a-memoir-by-etgar-keret--65200905https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Seven Good Years: A Memoir Author: Etgar Keret Narrator: Alex Karpovsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a “genius” (The New York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan. The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret’s son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar’s father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life. What emerges from this dark reality is a series of sublimely absurd ruminations on everything from Etgar’s three-year-old son’s impending military service to the terrorist mind-set behind Angry Birds. There’s Lev’s insistence that he is a cat, releasing him from any human responsibilities or rules. Etgar’s siblings, all very different people who have chosen radically divergent paths in life, come together after his father’s shivah to experience the grief and love that tie a family together forever. This wise, witty memoir—Etgar’s first nonfiction book published in America, and told in his inimitable style—is full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234841Tue, 16 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Seven Good Years: A Memoir Author: Etgar Keret Narrator: Alex Karpovsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Seven Good Years: A Memoir Author: Etgar Keret Narrator: Alex Karpovsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a “genius” (The New York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan. The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret’s son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar’s father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life. What emerges from this dark reality is a series of sublimely absurd ruminations on everything from Etgar’s three-year-old son’s impending military service to the terrorist mind-set behind Angry Birds. There’s Lev’s insistence that he is a cat, releasing him from any human responsibilities or rules. Etgar’s siblings, all very different people who have chosen radically divergent paths in life, come together after his father’s shivah to experience the grief and love that tie a family together forever. This wise, witty memoir—Etgar’s first nonfiction book published in America, and told in his inimitable style—is full of wonder and life and love, poignant insights, and irrepressible humor.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-thing-you-do-with-your-mouth-the-sexual-autobiography-of-samantha-matthews-as-told-to-david-shields-by-david-shields-samantha-matthew--65200950https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Thing You Do with Your Mouth: The Sexual Autobiography of Samantha Matthews as Told to David Shields Author: David Shields, Samantha Matthews Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In That Thing You Do With Your Mouth, actress and voiceover artist Samantha Matthews offers-in the form of an extended monologue, prompted and arranged by New York Times-bestselling author (and Matthews's cousin once removed) David Shields-a vivid investigation of her startling sexual history. From her abuse at the hands of a family member to her present-day life in Barcelona, where she briefly moonlighted as a dubber of Italian pornography into English, Matthews reveals herself to be a darkly funny, deeply contemporary woman with a keen awareness of how her body has been routinely hijacked and how she has been 'formatted' by her early trauma. Her story is a study of her own uneasy relationships with female desire, her tormentors, and her lovers-with whom she seeks out both the infliction and receipt of harm. This book is an attempt, sometimes self-thwarted, to break down barriers: sexual and emotional for Matthews, and literary for Shields. For Matthews and Shields, the only response to the unspeakable is to speak, to do that thing you do with your mouth, as directly and honestly as possible. Their provocative performance refuses neat resolution or emotional pornography; it will have readers, from literary critics to Jezebel commentators, raving, raging, celebrating, talking. 'This book (this transcript, monologue, oral history, whatever you want to call it) hits a kind of sweet spot in that it's at once like having a casual conversation with a fascinating friend and like eavesdropping on the therapy session of a fascinating stranger. Samantha Matthews is smart, sad, sensual, and above all, deeply sympathetic while being utterly unsentimental. David Shields has ingeniously carved a compelling, sometimes even gripping narrative from that thing we all do with our mouths, but that Matthews does particularly weirdly and well: talk and talk and talk. I had absolutely no idea what to expect when I began reading. I was even a little worried about what I might find. But I was spellbound from the first page.' -Meghan Daum, author of The Unspeakable]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234334Tue, 09 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Thing You Do with Your Mouth: The Sexual Autobiography of Samantha Matthews as Told to David Shields Author: David Shields, Samantha Matthews...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Thing You Do with Your Mouth: The Sexual Autobiography of Samantha Matthews as Told to David Shields Author: David Shields, Samantha Matthews Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In That Thing You Do With Your Mouth, actress and voiceover artist Samantha Matthews offers-in the form of an extended monologue, prompted and arranged by New York Times-bestselling author (and Matthews's cousin once removed) David Shields-a vivid investigation of her startling sexual history. From her abuse at the hands of a family member to her present-day life in Barcelona, where she briefly moonlighted as a dubber of Italian pornography into English, Matthews reveals herself to be a darkly funny, deeply contemporary woman with a keen awareness of how her body has been routinely hijacked and how she has been 'formatted' by her early trauma. Her story is a study of her own uneasy relationships with female desire, her tormentors, and her lovers-with whom she seeks out both the infliction and receipt of harm. This book is an attempt, sometimes self-thwarted, to break down barriers: sexual and emotional for Matthews, and literary for Shields. For Matthews and Shields, the only response to the unspeakable is to speak, to do that thing you do with your mouth, as directly and honestly as possible. Their provocative performance refuses neat resolution or emotional pornography; it will have readers, from literary critics to Jezebel commentators, raving, raging, celebrating, talking. 'This book (this transcript, monologue, oral history, whatever you want to call it) hits a kind of sweet spot in that it's at once like having a casual conversation with a fascinating friend and like eavesdropping on the therapy session of a fascinating stranger. Samantha Matthews is smart, sad, sensual, and above all, deeply sympathetic while being utterly unsentimental. David Shields has ingeniously carved a compelling, sometimes even gripping narrative from that thing we all do with our mouths, but that Matthews does particularly weirdly and well: talk and talk and talk. I had absolutely no idea what to expect when I began reading. I was even a little worried about what I might find. But I was spellbound from the first page.' -Meghan Daum, author of The Unspeakable]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happily-ali-after-and-other-fairly-true-tales-by-ali-wentworth--65200929https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales Author: Ali Wentworth Narrator: Ali Wentworth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Wentworth spins hilarious tales of parenting, relationships and, yes, getting older.” — People The actress, comedian, media darling, and New York Times bestselling author picks up where she left off in Ali in Wonderland, dissecting modern life—and this time, on a mission of self-improvement—in a series of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes. Moved by a particularly inspirational tweet one day, Ali Wentworth resolves to live by the pithy maxims she discovers in her feeds. What begins as a sort of self-help project quickly turns into something far grander—and increasingly funnier—as the tweets she once viewed with irony become filled with increasing metaphysical importance. And thus begins her “Unhappiness Project.” It’s not long before Ali expands her self-improvement quest to include parenting, relationship, fitness (or lack thereof), and dieting advice. The results are painfully (at times literally) clear: when it comes to self-help, sometimes you should leave it to the professionals. At once endearing and hilarious, thoughtful and absurd, Happily Ali After is a thoroughly entertaining collection from “the girlfriend you want to have a glass of wine with, the one who makes you laugh because she sees the funny and the absurd in everything” (Huffington Post).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234016Tue, 09 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales Author: Ali Wentworth Narrator: Ali Wentworth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales Author: Ali Wentworth Narrator: Ali Wentworth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Wentworth spins hilarious tales of parenting, relationships and, yes, getting older.” — People The actress, comedian, media darling, and New York Times bestselling author picks up where she left off in Ali in Wonderland, dissecting modern life—and this time, on a mission of self-improvement—in a series of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes. Moved by a particularly inspirational tweet one day, Ali Wentworth resolves to live by the pithy maxims she discovers in her feeds. What begins as a sort of self-help project quickly turns into something far grander—and increasingly funnier—as the tweets she once viewed with irony become filled with increasing metaphysical importance. And thus begins her “Unhappiness Project.” It’s not long before Ali expands her self-improvement quest to include parenting, relationship, fitness (or lack thereof), and dieting advice. The results are painfully (at times literally) clear: when it comes to self-help, sometimes you should leave it to the professionals. At once endearing and hilarious, thoughtful and absurd, Happily Ali After is a thoroughly entertaining collection from “the girlfriend you want to have a glass of wine with, the one who makes you laugh because she sees the funny and the absurd in everything” (Huffington Post).]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/primates-of-park-avenue-adventures-inside-the-secret-sisterhood-of-manhattan-moms-by-wednesday-martin--65200979https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234323 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Primates of Park Avenue: Adventures Inside the Secret Sisterhood of Manhattan Moms Author: Wednesday Martin Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Primates of Park Avenue is an “amusing, perceptive and…deliciously evil” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the most secretive and elite tribe—Manhattan’s Upper East Side mothers. When Wednesday Martin first arrives on New York City’s Upper East Side, she’s clueless about the right addresses, the right wardrobe, and the right schools, and she’s taken aback by the glamorous, sharp-elbowed mommies around her. She feels hazed and unwelcome until she begins to look at her new niche through the lens of her academic background in anthropology. As she analyzes the tribe’s mating and migration patterns, childrearing practices, fetish objects, physical adornment practices, magical purifying rituals, bonding rites, and odd realities like sex segregation, she finds it easier to fit in and even enjoy her new life. Then one day, Wednesday’s world is turned upside down, and she finds out there’s much more to the women who she’s secretly been calling Manhattan Geishas. “Think Gossip Girl, but with a sociological study of the parents” (InStyle.com), Wednesday’s memoir is absolutely “eye-popping” (People). Primates of Park Avenue lifts a veil on a secret, elite world within a world—the strange, exotic, and utterly foreign and fascinating life of privileged Manhattan motherhood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234323Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234323 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Primates of Park Avenue: Adventures Inside the Secret Sisterhood of Manhattan Moms Author: Wednesday Martin Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234323 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Primates of Park Avenue: Adventures Inside the Secret Sisterhood of Manhattan Moms Author: Wednesday Martin Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Primates of Park Avenue is an “amusing, perceptive and…deliciously evil” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the most secretive and elite tribe—Manhattan’s Upper East Side mothers. When Wednesday Martin first arrives on New York City’s Upper East Side, she’s clueless about the right addresses, the right wardrobe, and the right schools, and she’s taken aback by the glamorous, sharp-elbowed mommies around her. She feels hazed and unwelcome until she begins to look at her new niche through the lens of her academic background in anthropology. As she analyzes the tribe’s mating and migration patterns, childrearing practices, fetish objects, physical adornment practices, magical purifying rituals, bonding rites, and odd realities like sex segregation, she finds it easier to fit in and even enjoy her new life. Then one day, Wednesday’s world is turned upside down, and she finds out there’s much more to the women who she’s secretly been calling Manhattan Geishas. “Think Gossip Girl, but with a sociological study of the parents” (InStyle.com), Wednesday’s memoir is absolutely “eye-popping” (People). Primates of Park Avenue lifts a veil on a secret, elite world within a world—the strange, exotic, and utterly foreign and fascinating life of privileged Manhattan motherhood.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-doctor-is-in-dr-ruth-on-love-life-and-joie-de-vivre-by-dr-ruth-k-westheimer--65200948https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre Author: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer Narrator: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Doctor Is In! America’s best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age. Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as the most famous and trusted sex therapist, but few people know she narrowly escaped death from the Holocaust, was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland, or that she was a sniper during Israel's War of Independence. After years spent as a student in Paris, Dr. Ruth came to America dreaming of a new life though never expecting the dramatic turns that would take place. And at the age of eighty-seven, she is as spirited as ever. Through intimate and funny stories, Dr. Ruth sheds light on how she's learned to live a life filled with joie de vivre. And she shows readers how they too can learn to deal with tragedy and loss, challenges and success, all while nourishing an intellectual and emotional spark, and, above all, having fun! Hilarious, inspiring, and profound, The Doctor Is In will change the way you think about life and love, in all their limitless possibilities.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232991Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre Author: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer Narrator: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Laural Merlington Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre Author: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer Narrator: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Doctor Is In! America’s best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age. Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as the most famous and trusted sex therapist, but few people know she narrowly escaped death from the Holocaust, was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland, or that she was a sniper during Israel's War of Independence. After years spent as a student in Paris, Dr. Ruth came to America dreaming of a new life though never expecting the dramatic turns that would take place. And at the age of eighty-seven, she is as spirited as ever. Through intimate and funny stories, Dr. Ruth sheds light on how she's learned to live a life filled with joie de vivre. And she shows readers how they too can learn to deal with tragedy and loss, challenges and success, all while nourishing an intellectual and emotional spark, and, above all, having fun! Hilarious, inspiring, and profound, The Doctor Is In will change the way you think about life and love, in all their limitless possibilities.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bobby-wonderful-an-imperfect-son-buries-his-parents-by-bob-morris--65200943https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents Author: Bob Morris Narrator: Bob Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: His mother's last word was his name. His father's was 'Wonderful.' Together they inspired the title for this true story of love and redemption. Bob Morris was always the entertainer in his family, but not always a perfect son. When he finds his parents approaching the end of their lives, he begins to see his relationship to them in a whole new light and it changes his way of thinking. How does an adult child with flaws and limitations figure out how to do his best for his ailing parents while still carrying on and enjoying his own life? And when their final days on earth come, how can he give them the best possible end? In the tradition of bestselling memoirs by Christopher Buckley, Joan Didion, and with a dash of David Sedaris, Bobby Wonderful recounts two poignant deaths and one family's struggle to find the silver lining in them. As accessible as he is insightful, Bob Morris infuses each moment of his profound emotional journey with dark comedy, spiritual inquiry and brutally honest self-examination. This is a little book. But it captures a big and universal experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233305Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents Author: Bob Morris Narrator: Bob Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents Author: Bob Morris Narrator: Bob Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: His mother's last word was his name. His father's was 'Wonderful.' Together they inspired the title for this true story of love and redemption. Bob Morris was always the entertainer in his family, but not always a perfect son. When he finds his parents approaching the end of their lives, he begins to see his relationship to them in a whole new light and it changes his way of thinking. How does an adult child with flaws and limitations figure out how to do his best for his ailing parents while still carrying on and enjoying his own life? And when their final days on earth come, how can he give them the best possible end? In the tradition of bestselling memoirs by Christopher Buckley, Joan Didion, and with a dash of David Sedaris, Bobby Wonderful recounts two poignant deaths and one family's struggle to find the silver lining in them. As accessible as he is insightful, Bob Morris infuses each moment of his profound emotional journey with dark comedy, spiritual inquiry and brutally honest self-examination. This is a little book. But it captures a big and universal experience.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-a-dark-wood-what-dante-taught-me-about-grief-healing-and-the-mysteries-of-love-by-joseph-luzzi--65200915https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In A Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love Author: Joseph Luzzi Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the aftermath of a heartbreaking tragedy, a scholar and writer uses Dante’s Divine Comedy to shepherd him through the dark wood of grief and mourning—a rich and emotionally resonant memoir of suffering, hope, love, and the power of literature to inspire and heal the most devastating loss. Where do we turn when we lose everything? Joseph Luzzi found the answer in the opening of The Divine Comedy: “In the middle of our life’s journey, I found myself in a dark wood.” When Luzzi’s pregnant wife was in a car accident—and died forty-five minutes after giving birth to their daughter, Isabel—he finds himself a widower and first-time father at the same moment. While he grieves and cares for his infant daughter, miraculously delivered by caesarean before his wife passed, he turns to Dante’s Divine Comedy for solace. In a Dark Wood tells the story of how Dante helps the author rebuild his life. He follows the structure of The Divine Comedy, recounting the Inferno of his grief, the Purgatory of healing and raising Isabel on his own, and then Paradise of the rediscovery of love. A Dante scholar, Luzzi has devoted his life to teaching and writing about the poet. But until he turned to the epic poem to learn how to resurrect his life, he didn’t realize how much the poet has given back to him. A meditation on the influence of great art and its power to give us strength in our darkest moments, In a Dark Wood opens the door into the mysteries of Dante’s epic poem. Beautifully written and flawlessly balanced, Luzzi’s book is a hybrid of heart-rending memoir and critical insight into one of the greatest pieces of literature in all of history. In a Dark Wood draws us into man’s descent into hell and back: it is Dante’s journey, Joseph Luzzi’s, and our very own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233724Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In A Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love Author: Joseph Luzzi Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In A Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love Author: Joseph Luzzi Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the aftermath of a heartbreaking tragedy, a scholar and writer uses Dante’s Divine Comedy to shepherd him through the dark wood of grief and mourning—a rich and emotionally resonant memoir of suffering, hope, love, and the power of literature to inspire and heal the most devastating loss. Where do we turn when we lose everything? Joseph Luzzi found the answer in the opening of The Divine Comedy: “In the middle of our life’s journey, I found myself in a dark wood.” When Luzzi’s pregnant wife was in a car accident—and died forty-five minutes after giving birth to their daughter, Isabel—he finds himself a widower and first-time father at the same moment. While he grieves and cares for his infant daughter, miraculously delivered by caesarean before his wife passed, he turns to Dante’s Divine Comedy for solace. In a Dark Wood tells the story of how Dante helps the author rebuild his life. He follows the structure of The Divine Comedy, recounting the Inferno of his grief, the Purgatory of healing and raising Isabel on his own, and then Paradise of the rediscovery of love. A Dante scholar, Luzzi has devoted his life to teaching and writing about the poet. But until he turned to the epic poem to learn how to resurrect his life, he didn’t realize how much the poet has given back to him. A meditation on the influence of great art and its power to give us strength in our darkest moments, In a Dark Wood opens the door into the mysteries of Dante’s epic poem. Beautifully written and flawlessly balanced, Luzzi’s book is a hybrid of heart-rending memoir and critical insight into one of the greatest pieces of literature in all of history. In a Dark Wood draws us into man’s descent into hell and back: it is Dante’s journey, Joseph Luzzi’s, and our very own.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-justine-an-analog-memoir-by-justine-ezarik--65200914https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Justine: An Analog Memoir Author: Justine Ezarik Narrator: Justine Ezarik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A one-woman media phenomenon and a leading YouTube influencer takes readers behind the camera, and deep inside her world. Justine Ezarik has been tech-obsessed since unboxing her family’s first Apple computer. By sixth grade she had built her first website. A decade later, she became one of the Internet’s first—and most popular—“lifecasters,” inviting people around the world to watch her every move, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. But it was a one-minute video about an itemized AT&T bill that gave Justine her first taste of viral success: Within ten days of release, her “300-page iPhone bill” had garnered more than 3 million views and international media attention. These days, iJustine is a one-woman new media phenomenon: The popular techie, gamer, vlogger, and digital influencer has an army of nearly 3.5 million subscribers across multiple YouTube channels, with total views approaching half a billion. Now, Justine is giving friends and fans a look behind the scenes, sharing never-before-told stories about the hilarious (and sometimes heartbreaking) reality of sharing your life online. With her trademark wit and delightfully weird sense of humor, Justine delivers an inspirational message in support of creativity, entrepreneurship, and the power of staying true to yourself, while reminding readers that the Internet is a very small world—you just never know who you’re going to meet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233942Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Justine: An Analog Memoir Author: Justine Ezarik Narrator: Justine Ezarik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Justine: An Analog Memoir Author: Justine Ezarik Narrator: Justine Ezarik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A one-woman media phenomenon and a leading YouTube influencer takes readers behind the camera, and deep inside her world. Justine Ezarik has been tech-obsessed since unboxing her family’s first Apple computer. By sixth grade she had built her first website. A decade later, she became one of the Internet’s first—and most popular—“lifecasters,” inviting people around the world to watch her every move, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. But it was a one-minute video about an itemized AT&T bill that gave Justine her first taste of viral success: Within ten days of release, her “300-page iPhone bill” had garnered more than 3 million views and international media attention. These days, iJustine is a one-woman new media phenomenon: The popular techie, gamer, vlogger, and digital influencer has an army of nearly 3.5 million subscribers across multiple YouTube channels, with total views approaching half a billion. Now, Justine is giving friends and fans a look behind the scenes, sharing never-before-told stories about the hilarious (and sometimes heartbreaking) reality of sharing your life online. With her trademark wit and delightfully weird sense of humor, Justine delivers an inspirational message in support of creativity, entrepreneurship, and the power of staying true to yourself, while reminding readers that the Internet is a very small world—you just never know who you’re going to meet.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-surrender-experiment-my-journey-into-life-s-perfection-by-michael-a-singer--65200910https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection Author: Michael A. Singer Narrator: Michael A. Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 163 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 39 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Untethered Soul and Living Untethered comes the astonishing true-life story about the spiritual harmony and personal happiness he found when he just let go. “With his hallmark precision and clarity Michael Singer reveals how everyday life, doing business in the world, and spiritual practice can be synchronized to carry us into the heart of life’s unimaginable perfection.”—Jack Canfield, co-author of The Success Principles and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series   In The Surrender Experiment, Michael A. Singer tells the extraordinary story of what happened when, after a deep spiritual awakening, he decided to relinquish his personal fears and desires and simply let life unfold before him. Singer shares how this pivotal decision to embrace the flow of life led him to extraordinary success, sustained him through times of crisis, and allowed him to cultivate profound inner peace—whether as a young man pursuing a life of solitude in the woods, the founder of a thriving spiritual community in Florida, or the CEO of a billion-dollar medical software company.   As he takes you through his grand experiment, Singer demonstrates how surrender is the key to a peaceful and harmonious life. His remarkable and unexpected personal experiences will challenge your deepest assumptions, teaching you how to stop making the outside world conform to your desires, let go of the need to control everything, and place your trust in life’s perfection.   Thought-provoking and moving, The Surrender Experiment will inspire you to seek the calm and freedom that comes from letting go.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236063Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection Author: Michael A. Singer Narrator: Michael A. Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection Author: Michael A. Singer Narrator: Michael A. Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 163 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 39 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Untethered Soul and Living Untethered comes the astonishing true-life story about the spiritual harmony and personal happiness he found when he just let go. “With his hallmark precision and clarity Michael Singer reveals how everyday life, doing business in the world, and spiritual practice can be synchronized to carry us into the heart of life’s unimaginable perfection.”—Jack Canfield, co-author of The Success Principles and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series   In The Surrender Experiment, Michael A. Singer tells the extraordinary story of what happened when, after a deep spiritual awakening, he decided to relinquish his personal fears and desires and simply let life unfold before him. Singer shares how this pivotal decision to embrace the flow of life led him to extraordinary success, sustained him through times of crisis, and allowed him to cultivate profound inner peace—whether as a young man pursuing a life of solitude in the woods, the founder of a thriving spiritual community in Florida, or the CEO of a billion-dollar medical software company.   As he takes you through his grand experiment, Singer demonstrates how surrender is the key to a peaceful and harmonious life. His remarkable and unexpected personal experiences will challenge your deepest assumptions, teaching you how to stop making the outside world conform to your desires, let go of the need to control everything, and place your trust in life’s perfection.   Thought-provoking and moving, The Surrender Experiment will inspire you to seek the calm and freedom that comes from letting go.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/intimacy-idiot-by-isaac-oliver--65200909https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Intimacy Idiot Author: Isaac Oliver Narrator: Isaac Oliver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From an award-winning playwright “who splits the difference between David Rakoff and Larry David” (New York magazine)—a “compulsively readable debut” (Time Out New York) of big-hearted, laugh-until-you-can’t-breathe essays, stories, and riffs on finding love and intimacy in New York City. Since moving to New York a decade ago, award-winning writer and performer Isaac Oliver has pined for countless strangers on the subway, slept with half the people in his Washington Heights neighborhood, and observed the best and worst of humanity from behind the glass of a Times Square theater box office. Whether he’s hooking up with a man who dresses as a dolphin, suffering on airplanes and buses next to people with Food From Home, or hovering around an impenetrable circle of attractive people at a cocktail party, Oliver captures the messy, moving, and absurd moments of urban life as we live it today. In this uproariously funny debut collection, he serves up a comedic cornucopia of sketches, vignettes, lists, and diaries from his life as a young, fanciful, and extremely single gay man in New York City. “Oliver has mastered the art of self-deprecation...he can find humor and heart in the unlikeliest of places,” raves Entertainment Weekly. Culled from years of heartbreak, hook-ups, and more awkwardness than a virgin at prom and a whore in church (and he should know because he’s been both), Intimacy Idiot chronicles Oliver’s encounters with love, infatuation, resilience, and self-acceptance that echo our universal desire for intimacy of all kinds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234322Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Intimacy Idiot Author: Isaac Oliver Narrator: Isaac Oliver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Intimacy Idiot Author: Isaac Oliver Narrator: Isaac Oliver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From an award-winning playwright “who splits the difference between David Rakoff and Larry David” (New York magazine)—a “compulsively readable debut” (Time Out New York) of big-hearted, laugh-until-you-can’t-breathe essays, stories, and riffs on finding love and intimacy in New York City. Since moving to New York a decade ago, award-winning writer and performer Isaac Oliver has pined for countless strangers on the subway, slept with half the people in his Washington Heights neighborhood, and observed the best and worst of humanity from behind the glass of a Times Square theater box office. Whether he’s hooking up with a man who dresses as a dolphin, suffering on airplanes and buses next to people with Food From Home, or hovering around an impenetrable circle of attractive people at a cocktail party, Oliver captures the messy, moving, and absurd moments of urban life as we live it today. In this uproariously funny debut collection, he serves up a comedic cornucopia of sketches, vignettes, lists, and diaries from his life as a young, fanciful, and extremely single gay man in New York City. “Oliver has mastered the art of self-deprecation...he can find humor and heart in the unlikeliest of places,” raves Entertainment Weekly. Culled from years of heartbreak, hook-ups, and more awkwardness than a virgin at prom and a whore in church (and he should know because he’s been both), Intimacy Idiot chronicles Oliver’s encounters with love, infatuation, resilience, and self-acceptance that echo our universal desire for intimacy of all kinds.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/travels-by-michael-crichton--65201049https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Travels Author: Michael Crichton Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere from the Mayan pyramids to Kilimanjaro. Fueled by a powerful curiosity—and by a need to see, feel, and hear, firsthand and close-up—Michael Crichton's journeys have carried him into worlds diverse and compelling—swimming with mud sharks in Tahiti, tracking wild animals through the jungle of Rwanda. This is a record of those travels—an exhilarating quest across the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world, a determined odyssey into the unfathomable, spiritual depths of the inner world. It is an adventure of risk and rejuvenation, terror and wonder, as exciting as Michael Crichton's many masterful and widely heralded works of fiction. For Michael Crichton, being a Harvard-trained physician, the author of two bestsellers, and a movie director is not enough. It is, he resolves, time to travel. From swimming with sharks in Tahiti to psychic experiences in the American desert, Crichton records his exhilarating quest through the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230676Tue, 26 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Travels Author: Michael Crichton Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Travels Author: Michael Crichton Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere from the Mayan pyramids to Kilimanjaro. Fueled by a powerful curiosity—and by a need to see, feel, and hear, firsthand and close-up—Michael Crichton's journeys have carried him into worlds diverse and compelling—swimming with mud sharks in Tahiti, tracking wild animals through the jungle of Rwanda. This is a record of those travels—an exhilarating quest across the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world, a determined odyssey into the unfathomable, spiritual depths of the inner world. It is an adventure of risk and rejuvenation, terror and wonder, as exciting as Michael Crichton's many masterful and widely heralded works of fiction. For Michael Crichton, being a Harvard-trained physician, the author of two bestsellers, and a movie director is not enough. It is, he resolves, time to travel. From swimming with sharks in Tahiti to psychic experiences in the American desert, Crichton records his exhilarating quest through the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-you-feel-too-much-thoughts-on-things-found-and-lost-and-hoped-for-by-jamie-tworkowski--65201017https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For Author: Jamie Tworkowski Narrator: Jamie Tworkowski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times Bestseller In 2006 Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story called “To Write Love on Her Arms,” about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression, and self-injury. The piece was so hauntingly beautiful that it quickly went viral, giving birth to a non-profit organization of the same name. Now, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is an internationally recognized leader in suicide prevention and a source of hope, encouragement, and support for people worldwide. If You Feel Too Much is a celebration of hope, wonder, and what it means to be human. From personal stories of struggling on days most people celebrate to words of strength and encouragement in moments of loss, the essays in this book invite readers to believe that it’s okay to admit to pain and okay to ask for help. If You Feel Too Much is an important book from one of this generation’s most important voices.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233397Tue, 26 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For Author: Jamie Tworkowski Narrator: Jamie Tworkowski Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For Author: Jamie Tworkowski Narrator: Jamie Tworkowski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times Bestseller In 2006 Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story called “To Write Love on Her Arms,” about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression, and self-injury. The piece was so hauntingly beautiful that it quickly went viral, giving birth to a non-profit organization of the same name. Now, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is an internationally recognized leader in suicide prevention and a source of hope, encouragement, and support for people worldwide. If You Feel Too Much is a celebration of hope, wonder, and what it means to be human. From personal stories of struggling on days most people celebrate to words of strength and encouragement in moments of loss, the essays in this book invite readers to believe that it’s okay to admit to pain and okay to ask for help. If You Feel Too Much is an important book from one of this generation’s most important voices.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/agent-storm-my-life-inside-al-qaeda-by-tim-lister-morten-storm-paul-cruickshank--65200922https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda Author: Tim Lister, Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda by Morten Storm with Tim Lister and Paul Cruckshanks. Read by Neil Shah. He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a Jihadist. But then - after a sudden loss of faith - Morten Storm made a life-changing decision. He became a double agent and joined the CIA, MI6 and MI5. Filled with hair-raising close calls and deception, Storm's story builds to the climactic finale when he must betray his friend and mentor al-Awlaki - al-Qaeda's biggest threat to the West. Storm is trusted to find al-Awlaki a wife from Europe. She becomes the bait for a possible American drone strike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236272Thu, 21 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda Author: Tim Lister, Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda Author: Tim Lister, Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Agent Storm: My Life Inside al-Qaeda by Morten Storm with Tim Lister and Paul Cruckshanks. Read by Neil Shah. He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a Jihadist. But then - after a sudden loss of faith - Morten Storm made a life-changing decision. He became a double agent and joined the CIA, MI6 and MI5. Filled with hair-raising close calls and deception, Storm's story builds to the climactic finale when he must betray his friend and mentor al-Awlaki - al-Qaeda's biggest threat to the West. Storm is trusted to find al-Awlaki a wife from Europe. She becomes the bait for a possible American drone strike.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hiding-in-the-light-why-i-risked-everything-to-leave-islam-and-follow-jesus-by-rifqa-bary--65201015https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus Author: Rifqa Bary Narrator: Rifqa Bary Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Leaving Islam for Christianity cost her more than she imagined, but gave more than she could have dreamed. Rifqa Bary grew up in a devout Muslim home, obediently following her parents’ orders to practice the rituals of Islam. But God was calling her to freedom and love. He was calling her to true faith. He was calling her to give up everything.   Hiding in the Light is the story of Rifqa’s remarkable spiritual journey from Islam to Christianity. It is also the untold story of how she ran from her father’s threats to find refuge with strangers in Florida, only to face a controversial court case that reached national headlines. Most of all, it is the story of a young girl who made life-changing sacrifices to follow Jesus—and who inspires us to do the same.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232034Tue, 19 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus Author: Rifqa Bary Narrator: Rifqa Bary Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus Author: Rifqa Bary Narrator: Rifqa Bary Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Leaving Islam for Christianity cost her more than she imagined, but gave more than she could have dreamed. Rifqa Bary grew up in a devout Muslim home, obediently following her parents’ orders to practice the rituals of Islam. But God was calling her to freedom and love. He was calling her to true faith. He was calling her to give up everything.   Hiding in the Light is the story of Rifqa’s remarkable spiritual journey from Islam to Christianity. It is also the untold story of how she ran from her father’s threats to find refuge with strangers in Florida, only to face a controversial court case that reached national headlines. Most of all, it is the story of a young girl who made life-changing sacrifices to follow Jesus—and who inspires us to do the same.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-the-dance-my-life-with-marvin-gaye-by-jan-gaye-david-ritz--65200949https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye Author: Jan Gaye, David Ritz Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all—and a searing memoir of drugs, sex, and old school R&B from the wife of legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye. After her seventeenth birthday in 1973, Janis Hunter met Marvin Gaye—the soulful prince of Motown with the seductive liquid voice whose chart-topping, socially conscious album What’s Going On made him a superstar two years earlier. Despite a seventeen-year-age difference and Marvin’s marriage to the sister of Berry Gordy, Motown’s founder, the enchanted teenager and the emotionally volatile singer began a scorching relationship. One moment Jan was a high school student; the next she was accompanying Marvin to parties, navigating the intriguing world of 1970s-‘80s celebrity; hanging with Don Cornelius on the set of Soul Train, and helping to discover new talent like Frankie Beverly. But the burdens of fame, the chaos of dysfunctional families, and the irresistible temptations of drugs complicated their love. Primarily silent since Marvin’s tragic death in 1984, Jan at last opens up, sharing the moving, fervently charged story of one of music history’s most fabled marriages. Unsparing in its honesty and insight, illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, After the Dance reveals what it’s like to be in love with a creative genius who transformed popular culture and whose artistry continues to be celebrated today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233286Tue, 19 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye Author: Jan Gaye, David Ritz Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye Author: Jan Gaye, David Ritz Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all—and a searing memoir of drugs, sex, and old school R&B from the wife of legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye. After her seventeenth birthday in 1973, Janis Hunter met Marvin Gaye—the soulful prince of Motown with the seductive liquid voice whose chart-topping, socially conscious album What’s Going On made him a superstar two years earlier. Despite a seventeen-year-age difference and Marvin’s marriage to the sister of Berry Gordy, Motown’s founder, the enchanted teenager and the emotionally volatile singer began a scorching relationship. One moment Jan was a high school student; the next she was accompanying Marvin to parties, navigating the intriguing world of 1970s-‘80s celebrity; hanging with Don Cornelius on the set of Soul Train, and helping to discover new talent like Frankie Beverly. But the burdens of fame, the chaos of dysfunctional families, and the irresistible temptations of drugs complicated their love. Primarily silent since Marvin’s tragic death in 1984, Jan at last opens up, sharing the moving, fervently charged story of one of music history’s most fabled marriages. Unsparing in its honesty and insight, illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, After the Dance reveals what it’s like to be in love with a creative genius who transformed popular culture and whose artistry continues to be celebrated today.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-work-in-progress-a-memoir-by-connor-franta--65200919https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Work in Progress: A Memoir Author: Connor Franta Narrator: Connor Franta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY *FORBES TOP 5 BREAKTHROUGH BOOK OF THE YEAR In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation—so far. Here, Connor offers a look at his Midwestern upbringing as one of four children in the home and one of five in the classroom; his struggles with identity, body image, and sexuality in his teen years; and his decision to finally pursue his creative and artistic passions in his early twenties, setting up his thrilling career as a YouTube personality, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and tastemaker. Exploring his past with insight and humor, his present with humility, and his future with hope, Connor reveals his private struggles while providing heartfelt words of wisdom for young adults. His words will resonate with anyone coming of age in the digital era, but at the core is a timeless message for people of all ages: don’t be afraid to be yourself and to go after what you truly want. This full-color collection includes photography and childhood clippings provided by Connor and is a must-have for anyone inspired by his journey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234324Tue, 19 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Work in Progress: A Memoir Author: Connor Franta Narrator: Connor Franta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Work in Progress: A Memoir Author: Connor Franta Narrator: Connor Franta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY *FORBES TOP 5 BREAKTHROUGH BOOK OF THE YEAR In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation—so far. Here, Connor offers a look at his Midwestern upbringing as one of four children in the home and one of five in the classroom; his struggles with identity, body image, and sexuality in his teen years; and his decision to finally pursue his creative and artistic passions in his early twenties, setting up his thrilling career as a YouTube personality, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and tastemaker. Exploring his past with insight and humor, his present with humility, and his future with hope, Connor reveals his private struggles while providing heartfelt words of wisdom for young adults. His words will resonate with anyone coming of age in the digital era, but at the core is a timeless message for people of all ages: don’t be afraid to be yourself and to go after what you truly want. This full-color collection includes photography and childhood clippings provided by Connor and is a must-have for anyone inspired by his journey.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-real-life-by-joey-graceffa--65200916https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Real Life Author: Joey Graceffa Narrator: Joey Graceffa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 13 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A confessional, uplifting memoir from beloved YouTube personality, Joey Graceffa. It’s not where you begin that matters. It's where you end up. Twenty-three-year-old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of millions of teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence (not to mention his sparkling eyes and perfect hair). Yet, Joey wasn’t always comfortable in his skin, and in this candid memoir, he thoughtfully looks back on his journey from pain to pride, self-doubt to self-acceptance. To his fans, Joey is that best friend who always captures the brighter side of life but also isn’t afraid to get real. In the pages of his first book, he opens up about his years of struggling with family hardships and troubles at school, with cruel bullying and the sting of rejection. He tells of first loves and losses, embarrassing moments and surprising discoveries, loneliness, laughter, and life-changing forks in the road, showing us the incalculable value of finally finding and following your true passion in this world. Funny, warm-hearted, and inspiring, Joey Graceffa’s story is a welcome reminder that it’s not where you begin that matters, but where you end up.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233709Tue, 19 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Real Life Author: Joey Graceffa Narrator: Joey Graceffa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Real Life Author: Joey Graceffa Narrator: Joey Graceffa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 13 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A confessional, uplifting memoir from beloved YouTube personality, Joey Graceffa. It’s not where you begin that matters. It's where you end up. Twenty-three-year-old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of millions of teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence (not to mention his sparkling eyes and perfect hair). Yet, Joey wasn’t always comfortable in his skin, and in this candid memoir, he thoughtfully looks back on his journey from pain to pride, self-doubt to self-acceptance. To his fans, Joey is that best friend who always captures the brighter side of life but also isn’t afraid to get real. In the pages of his first book, he opens up about his years of struggling with family hardships and troubles at school, with cruel bullying and the sting of rejection. He tells of first loves and losses, embarrassing moments and surprising discoveries, loneliness, laughter, and life-changing forks in the road, showing us the incalculable value of finally finding and following your true passion in this world. Funny, warm-hearted, and inspiring, Joey Graceffa’s story is a welcome reminder that it’s not where you begin that matters, but where you end up.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mike-and-dave-need-wedding-dates-and-a-thousand-cocktails-by-dave-stangle-mike-stangle--65200906https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails Author: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Narrator: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20TH CENTURY FOX Two reckless but lovable all-American bros make a strong case for maturing slowly through their outrageous yet enlightening misadventures across this great country of ours. My brother and I are looking for wedding dates for our cousin’s wedding. We’ve been told by the bride that bringing dates is “mandatory” so we “won’t harass all of my friends all night” and “stay under control.” Rather than ask some fringe women in our lives to go and face the inevitable ‘does this mean he wants to take it to the next level?!’ questions, we’d rather bring complete strangers and just figure it out… We’re both in our 20s, single, dashingly tall, Anglo-Saxon, respectfully athletic, love to party, completely house trained…love our mother, have seen Love Actually several times…raw, emotional, sensitive, but still bad boys.…You should be attractive or our aunts will judge you, but not TOO attractive or one of our uncles might grope you. Dave and Mike Stangle thought nothing of it when they boozily decided to turn to the “activity partners” section of Craigslist to solicit dates to their cousin’s wedding. The hilarious, out-of-this-world ad that they came up with—featuring a picture of the two brothers as centaurs—immediately went viral, eventually landing these Wayfarers-wearing, moped-riding, completely reckless but ultimately loveable bros in the annals of the “Internet famous.” In Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the Stangle brothers bring their trademark, off-color humor to everything from their most embarrassing adolescent experiences (like getting beat up by a girl on their front lawn...in front of their dad), to the most outrageous predicaments (like tripping on mushrooms with their bulldog, Frank), to proper sexting etiquette, and finally to breaking up a midget bar fight (you have to shoo them away). With the incredible comedic chemistry of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers and the uncensored honesty of Tucker Max, Mike and Dave insist there’s nothing wrong with just seeing where life takes you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233712Tue, 19 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails Author: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Narrator: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails Author: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Narrator: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20TH CENTURY FOX Two reckless but lovable all-American bros make a strong case for maturing slowly through their outrageous yet enlightening misadventures across this great country of ours. My brother and I are looking for wedding dates for our cousin’s wedding. We’ve been told by the bride that bringing dates is “mandatory” so we “won’t harass all of my friends all night” and “stay under control.” Rather than ask some fringe women in our lives to go and face the inevitable ‘does this mean he wants to take it to the next level?!’ questions, we’d rather bring complete strangers and just figure it out… We’re both in our 20s, single, dashingly tall, Anglo-Saxon, respectfully athletic, love to party, completely house trained…love our mother, have seen Love Actually several times…raw, emotional, sensitive, but still bad boys.…You should be attractive or our aunts will judge you, but not TOO attractive or one of our uncles might grope you. Dave and Mike Stangle thought nothing of it when they boozily decided to turn to the “activity partners” section of Craigslist to solicit dates to their cousin’s wedding. The hilarious, out-of-this-world ad that they came up with—featuring a picture of the two brothers as centaurs—immediately went viral, eventually landing these Wayfarers-wearing, moped-riding, completely reckless but ultimately loveable bros in the annals of the “Internet famous.” In Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the Stangle brothers bring their trademark, off-color humor to everything from their most embarrassing adolescent experiences (like getting beat up by a girl on their front lawn...in front of their dad), to the most outrageous predicaments (like tripping on mushrooms with their bulldog, Frank), to proper sexting etiquette, and finally to breaking up a midget bar fight (you have to shoo them away). With the incredible comedic chemistry of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers and the uncensored honesty of Tucker Max, Mike and Dave insist there’s nothing wrong with just seeing where life takes you.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fast-n-loud-blood-sweat-and-beers-by-mark-dagostino-richard-rawlings--65200967https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fast N' Loud: Blood, Sweat and Beers Author: Mark Dagostino, Richard Rawlings Narrator: Richard Rawlings, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The breakout star of Discovery’s hit automotive restoration show Fast N’ Loud takes readers on an entertaining ride through his wild life and behind the scenes of his hit show in this memoir and automotive handbook, revving with outrageous details and jaw-dropping stories, and injected with the quick-witted, foul-mouthed charm viewers love. “If we’re gonna have fun, it better have a motor!” In Fast N’ Loud, Richard Rawlings pushes into high gear, sharing the story of his rise to success, his show, and the automotive know-how that has made him famous. He begins with his own story—how he went from flat broke to a seat at the table with some of history’s most iconic car guys. His road to the top is full of dangerous twists and hilarious turns, with a few precipitous cliffs in between, including getting shot defending his beloved 1965 Mustang fastback from carjackers, blowing out of town Fear-and-Loathing style, and picking up chicks and vagrants along the way. Rawlings then takes readers behind the scenes of Fast N’ Loud, the series, sharing details on everything from the toughest car to restore to the easiest, his favorite restorations, travel and war anecdotes, and the best and worst cars to make it to the small screen. He finishes with a handy guide for classic and antique car enthusiasts that includes insider tricks of the trade. Want to know how to find a Model-T in mint condition? Need a carburetor for your ’73 Ford Mustang? Want to meet other ’60s Porsche owners? The answers are all here.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233509Tue, 12 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fast N' Loud: Blood, Sweat and Beers Author: Mark Dagostino, Richard Rawlings Narrator: Richard Rawlings, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fast N' Loud: Blood, Sweat and Beers Author: Mark Dagostino, Richard Rawlings Narrator: Richard Rawlings, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The breakout star of Discovery’s hit automotive restoration show Fast N’ Loud takes readers on an entertaining ride through his wild life and behind the scenes of his hit show in this memoir and automotive handbook, revving with outrageous details and jaw-dropping stories, and injected with the quick-witted, foul-mouthed charm viewers love. “If we’re gonna have fun, it better have a motor!” In Fast N’ Loud, Richard Rawlings pushes into high gear, sharing the story of his rise to success, his show, and the automotive know-how that has made him famous. He begins with his own story—how he went from flat broke to a seat at the table with some of history’s most iconic car guys. His road to the top is full of dangerous twists and hilarious turns, with a few precipitous cliffs in between, including getting shot defending his beloved 1965 Mustang fastback from carjackers, blowing out of town Fear-and-Loathing style, and picking up chicks and vagrants along the way. Rawlings then takes readers behind the scenes of Fast N’ Loud, the series, sharing details on everything from the toughest car to restore to the easiest, his favorite restorations, travel and war anecdotes, and the best and worst cars to make it to the small screen. He finishes with a handy guide for classic and antique car enthusiasts that includes insider tricks of the trade. Want to know how to find a Model-T in mint condition? Need a carburetor for your ’73 Ford Mustang? Want to meet other ’60s Porsche owners? The answers are all here.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-journey-home-my-life-in-pinstripes-by-gary-brozek-jorge-posada--65200946https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey Home: My Life in Pinstripes Author: Gary Brozek, Jorge Posada Narrator: Lorenzo Irizarry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The legendary New York Yankee catcher tells the incredible story of his personal journey, offering an unexpected, behind-the-plate view of his career, his past, and the father-son bond that fueled his love of the game. For seventeen seasons, the name Jorge Posada was synonymous with New York Yankees baseball. A fixture behind home plate throughout the Yankees biggest successes, Jorge became the Yankees' star catcher almost immediately upon his arrival, and in the years that followed, his accomplishments, work ethic, and leadership established him as one of the greatest Yankees ever to put on the uniform. Now, in this long-awaited memoir, Jorge Posada details his journey to home plate, sharing a remarkable, generational account of his journey from the ball fields of Puerto Rico to the House that Ruth built. Offering a view from behind the mask unlike any other, Jorge discusses the key moments and plays that shaped teams and forged a legacy that came to define Yankee baseball for a generation. With pitch-by-pitch recall, Jorge looks back across the years, explaining how—as part of the Core Four alongside Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera—he helped to reestablish the Yankees as a dynasty and win five World Series. Going beyond his all-star career, Jorge also shares his life in full for the first time, examining how his remarkable journey to the big leagues began in the most unexpected of ways. Digging into his cultural roots in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, Jorge illuminates three generations of cherished father-son relationships that have made him the man he is today. At the center is the deep bond he shares with his father and namesake, Jorge Sr, who escaped Cuba and would eventually mold his son to be a ball player, honing his talent and instilling in him the drive necessary to fulfill his childhood dream of playing in the Bronx. Complete with sixteen pages of color photographs, this touching and earnest memoir is a testament to hard work and a celebration of the generational gift of baseball between fathers and sons.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232022Tue, 12 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey Home: My Life in Pinstripes Author: Gary Brozek, Jorge Posada Narrator: Lorenzo Irizarry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey Home: My Life in Pinstripes Author: Gary Brozek, Jorge Posada Narrator: Lorenzo Irizarry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The legendary New York Yankee catcher tells the incredible story of his personal journey, offering an unexpected, behind-the-plate view of his career, his past, and the father-son bond that fueled his love of the game. For seventeen seasons, the name Jorge Posada was synonymous with New York Yankees baseball. A fixture behind home plate throughout the Yankees biggest successes, Jorge became the Yankees' star catcher almost immediately upon his arrival, and in the years that followed, his accomplishments, work ethic, and leadership established him as one of the greatest Yankees ever to put on the uniform. Now, in this long-awaited memoir, Jorge Posada details his journey to home plate, sharing a remarkable, generational account of his journey from the ball fields of Puerto Rico to the House that Ruth built. Offering a view from behind the mask unlike any other, Jorge discusses the key moments and plays that shaped teams and forged a legacy that came to define Yankee baseball for a generation. With pitch-by-pitch recall, Jorge looks back across the years, explaining how—as part of the Core Four alongside Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera—he helped to reestablish the Yankees as a dynasty and win five World Series. Going beyond his all-star career, Jorge also shares his life in full for the first time, examining how his remarkable journey to the big leagues began in the most unexpected of ways. Digging into his cultural roots in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, Jorge illuminates three generations of cherished father-son relationships that have made him the man he is today. At the center is the deep bond he shares with his father and namesake, Jorge Sr, who escaped Cuba and would eventually mold his son to be a ball player, honing his talent and instilling in him the drive necessary to fulfill his childhood dream of playing in the Bronx. Complete with sixteen pages of color photographs, this touching and earnest memoir is a testament to hard work and a celebration of the generational gift of baseball between fathers and sons.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-father-was-carmen-miranda-memoirs-of-an-english-showgirl-by-nena-jover-kelty--65200930https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Was Carmen Miranda!: Memoirs of an English Showgirl Author: Nena Jover Kelty Narrator: Nena Jover Kelty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Find out what it was like to play the big UK theaters as the bombs fell … My Father Was Carmen Miranda! is the story of music hall showgirl Nena Jover Kelty—part of the renowned Jover family who entertained in circuses, theaters, and music halls throughout the world for three generations. When her father’s act, “The Two Jovers,” broke up in 1939, Tommy Jover drafted his children to form a new act, “Tommy Jover with Nena and Raf.” They played all over Britain through the dark years of World War II, from 1939 to 1946. Although buzz bombs were falling, food was scarce, and travel was often dangerous, nothing would frighten the Brits into giving up their evenings at the music hall. In the best tradition of British variety, Tommy Jover did a raucous turn as a female impersonator—music hall patrons screamed with delight when he topped his head with a fruit basket and made like Carmen Miranda—much to the embarrassment of young Nena, who played straight to her father’s comic antics. My Father Was Carmen Miranda! offers glimpses of well-known British headliners like Max Miller, George Formby, Tommy Trinder, Vera Lynn, Flanagan and Allen, Dick Henderson, and Tessie O’Shea and is a vivid backstage look at the vanished world of the English music hall.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234394Tue, 12 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Was Carmen Miranda!: Memoirs of an English Showgirl Author: Nena Jover Kelty Narrator: Nena Jover Kelty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Was Carmen Miranda!: Memoirs of an English Showgirl Author: Nena Jover Kelty Narrator: Nena Jover Kelty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Find out what it was like to play the big UK theaters as the bombs fell … My Father Was Carmen Miranda! is the story of music hall showgirl Nena Jover Kelty—part of the renowned Jover family who entertained in circuses, theaters, and music halls throughout the world for three generations. When her father’s act, “The Two Jovers,” broke up in 1939, Tommy Jover drafted his children to form a new act, “Tommy Jover with Nena and Raf.” They played all over Britain through the dark years of World War II, from 1939 to 1946. Although buzz bombs were falling, food was scarce, and travel was often dangerous, nothing would frighten the Brits into giving up their evenings at the music hall. In the best tradition of British variety, Tommy Jover did a raucous turn as a female impersonator—music hall patrons screamed with delight when he topped his head with a fruit basket and made like Carmen Miranda—much to the embarrassment of young Nena, who played straight to her father’s comic antics. My Father Was Carmen Miranda! offers glimpses of well-known British headliners like Max Miller, George Formby, Tommy Trinder, Vera Lynn, Flanagan and Allen, Dick Henderson, and Tessie O’Shea and is a vivid backstage look at the vanished world of the English music hall.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-lucky-life-interrupted-a-memoir-of-hope-by-tom-brokaw--65200918https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful memoir of a dramatic year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life—from the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years Tom Brokaw has led a fortunate life, with a strong marriage and family, many friends, and a brilliant journalism career culminating in his twenty-two years as anchor of the NBC Nightly News and as bestselling author. But in the summer of 2013, when back pain led him to the doctors at the Mayo Clinic, his run of good luck was interrupted. He received shocking news: He had multiple myeloma, a treatable but incurable blood cancer. Friends had always referred to Brokaw’s “lucky star,” but as he writes in this inspiring memoir, “Turns out that star has a dimmer switch.” Brokaw takes us through all the seasons and stages of this surprising year, the emotions, discoveries, setbacks, and struggles—times of denial, acceptance, turning points, and courage. After his diagnosis, Brokaw began to keep a journal, approaching this new stage of his life in a familiar role: as a journalist, determined to learn as much as he could about his condition, to report the story, and help others facing similar battles. That journal became the basis of this wonderfully written memoir, the story of a man coming to terms with his own mortality, contemplating what means the most to him now, and reflecting on what has meant the most to him throughout his life. Brokaw also pauses to look back on some of the important moments in his career: memories of Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the morning of September 11, 2001, in New York City, and more. Through it all, Brokaw writes in the warm, intimate, natural voice of one of America’s most beloved journalists, giving us Brokaw on Brokaw, and bringing us with him as he navigates pain, procedures, drug regimens, and physical rehabilitation. Brokaw also writes about the importance of patients taking an active role in their own treatment, and of the vital role of caretakers and coordinated care. Generous, informative, and deeply human, A Lucky Life Interrupted offers a message of understanding and empowerment, resolve and reality, hope for the future and gratitude for a well-lived life. Praise for A Lucky Life Interrupted “It’s impossible not to be inspired by Brokaw’s story, and his willingness to share it.”—Los Angeles Times “A powerful memoir of battling cancer and facing mortality . . . Through the prism of his own illness, Brokaw looks at the larger picture of aging in America.”—Booklist (starred review) “Moving, informative and deeply personal.”—The Daily Beast “The former NBC News anchor has applied the fact-finding skills and straightforward candor that were his stock in trade during his reporting days to A Lucky Life Interrupted.”—USA Today “Brokaw doesn’t paste a smiley face on his story. Again and again, the book returns to stories of loss but also of grace, luck and the beauty of having another swing at bat.”—The Washington Post “Engaging . . . [with] the kind of insight that is typical of Mr. Brokaw’s approach to life and now to illness.”—The Wall Street Journal “Powerful and courageous . . . [Brokaw] looks ahead to the future with hope.”—Bookreporter “Wryly good-natured . . . a wise and oddly comforting look at the toughest news of all.”—Kirkus Reviews]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233391Tue, 12 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope Author: Tom Brokaw Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful memoir of a dramatic year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life—from the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years Tom Brokaw has led a fortunate life, with a strong marriage and family, many friends, and a brilliant journalism career culminating in his twenty-two years as anchor of the NBC Nightly News and as bestselling author. But in the summer of 2013, when back pain led him to the doctors at the Mayo Clinic, his run of good luck was interrupted. He received shocking news: He had multiple myeloma, a treatable but incurable blood cancer. Friends had always referred to Brokaw’s “lucky star,” but as he writes in this inspiring memoir, “Turns out that star has a dimmer switch.” Brokaw takes us through all the seasons and stages of this surprising year, the emotions, discoveries, setbacks, and struggles—times of denial, acceptance, turning points, and courage. After his diagnosis, Brokaw began to keep a journal, approaching this new stage of his life in a familiar role: as a journalist, determined to learn as much as he could about his condition, to report the story, and help others facing similar battles. That journal became the basis of this wonderfully written memoir, the story of a man coming to terms with his own mortality, contemplating what means the most to him now, and reflecting on what has meant the most to him throughout his life. Brokaw also pauses to look back on some of the important moments in his career: memories of Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the morning of September 11, 2001, in New York City, and more. Through it all, Brokaw writes in the warm, intimate, natural voice of one of America’s most beloved journalists, giving us Brokaw on Brokaw, and bringing us with him as he navigates pain, procedures, drug regimens, and physical rehabilitation. Brokaw also writes about the importance of patients taking an active role in their own treatment, and of the vital role of caretakers and coordinated care. Generous, informative, and deeply human, A Lucky Life Interrupted offers a message of understanding and empowerment, resolve and reality, hope for the future and gratitude for a well-lived life. Praise for A Lucky Life Interrupted “It’s impossible not to be inspired by Brokaw’s story, and his willingness to share it.”—Los Angeles Times “A powerful memoir of battling cancer and facing mortality . . . Through the prism of his own illness, Brokaw looks at the larger picture of aging in America.”—Booklist (starred review) “Moving, informative and deeply personal.”—The Daily Beast “The former NBC News anchor has applied the fact-finding skills and straightforward candor that were his stock in trade during his reporting days to A Lucky Life Interrupted.”—USA Today “Brokaw doesn’t paste a smiley face on his story. Again and again, the book returns to stories of loss but also of grace, luck and the beauty of having another swing at bat.”—The Washington Post “Engaging . . . [with] the kind of insight that is typical of Mr. Brokaw’s approach to life and now to illness.”—The Wall Street Journal “Powerful and courageous . . . [Brokaw] looks ahead to the future with hope.”—Bookreporter “Wryly good-natured . . . a wise and oddly comforting look at the toughest news of all.”—Kirkus Reviews]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hold-still-a-memoir-with-photographs-by-sally-mann--65200908https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs Author: Sally Mann Narrator: Sally Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This National Book Award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: 'deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder.' In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233837Tue, 12 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs Author: Sally Mann Narrator: Sally Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs Author: Sally Mann Narrator: Sally Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This National Book Award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: 'deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder.' In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leave-your-mark-land-your-dream-job-kill-it-in-your-career-rock-social-media-by-aliza-licht--65200985https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leave Your Mark: Land Your Dream Job. Kill It in Your Career. Rock Social Media. Author: Aliza Licht Narrator: Aliza Licht Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Whether you’re a well-established industry figure or just starting off in your career, this guidebook to professionalism in the modern workplace will set you up for success. Leave Your Mark isn't an advice book -- it's a mentorship in 288 pages. Aliza Licht-global fashion communications executive, AKA fashion's favorite 'PR girl' and former Twitter phenomenon-is here to tell her story, complete with The Devil Wears Prada-like moments and insider secrets. Drawing invaluable lessons from her experience, Licht shares advice, inspiration, and a healthy dose of real talk in Leave Your Mark. She delivers personal and professional guidance for people just starting their careers and for people who are well on their way. With a particular emphasis on communicating and building your personal brand, something she knows a thing or two about, Aliza is your sassy, knowledgeable guide to the contemporary working world, where personal and professional lines are blurred and the most important thing you can have is a strong sense of self.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231802Tue, 05 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leave Your Mark: Land Your Dream Job. Kill It in Your Career. Rock Social Media. Author: Aliza Licht Narrator: Aliza Licht Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leave Your Mark: Land Your Dream Job. Kill It in Your Career. Rock Social Media. Author: Aliza Licht Narrator: Aliza Licht Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Whether you’re a well-established industry figure or just starting off in your career, this guidebook to professionalism in the modern workplace will set you up for success. Leave Your Mark isn't an advice book -- it's a mentorship in 288 pages. Aliza Licht-global fashion communications executive, AKA fashion's favorite 'PR girl' and former Twitter phenomenon-is here to tell her story, complete with The Devil Wears Prada-like moments and insider secrets. Drawing invaluable lessons from her experience, Licht shares advice, inspiration, and a healthy dose of real talk in Leave Your Mark. She delivers personal and professional guidance for people just starting their careers and for people who are well on their way. With a particular emphasis on communicating and building your personal brand, something she knows a thing or two about, Aliza is your sassy, knowledgeable guide to the contemporary working world, where personal and professional lines are blurred and the most important thing you can have is a strong sense of self.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/combat-crew-the-story-of-25-combat-missions-over-europe-from-the-daily-journal-of-a-b-17-gunner-by-john-comer--65200980https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Combat Crew: The Story of 25 Combat Missions Over Europe From the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner Author: John Comer Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: John Comer kept a journal of the twenty-five missions he flew in 1943 when the casualty rate on his base was close to 80 percent. His book is handwritten history, recorded within hours after the battles occurred. Comer vividly creates his experiences as top-turret gunner/flight engineer in a B-17 Squadron that was thrown against the best pilots the Luftwaffe could offer. In 1943 the Army Air Force had no long-range fighters to protect the B-17s as they flew deep into enemy territory. Immediate, straightforward, and compelling, Combat Crew is a classic of aerial warfare.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233543Tue, 05 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Combat Crew: The Story of 25 Combat Missions Over Europe From the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner Author: John Comer Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Combat Crew: The Story of 25 Combat Missions Over Europe From the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner Author: John Comer Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: John Comer kept a journal of the twenty-five missions he flew in 1943 when the casualty rate on his base was close to 80 percent. His book is handwritten history, recorded within hours after the battles occurred. Comer vividly creates his experiences as top-turret gunner/flight engineer in a B-17 Squadron that was thrown against the best pilots the Luftwaffe could offer. In 1943 the Army Air Force had no long-range fighters to protect the B-17s as they flew deep into enemy territory. Immediate, straightforward, and compelling, Combat Crew is a classic of aerial warfare.]]>1805falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-regret-nothing-a-memoir-by-jen-lancaster--65200957https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Regret Nothing: A Memoir Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jen Lancaster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster has lived a life based on re-invention and self-improvement. From Bitter Is the New Black to The Tao of Martha, she’s managed to document her (and her generation’s) attempts to shape up, grow up, and have it all—sometimes with disastrous results… Sure Jen has made mistakes. She spent all her money from a high-paying job on shoes, clothes, and spa treatments. She then carried a Prada bag to the unemployment office. She wrote a whole memoir about dieting…but didn’t lose weight. She embarked on a quest for cultural enlightenment that only cemented her love for John Hughes movies and Kraft American Singles. She tried to embrace everything Martha Stewart, while living with a menagerie of rescue cats and dogs. (Glitter…everywhere.) Mistakes are one thing; regrets are another. After a girls’ weekend in Savannah makes her realize that she is—yikes!—middle-aged (binge watching is so the new binge drinking), Jen decides to make a bucket list and seize the day, even if that means having her tattoo removed at one hundred times the cost of putting it on. From attempting a juice cleanse to studying Italian, from learning to ride a bike to starting a new business, and from sampling pasta in Rome to training for a 5K, Jen is turning a mid-life crisis into a mid-life opportunity, sharing her sometimes bumpy—but always hilarious—attempts to better her life…again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233553Tue, 05 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Regret Nothing: A Memoir Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jen Lancaster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Regret Nothing: A Memoir Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jen Lancaster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster has lived a life based on re-invention and self-improvement. From Bitter Is the New Black to The Tao of Martha, she’s managed to document her (and her generation’s) attempts to shape up, grow up, and have it all—sometimes with disastrous results… Sure Jen has made mistakes. She spent all her money from a high-paying job on shoes, clothes, and spa treatments. She then carried a Prada bag to the unemployment office. She wrote a whole memoir about dieting…but didn’t lose weight. She embarked on a quest for cultural enlightenment that only cemented her love for John Hughes movies and Kraft American Singles. She tried to embrace everything Martha Stewart, while living with a menagerie of rescue cats and dogs. (Glitter…everywhere.) Mistakes are one thing; regrets are another. After a girls’ weekend in Savannah makes her realize that she is—yikes!—middle-aged (binge watching is so the new binge drinking), Jen decides to make a bucket list and seize the day, even if that means having her tattoo removed at one hundred times the cost of putting it on. From attempting a juice cleanse to studying Italian, from learning to ride a bike to starting a new business, and from sampling pasta in Rome to training for a 5K, Jen is turning a mid-life crisis into a mid-life opportunity, sharing her sometimes bumpy—but always hilarious—attempts to better her life…again.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pieces-of-my-mother-a-memoir-by-melissa-cistaro--65200952https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir Author: Melissa Cistaro Narrator: Angela Brazil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This provocative, poignant memoir of a daughter whose mother left her behind by choice begs the question: Are we destined to make the same mistakes as our parents? One summer, Melissa Cistaro's mother drove off without explanation. Devastated, Melissa and her brothers were left to pick up the pieces, always tormented by the thought: Why did their mother abandon them? Thirty-five years later, with children of her own, Melissa finds herself in Olympia, Washington, as her mother is dying. After decades of hiding her painful memories, she has just days to find out what happened that summer and confront the fear she could do the same to her kids. But Melissa never expects to stumble across a cache of letters her mother wrote to her but never sent—letters that could hold the answers she seeks. Haunting yet ultimately uplifting, Pieces of My Mother chronicles one woman's quest to discover what drives a mother to walk away from the children she loves. Alternating between Melissa's tumultuous coming-of-age and her mother's final days, this captivating memoir reveals how our parents' choices impact our own and how we can survive those to forge our own paths.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233280Tue, 05 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir Author: Melissa Cistaro Narrator: Angela Brazil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233280 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pieces of My Mother: A Memoir Author: Melissa Cistaro Narrator: Angela Brazil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This provocative, poignant memoir of a daughter whose mother left her behind by choice begs the question: Are we destined to make the same mistakes as our parents? One summer, Melissa Cistaro's mother drove off without explanation. Devastated, Melissa and her brothers were left to pick up the pieces, always tormented by the thought: Why did their mother abandon them? Thirty-five years later, with children of her own, Melissa finds herself in Olympia, Washington, as her mother is dying. After decades of hiding her painful memories, she has just days to find out what happened that summer and confront the fear she could do the same to her kids. But Melissa never expects to stumble across a cache of letters her mother wrote to her but never sent—letters that could hold the answers she seeks. Haunting yet ultimately uplifting, Pieces of My Mother chronicles one woman's quest to discover what drives a mother to walk away from the children she loves. Alternating between Melissa's tumultuous coming-of-age and her mother's final days, this captivating memoir reveals how our parents' choices impact our own and how we can survive those to forge our own paths.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-balls-drop-by-brad-garrett--65200944https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Balls Drop Author: Brad Garrett Narrator: Brad Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at life’s second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and three-time Emmy Award–winning comic Brad Garrett. In this no-holds-barred book of comedic and personal essays, Brad Garrett divulges his hilarious—and irreverently honest—experiences with the many challenges and ultimately joys of middle age, as he advises us on how to best navigate the dreaded “second half” of life. Ranging in topics from genetics to genitals, sex to stereotypes, and alimony to addiction, Brad leaves no stone unturned in this raw, laugh-out-loud look at getting older. With pieces such as “No Scales in Heaven,” in which Brad points out the essential pointlessness of overthinking diet and exercise, and “Celebrating Your E.D. (erectile dysfunction) During Your Mid-Life Crisis,” the star comedian encourages you to forget the overwhelming concerns that accompany middle age and to welcome the laughs—even if you throw your back out doing it. Penned in the blunt, conversational, no-nonsense style that has cemented Brad’s status as an icon in the comedy industry, this autobiographical book will help you accept that, no matter what, we all get old. So you might as well embrace it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231955Tue, 05 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Balls Drop Author: Brad Garrett Narrator: Brad Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Balls Drop Author: Brad Garrett Narrator: Brad Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at life’s second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and three-time Emmy Award–winning comic Brad Garrett. In this no-holds-barred book of comedic and personal essays, Brad Garrett divulges his hilarious—and irreverently honest—experiences with the many challenges and ultimately joys of middle age, as he advises us on how to best navigate the dreaded “second half” of life. Ranging in topics from genetics to genitals, sex to stereotypes, and alimony to addiction, Brad leaves no stone unturned in this raw, laugh-out-loud look at getting older. With pieces such as “No Scales in Heaven,” in which Brad points out the essential pointlessness of overthinking diet and exercise, and “Celebrating Your E.D. (erectile dysfunction) During Your Mid-Life Crisis,” the star comedian encourages you to forget the overwhelming concerns that accompany middle age and to welcome the laughs—even if you throw your back out doing it. Penned in the blunt, conversational, no-nonsense style that has cemented Brad’s status as an icon in the comedy industry, this autobiographical book will help you accept that, no matter what, we all get old. So you might as well embrace it.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/journey-thru-the-unknown-the-memoirs-of-the-unknown-comic-by-murray-langston--65200940https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey thru the Unknown: The Memoirs of the Unknown Comic Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The memoir of Murray Langston, a.k.a. 'The Unknown Comic,' is a detailed account of the highlights and lowlights of each year of his life, from June 27, 1944 until his sixty-ninth birthday on June 27, 2013. It's the story of how a poor kid from Montreal, being influenced by Jerry Lewis, longed to follow in his funny steps and somehow leave Canada and make it to Hollywood. Spiced with humor, drama, and enough celebrities to warrant the alternate title Name-Droppers, Journey thru the Unknown offers many surprising revelations, including Murray being threatened by Frank Sinatra, partying all night with Elvis Presley, spending Christmas Eve with Lucille Ball, watching Bob Hope's Christmas show when he was in the military and working with him twenty years later, attending the Academy Awards, double-dating with Robin Williams, appearing with Patrick Swayze in his first film, hanging out at Steve Martin's house, playing practical jokes on Carol Burnett, befriending David Letterman on his first arrival to Los Angeles, holding Kate Hudson when she was only weeks old, hanging out at the Playboy Mansion, costarring with Jim Carrey in his very first television appearance. Hear about Murray appearing for four years with Sonny and Cher, working alongside Ronald Reagan, O. J. Simpson, Bobby Darin, the Jackson 5, and his hero at the time, Jerry Lewis, among so many others. Hear about how he also worked on several other television series starring Roger Miller, Wolfman Jack, Bobby Vinton, the Hudson Brothers, and more. Hear about his appearing on practically every talk show of that era, from The Tonight Show to Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, John Davidson, Dinah Shore, Howard Stern … and more. Hear about his appearing at almost every hotel in Las Vegas, from the Sahara, the Riviera, the Sands, and the Tropicana to the Landmark, the Dunes, and more. Hear about how he produced, wrote, directed, and starred in a couple of feature films, besides appearing in over twenty movies along with over eight hundred television appearances while starring in and directing several plays along the way with fellow actors Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Johnny Whitaker, Eddie Mekka, and more. Hear about the ladies he appeared on stage with, including Charo, Helen Reddy, Melissa Manchester, Gladys Knight, Crystal Gayle, the Supremes, and more. Hear about the many comics who were his opening act, such as Drew Carey, David Spade, Kevin Nealon, Ryan Stiles, and more. Hear about the many comics he worked with in their early years who later became famous, such as Jay Leno, Cheech and Chong, Freddie Prinze, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Keaton, Howie Mandel, and more. Hear about the many celebrities he worked with who he later became close friends with, like Ruth Buzzi, Frankie Avalon, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Van Dyke, Ted Knight, Harvey Korman, and especially his mentor, Redd Foxx. Hear about celebrities he worked and hung out with who were arrogant and not very nice people, like Mickey Rooney, Sonny Bono, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Vickie Lawrence, and more. Hear about some of the ladies he dated, like Miss USA, Playboy centerfolds, Debra Winger, Deidre Hall, Teri Garr, and Lucie Arnaz, to name a few. Hear about how he is currently single but was married twice with two daughters, one of whom is Britney Spears' background singer and is about to make a huge splash on her own. The other a teenager with Down syndrome who is the light of his life and pure, liquid love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232041Tue, 05 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey thru the Unknown: The Memoirs of the Unknown Comic Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey thru the Unknown: The Memoirs of the Unknown Comic Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The memoir of Murray Langston, a.k.a. 'The Unknown Comic,' is a detailed account of the highlights and lowlights of each year of his life, from June 27, 1944 until his sixty-ninth birthday on June 27, 2013. It's the story of how a poor kid from Montreal, being influenced by Jerry Lewis, longed to follow in his funny steps and somehow leave Canada and make it to Hollywood. Spiced with humor, drama, and enough celebrities to warrant the alternate title Name-Droppers, Journey thru the Unknown offers many surprising revelations, including Murray being threatened by Frank Sinatra, partying all night with Elvis Presley, spending Christmas Eve with Lucille Ball, watching Bob Hope's Christmas show when he was in the military and working with him twenty years later, attending the Academy Awards, double-dating with Robin Williams, appearing with Patrick Swayze in his first film, hanging out at Steve Martin's house, playing practical jokes on Carol Burnett, befriending David Letterman on his first arrival to Los Angeles, holding Kate Hudson when she was only weeks old, hanging out at the Playboy Mansion, costarring with Jim Carrey in his very first television appearance. Hear about Murray appearing for four years with Sonny and Cher, working alongside Ronald Reagan, O. J. Simpson, Bobby Darin, the Jackson 5, and his hero at the time, Jerry Lewis, among so many others. Hear about how he also worked on several other television series starring Roger Miller, Wolfman Jack, Bobby Vinton, the Hudson Brothers, and more. Hear about his appearing on practically every talk show of that era, from The Tonight Show to Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, John Davidson, Dinah Shore, Howard Stern … and more. Hear about his appearing at almost every hotel in Las Vegas, from the Sahara, the Riviera, the Sands, and the Tropicana to the Landmark, the Dunes, and more. Hear about how he produced, wrote, directed, and starred in a couple of feature films, besides appearing in over twenty movies along with over eight hundred television appearances while starring in and directing several plays along the way with fellow actors Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Johnny Whitaker, Eddie Mekka, and more. Hear about the ladies he appeared on stage with, including Charo, Helen Reddy, Melissa Manchester, Gladys Knight, Crystal Gayle, the Supremes, and more. Hear about the many comics who were his opening act, such as Drew Carey, David Spade, Kevin Nealon, Ryan Stiles, and more. Hear about the many comics he worked with in their early years who later became famous, such as Jay Leno, Cheech and Chong, Freddie Prinze, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Keaton, Howie Mandel, and more. Hear about the many celebrities he worked with who he later became close friends with, like Ruth Buzzi, Frankie Avalon, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Van Dyke, Ted Knight, Harvey Korman, and especially his mentor, Redd Foxx. Hear about celebrities he worked and hung out with who were arrogant and not very nice people, like Mickey Rooney, Sonny Bono, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Vickie Lawrence, and more. Hear about some of the ladies he dated, like Miss USA, Playboy centerfolds, Debra Winger, Deidre Hall, Teri Garr, and Lucie Arnaz, to name a few. Hear about how he is currently single but was married twice with two daughters, one of whom is Britney Spears' background singer and is about to make a huge splash on her own. The other a teenager with Down syndrome who is the light of his life and pure, liquid love.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/out-of-orange-a-memoir-by-cleary-wolters--65200927https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out of Orange: A Memoir Author: Cleary Wolters Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words for the first time—a powerful, surprising memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinous drug trade and beyond. Fans nationwide have fallen in love with Orange Is the New Black, the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Netflix show based on Piper Kerman’s sensational #1 New York Times bestseller. Now, Catherine Cleary Wolters—the inspiration for Alex Vause, Piper’s ex-girlfriend, friend, and sometimes-romantic partner on the show—tells her true story, offering details and insights that fill in the blanks, set the record straight, and answer common fan questions. An insightful, frustrating, heartbreaking, and uplifting analysis of crime and punishment in our times, Out of Orange is an intimate look at international drug crime—a seemingly glamorous lifestyle that dazzles unsuspecting young women and eventually leads them to the seedy world of prison. Told by a woman originally thrust into the spotlight without her permission—Wolters learned about Piper’s memoir in the media—Out of Orange chronicles Wolter’s time in the drug trade, her incarceration, her friendships and acquaintances with odd cellmates, her two marriages, and her complicated relationship with Piper. But Wolters is not solely defined by her past; she also reflects on her life and the person she is today. Filled with colorful characters, fascinating tales, painful sobering lessons, and hard-earned wisdom, Out of Orange is sure to be provocative, entertaining, and ultimately inspiring.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233294Tue, 05 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out of Orange: A Memoir Author: Cleary Wolters Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out of Orange: A Memoir Author: Cleary Wolters Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words for the first time—a powerful, surprising memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinous drug trade and beyond. Fans nationwide have fallen in love with Orange Is the New Black, the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Netflix show based on Piper Kerman’s sensational #1 New York Times bestseller. Now, Catherine Cleary Wolters—the inspiration for Alex Vause, Piper’s ex-girlfriend, friend, and sometimes-romantic partner on the show—tells her true story, offering details and insights that fill in the blanks, set the record straight, and answer common fan questions. An insightful, frustrating, heartbreaking, and uplifting analysis of crime and punishment in our times, Out of Orange is an intimate look at international drug crime—a seemingly glamorous lifestyle that dazzles unsuspecting young women and eventually leads them to the seedy world of prison. Told by a woman originally thrust into the spotlight without her permission—Wolters learned about Piper’s memoir in the media—Out of Orange chronicles Wolter’s time in the drug trade, her incarceration, her friendships and acquaintances with odd cellmates, her two marriages, and her complicated relationship with Piper. But Wolters is not solely defined by her past; she also reflects on her life and the person she is today. Filled with colorful characters, fascinating tales, painful sobering lessons, and hard-earned wisdom, Out of Orange is sure to be provocative, entertaining, and ultimately inspiring.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-wife-a-memoir-of-love-war-faith-and-renewal-by-taya-kyle-jim-defelice--65200941https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal Author: Taya Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: Taya Kyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: May 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss--and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legend In early 2013, Taya Kyle and her husband Chris were the happiest they ever had been. Their decade-long marriage had survived years of war that took Chris, a U.S. Navy SEAL, away from Taya and their two children for agonizingly long stretches while he put his life on the line in many major battles of the Iraq War. After struggling to readjust to life out of the military, Chris had found new purpose in redirecting his lifelong dedication to service to supporting veterans and their families. Their love had deepened, and, most special of all, their family was whole, finally. Then, the unthinkable. On February 2, 2013, Chris and his friend Chad Littlefield were killed while attempting to help a troubled vet. The life Chris and Taya fought so hard to build together was shattered. In an instant, Taya became a single parent of two. A widow. A young woman facing the rest of her life without the man she loved. Chris and Taya’s remarkable story has captivated millions through Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy Award-winning film American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper as Chris and Sienna Miller as Taya, and because of Chris’s bestselling memoir, in which Taya contributed passages that formed the book’s emotional core. Now, with trusted collaborator Jim DeFelice, Taya writes in never-before-told detail about the hours, days, and months after his shocking death when grief threatened to overwhelm her. Then there were wearying battles to protect her husband’s legacy and reputation. And yet throughout, friendship, family, and a deepening faith were lifelines that sustained her and the kids when the sorrow became too much. Two years after her husband’s tragic death, Taya has found renewed meaning and connection to Chris by advancing their shared mission of “serving those who serve others,” particularly military and first-responder families. She and the children now are embracing a new future, one that honors the past but also looks forward with hope, gratitude, and joy. American Wife is one of the most remarkable memoirs of the year -- a universal chronicle of love and heartbreak, service and sacrifice, faith and purpose that will inspire every reader.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232020Mon, 04 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal Author: Taya Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: Taya Kyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal Author: Taya Kyle, Jim DeFelice Narrator: Taya Kyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: May 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss--and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legend In early 2013, Taya Kyle and her husband Chris were the happiest they ever had been. Their decade-long marriage had survived years of war that took Chris, a U.S. Navy SEAL, away from Taya and their two children for agonizingly long stretches while he put his life on the line in many major battles of the Iraq War. After struggling to readjust to life out of the military, Chris had found new purpose in redirecting his lifelong dedication to service to supporting veterans and their families. Their love had deepened, and, most special of all, their family was whole, finally. Then, the unthinkable. On February 2, 2013, Chris and his friend Chad Littlefield were killed while attempting to help a troubled vet. The life Chris and Taya fought so hard to build together was shattered. In an instant, Taya became a single parent of two. A widow. A young woman facing the rest of her life without the man she loved. Chris and Taya’s remarkable story has captivated millions through Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy Award-winning film American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper as Chris and Sienna Miller as Taya, and because of Chris’s bestselling memoir, in which Taya contributed passages that formed the book’s emotional core. Now, with trusted collaborator Jim DeFelice, Taya writes in never-before-told detail about the hours, days, and months after his shocking death when grief threatened to overwhelm her. Then there were wearying battles to protect her husband’s legacy and reputation. And yet throughout, friendship, family, and a deepening faith were lifelines that sustained her and the kids when the sorrow became too much. Two years after her husband’s tragic death, Taya has found renewed meaning and connection to Chris by advancing their shared mission of “serving those who serve others,” particularly military and first-responder families. She and the children now are embracing a new future, one that honors the past but also looks forward with hope, gratitude, and joy. American Wife is one of the most remarkable memoirs of the year -- a universal chronicle of love and heartbreak, service and sacrifice, faith and purpose that will inspire every reader.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flash-the-homeless-donkey-who-taught-me-about-life-faith-and-second-chances-by-rachel-anne-ridge--65200947https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances Author: Rachel Anne Ridge Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: May 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The heartwarming tale of an irrepressible donkey who needed a home—and forever changed a family.Rachel Anne Ridge was at the end of her rope. The economy had crashed, taking her formerly thriving business along with it. She had been a successful artist, doing work she loved, but now she felt like a failure. How would her family pay their bills? What would the future hold? If only God would somehow let them know that everything was going to be all right . . . and then Flash the donkey showed up.If there is ever a good time to discover a wounded, frightened, bedraggled donkey standing in your driveway, this wasn’t it. The local sheriff dismissed Flash as “worthless.” But Rachel didn’t believe that, and she couldn’t turn him away. She brought Flash into her struggling family during their darkest hour—and he turned out to be the very thing they needed most. Flash is the true story of their adventures together in learning to love and trust; breaking down whatever fences stood in their way; and finding the strength, confidence, and faith to carry on. Prepare to fall in love with Flash: a quirky, unlikely hero with gigantic ears, a deafening bray, a personality as big as Texas, and a story you’ll never forget.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234271Fri, 01 May 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances Author: Rachel Anne Ridge Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances Author: Rachel Anne Ridge Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: May 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The heartwarming tale of an irrepressible donkey who needed a home—and forever changed a family.Rachel Anne Ridge was at the end of her rope. The economy had crashed, taking her formerly thriving business along with it. She had been a successful artist, doing work she loved, but now she felt like a failure. How would her family pay their bills? What would the future hold? If only God would somehow let them know that everything was going to be all right . . . and then Flash the donkey showed up.If there is ever a good time to discover a wounded, frightened, bedraggled donkey standing in your driveway, this wasn’t it. The local sheriff dismissed Flash as “worthless.” But Rachel didn’t believe that, and she couldn’t turn him away. She brought Flash into her struggling family during their darkest hour—and he turned out to be the very thing they needed most. Flash is the true story of their adventures together in learning to love and trust; breaking down whatever fences stood in their way; and finding the strength, confidence, and faith to carry on. Prepare to fall in love with Flash: a quirky, unlikely hero with gigantic ears, a deafening bray, a personality as big as Texas, and a story you’ll never forget.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whatever-love-is-love-questioning-the-labels-we-give-ourselves-by-maria-bello--65201006https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whatever...Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves Author: Maria Bello Narrator: Maria Bello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed actress and dedicated activist shares her personal journey of discovery, and destroys outdated ideas about partnership, love and family that will resonate with anyone in an unconventional life situation. Actress and activist Maria Bello made waves with her essay, “Coming Out as a Modern Family,” in the New York Times popular “Modern Love” column, in which she recalled telling her son that she had fallen in love with her best friend, a woman—and her relief at his easy and immediate acceptance with the phrase “Whatever Mom, love is love.” She made a compelling argument about the fluidity of partnerships, and how families today come in a myriad of designs. In her first book, Bello broadens her insights as she examines the idea of partnership in every woman’s life, and her own. She examines the myths that so many of us believe about partnership—that the partnership begins when the sex begins, that partnerships are static, that you have to love yourself before you can be loved, and turns them on their heads. Bello explores how many different relationships—romantic, platonic, spiritual, familial, educational—helped define her life. She encourages women to realize that the only labels we have are the ones we put on ourselves, and the best, happiest partnerships are the ones that make your life better, even if they don’t fit the mold of “typical.” Throughout this powerful and engaging read, Bello shares intimate stories and lessons on how she has come to discover her happiest self, accept who she is, and live honestly and freely, and tells the stories of those who came to her after her Times’ columns, grateful that someone gave voice to their life choices. Whatever...Love Is Love is not a memoir about an actress. It is a frank, raw, and honest book about the way every woman questions the roles she plays in love, work, and life, filled with wisdom, questions, and insights relevant to us all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231252Tue, 28 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whatever...Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves Author: Maria Bello Narrator: Maria Bello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whatever...Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves Author: Maria Bello Narrator: Maria Bello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed actress and dedicated activist shares her personal journey of discovery, and destroys outdated ideas about partnership, love and family that will resonate with anyone in an unconventional life situation. Actress and activist Maria Bello made waves with her essay, “Coming Out as a Modern Family,” in the New York Times popular “Modern Love” column, in which she recalled telling her son that she had fallen in love with her best friend, a woman—and her relief at his easy and immediate acceptance with the phrase “Whatever Mom, love is love.” She made a compelling argument about the fluidity of partnerships, and how families today come in a myriad of designs. In her first book, Bello broadens her insights as she examines the idea of partnership in every woman’s life, and her own. She examines the myths that so many of us believe about partnership—that the partnership begins when the sex begins, that partnerships are static, that you have to love yourself before you can be loved, and turns them on their heads. Bello explores how many different relationships—romantic, platonic, spiritual, familial, educational—helped define her life. She encourages women to realize that the only labels we have are the ones we put on ourselves, and the best, happiest partnerships are the ones that make your life better, even if they don’t fit the mold of “typical.” Throughout this powerful and engaging read, Bello shares intimate stories and lessons on how she has come to discover her happiest self, accept who she is, and live honestly and freely, and tells the stories of those who came to her after her Times’ columns, grateful that someone gave voice to their life choices. Whatever...Love Is Love is not a memoir about an actress. It is a frank, raw, and honest book about the way every woman questions the roles she plays in love, work, and life, filled with wisdom, questions, and insights relevant to us all.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hand-on-the-mirror-a-true-story-of-life-beyond-death-by-janis-heaphy-durham--65200992https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hand on the Mirror: A True Story of Life Beyond Death Author: Janis Heaphy Durham Narrator: Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An unbelievably believable story about the afterlife, with documenting photographs from the former publisher of a major metropolitan newspaper. An unbelievably believable story about the afterlife, with documenting photographs from the former publisher of a major metropolitan newspaper. In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham's husband, Max Besler, died of cancer at age 56. The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, she practiced her faith as she struggled with her loss. Soon she began encountering phenomena unlike anything she'd ever experienced: lights flickering, doors opening and closing, clocks stopping at 12:44, the exact time of Max's death. But then something startling happened that changed Heaphy Durham's life forever. A powdery handprint appeared on her bathroom mirror on the first anniversary of Max's death. This launched Heaphy Durham on a journey that transformed her spiritually and altered her view of reality forever. She interviewed scientists and spiritual practitioners along the way, as she discovered that the veil between this world and the next is thin and it's love that bridges the two worlds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230461Tue, 28 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hand on the Mirror: A True Story of Life Beyond Death Author: Janis Heaphy Durham Narrator: Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hand on the Mirror: A True Story of Life Beyond Death Author: Janis Heaphy Durham Narrator: Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An unbelievably believable story about the afterlife, with documenting photographs from the former publisher of a major metropolitan newspaper. An unbelievably believable story about the afterlife, with documenting photographs from the former publisher of a major metropolitan newspaper. In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham's husband, Max Besler, died of cancer at age 56. The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, she practiced her faith as she struggled with her loss. Soon she began encountering phenomena unlike anything she'd ever experienced: lights flickering, doors opening and closing, clocks stopping at 12:44, the exact time of Max's death. But then something startling happened that changed Heaphy Durham's life forever. A powdery handprint appeared on her bathroom mirror on the first anniversary of Max's death. This launched Heaphy Durham on a journey that transformed her spiritually and altered her view of reality forever. She interviewed scientists and spiritual practitioners along the way, as she discovered that the veil between this world and the next is thin and it's love that bridges the two worlds.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-spirit-took-you-in-the-romance-that-sparked-an-epidemic-of-fear-a-memoir-of-the-life-and-death-of-thomas-eric-duncan-america-s-first-e--65200937https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Spirit Took You In: The Romance That Sparked An Epidemic of Fear: A Memoir of the Life and Death of Thomas Eric Duncan, America's First Ebola Victim Author: Christine Wicker, Louise Troh Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Louise Troh-fiancEe of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man ever to die of Ebola in America-breaks her silence about her experience in this deeply moving memoir, chronicling the decade-long love story that starts in Liberia and ends in an isolation ward in Dallas, Texas.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233478Tue, 28 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Spirit Took You In: The Romance That Sparked An Epidemic of Fear: A Memoir of the Life and Death of Thomas Eric Duncan, America's First Ebola Victim...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Spirit Took You In: The Romance That Sparked An Epidemic of Fear: A Memoir of the Life and Death of Thomas Eric Duncan, America's First Ebola Victim Author: Christine Wicker, Louise Troh Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Louise Troh-fiancEe of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man ever to die of Ebola in America-breaks her silence about her experience in this deeply moving memoir, chronicling the decade-long love story that starts in Liberia and ends in an isolation ward in Dallas, Texas.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hope-a-memoir-of-survival-in-cleveland-by-mary-jordan-gina-dejesus-amanda-berry-kevin-sullivan--65200976https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland Author: Mary Jordan, Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry, Kevin Sullivan Narrator: Jorjeana Marie, Marisol Ramirez, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 15 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Two victims of the infamous Cleveland kidnapper share the story of their abductions, their decade in captivity, and their final, dramatic rescue On May 6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines around the world when she fled a Cleveland area home and called 911, saying: “Help me, I’m Amanda Berry. . . . I’ve been kidnapped, and I’ve been missing for ten years.” A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, had separately lured Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight to his home, where he kept them chained in the basement. In the decade that followed, the three were raped, psychologically abused, and threatened with death. Berry bore a child—Jocelyn—by their captor. Drawing upon their recollections and the diaries they kept, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus describe a tale of unimaginable torment, and Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post reporters Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan interweave the events within Castro’s house with the ongoing efforts to find the missing girls. The full story behind the headlines—including shocking information never previously released—Hope is a harrowing yet inspiring chronicle of three women whose courage, ingenuity, and resourcefulness ultimately delivered them back to their lives and families. Read by Jorjeana Marie, Marisol Ramirez and Arthur Morey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233564Mon, 27 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland Author: Mary Jordan, Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry, Kevin Sullivan Narrator: Jorjeana Marie, Marisol Ramirez,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland Author: Mary Jordan, Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry, Kevin Sullivan Narrator: Jorjeana Marie, Marisol Ramirez, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 15 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Two victims of the infamous Cleveland kidnapper share the story of their abductions, their decade in captivity, and their final, dramatic rescue On May 6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines around the world when she fled a Cleveland area home and called 911, saying: “Help me, I’m Amanda Berry. . . . I’ve been kidnapped, and I’ve been missing for ten years.” A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, had separately lured Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight to his home, where he kept them chained in the basement. In the decade that followed, the three were raped, psychologically abused, and threatened with death. Berry bore a child—Jocelyn—by their captor. Drawing upon their recollections and the diaries they kept, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus describe a tale of unimaginable torment, and Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post reporters Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan interweave the events within Castro’s house with the ongoing efforts to find the missing girls. The full story behind the headlines—including shocking information never previously released—Hope is a harrowing yet inspiring chronicle of three women whose courage, ingenuity, and resourcefulness ultimately delivered them back to their lives and families. Read by Jorjeana Marie, Marisol Ramirez and Arthur Morey.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-light-of-the-world-a-memoir-by-elizabeth-alexander--65201033https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of the World: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Alexander Narrator: Elizabeth Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander. In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid price, Alexander tells a love story that is, itself, a story of loss. As she reflects on the beauty of her married life, the trauma resulting from her husband's death, and the solace found in caring for her two teenage sons, Alexander universalizes a very personal quest for meaning and acceptance in the wake of loss. The Light of the World is at once an endlessly compelling memoir and a deeply felt meditation on the blessings of love, family, art, and community. It is also a lyrical celebration of a life well-lived and a paean to the priceless gift of human companionship. For those who have loved and lost, or for anyone who cares what matters most, The Light of the World is required reading.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230258Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of the World: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Alexander Narrator: Elizabeth Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of the World: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Alexander Narrator: Elizabeth Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A deeply resonant memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander. In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid price, Alexander tells a love story that is, itself, a story of loss. As she reflects on the beauty of her married life, the trauma resulting from her husband's death, and the solace found in caring for her two teenage sons, Alexander universalizes a very personal quest for meaning and acceptance in the wake of loss. The Light of the World is at once an endlessly compelling memoir and a deeply felt meditation on the blessings of love, family, art, and community. It is also a lyrical celebration of a life well-lived and a paean to the priceless gift of human companionship. For those who have loved and lost, or for anyone who cares what matters most, The Light of the World is required reading.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-not-about-perfect-competing-for-my-country-and-fighting-for-my-life-by-shannon-miller--65201003https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It’s Not about Perfect: Competing for My Country and Fighting for My Life Author: Shannon Miller Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'When the odds were against me, I was always at my best.' When she retired at age nineteen, Shannon Miller did so as one of the most recognizable gymnasts in the country. The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in US history, Shannon tells a story of surviving and thriving. A shy, rambunctious girl raised in Oklahoma, Shannon fell in love with gymnastics at a young age and fought her way to the top. In 1992 she won five Olympic medals after breaking her elbow in a training accident just months prior to the Games. Then, in 1996, a doctor advised her to retire immediately or face dire consequences if she chose to compete on her injured wrist. Undeterred, Shannon endured the pain and led her team, the 'Magnificent Seven,' to the first Olympic team gold medal for the United States in gymnastics. She followed up as the first American to win gold on the balance beam. Equally intense, heroic, and gratifying is the story of her brutal but successful battle with ovarian cancer, a disease from which fewer than fifty percent survive. Relying on her faith and hard-learned perseverance, Shannon battled through surgery and major chemotherapy to emerge on the other side with a miracle baby girl. Her story of trial, triumph, and life after cancer reminds us all that it's life's bumps and bruises that reveal our character. From early on in her career, Shannon knew that life wasn't about perfection. In this incredible and inspirational tale, Shannon speaks out so as to be seen and heard by thousands as a beacon of hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231998Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It’s Not about Perfect: Competing for My Country and Fighting for My Life Author: Shannon Miller Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It’s Not about Perfect: Competing for My Country and Fighting for My Life Author: Shannon Miller Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'When the odds were against me, I was always at my best.' When she retired at age nineteen, Shannon Miller did so as one of the most recognizable gymnasts in the country. The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in US history, Shannon tells a story of surviving and thriving. A shy, rambunctious girl raised in Oklahoma, Shannon fell in love with gymnastics at a young age and fought her way to the top. In 1992 she won five Olympic medals after breaking her elbow in a training accident just months prior to the Games. Then, in 1996, a doctor advised her to retire immediately or face dire consequences if she chose to compete on her injured wrist. Undeterred, Shannon endured the pain and led her team, the 'Magnificent Seven,' to the first Olympic team gold medal for the United States in gymnastics. She followed up as the first American to win gold on the balance beam. Equally intense, heroic, and gratifying is the story of her brutal but successful battle with ovarian cancer, a disease from which fewer than fifty percent survive. Relying on her faith and hard-learned perseverance, Shannon battled through surgery and major chemotherapy to emerge on the other side with a miracle baby girl. Her story of trial, triumph, and life after cancer reminds us all that it's life's bumps and bruises that reveal our character. From early on in her career, Shannon knew that life wasn't about perfection. In this incredible and inspirational tale, Shannon speaks out so as to be seen and heard by thousands as a beacon of hope.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/and-the-good-news-is-lessons-and-advice-from-the-bright-side-by-dana-perino--65200995https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side Author: Dana Perino Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From her years as the presidential press secretary to her debates with colleagues on Fox News' The Five, Dana Perino reveals the lessons she's learned that have guided her through life, kept her level-headed, and led to her success, even in the face of adversity. Thoughtful, inspiring, and often surprising, And the Good News is . . . traces Dana Perino's unlikely journey through politics and television. It's a remarkable American story-made up of equal parts determination and clear-eyed optimism. From facing professional challenges and confronting personal fears to stepping up to a podium for a President, Dana has come to expect the unexpected and has an uncanny ability to find the good news in any tough situation. And the Good News is . . . takes us from her Western childhood in Wyoming and Colorado to a chance meeting on an airplane that changes her life entirely. Then, with refreshing honesty and humor, she recounts her frustration with a string of unsatisfying jobs and living circumstances until a key career tip leads her back to Washington, D.C. to work for the Bush Administration. Dana also shares here her best work and life lessons-tips that will help you to get your point across convincingly while allowing your own grace and personality to shine through. As someone who still believes in working together to solve the problems our nation faces, Dana offers clear, practical advice on how to restore civility to our personal and public conversations. The result is a fascinating read that can help anyone become more successful, productive, and joyously content.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232061Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side Author: Dana Perino Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side Author: Dana Perino Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From her years as the presidential press secretary to her debates with colleagues on Fox News' The Five, Dana Perino reveals the lessons she's learned that have guided her through life, kept her level-headed, and led to her success, even in the face of adversity. Thoughtful, inspiring, and often surprising, And the Good News is . . . traces Dana Perino's unlikely journey through politics and television. It's a remarkable American story-made up of equal parts determination and clear-eyed optimism. From facing professional challenges and confronting personal fears to stepping up to a podium for a President, Dana has come to expect the unexpected and has an uncanny ability to find the good news in any tough situation. And the Good News is . . . takes us from her Western childhood in Wyoming and Colorado to a chance meeting on an airplane that changes her life entirely. Then, with refreshing honesty and humor, she recounts her frustration with a string of unsatisfying jobs and living circumstances until a key career tip leads her back to Washington, D.C. to work for the Bush Administration. Dana also shares here her best work and life lessons-tips that will help you to get your point across convincingly while allowing your own grace and personality to shine through. As someone who still believes in working together to solve the problems our nation faces, Dana offers clear, practical advice on how to restore civility to our personal and public conversations. The result is a fascinating read that can help anyone become more successful, productive, and joyously content.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spinster-making-a-life-of-one-s-own-by-kate-bolick--65200983https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own Author: Kate Bolick Narrator: Kate Bolick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book “Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence.” So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting point, journalist and cultural critic Kate Bolick invites us into her carefully considered, passionately lived life, weaving together the past and present to examine why­ she—along with over 100 million American women, whose ranks keep growing—remains unmarried. This unprecedented demographic shift, Bolick explains, is the logical outcome of hundreds of years of change that has neither been fully understood, nor appreciated. Spinster introduces a cast of pioneering women from the last century whose genius, tenacity, and flair for drama have emboldened Bolick to fashion her life on her own terms: columnist Neith Boyce, essayist Maeve Brennan, social visionary Charlotte Perkins Gilman, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, and novelist Edith Wharton. By animating their unconventional ideas and choices, Bolick shows us that contemporary debates about settling down, and having it all, are timeless—the crucible upon which all thoughtful women have tried for centuries to forge a good life. Intellectually substantial and deeply personal, Spinster is both an unreservedly inquisitive memoir and a broader cultural exploration that asks us to acknowledge the opportunities within ourselves to live authentically. Bolick offers us a way back into our own lives—a chance to see those splendid years when we were young and unencumbered, or middle-aged and finally left to our own devices, for what they really are: unbounded and our own to savor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230593Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own Author: Kate Bolick Narrator: Kate Bolick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own Author: Kate Bolick Narrator: Kate Bolick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book “Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence.” So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting point, journalist and cultural critic Kate Bolick invites us into her carefully considered, passionately lived life, weaving together the past and present to examine why­ she—along with over 100 million American women, whose ranks keep growing—remains unmarried. This unprecedented demographic shift, Bolick explains, is the logical outcome of hundreds of years of change that has neither been fully understood, nor appreciated. Spinster introduces a cast of pioneering women from the last century whose genius, tenacity, and flair for drama have emboldened Bolick to fashion her life on her own terms: columnist Neith Boyce, essayist Maeve Brennan, social visionary Charlotte Perkins Gilman, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, and novelist Edith Wharton. By animating their unconventional ideas and choices, Bolick shows us that contemporary debates about settling down, and having it all, are timeless—the crucible upon which all thoughtful women have tried for centuries to forge a good life. Intellectually substantial and deeply personal, Spinster is both an unreservedly inquisitive memoir and a broader cultural exploration that asks us to acknowledge the opportunities within ourselves to live authentically. Bolick offers us a way back into our own lives—a chance to see those splendid years when we were young and unencumbered, or middle-aged and finally left to our own devices, for what they really are: unbounded and our own to savor.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-job-true-tales-from-the-life-of-a-new-york-city-cop-by-steve-osborne--65200978https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop Author: Steve Osborne Narrator: Steve Osborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'How ya doin?' With these four syllables, delivered in an unmistakably authentic New York accent, Steve Osborne has riveted thousands of people through the legendary storytelling outfit The Moth (and over a million times on their website) with his hilarious, profane, and touching tales from his twenty years served as an NYPD street cop. Steve Osborne is the real deal, people, the tough streetwise New York cop of your dreams, one with a big big heart. Kojak? NYPD Blue? Law & Order? Fuggedaboutem! The Job blows them out of the water with this unputdownable book. Steve Osborne has seen a thing or two in his twenty years in the NYPD—some harmless things, some definitely not. In 'Stakeout,' Steve and his partner mistake a Manhattan dentist for an armed robbery suspect and reduce the man down to a puddle of snot and tears when questioning him. In 'Mug Shot,' the mother of a suspected criminal makes a strange request and provides a sobering reminder of the humanity at stake in his profession. And in 'Home,' the image of his family provides the adrenaline he needs to fight for his life when assaulted by two armed and violent crackheads. From his days as a rookie cop to the time spent patrolling in the Anti-Crime Unit—and his visceral, harrowing recollections of working during 9/11—Steve Osborne's stories capture both the absurdity of police work and the bravery of those who do it. His stories will speak to those nostalgic for the New York City of the 1980s and '90s, a bygone era of when the city was a crazier, more dangerous (and possibly more interesting) place. Includes two live stories from The Moth—Hot Dogs and Dentist Stories from The Moth courtesy of The Moth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230376Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop Author: Steve Osborne Narrator: Steve Osborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop Author: Steve Osborne Narrator: Steve Osborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'How ya doin?' With these four syllables, delivered in an unmistakably authentic New York accent, Steve Osborne has riveted thousands of people through the legendary storytelling outfit The Moth (and over a million times on their website) with his hilarious, profane, and touching tales from his twenty years served as an NYPD street cop. Steve Osborne is the real deal, people, the tough streetwise New York cop of your dreams, one with a big big heart. Kojak? NYPD Blue? Law & Order? Fuggedaboutem! The Job blows them out of the water with this unputdownable book. Steve Osborne has seen a thing or two in his twenty years in the NYPD—some harmless things, some definitely not. In 'Stakeout,' Steve and his partner mistake a Manhattan dentist for an armed robbery suspect and reduce the man down to a puddle of snot and tears when questioning him. In 'Mug Shot,' the mother of a suspected criminal makes a strange request and provides a sobering reminder of the humanity at stake in his profession. And in 'Home,' the image of his family provides the adrenaline he needs to fight for his life when assaulted by two armed and violent crackheads. From his days as a rookie cop to the time spent patrolling in the Anti-Crime Unit—and his visceral, harrowing recollections of working during 9/11—Steve Osborne's stories capture both the absurdity of police work and the bravery of those who do it. His stories will speak to those nostalgic for the New York City of the 1980s and '90s, a bygone era of when the city was a crazier, more dangerous (and possibly more interesting) place. Includes two live stories from The Moth—Hot Dogs and Dentist Stories from The Moth courtesy of The Moth.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seeing-home-the-ed-lucas-story-a-blind-broadcaster-s-story-of-overcoming-life-s-greatest-obstacles-by-christopher-lucas-ed-lucas--65200963https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles Author: Christopher Lucas, Ed Lucas Narrator: Christopher Lucas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a major motion picture, Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story is the incredible true tale of a beloved Emmy-winning blind broadcaster who refused to let his disability prevent him from overcoming many challenging obstacles and achieving his dreams. In 1951, when he was only twelve years old, Ed Lucas was hit between the eyes by a baseball during a sandlot game in Jersey City. He lost his sight forever. To cheer him up, his mother wrote letters to baseball superstars of the day, explaining her son’s condition. Soon Ed was invited into their clubhouses and dugouts, as the players and coaches personally made him feel at home. Despite the warm reception he got from his heroes, Ed was told repeatedly by others that he would never be able to accomplish anything worthwhile because of his limitations. But Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto became Ed’s mentor and encouraged him to pursue his passion—broadcasting. Ed then overcame hundreds of barriers, big and small, to become a pioneer—the first blind person covering baseball on a regular basis, a career he has successfully continued for six decades. Ed may have lost his sight, but he never lost his faith, which got him through many pitfalls and dark days. When Ed’s two sons were very young, his wife walked out and left him to raise them all by himself, which he did. Six years later, Ed’s ex-wife returned and sued him for full custody, saying that a blind man shouldn’t have her kids. The judge agreed, tearing Ed's sons away from their father's loving home. Ed fought the heartbreaking decision with appeals all the way up to the highest level of the court system. Eventually, he prevailed, marking the very first time in US history that a disabled person was awarded custody over a non-disabled spouse. Even in his later years, Ed is still enjoying a remarkably blessed life. In 2006, he married his second wife, Allison, at home plate in old Yankee Stadium, the only time that such a thing ever happened on that iconic spot. Yankee owner George Steinbrenner himself catered the whole affair, which was shown live on national television. Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story is truly a magical read and a universally uplifting and inspirational tale for everyone, whether or not you happen to be a sports fan. Over his long and amazing life, Ed has collected hundreds of anecdotes from his personal relationships and encounters with everyone, from kings and presidents to movie stars and sports Hall-of-Famers, many of which he shares in this memoir, using his trademark humorous and engaging style, cowritten with his youngest son, Christopher.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231339Tue, 21 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles Author: Christopher Lucas, Ed Lucas Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles Author: Christopher Lucas, Ed Lucas Narrator: Christopher Lucas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a major motion picture, Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story is the incredible true tale of a beloved Emmy-winning blind broadcaster who refused to let his disability prevent him from overcoming many challenging obstacles and achieving his dreams. In 1951, when he was only twelve years old, Ed Lucas was hit between the eyes by a baseball during a sandlot game in Jersey City. He lost his sight forever. To cheer him up, his mother wrote letters to baseball superstars of the day, explaining her son’s condition. Soon Ed was invited into their clubhouses and dugouts, as the players and coaches personally made him feel at home. Despite the warm reception he got from his heroes, Ed was told repeatedly by others that he would never be able to accomplish anything worthwhile because of his limitations. But Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto became Ed’s mentor and encouraged him to pursue his passion—broadcasting. Ed then overcame hundreds of barriers, big and small, to become a pioneer—the first blind person covering baseball on a regular basis, a career he has successfully continued for six decades. Ed may have lost his sight, but he never lost his faith, which got him through many pitfalls and dark days. When Ed’s two sons were very young, his wife walked out and left him to raise them all by himself, which he did. Six years later, Ed’s ex-wife returned and sued him for full custody, saying that a blind man shouldn’t have her kids. The judge agreed, tearing Ed's sons away from their father's loving home. Ed fought the heartbreaking decision with appeals all the way up to the highest level of the court system. Eventually, he prevailed, marking the very first time in US history that a disabled person was awarded custody over a non-disabled spouse. Even in his later years, Ed is still enjoying a remarkably blessed life. In 2006, he married his second wife, Allison, at home plate in old Yankee Stadium, the only time that such a thing ever happened on that iconic spot. Yankee owner George Steinbrenner himself catered the whole affair, which was shown live on national television. Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story is truly a magical read and a universally uplifting and inspirational tale for everyone, whether or not you happen to be a sports fan. Over his long and amazing life, Ed has collected hundreds of anecdotes from his personal relationships and encounters with everyone, from kings and presidents to movie stars and sports Hall-of-Famers, many of which he shares in this memoir, using his trademark humorous and engaging style, cowritten with his youngest son, Christopher.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/born-with-teeth-a-memoir-by-kate-mulgrew--65201063https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born with Teeth: A Memoir Author: Kate Mulgrew Narrator: Kate Mulgrew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 20 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew 'how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil,' Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences of a dream deferred. Determined to pursue her own no matter the cost, at 18 she left her small Midwestern town for New York, where, studying with the legendary Stella Adler, she learned the lesson that would define her as an actress: 'Use it,' Adler told her. Whatever disappointment, pain, or anger life throws in your path, channel it into the work. It was a lesson she would need. At twenty-two, just as her career was taking off, she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. Having already signed the adoption papers, she was allowed only a fleeting glimpse of her child. As her star continued to rise, her life became increasingly demanding and fulfilling, a whirlwind of passionate love affairs, life-saving friendships, and bone-crunching work. Through it all, Mulgrew remained haunted by the loss of her daughter, until, two decades later, she found the courage to face the past and step into the most challenging role of her life, both on and off screen. We know Kate Mulgrew for the strong women she's played -- Captain Janeway on Star Trek ; the tough-as-nails 'Red' on Orange is the New Black. Now, we meet the most inspiring and memorable character of all: herself. By turns irreverent and soulful, laugh-out-loud funny and heart-piercingly sad, Born with Teeth is the breathtaking memoir of a woman who dares to live life to the fullest, on her own terms.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230086Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born with Teeth: A Memoir Author: Kate Mulgrew Narrator: Kate Mulgrew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born with Teeth: A Memoir Author: Kate Mulgrew Narrator: Kate Mulgrew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 20 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew 'how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil,' Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences of a dream deferred. Determined to pursue her own no matter the cost, at 18 she left her small Midwestern town for New York, where, studying with the legendary Stella Adler, she learned the lesson that would define her as an actress: 'Use it,' Adler told her. Whatever disappointment, pain, or anger life throws in your path, channel it into the work. It was a lesson she would need. At twenty-two, just as her career was taking off, she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. Having already signed the adoption papers, she was allowed only a fleeting glimpse of her child. As her star continued to rise, her life became increasingly demanding and fulfilling, a whirlwind of passionate love affairs, life-saving friendships, and bone-crunching work. Through it all, Mulgrew remained haunted by the loss of her daughter, until, two decades later, she found the courage to face the past and step into the most challenging role of her life, both on and off screen. We know Kate Mulgrew for the strong women she's played -- Captain Janeway on Star Trek ; the tough-as-nails 'Red' on Orange is the New Black. Now, we meet the most inspiring and memorable character of all: herself. By turns irreverent and soulful, laugh-out-loud funny and heart-piercingly sad, Born with Teeth is the breathtaking memoir of a woman who dares to live life to the fullest, on her own terms.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-i-shed-my-skin-unlearning-the-racist-lessons-of-a-southern-childhood-by-jim-grimsley--65201038https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood Author: Jim Grimsley Narrator: Henry Leyva Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 14, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In August of 1966, Jim Grimsley entered the sixth grade in the same public school he had attended for the five previous years, in his small eastern North Carolina hometown. But he knew that the first day of this school year was going to be different: for the first time he'd be in a classroom with black children. That was the year federally mandated integration of the schools went into effect, at first allowing students to change schools through 'freedom of choice,' replaced two years later by forced integration. For Jim, going to one of the private schools that almost immediately sprang up was not an option: his family was too poor to consider paying tuition, and while they shared the community's dismay over the mixing of the races, they had bigger, more immediate problems to contend with. Now, over forty years later, Grimsley, a critically acclaimed novelist, revisits that school and those times, remembering his own personal reaction to his first real exposure to black children and to their culture, and to his growing awareness of his own mostly unrecognized racist attitudes. Good White People is both true and deeply moving, an important work that takes readers inside those classrooms and onto the playing fields as, ever so tentatively, alliances were forged and friendships established.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230264Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood Author: Jim Grimsley Narrator: Henry Leyva Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood Author: Jim Grimsley Narrator: Henry Leyva Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 14, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In August of 1966, Jim Grimsley entered the sixth grade in the same public school he had attended for the five previous years, in his small eastern North Carolina hometown. But he knew that the first day of this school year was going to be different: for the first time he'd be in a classroom with black children. That was the year federally mandated integration of the schools went into effect, at first allowing students to change schools through 'freedom of choice,' replaced two years later by forced integration. For Jim, going to one of the private schools that almost immediately sprang up was not an option: his family was too poor to consider paying tuition, and while they shared the community's dismay over the mixing of the races, they had bigger, more immediate problems to contend with. Now, over forty years later, Grimsley, a critically acclaimed novelist, revisits that school and those times, remembering his own personal reaction to his first real exposure to black children and to their culture, and to his growing awareness of his own mostly unrecognized racist attitudes. Good White People is both true and deeply moving, an important work that takes readers inside those classrooms and onto the playing fields as, ever so tentatively, alliances were forged and friendships established.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-professor-in-the-cage-why-men-fight-and-why-we-like-to-watch-by-jonathan-gottschall--65200958https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch Author: Jonathan Gottschall Narrator: Quincy Dunn-Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 14, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge, and an opportunity. Pushing forty, out of shape, and disenchanted with his job as an adjunct English professor, part of him yearns to cross the street and join up. The other part is terrified. Gottschall eventually works up his nerve, and starts training for a real cage fight. He's fighting not only as a personal test but also to answer questions that have intrigued him for years: Why do men fight? And why do so many seemingly decent people like to watch? Gottschall endures extremes of pain, occasional humiliation, and the incredulity of his wife to take us into the heart of fighting culture-culminating, after almost two years of grueling training, in his own cage fight. Gottschall's unsparing personal journey crystallizes in his epiphany, and ours, that taming male violence through ritualized combat has been a hidden key to the success of the human race. Without the restraining codes of the monkey dance, the world would be a much more chaotic and dangerous place.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231980Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch Author: Jonathan Gottschall Narrator: Quincy Dunn-Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch Author: Jonathan Gottschall Narrator: Quincy Dunn-Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 14, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge, and an opportunity. Pushing forty, out of shape, and disenchanted with his job as an adjunct English professor, part of him yearns to cross the street and join up. The other part is terrified. Gottschall eventually works up his nerve, and starts training for a real cage fight. He's fighting not only as a personal test but also to answer questions that have intrigued him for years: Why do men fight? And why do so many seemingly decent people like to watch? Gottschall endures extremes of pain, occasional humiliation, and the incredulity of his wife to take us into the heart of fighting culture-culminating, after almost two years of grueling training, in his own cage fight. Gottschall's unsparing personal journey crystallizes in his epiphany, and ours, that taming male violence through ritualized combat has been a hidden key to the success of the human race. Without the restraining codes of the monkey dance, the world would be a much more chaotic and dangerous place.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-in-every-stitch-stories-of-knitting-and-healing-by-lee-gant--65200942https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in Every Stitch: Stories of Knitting and Healing Author: Lee Gant Narrator: Dawn Harvey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring book, master knitter, teacher, and widely published knitwear designer Lee Gant shares real-life stories about the power of knitting. As an employee of three different yarn stores, a teacher of countless knitting classes, and a volunteer with at-risk youth, Lee has had the opportunity to gather diverse stories. The stories she shares about herself and fellow knitters from around the world illustrate how each stitch and purl can comfort and calm, heal and renew. A suicidal teenager crochets through pregnancy. A dying woman finds comfort in the company of knitters. A woman finds the courage to face her estranged parents. A woman going blind realizes she can still knit—and experience life. And Lee's life, riddled with more than just anxiety, has at last become stable and productive. This book includes stories of women, men, and teens who have experienced profound change and enlightenment through knitting and crochet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230864Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in Every Stitch: Stories of Knitting and Healing Author: Lee Gant Narrator: Dawn Harvey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in Every Stitch: Stories of Knitting and Healing Author: Lee Gant Narrator: Dawn Harvey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring book, master knitter, teacher, and widely published knitwear designer Lee Gant shares real-life stories about the power of knitting. As an employee of three different yarn stores, a teacher of countless knitting classes, and a volunteer with at-risk youth, Lee has had the opportunity to gather diverse stories. The stories she shares about herself and fellow knitters from around the world illustrate how each stitch and purl can comfort and calm, heal and renew. A suicidal teenager crochets through pregnancy. A dying woman finds comfort in the company of knitters. A woman finds the courage to face her estranged parents. A woman going blind realizes she can still knit—and experience life. And Lee's life, riddled with more than just anxiety, has at last become stable and productive. This book includes stories of women, men, and teens who have experienced profound change and enlightenment through knitting and crochet.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nobody-s-cuter-than-you-a-memoir-about-the-beauty-of-friendship-by-melanie-shankle--65201027https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nobody's Cuter than You: A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship Author: Melanie Shankle Narrator: Melanie Shankle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: There is nothing as precious in life as a friend who knows you and loves you in spite of yourself. Yet over the last couple of decades, we’ve substituted the joy of real friendship with cheap imitations. We settle for “community” on Facebook and Twitter and a series of text messages that allow us to communicate with someone without the commitment. We like each other’s beautifully filtered photos on Instagram and delude ourselves into believing we have a community. But real friendship requires effort. It’s showing up, laughing loud, and crying hard. It’s forgiving and loving and giving the benefit of the doubt. It’s making a casserole, doing a carpool pickup, and making sure she knows those cute shoes are 50 percent off. Written in the same comedic style as the New York Times bestsellers Sparkly Green Earrings and The Antelope in the Living Room, Nobody’s Cuter than You is a laugh-out-loud look at the special bond that]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232076Wed, 08 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nobody's Cuter than You: A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship Author: Melanie Shankle Narrator: Melanie Shankle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nobody's Cuter than You: A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship Author: Melanie Shankle Narrator: Melanie Shankle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: There is nothing as precious in life as a friend who knows you and loves you in spite of yourself. Yet over the last couple of decades, we’ve substituted the joy of real friendship with cheap imitations. We settle for “community” on Facebook and Twitter and a series of text messages that allow us to communicate with someone without the commitment. We like each other’s beautifully filtered photos on Instagram and delude ourselves into believing we have a community. But real friendship requires effort. It’s showing up, laughing loud, and crying hard. It’s forgiving and loving and giving the benefit of the doubt. It’s making a casserole, doing a carpool pickup, and making sure she knows those cute shoes are 50 percent off. Written in the same comedic style as the New York Times bestsellers Sparkly Green Earrings and The Antelope in the Living Room, Nobody’s Cuter than You is a laugh-out-loud look at the special bond that]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/visions-and-revisions-coming-of-age-in-the-age-of-aids-by-dale-peck--65201092https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDs Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Part memoir, part extended essay, Visions and Revisions is a revolutionary look at the 1990s AIDS epidemic from ''one of our most adventurous and singularly talented writers working today'' (San Francisco Chronicle). Reminiscent of Joan Didion's White Album or Kurt Vonnegut's Palm Sunday, Visions and Revisions is a collage-style portrait of a tumultuous era that puts the listener on the streets of NYC during the early '90s AIDS crisis, also touching on such diverse subjects as the serial murders of gay men, Peck's first loves upon coming out, and the transformation of LGBT people from marginal, idealistic fighters to their present place in a world of widespread, if fraught, mainstream acceptance. Visions and Revisions capitalizes on a wave of increased interest in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the recent premiere of the groundbreaking AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague. This is the first memoir by one of our most controversial contemporary writers, and it offers a jarring, street-level portrait of AIDS activism in the 1990s. Visions and Revisions will follow the Soho Press reissue of Dale Peck's debut novel, Martin and John, which received stunning critical praise, as well as our release of a new anthology he is editing. Novelist and critic Dale Peck's latest work - part memoir, part extended essay - is a foray into what the author calls ''the second half of the first half AIDS epidemic,'' i.e., the period between 1987, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was founded, and 1996, when the advent of combination therapy transformed AIDS from a virtual death sentence into a chronic, manageable illness. Visions and Revisions has been assembled from more than a dozen essays and articles that have been extensively rewritten and recombined to form a sweeping, collage-style portrait of a tumultuous era.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230578Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDs Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDs Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Part memoir, part extended essay, Visions and Revisions is a revolutionary look at the 1990s AIDS epidemic from ''one of our most adventurous and singularly talented writers working today'' (San Francisco Chronicle). Reminiscent of Joan Didion's White Album or Kurt Vonnegut's Palm Sunday, Visions and Revisions is a collage-style portrait of a tumultuous era that puts the listener on the streets of NYC during the early '90s AIDS crisis, also touching on such diverse subjects as the serial murders of gay men, Peck's first loves upon coming out, and the transformation of LGBT people from marginal, idealistic fighters to their present place in a world of widespread, if fraught, mainstream acceptance. Visions and Revisions capitalizes on a wave of increased interest in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the recent premiere of the groundbreaking AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague. This is the first memoir by one of our most controversial contemporary writers, and it offers a jarring, street-level portrait of AIDS activism in the 1990s. Visions and Revisions will follow the Soho Press reissue of Dale Peck's debut novel, Martin and John, which received stunning critical praise, as well as our release of a new anthology he is editing. Novelist and critic Dale Peck's latest work - part memoir, part extended essay - is a foray into what the author calls ''the second half of the first half AIDS epidemic,'' i.e., the period between 1987, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was founded, and 1996, when the advent of combination therapy transformed AIDS from a virtual death sentence into a chronic, manageable illness. Visions and Revisions has been assembled from more than a dozen essays and articles that have been extensively rewritten and recombined to form a sweeping, collage-style portrait of a tumultuous era.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-real-doctor-will-see-you-shortly-a-physician-s-first-year-by-matt-mccarthy--65201050https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year Author: Matt McCarthy Narrator: Matt McCarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, bringing readers into the critical care unit to see one burgeoning physician's journey from ineptitude to competence. In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor—the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who could reach unreachable patients. But when a new admission to the critical care unit almost died his first night on call, he found himself scrambling. Visions of mastery quickly gave way to hopes of simply surviving hospital life, where confidence was hard to come by and no amount of med school training could dispel the terror of facing actual patients. This funny, candid memoir of McCarthy’s intern year at a New York hospital provides a scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, taking readers into patients’ rooms and doctors’ conferences to witness a physician's journey from ineptitude to competence. McCarthy's one stroke of luck paired him with a brilliant second-year adviser he called “Baio” (owing to his resemblance to the Charles in Charge star), who proved to be a remarkable teacher with a wicked sense of humor. McCarthy would learn even more from the people he cared for, including a man named Benny, who was living in the hospital for months at a time awaiting a heart transplant. But no teacher could help McCarthy when an accident put his own health at risk, and showed him all too painfully the thin line between doctor and patient. The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly offers a window on to hospital life that dispenses with sanctimony and self-seriousness while emphasizing the black-comic paradox of becoming a doctor: How do you learn to save lives in a job where there is no practice?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230136Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year Author: Matt McCarthy Narrator: Matt McCarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year Author: Matt McCarthy Narrator: Matt McCarthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, bringing readers into the critical care unit to see one burgeoning physician's journey from ineptitude to competence. In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor—the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who could reach unreachable patients. But when a new admission to the critical care unit almost died his first night on call, he found himself scrambling. Visions of mastery quickly gave way to hopes of simply surviving hospital life, where confidence was hard to come by and no amount of med school training could dispel the terror of facing actual patients. This funny, candid memoir of McCarthy’s intern year at a New York hospital provides a scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, taking readers into patients’ rooms and doctors’ conferences to witness a physician's journey from ineptitude to competence. McCarthy's one stroke of luck paired him with a brilliant second-year adviser he called “Baio” (owing to his resemblance to the Charles in Charge star), who proved to be a remarkable teacher with a wicked sense of humor. McCarthy would learn even more from the people he cared for, including a man named Benny, who was living in the hospital for months at a time awaiting a heart transplant. But no teacher could help McCarthy when an accident put his own health at risk, and showed him all too painfully the thin line between doctor and patient. The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly offers a window on to hospital life that dispenses with sanctimony and self-seriousness while emphasizing the black-comic paradox of becoming a doctor: How do you learn to save lives in a job where there is no practice?]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recipes-for-a-beautiful-life-a-memoir-in-stories-by-rebecca-barry--65201024https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipes for a Beautiful Life: A Memoir in Stories Author: Rebecca Barry Narrator: Kyra Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Writing with a delicate balance of humor and truth, critically acclaimed author Rebecca Barry reflects on motherhood, work, and marriage in her new memoir about trying to build a creative life. When Rebecca Barry and her husband moved to upstate New York to start their family, they wanted to be surrounded by natural beauty but close to a small urban center, doing work they loved, and plenty of time to spend with their kids. But living their dreams turned out not to be so simple: the lovely old house they bought had lots of character but also needed lots of repairs, they struggled to stay afloat financially, their children refused to sleep or play quietly, and the novel Rebecca had dreamed of writing simply wouldn't come to her. Recipes for a Beautiful Life blends heartwarming, funny, authentically told stories about the messiness of family life, a fearless examination of the anxieties of creative work, and sharp-eyed observations of the pressures that all women face. This is a story of a woman confronting her deepest fears: What if I'm a terrible mother? What if I'm not good at the work I love? What if my children never eat anything but peanut butter and cake? What if I go to sleep angry? It's also a story of the beauty, light, and humor that's around us, all the time-even when things look bleak, and using that to find your way back to your heart. Mostly, though, it is about the journey to building not just a beautiful life, but a creative one.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231984Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipes for a Beautiful Life: A Memoir in Stories Author: Rebecca Barry Narrator: Kyra Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipes for a Beautiful Life: A Memoir in Stories Author: Rebecca Barry Narrator: Kyra Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Writing with a delicate balance of humor and truth, critically acclaimed author Rebecca Barry reflects on motherhood, work, and marriage in her new memoir about trying to build a creative life. When Rebecca Barry and her husband moved to upstate New York to start their family, they wanted to be surrounded by natural beauty but close to a small urban center, doing work they loved, and plenty of time to spend with their kids. But living their dreams turned out not to be so simple: the lovely old house they bought had lots of character but also needed lots of repairs, they struggled to stay afloat financially, their children refused to sleep or play quietly, and the novel Rebecca had dreamed of writing simply wouldn't come to her. Recipes for a Beautiful Life blends heartwarming, funny, authentically told stories about the messiness of family life, a fearless examination of the anxieties of creative work, and sharp-eyed observations of the pressures that all women face. This is a story of a woman confronting her deepest fears: What if I'm a terrible mother? What if I'm not good at the work I love? What if my children never eat anything but peanut butter and cake? What if I go to sleep angry? It's also a story of the beauty, light, and humor that's around us, all the time-even when things look bleak, and using that to find your way back to your heart. Mostly, though, it is about the journey to building not just a beautiful life, but a creative one.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-that-happened-a-memoir-by-jon-cryer--65201009https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So That Happened: A Memoir Author: Jon Cryer Narrator: Jon Cryer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.63 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: If it can happen in show business, it’s happened to Jon Cryer. Now he’s opening up for the first time and sharing his behind-the-scenes stories in a warmly endearing, sharply observed, and frankly funny look at life in Hollywood. In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwald’s loyal and lovable best friend, Duckie, in the cult classic Pretty in Pink in a role that set the tone for his three-decade-long career in Hollywood. He went on to establish himself as one of the most talented comedic actors in the business, ultimately culminating in his current turn as Alan Harper on the massively popular sitcom Two and a Half Men. With the instincts of a natural storyteller, Cryer charts his extraordinary journey in show business, illuminating his many triumphs and some missteps along the way. Filled with exclusive behind-the-scenes anecdotes, Cryer offers his own endearing perspective on Hollywood, the business at large, and the art of acting. Cryer has worked with some of the biggest and most provocative names in the business, and here, for the first time, he details his experiences with Charlie Sheen, John Hughes, Robert Altman, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, and Christopher Reeve, among many others. He shares the intimate details of his friendships and relationships, pays tribute to his mentors, and explores the peculiar combination of heart, talent, and wisdom it takes to survive not just the bad times in a notoriously fickle industry but even the good times. In this revealing, humorous, and introspective memoir, Cryer offers readers a front-row seat as he reminisces about his life and experiences in showbiz over the past thirty years.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230336Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So That Happened: A Memoir Author: Jon Cryer Narrator: Jon Cryer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So That Happened: A Memoir Author: Jon Cryer Narrator: Jon Cryer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.63 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: If it can happen in show business, it’s happened to Jon Cryer. Now he’s opening up for the first time and sharing his behind-the-scenes stories in a warmly endearing, sharply observed, and frankly funny look at life in Hollywood. In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwald’s loyal and lovable best friend, Duckie, in the cult classic Pretty in Pink in a role that set the tone for his three-decade-long career in Hollywood. He went on to establish himself as one of the most talented comedic actors in the business, ultimately culminating in his current turn as Alan Harper on the massively popular sitcom Two and a Half Men. With the instincts of a natural storyteller, Cryer charts his extraordinary journey in show business, illuminating his many triumphs and some missteps along the way. Filled with exclusive behind-the-scenes anecdotes, Cryer offers his own endearing perspective on Hollywood, the business at large, and the art of acting. Cryer has worked with some of the biggest and most provocative names in the business, and here, for the first time, he details his experiences with Charlie Sheen, John Hughes, Robert Altman, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, and Christopher Reeve, among many others. He shares the intimate details of his friendships and relationships, pays tribute to his mentors, and explores the peculiar combination of heart, talent, and wisdom it takes to survive not just the bad times in a notoriously fickle industry but even the good times. In this revealing, humorous, and introspective memoir, Cryer offers readers a front-row seat as he reminisces about his life and experiences in showbiz over the past thirty years.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-fine-romance-by-candice-bergen--65200998https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fine Romance Author: Candice Bergen Narrator: Candice Bergen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times bestseller, acclaimed actress Candice Bergen “shows how to do a memoir right...The self-possessed, witty, and down-to-earth voice that made Bergen’s first memoir a hit when it was published in 1984 has only been deepened by life’s surprises” (The New York Times Book Review). “Candice Bergen is unflinchingly honest” (The Washington Post), and in A Fine Romance she describes her first marriage at age thirty-four to famous French director Louis Malle; her overpowering love for her daughter, Chloe; the unleashing of her inner comic with Murphy Brown; her trauma over Malle’s death; her joy at finding new love; and her pride at watching Chloe blossom. In her decidedly nontraditional marriage to the insatiably curious Louis, Bergen takes readers on world travels to the sets where each made films. Pregnant with Chloe at age thirty-nine, this mature primigravida also recounts a journey through motherhood that includes plundering the Warner Bros. costume closets for Halloween getups and never leaving her ever-expanding menagerie out of the fun. She offers priceless, behind-the-scenes looks at Murphy Brown, from caterwauling with Aretha Franklin to the surreal experience of becoming headline news when Dan Quayle took exception to her character becoming a single mother. Bergen tackles familiar rites of passage with moving honesty: the rigors of caring for a spouse in his final illness, getting older, and falling in love again after she was tricked into a blind date. By the time the last page is turned, “we’re all likely to be wishing Bergen herself—funny, insightful, self-deprecating, flawed (and not especially concerned about that), and slugging her way through her older years with bemused determination—was living next door” (USA TODAY).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230167Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fine Romance Author: Candice Bergen Narrator: Candice Bergen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fine Romance Author: Candice Bergen Narrator: Candice Bergen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times bestseller, acclaimed actress Candice Bergen “shows how to do a memoir right...The self-possessed, witty, and down-to-earth voice that made Bergen’s first memoir a hit when it was published in 1984 has only been deepened by life’s surprises” (The New York Times Book Review). “Candice Bergen is unflinchingly honest” (The Washington Post), and in A Fine Romance she describes her first marriage at age thirty-four to famous French director Louis Malle; her overpowering love for her daughter, Chloe; the unleashing of her inner comic with Murphy Brown; her trauma over Malle’s death; her joy at finding new love; and her pride at watching Chloe blossom. In her decidedly nontraditional marriage to the insatiably curious Louis, Bergen takes readers on world travels to the sets where each made films. Pregnant with Chloe at age thirty-nine, this mature primigravida also recounts a journey through motherhood that includes plundering the Warner Bros. costume closets for Halloween getups and never leaving her ever-expanding menagerie out of the fun. She offers priceless, behind-the-scenes looks at Murphy Brown, from caterwauling with Aretha Franklin to the surreal experience of becoming headline news when Dan Quayle took exception to her character becoming a single mother. Bergen tackles familiar rites of passage with moving honesty: the rigors of caring for a spouse in his final illness, getting older, and falling in love again after she was tricked into a blind date. By the time the last page is turned, “we’re all likely to be wishing Bergen herself—funny, insightful, self-deprecating, flawed (and not especially concerned about that), and slugging her way through her older years with bemused determination—was living next door” (USA TODAY).]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/out-came-the-sun-overcoming-the-legacy-of-mental-illness-addiction-and-suicide-in-my-family-by-mariel-hemingway--65200994https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family Author: Mariel Hemingway Narrator: Mariel Hemingway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America’s most famous families: the Hemingways She opens her eyes. The room is dark. She hears yelling, smashed plates, and wishes it was all a terrible dream. But it isn’t. This is what it was like growing up as a Hemingway. In this deeply moving, searingly honest new memoir, actress and mental health icon Mariel Hemingway shares in candid detail the story of her troubled childhood in a famous family haunted by depression, alcoholism, illness, and suicide. Born just a few months after her grandfather Ernest Hemingway shot himself, it was Mariel’s mission as a girl to escape the desperate cycle of severe mental health issues that had plagued generations of her family. Surrounded by a family tortured by alcoholism (Mariel’s parents), depression (her sister Margaux), suicide (her grandfather and four other members of her family), schizophrenia (her sister Muffet), and cancer (her mother), it was all the young Mariel could do to keep her head. In a compassionate voice, she reveals her painful struggle to stay sane as the youngest child in her family, coping with the chaos by becoming obsessive about her food, schedule, and organization. The twisted legacy of her family has never quite let go of Mariel, but in this memoir she opens up about her claustrophobic marriage, her faltering acting career, and her turning to spiritual healers and charlatans for solace. Mariel has ultimately written a story of triumph about learning to overcome her family’s demons and developing love and deep compassion for them. At last she can tell the true story of the tragedies and troubles of the Hemingway family, and she delivers a book that beckons comparisons with Mary Karr and Jeanette Walls.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230813Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family Author: Mariel Hemingway Narrator: Mariel Hemingway...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family Author: Mariel Hemingway Narrator: Mariel Hemingway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America’s most famous families: the Hemingways She opens her eyes. The room is dark. She hears yelling, smashed plates, and wishes it was all a terrible dream. But it isn’t. This is what it was like growing up as a Hemingway. In this deeply moving, searingly honest new memoir, actress and mental health icon Mariel Hemingway shares in candid detail the story of her troubled childhood in a famous family haunted by depression, alcoholism, illness, and suicide. Born just a few months after her grandfather Ernest Hemingway shot himself, it was Mariel’s mission as a girl to escape the desperate cycle of severe mental health issues that had plagued generations of her family. Surrounded by a family tortured by alcoholism (Mariel’s parents), depression (her sister Margaux), suicide (her grandfather and four other members of her family), schizophrenia (her sister Muffet), and cancer (her mother), it was all the young Mariel could do to keep her head. In a compassionate voice, she reveals her painful struggle to stay sane as the youngest child in her family, coping with the chaos by becoming obsessive about her food, schedule, and organization. The twisted legacy of her family has never quite let go of Mariel, but in this memoir she opens up about her claustrophobic marriage, her faltering acting career, and her turning to spiritual healers and charlatans for solace. Mariel has ultimately written a story of triumph about learning to overcome her family’s demons and developing love and deep compassion for them. At last she can tell the true story of the tragedies and troubles of the Hemingway family, and she delivers a book that beckons comparisons with Mary Karr and Jeanette Walls.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/picnic-in-provence-a-memoir-with-recipes-by-elizabeth-bard--65200969https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes Author: Elizabeth Bard Narrator: Elizabeth Bard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The bestselling author of Lunch in Paris takes us on another delicious journey, this time to the heart of Provence. Ten years ago, New Yorker Elizabeth Bard followed a handsome Frenchman up a spiral staircase to a love nest in the heart of Paris. Now, with a baby on the way and the world's flakiest croissant around the corner, Elizabeth is sure she's found her 'forever place.' But life has other plans. On a last romantic jaunt before the baby arrives, the couple take a trip to the tiny Provencal village of Céreste. A chance encounter leads them to the wartime home of a famous poet, a tale of a buried manuscript and a garden full of heirloom roses. Under the spell of the house and its unique history, in less time than it takes to flip a crepe, Elizabeth and Gwendal decide to move-lock, stock and Le Creuset-to the French countryside. When the couple and their newborn son arrive in Provence, they discover a land of blue skies, lavender fields and peaches that taste like sunshine. Seduced by the local ingredients, they begin a new adventure as culinary entrepreneurs, starting their own artisanal ice cream shop and experimenting with flavors like saffron, sheep's milk yogurt and fruity olive oil. Filled with enticing recipes for stuffed zucchini flowers, fig tart and honey and thyme ice cream, Picnic in Provence is the story of everything that happens after the happily ever after: an American learning the tricks of French motherhood, a family finding a new professional passion, and a cook's initiation into classic Provencal cuisine. With wit, humor and scoop of wild strawberry sorbet, Bard reminds us that life-in and out of the kitchen-is a rendez-vous with the unexpected.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230089Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes Author: Elizabeth Bard Narrator: Elizabeth Bard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes Author: Elizabeth Bard Narrator: Elizabeth Bard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The bestselling author of Lunch in Paris takes us on another delicious journey, this time to the heart of Provence. Ten years ago, New Yorker Elizabeth Bard followed a handsome Frenchman up a spiral staircase to a love nest in the heart of Paris. Now, with a baby on the way and the world's flakiest croissant around the corner, Elizabeth is sure she's found her 'forever place.' But life has other plans. On a last romantic jaunt before the baby arrives, the couple take a trip to the tiny Provencal village of Céreste. A chance encounter leads them to the wartime home of a famous poet, a tale of a buried manuscript and a garden full of heirloom roses. Under the spell of the house and its unique history, in less time than it takes to flip a crepe, Elizabeth and Gwendal decide to move-lock, stock and Le Creuset-to the French countryside. When the couple and their newborn son arrive in Provence, they discover a land of blue skies, lavender fields and peaches that taste like sunshine. Seduced by the local ingredients, they begin a new adventure as culinary entrepreneurs, starting their own artisanal ice cream shop and experimenting with flavors like saffron, sheep's milk yogurt and fruity olive oil. Filled with enticing recipes for stuffed zucchini flowers, fig tart and honey and thyme ice cream, Picnic in Provence is the story of everything that happens after the happily ever after: an American learning the tricks of French motherhood, a family finding a new professional passion, and a cook's initiation into classic Provencal cuisine. With wit, humor and scoop of wild strawberry sorbet, Bard reminds us that life-in and out of the kitchen-is a rendez-vous with the unexpected.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/splitting-the-difference-a-heart-shaped-memoir-by-tre-miller-rodriguez--65200965https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir Author: Tré Miller Rodríguez Narrator: Madeleine Lambert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An inspiring, irreverent, and heartrending memoir about love, loss, and splitting the difference between joy and grief At the age of eighteen, Tré Miller Rodríguez gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. At nineteen, her only sibling was killed in a car accident. At thirty-four, her husband, Alberto, died of a sudden heart attack. But at thirty-six, her teenage daughter found her on Facebook and began to reshape the course of Tré’s life. In sharply immediate prose, Tré unpacks her experience as a young widow in New York City: the “dumb sh*t” people say, the brave face she wears to work and social events, and the lack of solace in one-night stands. Her perspective only begins to shift when she spontaneously brings Alberto’s ashes on a trip, which sets into motion a ritual of spreading him in bodies of water. By traveling to bucket-list destinations like Brazil and Cuba, Tré discovers a grief strategy for her roughest days. Alberto’s death ultimately becomes a portal through which Tré views her past and embraces her future. She quits her corporate job, explores Alberto’s homeland of Cuba, and joyfully reunites with her biological daughter in North Carolina. A deeply moving narrative, Splitting the Difference is written with the raw authenticity of a woman transformed by heartbreak and inspired by love’s legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230748Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir Author: Tré Miller Rodríguez Narrator: Madeleine Lambert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir Author: Tré Miller Rodríguez Narrator: Madeleine Lambert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An inspiring, irreverent, and heartrending memoir about love, loss, and splitting the difference between joy and grief At the age of eighteen, Tré Miller Rodríguez gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. At nineteen, her only sibling was killed in a car accident. At thirty-four, her husband, Alberto, died of a sudden heart attack. But at thirty-six, her teenage daughter found her on Facebook and began to reshape the course of Tré’s life. In sharply immediate prose, Tré unpacks her experience as a young widow in New York City: the “dumb sh*t” people say, the brave face she wears to work and social events, and the lack of solace in one-night stands. Her perspective only begins to shift when she spontaneously brings Alberto’s ashes on a trip, which sets into motion a ritual of spreading him in bodies of water. By traveling to bucket-list destinations like Brazil and Cuba, Tré discovers a grief strategy for her roughest days. Alberto’s death ultimately becomes a portal through which Tré views her past and embraces her future. She quits her corporate job, explores Alberto’s homeland of Cuba, and joyfully reunites with her biological daughter in North Carolina. A deeply moving narrative, Splitting the Difference is written with the raw authenticity of a woman transformed by heartbreak and inspired by love’s legacy.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-story-tie-in-edtion-murder-memoir-mea-culpa-by-michael-finkel--65200961https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Story tie-in edtion: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa Author: Michael Finkel Narrator: Rich Orlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Jonah Hill & James Franco and Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures When New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo–who has taken on Finkel's identity–his investigation morphs into an unforgettable game of cat and mouse. True Story weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, deceit, and redemption, following Finkel's relentless pursuit of the shocking truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230601Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Story tie-in edtion: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa Author: Michael Finkel Narrator: Rich Orlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Story tie-in edtion: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa Author: Michael Finkel Narrator: Rich Orlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Jonah Hill & James Franco and Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures When New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo–who has taken on Finkel's identity–his investigation morphs into an unforgettable game of cat and mouse. True Story weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, deceit, and redemption, following Finkel's relentless pursuit of the shocking truth.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-off-script-how-i-survived-a-crazy-childhood-cancer-and-clooney-s-32-on-screen-rejections-by-giuliana-rancic--65200954https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Off Script: How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections Author: Giuliana Rancic Narrator: Giuliana Rancic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A witty, warm, and inspiring memoir from the E News! host, Fashion Police panelist, red-carpet correspondent, author, and reality show star Giuliana Rancic.    Giuliana Rancic is best known for interviewing A-listers on the red carpet and E! News, skewering their shocking style choices on Fashion Police, and giving viewers a front row seat to her marriage and family life on her reality show, Giuliana & Bill. What fans may not know is that she learned English from Eddie Murphy, got her American citizenship so she could be a beauty queen, and used to have a bad habit of stealing cars for fun.   Giuliana bares this and so much more in her hilarious, warm, and inspiring memoir, Going Off Script.  From a young age she dreamed of being a TV anchorwoman but, because of her inclination toward mischief and away from schoolwork, her path to her dream job was far from straight. After a fateful (and mortifying) encounter with the late Senator Ted Kennedy, she learned that Hollywood news was where she belonged.  Thankfully for readers, this epiphany led her to a bounty of LA misadventures (featuring notables such as Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Russell Crowe) and an entertaining behind-the-scenes perspective on what our favorite celebrities are really like.    In spite of her glamorous Hollywood life, however, Giuliana could not escape some rockier times, including her battles with infertility and breast cancer.  Here, for the first time, she reveals the whole truth behind her well-publicized struggles, and the highly controversial decisions she had to make. And, of course, at the heart of it all are the two loves of her life who keep her strong through everything, her husband Bill and her son, Duke.    Candid, funny, and poignant, Going Off Script is an autobiography that proves you don’t always have to follow the rules to get the life you’ve always dreamed of.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231327Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Off Script: How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections Author: Giuliana Rancic Narrator: Giuliana Rancic...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Off Script: How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections Author: Giuliana Rancic Narrator: Giuliana Rancic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A witty, warm, and inspiring memoir from the E News! host, Fashion Police panelist, red-carpet correspondent, author, and reality show star Giuliana Rancic.    Giuliana Rancic is best known for interviewing A-listers on the red carpet and E! News, skewering their shocking style choices on Fashion Police, and giving viewers a front row seat to her marriage and family life on her reality show, Giuliana & Bill. What fans may not know is that she learned English from Eddie Murphy, got her American citizenship so she could be a beauty queen, and used to have a bad habit of stealing cars for fun.   Giuliana bares this and so much more in her hilarious, warm, and inspiring memoir, Going Off Script.  From a young age she dreamed of being a TV anchorwoman but, because of her inclination toward mischief and away from schoolwork, her path to her dream job was far from straight. After a fateful (and mortifying) encounter with the late Senator Ted Kennedy, she learned that Hollywood news was where she belonged.  Thankfully for readers, this epiphany led her to a bounty of LA misadventures (featuring notables such as Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Russell Crowe) and an entertaining behind-the-scenes perspective on what our favorite celebrities are really like.    In spite of her glamorous Hollywood life, however, Giuliana could not escape some rockier times, including her battles with infertility and breast cancer.  Here, for the first time, she reveals the whole truth behind her well-publicized struggles, and the highly controversial decisions she had to make. And, of course, at the heart of it all are the two loves of her life who keep her strong through everything, her husband Bill and her son, Duke.    Candid, funny, and poignant, Going Off Script is an autobiography that proves you don’t always have to follow the rules to get the life you’ve always dreamed of.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-a-reporter-s-journey-by-judith-miller--65200953https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story: A Reporter's Journey Author: Judith Miller Narrator: Judith Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Star reporter for the New York Times, the world’s most powerful newspaper; foreign correspondent in some of the most dangerous fields; Pulitzer winner; longest jailed correspondent for protecting her sources, Judith Miller is highly respected and controversial. In this memoir, she turns her reporting skills on herself with the intensity of her professional vocation. Judy Miller grew up near the Nevada atomic proving ground. She got a job at the New York Times after a suit by women employees about discrimination at the paper and went on to cover national politics, head the paper’s bureau in Cairo, and serve as deputy editor in Paris and then deputy at the powerful Washington bureau. She reported on terrorism and the rise of fanatical Islam in the Middle East and on secret biological weapons plants and programs in Iraq, Iran, and Russia. She covered an administration traumatized by 9/11 and an anthrax attack three weeks later. Miller shared a Pulitzer for her reporting. She turns her journalistic skills on herself and her controversial reporting which marshaled evidence that led America to invade Iraq. She writes about the mistakes she and others made on the existence in Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. She addresses the motives of some of her sources, including the notorious Iraqi Chalabi and the CIA. She describes going to jail to protect her sources in the Scooter Libby investigation of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame and how the Times subsequently abandoned her after twenty-eight years. The Story describes the real life of a foreign and investigative reporter. It is an adventure story, told with bluntness and wryness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232029Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story: A Reporter's Journey Author: Judith Miller Narrator: Judith Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story: A Reporter's Journey Author: Judith Miller Narrator: Judith Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Star reporter for the New York Times, the world’s most powerful newspaper; foreign correspondent in some of the most dangerous fields; Pulitzer winner; longest jailed correspondent for protecting her sources, Judith Miller is highly respected and controversial. In this memoir, she turns her reporting skills on herself with the intensity of her professional vocation. Judy Miller grew up near the Nevada atomic proving ground. She got a job at the New York Times after a suit by women employees about discrimination at the paper and went on to cover national politics, head the paper’s bureau in Cairo, and serve as deputy editor in Paris and then deputy at the powerful Washington bureau. She reported on terrorism and the rise of fanatical Islam in the Middle East and on secret biological weapons plants and programs in Iraq, Iran, and Russia. She covered an administration traumatized by 9/11 and an anthrax attack three weeks later. Miller shared a Pulitzer for her reporting. She turns her journalistic skills on herself and her controversial reporting which marshaled evidence that led America to invade Iraq. She writes about the mistakes she and others made on the existence in Iraq of weapons of mass destruction. She addresses the motives of some of her sources, including the notorious Iraqi Chalabi and the CIA. She describes going to jail to protect her sources in the Scooter Libby investigation of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame and how the Times subsequently abandoned her after twenty-eight years. The Story describes the real life of a foreign and investigative reporter. It is an adventure story, told with bluntness and wryness.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/words-without-music-a-memoir-by-philip-glass--65200972https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Words without Music: A Memoir Author: Philip Glass Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: World-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has almost single-handedly crafted the dominant sound of late twentieth-century classical music. In Words without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice: that of a born storyteller and insightful chronicler, whose behind-the-scenes recollections allow one to experience the moments of creative fusion when life magically merges with art. The transformation of a young man from budding musical prodigy to world-renowned composer is the story of this commanding memoir. From his childhood in post–World War II Baltimore to his student days in Chicago, at Juilliard, and his first journey to Paris, where he studied under the formidable Nadia Boulanger, Glass recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that shaped his artistic consciousness. From a life-changing trip to India, where he met with gurus, to the gritty streets of New York in the 1970s, where he worked day jobs as a furniture mover, cabbie, and unlicensed plumber, Glass leads the life of a Parisian bohemian artist transported to twentieth-century America. Even after Glass' talent was first widely recognized with the sensational premiere of Einstein on the Beach in 1976, he never abandoned his ideals throughout his collaborations with such artists as Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar, Robert Wilson, Doris Lessing, and Martin Scorsese. And in this loving and slyly humorous autobiography, Philip Glass re-creates in words the thrill that results from artistic creation, ultimately affirming the power of music to change the world. BONUS FEATURE: Includes 'Etude No. 2,' written and performed by Philip Glass]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230749Mon, 06 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Words without Music: A Memoir Author: Philip Glass Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 9 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Words without Music: A Memoir Author: Philip Glass Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: World-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has almost single-handedly crafted the dominant sound of late twentieth-century classical music. In Words without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice: that of a born storyteller and insightful chronicler, whose behind-the-scenes recollections allow one to experience the moments of creative fusion when life magically merges with art. The transformation of a young man from budding musical prodigy to world-renowned composer is the story of this commanding memoir. From his childhood in post–World War II Baltimore to his student days in Chicago, at Juilliard, and his first journey to Paris, where he studied under the formidable Nadia Boulanger, Glass recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that shaped his artistic consciousness. From a life-changing trip to India, where he met with gurus, to the gritty streets of New York in the 1970s, where he worked day jobs as a furniture mover, cabbie, and unlicensed plumber, Glass leads the life of a Parisian bohemian artist transported to twentieth-century America. Even after Glass' talent was first widely recognized with the sensational premiere of Einstein on the Beach in 1976, he never abandoned his ideals throughout his collaborations with such artists as Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar, Robert Wilson, Doris Lessing, and Martin Scorsese. And in this loving and slyly humorous autobiography, Philip Glass re-creates in words the thrill that results from artistic creation, ultimately affirming the power of music to change the world. BONUS FEATURE: Includes 'Etude No. 2,' written and performed by Philip Glass]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-test-my-autobiography-by-brian-o-driscoll--65200966https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Test: My Autobiography Author: Brian O'driscoll Narrator: Aidan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Test, the stunning autobiography from rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll, read by Aidan Kelly. Between 1999, when he made his international debut, and his retirement in 2014, there was no greater player in world rugby than Brian O'Driscoll. In 2010 Rugby World magazine named him its world player of the decade - and since then the legend has only grown. Along the way, he was tested - by personal loss, off-the-field pressures and career-threatening injuries. The Testis a book about how he took on those challenges - how a world-class talent developed a world-class work ethic and temperament. As he lost his youthful pace, O'Driscoll's reinvented himself as a player, revealing the remarkable character and drive behind the glittering gifts. In the latter years of his career, he put in a sequence of gladiatorial performances that etched themselves into the minds of every rugby fan every bit as indelibly as the legendary early tries in Paris and Brisbane. Honest, gritty and thoughtful, The Test is not just an essential sports book. It is an essential book about family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230936Thu, 02 Apr 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Test: My Autobiography Author: Brian O'driscoll Narrator: Aidan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Test: My Autobiography Author: Brian O'driscoll Narrator: Aidan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Test, the stunning autobiography from rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll, read by Aidan Kelly. Between 1999, when he made his international debut, and his retirement in 2014, there was no greater player in world rugby than Brian O'Driscoll. In 2010 Rugby World magazine named him its world player of the decade - and since then the legend has only grown. Along the way, he was tested - by personal loss, off-the-field pressures and career-threatening injuries. The Testis a book about how he took on those challenges - how a world-class talent developed a world-class work ethic and temperament. As he lost his youthful pace, O'Driscoll's reinvented himself as a player, revealing the remarkable character and drive behind the glittering gifts. In the latter years of his career, he put in a sequence of gladiatorial performances that etched themselves into the minds of every rugby fan every bit as indelibly as the legendary early tries in Paris and Brisbane. Honest, gritty and thoughtful, The Test is not just an essential sports book. It is an essential book about family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unforgettable-a-mother-and-son-s-final-days-and-the-lessons-that-last-a-lifetime-by-scott-simon--65200991https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unforgettable: A Mother and Son's Final Days---and the Lessons that Last a Lifetime Author: Scott Simon Narrator: Scott Simon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 31, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?' UNFORGETTABLE is a son's spirited, affecting, and inspiring tribute to his remarkable mother and the love between parent and child. When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's evocative and moving meditations spread virally. Over the course of a few days, Simon chronicled his mother's death and reminisced about her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating familial love. UNFORGETTABLE, expands on those famous tweets to create a memoir that is rich, deeply affecting, heart-wrenching, and exhilarating. His mother was a glamorous woman of the Mad Men-era; she worked in nightclubs, modeled, dated mobsters and movie stars, and was a brave single parent to young Scott Simon. Spending their last days together in a hospital ICU, mother and son reflect on their lifetime's worth of memories, recounting stories laced with humor and exemplifying resilience. UNFORGETTABLE is not only one man's rich and moving tribute to his mother's colorful life and graceful death, it is also a powerful portrayal of the universal bond between mother and child.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230569Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unforgettable: A Mother and Son's Final Days---and the Lessons that Last a Lifetime Author: Scott Simon Narrator: Scott Simon Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unforgettable: A Mother and Son's Final Days---and the Lessons that Last a Lifetime Author: Scott Simon Narrator: Scott Simon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 31, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?' UNFORGETTABLE is a son's spirited, affecting, and inspiring tribute to his remarkable mother and the love between parent and child. When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's evocative and moving meditations spread virally. Over the course of a few days, Simon chronicled his mother's death and reminisced about her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating familial love. UNFORGETTABLE, expands on those famous tweets to create a memoir that is rich, deeply affecting, heart-wrenching, and exhilarating. His mother was a glamorous woman of the Mad Men-era; she worked in nightclubs, modeled, dated mobsters and movie stars, and was a brave single parent to young Scott Simon. Spending their last days together in a hospital ICU, mother and son reflect on their lifetime's worth of memories, recounting stories laced with humor and exemplifying resilience. UNFORGETTABLE is not only one man's rich and moving tribute to his mother's colorful life and graceful death, it is also a powerful portrayal of the universal bond between mother and child.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/badluck-way-a-year-on-the-ragged-edge-of-the-west-by-bryce-andrews--65200999https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West Author: Bryce Andrews Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Much more than a coming-of-age story, Badluck Way is an important meditation on what it means to share space and breathe the same air as truly wild animals, and the necessary damage that can occur when boundaries are crossed” (Tom Groneberg, author of The Secret Life of Cowboys). In this gripping memoir of a young man, a wolf, their parallel lives and ultimate collision, Bryce Andrews describes life on the remote, windswept Sun Ranch in southwest Montana. The Sun’s twenty thousand acres of rangeland occupy a still-wild corner of southwest Montana—a high valley surrounded by mountain ranges and steep creeks with portentous names like Grizzly and Bad Luck. Just over the border from Yellowstone National Park, the Sun holds giant herds of cattle and elk amid many predators—bears, mountain lions, and wolves. In lyrical, haunting language, Andrews recounts marathon days and nights of building fences, riding, roping, and otherwise learning the hard business of caring for cattle, an initiation that changes him from an idealistic city kid into a skilled ranch hand. But when wolves suddenly begin killing the ranch’s cattle, Andrews has to shoulder a rifle, chase the pack, and do what he’d hoped he would never have to do. Called “an elegant memoir” by the Great Falls Tribune, Badluck Way is about transformation and complications, about living with dirty hands every day. It is about the hard choices that wake us at night and take a lifetime to reconcile. Above all, Badluck Way celebrates the breathtaking beauty of wilderness and the satisfaction of hard work on some of the harshest, most beautiful land in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230500Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West Author: Bryce Andrews Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West Author: Bryce Andrews Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Much more than a coming-of-age story, Badluck Way is an important meditation on what it means to share space and breathe the same air as truly wild animals, and the necessary damage that can occur when boundaries are crossed” (Tom Groneberg, author of The Secret Life of Cowboys). In this gripping memoir of a young man, a wolf, their parallel lives and ultimate collision, Bryce Andrews describes life on the remote, windswept Sun Ranch in southwest Montana. The Sun’s twenty thousand acres of rangeland occupy a still-wild corner of southwest Montana—a high valley surrounded by mountain ranges and steep creeks with portentous names like Grizzly and Bad Luck. Just over the border from Yellowstone National Park, the Sun holds giant herds of cattle and elk amid many predators—bears, mountain lions, and wolves. In lyrical, haunting language, Andrews recounts marathon days and nights of building fences, riding, roping, and otherwise learning the hard business of caring for cattle, an initiation that changes him from an idealistic city kid into a skilled ranch hand. But when wolves suddenly begin killing the ranch’s cattle, Andrews has to shoulder a rifle, chase the pack, and do what he’d hoped he would never have to do. Called “an elegant memoir” by the Great Falls Tribune, Badluck Way is about transformation and complications, about living with dirty hands every day. It is about the hard choices that wake us at night and take a lifetime to reconcile. Above all, Badluck Way celebrates the breathtaking beauty of wilderness and the satisfaction of hard work on some of the harshest, most beautiful land in the world.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-coach-s-life-my-40-years-in-college-basketball-by-john-kilgo-dean-smith-sally-jenkins--65201047https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Coach's Life: My 40 Years in College Basketball Author: John Kilgo, Dean Smith, Sally Jenkins Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith tells the full story of his fabled career, and shares the life lessons taught and learned over forty years of unparalleled success as a coach and mentor. For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina men's basketball program with unsurpassed success- on the court and in shaping young men's lives. In his long-awaited memoir, he reflects on the great games, teams, players, strategies, and rivalries that defined his career, and explains the philosophy that guided him. There's a lot more to life than basketball- though some may beg to differ- but there's a lot more to basketball than basketball, and this is a book about basketball filled with wisdom about life. Dean Smith insisted that the fundamentals of good basketball were the fundamentals of character- passion, discipline, focus, selflessness, and responsibility- and he strove to unite his teams in pursuit of those values. To read this book is to understand why Dean Smith changed the lives of the players he coached, from Michael Jordan, who calls him his second father and who never played a single NBA game without wearing a pair of UNC basketball shorts under his uniform, to the last man on the bench of his least talented team. We all wish we had a coach like Dean Smith in our lives, and now we will have that chance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230731Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Coach's Life: My 40 Years in College Basketball Author: John Kilgo, Dean Smith, Sally Jenkins Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Coach's Life: My 40 Years in College Basketball Author: John Kilgo, Dean Smith, Sally Jenkins Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith tells the full story of his fabled career, and shares the life lessons taught and learned over forty years of unparalleled success as a coach and mentor. For almost forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina men's basketball program with unsurpassed success- on the court and in shaping young men's lives. In his long-awaited memoir, he reflects on the great games, teams, players, strategies, and rivalries that defined his career, and explains the philosophy that guided him. There's a lot more to life than basketball- though some may beg to differ- but there's a lot more to basketball than basketball, and this is a book about basketball filled with wisdom about life. Dean Smith insisted that the fundamentals of good basketball were the fundamentals of character- passion, discipline, focus, selflessness, and responsibility- and he strove to unite his teams in pursuit of those values. To read this book is to understand why Dean Smith changed the lives of the players he coached, from Michael Jordan, who calls him his second father and who never played a single NBA game without wearing a pair of UNC basketball shorts under his uniform, to the last man on the bench of his least talented team. We all wish we had a coach like Dean Smith in our lives, and now we will have that chance.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-porcelain-thief-searching-the-middle-kingdom-for-buried-china-by-huan-hsu--65201034https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China Author: Huan Hsu Narrator: Huan Hsu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A journalist travels throughout mainland China and Taiwan in search of his family’s hidden treasure and comes to understand his ancestry as he never has before.   In 1938, when the Japanese arrived in Huan Hsu’s great-great-grandfather Liu’s Yangtze River hometown of Xingang, Liu was forced to bury his valuables, including a vast collection of prized antique porcelain, and undertake a decades-long trek that would splinter the family over thousands of miles. Many years and upheavals later, Hsu, raised in Salt Lake City and armed only with curiosity, moves to China to work in his uncle’s semiconductor chip business. Once there, a conversation with his grandmother, his last living link to dynastic China, ignites a desire to learn more about not only his lost ancestral heirlooms but also porcelain itself. Mastering the language enough to venture into the countryside, Hsu sets out to separate the layers of fact and fiction that have obscured both China and his heritage and finally complete his family’s long march back home. Melding memoir, travelogue, and social and political history, The Porcelain Thief offers an intimate and unforgettable way to understand the complicated events that have defined China over the past two hundred years and provides a revealing, lively perspective on contemporary Chinese society from the point of view of a Chinese American coming to terms with his hyphenated identity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228966Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China Author: Huan Hsu Narrator: Huan Hsu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China Author: Huan Hsu Narrator: Huan Hsu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A journalist travels throughout mainland China and Taiwan in search of his family’s hidden treasure and comes to understand his ancestry as he never has before.   In 1938, when the Japanese arrived in Huan Hsu’s great-great-grandfather Liu’s Yangtze River hometown of Xingang, Liu was forced to bury his valuables, including a vast collection of prized antique porcelain, and undertake a decades-long trek that would splinter the family over thousands of miles. Many years and upheavals later, Hsu, raised in Salt Lake City and armed only with curiosity, moves to China to work in his uncle’s semiconductor chip business. Once there, a conversation with his grandmother, his last living link to dynastic China, ignites a desire to learn more about not only his lost ancestral heirlooms but also porcelain itself. Mastering the language enough to venture into the countryside, Hsu sets out to separate the layers of fact and fiction that have obscured both China and his heritage and finally complete his family’s long march back home. Melding memoir, travelogue, and social and political history, The Porcelain Thief offers an intimate and unforgettable way to understand the complicated events that have defined China over the past two hundred years and provides a revealing, lively perspective on contemporary Chinese society from the point of view of a Chinese American coming to terms with his hyphenated identity.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-wanderings-a-mother-daughter-pilgrimage-by-kimberly-meyer--65201023https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage Author: Kimberly Meyer Narrator: Kimberly Meyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: To a mother and daughter on an illuminating pilgrimage, this is what the desert said: Carry only what you need. Burn what can't be saved. Leave the remnants as an offering. When Kimberly Meyer gave birth to her first daughter, Ellie, during her senior year of college, the bohemian life of exploration she had once imagined for herself was lost in the responsibilities of single motherhood. For years, both mother and daughter were haunted by how Ellie came into being-Kimberly through a restless ache for the world beyond, Ellie through a fear of abandonment. Longing to bond with Ellie, now a college student, and longing, too, to rediscover herself, Kimberly sets off with her daughter on a quest for meaning across the globe. Leaving behind the rhythms of ordinary life in Houston, Texas, they dedicate a summer to retracing the footsteps of Felix Fabri, a medieval Dominican friar whose written account of his travels resonates with Kimberly. Their mother-daughter pilgrimage takes them to exotic destinations infused with mystery, spirituality, and rich history -- from Venice to the Mediterranean through Greece and partitioned Cyprus, to Israel and across the Sinai Desert with Bedouin guides, to the Palestinian territories and to Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. In spare and gorgeous prose, The Book of Wanderings tells the story of Kimberly and Ellie's journey, and of the intimate, lasting bond they forge along the way. A meditation on stripping away the distractions, on simplicity, on how to live, this vibrant memoir will appeal to anyone who has contemplated the road not taken, who has experienced the gnawing feeling that there is something more, who has faced the void-of offspring leaving, of mortality looming, of searching for someplace that feels, finally, like home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229908Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage Author: Kimberly Meyer Narrator: Kimberly Meyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage Author: Kimberly Meyer Narrator: Kimberly Meyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: To a mother and daughter on an illuminating pilgrimage, this is what the desert said: Carry only what you need. Burn what can't be saved. Leave the remnants as an offering. When Kimberly Meyer gave birth to her first daughter, Ellie, during her senior year of college, the bohemian life of exploration she had once imagined for herself was lost in the responsibilities of single motherhood. For years, both mother and daughter were haunted by how Ellie came into being-Kimberly through a restless ache for the world beyond, Ellie through a fear of abandonment. Longing to bond with Ellie, now a college student, and longing, too, to rediscover herself, Kimberly sets off with her daughter on a quest for meaning across the globe. Leaving behind the rhythms of ordinary life in Houston, Texas, they dedicate a summer to retracing the footsteps of Felix Fabri, a medieval Dominican friar whose written account of his travels resonates with Kimberly. Their mother-daughter pilgrimage takes them to exotic destinations infused with mystery, spirituality, and rich history -- from Venice to the Mediterranean through Greece and partitioned Cyprus, to Israel and across the Sinai Desert with Bedouin guides, to the Palestinian territories and to Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. In spare and gorgeous prose, The Book of Wanderings tells the story of Kimberly and Ellie's journey, and of the intimate, lasting bond they forge along the way. A meditation on stripping away the distractions, on simplicity, on how to live, this vibrant memoir will appeal to anyone who has contemplated the road not taken, who has experienced the gnawing feeling that there is something more, who has faced the void-of offspring leaving, of mortality looming, of searching for someplace that feels, finally, like home.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/smoke-how-a-small-town-girl-accidentally-wound-up-smuggling-7-000-pounds-of-marijuana-with-the-pot-princess-of-beverly-hills-by-meili-cady--65201004https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smoke: How a Small-Town Girl Accidentally Wound Up Smuggling 7,000 Pounds of Marijuana with the Pot Princess of Beverly Hills Author: Meili Cady Narrator: Romy Nordlinger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Combining the excess of The Bling Ring with the intimacy of Blow and the charm of Catch Me If You Can, an outrageous, entertaining and true story of an aspiring young actress’ ill-fated friendship and unwitting alliance with a drug smuggling “heiress.” Aspiring actress Meili Cady left small-town Washington State for the glamorous lure of Los Angeles. Young and alone, she was struggling to make her big break. Then she met Lisette Lee. Calling herself the “Korean Paris Hilton,” Lisette claimed she was a model and a Korean pop star, lived in a $1.2 million dollar apartment in West Hollywood, owned a fleet of luxury cars, and flitted from one red-carpet event to the next. The connection was instant. Meili was enchanted by her friend’s extravagant lifestyle, while Lee claimed Meili was the real thing in a town full of phonies. Soon, the financially strapped Meili became her friend’s personal assistant—and found herself sucked into an audacious criminal enterprise. But when Meili finally realized what she was a part of it was too late—she was in too deep, caught in a terrifying relationship with a manipulative and abrasive con artist smuggling millions of dollars of pot into the Midwest. Trapped in a precarious criminal world of money, drugs, and dangerous secrets, Meili struggled to understand the line between truth and lie. A once naive girl who fell down the rabbit hole, she could only watch helplessly as it all came crashing down around her. Smoke is her story—an electrifying tale of vice, corruption, hubris, and lost innocence as shocking and entertaining as The Wolf of Wall Street and Bringing Down the House.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230371Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smoke: How a Small-Town Girl Accidentally Wound Up Smuggling 7,000 Pounds of Marijuana with the Pot Princess of Beverly Hills Author: Meili Cady...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smoke: How a Small-Town Girl Accidentally Wound Up Smuggling 7,000 Pounds of Marijuana with the Pot Princess of Beverly Hills Author: Meili Cady Narrator: Romy Nordlinger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Combining the excess of The Bling Ring with the intimacy of Blow and the charm of Catch Me If You Can, an outrageous, entertaining and true story of an aspiring young actress’ ill-fated friendship and unwitting alliance with a drug smuggling “heiress.” Aspiring actress Meili Cady left small-town Washington State for the glamorous lure of Los Angeles. Young and alone, she was struggling to make her big break. Then she met Lisette Lee. Calling herself the “Korean Paris Hilton,” Lisette claimed she was a model and a Korean pop star, lived in a $1.2 million dollar apartment in West Hollywood, owned a fleet of luxury cars, and flitted from one red-carpet event to the next. The connection was instant. Meili was enchanted by her friend’s extravagant lifestyle, while Lee claimed Meili was the real thing in a town full of phonies. Soon, the financially strapped Meili became her friend’s personal assistant—and found herself sucked into an audacious criminal enterprise. But when Meili finally realized what she was a part of it was too late—she was in too deep, caught in a terrifying relationship with a manipulative and abrasive con artist smuggling millions of dollars of pot into the Midwest. Trapped in a precarious criminal world of money, drugs, and dangerous secrets, Meili struggled to understand the line between truth and lie. A once naive girl who fell down the rabbit hole, she could only watch helplessly as it all came crashing down around her. Smoke is her story—an electrifying tale of vice, corruption, hubris, and lost innocence as shocking and entertaining as The Wolf of Wall Street and Bringing Down the House.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/phenomenal-a-hesitant-adventurer-s-search-for-wonder-in-the-natural-world-by-leigh-ann-henion--65201002https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer's Search for Wonder in the Natural World Author: Leigh Ann Henion Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One woman reclaims her sense of wonder by seeking out the globe’s most incredible natural phenomena Heartfelt and awe inspiring, Leigh Ann Henion’s Phenomenal is a moving tale of physical grandeur and emotional transformation, a journey around the world that ultimately explores the depths of the human heart. A journalist and young mother, Henion combines her own conflicted but joyful experiences as a parent with a panoramic tour of the world’s most extraordinary natural wonders. Phenomenal begins in hardship: with Henion deeply shaken by the birth of her beloved son, shocked at the adversity a young mother faces with a newborn. The lack of sleep, the shrinking social circle, the health difficulties, all collide and force Henion to ask hard questions about our accepted wisdom on parenting and the lives of women.Convinced that the greatest key to happiness—both her own and that of her family—lies in periodically allowing herself to venture into the wider world beyond home, Henion sets out on a global trek to rekindle her sense of wonder. Henion’s quest takes her far afield, but it swiftly teaches her that freedom is its own form of parenting, one that ultimately allows her to meet her son on his own terms: with a visceral understanding of the wonder he experiences every day at the fresh new world. Whether standing on the still-burning volcanoes of Hawai’i or in the fearsome lightning storms of Venezuela, in the vast animal movements of Tanzania or the elegant butterfly migrations of Mexico, Henion reveals in Phenomenal a world of sublimity and revelation. Henion’s spiritual wanderlust puts her in the path of modern-day shamans, reindeer herders, and astrophysicists. She meets laypeople from all over the world, from all walks of life, each going to great lengths to chase migrations, auroras, eclipses, and other phenomena. These seekers trust their instincts, follow their passions, shape their days into the lives they most want to lead. And somewhere along the way, Leigh Ann Henion becomes one of them. A breathtaking memoir, Phenomenal reveals unforgettable truths about motherhood, spirituality, and the beauty of nature.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229847Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer's Search for Wonder in the Natural World Author: Leigh Ann Henion Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer's Search for Wonder in the Natural World Author: Leigh Ann Henion Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One woman reclaims her sense of wonder by seeking out the globe’s most incredible natural phenomena Heartfelt and awe inspiring, Leigh Ann Henion’s Phenomenal is a moving tale of physical grandeur and emotional transformation, a journey around the world that ultimately explores the depths of the human heart. A journalist and young mother, Henion combines her own conflicted but joyful experiences as a parent with a panoramic tour of the world’s most extraordinary natural wonders. Phenomenal begins in hardship: with Henion deeply shaken by the birth of her beloved son, shocked at the adversity a young mother faces with a newborn. The lack of sleep, the shrinking social circle, the health difficulties, all collide and force Henion to ask hard questions about our accepted wisdom on parenting and the lives of women.Convinced that the greatest key to happiness—both her own and that of her family—lies in periodically allowing herself to venture into the wider world beyond home, Henion sets out on a global trek to rekindle her sense of wonder. Henion’s quest takes her far afield, but it swiftly teaches her that freedom is its own form of parenting, one that ultimately allows her to meet her son on his own terms: with a visceral understanding of the wonder he experiences every day at the fresh new world. Whether standing on the still-burning volcanoes of Hawai’i or in the fearsome lightning storms of Venezuela, in the vast animal movements of Tanzania or the elegant butterfly migrations of Mexico, Henion reveals in Phenomenal a world of sublimity and revelation. Henion’s spiritual wanderlust puts her in the path of modern-day shamans, reindeer herders, and astrophysicists. She meets laypeople from all over the world, from all walks of life, each going to great lengths to chase migrations, auroras, eclipses, and other phenomena. These seekers trust their instincts, follow their passions, shape their days into the lives they most want to lead. And somewhere along the way, Leigh Ann Henion becomes one of them. A breathtaking memoir, Phenomenal reveals unforgettable truths about motherhood, spirituality, and the beauty of nature.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-comes-next-and-how-to-like-it-a-memoir-by-abigail-thomas--65200968https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Comes Next and How to Like It: A Memoir Author: Abigail Thomas Narrator: Abigail Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller from the beloved author of A Three Dog Life—an exhilarating, superbly written memoir on friendship, family, creativity, tragedy, and the richness of life: “If you only read one book this year, make it this one” (Ann Patchett). In her bestselling memoir A Three Dog Life, Abigail Thomas wrote about the devastating loss of her husband. In What Comes Next and How to Like It, “a keenly observed memoir…Thomas writes of the changes aging brings us all and of coping through love: of family, dogs, a well-turned phrase. She is superb company” (People). Thomas was startled to overhear herself described as “a nice old lady with a tattoo,” because she thinks of herself as not nice, not old, nor a lady. But she has wondered: what comes next? What comes after the death of a spouse? What form does a lifelong friendship take after deepest betrayal? How does a mother cope with her child’s dire illness? Or the death of a cherished dog? And how to like it? How to accept, appreciate, enjoy? How to find solace and pleasure? How to sustain and be sustained by our most trusted, valuable companions? At its heart, What Comes Next and How to Like It is about the complicated friendship between Thomas and a man she met thirty-five years ago—a rich bond that has lasted through marriages, child-raising, and the vicissitudes and tragedies of life. “After all,” she writes, “there are those people we love, and then there are those we recognize. These are the unbreakable connections.” Exquisitely observed, lush with sentences you will read over and over again, What Comes Next and How to Like It “is a beautifully felt, deeply moving memoir, the best work yet by a woman who has already done some of the best work in the field. Abigail Thomas is the Emily Dickinson of memoirists, and so much of this book’s wisdom is between the lines and in the white spaces. It may only take you two days to read, but the impact will stay with you for a long, long time” (Stephen King). This is a glorious guide to living imperfectly and exuberantly.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230358Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Comes Next and How to Like It: A Memoir Author: Abigail Thomas Narrator: Abigail Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Comes Next and How to Like It: A Memoir Author: Abigail Thomas Narrator: Abigail Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller from the beloved author of A Three Dog Life—an exhilarating, superbly written memoir on friendship, family, creativity, tragedy, and the richness of life: “If you only read one book this year, make it this one” (Ann Patchett). In her bestselling memoir A Three Dog Life, Abigail Thomas wrote about the devastating loss of her husband. In What Comes Next and How to Like It, “a keenly observed memoir…Thomas writes of the changes aging brings us all and of coping through love: of family, dogs, a well-turned phrase. She is superb company” (People). Thomas was startled to overhear herself described as “a nice old lady with a tattoo,” because she thinks of herself as not nice, not old, nor a lady. But she has wondered: what comes next? What comes after the death of a spouse? What form does a lifelong friendship take after deepest betrayal? How does a mother cope with her child’s dire illness? Or the death of a cherished dog? And how to like it? How to accept, appreciate, enjoy? How to find solace and pleasure? How to sustain and be sustained by our most trusted, valuable companions? At its heart, What Comes Next and How to Like It is about the complicated friendship between Thomas and a man she met thirty-five years ago—a rich bond that has lasted through marriages, child-raising, and the vicissitudes and tragedies of life. “After all,” she writes, “there are those people we love, and then there are those we recognize. These are the unbreakable connections.” Exquisitely observed, lush with sentences you will read over and over again, What Comes Next and How to Like It “is a beautifully felt, deeply moving memoir, the best work yet by a woman who has already done some of the best work in the field. Abigail Thomas is the Emily Dickinson of memoirists, and so much of this book’s wisdom is between the lines and in the white spaces. It may only take you two days to read, but the impact will stay with you for a long, long time” (Stephen King). This is a glorious guide to living imperfectly and exuberantly.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wild-oats-project-one-woman-s-midlife-quest-for-passion-at-any-cost-by-robin-rinaldi--65201056https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost Author: Robin Rinaldi Narrator: Kate Udall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: What if for just one year you let desire call the shots?The project was simple: Robin Rinaldi, a successful magazine journalist, would move into a San Francisco apartment, join a dating site, and get laid. Never mind that she already owned a beautiful flat a few blocks away, that she was forty-four, or that she was married to a man she'd been in love with for eighteen years. What followed—a year of abandon, heartbreak, and unexpected revelation—is the topic of this riveting memoir, The Wild Oats Project.Monogamous and sexually cautious her entire adult life, Rinaldi never planned on an open marriage—her priority as she approached midlife was to start a family. But when her husband insisted on a vasectomy, something snapped. If I'm not going to have children, she told herself, then I'm going to have lovers. During the week, she would live alone, seduce men (and women), attend erotic workshops, and have wall-banging sex. On the weekends, she would go home and be a wife. Her marriage provided safety and love, but she also needed passion, and she was willing to go outside her marriage to find it.At a time when the bestseller lists are topped by books about eroticism and the shifting roles of women, this brave, brutally honest memoir explores how our sexuality defines us, how it relates to maternal longing, and how we must walk the line between loving others and staying true to ourselves. Like the most searing memoirs, The Wild Oats Project challenges our sensibilities, yielding truths that we all can recognize but that few would dare write down.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230402Tue, 17 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost Author: Robin Rinaldi Narrator: Kate Udall Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost Author: Robin Rinaldi Narrator: Kate Udall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: What if for just one year you let desire call the shots?The project was simple: Robin Rinaldi, a successful magazine journalist, would move into a San Francisco apartment, join a dating site, and get laid. Never mind that she already owned a beautiful flat a few blocks away, that she was forty-four, or that she was married to a man she'd been in love with for eighteen years. What followed—a year of abandon, heartbreak, and unexpected revelation—is the topic of this riveting memoir, The Wild Oats Project.Monogamous and sexually cautious her entire adult life, Rinaldi never planned on an open marriage—her priority as she approached midlife was to start a family. But when her husband insisted on a vasectomy, something snapped. If I'm not going to have children, she told herself, then I'm going to have lovers. During the week, she would live alone, seduce men (and women), attend erotic workshops, and have wall-banging sex. On the weekends, she would go home and be a wife. Her marriage provided safety and love, but she also needed passion, and she was willing to go outside her marriage to find it.At a time when the bestseller lists are topped by books about eroticism and the shifting roles of women, this brave, brutally honest memoir explores how our sexuality defines us, how it relates to maternal longing, and how we must walk the line between loving others and staying true to ourselves. Like the most searing memoirs, The Wild Oats Project challenges our sensibilities, yielding truths that we all can recognize but that few would dare write down.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-hate-myselfie-by-shane-dawson--65201083https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Hate Myselfie Author: Shane Dawson Narrator: Shane Dawson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 115 Ratings of Narrator: 4.92 of Total 39 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestseller ● Publishers Weekly Bestseller ● Los Angeles Times Bestseller ● Wall Street Journal Bestseller A brilliant, hilarious, and honest essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author and YouTube sensation Shane Dawson about how messy life can get when you’re growing up but how rewarding it can feel when the clean-up is (pretty much) done. From his first vlog back in 2008 to his full-length film directorial debut Not Cool, Shane Dawson has been an open book when it comes to documenting his life. But behind the music video spoofs, TMI love life details, and outrageous commentary on everything the celebrity and Internet world has the nerve to dish out is a guy who grew up in a financially challenged but loving home in Long Beach, California, and who suffered all the teasing and social limitations that arise when you’re a morbidly obese kid with a pretty face, your mom is your best friend, and you can't get a date to save your life. In I Hate Myselfie, Shane steps away from his larger-than-life Internet persona and takes us deep into the experiences of an eccentric and introverted kid, who by observing the strange world around him developed a talent that would inspire millions of fans. Intelligent, hilarious, heartbreaking, and raw, I Hate Myselfie is a collection of eighteen personal essays about how messy life can get when you’re growing up and how rewarding it can feel when the clean-up is (pretty much) done.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230012Tue, 10 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Hate Myselfie Author: Shane Dawson Narrator: Shane Dawson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 10, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Hate Myselfie Author: Shane Dawson Narrator: Shane Dawson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 115 Ratings of Narrator: 4.92 of Total 39 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestseller ● Publishers Weekly Bestseller ● Los Angeles Times Bestseller ● Wall Street Journal Bestseller A brilliant, hilarious, and honest essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author and YouTube sensation Shane Dawson about how messy life can get when you’re growing up but how rewarding it can feel when the clean-up is (pretty much) done. From his first vlog back in 2008 to his full-length film directorial debut Not Cool, Shane Dawson has been an open book when it comes to documenting his life. But behind the music video spoofs, TMI love life details, and outrageous commentary on everything the celebrity and Internet world has the nerve to dish out is a guy who grew up in a financially challenged but loving home in Long Beach, California, and who suffered all the teasing and social limitations that arise when you’re a morbidly obese kid with a pretty face, your mom is your best friend, and you can't get a date to save your life. In I Hate Myselfie, Shane steps away from his larger-than-life Internet persona and takes us deep into the experiences of an eccentric and introverted kid, who by observing the strange world around him developed a talent that would inspire millions of fans. Intelligent, hilarious, heartbreaking, and raw, I Hate Myselfie is a collection of eighteen personal essays about how messy life can get when you’re growing up and how rewarding it can feel when the clean-up is (pretty much) done.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mama-maggie-the-untold-story-of-one-woman-s-mission-to-love-the-forgotten-children-of-egypt-s-garbage-slums-by-ellen-santilli-vaughn-marty--65201055https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums Author: Ellen Santilli Vaughn, Marty Makary Narrator: Carmel O'donovan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 10, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From marketing maven to angel of the garbage district—the inspiring authorized biography of Maggie Gobran, the “Mother Teresa of Egypt.” Since 1997, Maggie Gobran and her organization Stephen’s Children have been changing lives in Cairo’s notorious zabala, or garbage slums. Her innovative, transformational work has garnered worldwide fame and multiple Nobel Prize nominations, but her full story has remained untold—until now.  Bestselling authors Martin Makary and Ellen Vaughn chronicle Mama Maggie’s surprising pilgrimage from privileged child to stylish businesswoman to college professor pondering God’s call to change. She answered that call by becoming the modest figure in white who daily navigates piles of stinking trash, bringing hope to the poorest of the poor. Smart and savvy, as tough as she is tender, Maggie Gobran is utterly surrendered to her mission to the “garbage people” who captured her heart.  At her request, the book also spotlights the people she serves—the men, women, and children who prove every day what a little bit of help and a lot of love can do.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229832Tue, 10 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums Author: Ellen Santilli Vaughn, Marty...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums Author: Ellen Santilli Vaughn, Marty Makary Narrator: Carmel O'donovan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 10, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From marketing maven to angel of the garbage district—the inspiring authorized biography of Maggie Gobran, the “Mother Teresa of Egypt.” Since 1997, Maggie Gobran and her organization Stephen’s Children have been changing lives in Cairo’s notorious zabala, or garbage slums. Her innovative, transformational work has garnered worldwide fame and multiple Nobel Prize nominations, but her full story has remained untold—until now.  Bestselling authors Martin Makary and Ellen Vaughn chronicle Mama Maggie’s surprising pilgrimage from privileged child to stylish businesswoman to college professor pondering God’s call to change. She answered that call by becoming the modest figure in white who daily navigates piles of stinking trash, bringing hope to the poorest of the poor. Smart and savvy, as tough as she is tender, Maggie Gobran is utterly surrendered to her mission to the “garbage people” who captured her heart.  At her request, the book also spotlights the people she serves—the men, women, and children who prove every day what a little bit of help and a lot of love can do.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/h-is-for-hawk-by-helen-macdonald--65201051https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: H Is for Hawk Author: Helen MacDonald Narrator: Helen MacDonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The instant New York Times bestseller and multiaward-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald’s story of adopting and raising one of nature’s most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. When Helen Macdonald’s father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer captivated by hawks since childhood, she had never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators: the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk’s fierce and feral anger mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T. H. White’s chronicle The Goshawk to begin her journey into Mabel’s world. Projecting herself “in the hawk’s wild mind to tame her” tested the limits of Macdonald’s humanity. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement, a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, and the story of an eccentric falconer and legendary writer. Weaving together obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history, H Is for Hawk is a distinctive, surprising blend of nature writing and memoir from a very gifted writer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229929Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: H Is for Hawk Author: Helen MacDonald Narrator: Helen MacDonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: H Is for Hawk Author: Helen MacDonald Narrator: Helen MacDonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The instant New York Times bestseller and multiaward-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald’s story of adopting and raising one of nature’s most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. When Helen Macdonald’s father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer captivated by hawks since childhood, she had never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators: the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk’s fierce and feral anger mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T. H. White’s chronicle The Goshawk to begin her journey into Mabel’s world. Projecting herself “in the hawk’s wild mind to tame her” tested the limits of Macdonald’s humanity. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement, a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, and the story of an eccentric falconer and legendary writer. Weaving together obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history, H Is for Hawk is a distinctive, surprising blend of nature writing and memoir from a very gifted writer.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girl-in-the-dark-a-memoir-by-anna-lyndsey--65201031https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl in the Dark: A Memoir Author: Anna Lyndsey Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Haunting, lyrical, unforgettable, Girl in the Dark is a brave new memoir of a life without light.      Anna Lyndsey was young and ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. Then what started as a mild intolerance to certain kinds of artificial light developed into a severe sensitivity to all light.       Now, at the worst times, Anna is forced to spend months on end in a blacked-out room, where she loses herself in audiobooks and elaborate word games in an attempt to ward off despair. During periods of relative remission, she can venture out cautiously at dawn and dusk into a world that, from the perspective of her cloistered existence, is filled with remarkable beauty. And through it all there is Pete, her love and her rock, without whom her loneliness seems boundless.      One day Anna had an ordinary life, and then the unthinkable happened. But even impossible lives, she learns, endure. Girl in the Dark is a tale of an unimaginable fate that becomes a transcendent love story. It brings us to an extraordinary place from which we emerge to see the light and the world anew.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228585Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl in the Dark: A Memoir Author: Anna Lyndsey Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl in the Dark: A Memoir Author: Anna Lyndsey Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Haunting, lyrical, unforgettable, Girl in the Dark is a brave new memoir of a life without light.      Anna Lyndsey was young and ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. Then what started as a mild intolerance to certain kinds of artificial light developed into a severe sensitivity to all light.       Now, at the worst times, Anna is forced to spend months on end in a blacked-out room, where she loses herself in audiobooks and elaborate word games in an attempt to ward off despair. During periods of relative remission, she can venture out cautiously at dawn and dusk into a world that, from the perspective of her cloistered existence, is filled with remarkable beauty. And through it all there is Pete, her love and her rock, without whom her loneliness seems boundless.      One day Anna had an ordinary life, and then the unthinkable happened. But even impossible lives, she learns, endure. Girl in the Dark is a tale of an unimaginable fate that becomes a transcendent love story. It brings us to an extraordinary place from which we emerge to see the light and the world anew.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-color-of-grace-by-bethany-haley-williams--65201030https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Grace Author: Bethany Haley Williams Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A Christian Retailing BEST finalist A middle-class woman in rural America and war-affected children in Africa find common ground in their journeys from brokenness to redemption. Author and psychologist Bethany Haley Williams shares how her own emotional healing led her into treacherous war zones, where she provides care to former child soldiers and young girls used as sex slaves. Faced with her own battle with shame and a rocky journey toward healing, Bethany founded Exile International, a nonprofit that implements art/expressive therapy and long-term, rehabilitative care to restore and empower war-affected children—including children rescued from Joseph Kony’s LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). One of those rescued young men, Solomon, was abducted at the age of ten after being forced to watch LRA soldiers maim and murder his father and grandfather. His younger siblings were left behind, and his mother was instructed to “raise them well…for one day we’ll return to take them too.” Solomon is one of hundreds of thousands of boys and girls who have had their innocence stolen and are forced to do the unthinkable on a daily basis. But their horrific experiences are just the beginning. The real story is what happens after. Once these children learn to face their pasts, they are given hope for a future and a vision for changing the fabric of their countries by becoming leaders for peace and advocates of the power of forgiveness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229813Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Grace Author: Bethany Haley Williams Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Grace Author: Bethany Haley Williams Narrator: Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A Christian Retailing BEST finalist A middle-class woman in rural America and war-affected children in Africa find common ground in their journeys from brokenness to redemption. Author and psychologist Bethany Haley Williams shares how her own emotional healing led her into treacherous war zones, where she provides care to former child soldiers and young girls used as sex slaves. Faced with her own battle with shame and a rocky journey toward healing, Bethany founded Exile International, a nonprofit that implements art/expressive therapy and long-term, rehabilitative care to restore and empower war-affected children—including children rescued from Joseph Kony’s LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). One of those rescued young men, Solomon, was abducted at the age of ten after being forced to watch LRA soldiers maim and murder his father and grandfather. His younger siblings were left behind, and his mother was instructed to “raise them well…for one day we’ll return to take them too.” Solomon is one of hundreds of thousands of boys and girls who have had their innocence stolen and are forced to do the unthinkable on a daily basis. But their horrific experiences are just the beginning. The real story is what happens after. Once these children learn to face their pasts, they are given hope for a future and a vision for changing the fabric of their countries by becoming leaders for peace and advocates of the power of forgiveness.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-from-hawaii-by-mark-twain--65200982https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters From Hawaii Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Letters from Hawaii contains a collection of letters Mark Twain wrote for a newspaper publication. From a long, turbulent journey to the island, to his encounters with the islanders and the myriad englishmen who have taken up residence on the island. These letters are sure to be an entertaining and well written account of the humours encounters and scenic adventures that Twain experienced on his journey to Hawaii.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236690Sat, 28 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters From Hawaii Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 28, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters From Hawaii Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Letters from Hawaii contains a collection of letters Mark Twain wrote for a newspaper publication. From a long, turbulent journey to the island, to his encounters with the islanders and the myriad englishmen who have taken up residence on the island. These letters are sure to be an entertaining and well written account of the humours encounters and scenic adventures that Twain experienced on his journey to Hawaii.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-on-the-mississippi-by-mark-twain--65200955https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life on the Mississippi Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Life on the Mississippi, the great American humorist Mark Twain recounts his journeys on the mighty Mississippi river. Covering the beginnings of his career as steamboat pilot, Twain entertains us with his wit, anecdotes and wild stories of the myriad characters and adventures he encounters. From a brief history of the Mississippi we are taken on to a recollection of the river life with its rich history and engaging narrative, newcomers and fans of Twain alike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232151Sat, 28 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life on the Mississippi Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life on the Mississippi Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Life on the Mississippi, the great American humorist Mark Twain recounts his journeys on the mighty Mississippi river. Covering the beginnings of his career as steamboat pilot, Twain entertains us with his wit, anecdotes and wild stories of the myriad characters and adventures he encounters. From a brief history of the Mississippi we are taken on to a recollection of the river life with its rich history and engaging narrative, newcomers and fans of Twain alike.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-tanya-by-tanya-burr--65201046https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Tanya Author: Tanya Burr Narrator: Laura Riseborough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Love, Tanya, the debut book from Youtube Fashion & Beauty guru Tanya Burr, read by Laura Riseborough. Tanya Burr is the UK's leading young voice in beauty and fashion and one of the country's biggest Youtube stars. Whether it's creating the perfect smoky eye or dressing well for your shape, over 15 million teenagers and young women trust her vlogging expertise each month. In her first book, Tanya shares top tips and fresh hints, as well as insight into her own passions and life experience. With interactive features, this beautiful keepsake will guide each reader in their own journey to inner confidence; learning to love themselves with Love, Tanya.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230933Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Tanya Author: Tanya Burr Narrator: Laura Riseborough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 26, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Tanya Author: Tanya Burr Narrator: Laura Riseborough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Love, Tanya, the debut book from Youtube Fashion & Beauty guru Tanya Burr, read by Laura Riseborough. Tanya Burr is the UK's leading young voice in beauty and fashion and one of the country's biggest Youtube stars. Whether it's creating the perfect smoky eye or dressing well for your shape, over 15 million teenagers and young women trust her vlogging expertise each month. In her first book, Tanya shares top tips and fresh hints, as well as insight into her own passions and life experience. With interactive features, this beautiful keepsake will guide each reader in their own journey to inner confidence; learning to love themselves with Love, Tanya.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/having-the-time-of-my-life-by-peter-chapel--65201081https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Having the Time of My Life Author: Peter Chapel Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 24, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Having the Time of My Life is a rich account of Peter Chapel's life, depicting the people, places, and events that he wishes to remember and acknowledge. This memoir shows how everything and everyone around him genuinely enriched his life and brings back poignantly remembered fragments of his history. Chapel comes from a big family—thirteen children, only eleven of whom grew to adulthood. Here he shares the quality of the family bonding he and his siblings experienced growing up. He includes the memories of his sickly childhood, his challenging coming-of-age years, and his fulfilling adulthood. In the first chapters, he features his mother's letter to him that recounts her personal experiences and remembrances. He tells of the loving family he had, the special occasions they celebrated, their trips between the United States and Canada, the deaths of his brother and sister, and the wonderful times they shared. With vivid detail Chapel reveals his first love, describing their acquaintance, secret dates, and the sad goodbye. He recalls his pursuit of the girl known by the name Patricia Smith and shares his discovery of her true identity: Lucille Ann Collier, whose stage name was Ann Miller—the actress, dancer, and singer. His first love was a celebrity who had her own secrets, and he shows the loving but covert poetry, music, and messages they shared through the years. At fifty-four, Chapel finally met Patricia Mergens, his future wife. He portrays the unique bond they shared and how their honest relationship came about. Chapel had some difficult years, uncomfortable moments, and heartrending times, but thanks to the strangers who became friends, the friends who made a difference, and the family who loves him, his life has been a happy one.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228914Tue, 24 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Having the Time of My Life Author: Peter Chapel Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 52 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Having the Time of My Life Author: Peter Chapel Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 24, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Having the Time of My Life is a rich account of Peter Chapel's life, depicting the people, places, and events that he wishes to remember and acknowledge. This memoir shows how everything and everyone around him genuinely enriched his life and brings back poignantly remembered fragments of his history. Chapel comes from a big family—thirteen children, only eleven of whom grew to adulthood. Here he shares the quality of the family bonding he and his siblings experienced growing up. He includes the memories of his sickly childhood, his challenging coming-of-age years, and his fulfilling adulthood. In the first chapters, he features his mother's letter to him that recounts her personal experiences and remembrances. He tells of the loving family he had, the special occasions they celebrated, their trips between the United States and Canada, the deaths of his brother and sister, and the wonderful times they shared. With vivid detail Chapel reveals his first love, describing their acquaintance, secret dates, and the sad goodbye. He recalls his pursuit of the girl known by the name Patricia Smith and shares his discovery of her true identity: Lucille Ann Collier, whose stage name was Ann Miller—the actress, dancer, and singer. His first love was a celebrity who had her own secrets, and he shows the loving but covert poetry, music, and messages they shared through the years. At fifty-four, Chapel finally met Patricia Mergens, his future wife. He portrays the unique bond they shared and how their honest relationship came about. Chapel had some difficult years, uncomfortable moments, and heartrending times, but thanks to the strangers who became friends, the friends who made a difference, and the family who loves him, his life has been a happy one.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girl-in-a-band-a-memoir-by-kim-gordon--65200973https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl in a Band: A Memoir Author: Kim Gordon Narrator: Kim Gordon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just Kids. Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon opens up as never before in Girl in a Band. Telling the story of her family, growing up in California in the '60s and '70s, her life in visual art, her move to New York City, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music, and her band, Girl in a Band is a rich and beautifully written memoir. Gordon takes us back to the lost New York of the 1980s and '90s that gave rise to Sonic Youth, and the Alternative revolution in popular music. The band helped build a vocabulary of music—paving the way for Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins and many other acts. But at its core, Girl in a Band examines the route from girl to woman in uncharted territory, music, art career, what partnership means—and what happens when that identity dissolves. Evocative and edgy, filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a transformative life, Girl in a Band is the fascinating chronicle of a remarkable journey and an extraordinary artist.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228936Tue, 24 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl in a Band: A Memoir Author: Kim Gordon Narrator: Kim Gordon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 24,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl in a Band: A Memoir Author: Kim Gordon Narrator: Kim Gordon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just Kids. Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon opens up as never before in Girl in a Band. Telling the story of her family, growing up in California in the '60s and '70s, her life in visual art, her move to New York City, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music, and her band, Girl in a Band is a rich and beautifully written memoir. Gordon takes us back to the lost New York of the 1980s and '90s that gave rise to Sonic Youth, and the Alternative revolution in popular music. The band helped build a vocabulary of music—paving the way for Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins and many other acts. But at its core, Girl in a Band examines the route from girl to woman in uncharted territory, music, art career, what partnership means—and what happens when that identity dissolves. Evocative and edgy, filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a transformative life, Girl in a Band is the fascinating chronicle of a remarkable journey and an extraordinary artist.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/he-wanted-the-moon-the-madness-and-medical-genius-of-dr-perry-baird-and-his-daughter-s-quest-to-know-him-by-mimi-baird-eve-claxton--65201018https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him Author: Mimi Baird, Eve Claxton Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd, Paul Boehmer, Jane Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony Kushner A Washington Post Best Book of 2015 A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.   Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career, ahead of his time, he grew fascinated with identifying the biochemical root of manic depression, just as he began to suffer from it himself. By the time the results of his groundbreaking experiments were published, Dr. Baird had been institutionalized multiple times, his medical license revoked, and his wife and daughters estranged. He later received a lobotomy and died from a consequent seizure, his research incomplete, his achievements unrecognized.             Mimi Baird grew up never fully knowing this story, as her family went silent about the father who had been absent for most of her childhood. Decades later, a string of extraordinary coincidences led to the recovery of a manuscript which Dr. Baird had worked on throughout his brutal institutionalization, confinement, and escape. This remarkable document, reflecting periods of both manic exhilaration and clear-headed health, presents a startling portrait of a man who was a uniquely astute observer of his own condition, struggling with a disease for which there was no cure, racing against time to unlock the key to treatment before his illness became impossible to manage.       Fifty years after being told her father would forever be “ill” and “away,” Mimi Baird set off on a quest to piece together the memoir and the man. In time her fingers became stained with the lead of the pencil he had used to write his manuscript, as she devoted herself to understanding who he was, why he disappeared, and what legacy she had inherited. The result of his extraordinary record and her journey to bring his name to light is He Wanted the Moon, an unforgettable testament to the reaches of the mind and the redeeming power of a determined heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228586Tue, 17 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him Author: Mimi Baird, Eve Claxton Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him Author: Mimi Baird, Eve Claxton Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd, Paul Boehmer, Jane Alexander Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony Kushner A Washington Post Best Book of 2015 A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.   Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career, ahead of his time, he grew fascinated with identifying the biochemical root of manic depression, just as he began to suffer from it himself. By the time the results of his groundbreaking experiments were published, Dr. Baird had been institutionalized multiple times, his medical license revoked, and his wife and daughters estranged. He later received a lobotomy and died from a consequent seizure, his research incomplete, his achievements unrecognized.             Mimi Baird grew up never fully knowing this story, as her family went silent about the father who had been absent for most of her childhood. Decades later, a string of extraordinary coincidences led to the recovery of a manuscript which Dr. Baird had worked on throughout his brutal institutionalization, confinement, and escape. This remarkable document, reflecting periods of both manic exhilaration and clear-headed health, presents a startling portrait of a man who was a uniquely astute observer of his own condition, struggling with a disease for which there was no cure, racing against time to unlock the key to treatment before his illness became impossible to manage.       Fifty years after being told her father would forever be “ill” and “away,” Mimi Baird set off on a quest to piece together the memoir and the man. In time her fingers became stained with the lead of the pencil he had used to write his manuscript, as she devoted herself to understanding who he was, why he disappeared, and what legacy she had inherited. The result of his extraordinary record and her journey to bring his name to light is He Wanted the Moon, an unforgettable testament to the reaches of the mind and the redeeming power of a determined heart.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-my-body-from-obesity-to-ironman-my-journey-into-the-true-meaning-of-flesh-spirit-and-deeper-faith-by-ragan-sutterfield--65201010https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is My Body: From Obesity to Ironman, My Journey Into the True Meaning of Flesh, Spirit, and Deeper Faith Author: Ragan Sutterfield Narrator: Dean Gallagher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “The cacophony of voices about our bodies is so loud, it’s hard to hear the voices that matter. Some of us decide to forget it all and give in to one addiction or another. I’ve done that. Some of us decide to perfect our bodies and obsess over every muscle or wrinkle. I’ve done that too. Then I discovered the truth about my body: It is a gift. A sign of God’s love. And so is yours.” Many of us think our physical natures are burdens that drag us toward failure and guilt. But what if God actually glories in the flesh? What if we had the same joy about our bodies as He does? Ragan Sutterfield brings us back to a biblical perspective — a freeing, corrective viewpoint that reminds us of the connection between spirit, mind, and body. Along the way, he shares his journey from overweight addict to Ironman competitor. He counts his success, though, not in his decreased clothing size, but in his increased understanding of how much God truly loves us and of what it means to be stewards — not just of our souls, but of our skin and bones too.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228951Tue, 17 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is My Body: From Obesity to Ironman, My Journey Into the True Meaning of Flesh, Spirit, and Deeper Faith Author: Ragan Sutterfield Narrator: Dean...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is My Body: From Obesity to Ironman, My Journey Into the True Meaning of Flesh, Spirit, and Deeper Faith Author: Ragan Sutterfield Narrator: Dean Gallagher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “The cacophony of voices about our bodies is so loud, it’s hard to hear the voices that matter. Some of us decide to forget it all and give in to one addiction or another. I’ve done that. Some of us decide to perfect our bodies and obsess over every muscle or wrinkle. I’ve done that too. Then I discovered the truth about my body: It is a gift. A sign of God’s love. And so is yours.” Many of us think our physical natures are burdens that drag us toward failure and guilt. But what if God actually glories in the flesh? What if we had the same joy about our bodies as He does? Ragan Sutterfield brings us back to a biblical perspective — a freeing, corrective viewpoint that reminds us of the connection between spirit, mind, and body. Along the way, he shares his journey from overweight addict to Ironman competitor. He counts his success, though, not in his decreased clothing size, but in his increased understanding of how much God truly loves us and of what it means to be stewards — not just of our souls, but of our skin and bones too.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bella-s-gift-how-one-little-girl-transformed-our-family-and-inspired-a-nation-by-rick-santorum-karen-santorum--65200956https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bella's Gift: How One Little Girl Transformed Our Family and Inspired a Nation Author: Rick Santorum, Karen Santorum Narrator: Diana Batarseh, Rick Santorum Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Bella’s Gift details the peaks and valleys, the joys and sufferings, and the incredible value of life with a special needs child. In a world that often measures worth according to usefulness, Bella’s story is a reminder that our real value lies in our capacity to love. Four days after Rick and Karen Santorum welcomed their eighth baby into the world they were given the devastating news that their little girl, Bella, was going to die. The full story of life with Bella has never been told until now. This inspiring family memoir explores what it means to embrace and celebrate the life of each person, and find hope, even in the midst of painful challenges. Bella’s Gift is the story of how the entire family came together to love and care for Bella and how God strengthened them during the storms and blessed their family with grace, peace, and joy. Searchingly honest, faith filled, and surprisingly joyful, Bella’s Gift is a loving, lived-out testimony to the truth that everyone counts, even “the least of these.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228675Tue, 17 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bella's Gift: How One Little Girl Transformed Our Family and Inspired a Nation Author: Rick Santorum, Karen Santorum Narrator: Diana Batarseh, Rick...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bella's Gift: How One Little Girl Transformed Our Family and Inspired a Nation Author: Rick Santorum, Karen Santorum Narrator: Diana Batarseh, Rick Santorum Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Bella’s Gift details the peaks and valleys, the joys and sufferings, and the incredible value of life with a special needs child. In a world that often measures worth according to usefulness, Bella’s story is a reminder that our real value lies in our capacity to love. Four days after Rick and Karen Santorum welcomed their eighth baby into the world they were given the devastating news that their little girl, Bella, was going to die. The full story of life with Bella has never been told until now. This inspiring family memoir explores what it means to embrace and celebrate the life of each person, and find hope, even in the midst of painful challenges. Bella’s Gift is the story of how the entire family came together to love and care for Bella and how God strengthened them during the storms and blessed their family with grace, peace, and joy. Searchingly honest, faith filled, and surprisingly joyful, Bella’s Gift is a loving, lived-out testimony to the truth that everyone counts, even “the least of these.”]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-wrong-places-a-life-lost-and-found-by-phillip-connors--65201041https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found Author: Phillip Connors Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The prize-winning author of Fire Season returns with the heartrending story of his troubled years of flight. Phillip Connors's Fire Season, an account of the decade he spent working in a fire-lookout tower high above the remotest part of New Mexico, won the Banff Mountain Book Grand Prize and the Reading the West Book Award, and Amazon named the Best Nature Book of the Year. Now Connors returns with the story of what drove him up the tower in the first place: the wilderness years he spent reeling in the wake of a family tragedy. This is an unforgettable account of grappling with a shattered sense of purpose, from his family's failing pig farm in Minnesota to a crack-addled Brooklyn neighborhood to the mountains of New Mexico, where he puts the pieces of his life back together. Like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, this is a finely wrought look back at wayward youth-and a redemptive story about discovering one's place in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226013Mon, 16 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found Author: Phillip Connors Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found Author: Phillip Connors Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The prize-winning author of Fire Season returns with the heartrending story of his troubled years of flight. Phillip Connors's Fire Season, an account of the decade he spent working in a fire-lookout tower high above the remotest part of New Mexico, won the Banff Mountain Book Grand Prize and the Reading the West Book Award, and Amazon named the Best Nature Book of the Year. Now Connors returns with the story of what drove him up the tower in the first place: the wilderness years he spent reeling in the wake of a family tragedy. This is an unforgettable account of grappling with a shattered sense of purpose, from his family's failing pig farm in Minnesota to a crack-addled Brooklyn neighborhood to the mountains of New Mexico, where he puts the pieces of his life back together. Like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, this is a finely wrought look back at wayward youth-and a redemptive story about discovering one's place in the world.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/believer-my-forty-years-in-politics-by-david-axelrod--65201042https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believer: My Forty Years in Politics Author: David Axelrod Narrator: David Axelrod Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “A stout defense—indeed, the best I have read—of the Obama years.”—New York Times Book Review A New York Times bestseller. David Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, Axelrod held fast to his faith in the power of stories to unite diverse communities and ignite transformative political change. Now this legendary strategist, the mastermind behind Barack Obama’s historic election campaigns, shares a wealth of stories from his forty-year journey through the inner workings of American democracy. Believer is the tale of a political life well lived, of a man who never gave up on the deepest promises our country has to offer. Believer reveals the roots of Axelrod’s devotion to politics and his faith in democratic change. As a child of the ’60s in New York City, Axelrod worked his first campaigns during a tumultuous decade that began with soaring optimism and ended in violence and chaos. As a young newspaperman in Chicago during the 1970s and ’80s, Axelrod witnessed another world transformed when he reported on the dissolution of the last of the big city political machines—Richard Daley, Dan Rostenkowski, and Harold Washington—along with the emergence of a dynamic black independent movement that ultimately made Obama’s ascent possible. After cutting his teeth in the rollicking world of Chicago journalism, Axelrod switched careers to become a political strategist. His unorthodox tactics during his first campaign helped him get Paul Simon unexpectedly elected to the Senate, and soon Axelrod’s counsel was sought by the greatest lights of the Democratic Party. Working for path breakers like Hillary Clinton, Deval Patrick, and Rahm Emanuel—and morally conflicted characters like Rod Blagojevich and John Edwards—Axelrod, for better and worse, redefined the techniques by which modern political campaigns are run. The heart of Believer is Axelrod’s 20-year friendship with Barack Obama, a warm partnership that inspired both men even as it propelled each to great heights. Taking a chance on an unlikely candidate for the U.S. Senate, Axelrod ultimately collaborated closely with Obama on his political campaigns, and served as the invaluable strategist who contributed to the tremendous victories of 2008 and 2012. Switching careers again, Axelrod served as senior adviser to the president during one of the most challenging periods in national history: working at Obama’s side as he battled an economic disaster; navigated America through two wars; and fought to reform health care, the financial sector, and our gridlocked political institutions. In Believer, Axelrod offers a deeper and richer profile of this extraordinary figure—who in just four years vaulted from the Illinois State Senate to the Oval Office—from the perspective of one who was at his side every step of the way. Spanning 40 years that include corruption and transformation, turmoil and progress, Believer takes readers behind the closed doors of politics even as it offers a thrilling call to democratic action. Axelrod’s Believer is a powerful and inspiring memoir enlivened by the charm and candor of one of the greatest political strategists in recent American history. “Beautifully written with warmth, humor, and remarkable self-awareness, Believer is one of the finest political memoirs I have ever read.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of The Bully Pulpit and Team of Rivals]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228289Tue, 10 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believer: My Forty Years in Politics Author: David Axelrod Narrator: David Axelrod Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believer: My Forty Years in Politics Author: David Axelrod Narrator: David Axelrod Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “A stout defense—indeed, the best I have read—of the Obama years.”—New York Times Book Review A New York Times bestseller. David Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, Axelrod held fast to his faith in the power of stories to unite diverse communities and ignite transformative political change. Now this legendary strategist, the mastermind behind Barack Obama’s historic election campaigns, shares a wealth of stories from his forty-year journey through the inner workings of American democracy. Believer is the tale of a political life well lived, of a man who never gave up on the deepest promises our country has to offer. Believer reveals the roots of Axelrod’s devotion to politics and his faith in democratic change. As a child of the ’60s in New York City, Axelrod worked his first campaigns during a tumultuous decade that began with soaring optimism and ended in violence and chaos. As a young newspaperman in Chicago during the 1970s and ’80s, Axelrod witnessed another world transformed when he reported on the dissolution of the last of the big city political machines—Richard Daley, Dan Rostenkowski, and Harold Washington—along with the emergence of a dynamic black independent movement that ultimately made Obama’s ascent possible. After cutting his teeth in the rollicking world of Chicago journalism, Axelrod switched careers to become a political strategist. His unorthodox tactics during his first campaign helped him get Paul Simon unexpectedly elected to the Senate, and soon Axelrod’s counsel was sought by the greatest lights of the Democratic Party. Working for path breakers like Hillary Clinton, Deval Patrick, and Rahm Emanuel—and morally conflicted characters like Rod Blagojevich and John Edwards—Axelrod, for better and worse, redefined the techniques by which modern political campaigns are run. The heart of Believer is Axelrod’s 20-year friendship with Barack Obama, a warm partnership that inspired both men even as it propelled each to great heights. Taking a chance on an unlikely candidate for the U.S. Senate, Axelrod ultimately collaborated closely with Obama on his political campaigns, and served as the invaluable strategist who contributed to the tremendous victories of 2008 and 2012. Switching careers again, Axelrod served as senior adviser to the president during one of the most challenging periods in national history: working at Obama’s side as he battled an economic disaster; navigated America through two wars; and fought to reform health care, the financial sector, and our gridlocked political institutions. In Believer, Axelrod offers a deeper and richer profile of this extraordinary figure—who in just four years vaulted from the Illinois State Senate to the Oval Office—from the perspective of one who was at his side every step of the way. Spanning 40 years that include corruption and transformation, turmoil and progress, Believer takes readers behind the closed doors of politics even as it offers a thrilling call to democratic action. Axelrod’s Believer is a powerful and inspiring memoir enlivened by the charm and candor of one of the greatest political strategists in recent American history. “Beautifully written with warmth, humor, and remarkable self-awareness, Believer is one of the finest...]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/screening-room-family-pictures-by-alan-lightman--65200984https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Screening Room: Family Pictures Author: Alan Lightman Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: February 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams, here is a lyrical memoir of Memphis from the 1930s through the 1960s: the music and the racism, the early days of the movies, and a powerful grandfather whose ghost continues to haunt the family. Alan Lightman's grandfather M. A. Lightman was the family's undisputed patriarch: it was his movie theater empire that catapulted the family to prominence in the South, his fearless success that both galvanized and paralyzed his descendants, haunting them for a half century after his death. In this lyrical and impressionistic memoir, Lightman writes about returning to Memphis in an attempt to understand the people he so eagerly left behind forty years earlier. As aging uncles and aunts begin telling family stories, Lightman rediscovers his southern roots and slowly realizes the errors in his perceptions of his grandfather and of his own father, who had been crushed by M. A. Here is a family saga set against a throbbing century of Memphis—the rhythm and blues, the barbecue and pecan pie, and the segregated society—that includes personal encounters with Elvis, Martin Luther King Jr., and E. H. 'Boss' Crump. At the heart of it all is a family haunted by the ghost of the domineering M. A. and the struggle of the author to understand his conflicted loyalties to his father and grandfather.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228646Tue, 10 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Screening Room: Family Pictures Author: Alan Lightman Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Screening Room: Family Pictures Author: Alan Lightman Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: February 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams, here is a lyrical memoir of Memphis from the 1930s through the 1960s: the music and the racism, the early days of the movies, and a powerful grandfather whose ghost continues to haunt the family. Alan Lightman's grandfather M. A. Lightman was the family's undisputed patriarch: it was his movie theater empire that catapulted the family to prominence in the South, his fearless success that both galvanized and paralyzed his descendants, haunting them for a half century after his death. In this lyrical and impressionistic memoir, Lightman writes about returning to Memphis in an attempt to understand the people he so eagerly left behind forty years earlier. As aging uncles and aunts begin telling family stories, Lightman rediscovers his southern roots and slowly realizes the errors in his perceptions of his grandfather and of his own father, who had been crushed by M. A. Here is a family saga set against a throbbing century of Memphis—the rhythm and blues, the barbecue and pecan pie, and the segregated society—that includes personal encounters with Elvis, Martin Luther King Jr., and E. H. 'Boss' Crump. At the heart of it all is a family haunted by the ghost of the domineering M. A. and the struggle of the author to understand his conflicted loyalties to his father and grandfather.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/loved-back-to-life-how-i-found-the-courage-to-live-free-by-sheila-walsh--65201032https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loved Back to Life: How I Found the Courage to Live Free Author: Sheila Walsh Narrator: Julie Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Loved Back to Life takes readers on the journey of the soul with Sheila from hopelessness to joy as she finds that although the road was scary, at every turn God beckoned her to trust and did not let her down.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228273Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loved Back to Life: How I Found the Courage to Live Free Author: Sheila Walsh Narrator: Julie Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loved Back to Life: How I Found the Courage to Live Free Author: Sheila Walsh Narrator: Julie Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Loved Back to Life takes readers on the journey of the soul with Sheila from hopelessness to joy as she finds that although the road was scary, at every turn God beckoned her to trust and did not let her down.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/power-forward-my-presidential-education-by-reggie-love--65201028https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Power Forward: My Presidential Education Author: Reggie Love Narrator: Reggie Love Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A Washington Post bestseller, Power Forward is a compelling professional coming-of-age story from the man who spent more time with Barack Obama during his historic first presidential campaign and term than anyone else. Reggie Love is a unique witness to history, whose introduction to Washington was working in Junior Senator Barack Obama’s mailroom. As President Obama’s personal aide during that momentous first term, Love sat yards from the Oval Office and often spent more time with the President than anyone else. In this professional coming-of-age story like no other, Love details the unique and universal lessons learned during his tenure with the President: persistence, responsibility, passion for a cause greater than yourself. In short, maturity. Power Forward tells how Love’s experiences growing up, from being Obama’s “body man” to playing as captain on the beloved Duke basketball team under Coach Kryzewski.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229841Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Power Forward: My Presidential Education Author: Reggie Love Narrator: Reggie Love Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Power Forward: My Presidential Education Author: Reggie Love Narrator: Reggie Love Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A Washington Post bestseller, Power Forward is a compelling professional coming-of-age story from the man who spent more time with Barack Obama during his historic first presidential campaign and term than anyone else. Reggie Love is a unique witness to history, whose introduction to Washington was working in Junior Senator Barack Obama’s mailroom. As President Obama’s personal aide during that momentous first term, Love sat yards from the Oval Office and often spent more time with the President than anyone else. In this professional coming-of-age story like no other, Love details the unique and universal lessons learned during his tenure with the President: persistence, responsibility, passion for a cause greater than yourself. In short, maturity. Power Forward tells how Love’s experiences growing up, from being Obama’s “body man” to playing as captain on the beloved Duke basketball team under Coach Kryzewski.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/journeys-home-inspiring-stories-plus-tips-and-strategies-to-find-your-family-history-by-andrew-mccarthy--65201022https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, plus Tips and Strategies to Find Your Family History Author: Andrew McCarthy Narrator: Carrington Macduffie, John Mclain, Armando Durán, Tom Bromhead, Mia Chiaromonte, Rebecca Mitchell, Shaun Grindell, Mark Peckham, Caroline Shaffer, R. C. Bray, Stephen R. Thorne, Traber Burns, Amy Rubinate, Bob Souer, Feodor Chin, Christine Williams, Angel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his quest to uncover his family's Irish history, while twenty-five other prominent writers tell their own heartfelt stories of connection. Spanning the globe, these stories offer personal takes on journeying home, whether the authors are actively seeking long-lost relatives, meeting up with seldom-seen family members, or perhaps just visiting the old country to get a feel for their roots. A foreword by the Genographic Project's Spencer Wells sets the scene.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228690Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, plus Tips and Strategies to Find Your Family History Author: Andrew McCarthy Narrator: Carrington Macduffie, John...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, plus Tips and Strategies to Find Your Family History Author: Andrew McCarthy Narrator: Carrington Macduffie, John Mclain, Armando Durán, Tom Bromhead, Mia Chiaromonte, Rebecca Mitchell, Shaun Grindell, Mark Peckham, Caroline Shaffer, R. C. Bray, Stephen R. Thorne, Traber Burns, Amy Rubinate, Bob Souer, Feodor Chin, Christine Williams, Angel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his quest to uncover his family's Irish history, while twenty-five other prominent writers tell their own heartfelt stories of connection. Spanning the globe, these stories offer personal takes on journeying home, whether the authors are actively seeking long-lost relatives, meeting up with seldom-seen family members, or perhaps just visiting the old country to get a feel for their roots. A foreword by the Genographic Project's Spencer Wells sets the scene.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autumn-balloon-by-kenny-porpora--65201020https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autumn Balloon Author: Kenny Porpora Narrator: Kenny Porpora Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism, drinking away her sorrows every night in front of the television, where her love of Regis Philbin provided a respite from the sadness around her. When their house was foreclosed upon, Kenny's mother absconded with him and his beloved dog and fled for the Arizona desert, joining her heroin-addicted brother on a quixotic search for a better life. What followed was an outlaw adolescence spent in constant upheaval surrounded by bizarre characters and drug-addicted souls. In the wake of unspeakable loss, Kenny convinced a college to take a chance on him, and turned to the mentors, writers, and poets he found to rebuild the family he lost, and eventually graduated from the Ivy League with a new life. Porpora's memoir is the story of a deeply dysfunctional but loving family, and follows his life from the chaos of his youth to his triumphs in the Ivy League. At times darkly comic, at times elegiac, The Autumn Balloon is a beautifully written testament to the irreplaceable bonds of family, even under the most trying circumstances, and one that marks the debut of an exciting new writer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228697Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autumn Balloon Author: Kenny Porpora Narrator: Kenny Porpora Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autumn Balloon Author: Kenny Porpora Narrator: Kenny Porpora Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism, drinking away her sorrows every night in front of the television, where her love of Regis Philbin provided a respite from the sadness around her. When their house was foreclosed upon, Kenny's mother absconded with him and his beloved dog and fled for the Arizona desert, joining her heroin-addicted brother on a quixotic search for a better life. What followed was an outlaw adolescence spent in constant upheaval surrounded by bizarre characters and drug-addicted souls. In the wake of unspeakable loss, Kenny convinced a college to take a chance on him, and turned to the mentors, writers, and poets he found to rebuild the family he lost, and eventually graduated from the Ivy League with a new life. Porpora's memoir is the story of a deeply dysfunctional but loving family, and follows his life from the chaos of his youth to his triumphs in the Ivy League. At times darkly comic, at times elegiac, The Autumn Balloon is a beautifully written testament to the irreplaceable bonds of family, even under the most trying circumstances, and one that marks the debut of an exciting new writer.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whipping-boy-the-forty-year-search-for-my-twelve-year-old-bully-by-allen-kurzweil--65201013https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully Author: Allen Kurzweil Narrator: Allen Kurzweil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact Crime The true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully. Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus. The obsessive inquiry, which spans some forty years, takes Kurzweil all over the world, from a Swiss boarding school (where he endures horrifying cruelty) to the slums of Manila, from the Park Avenue boardroom of the world’s largest law firm to a federal prison camp in Southern California. While hunting down his tormentor, Kurzweil encounters an improbable cast of characters that includes an elocution teacher with ill-fitting dentures, a gang of faux royal swindlers, a crime investigator “with paper in his blood,” and a  onocled grand master of the Knights of Malta. Yet for all its global exoticism and comic exuberance, Kurzweil’s riveting account is, at its core, a heartfelt and suspenseful narrative about the “parallel lives” of a victim and his abuser. A scrupulously researched work of nonfiction that renders a childhood menace into an unlikely muse, Whipping Boy is much more than a tale of karmic retribution; it is a poignant meditation on loss, memory, and mourning, a surreal odyssey born out of suffering, nourished by rancor, tempered by wit, and resolved, unexpectedly, in a breathtaking act of personal courage. Whipping Boy features two 8-page black-and-white photo inserts and  83 images throughout.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226216Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully Author: Allen Kurzweil Narrator: Allen Kurzweil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully Author: Allen Kurzweil Narrator: Allen Kurzweil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact Crime The true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully. Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus. The obsessive inquiry, which spans some forty years, takes Kurzweil all over the world, from a Swiss boarding school (where he endures horrifying cruelty) to the slums of Manila, from the Park Avenue boardroom of the world’s largest law firm to a federal prison camp in Southern California. While hunting down his tormentor, Kurzweil encounters an improbable cast of characters that includes an elocution teacher with ill-fitting dentures, a gang of faux royal swindlers, a crime investigator “with paper in his blood,” and a  onocled grand master of the Knights of Malta. Yet for all its global exoticism and comic exuberance, Kurzweil’s riveting account is, at its core, a heartfelt and suspenseful narrative about the “parallel lives” of a victim and his abuser. A scrupulously researched work of nonfiction that renders a childhood menace into an unlikely muse, Whipping Boy is much more than a tale of karmic retribution; it is a poignant meditation on loss, memory, and mourning, a surreal odyssey born out of suffering, nourished by rancor, tempered by wit, and resolved, unexpectedly, in a breathtaking act of personal courage. Whipping Boy features two 8-page black-and-white photo inserts and  83 images throughout.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-fifty-year-silence-love-war-and-a-ruined-house-in-france-by-miranda-richmond-mouillot--65201012https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France Author: Miranda Richmond Mouillot Narrator: Miranda Richmond Mouillot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A young woman moves across an ocean to uncover the truth about her grandparents' mysterious estrangement and pieces together the extraordinary story of their wartime experiences   In 1948, after surviving World War II by escaping Nazi-occupied France for refugee camps in Switzerland, Miranda's grandparents, Anna and Armand, bought an old stone house in a remote, picturesque village in the South of France. Five years later, Anna packed her bags and walked out on Armand, taking the typewriter and their children. Aside from one brief encounter, the two never saw or spoke to each other again, never remarried, and never revealed what had divided them forever. A Fifty-Year Silence is the deeply involving account of Miranda Richmond Mouillot's journey to find out what happened between her grandmother, a physician, and her grandfather, an interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials, who refused to utter his wife's name aloud after she left him. To discover the roots of their embittered and entrenched silence, Miranda abandons her plans for the future and moves to their stone house, now a crumbling ruin; immerses herself in letters, archival materials, and secondary sources; and teases stories out of her reticent, and declining, grandparents. As she reconstructs how Anna and Armand braved overwhelming odds and how the knowledge her grandfather acquired at Nuremberg destroyed their relationship, Miranda wrestles with the legacy of trauma, the burden of history, and the complexities of memory. She also finds herself learning how not only to survive but to thrive--making a home in the village and falling in love. With warmth, humor, and rich, evocative details that bring her grandparents' outsize characters and their daily struggles vividly to life, A Fifty-Year Silence is a heartbreaking, uplifting love story spanning two continents and three generations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226045Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France Author: Miranda Richmond Mouillot Narrator: Miranda Richmond Mouillot Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France Author: Miranda Richmond Mouillot Narrator: Miranda Richmond Mouillot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 20, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A young woman moves across an ocean to uncover the truth about her grandparents' mysterious estrangement and pieces together the extraordinary story of their wartime experiences   In 1948, after surviving World War II by escaping Nazi-occupied France for refugee camps in Switzerland, Miranda's grandparents, Anna and Armand, bought an old stone house in a remote, picturesque village in the South of France. Five years later, Anna packed her bags and walked out on Armand, taking the typewriter and their children. Aside from one brief encounter, the two never saw or spoke to each other again, never remarried, and never revealed what had divided them forever. A Fifty-Year Silence is the deeply involving account of Miranda Richmond Mouillot's journey to find out what happened between her grandmother, a physician, and her grandfather, an interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials, who refused to utter his wife's name aloud after she left him. To discover the roots of their embittered and entrenched silence, Miranda abandons her plans for the future and moves to their stone house, now a crumbling ruin; immerses herself in letters, archival materials, and secondary sources; and teases stories out of her reticent, and declining, grandparents. As she reconstructs how Anna and Armand braved overwhelming odds and how the knowledge her grandfather acquired at Nuremberg destroyed their relationship, Miranda wrestles with the legacy of trauma, the burden of history, and the complexities of memory. She also finds herself learning how not only to survive but to thrive--making a home in the village and falling in love. With warmth, humor, and rich, evocative details that bring her grandparents' outsize characters and their daily struggles vividly to life, A Fifty-Year Silence is a heartbreaking, uplifting love story spanning two continents and three generations.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-work-my-search-for-a-life-that-matters-by-wes-moore--65201086https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters Author: Wes Moore Narrator: Wes Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of The Other Wes Moore and governor of Maryland continues his inspirational quest for a meaningful life and shares the powerful lessons—about self-discovery, service, and risk-taking—that led him to a new definition of success for our times. “This book is about how to make our journeys not just about surviving and succeeding, but about coming truly alive.”—Arianna Huffington The Work is the story of how one young man traced a path through the world to find his life’s purpose. Wes Moore graduated from a difficult childhood in the Bronx and Baltimore to an adult life that would find him at some of the most critical moments in our recent history: as a combat officer in Afghanistan; a White House fellow in a time of wars abroad and disasters at home; and a Wall Street banker during the financial crisis. In this insightful book, Moore shares the lessons he learned from people he met along the way—from the brave Afghan translator who taught him to find his fight, to the resilient young students in Katrina-ravaged Mississippi who showed him the true meaning of grit, to his late grandfather, who taught him to find grace in service.   Moore also tells the stories of other twenty-first-century change-makers who’ve inspired him in his search, from Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND, to Esther Benjamin, a Sri Lankan immigrant who rose to help lead the Peace Corps. What their lives—and his own misadventures and moments of illumination—reveal is that our truest work happens when we serve others, at the intersection between our gifts and our broken world. That’s where we find the work that lasts.   An intimate narrative about finding meaning in a volatile age, The Work will inspire readers to see how we can each find our own path to purpose and help create a better world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225842Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters Author: Wes Moore Narrator: Wes Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters Author: Wes Moore Narrator: Wes Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of The Other Wes Moore and governor of Maryland continues his inspirational quest for a meaningful life and shares the powerful lessons—about self-discovery, service, and risk-taking—that led him to a new definition of success for our times. “This book is about how to make our journeys not just about surviving and succeeding, but about coming truly alive.”—Arianna Huffington The Work is the story of how one young man traced a path through the world to find his life’s purpose. Wes Moore graduated from a difficult childhood in the Bronx and Baltimore to an adult life that would find him at some of the most critical moments in our recent history: as a combat officer in Afghanistan; a White House fellow in a time of wars abroad and disasters at home; and a Wall Street banker during the financial crisis. In this insightful book, Moore shares the lessons he learned from people he met along the way—from the brave Afghan translator who taught him to find his fight, to the resilient young students in Katrina-ravaged Mississippi who showed him the true meaning of grit, to his late grandfather, who taught him to find grace in service.   Moore also tells the stories of other twenty-first-century change-makers who’ve inspired him in his search, from Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND, to Esther Benjamin, a Sri Lankan immigrant who rose to help lead the Peace Corps. What their lives—and his own misadventures and moments of illumination—reveal is that our truest work happens when we serve others, at the intersection between our gifts and our broken world. That’s where we find the work that lasts.   An intimate narrative about finding meaning in a volatile age, The Work will inspire readers to see how we can each find our own path to purpose and help create a better world.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/resilience-two-sisters-and-a-story-of-mental-illness-by-jessie-close-pete-earley--65201036https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness Author: Jessie Close, Pete Earley Narrator: Jessie Close, Glenn Close Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: At a young age, Jessie Close struggled with symptoms that would transform into severe bipolar disorder in her early twenties, but she was not properly diagnosed until the age of fifty. Jessie and her three siblings, including actress Glenn Close, spent many years in the Moral Re-Armament cult. Jessie passed her childhood in New York, Switzerland, Connecticut, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), and finally Los Angeles, where her life quickly became unmanageable. She was just fifteen years old. Jessie's emerging mental illness led her into a life of addictions, five failed marriages, and to the brink of suicide. She fought to raise her children despite her ever worsening mental conditions and under the strain of damaged romantic relationships. Her sister Glenn and certain members of their family tried to be supportive throughout the ups and downs, and Glenn's vignettes in Resilience provide an alternate perspective on Jessie's life as it began to spiral out of control. Jessie was devastated to discover that mental illness was passed on to her son Calen, but getting him help at long last helped Jessie to heal as well. Eleven years later, Jessie is a productive member of society and a supportive daughter, mother, sister, and grandmother. In Resilience, Jessie dives into the dark and dangerous shadows of mental illness without shying away from its horror and turmoil. With New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Pete Earley, she tells of finally discovering the treatment she needs and, with the encouragement of her sister and others, the emotional fortitude to bring herself back from the edge.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224568Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness Author: Jessie Close, Pete Earley Narrator: Jessie Close, Glenn Close Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness Author: Jessie Close, Pete Earley Narrator: Jessie Close, Glenn Close Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: At a young age, Jessie Close struggled with symptoms that would transform into severe bipolar disorder in her early twenties, but she was not properly diagnosed until the age of fifty. Jessie and her three siblings, including actress Glenn Close, spent many years in the Moral Re-Armament cult. Jessie passed her childhood in New York, Switzerland, Connecticut, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), and finally Los Angeles, where her life quickly became unmanageable. She was just fifteen years old. Jessie's emerging mental illness led her into a life of addictions, five failed marriages, and to the brink of suicide. She fought to raise her children despite her ever worsening mental conditions and under the strain of damaged romantic relationships. Her sister Glenn and certain members of their family tried to be supportive throughout the ups and downs, and Glenn's vignettes in Resilience provide an alternate perspective on Jessie's life as it began to spiral out of control. Jessie was devastated to discover that mental illness was passed on to her son Calen, but getting him help at long last helped Jessie to heal as well. Eleven years later, Jessie is a productive member of society and a supportive daughter, mother, sister, and grandmother. In Resilience, Jessie dives into the dark and dangerous shadows of mental illness without shying away from its horror and turmoil. With New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Pete Earley, she tells of finally discovering the treatment she needs and, with the encouragement of her sister and others, the emotional fortitude to bring herself back from the edge.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-day-my-brain-exploded-a-true-story-by-ashok-rajamani--65201087https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Day My Brain Exploded: A True Story Author: Ashok Rajamani Narrator: Ashok Rajamani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 9, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: After a full-throttle brain bleed at the age of twenty-five, Ashok Rajamani, a first-generation Indian American, had to be reborn, relearning the most basic of things, piecing together a past, reclaiming a life, and coping with the societal prejudice inflicted on those with traumatic injury. With humor, spirit, and insight, he describes the catastrophic event (his brain exploded just before his brother's wedding!), as well as the long, difficult recovery period. In the process, he introduces readers to his family—his principal support group, as well as a constant source of frustration and amazement. Irreverent, coruscating, at times shocking, but always revelatory, this audio production of his critically acclaimed memoir takes the listener into unfamiliar territory, much like the experience Alice had when she fell down the rabbit hole. That Ashok lived to tell the story is miraculous; that he tells it with such aplomb is simply remarkable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225823Fri, 09 Jan 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Day My Brain Exploded: A True Story Author: Ashok Rajamani Narrator: Ashok Rajamani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Day My Brain Exploded: A True Story Author: Ashok Rajamani Narrator: Ashok Rajamani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 9, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: After a full-throttle brain bleed at the age of twenty-five, Ashok Rajamani, a first-generation Indian American, had to be reborn, relearning the most basic of things, piecing together a past, reclaiming a life, and coping with the societal prejudice inflicted on those with traumatic injury. With humor, spirit, and insight, he describes the catastrophic event (his brain exploded just before his brother's wedding!), as well as the long, difficult recovery period. In the process, he introduces readers to his family—his principal support group, as well as a constant source of frustration and amazement. Irreverent, coruscating, at times shocking, but always revelatory, this audio production of his critically acclaimed memoir takes the listener into unfamiliar territory, much like the experience Alice had when she fell down the rabbit hole. That Ashok lived to tell the story is miraculous; that he tells it with such aplomb is simply remarkable.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-was-me-all-along-a-memoir-by-andie-mitchell--65200996https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Was Me All Along: A Memoir Author: Andie Mitchell Narrator: Andie Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A heartbreakingly honest, endearing memoir of incredible weight loss by a young food blogger who battles body image issues and overcomes food addiction to find self-acceptance.   All her life, Andie Mitchell had eaten lustily and mindlessly. Food was her babysitter, her best friend, her confidant, and it provided a refuge from her fractured family. But when she stepped on the scale on her twentieth birthday and it registered a shocking 268 pounds, she knew she had to change the way she thought about food and herself; that her life was at stake. It Was Me All Along takes Andie from working class Boston to the romantic streets of Rome, from morbidly obese to half her size, from seeking comfort in anything that came cream-filled and two-to-a-pack to finding balance in exquisite (but modest) bowls of handmade pasta. This story is about much more than a woman who loves food and abhors her body. It is about someone who made changes when her situation seemed too far gone and how she discovered balance in an off-kilter world. More than anything, though, it is the story of her finding beauty in acceptance and learning to love all parts of herself. Includes a PDF of Andie Mitchell’s Sour Cream Fudge Cake recipe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225750Tue, 06 Jan 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Was Me All Along: A Memoir Author: Andie Mitchell Narrator: Andie Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Was Me All Along: A Memoir Author: Andie Mitchell Narrator: Andie Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A heartbreakingly honest, endearing memoir of incredible weight loss by a young food blogger who battles body image issues and overcomes food addiction to find self-acceptance.   All her life, Andie Mitchell had eaten lustily and mindlessly. Food was her babysitter, her best friend, her confidant, and it provided a refuge from her fractured family. But when she stepped on the scale on her twentieth birthday and it registered a shocking 268 pounds, she knew she had to change the way she thought about food and herself; that her life was at stake. It Was Me All Along takes Andie from working class Boston to the romantic streets of Rome, from morbidly obese to half her size, from seeking comfort in anything that came cream-filled and two-to-a-pack to finding balance in exquisite (but modest) bowls of handmade pasta. This story is about much more than a woman who loves food and abhors her body. It is about someone who made changes when her situation seemed too far gone and how she discovered balance in an off-kilter world. More than anything, though, it is the story of her finding beauty in acceptance and learning to love all parts of herself. Includes a PDF of Andie Mitchell’s Sour Cream Fudge Cake recipe.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rise-a-soldier-a-dream-and-a-promise-kept-by-daniel-rodriguez--65200981https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept Author: Daniel Rodriguez Narrator: Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unforgettable story of a young soldier who survived one of the bloodiest battles in Afghanistan and lived to pursue his dream of playing Division I college football At five foot eight, 175 pounds, Daniel Rodriguez was an unlikely recruit for the gridiron. But on the battlefield, under the daily rain of sniper fire, he made a promise to his best friend. 'When I get out of this shit hole, I'm going to play college football.' Daniel had joined the Army just weeks after graduating from high school, having recently suffered a devastating loss. At age nineteen he had no idea what war really was; he just wanted to get out of town. Almost immediately, he was deployed to Iraq, and he would later serve in Afghanistan. And he grew up fast—stopped sleeping, started smoking. Killing became second nature. He fought in the infamous Battle of Kamdesh, and for his bravery he was awarded a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. But his best friend was not so lucky. Against all odds, Daniel returned home—broken but still alive. Stuck in the clutches of PTSD, Daniel remembered the promise he made to his friend and knew he had to make good on it. He embarked on a grueling training regimen, and when he posted a video of his efforts, it went viral overnight. By some mix of grit, determination, and the power of the Internet, he earned a spot on the Clemson University football team. A powerfully delivered narrative of a young soldier, his unlikely dream, and how he found his way out of darkness, Rise is inspiring, quintessentially American, and will resonate with anyone who has ever fought for what they wanted.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226266Tue, 06 Jan 2015 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept Author: Daniel Rodriguez Narrator: Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept Author: Daniel Rodriguez Narrator: Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unforgettable story of a young soldier who survived one of the bloodiest battles in Afghanistan and lived to pursue his dream of playing Division I college football At five foot eight, 175 pounds, Daniel Rodriguez was an unlikely recruit for the gridiron. But on the battlefield, under the daily rain of sniper fire, he made a promise to his best friend. 'When I get out of this shit hole, I'm going to play college football.' Daniel had joined the Army just weeks after graduating from high school, having recently suffered a devastating loss. At age nineteen he had no idea what war really was; he just wanted to get out of town. Almost immediately, he was deployed to Iraq, and he would later serve in Afghanistan. And he grew up fast—stopped sleeping, started smoking. Killing became second nature. He fought in the infamous Battle of Kamdesh, and for his bravery he was awarded a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. But his best friend was not so lucky. Against all odds, Daniel returned home—broken but still alive. Stuck in the clutches of PTSD, Daniel remembered the promise he made to his friend and knew he had to make good on it. He embarked on a grueling training regimen, and when he posted a video of his efforts, it went viral overnight. By some mix of grit, determination, and the power of the Internet, he earned a spot on the Clemson University football team. A powerfully delivered narrative of a young soldier, his unlikely dream, and how he found his way out of darkness, Rise is inspiring, quintessentially American, and will resonate with anyone who has ever fought for what they wanted.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-life-with-piper-from-big-house-to-small-screen-by-larry-smith--65201085https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life With Piper: From Big House to Small Screen Author: Larry Smith Narrator: Larry Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Release date: December 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Piper Kerman's bestselling memoir and hit show on Netflix has been one of the most remarkable pop culture phenomenons in years. Yet there's one side of the story that until now hasn't been told—the story of Larry Smith, the man who has stood by Piper through the worst of times. Orange Is the New Black is about many things: crime, punishment, a community of women who gave each other strength in the worst of times. But it is also a love story. Now, for the first time, the 'real Larry' tells his side of the story with vivid color and unapologetic candor, taking us back to his first meeting with Piper, their unexpected courtship, the moment both of their lives changed forever, and the unexpected celebrity that came with having a version of their lives streamed to millions of people across the world as Orange Is the New Black captured the cultural zeitgeist. Includes an exclusive Larry and Piper interview and Larry's reaction to Jason Biggs being selected to portray him in Orange Is the New Black.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226039Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life With Piper: From Big House to Small Screen Author: Larry Smith Narrator: Larry Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 44 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life With Piper: From Big House to Small Screen Author: Larry Smith Narrator: Larry Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Release date: December 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Piper Kerman's bestselling memoir and hit show on Netflix has been one of the most remarkable pop culture phenomenons in years. Yet there's one side of the story that until now hasn't been told—the story of Larry Smith, the man who has stood by Piper through the worst of times. Orange Is the New Black is about many things: crime, punishment, a community of women who gave each other strength in the worst of times. But it is also a love story. Now, for the first time, the 'real Larry' tells his side of the story with vivid color and unapologetic candor, taking us back to his first meeting with Piper, their unexpected courtship, the moment both of their lives changed forever, and the unexpected celebrity that came with having a version of their lives streamed to millions of people across the world as Orange Is the New Black captured the cultural zeitgeist. Includes an exclusive Larry and Piper interview and Larry's reaction to Jason Biggs being selected to portray him in Orange Is the New Black.]]>1805falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tales-of-a-female-nomad-living-at-large-in-the-world-by-rita-golden-gelman--65201064https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World Author: Rita Golden Gelman Narrator: Rita Golden Gelman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: December 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Tales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelman, an ordinary woman who is living an extraordinary existence. At the age of forty-eight, on the verge of a divorce, Rita left an elegant life in Los Angeles to follow her dream of connecting with people in cultures all over the world. In 1986, she sold her possessions and became a nomad, living in a Zapotec village in Mexico, sleeping with sea lions on the Galapagos Islands, and residing everywhere from thatched huts to regal palaces. She has observed orangutans in the rain forest of Borneo, visited trance healers and dens of black magic, and cooked with women on fires all over the world. Rita's example encourages us all to dust off our dreams and rediscover the joy, the exuberance, and the hidden spirit that so many of us bury when we become adults.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226020Tue, 09 Dec 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World Author: Rita Golden Gelman Narrator: Rita Golden Gelman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World Author: Rita Golden Gelman Narrator: Rita Golden Gelman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: December 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Tales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelman, an ordinary woman who is living an extraordinary existence. At the age of forty-eight, on the verge of a divorce, Rita left an elegant life in Los Angeles to follow her dream of connecting with people in cultures all over the world. In 1986, she sold her possessions and became a nomad, living in a Zapotec village in Mexico, sleeping with sea lions on the Galapagos Islands, and residing everywhere from thatched huts to regal palaces. She has observed orangutans in the rain forest of Borneo, visited trance healers and dens of black magic, and cooked with women on fires all over the world. Rita's example encourages us all to dust off our dreams and rediscover the joy, the exuberance, and the hidden spirit that so many of us bury when we become adults.]]>1805falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-magnificent-elmer-my-life-with-elmer-bernstein-by-pearl-bernstein-gardner--65201039https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Elmer: My Life with Elmer Bernstein Author: Pearl Bernstein Gardner Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Written by his wife of twenty years, The Magnificent Elmer is the first book about Elmer Bernstein, a seminal figure of movie music. Born in New York City in 1922, Elmer Bernstein was one of America's most celebrated composers, best known for the award-winning musical scores he developed for film, theater, and television for fifty years. He wrote music for more than two hundred films, including the scores for Hawaii, The Carpetbaggers, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Sweet Smell of Success, The Ten Commandments, The World of Henry Orient, To Kill a Mockingbird, True Grit, and Walk on the Wild Side, just to name a few. He was nominated for fourteen Oscars and won for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie. He also won two Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. In this book, Elmer's former wife Pearl tells in vivid anecdotes of their move from a fifth-floor Manhattan walk-up to the red carpets of Hollywood—not an entirely timely move, as Joe McCarthy was at the peak of his powers and the studios were in their death throes. Pearl participated in the ups and downs of McCarthy, Will Hays, and Otto Preminger. And she presents an array of Hollywood's leading men, warts and all, from Sinatra to Odets, from DeMille to Elmer's eponymous rival, Leonard Bernstein.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225573Mon, 01 Dec 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Elmer: My Life with Elmer Bernstein Author: Pearl Bernstein Gardner Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Elmer: My Life with Elmer Bernstein Author: Pearl Bernstein Gardner Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Written by his wife of twenty years, The Magnificent Elmer is the first book about Elmer Bernstein, a seminal figure of movie music. Born in New York City in 1922, Elmer Bernstein was one of America's most celebrated composers, best known for the award-winning musical scores he developed for film, theater, and television for fifty years. He wrote music for more than two hundred films, including the scores for Hawaii, The Carpetbaggers, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Sweet Smell of Success, The Ten Commandments, The World of Henry Orient, To Kill a Mockingbird, True Grit, and Walk on the Wild Side, just to name a few. He was nominated for fourteen Oscars and won for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie. He also won two Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. In this book, Elmer's former wife Pearl tells in vivid anecdotes of their move from a fifth-floor Manhattan walk-up to the red carpets of Hollywood—not an entirely timely move, as Joe McCarthy was at the peak of his powers and the studios were in their death throes. Pearl participated in the ups and downs of McCarthy, Will Hays, and Otto Preminger. And she presents an array of Hollywood's leading men, warts and all, from Sinatra to Odets, from DeMille to Elmer's eponymous rival, Leonard Bernstein.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hiroshima-diary-the-journal-of-a-japanese-physician-august-6-september-30-1945-by-michihiko-hachiya-md--65201079https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 Author: Michihiko Hachiya MD Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 26, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. Dr. Hachiya's compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was a surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and who became a friend of Dr. Hachiya. In a new foreword, John Dower reflects on the enduring importance of the diary fifty years after the bombing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224289Wed, 26 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 Author: Michihiko Hachiya MD Narrator: Robertson Dean Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 Author: Michihiko Hachiya MD Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 26, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. Dr. Hachiya's compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was a surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and who became a friend of Dr. Hachiya. In a new foreword, John Dower reflects on the enduring importance of the diary fifty years after the bombing.]]>1805falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-was-a-little-girl-the-real-story-of-my-mother-and-me-by-brooke-shields--65201091https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me Author: Brooke Shields Narrator: Brooke Shields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The perfect gift for Brooke Shields fans, There Was a Little Girl explores Brooke's relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri, in this extraordinary, heartfelt memoir that became a New York Times bestseller.  Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life. She was raised by her Newark-tough single mom, Teri, a woman who loved the world of show business and was often a media sensation all by herself. Brooke's iconic modeling career began by chance when she was only eleven months old, and Teri's skills as both Brooke's mother and her manager were formidable. But in private she was troubled and drank heavily. As Brooke became an adult the pair made choices and sacrifices that would affect their relationship forever. And when Brooke’s own daughters were born she found that her experience as a mother was shaped in every way by the woman who raised her. But despite the many ups and downs, Brooke was by Teri’s side when she died in 2012, a loving daughter until the end. Only Brooke knows the truth of the remarkable, difficult, complicated woman who was her mother. And now, in an honest, open memoir about her life growing up, Brooke will reveal stories and feelings that are relatable to anyone who has been a mother or daughter.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221393Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me Author: Brooke Shields Narrator: Brooke Shields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me Author: Brooke Shields Narrator: Brooke Shields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The perfect gift for Brooke Shields fans, There Was a Little Girl explores Brooke's relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri, in this extraordinary, heartfelt memoir that became a New York Times bestseller.  Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life. She was raised by her Newark-tough single mom, Teri, a woman who loved the world of show business and was often a media sensation all by herself. Brooke's iconic modeling career began by chance when she was only eleven months old, and Teri's skills as both Brooke's mother and her manager were formidable. But in private she was troubled and drank heavily. As Brooke became an adult the pair made choices and sacrifices that would affect their relationship forever. And when Brooke’s own daughters were born she found that her experience as a mother was shaped in every way by the woman who raised her. But despite the many ups and downs, Brooke was by Teri’s side when she died in 2012, a loving daughter until the end. Only Brooke knows the truth of the remarkable, difficult, complicated woman who was her mother. And now, in an honest, open memoir about her life growing up, Brooke will reveal stories and feelings that are relatable to anyone who has been a mother or daughter.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-can-t-make-this-up-miracles-memories-and-the-perfect-marriage-of-sports-and-television-by-al-michaels-l-jon-wertheim--65201058https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television Author: Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim Narrator: Al Michaels, Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television’s most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports. No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on live network television than any other broadcaster in history, and is the only play-by-play commentator to have covered all four major sports championships: the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, and the Stanley Cup Final. He has also witnessed first-hand some of the most memorable events in modern sports, and in this highly personal and revealing account, brings them vividly to life. Michaels shares never-before-told stories from his early years and his rise to the top, covering some of the greatest moments of the past half century—from the “Miracle on Ice”—the historic 1980 Olympic hockey finals—to the earthquake that rocked the 1989 World Series. Some of the greatest names on and off the field are here—Michael Jordan, Bill Walton, Pete Rose, Bill Walsh, Peyton and Eli Manning, Brett Favre, John Madden, Howard Cosell, Cris Collinsworth, and many, many more. Forthright and down-to-earth, Michaels tells the truth as he sees it, giving readers unique insight into the high drama, the colorful players, and the heroes and occasional villains of an industry that has become a vital part of modern culture.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223186Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television Author: Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim Narrator: Al...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television Author: Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim Narrator: Al Michaels, Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television’s most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports. No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on live network television than any other broadcaster in history, and is the only play-by-play commentator to have covered all four major sports championships: the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, and the Stanley Cup Final. He has also witnessed first-hand some of the most memorable events in modern sports, and in this highly personal and revealing account, brings them vividly to life. Michaels shares never-before-told stories from his early years and his rise to the top, covering some of the greatest moments of the past half century—from the “Miracle on Ice”—the historic 1980 Olympic hockey finals—to the earthquake that rocked the 1989 World Series. Some of the greatest names on and off the field are here—Michael Jordan, Bill Walton, Pete Rose, Bill Walsh, Peyton and Eli Manning, Brett Favre, John Madden, Howard Cosell, Cris Collinsworth, and many, many more. Forthright and down-to-earth, Michaels tells the truth as he sees it, giving readers unique insight into the high drama, the colorful players, and the heroes and occasional villains of an industry that has become a vital part of modern culture.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/busted-a-tale-of-corruption-and-betrayal-in-the-city-of-brotherly-love-by-barbara-laker-wendy-ruderman--65201052https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love Author: Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the vein of Erin Brockovich, The Departed, and T. J. English's Savage City comes Busted, the shocking true story of the biggest police corruption scandal in Philadelphia history, a tale of drugs, power, and abuse involving a rogue narcotics squad, a confidential informant, and two veteran journalists whose reporting drove a full-scale FBI probe, rocked the City of Brotherly Love, and earned a Pulitzer Prize . In 2003, Benny Martinez became a Confidential Informant for a member of the Philadelphia Police Department's narcotics squad, helping arrest nearly 200 drug and gun dealers over seven years. But that success masked a dark and dangerous reality: the cops were as corrupt as the criminals they targeted. In addition to fabricating busts, the squad systematically looted mom-and-pop stores, terrorizing hardworking immigrant owners. One squad member also sexually assaulted three women during raids. Frightened for his life, Martinez turned to Philadelphia Daily News reporters Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker. Busted chronicles how these two journalists—both middle-class working mothers—formed an unlikely bond with a convicted street dealer to uncover the secrets of ruthless kingpins and dirty cops. Professionals in an industry shrinking from severe financial cutbacks, Ruderman and Laker had few resources—besides their own grit and tenacity—to break a dangerous, complex story that would expose the rotten underbelly of a modern American city and earn them a Pulitzer Prize. A page-turning thriller based on superb reportage, illustrated with eight pages of photos, Busted is modern true crime at its finest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223692Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love Author: Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love Author: Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the vein of Erin Brockovich, The Departed, and T. J. English's Savage City comes Busted, the shocking true story of the biggest police corruption scandal in Philadelphia history, a tale of drugs, power, and abuse involving a rogue narcotics squad, a confidential informant, and two veteran journalists whose reporting drove a full-scale FBI probe, rocked the City of Brotherly Love, and earned a Pulitzer Prize . In 2003, Benny Martinez became a Confidential Informant for a member of the Philadelphia Police Department's narcotics squad, helping arrest nearly 200 drug and gun dealers over seven years. But that success masked a dark and dangerous reality: the cops were as corrupt as the criminals they targeted. In addition to fabricating busts, the squad systematically looted mom-and-pop stores, terrorizing hardworking immigrant owners. One squad member also sexually assaulted three women during raids. Frightened for his life, Martinez turned to Philadelphia Daily News reporters Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker. Busted chronicles how these two journalists—both middle-class working mothers—formed an unlikely bond with a convicted street dealer to uncover the secrets of ruthless kingpins and dirty cops. Professionals in an industry shrinking from severe financial cutbacks, Ruderman and Laker had few resources—besides their own grit and tenacity—to break a dangerous, complex story that would expose the rotten underbelly of a modern American city and earn them a Pulitzer Prize. A page-turning thriller based on superb reportage, illustrated with eight pages of photos, Busted is modern true crime at its finest.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-give-up-don-t-give-in-lessons-from-an-extraordinary-life-by-david-rensin-louis-zamperini--65201014https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life Author: David Rensin, Louis Zamperini Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestseller More than 100,000 copies in print Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini’s death at age ninety-seven, Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from “one of the most incredible American lives of the past century” (People). Zamperini’s story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand’s biography Unbroken and its blockbuster movie adaptation directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Zamperini reveals with warmth and great charm the essential values and lessons that sustained him throughout his remarkable journey. He was a youthful troublemaker from California who turned his life around to become a 1936 Olympian. Putting aside his track career, he volunteered for the army before Pearl Harbor and was thrust into World War II as a B-24 bombardier. While on a rescue mission, his plane went down in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where he survived against all odds, drifting two thousand miles in a small raft for forty-seven days. His struggle was only beginning: Zamperini was captured by the Japanese, and for more than two years he courageously endured torture and psychological abuse in a series of prisoner-of-war camps. He returned home to face more dark hours, but in 1949 Zamperini’s life was transformed by a spiritual rebirth that would guide him through the next sixty-five years of his long and happy life. Louis Zamperini’s Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In is an extraordinary last testament that captures the wisdom of a life lived to the fullest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223176Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life Author: David Rensin, Louis Zamperini Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life Author: David Rensin, Louis Zamperini Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestseller More than 100,000 copies in print Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini’s death at age ninety-seven, Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from “one of the most incredible American lives of the past century” (People). Zamperini’s story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand’s biography Unbroken and its blockbuster movie adaptation directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Zamperini reveals with warmth and great charm the essential values and lessons that sustained him throughout his remarkable journey. He was a youthful troublemaker from California who turned his life around to become a 1936 Olympian. Putting aside his track career, he volunteered for the army before Pearl Harbor and was thrust into World War II as a B-24 bombardier. While on a rescue mission, his plane went down in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where he survived against all odds, drifting two thousand miles in a small raft for forty-seven days. His struggle was only beginning: Zamperini was captured by the Japanese, and for more than two years he courageously endured torture and psychological abuse in a series of prisoner-of-war camps. He returned home to face more dark hours, but in 1949 Zamperini’s life was transformed by a spiritual rebirth that would guide him through the next sixty-five years of his long and happy life. Louis Zamperini’s Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In is an extraordinary last testament that captures the wisdom of a life lived to the fullest.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/watch-me-a-memoir-by-anjelica-huston--65201075https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Watch Me: A Memoir Author: Anjelica Huston Narrator: Anjelica Huston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.64 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Academy Award-winning actress Huston’s “tireless fascination with the world is thrilling…” (Elle), and Watch Me is an “elegant and entertaining” (Chicago Tribune) account of her seventeen-year love affair with Jack Nicholson, her rise to stardom, and her mastery of the craft of acting. Picking up where her first memoir A Story Lately Told leaves off, Watch Me is a chronicle of Anjelica Huston’s glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. “With a conversational intimacy, inhabiting the role of the new best friend” (San Francisco Chronicle), she writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning how to act; about her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi’s Honor; about her collaborations with many of the greatest directors in Hollywood, including Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Richard Condon, Bob Rafelson, Mike Nichols, and Stephen Frears. She movingly and beautifully describes the death of her father John Huston and her marriage to sculptor Robert Graham. She is candid, mischievous, warm, passionate, funny, and a fabulous storyteller. Watch Me is a magnificent memoir “from a lady so simultaneously real, tough, vulnerable, privileged and candid, I want to hear whatever she tells me” (Lisa Schwarzbaum, The New York Times Book Review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223153Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Watch Me: A Memoir Author: Anjelica Huston Narrator: Anjelica Huston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Watch Me: A Memoir Author: Anjelica Huston Narrator: Anjelica Huston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.64 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Academy Award-winning actress Huston’s “tireless fascination with the world is thrilling…” (Elle), and Watch Me is an “elegant and entertaining” (Chicago Tribune) account of her seventeen-year love affair with Jack Nicholson, her rise to stardom, and her mastery of the craft of acting. Picking up where her first memoir A Story Lately Told leaves off, Watch Me is a chronicle of Anjelica Huston’s glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. “With a conversational intimacy, inhabiting the role of the new best friend” (San Francisco Chronicle), she writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning how to act; about her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi’s Honor; about her collaborations with many of the greatest directors in Hollywood, including Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Richard Condon, Bob Rafelson, Mike Nichols, and Stephen Frears. She movingly and beautifully describes the death of her father John Huston and her marriage to sculptor Robert Graham. She is candid, mischievous, warm, passionate, funny, and a fabulous storyteller. Watch Me is a magnificent memoir “from a lady so simultaneously real, tough, vulnerable, privileged and candid, I want to hear whatever she tells me” (Lisa Schwarzbaum, The New York Times Book Review).]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wild-truth-by-carine-mccandless--65201021https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223465 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Truth Author: Carine McCandless Narrator: Shelly McCandless, Matt Gardner, Carine McCandless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The spellbinding story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked into the wilderness alone, and starved to death in 1992, fascinated not just New York Times bestselling author Jon Krakauer, but also the rest of the nation. Krakauer's book, Into the Wild, became an international bestseller, translated into thirty-one languages, and Sean Penn's inspirational film by the same name further skyrocketed Chris McCandless to global fame. But the real story of Chris’s life and his journey has not yet been told - until now. The missing pieces are finally revealed in The Wild Truth, written by Carine McCandless, Chris's beloved and trusted sister.  Featured in both the book and film, Carine has wrestled for more than twenty years with the legacy of her brother's journey to self-discovery, and now tells her own story while filling in the blanks of his. Carine was Chris's best friend, the person with whom he had the closest bond, and who witnessed firsthand the dysfunctional and violent family dynamic that made Chris willing to embrace the harsh wilderness of Alaska. Growing up in the same troubled household, Carine speaks candidly about the deeper reality of life in the McCandless family. In the many years since the tragedy of Chris's death, Carine has searched for some kind of redemption. In this touching and deeply personal memoir, she reveals how she has learned that real redemption can only come from speaking the truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223465Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223465 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Truth Author: Carine McCandless Narrator: Shelly McCandless, Matt Gardner, Carine McCandless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223465 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Truth Author: Carine McCandless Narrator: Shelly McCandless, Matt Gardner, Carine McCandless Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The spellbinding story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked into the wilderness alone, and starved to death in 1992, fascinated not just New York Times bestselling author Jon Krakauer, but also the rest of the nation. Krakauer's book, Into the Wild, became an international bestseller, translated into thirty-one languages, and Sean Penn's inspirational film by the same name further skyrocketed Chris McCandless to global fame. But the real story of Chris’s life and his journey has not yet been told - until now. The missing pieces are finally revealed in The Wild Truth, written by Carine McCandless, Chris's beloved and trusted sister.  Featured in both the book and film, Carine has wrestled for more than twenty years with the legacy of her brother's journey to self-discovery, and now tells her own story while filling in the blanks of his. Carine was Chris's best friend, the person with whom he had the closest bond, and who witnessed firsthand the dysfunctional and violent family dynamic that made Chris willing to embrace the harsh wilderness of Alaska. Growing up in the same troubled household, Carine speaks candidly about the deeper reality of life in the McCandless family. In the many years since the tragedy of Chris's death, Carine has searched for some kind of redemption. In this touching and deeply personal memoir, she reveals how she has learned that real redemption can only come from speaking the truth.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/measure-of-a-man-from-auschwitz-survivor-to-presidents-tailor-a-memoir-by-martin-greenfield--65201068https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor; A Memoir Author: Martin Greenfield Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: He's been called 'America's greatest living tailor' and 'the most interesting man in the world.' Now, for the first time, Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield tells his whole, incredible life story. Taken from his Czechoslovakian home at age fifteen and transported to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz with his family, Greenfield came face-to-face with 'Angel of Death' Dr. Joseph Mengele and was divided forever from his parents, sisters, and baby brother. In haunting, powerful prose, Greenfield remembers his desperation and fear as a teenager alone in the death camp—and how an impulsive decision to steal an SS soldier's shirt dramatically altered the course of his life. He learned how to sew, and when he began wearing the shirt under his prisoner uniform, he learned that clothes possess great power and could even help save his life. Measure of a Man is the story of a man who suffered unimaginable horror and emerged with a dream of success. From sweeping floors at a New York clothing factory to founding America's premier handmade suit company, Greenfield built a fashion empire. Now eighty-six years old and working with his sons, Greenfield has dressed the famous and powerful of Washington, DC and Hollywood, including Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama and celebrities Paul Newman, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jimmy Fallon. Written with soul-baring honesty and, at times, a wry sense of humor, Measure of a Man is a memoir unlike any other—one that will inspire hope and renew faith in the resilience of man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223510Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor; A Memoir Author: Martin Greenfield Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor; A Memoir Author: Martin Greenfield Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: He's been called 'America's greatest living tailor' and 'the most interesting man in the world.' Now, for the first time, Holocaust survivor Martin Greenfield tells his whole, incredible life story. Taken from his Czechoslovakian home at age fifteen and transported to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz with his family, Greenfield came face-to-face with 'Angel of Death' Dr. Joseph Mengele and was divided forever from his parents, sisters, and baby brother. In haunting, powerful prose, Greenfield remembers his desperation and fear as a teenager alone in the death camp—and how an impulsive decision to steal an SS soldier's shirt dramatically altered the course of his life. He learned how to sew, and when he began wearing the shirt under his prisoner uniform, he learned that clothes possess great power and could even help save his life. Measure of a Man is the story of a man who suffered unimaginable horror and emerged with a dream of success. From sweeping floors at a New York clothing factory to founding America's premier handmade suit company, Greenfield built a fashion empire. Now eighty-six years old and working with his sons, Greenfield has dressed the famous and powerful of Washington, DC and Hollywood, including Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama and celebrities Paul Newman, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jimmy Fallon. Written with soul-baring honesty and, at times, a wry sense of humor, Measure of a Man is a memoir unlike any other—one that will inspire hope and renew faith in the resilience of man.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-hero-the-evolution-of-a-navy-seal-by-mark-owen-kevin-maurer--65201057https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL Author: Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 37 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The companion volume to the multimillion-copy bestseller No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused on the high-profile targets and headline-grabbing chapters of the author’s thirteen years as a Navy SEAL. His follow-up, No Hero, is an account of Owen’s most personally meaningful missions, missions that never made headlines, including the moments in which he learned the most about himself and his teammates in both success and failure. Featuring stories from the training ground to the battlefield, No Hero offers readers a never-before-seen close-up view of the experiences and values that make Mark Owen and the SEALs he served with capable of executing the missions that make history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221304Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL Author: Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL Author: Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 10, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 37 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The companion volume to the multimillion-copy bestseller No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused on the high-profile targets and headline-grabbing chapters of the author’s thirteen years as a Navy SEAL. His follow-up, No Hero, is an account of Owen’s most personally meaningful missions, missions that never made headlines, including the moments in which he learned the most about himself and his teammates in both success and failure. Featuring stories from the training ground to the battlefield, No Hero offers readers a never-before-seen close-up view of the experiences and values that make Mark Owen and the SEALs he served with capable of executing the missions that make history.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-knows-tomorrow-a-memoir-of-finding-family-among-the-lost-children-of-africa-by-lisa-lovatt-smith--65201084https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Knows Tomorrow: A Memoir of Finding Family among the Lost Children of Africa Author: Lisa Lovatt-Smith Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Born in Spain and raised by a struggling single mother, Lisa Lovatt-Smith became an editor at British Vogue at nineteen, the youngest in Cond├® Nast history. She helped launch Spanish Vogue and partied across Europe with celebrities, fashion designers, photographers, and supermodels. By her thirties Lisa has her dream career and a glamorous life in Paris, but when her adopted daughter, Sabrina, is expelled from school, Lisa takes her to volunteer in a Ghanaian orphanage in the hope of getting her back on track. What she discovers there changes both their lives for good. Appalled by the deplorable conditions she finds, Lisa moves to Ghana permanently and founds OAfrica, dedicating her personal resources to reuniting hundreds of Ghanaian children with their families and spearheading a drive to shut down corrupt orphanages. On this unforgettable journey, Lisa confronts death threats, malaria, arson, and heartbreaking poverty; she also discovers truly inspiring children trapped in limbo by a moneymaking scheme bigger than she ever imagined. Who Knows Tomorrow is the engaging, frank, and often surprisingly funny story of one amazing woman who has traveled the globe in search of meaningful connection. Although to Lisa her story will always be about the children, it's also a touching celebration of a woman who is talented, generous, and unfailingly courageous.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223512Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Knows Tomorrow: A Memoir of Finding Family among the Lost Children of Africa Author: Lisa Lovatt-Smith Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Knows Tomorrow: A Memoir of Finding Family among the Lost Children of Africa Author: Lisa Lovatt-Smith Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Born in Spain and raised by a struggling single mother, Lisa Lovatt-Smith became an editor at British Vogue at nineteen, the youngest in Cond├® Nast history. She helped launch Spanish Vogue and partied across Europe with celebrities, fashion designers, photographers, and supermodels. By her thirties Lisa has her dream career and a glamorous life in Paris, but when her adopted daughter, Sabrina, is expelled from school, Lisa takes her to volunteer in a Ghanaian orphanage in the hope of getting her back on track. What she discovers there changes both their lives for good. Appalled by the deplorable conditions she finds, Lisa moves to Ghana permanently and founds OAfrica, dedicating her personal resources to reuniting hundreds of Ghanaian children with their families and spearheading a drive to shut down corrupt orphanages. On this unforgettable journey, Lisa confronts death threats, malaria, arson, and heartbreaking poverty; she also discovers truly inspiring children trapped in limbo by a moneymaking scheme bigger than she ever imagined. Who Knows Tomorrow is the engaging, frank, and often surprisingly funny story of one amazing woman who has traveled the globe in search of meaningful connection. Although to Lisa her story will always be about the children, it's also a touching celebration of a woman who is talented, generous, and unfailingly courageous.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/npr-driveway-moments-love-stories-by-npr--65201060https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: NPR Driveway Moments Love Stories Author: NPR Narrator: Kelly McEvers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: If you listen to NPR, you've had at least one “driveway moment.” You're sitting in your parked car, hooked by a story, needing to hear it all the way through. NPR celebrates the emotional bonds we share with this audio valentine that will warm hearts all year round. The story of an ex-monk and an ex-nun who form a family, as told by their son. The story of letters that continue to arrive from all over the world, addressed simply to Juliet, Verona, Italy. The softer side of Lyndon Johnson revealed in his letters to Lady Bird. A writer's true love for her beloved Volvo. The legend of Somalia's lovesick baker and the girl whose love he could not win. Lynda Barry on spring, thunderstorms, memories, and love. This heartfelt edition of Driveway Moments explores the surprising places we find love and the inspiring ways in which our most important relationships flourish. Featuring: - The Love Story Deconstructed - Happily Married Couples Tell Tales - Father's Cufflinks Spark Thoughts About Love - Online Dating's Siren Song - Late-Blooming Aunt Ruth and Her Haphazard Romances - Adopted Son from China Transformed and Healed by Love - Finding Love at the Hebrew Home for the Aged - Alzheimer's Disease Releases Couple to Love Again And more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223411Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: NPR Driveway Moments Love Stories Author: NPR Narrator: Kelly McEvers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: NPR Driveway Moments Love Stories Author: NPR Narrator: Kelly McEvers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: If you listen to NPR, you've had at least one “driveway moment.” You're sitting in your parked car, hooked by a story, needing to hear it all the way through. NPR celebrates the emotional bonds we share with this audio valentine that will warm hearts all year round. The story of an ex-monk and an ex-nun who form a family, as told by their son. The story of letters that continue to arrive from all over the world, addressed simply to Juliet, Verona, Italy. The softer side of Lyndon Johnson revealed in his letters to Lady Bird. A writer's true love for her beloved Volvo. The legend of Somalia's lovesick baker and the girl whose love he could not win. Lynda Barry on spring, thunderstorms, memories, and love. This heartfelt edition of Driveway Moments explores the surprising places we find love and the inspiring ways in which our most important relationships flourish. Featuring: - The Love Story Deconstructed - Happily Married Couples Tell Tales - Father's Cufflinks Spark Thoughts About Love - Online Dating's Siren Song - Late-Blooming Aunt Ruth and Her Haphazard Romances - Adopted Son from China Transformed and Healed by Love - Finding Love at the Hebrew Home for the Aged - Alzheimer's Disease Releases Couple to Love Again And more.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-love-by-jennifer-lopez--65201054https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Love Author: Jennifer Lopez Narrator: Jennifer Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 14 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Jennifer Lopez’s first ever book, True Love, she explores one of her life’s most defining periods—the transformative two-year journey of how, as an artist and a mother, she confronted her greatest challenges, identified her biggest fears, and ultimately emerged a stronger person than she’s ever been. True Love is an honest and revealing personal diary with hard-won lessons and heartfelt recollections and an empowering story of self-reflection, rediscovery, and resilience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223143Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Love Author: Jennifer Lopez Narrator: Jennifer Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Love Author: Jennifer Lopez Narrator: Jennifer Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 14 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Jennifer Lopez’s first ever book, True Love, she explores one of her life’s most defining periods—the transformative two-year journey of how, as an artist and a mother, she confronted her greatest challenges, identified her biggest fears, and ultimately emerged a stronger person than she’s ever been. True Love is an honest and revealing personal diary with hard-won lessons and heartfelt recollections and an empowering story of self-reflection, rediscovery, and resilience.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/barefoot-to-billionaire-reflections-on-a-life-s-work-and-a-promise-to-cure-cancer-by-jon-huntsman--65201016https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Barefoot to Billionaire: Reflections on a Life's Work and a Promise to Cure Cancer Author: Jon Huntsman Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Billionaire entrepreneur, distinguished public servant, and father of a former governor and presidential candidate, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. has been very fortunate in life. The company he founded in 1970, the Huntsman Corporation, is now one of the largest petrochemical manufacturers in the world, employing more than 12,000 people and generating over $10 billion in revenue each year. Success in business, though, has always been a means to an end—never an end in itself. In Barefoot to Billionaire, Huntsman revisits the key moments in his life that shaped his view of faith, family, service, and the responsibility that comes with wealth. He writes candidly about his brief tenure in the Nixon administration, which preceded the Watergate scandal but still left a deep impression on him about the abuse of power and the significance of personal respect and integrity. He also opens up about his faith and prominent membership in the Church Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But most importantly, Huntsman reveals the rationale behind his commitment to give away his entire fortune before his death. In 1995, Huntsman and his wife Karen founded the Huntsman Cancer Institute and have since dedicated more than a billion dollars of their personal funds to the fight for a cure. They don’t plan to stop giving until the battle is won. In this increasingly materialistic world, Barefoot to Billionaire is a refreshing reminder of the enduring power of traditional values.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223994Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Barefoot to Billionaire: Reflections on a Life's Work and a Promise to Cure Cancer Author: Jon Huntsman Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Barefoot to Billionaire: Reflections on a Life's Work and a Promise to Cure Cancer Author: Jon Huntsman Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 33 minutes Release date: November 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Billionaire entrepreneur, distinguished public servant, and father of a former governor and presidential candidate, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. has been very fortunate in life. The company he founded in 1970, the Huntsman Corporation, is now one of the largest petrochemical manufacturers in the world, employing more than 12,000 people and generating over $10 billion in revenue each year. Success in business, though, has always been a means to an end—never an end in itself. In Barefoot to Billionaire, Huntsman revisits the key moments in his life that shaped his view of faith, family, service, and the responsibility that comes with wealth. He writes candidly about his brief tenure in the Nixon administration, which preceded the Watergate scandal but still left a deep impression on him about the abuse of power and the significance of personal respect and integrity. He also opens up about his faith and prominent membership in the Church Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But most importantly, Huntsman reveals the rationale behind his commitment to give away his entire fortune before his death. In 1995, Huntsman and his wife Karen founded the Huntsman Cancer Institute and have since dedicated more than a billion dollars of their personal funds to the fight for a cure. They don’t plan to stop giving until the battle is won. In this increasingly materialistic world, Barefoot to Billionaire is a refreshing reminder of the enduring power of traditional values.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parachute-infantry-an-american-paratrooper-s-memoir-of-d-day-and-the-fall-of-the-third-reich-by-david-kenyon-webster--65201094https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Author: David Kenyon Webster Narrator: Alan Sklar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 1 minute Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a firsthand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and it stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223272Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Author: David Kenyon Webster Narrator: Alan Sklar Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Author: David Kenyon Webster Narrator: Alan Sklar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 1 minute Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a firsthand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and it stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.]]>1805falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-13th-gift-a-true-story-of-a-christmas-miracle-by-joanne-huist-smith--65201090https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle Author: Joanne Huist Smith Narrator: Joanne Huist Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love. After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne Huist Smith had no idea how she would keep herself together and be strong for her three children--especially with the holiday season approaching. But 12 days before Christmas, presents begin appearing on her doorstep with notes from their 'True Friends.' As the Smiths came together to solve the mystery of who the gifts were from, they began to thaw out from their grief and come together again as a family. This true story about the power of random acts of kindness will warm the heart, a beautiful reminder of the miracles of Christmas and the gift of family during the holiday season.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221073Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle Author: Joanne Huist Smith Narrator: Joanne Huist Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle Author: Joanne Huist Smith Narrator: Joanne Huist Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love. After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne Huist Smith had no idea how she would keep herself together and be strong for her three children--especially with the holiday season approaching. But 12 days before Christmas, presents begin appearing on her doorstep with notes from their 'True Friends.' As the Smiths came together to solve the mystery of who the gifts were from, they began to thaw out from their grief and come together again as a family. This true story about the power of random acts of kindness will warm the heart, a beautiful reminder of the miracles of Christmas and the gift of family during the holiday season.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woman-i-wanted-to-be-by-diane-von-furstenberg--65201071https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman I Wanted to Be Author: Diane Von Furstenberg Narrator: Diane Von Furstenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One of the most influential, admired, and colorful women of our time: fashion designer and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg tells the most personal stories from her life, about family, love, beauty and business: “It’s so good, you’ll want to take notes” (People). Diane von Furstenberg started with a suitcase full of jersey dresses and an idea of who she wanted to be—in her words, “the kind of woman who is independent and who doesn’t rely on a man to pay her bills.” She has since become that woman, establishing herself as a major force in the fashion industry, all the while raising a family, maintaining that “my children are my greatest creation.” In The Woman I Wanted to Be, “an intriguing page-turner filled with revelations” (More), von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life—from her childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for generations of women. With remarkable honesty and wisdom, von Furstenberg mines the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women. This “inspiring, compelling, deliciously detailed celebrity autobiography…is as much of a smashing success as the determined, savvy, well-intentioned woman who wrote it” (Chicago Tribune).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221396Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman I Wanted to Be Author: Diane Von Furstenberg Narrator: Diane Von Furstenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman I Wanted to Be Author: Diane Von Furstenberg Narrator: Diane Von Furstenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One of the most influential, admired, and colorful women of our time: fashion designer and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg tells the most personal stories from her life, about family, love, beauty and business: “It’s so good, you’ll want to take notes” (People). Diane von Furstenberg started with a suitcase full of jersey dresses and an idea of who she wanted to be—in her words, “the kind of woman who is independent and who doesn’t rely on a man to pay her bills.” She has since become that woman, establishing herself as a major force in the fashion industry, all the while raising a family, maintaining that “my children are my greatest creation.” In The Woman I Wanted to Be, “an intriguing page-turner filled with revelations” (More), von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life—from her childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for generations of women. With remarkable honesty and wisdom, von Furstenberg mines the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women. This “inspiring, compelling, deliciously detailed celebrity autobiography…is as much of a smashing success as the determined, savvy, well-intentioned woman who wrote it” (Chicago Tribune).]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-best-friend-s-funeral-a-memoir-by-roger-w-thompson--65201061https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Best Friend's Funeral: A Memoir Author: Roger W. Thompson Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: There’s a certain kind of lost a boy feels in this world without a father. Tim felt it. I felt it. And we realized our only way out would be together.In an openhearted memoir of faith on the fringe, Roger Thompson meditates on the life and premature death of his best friend and business partner, Tim Garrety, cofounder of Skate Street Ventura.Roger and Tim’s twenty-year friendship was forged in the surf and on the streets of 1980s California. Together they hazarded countless waves and every rite of passage—from guitars to girls to God—and influenced the lives of thousands of skateboarders, musicians, surfers, and otherwise disconnected youth in the process.With unrestrained honesty and a punk-rock soundtrack, My Best Friend’s Funeral is a memoir of friendship, doubt, surfing, and the complex relationships between fathers and sons. If life has ever left you feeling abandoned—or if you simply prefer a rock show to a sermon—My Best Friend’s Funeral is a memoir you won’t want to miss, and a confirmation that you are never alone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223496Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Best Friend's Funeral: A Memoir Author: Roger W. Thompson Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Best Friend's Funeral: A Memoir Author: Roger W. Thompson Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: There’s a certain kind of lost a boy feels in this world without a father. Tim felt it. I felt it. And we realized our only way out would be together.In an openhearted memoir of faith on the fringe, Roger Thompson meditates on the life and premature death of his best friend and business partner, Tim Garrety, cofounder of Skate Street Ventura.Roger and Tim’s twenty-year friendship was forged in the surf and on the streets of 1980s California. Together they hazarded countless waves and every rite of passage—from guitars to girls to God—and influenced the lives of thousands of skateboarders, musicians, surfers, and otherwise disconnected youth in the process.With unrestrained honesty and a punk-rock soundtrack, My Best Friend’s Funeral is a memoir of friendship, doubt, surfing, and the complex relationships between fathers and sons. If life has ever left you feeling abandoned—or if you simply prefer a rock show to a sermon—My Best Friend’s Funeral is a memoir you won’t want to miss, and a confirmation that you are never alone.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-road-with-janis-joplin-by-john-byrne-cooke--65201053https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Road with Janis Joplin Author: John Byrne Cooke Narrator: John Byrne Cooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll Reads As a road manager and filmmaker, he helped run the Janis Joplin show—and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll superstar—and depart the stage too soon.   In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of  D.A. Pennebaker’s film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he was on a plane to San Francisco, taking a job as road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. From then on, Cooke was Joplin’s road manager amid a rotating cast of musicians and personnel, a constant presence behind the scenes as the woman called Pearl took the world by storm.   Cooke was there when Janis made the difficult decision to leave Big Brother and form a new band. He was with her when the Kozmic Blues Band toured Europe in the spring of 1969, when they performed at Woodstock in August, and when Janis and Full Tilt Boogie took their famous Festival Express train trip across Canada. He accompanied Janis to her friend and mentor Ken Threadgill’s 70th birthday party, and was at her side when she attended her tenth high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas.   This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from her legendary rise to her tragic last days. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it could.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223697Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Road with Janis Joplin Author: John Byrne Cooke Narrator: John Byrne Cooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Road with Janis Joplin Author: John Byrne Cooke Narrator: John Byrne Cooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll Reads As a road manager and filmmaker, he helped run the Janis Joplin show—and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll superstar—and depart the stage too soon.   In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of  D.A. Pennebaker’s film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he was on a plane to San Francisco, taking a job as road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. From then on, Cooke was Joplin’s road manager amid a rotating cast of musicians and personnel, a constant presence behind the scenes as the woman called Pearl took the world by storm.   Cooke was there when Janis made the difficult decision to leave Big Brother and form a new band. He was with her when the Kozmic Blues Band toured Europe in the spring of 1969, when they performed at Woodstock in August, and when Janis and Full Tilt Boogie took their famous Festival Express train trip across Canada. He accompanied Janis to her friend and mentor Ken Threadgill’s 70th birthday party, and was at her side when she attended her tenth high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas.   This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from her legendary rise to her tragic last days. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it could.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yes-please-by-amy-poehler--65201044https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yes Please Author: Amy Poehler Narrator: Mike Schur, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Kathleen Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 1209 Ratings of Narrator: 4.65 of Total 166 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: GRAMMY NOMINEE Audie Award, Humor, 2015 Amy Poehler is hosting a dinner party and you're invited! Welcome to the audiobook edition of Amy Poehler's Yes Please. The guest list is star-studded with vocal appearances from Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and even Amy's parents - Yes Please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza. Also included? A one-night-only live performance at Poehler's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Hear Amy read a chapter live in front of a young and attractive Los Angeles audience. While listening to Yes Please, you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll become convinced that your phone is trying to kill you. Don't miss this collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haikus from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers. Offering Amy's thoughts on everything from her ''too safe'' childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about Hollywood and ''the biz'', the demon that looks back at all of us in the mirror, and her joy at being told she has a ''face for wigs'' - Yes Please is chock-full of words, and wisdom, to live by.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221714Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yes Please Author: Amy Poehler Narrator: Mike Schur, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Kathleen Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yes Please Author: Amy Poehler Narrator: Mike Schur, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Kathleen Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 1209 Ratings of Narrator: 4.65 of Total 166 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: GRAMMY NOMINEE Audie Award, Humor, 2015 Amy Poehler is hosting a dinner party and you're invited! Welcome to the audiobook edition of Amy Poehler's Yes Please. The guest list is star-studded with vocal appearances from Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and even Amy's parents - Yes Please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza. Also included? A one-night-only live performance at Poehler's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Hear Amy read a chapter live in front of a young and attractive Los Angeles audience. While listening to Yes Please, you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll become convinced that your phone is trying to kill you. Don't miss this collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haikus from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers. Offering Amy's thoughts on everything from her ''too safe'' childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about Hollywood and ''the biz'', the demon that looks back at all of us in the mirror, and her joy at being told she has a ''face for wigs'' - Yes Please is chock-full of words, and wisdom, to live by.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brief-encounters-conversations-magic-moments-and-assorted-hijinks-by-dick-cavett--65201037https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks Author: Dick Cavett Narrator: Dick Cavett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A 2016 Grammy nominee for Best Spoken Word Album Dick Cavett is back, sharing his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and the absurdities of everyday life In Brief Encounters, the legendary talk show host Dick Cavett introduces us to the fascinating characters who have crossed his path, from James Gandolfini and John Lennon to Mel Brooks and Nora Ephron, enhancing our appreciation of their talent, their personalities, and their place in the pantheon. We tag along as Cavett spends an afternoon with Stan Laurel at his modest apartment in Los Angeles, spars with Muhammad Ali at his training camp, and comes to know a young Steve Jobs—who woos him to be Apple's first celebrity pitchman. He also offers piquant commentary on contemporary politics, the indignities of travel, the nature of comedy writing, and the utter improbability of being alive at all. On his talk show, Cavett welcomed the leading figures from film, music, theater, literature, comedy, sports, and politics, and engaged them in conversation that made viewers feel that the discussion was taking place in their own living rooms. Jimmy Fallon, the new host of The Tonight Show, has called him 'a legend and an inspiration' and has written a foreword that makes clear the debt that today's talk show hosts owe to Dick Cavett. Brief Encounters opens the door on how Cavett's mind works and what it is like to live in his world. To spend a few minutes, or an hour, or even a whole evening with Dick Cavett is an experience not to be missed, and now there's no reason to deny yourself. Settle in, and enjoy the conversation!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221374Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks Author: Dick Cavett Narrator: Dick Cavett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks Author: Dick Cavett Narrator: Dick Cavett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A 2016 Grammy nominee for Best Spoken Word Album Dick Cavett is back, sharing his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and the absurdities of everyday life In Brief Encounters, the legendary talk show host Dick Cavett introduces us to the fascinating characters who have crossed his path, from James Gandolfini and John Lennon to Mel Brooks and Nora Ephron, enhancing our appreciation of their talent, their personalities, and their place in the pantheon. We tag along as Cavett spends an afternoon with Stan Laurel at his modest apartment in Los Angeles, spars with Muhammad Ali at his training camp, and comes to know a young Steve Jobs—who woos him to be Apple's first celebrity pitchman. He also offers piquant commentary on contemporary politics, the indignities of travel, the nature of comedy writing, and the utter improbability of being alive at all. On his talk show, Cavett welcomed the leading figures from film, music, theater, literature, comedy, sports, and politics, and engaged them in conversation that made viewers feel that the discussion was taking place in their own living rooms. Jimmy Fallon, the new host of The Tonight Show, has called him 'a legend and an inspiration' and has written a foreword that makes clear the debt that today's talk show hosts owe to Dick Cavett. Brief Encounters opens the door on how Cavett's mind works and what it is like to live in his world. To spend a few minutes, or an hour, or even a whole evening with Dick Cavett is an experience not to be missed, and now there's no reason to deny yourself. Settle in, and enjoy the conversation!]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-spelled-backwards-the-journey-of-an-actress-into-the-world-of-dog-rescue-by-sylva-kelegian--65201029https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God Spelled Backwards: The Journey of an Actress into the World of Dog Rescue Author: Sylva Kelegian Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Finalist for the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award2015 Gold Medal winner at Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards When newlywed actress Sylva Kelegian shows up at a Manhattan veterinary clinic to walk a rescue dog, a strawberry-blonde puppy stumbles down the stairs and into her heart—opening it to the plight of hurt and abandoned dogs everywhere. After a move to Los Angeles with her actor husband, Sylva finds her marriage and burgeoning career challenged by the dramas of good and evil, darkness and light, played out every day in the streets, backyards, and homes of rich and poor pet owners alike. God Spelled Backwards traces Sylva’s journey from reluctant New York dog adopter to passionate animal rescuer in Hollywood and shows us what one determined woman can accomplish in pursuit of the hope that, one day, man’s best friend will be treated as such.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223457Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God Spelled Backwards: The Journey of an Actress into the World of Dog Rescue Author: Sylva Kelegian Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God Spelled Backwards: The Journey of an Actress into the World of Dog Rescue Author: Sylva Kelegian Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Finalist for the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award2015 Gold Medal winner at Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards When newlywed actress Sylva Kelegian shows up at a Manhattan veterinary clinic to walk a rescue dog, a strawberry-blonde puppy stumbles down the stairs and into her heart—opening it to the plight of hurt and abandoned dogs everywhere. After a move to Los Angeles with her actor husband, Sylva finds her marriage and burgeoning career challenged by the dramas of good and evil, darkness and light, played out every day in the streets, backyards, and homes of rich and poor pet owners alike. God Spelled Backwards traces Sylva’s journey from reluctant New York dog adopter to passionate animal rescuer in Hollywood and shows us what one determined woman can accomplish in pursuit of the hope that, one day, man’s best friend will be treated as such.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-book-of-mormon-a-journey-through-the-mythic-lands-of-nephi-zarahemla-and-kansas-city-missouri-by-avi-steinberg--65201067https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey Through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Kansas City, Missouri Author: Avi Steinberg Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 21, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Is the Book of Mormon the Great American Novel? Decades before Melville and Twain composed their great works, a farmhand and child seer named Joseph Smith unearthed a long-buried book from a haunted hill in western New York State that told of an epic history of ancient America, a story about a family that fled biblical Jerusalem and took a boat to the New World. Using his prophetic gift, Joseph translated the mysterious book into English and published it under the title The Book of Mormon. The book caused an immediate sensation, sparking anger and violence, boycotts and jealousy, curiosity and wonder, and launched Joseph on a wild, decades-long adventure across the American West. Today The Book of Mormon, one of the most widely circulating works of American literature, continues to cause controversy—which is why most of us know very little about the story it tells. Avi Steinberg wants to change that. A fascinated nonbeliever, Steinberg spent a year and a half on a personal quest, traveling the path laid out by Joseph’s epic. Starting in Jerusalem, where The Book of Mormon opens with a bloody murder, Steinberg continued to the ruined Maya cities of Central America—the setting for most of the The Book of Mormon’s ancient story—where he gallivanted with a boisterous bus tour of believers exploring Maya archaeological sites for evidence. From there the journey took him to upstate New York, where he participated in the true Book of Mormon musical, the annual Hill Cumorah Pageant. And finally Steinberg arrived at the center of the American continent, Jackson County, Missouri, the spot Smith identified as none other than the site of the Garden of Eden. Threaded through this quirky travelogue is an argument for taking The Book of Mormon seriously as a work of American imagination. Literate and funny, personal and provocative, the genre-bending The Lost Book of Mormon boldly explores our deeply human impulse to write bibles and discovers the abiding power of story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223334Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey Through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Kansas City, Missouri Author: Avi Steinberg Narrator: P.J. Ochlan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey Through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Kansas City, Missouri Author: Avi Steinberg Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 21, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Is the Book of Mormon the Great American Novel? Decades before Melville and Twain composed their great works, a farmhand and child seer named Joseph Smith unearthed a long-buried book from a haunted hill in western New York State that told of an epic history of ancient America, a story about a family that fled biblical Jerusalem and took a boat to the New World. Using his prophetic gift, Joseph translated the mysterious book into English and published it under the title The Book of Mormon. The book caused an immediate sensation, sparking anger and violence, boycotts and jealousy, curiosity and wonder, and launched Joseph on a wild, decades-long adventure across the American West. Today The Book of Mormon, one of the most widely circulating works of American literature, continues to cause controversy—which is why most of us know very little about the story it tells. Avi Steinberg wants to change that. A fascinated nonbeliever, Steinberg spent a year and a half on a personal quest, traveling the path laid out by Joseph’s epic. Starting in Jerusalem, where The Book of Mormon opens with a bloody murder, Steinberg continued to the ruined Maya cities of Central America—the setting for most of the The Book of Mormon’s ancient story—where he gallivanted with a boisterous bus tour of believers exploring Maya archaeological sites for evidence. From there the journey took him to upstate New York, where he participated in the true Book of Mormon musical, the annual Hill Cumorah Pageant. And finally Steinberg arrived at the center of the American continent, Jackson County, Missouri, the spot Smith identified as none other than the site of the Garden of Eden. Threaded through this quirky travelogue is an argument for taking The Book of Mormon seriously as a work of American imagination. Literate and funny, personal and provocative, the genre-bending The Lost Book of Mormon boldly explores our deeply human impulse to write bibles and discovers the abiding power of story.]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winners-dream-a-journey-from-corner-store-to-corner-office-by-bill-mcdermott--65201089https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office Author: Bill Mcdermott Narrator: Bill McDermott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A leadership and career manifesto told through the narrative of one of today’s most inspiring, admired, and successful global leaders. In Winners Dream, Bill McDermott—the CEO of the world’s largest business software company, SAP—chronicles how relentless optimism, hard work, and disciplined execution embolden people and equip organizations to achieve audacious goals. Growing up in working-class Long Island, a sixteen-year-old Bill traded three hourly wage jobs to buy a small deli, which he ran by instinctively applying ideas that would be the seeds for his future success. After paying for and graduating college, Bill talked his way into a job selling copiers door-to-door for Xerox, where he went on to rank number one in every sales position he held and eventually became the company’s youngest-ever corporate officer. Eventually, Bill left Xerox and in 2002 became the unlikely president of SAP’s flailing American business unit. There, he injected enthusiasm and accountability into the demoralized culture by scaling his deli, sales, and management strategies. In 2010, Bill was named co-CEO, and in May 2014 became SAP’s sole, and first non-European, CEO. Colorful and fast-paced, Bill’s anecdotes contain effective takeaways: gutsy career moves; empathetic sales strategies; incentives that yield exceptional team performance; and proof of the competitive advantages of optimism and hard work. At the heart of Bill’s story is a blueprint for success and the knowledge that the real dream is the journey, not a preconceived destination.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221099Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office Author: Bill Mcdermott Narrator: Bill McDermott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office Author: Bill Mcdermott Narrator: Bill McDermott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A leadership and career manifesto told through the narrative of one of today’s most inspiring, admired, and successful global leaders. In Winners Dream, Bill McDermott—the CEO of the world’s largest business software company, SAP—chronicles how relentless optimism, hard work, and disciplined execution embolden people and equip organizations to achieve audacious goals. Growing up in working-class Long Island, a sixteen-year-old Bill traded three hourly wage jobs to buy a small deli, which he ran by instinctively applying ideas that would be the seeds for his future success. After paying for and graduating college, Bill talked his way into a job selling copiers door-to-door for Xerox, where he went on to rank number one in every sales position he held and eventually became the company’s youngest-ever corporate officer. Eventually, Bill left Xerox and in 2002 became the unlikely president of SAP’s flailing American business unit. There, he injected enthusiasm and accountability into the demoralized culture by scaling his deli, sales, and management strategies. In 2010, Bill was named co-CEO, and in May 2014 became SAP’s sole, and first non-European, CEO. Colorful and fast-paced, Bill’s anecdotes contain effective takeaways: gutsy career moves; empathetic sales strategies; incentives that yield exceptional team performance; and proof of the competitive advantages of optimism and hard work. At the heart of Bill’s story is a blueprint for success and the knowledge that the real dream is the journey, not a preconceived destination.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/special-deluxe-a-memoir-of-life-cars-by-neil-young--65201080https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars Author: Neil Young Narrator: Neil Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The perfect gift for music and car lovers, Special Deluxe is Neil Young's New York Times bestselling follow-up to Waging Heavy Peace that “reads like a great Neil Young song plays.” (The Buffalo News)  In this acclaimed new memoir, New York Times bestselling author Neil Young has fashioned another extraordinary work of reminiscences told through the lens of one of his deepest passions: cars. A lifelong devotee and collector, Young explores his love for the well-crafted vintage automobile and examines his newfound awareness of his hobby’s negative environmental impact. Witty, eclectic, candid, and filled with Young’s original artwork, Special Deluxe will appeal to car lovers as well as the legions devoted to one of the most genuine and enigmatic artists of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220521Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars Author: Neil Young Narrator: Neil Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars Author: Neil Young Narrator: Neil Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The perfect gift for music and car lovers, Special Deluxe is Neil Young's New York Times bestselling follow-up to Waging Heavy Peace that “reads like a great Neil Young song plays.” (The Buffalo News)  In this acclaimed new memoir, New York Times bestselling author Neil Young has fashioned another extraordinary work of reminiscences told through the lens of one of his deepest passions: cars. A lifelong devotee and collector, Young explores his love for the well-crafted vintage automobile and examines his newfound awareness of his hobby’s negative environmental impact. Witty, eclectic, candid, and filled with Young’s original artwork, Special Deluxe will appeal to car lovers as well as the legions devoted to one of the most genuine and enigmatic artists of our time.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/without-you-there-is-no-us-my-time-with-the-sons-of-north-korea-s-elite-by-suki-kim--65201078https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite Author: Suki Kim Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign   Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland. Without you, there is no us. It is a chilling scene, but gradually Suki Kim, too, learns the tune and, without noticing, begins to hum it. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, the students sent to construction fields—except for the 270 students at the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), a walled compound where portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il look on impassively from the walls of every room, and where Suki has gone undercover as a missionary and a teacher. Over the next six months, she will eat three meals a day with her young charges and struggle to teach them English, all under the watchful eye of the regime. Life at PUST is lonely and claustrophobic, especially for Suki, whose letters are read by censors and who must hide her notes and photographs not only from her minders but from her colleagues—evangelical Christian missionaries who don't know or choose to ignore that Suki doesn't share their faith. As the weeks pass, she is mystified by how easily her students lie, unnerved by their obedience to the regime. At the same time, they offer Suki tantalizing glimpses of their private selves—their boyish enthusiasm, their eagerness to please, the flashes of curiosity that have not yet been extinguished. She in turn begins to hint at the existence of a world beyond their own—at such exotic activities as surfing the Internet or traveling freely and, more dangerously, at electoral democracy and other ideas forbidden in a country where defectors risk torture and execution. But when Kim Jong-il dies, and the boys she has come to love appear devastated, she wonders whether the gulf between her world and theirs can ever be bridged. Without You, There Is No Us offers a moving and incalculably rare glimpse of life in the world's most unknowable country, and at the privileged young men she calls 'soldiers and slaves.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220775Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite Author: Suki Kim Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite Author: Suki Kim Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign   Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland. Without you, there is no us. It is a chilling scene, but gradually Suki Kim, too, learns the tune and, without noticing, begins to hum it. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, the students sent to construction fields—except for the 270 students at the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), a walled compound where portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il look on impassively from the walls of every room, and where Suki has gone undercover as a missionary and a teacher. Over the next six months, she will eat three meals a day with her young charges and struggle to teach them English, all under the watchful eye of the regime. Life at PUST is lonely and claustrophobic, especially for Suki, whose letters are read by censors and who must hide her notes and photographs not only from her minders but from her colleagues—evangelical Christian missionaries who don't know or choose to ignore that Suki doesn't share their faith. As the weeks pass, she is mystified by how easily her students lie, unnerved by their obedience to the regime. At the same time, they offer Suki tantalizing glimpses of their private selves—their boyish enthusiasm, their eagerness to please, the flashes of curiosity that have not yet been extinguished. She in turn begins to hint at the existence of a world beyond their own—at such exotic activities as surfing the Internet or traveling freely and, more dangerously, at electoral democracy and other ideas forbidden in a country where defectors risk torture and execution. But when Kim Jong-il dies, and the boys she has come to love appear devastated, she wonders whether the gulf between her world and theirs can ever be bridged. Without You, There Is No Us offers a moving and incalculably rare glimpse of life in the world's most unknowable country, and at the privileged young men she calls 'soldiers and slaves.']]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-things-possible-setbacks-and-success-in-politics-and-life-by-andrew-m-cuomo--65201072https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life Author: Andrew M. Cuomo Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this frank memoir—a story of duty, family, justice, politics, and resilience—Andrew Cuomo, New York State's fifty-sixth governor, reflects on his rise, fall, and rise again in politics, and the tough (but necessary) lessons he has learned along the way. Born to first-generation American parents in the working-class neighborhood of Queens, New York, Andrew M. Cuomo grew up in a family anchored by a shared belief in community, hard and honest work, and helping others. His father, Mario, led by example, as a tireless advocate for local residents, instilling in his son a passion for public service. From stapling up posters as a sixteen-year-old during his father's first political campaign to managing at twenty-five Mario's successful 1982 bid for New York State governor, Andrew Cuomo witnessed at a young age the power of politics to effect change for the common good. These experiences, reinforced by deeply held personal values, guided him, from novice campaign manager to visionary reform crusader to Clinton cabinet member—at thirty-nine—to groundbreaking governor of his home state. Laying out his unique approach to challenging the status quo, All Things Possible is not a traditional political memoir, but rather one man's revelatory reflection on a life defined by a commitment to public service, and the hard-won truths gleaned from both his struggles and his successes. In recounting his uphill battles to redefine the way America deals with homelessness, rehabilitate the legislative process in Albany, and bring marriage equality to New York, Cuomo presents an inspiring blueprint for greater political cooperation and efficacy. He also unflinchingly examines his failed 2002 gubernatorial bid, which heralded a dark period of political and personal turmoil, to illustrate why failure is inextricably bound up with success, why we should never forget where we come from, and the importance of balancing personal and professional commitments. And he proves, through all that he's achieved since his victory in the 2010 election, that our biggest triumphs lie not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221180Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life Author: Andrew M. Cuomo Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life Author: Andrew M. Cuomo Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this frank memoir—a story of duty, family, justice, politics, and resilience—Andrew Cuomo, New York State's fifty-sixth governor, reflects on his rise, fall, and rise again in politics, and the tough (but necessary) lessons he has learned along the way. Born to first-generation American parents in the working-class neighborhood of Queens, New York, Andrew M. Cuomo grew up in a family anchored by a shared belief in community, hard and honest work, and helping others. His father, Mario, led by example, as a tireless advocate for local residents, instilling in his son a passion for public service. From stapling up posters as a sixteen-year-old during his father's first political campaign to managing at twenty-five Mario's successful 1982 bid for New York State governor, Andrew Cuomo witnessed at a young age the power of politics to effect change for the common good. These experiences, reinforced by deeply held personal values, guided him, from novice campaign manager to visionary reform crusader to Clinton cabinet member—at thirty-nine—to groundbreaking governor of his home state. Laying out his unique approach to challenging the status quo, All Things Possible is not a traditional political memoir, but rather one man's revelatory reflection on a life defined by a commitment to public service, and the hard-won truths gleaned from both his struggles and his successes. In recounting his uphill battles to redefine the way America deals with homelessness, rehabilitate the legislative process in Albany, and bring marriage equality to New York, Cuomo presents an inspiring blueprint for greater political cooperation and efficacy. He also unflinchingly examines his failed 2002 gubernatorial bid, which heralded a dark period of political and personal turmoil, to illustrate why failure is inextricably bound up with success, why we should never forget where we come from, and the importance of balancing personal and professional commitments. And he proves, through all that he's achieved since his victory in the 2010 election, that our biggest triumphs lie not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dogs-were-rescued-and-so-was-i-by-teresa-j-rhyne--65201093https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dogs Were Rescued (And So Was I) Author: Teresa J. Rhyne Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: What would cause a cheese-loving, meat-eating lawyer to become a vegan? Her dog. Teresa Rhyme and Seamus the beagle both survived cancer once, so when Seamus develops yet another cancer, Teresa vows to fight again. Unsure of the best way to battle the unseen enemy, she embarks on some experiments to create a healthier life for her family. She finds better food for Seamus, and a plant-based diet becomes her own guide, but she realizes that's not enough for her—and it's not enough for the animals. As she searches for a more compassionate lifestyle, she struggles to find her place somewhere between a hypocrite in leather high heels and a hippie in a hemp skirt, all while coping with the threat of Seamus slipping away. When she encounters two other dogs who need help, including one rescued from animal testing, turning away seems impossible after everything she's discovered. Will turning her life upside-down to rescue two more beagles be the best medicine for everyone?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221322Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dogs Were Rescued (And So Was I) Author: Teresa J. Rhyne Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dogs Were Rescued (And So Was I) Author: Teresa J. Rhyne Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: What would cause a cheese-loving, meat-eating lawyer to become a vegan? Her dog. Teresa Rhyme and Seamus the beagle both survived cancer once, so when Seamus develops yet another cancer, Teresa vows to fight again. Unsure of the best way to battle the unseen enemy, she embarks on some experiments to create a healthier life for her family. She finds better food for Seamus, and a plant-based diet becomes her own guide, but she realizes that's not enough for her—and it's not enough for the animals. As she searches for a more compassionate lifestyle, she struggles to find her place somewhere between a hypocrite in leather high heels and a hippie in a hemp skirt, all while coping with the threat of Seamus slipping away. When she encounters two other dogs who need help, including one rescued from animal testing, turning away seems impossible after everything she's discovered. Will turning her life upside-down to rescue two more beagles be the best medicine for everyone?]]>1805falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saving-simon-how-a-rescue-donkey-taught-me-the-meaning-of-compassion-by-jon-katz--65201073https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion Author: Jon Katz Narrator: Tom Stechschulte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When Jon Katz got a call from an animal control officer about Simon, a neglected donkey who had been found on a failing farm in upstate New York, he wasn't expecting to add another animal to his already full life. But when he made the trek out to meet him, he couldn't help falling in love with the skinny, mangy donkey who had already suffered so much, and he ended up taking him into his home. It was Simon who listened in the fields as Jon read to him and discussed philosophy. And it was Simon who forced Jon to confront the most difficult parts of life. And ultimately, it was Simon who brought Jon to a new understanding about mercy and compassion. In this heartwarming and heartrending memoir, Jon Katz plumbs the depths of the human-animal bond with his trademark grace, strength and skill. Jon Katz has written twenty-six books, including works of nonfiction, novels, short stories, and books for children. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Rolling Stone, and the AKC Gazette, and has worked for CBS News, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer; he is also a photographer. He lives on Bedlam Farm, in upstate New York, with his wife, the artist Maria Wulf, and their dogs, donkeys, barn cats, sheep, and chickens.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221138Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion Author: Jon Katz Narrator: Tom Stechschulte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion Author: Jon Katz Narrator: Tom Stechschulte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When Jon Katz got a call from an animal control officer about Simon, a neglected donkey who had been found on a failing farm in upstate New York, he wasn't expecting to add another animal to his already full life. But when he made the trek out to meet him, he couldn't help falling in love with the skinny, mangy donkey who had already suffered so much, and he ended up taking him into his home. It was Simon who listened in the fields as Jon read to him and discussed philosophy. And it was Simon who forced Jon to confront the most difficult parts of life. And ultimately, it was Simon who brought Jon to a new understanding about mercy and compassion. In this heartwarming and heartrending memoir, Jon Katz plumbs the depths of the human-animal bond with his trademark grace, strength and skill. Jon Katz has written twenty-six books, including works of nonfiction, novels, short stories, and books for children. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Rolling Stone, and the AKC Gazette, and has worked for CBS News, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer; he is also a photographer. He lives on Bedlam Farm, in upstate New York, with his wife, the artist Maria Wulf, and their dogs, donkeys, barn cats, sheep, and chickens.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gift-of-love-one-woman-s-journey-to-save-a-life-by-amy-clipston--65201043https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift of Love: One Woman’s Journey to Save a Life Author: Amy Clipston Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Their odds were 100,000 to one. Her faith was 1 in a million. In The Gift of Love, bestselling fiction author Amy Clipston shares her story of almost losing the love of her life to kidney disease and the ultimate sacrifice that kept their family together. An ordinary woman who cherishes family above all else, Amy was challenged in every way—from her strength of character to the depths of her faith to the close-knit family that surrounds her. Enduring the good, the bad, and the really bad, she was determined to help her husband once again be the husband and father their family needed. Amy’s story will give hope and encouragement to anyone who finds themselves waiting on God. Staring down adversity, Amy and her family received the most important gift of all, the gift of love. And regardless of your situation, this gift can be yours too. An inspirational story of strength and determination, The Gift of Love is the triumph of one woman’s faith against all odds, and a soul-filling reminder that no matter how hard life gets, it is worth fighting for.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218745Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift of Love: One Woman’s Journey to Save a Life Author: Amy Clipston Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift of Love: One Woman’s Journey to Save a Life Author: Amy Clipston Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Their odds were 100,000 to one. Her faith was 1 in a million. In The Gift of Love, bestselling fiction author Amy Clipston shares her story of almost losing the love of her life to kidney disease and the ultimate sacrifice that kept their family together. An ordinary woman who cherishes family above all else, Amy was challenged in every way—from her strength of character to the depths of her faith to the close-knit family that surrounds her. Enduring the good, the bad, and the really bad, she was determined to help her husband once again be the husband and father their family needed. Amy’s story will give hope and encouragement to anyone who finds themselves waiting on God. Staring down adversity, Amy and her family received the most important gift of all, the gift of love. And regardless of your situation, this gift can be yours too. An inspirational story of strength and determination, The Gift of Love is the triumph of one woman’s faith against all odds, and a soul-filling reminder that no matter how hard life gets, it is worth fighting for.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-a-life-that-matters-by-ben-lesser--65201048https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living a Life that Matters Author: Ben Lesser Narrator: Ben Lesser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this engaging, inspiring, and educational memoir, Holocaust survivor Ben Lesser invites listeners to revisit a time when the world went mad. Learn how this ordinary, young teenager survived through extraordinary times, enduring through four concentrations camps, two death marches, and two death trains. After liberation from Dachau, Ben recovered his health and at age 18 – penniless, uneducated, and unable to speak English – made his way to the USA and succeeded in achieving the American Dream. Ben’s determination to achieve his dreams despite horror and tragedy will inspire you to achieve your own dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226479Wed, 01 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living a Life that Matters Author: Ben Lesser Narrator: Ben Lesser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living a Life that Matters Author: Ben Lesser Narrator: Ben Lesser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this engaging, inspiring, and educational memoir, Holocaust survivor Ben Lesser invites listeners to revisit a time when the world went mad. Learn how this ordinary, young teenager survived through extraordinary times, enduring through four concentrations camps, two death marches, and two death trains. After liberation from Dachau, Ben recovered his health and at age 18 – penniless, uneducated, and unable to speak English – made his way to the USA and succeeded in achieving the American Dream. Ben’s determination to achieve his dreams despite horror and tragedy will inspire you to achieve your own dreams.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/just-between-us-by-mario-lopez-steve-santagati--65201088https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/219072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Between Us Author: Mario Lopez, Steve Santagati Narrator: Mario Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 30, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With a star that rose from unforgettable child acting roles, such as A. C. Slater in Saved by the Bell, to the forefront of today’s entertainment media, Mario Lopez is nothing short of a pop culture sensation. Now, as he turns forty, Mario looks back on his life with a newfound perspective and a humorous sensibility of how things have changed with age, divulging for the first time the endearing, surprising, and sometimes difficult experiences that shaped him into the loving father and husband he is today. In Just Between Us, Mario shares a behind-the-scenes look into his successes and disappointments in the entertainment business and how his tight-knit family and long-standing values helped keep him grounded, no matter what. With wit and candor, Mario reveals his most intimate never-before-told stories, including the details of his often tumultuous and largely public love life—giving readers a look at the ups and downs of his romantic past leading up to his happily-ever-after with his beautiful wife and their two children. This is Mario Lopez unfiltered, for the first time ever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/219072Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/219072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Between Us Author: Mario Lopez, Steve Santagati Narrator: Mario Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/219072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Between Us Author: Mario Lopez, Steve Santagati Narrator: Mario Lopez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 30, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With a star that rose from unforgettable child acting roles, such as A. C. Slater in Saved by the Bell, to the forefront of today’s entertainment media, Mario Lopez is nothing short of a pop culture sensation. Now, as he turns forty, Mario looks back on his life with a newfound perspective and a humorous sensibility of how things have changed with age, divulging for the first time the endearing, surprising, and sometimes difficult experiences that shaped him into the loving father and husband he is today. In Just Between Us, Mario shares a behind-the-scenes look into his successes and disappointments in the entertainment business and how his tight-knit family and long-standing values helped keep him grounded, no matter what. With wit and candor, Mario reveals his most intimate never-before-told stories, including the details of his often tumultuous and largely public love life—giving readers a look at the ups and downs of his romantic past leading up to his happily-ever-after with his beautiful wife and their two children. This is Mario Lopez unfiltered, for the first time ever.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-that-kind-of-girl-a-young-woman-tells-you-what-she-s-learned-by-lena-dunham--65201045https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's 'Learned' Author: Lena Dunham Narrator: Lena Dunham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 30, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 55 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 18 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham—the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO’s Girls—as one of the brightest and most original writers working today.   “If I can take what I’ve learned in this life and make one treacherous relationship or degrading job easier for you, perhaps even prevent you from becoming temporarily vegan, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile. This book contains stories about wonderful nights with terrible boys and terrible days with wonderful friends, about ambition and the two existential crises I had before the age of twenty. About fashion and its many discontents. About publicly sharing your body, having to prove yourself in a meeting full of fifty-year-old men, and the health fears (tinnitus, lamp dust, infertility) that keep me up at night. I’m already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you with this book,  but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expensive juice cleanse or having the kind of sexual encounter where you keep your sneakers on. No, I am not a sexpert, a psychologist, or a registered dietician. I am not a married mother of three or the owner of a successful hosiery franchise. But I am a girl with a keen interest in self-actualization, sending hopeful dispatches from the front lines of that struggle.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221378Tue, 30 Sep 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's 'Learned' Author: Lena Dunham Narrator: Lena Dunham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's 'Learned' Author: Lena Dunham Narrator: Lena Dunham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 30, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 55 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 18 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham—the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO’s Girls—as one of the brightest and most original writers working today.   “If I can take what I’ve learned in this life and make one treacherous relationship or degrading job easier for you, perhaps even prevent you from becoming temporarily vegan, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile. This book contains stories about wonderful nights with terrible boys and terrible days with wonderful friends, about ambition and the two existential crises I had before the age of twenty. About fashion and its many discontents. About publicly sharing your body, having to prove yourself in a meeting full of fifty-year-old men, and the health fears (tinnitus, lamp dust, infertility) that keep me up at night. I’m already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you with this book,  but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expensive juice cleanse or having the kind of sexual encounter where you keep your sneakers on. No, I am not a sexpert, a psychologist, or a registered dietician. I am not a married mother of three or the owner of a successful hosiery franchise. But I am a girl with a keen interest in self-actualization, sending hopeful dispatches from the front lines of that struggle.”]]>605falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-gunner-in-lee-s-army-the-civil-war-letters-of-thomas-henry-carter-by-graham-t-dozier--65201069https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Gunner in Lee’s Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter Author: Graham T Dozier Narrator: Joe Barrett, Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In May 1861, Virginian Thomas Henry Carter raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate Army. Over the next four years, he rose steadily in rank from captain to colonel, placing him among the senior artillerists in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. During the war, Carter wrote more than one hundred revealing letters to his wife, Susan, about his service. His interactions with prominent officers—including Lee, Jubal A. Early, John B. Gordon, Robert E. Rodes, and others—come to life in Carter's astute comments about their conduct and personalities. Combining insightful observations on military operations, particularly of the Battles of Antietam and Spotsylvania Court House and the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, with revealing notes on the home front and the debate over the impressment and arming of slaves, Carter's letters are particularly interesting because his writing is not overly burdened by the rhetoric of the southern ruling class. Here, Graham Dozier offers the definitive edition of Carter's letters, meticulously transcribed and carefully annotated. This impressive collection brings to light Carter's unvarnished opinions of the people and events that shaped his wartime experience, shedding new light on Lee's army and Confederate life in Virginia.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218914Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Gunner in Lee’s Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter Author: Graham T Dozier Narrator: Joe Barrett, Lloyd James Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Gunner in Lee’s Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter Author: Graham T Dozier Narrator: Joe Barrett, Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In May 1861, Virginian Thomas Henry Carter raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate Army. Over the next four years, he rose steadily in rank from captain to colonel, placing him among the senior artillerists in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. During the war, Carter wrote more than one hundred revealing letters to his wife, Susan, about his service. His interactions with prominent officers—including Lee, Jubal A. Early, John B. Gordon, Robert E. Rodes, and others—come to life in Carter's astute comments about their conduct and personalities. Combining insightful observations on military operations, particularly of the Battles of Antietam and Spotsylvania Court House and the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, with revealing notes on the home front and the debate over the impressment and arming of slaves, Carter's letters are particularly interesting because his writing is not overly burdened by the rhetoric of the southern ruling class. Here, Graham Dozier offers the definitive edition of Carter's letters, meticulously transcribed and carefully annotated. This impressive collection brings to light Carter's unvarnished opinions of the people and events that shaped his wartime experience, shedding new light on Lee's army and Confederate life in Virginia.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-and-other-lessons-from-the-crematory-by-caitlin-doughty--65201074https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Author: Caitlin Doughty Narrator: Caitlin Doughty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 95 Ratings of Narrator: 4.74 of Total 54 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life's work. With an original voice that combines fearless curiosity and mordant wit, Caitlin tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters, gallows humor, and vivid characters (both living and very dead). Describing how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes), and cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes, Caitlin becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the deceased. Her eye-opening memoir shows how our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead). In the spirit of her popular Web series, 'Ask a Mortician,' Caitlin's engaging narrative style makes this otherwise scary topic both approachable and profound. 'America's (kinda dark) sweetheart' (Huffington Post)Caitlin Doughty, the host and creator of the 'Ask a Mortician' Web series and the collective Order of the Good Death, is on a mission to change the way we think about death.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220870Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Author: Caitlin Doughty Narrator: Caitlin Doughty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Author: Caitlin Doughty Narrator: Caitlin Doughty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 95 Ratings of Narrator: 4.74 of Total 54 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life's work. With an original voice that combines fearless curiosity and mordant wit, Caitlin tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters, gallows humor, and vivid characters (both living and very dead). Describing how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes), and cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes, Caitlin becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the deceased. Her eye-opening memoir shows how our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead). In the spirit of her popular Web series, 'Ask a Mortician,' Caitlin's engaging narrative style makes this otherwise scary topic both approachable and profound. 'America's (kinda dark) sweetheart' (Huffington Post)Caitlin Doughty, the host and creator of the 'Ask a Mortician' Web series and the collective Order of the Good Death, is on a mission to change the way we think about death.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-on-the-mississippi-by-mark-twain--65201019https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life on the Mississippi Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Richard Henzel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 1882, Mark Twain decided to write a memoir of his experiences growing up with, and later steering steamboats on, the Mississippi River. Following a history of the exploration and early commerce, he takes us with him as he “learns the river” and becomes a licensed pilot. The third part of the book tells of his return to the river I preparation for this book.This important geographical phenomenon has been America’s greatest single source of progress—and pain. Narrator Richard Henzel has been performing and interpreting Mark Twain since 1967, and has narrated more than a score of Mark Twain titles for The Mark Twain In Person Audiobook Library.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223516Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life on the Mississippi Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Richard Henzel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life on the Mississippi Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Richard Henzel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 1882, Mark Twain decided to write a memoir of his experiences growing up with, and later steering steamboats on, the Mississippi River. Following a history of the exploration and early commerce, he takes us with him as he “learns the river” and becomes a licensed pilot. The third part of the book tells of his return to the river I preparation for this book.This important geographical phenomenon has been America’s greatest single source of progress—and pain. Narrator Richard Henzel has been performing and interpreting Mark Twain since 1967, and has narrated more than a score of Mark Twain titles for The Mark Twain In Person Audiobook Library.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/walking-home-my-family-and-other-rambles-by-clare-balding--65200997https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Walking Home, by Clare Balding. In Clare Balding's family, walking just took too long - she galloped through the countryside and she galloped through life. Then, in 1999, Clare took a call from a BBC producer looking for a presenter for a new radio series. 'Do you walk?' she asked. 'Well, I walk the dog . . .' That series, Ramblings, is still going strong - and Clare's caught the walking bug. Now she wants her family to share some of that pleasure. Her and her brother Andrew are determined to conquer the Wayfarer's Walk, a 71 mile route. What could possibly go wrong?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230943Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Walking Home, by Clare Balding. In Clare Balding's family, walking just took too long - she galloped through the countryside and she galloped through life. Then, in 1999, Clare took a call from a BBC producer looking for a presenter for a new radio series. 'Do you walk?' she asked. 'Well, I walk the dog . . .' That series, Ramblings, is still going strong - and Clare's caught the walking bug. Now she wants her family to share some of that pleasure. Her and her brother Andrew are determined to conquer the Wayfarer's Walk, a 71 mile route. What could possibly go wrong?]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-vision-the-story-of-a-blind-rower-by-victoria-nolan--65200960https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232043 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Vision: The Story of a Blind Rower Author: Victoria Nolan Narrator: Victoria Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: At 18 years old, Victoria Nolan found out she was going blind. As her vision became more restricted, so did her independence. Her childhood dream had been to become a teacher, but she had to fight constantly against misconceptions about her capabilities as a visually impaired person. Even starting a family meant risking further vision loss, and as she struggled to deal with her disability, her goals for the future seemed impossible. Not wanting her children to grow up seeing their mother as someone who "couldn't," she sought opportunities to prove herself. That's when she started rowing. Discovering her competitive fire, Victoria made the Canadian National Adaptive Rowing Team in 2007. In this collection of reflections on and off the water, Victoria Nolan travels the world winning medals and breaking records. This personal story of triumph will inspire as she describes her frustration, her hard work, and her growing sense of accomplishment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232043Mon, 01 Sep 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232043 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Vision: The Story of a Blind Rower Author: Victoria Nolan Narrator: Victoria Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232043 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Vision: The Story of a Blind Rower Author: Victoria Nolan Narrator: Victoria Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: At 18 years old, Victoria Nolan found out she was going blind. As her vision became more restricted, so did her independence. Her childhood dream had been to become a teacher, but she had to fight constantly against misconceptions about her capabilities as a visually impaired person. Even starting a family meant risking further vision loss, and as she struggled to deal with her disability, her goals for the future seemed impossible. Not wanting her children to grow up seeing their mother as someone who "couldn't," she sought opportunities to prove herself. That's when she started rowing. Discovering her competitive fire, Victoria made the Canadian National Adaptive Rowing Team in 2007. In this collection of reflections on and off the water, Victoria Nolan travels the world winning medals and breaking records. This personal story of triumph will inspire as she describes her frustration, her hard work, and her growing sense of accomplishment.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/memoirs-of-my-life-by-edward-gibbon--65201076https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of My Life Author: Edward Gibbon Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 14, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament known for his monumental series The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, which chronicled the dissipation of the Roman dynasties in a lofty, majestic style unique to its author. Memoirs of My Life, published posthumously in 1796, wholly unveils the character of the world’s greatest historian in full candour and openness. We follow him from birth, through to his education at Oxford, to his time in Switzerland where he met Voltaire and fell in love with a Swiss girl. We accompany him on his travels through France and Lausanne, leading on to his eventual arrival in Rome, where he conceived his epic Decline and Fall. Gibbon’s Memoirs is a portrait of a rich and productive life and offers a compelling insight into a towering figure; it is essential listening for anyone interested in great literature.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223368Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of My Life Author: Edward Gibbon Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 14, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of My Life Author: Edward Gibbon Narrator: David Timson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 14, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament known for his monumental series The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, which chronicled the dissipation of the Roman dynasties in a lofty, majestic style unique to its author. Memoirs of My Life, published posthumously in 1796, wholly unveils the character of the world’s greatest historian in full candour and openness. We follow him from birth, through to his education at Oxford, to his time in Switzerland where he met Voltaire and fell in love with a Swiss girl. We accompany him on his travels through France and Lausanne, leading on to his eventual arrival in Rome, where he conceived his epic Decline and Fall. Gibbon’s Memoirs is a portrait of a rich and productive life and offers a compelling insight into a towering figure; it is essential listening for anyone interested in great literature.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-soccer-matters-by-brian-winter-pele--65201040https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Soccer Matters Author: Brian Winter, Pelé Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Soccer. Football. The beautiful game. The world’s most popular sport goes by many names, but for decades, fans have agreed on one thing: the greatest player of all time was Pelé. Now the legendary star, ambassador, and humanitarian shares a global vision for what soccer can accomplish. Now he shares his story, his experience, and his insights on the game for the very first time. Before Messi, before Ronaldo, before Beckham, there was Edson Arantes do Nascimento—known simply as Pelé. A national treasure, he created pure magic with his accomplishments on the field: an unprecedented three World Cup championships and the all-time scoring record, with 1,283 goals in his twenty year career. Now, with the World Cup returning after more than sixty years to Brazil—the country often credited with perfecting the sport—soccer has a unique opportunity to encourage change on a global level. And as the tournament’s official ambassador, Pelé is ready to be the face of progress. For the first time ever Pelé explores the recent history of the game and provides new insights into soccer’s role connecting and galvanizing players around the world. He has traveled the world as the global ambassador for soccer and in support of charitable organizations such as Unicef, promoting the positive influences soccer can have to transform young men and women, struggling communities, even entire nations. In groundbreaking detail and with unparalleled openness, he shares his most inspiring experiences, heartwarming stories and hard-won wisdom, and he puts the game in perspective. This is Pelé’s legacy, his way of passing on everything he’s learned and inspiring a new generation. In Why Soccer Matters, Pelé details his ambitious goals for the future of the sport and, by extension, the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225991Thu, 01 May 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Soccer Matters Author: Brian Winter, Pelé Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Soccer Matters Author: Brian Winter, Pelé Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Soccer. Football. The beautiful game. The world’s most popular sport goes by many names, but for decades, fans have agreed on one thing: the greatest player of all time was Pelé. Now the legendary star, ambassador, and humanitarian shares a global vision for what soccer can accomplish. Now he shares his story, his experience, and his insights on the game for the very first time. Before Messi, before Ronaldo, before Beckham, there was Edson Arantes do Nascimento—known simply as Pelé. A national treasure, he created pure magic with his accomplishments on the field: an unprecedented three World Cup championships and the all-time scoring record, with 1,283 goals in his twenty year career. Now, with the World Cup returning after more than sixty years to Brazil—the country often credited with perfecting the sport—soccer has a unique opportunity to encourage change on a global level. And as the tournament’s official ambassador, Pelé is ready to be the face of progress. For the first time ever Pelé explores the recent history of the game and provides new insights into soccer’s role connecting and galvanizing players around the world. He has traveled the world as the global ambassador for soccer and in support of charitable organizations such as Unicef, promoting the positive influences soccer can have to transform young men and women, struggling communities, even entire nations. In groundbreaking detail and with unparalleled openness, he shares his most inspiring experiences, heartwarming stories and hard-won wisdom, and he puts the game in perspective. This is Pelé’s legacy, his way of passing on everything he’s learned and inspiring a new generation. In Why Soccer Matters, Pelé details his ambitious goals for the future of the sport and, by extension, the world.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-very-easy-death-by-simone-de-beauvoir--65201011https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Very Easy Death Author: Simone de Beauvoir Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When her mother was in the hospital with terminal cancer, Simone had time to reminisce about her mother’s early life, as Simone and her sister, Poupette, prepared to face the decision of whether to prolong a life when it is full of suffering. Like most people, they believed that it would be better to die than to continue to suffer, but their mother had a very different view of the matter. Françoise de Beauvoir had finally found happiness in her life, and she truly believed she could find happiness in her own suffering. Considered by many to be the master work by Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death focuses on death and the other limitations in one’s life and with what attitude one approaches them. Through her mother’s beauty, her smile, and her pride in her life and in herself, Simone learned that to be human and to have individual choice are the most important aspects of existence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228721Thu, 01 May 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Very Easy Death Author: Simone de Beauvoir Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Very Easy Death Author: Simone de Beauvoir Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When her mother was in the hospital with terminal cancer, Simone had time to reminisce about her mother’s early life, as Simone and her sister, Poupette, prepared to face the decision of whether to prolong a life when it is full of suffering. Like most people, they believed that it would be better to die than to continue to suffer, but their mother had a very different view of the matter. Françoise de Beauvoir had finally found happiness in her life, and she truly believed she could find happiness in her own suffering. Considered by many to be the master work by Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death focuses on death and the other limitations in one’s life and with what attitude one approaches them. Through her mother’s beauty, her smile, and her pride in her life and in herself, Simone learned that to be human and to have individual choice are the most important aspects of existence.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-regrets-by-coleen-nolan--65200988https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Regrets Author: Coleen Nolan Narrator: Coleen Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 13, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of No Regrets, Coleen Nolan's gripping new memoir about love and heartbreak. As a member of the Nolan sisters, Coleen Nolan was born into the spotlight and has stayed there ever since. She has now become one of the nation's favourite TV presenters and is used to newspapers and magazines claiming to have the inside story of her private life. In No Regrets Coleen finally reveals the truth of what really happened during the last few rollercoaster years, truly the worst of her life. Whilst it's certainly been a traumatic time for the whole family, Coleen is a survivor. First and foremost, she is a mum and is determined to hold her family together. The Nolans finally put aside their infamous feud to rally round their beloved sister Bernie, who tragically lost her fight with cancer on the 4th of July last year, aged just 52. In this memoir, Coleen movingly describes her struggle to deal with the emotional scars that come from losing someone so close and the effect it has had on her own life. Coleen also confesses the secret that she has been hiding from prying eyes: her second marriage and 'happy ever after' with musician Ray Fensome was pushed to breaking point by a series of rows and separations. Here, for the first time, Coleen reveals how she has battled to save her marriage and stop her family from being torn apart. In this incredibly candid memoir, Coleen writes with raw honesty about her family troubles, her career highs and lows, and her struggle with her body image. In recent years, Coleen has found herself in both a plastic surgeon's office looking at a £20,000 bill to 'fix her face' and at a breast cancer clinic asking for the removal of her healthy breasts to avoid becoming the fourth sister in the family to be struck down by cancer. Wonderfully warm and moving, and brilliantly funny and honest, No Regrets will take you from laughter to tears and back again as you share in Coleen's very personal journey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230959Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Regrets Author: Coleen Nolan Narrator: Coleen Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 13, 2014 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Regrets Author: Coleen Nolan Narrator: Coleen Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 13, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of No Regrets, Coleen Nolan's gripping new memoir about love and heartbreak. As a member of the Nolan sisters, Coleen Nolan was born into the spotlight and has stayed there ever since. She has now become one of the nation's favourite TV presenters and is used to newspapers and magazines claiming to have the inside story of her private life. In No Regrets Coleen finally reveals the truth of what really happened during the last few rollercoaster years, truly the worst of her life. Whilst it's certainly been a traumatic time for the whole family, Coleen is a survivor. First and foremost, she is a mum and is determined to hold her family together. The Nolans finally put aside their infamous feud to rally round their beloved sister Bernie, who tragically lost her fight with cancer on the 4th of July last year, aged just 52. In this memoir, Coleen movingly describes her struggle to deal with the emotional scars that come from losing someone so close and the effect it has had on her own life. Coleen also confesses the secret that she has been hiding from prying eyes: her second marriage and 'happy ever after' with musician Ray Fensome was pushed to breaking point by a series of rows and separations. Here, for the first time, Coleen reveals how she has battled to save her marriage and stop her family from being torn apart. In this incredibly candid memoir, Coleen writes with raw honesty about her family troubles, her career highs and lows, and her struggle with her body image. In recent years, Coleen has found herself in both a plastic surgeon's office looking at a £20,000 bill to 'fix her face' and at a breast cancer clinic asking for the removal of her healthy breasts to avoid becoming the fourth sister in the family to be struck down by cancer. Wonderfully warm and moving, and brilliantly funny and honest, No Regrets will take you from laughter to tears and back again as you share in Coleen's very personal journey.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/and-there-were-nuns-by-jane-christmas--65201066https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And There Were Nuns Author: Jane Christmas Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Jane Christmas takes a decidedly unconventional journey to find out whether she is, as she puts it, "nun material". This is no carefree adventure. The call toward a religious vocation has beckoned Jane since she was a teenager, and now in her fifties she decides to explore it in earnest. Meanwhile, her long-term partner Colin, previously disinterested in marriage, springs a surprise marriage proposal on her unaware of what she is about to tell him. Jane, however, decides not to allow her monastic dreams to be interrupted. She sets off on an extraordinary and intense year-plus journey that takes her to four religious communities—one in Canada and three in the UK—and in the course of her immersion provides a seldom-seen glimpse inside modern cloistered life. The book lacks none of the bursts of candor or unrestrained humor that have made her books so popular and relatable (this one is sure to ruffle a few starched clerical collars), but And Then There Were Nuns comes with a darker side as the author comes to terms with a traumatic event from her past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230114Wed, 01 Jan 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And There Were Nuns Author: Jane Christmas Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And There Were Nuns Author: Jane Christmas Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Jane Christmas takes a decidedly unconventional journey to find out whether she is, as she puts it, "nun material". This is no carefree adventure. The call toward a religious vocation has beckoned Jane since she was a teenager, and now in her fifties she decides to explore it in earnest. Meanwhile, her long-term partner Colin, previously disinterested in marriage, springs a surprise marriage proposal on her unaware of what she is about to tell him. Jane, however, decides not to allow her monastic dreams to be interrupted. She sets off on an extraordinary and intense year-plus journey that takes her to four religious communities—one in Canada and three in the UK—and in the course of her immersion provides a seldom-seen glimpse inside modern cloistered life. The book lacks none of the bursts of candor or unrestrained humor that have made her books so popular and relatable (this one is sure to ruffle a few starched clerical collars), but And Then There Were Nuns comes with a darker side as the author comes to terms with a traumatic event from her past.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becoming-the-kind-father-a-son-s-journey-by-calvin-sandborn--65201059https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming the Kind Father: A Son's Journey Author: Calvin Sandborn Narrator: Michael Puttonen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where eighty percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and where that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The stifled male, disconnected and out of touch, fills the void with apathy or anger and the toll is staggering: short unhealthy lives, ruined relationships and damaged children. This destructive behavior repeats itself in the next generation as the sins of the father continue the cycle. In Becoming a Kind Father, Calvin Sandborn aims to break that cycle. His intensely personal story is heart-searing and inspirational. Brought up to fear his father's alcohol-fuelled fury and hateful put-downs, the author buried his feelings and fine-tuned his own rage. His father's early death and the collapse of the author's marriage provided catalysts for change. Interspersing clever literary references with painful childhood memories, intense self-examination and astute observations, Sandborn provides well-researched psychological findings and self-help tips, including how to:]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230103Wed, 01 Jan 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming the Kind Father: A Son's Journey Author: Calvin Sandborn Narrator: Michael Puttonen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming the Kind Father: A Son's Journey Author: Calvin Sandborn Narrator: Michael Puttonen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where eighty percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and where that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The stifled male, disconnected and out of touch, fills the void with apathy or anger and the toll is staggering: short unhealthy lives, ruined relationships and damaged children. This destructive behavior repeats itself in the next generation as the sins of the father continue the cycle. In Becoming a Kind Father, Calvin Sandborn aims to break that cycle. His intensely personal story is heart-searing and inspirational. Brought up to fear his father's alcohol-fuelled fury and hateful put-downs, the author buried his feelings and fine-tuned his own rage. His father's early death and the collapse of the author's marriage provided catalysts for change. Interspersing clever literary references with painful childhood memories, intense self-examination and astute observations, Sandborn provides well-researched psychological findings and self-help tips, including how to:]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unfriending-my-ex-and-other-things-i-ll-never-do-by-kim-stolz--65201026https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230107 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfriending My Ex: and Other Things I'll Never Do Author: Kim Stolz Narrator: Kim Stolz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An incisive, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir about life online and about how our obsessive connectivity is making us more disconnected—from former reality show contestant, MTV VJ, restauranteur, and go-to voice for millenials. Social media and technology have fundamentally altered the way we do business, couple and break up, develop friendships, and construct our identities and our notions of aspiration and fame. We make decisions about where we’ll go based on whether it’s Instagrammable. We don’t have friends, we have followers. For an entire generation, an experience not captured on social media might as well not have happened at all. As someone whose identity has been forged by reality TV (as a contestant on and social media and mobile technology, Kim Stolz is deeply obsessed with the subject. She has a hard time putting her phone down. And yet she remembers what life was like before technology-induced ADD, before life had become a string of late-night texts, Snapchats, endless selfies, that sinking feeling you get when you realize you’ve hit reply all by mistake. It’s hard to imagine now, but there was once a time before we wasted a full hour emptily clicking through a semi-stranger’s vacation pictures on Facebook, a time before every ex, every meaningless fling was a mere click away. Unfriending My Ex (And Other Things I’ll Never Do chronicles a life filtered through our obsessive relationship with technology. The book is as eye-opening as it is entertaining as it proceeds through the various ways in which social media and mobile technology have generated empathy deficits and left us all with the attention spans of fruit flies…and the sad fact that in spite all of this, we find it impossible to switch our devices off. Smart, hilarious, and completely relatable, Unfriending My Ex (And Other Things I’ll Never Do) captures our crazy moment, shining a bright light on the trials and tribulations of life online.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230107Wed, 01 Jan 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230107 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfriending My Ex: and Other Things I'll Never Do Author: Kim Stolz Narrator: Kim Stolz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 43 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230107 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfriending My Ex: and Other Things I'll Never Do Author: Kim Stolz Narrator: Kim Stolz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An incisive, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir about life online and about how our obsessive connectivity is making us more disconnected—from former reality show contestant, MTV VJ, restauranteur, and go-to voice for millenials. Social media and technology have fundamentally altered the way we do business, couple and break up, develop friendships, and construct our identities and our notions of aspiration and fame. We make decisions about where we’ll go based on whether it’s Instagrammable. We don’t have friends, we have followers. For an entire generation, an experience not captured on social media might as well not have happened at all. As someone whose identity has been forged by reality TV (as a contestant on and social media and mobile technology, Kim Stolz is deeply obsessed with the subject. She has a hard time putting her phone down. And yet she remembers what life was like before technology-induced ADD, before life had become a string of late-night texts, Snapchats, endless selfies, that sinking feeling you get when you realize you’ve hit reply all by mistake. It’s hard to imagine now, but there was once a time before we wasted a full hour emptily clicking through a semi-stranger’s vacation pictures on Facebook, a time before every ex, every meaningless fling was a mere click away. Unfriending My Ex (And Other Things I’ll Never Do chronicles a life filtered through our obsessive relationship with technology. The book is as eye-opening as it is entertaining as it proceeds through the various ways in which social media and mobile technology have generated empathy deficits and left us all with the attention spans of fruit flies…and the sad fact that in spite all of this, we find it impossible to switch our devices off. Smart, hilarious, and completely relatable, Unfriending My Ex (And Other Things I’ll Never Do) captures our crazy moment, shining a bright light on the trials and tribulations of life online.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pelee-project-one-woman-s-escape-from-urban-madness-by-jane-christmas--65201025https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pelee Project: One Woman's Escape from Urban Madness Author: Jane Christmas Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Back in 2000, Jane Christmas was, like millions of others, an exhausted single working mother with a punishing agenda of work, domestic, and parenting duties. Weekdays were an urban triathlon, weekends evaporated into mile-long to-do lists. Jane found herself drained, living beyond her means emotionally, physically, and financially. She dreamed of a simpler life, but, like everyone else, worried about the consequences of disconnecting from the frenetic working world. A highway accident changed all that. After walking away from a crash that should have killed her, she did the unthinkable and booked a three-month leave of absence from her job, put her home up for sale, and moved with her 10-year-old daughter to Pelee Island, a remote community of 180 in the middle of Lake Erie. Does the absence of a pedal-to-the-metal schedule freak her out, or does it transform her from den mother to Zen mother? Jane published a 15-part series about her sabbatical in the National Post, and her adventure caused an immediate and huge buzz. Readers were captivated by someone who had the nerve to put the brakes on life. The Pelee Project is Jane's full memoir of her hilarious faux pas, anecdotes, and epiphanies on the island, all told in that refreshingly honest voice that attracted so many to her columns. The Pelee Project is an inspiring tale of personal transformation and self-discovery.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230117Wed, 01 Jan 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pelee Project: One Woman's Escape from Urban Madness Author: Jane Christmas Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pelee Project: One Woman's Escape from Urban Madness Author: Jane Christmas Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Back in 2000, Jane Christmas was, like millions of others, an exhausted single working mother with a punishing agenda of work, domestic, and parenting duties. Weekdays were an urban triathlon, weekends evaporated into mile-long to-do lists. Jane found herself drained, living beyond her means emotionally, physically, and financially. She dreamed of a simpler life, but, like everyone else, worried about the consequences of disconnecting from the frenetic working world. A highway accident changed all that. After walking away from a crash that should have killed her, she did the unthinkable and booked a three-month leave of absence from her job, put her home up for sale, and moved with her 10-year-old daughter to Pelee Island, a remote community of 180 in the middle of Lake Erie. Does the absence of a pedal-to-the-metal schedule freak her out, or does it transform her from den mother to Zen mother? Jane published a 15-part series about her sabbatical in the National Post, and her adventure caused an immediate and huge buzz. Readers were captivated by someone who had the nerve to put the brakes on life. The Pelee Project is Jane's full memoir of her hilarious faux pas, anecdotes, and epiphanies on the island, all told in that refreshingly honest voice that attracted so many to her columns. The Pelee Project is an inspiring tale of personal transformation and self-discovery.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/curve-of-time-the-classic-memoir-of-a-woman-and-her-children-who-explored-the-coastal-waters-of-the-pacific-by-m-wylie-blanchet--65201000https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir Of A Woman And Her Children Who Explored The Coastal Waters Of The Pacific Author: M. Wylie Blanchet Narrator: Heather Anne Henderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of “family travel,” acting as both mother and captain of the twenty-five-foot boat that became her family’s home during the long Northwest summers. Blanchet’s lyrically written account reads like fantastic fiction, but her adventures are all very real. There are dangers—rough water, bad weather, wild animals—but there are also the quiet respect and deep peace of a woman teaching her children the wonder and awesome depth of the natural world. “Filled with observations on natural history and the wonders of the wild, (Blanchet's) prose, like the waterfall she describes, sings.”—Kliatt]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230121Wed, 01 Jan 2014 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir Of A Woman And Her Children Who Explored The Coastal Waters Of The Pacific Author: M. Wylie Blanchet Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir Of A Woman And Her Children Who Explored The Coastal Waters Of The Pacific Author: M. Wylie Blanchet Narrator: Heather Anne Henderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of “family travel,” acting as both mother and captain of the twenty-five-foot boat that became her family’s home during the long Northwest summers. Blanchet’s lyrically written account reads like fantastic fiction, but her adventures are all very real. There are dangers—rough water, bad weather, wild animals—but there are also the quiet respect and deep peace of a woman teaching her children the wonder and awesome depth of the natural world. “Filled with observations on natural history and the wonders of the wild, (Blanchet's) prose, like the waterfall she describes, sings.”—Kliatt]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/radio-tales-for-the-road-vol-1-transformational-journeys-through-time-space-and-memory-by-barbara-bernstein--65200964https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio Tales for the Road, Vol. 1: Transformational Journeys through Time, Space, and Memory Author: Barbara Bernstein Narrator: Barbara Bernstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Radio Tales for the Road is an ongoing series of transformational journeys through time, space, and memory, written, produced, and narrated by Barbara Bernstein. Combining storytelling, documentary audio, radio drama, and original music, Radio Tales are vivid recollections of the Summer of Love, the Days of Rage, discovering the wilderness, and the dysfunctional families that propelled so many of us to create our own realities. These wild and edgy tales dispel the notion that if you remember the sixties you weren't really there. In 'Getting Lost' Bernstein contrasts personal experiences of being lost in the wilderness, as a young hippie lost in Big Sur on her first trip out west and then thirty years later as a seasoned hiker, when she gets lost in a canyon in Southern Utah and meets the many faces of Coyote the Trickster. In 'Hidden Waters' Bernstein explores life and death on underground rivers and underwater waterfalls, the ghosts of once abundant salmon fisheries that were formerly waterfalls and rapids, now inundated behind the dams on the Columbia River, and then a culverted river in the producer's hometown on the day of her father's funeral. Radio Tales for the Road was broadcast on Oregon Public Broadcasting, KBOO-FM, and other stations in 2000 and 2003.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236553Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio Tales for the Road, Vol. 1: Transformational Journeys through Time, Space, and Memory Author: Barbara Bernstein Narrator: Barbara Bernstein...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio Tales for the Road, Vol. 1: Transformational Journeys through Time, Space, and Memory Author: Barbara Bernstein Narrator: Barbara Bernstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Radio Tales for the Road is an ongoing series of transformational journeys through time, space, and memory, written, produced, and narrated by Barbara Bernstein. Combining storytelling, documentary audio, radio drama, and original music, Radio Tales are vivid recollections of the Summer of Love, the Days of Rage, discovering the wilderness, and the dysfunctional families that propelled so many of us to create our own realities. These wild and edgy tales dispel the notion that if you remember the sixties you weren't really there. In 'Getting Lost' Bernstein contrasts personal experiences of being lost in the wilderness, as a young hippie lost in Big Sur on her first trip out west and then thirty years later as a seasoned hiker, when she gets lost in a canyon in Southern Utah and meets the many faces of Coyote the Trickster. In 'Hidden Waters' Bernstein explores life and death on underground rivers and underwater waterfalls, the ghosts of once abundant salmon fisheries that were formerly waterfalls and rapids, now inundated behind the dams on the Columbia River, and then a culverted river in the producer's hometown on the day of her father's funeral. Radio Tales for the Road was broadcast on Oregon Public Broadcasting, KBOO-FM, and other stations in 2000 and 2003.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-african-love-story-love-life-and-elephants-by-daphne-sheldrick--65200925https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants Author: Daphne Sheldrick Narrator: Virginia McKenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of An African Love Story, Daphne Sheldrick's touching memoir about romance, life and elephants from Africa's greatest living conservationist. Read by Virginia McKenna, the star of Born Free and the Founder Trustee of the Born Free Foundation. An African Love Story is the incredible memoir of the life of Africa's greatest living conservationist. It tells two stories. The first is the Tsavo years, and the extraordinary love story which blossomed when the young Daphne, moved to Tsavo with her first husband and fell head over heels with both the park and its famous warden, David Sheldrick. The second is the love story of how Daphne and David, who devoted their lives to saving elephant orphans, at first losing every infant under the age of two until Daphne at last managed to devise the first-ever milk formula which would keep them alive. This recording contains a bonus track featuring an interview with Virginia McKenna in which she talks about her own conservation work and her friendship with Daphne Sheldrick.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234069Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants Author: Daphne Sheldrick Narrator: Virginia McKenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 47...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants Author: Daphne Sheldrick Narrator: Virginia McKenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of An African Love Story, Daphne Sheldrick's touching memoir about romance, life and elephants from Africa's greatest living conservationist. Read by Virginia McKenna, the star of Born Free and the Founder Trustee of the Born Free Foundation. An African Love Story is the incredible memoir of the life of Africa's greatest living conservationist. It tells two stories. The first is the Tsavo years, and the extraordinary love story which blossomed when the young Daphne, moved to Tsavo with her first husband and fell head over heels with both the park and its famous warden, David Sheldrick. The second is the love story of how Daphne and David, who devoted their lives to saving elephant orphans, at first losing every infant under the age of two until Daphne at last managed to devise the first-ever milk formula which would keep them alive. This recording contains a bonus track featuring an interview with Virginia McKenna in which she talks about her own conservation work and her friendship with Daphne Sheldrick.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-summer-in-69-by-dee-davidson-dosch--65201062https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224162 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Summer in '69 Author: Dee Davidson Dosch Narrator: Redd Horrocks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Travel back to A Summer in '69 with three college coeds, who spent that summer in Europe to "find" themselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224162Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224162 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Summer in '69 Author: Dee Davidson Dosch Narrator: Redd Horrocks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224162 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Summer in '69 Author: Dee Davidson Dosch Narrator: Redd Horrocks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Travel back to A Summer in '69 with three college coeds, who spent that summer in Europe to "find" themselves.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/desert-solitaire-a-season-in-the-wilderness-by-edward-abbey--65201070https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness Author: Edward Abbey Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: December 19, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 13 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road, and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form—the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. But this is also the gripping, anguished cry of a man of character who challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness by oil and mining interests, as well as by the tourist industry. Abbey's observations and challenges remain as relevant now as the day he wrote them. Today, Desert Solitaire asks if any of our incalculable natural treasures can be saved before the bulldozers strike again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228319Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness Author: Edward Abbey Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness Author: Edward Abbey Narrator: Michael Kramer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: December 19, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 13 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude and sensitive. Thought-provoking and mystical. Angry and loving. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road, and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form—the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. But this is also the gripping, anguished cry of a man of character who challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness by oil and mining interests, as well as by the tourist industry. Abbey's observations and challenges remain as relevant now as the day he wrote them. Today, Desert Solitaire asks if any of our incalculable natural treasures can be saved before the bulldozers strike again.]]>1805falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-diary-of-a-young-girl-the-definitive-edition-of-the-world-s-most-famous-diary-by-anne-frank--65200921https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Helena Bonham Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 12, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 11 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. *Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter* THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IS 'A MONUMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT' One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Edited by her father Otto H. Frank and German novelist Mirjam Pressler, this is a true story to be rediscovered by each new generation. 12th July 1944: 'It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.' In the summer of 1942, fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation, Anne Frank and her family were forced into hiding in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse. Aged thirteen, Anne kept a diary of her time in the secret annexe. She movingly revealed how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with hunger, the daily threat of discovery and death and isolation from the outside world. A thought-provoking record of tension and struggle, adolescence and confinement, anger and heartbreak, the diary of Anne Frank is a testament to the atrocities of the past and a promise they will never be forgotten. 'One of the greatest books of the century' Guardian 'Rings down the decades as the most moving testament to the persecution of innocence' Daily Mail 'Astonishing and excruciating. Its gnaws at us still' New York Times Book Review]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234267Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Helena Bonham Carter Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Helena Bonham Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 12, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 11 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. *Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter* THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IS 'A MONUMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT' One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Edited by her father Otto H. Frank and German novelist Mirjam Pressler, this is a true story to be rediscovered by each new generation. 12th July 1944: 'It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.' In the summer of 1942, fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation, Anne Frank and her family were forced into hiding in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse. Aged thirteen, Anne kept a diary of her time in the secret annexe. She movingly revealed how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with hunger, the daily threat of discovery and death and isolation from the outside world. A thought-provoking record of tension and struggle, adolescence and confinement, anger and heartbreak, the diary of Anne Frank is a testament to the atrocities of the past and a promise they will never be forgotten. 'One of the greatest books of the century' Guardian 'Rings down the decades as the most moving testament to the persecution of innocence' Daily Mail 'Astonishing and excruciating. Its gnaws at us still' New York Times Book Review]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-gonna-hurt-music-photography-and-life-through-the-distorted-lens-of-nikki-sixx-by-nikki-sixx--65200974https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx Author: Nikki Sixx Narrator: Nikki Sixx Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.93 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 10 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is Gonna Hurt is music, photography, and life through the distorted lens of Nikki Sixx, bassist for heavy metal rock band Mötley Crüe’s and the New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries. A combination of powerful prose and dramatic photographs, This is Gonna Hurt is an arresting, deeply personal look through the eyes of a real rock star at a stark, post-addiction world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231366Tue, 03 May 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx Author: Nikki Sixx Narrator: Nikki Sixx Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx Author: Nikki Sixx Narrator: Nikki Sixx Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.93 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 10 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is Gonna Hurt is music, photography, and life through the distorted lens of Nikki Sixx, bassist for heavy metal rock band Mötley Crüe’s and the New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries. A combination of powerful prose and dramatic photographs, This is Gonna Hurt is an arresting, deeply personal look through the eyes of a real rock star at a stark, post-addiction world.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-life-is-in-your-hands-one-dream-sixty-acres-and-a-family-undone-by-melissa-coleman--65201035https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Author: Melissa Coleman Narrator: Melissa Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 12, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn’t just tell the story of her family’s brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history.” —Tom Perrotta In a work of power and beauty reminiscent of Tobias Wolff, Jeannette Walls, and Dave Eggers, Melissa Coleman delivers a luminous, evocative childhood memoir exploring the hope and struggle behind her family's search for a sustainable lifestyle. With echoes of The Liars’ Club and Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Coleman’s searing chronicle tells the true story of her upbringing on communes and sustainable farms along the rugged Maine coastline in the 1970’s, embedded within a moving, personal quest for truth that her experiences produced.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231369Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Author: Melissa Coleman Narrator: Melissa Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Author: Melissa Coleman Narrator: Melissa Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 12, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn’t just tell the story of her family’s brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history.” —Tom Perrotta In a work of power and beauty reminiscent of Tobias Wolff, Jeannette Walls, and Dave Eggers, Melissa Coleman delivers a luminous, evocative childhood memoir exploring the hope and struggle behind her family's search for a sustainable lifestyle. With echoes of The Liars’ Club and Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Coleman’s searing chronicle tells the true story of her upbringing on communes and sustainable farms along the rugged Maine coastline in the 1970’s, embedded within a moving, personal quest for truth that her experiences produced.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-thing-about-life-is-that-one-day-you-ll-be-dead-by-david-shields--65200993https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead Author: David Shields Narrator: Peter Marinker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 7, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of David Shields 2008 New York Times Bestseller, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, read by the actor Peter Marinker. Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being. Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers - from Lucretius to Woody Allen - Shields expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality. An insightful, honest and uplifting portrait of what it means to be human, and one day to die.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234241Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead Author: David Shields Narrator: Peter Marinker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead Author: David Shields Narrator: Peter Marinker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 7, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of David Shields 2008 New York Times Bestseller, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, read by the actor Peter Marinker. Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being. Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers - from Lucretius to Woody Allen - Shields expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality. An insightful, honest and uplifting portrait of what it means to be human, and one day to die.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-my-life-a-memoir-by-susan-lucci--65200975https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Life: A Memoir Author: Susan Lucci Narrator: Susan Lucci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The most famous face in daytime drama history, Susan Lucci has held audiences spellbound for years as Erica Kane on ABC-TV’s All My Children—the sexy, sassy, beautiful “woman you love to hate.” Now, in this long awaited autobiography, she holds readers captive as the feisty, funny, authentic “woman you love to love.” In the tradition of Julie Andrews’ Home, Jane Fonda’s My Life So Far, Barbara Walters’ Audition, and other enthralling autobiographies from female icons of our time, the award-winning soap opera star’s memoir of a life in the spotlight is sure to inspire, uplift, charm and surprise readers as they finally get to know the Susan Lucci her friends, family and colleagues love and know.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231151Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Life: A Memoir Author: Susan Lucci Narrator: Susan Lucci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Life: A Memoir Author: Susan Lucci Narrator: Susan Lucci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The most famous face in daytime drama history, Susan Lucci has held audiences spellbound for years as Erica Kane on ABC-TV’s All My Children—the sexy, sassy, beautiful “woman you love to hate.” Now, in this long awaited autobiography, she holds readers captive as the feisty, funny, authentic “woman you love to love.” In the tradition of Julie Andrews’ Home, Jane Fonda’s My Life So Far, Barbara Walters’ Audition, and other enthralling autobiographies from female icons of our time, the award-winning soap opera star’s memoir of a life in the spotlight is sure to inspire, uplift, charm and surprise readers as they finally get to know the Susan Lucci her friends, family and colleagues love and know.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-last-best-chance-the-pursuit-of-peace-in-a-time-of-peril-by-king-abdullah-ii-of-jordan--65200924https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril Author: King Abdullah Ii Of Jordan Narrator: Nadim Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril, the newsbreaking memoir from Jordan's King Abdullah II revealing the secret, high level negotiations that could soon transform the map of the Middle East. Read by the actor Nadim Sawalha. When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime Crown Prince, to be the next King of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special Forces who discovered his life was in for a major upheaval. In this exceptionally candid memoir, King Abdullah tackles the single toughest issue he faces head on - how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian standoff - and reveals himself to be an invaluable intermediary between America and the Arab world. He writes about the impact of the Iraq war on his neighborhood and how to confront the threat from Iran. This is the inspirational story of a man who went to boarding school in America and military academy in Britain, and grew up believing he would be a soldier. Back home, he hunted down terrorists and modernized Jordan's Special Forces. Then, suddenly, he found himself king. Together with his wife, Queen Rania, King Abdullah transformed what it meant to be a monarch, going undercover to escape the bubble of the court while she became the Muslim world's most passionate advocate of women's rights. Why would a sitting head of state choose to write about the most explosive issues he faces? King Abdullah does so now because he believes we face a moment of truth: a last chance for peace in the Middle East. The prize is enormous, the cost of failure unimaginable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234264Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril Author: King Abdullah Ii Of Jordan Narrator: Nadim Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril Author: King Abdullah Ii Of Jordan Narrator: Nadim Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril, the newsbreaking memoir from Jordan's King Abdullah II revealing the secret, high level negotiations that could soon transform the map of the Middle East. Read by the actor Nadim Sawalha. When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime Crown Prince, to be the next King of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special Forces who discovered his life was in for a major upheaval. In this exceptionally candid memoir, King Abdullah tackles the single toughest issue he faces head on - how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian standoff - and reveals himself to be an invaluable intermediary between America and the Arab world. He writes about the impact of the Iraq war on his neighborhood and how to confront the threat from Iran. This is the inspirational story of a man who went to boarding school in America and military academy in Britain, and grew up believing he would be a soldier. Back home, he hunted down terrorists and modernized Jordan's Special Forces. Then, suddenly, he found himself king. Together with his wife, Queen Rania, King Abdullah transformed what it meant to be a monarch, going undercover to escape the bubble of the court while she became the Muslim world's most passionate advocate of women's rights. Why would a sitting head of state choose to write about the most explosive issues he faces? King Abdullah does so now because he believes we face a moment of truth: a last chance for peace in the Middle East. The prize is enormous, the cost of failure unimaginable.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pioneer-woman-black-heels-to-tractor-wheels-a-love-story-by-ree-drummond--65200989https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels--A Love Story Author: Ree Drummond Narrator: Ree Drummond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Wildly popular award-winning blogger, accidental ranch wife, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks, Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) tells the true story of her storybook romance that led her from the Los Angeles glitter to a cattle ranch in rural Oklahoma, and into the arms of her real-life Marlboro Man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231384Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels--A Love Story Author: Ree Drummond Narrator: Ree Drummond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels--A Love Story Author: Ree Drummond Narrator: Ree Drummond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Wildly popular award-winning blogger, accidental ranch wife, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks, Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) tells the true story of her storybook romance that led her from the Los Angeles glitter to a cattle ranch in rural Oklahoma, and into the arms of her real-life Marlboro Man.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-princes-one-man-s-promise-to-bring-home-the-lost-children-of-nepal-by-conor-grennan--65200970https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231385 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal Author: Conor Grennan Narrator: Conor Grennan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 25, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Funny, touching, tragic….A remarkable tale of corruption, child trafficking and civil war in a far away land—and one man’s extraordinary quest to reunite lost Nepalese children with their parents.” —Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts Little Princes is the epic story of Conor Grennan’s battle to save the lost children of Nepal and how he found himself in the process. Part Three Cups of Tea, part Into Thin Air, Grennan’s remarkable memoir is at once gripping and inspirational, and it carries us deep into an exotic world that most readers know little about.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231385Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231385 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal Author: Conor Grennan Narrator: Conor Grennan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231385 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal Author: Conor Grennan Narrator: Conor Grennan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 25, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Funny, touching, tragic….A remarkable tale of corruption, child trafficking and civil war in a far away land—and one man’s extraordinary quest to reunite lost Nepalese children with their parents.” —Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts Little Princes is the epic story of Conor Grennan’s battle to save the lost children of Nepal and how he found himself in the process. Part Three Cups of Tea, part Into Thin Air, Grennan’s remarkable memoir is at once gripping and inspirational, and it carries us deep into an exotic world that most readers know little about.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unplanned-the-dramatic-true-story-of-a-former-planned-parenthood-leader-s-eye-opening-journey-across-the-life-line-by-abby-johnson--65201082https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line Author: Abby Johnson Narrator: Abby Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Retailers Choice Award winner, 2012 Abby Johnson quit her job in October 2009. That simple act became a national news story because Abby was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who, after participating in her first actual abortion procedure, crossed the line to join the Coalition for Life. Unplanned is a heartstopping personal drama of life-and-death encounters, a courtroom battle, and spiritual transformation that speaks hope and compassion into the political controversy that surrounds this issue. Telling Abby’s story from both sides of the abortion clinic property line, this book is a must-have for anyone who cares about the life-versus-rights debate and helping women who face crisis pregnancies. Now available in complete and unabridged audio.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218688Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line Author: Abby Johnson Narrator: Abby...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey across the Life Line Author: Abby Johnson Narrator: Abby Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Retailers Choice Award winner, 2012 Abby Johnson quit her job in October 2009. That simple act became a national news story because Abby was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who, after participating in her first actual abortion procedure, crossed the line to join the Coalition for Life. Unplanned is a heartstopping personal drama of life-and-death encounters, a courtroom battle, and spiritual transformation that speaks hope and compassion into the political controversy that surrounds this issue. Telling Abby’s story from both sides of the abortion clinic property line, this book is a must-have for anyone who cares about the life-versus-rights debate and helping women who face crisis pregnancies. Now available in complete and unabridged audio.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/screw-it-let-s-do-it-lessons-in-life-and-business-by-richard-branson--65200987https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life and Business Author: Richard Branson Narrator: Adrian Mulraney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: December 16, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Richard Branson is an iconic businessman. In Screw It, Let's Do It, he shares the secrets of his success and the invaluable lessons he has learned over the course of his remarkable career. As the world struggles with the twin problems of global recession and climate change, Richard explains why it is up to big companies like Virgin to lead the way in finding a more holistic and environmentally friendly approach to business. He also looks to the future and shares his plans for taking his business and his ideas to the next level. Richard reveals the new and exciting areas into which Virgin is currently moving, including biofuels and space travel, and brings together all the important lessons, good advice and inspirational adages that have helped him along the road to success. This is a fantastic motivational book that will help every reader achieve their own dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232002Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life and Business Author: Richard Branson Narrator: Adrian Mulraney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life and Business Author: Richard Branson Narrator: Adrian Mulraney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: December 16, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Richard Branson is an iconic businessman. In Screw It, Let's Do It, he shares the secrets of his success and the invaluable lessons he has learned over the course of his remarkable career. As the world struggles with the twin problems of global recession and climate change, Richard explains why it is up to big companies like Virgin to lead the way in finding a more holistic and environmentally friendly approach to business. He also looks to the future and shares his plans for taking his business and his ideas to the next level. Richard reveals the new and exciting areas into which Virgin is currently moving, including biofuels and space travel, and brings together all the important lessons, good advice and inspirational adages that have helped him along the road to success. This is a fantastic motivational book that will help every reader achieve their own dreams.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fry-chronicles-by-stephen-fry--65200931https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fry Chronicles Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 13, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.66 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the hugely successful The Fry Chronicles, brilliantly read by Stephen Fry himself. Thirteen years ago, Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry's autobiography of his early years, was published to rave reviews and was a huge bestseller. In those thirteen years since, Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new stratosphere, both as a public figure, and a private man. Now he is not just a multi-award-winning comedian and actor, but also an author, director and presenter. In January 2010, he was awarded the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards. Much loved by the public and his peers, Stephen Fry is one of the most influential cultural forces in the country. This dazzling memoir promises to be a courageously frank, honest and poignant read. It will detail some of the most turbulent and least well known years of his life with a reading that will excite you, make you laugh uproariously, move you, inform you and, above all, surprise you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234228Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fry Chronicles Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 13, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fry Chronicles Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 13, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.66 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the hugely successful The Fry Chronicles, brilliantly read by Stephen Fry himself. Thirteen years ago, Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry's autobiography of his early years, was published to rave reviews and was a huge bestseller. In those thirteen years since, Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new stratosphere, both as a public figure, and a private man. Now he is not just a multi-award-winning comedian and actor, but also an author, director and presenter. In January 2010, he was awarded the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards. Much loved by the public and his peers, Stephen Fry is one of the most influential cultural forces in the country. This dazzling memoir promises to be a courageously frank, honest and poignant read. It will detail some of the most turbulent and least well known years of his life with a reading that will excite you, make you laugh uproariously, move you, inform you and, above all, surprise you.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mustaine-a-heavy-metal-memoir-by-dave-mustaine-joe-layden--65201007https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Author: Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden Narrator: Tom Wayland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From his early, crazy days as a founding member of Metallica, Dave Mustaine has seen and experienced everything in the world of rock n’ roll. From his young triumphs and ignominious ouster from the band for his hard-partying ways to his later rule over Megadeth, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, Mustaine tells it all. Outrageously candid and in-your-face, this is classic rock memoir in the vein of Slash, Motley Crue: The Dirt, and Sound of the Beast—an insider’s look at the loud and sordid world of heavy metal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231397Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Author: Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden Narrator: Tom Wayland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Author: Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden Narrator: Tom Wayland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From his early, crazy days as a founding member of Metallica, Dave Mustaine has seen and experienced everything in the world of rock n’ roll. From his young triumphs and ignominious ouster from the band for his hard-partying ways to his later rule over Megadeth, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, Mustaine tells it all. Outrageously candid and in-your-face, this is classic rock memoir in the vein of Slash, Motley Crue: The Dirt, and Sound of the Beast—an insider’s look at the loud and sordid world of heavy metal.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-junior-officers-reading-club-killing-time-and-fighting-wars-by-patrick-hennessey--65201005https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars Author: Patrick Hennessey Narrator: Patrick Hennessey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 27, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Patrick Hennessey's compelling account of life as a British soldier, The Junior Officers' Reading Club, read with charm and wit by the author himself. Patrick Hennessey is a graduate in his 20s. He reads Graham Greene, listens to early-90s house on his iPod and watches Vietnam movies. He has also, as an officer in the Grenadier Guards, fought in some of the most violent combat the British army has seen in a generation. This is the story of how a modern soldier is made, from the testosterone-heavy breeding ground of Sandhurst to the nightmare of Iraq and Afghanistan. Showing war in all its terror, boredom and exhilaration, The Junior Officers' Reading Club is already being hailed as a modern classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234226Thu, 27 May 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars Author: Patrick Hennessey Narrator: Patrick Hennessey Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars Author: Patrick Hennessey Narrator: Patrick Hennessey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 27, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Patrick Hennessey's compelling account of life as a British soldier, The Junior Officers' Reading Club, read with charm and wit by the author himself. Patrick Hennessey is a graduate in his 20s. He reads Graham Greene, listens to early-90s house on his iPod and watches Vietnam movies. He has also, as an officer in the Grenadier Guards, fought in some of the most violent combat the British army has seen in a generation. This is the story of how a modern soldier is made, from the testosterone-heavy breeding ground of Sandhurst to the nightmare of Iraq and Afghanistan. Showing war in all its terror, boredom and exhilaration, The Junior Officers' Reading Club is already being hailed as a modern classic.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/somewhere-inside-one-sister-s-captivity-in-north-korea-and-the-other-s-fight-to-bring-her-home-by-laura-ling-lisa-ling--65200945https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home Author: Laura Ling, Lisa Ling Narrator: Lisa Ling, Laura Ling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 18, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Somewhere Inside is the electrifying, never-before-told story of Laura Ling’s capture by the North Koreans in March 2009, and the efforts of her sister, journalist Lisa Ling, to secure Laura’s release by former President Bill Clinton. This riveting true account of the first ever trial of an American citizen in North Korea’s highest court carries readers deep inside the world’s most secretive nation while it poignantly explores the powerful, inspiring bonds of sisterly love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231818Tue, 18 May 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home Author: Laura Ling, Lisa Ling Narrator: Lisa Ling,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home Author: Laura Ling, Lisa Ling Narrator: Lisa Ling, Laura Ling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 18, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Somewhere Inside is the electrifying, never-before-told story of Laura Ling’s capture by the North Koreans in March 2009, and the efforts of her sister, journalist Lisa Ling, to secure Laura’s release by former President Bill Clinton. This riveting true account of the first ever trial of an American citizen in North Korea’s highest court carries readers deep inside the world’s most secretive nation while it poignantly explores the powerful, inspiring bonds of sisterly love.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-best-of-friends-by-mariana-pasternak--65200935https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Friends Author: Mariana Pasternak Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 16, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Set in a world of luxury and power, this is the tell-all story of two remarkable women and a friendship that changed both their lives forever. For more than two decades, Mariana Pasternak and Martha Stewart were nearly inseparable. They first met in Westport, Connecticut, two suburban wives with grand aspirations of their own. Their bond only deepened after their marriages ended in divorce. The depth of their friendship not only benefited them both but also influenced how they defined themselves. Friendship between women is never simple and this one was no exception. Over time, money, men, and the arrogance of wealth frayed the bonds they had built so carefully for over twenty years. The final break came when Pasternak was called as a witness in the high-profile trial that brought about Stewart's conviction and prison sentence. Pasternak's deeply personal memoir tells the story of their friendship with honesty and candor, reflecting on the power of such intense relationships to change our lives, and the devastating aftermath when they end.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231823Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Friends Author: Mariana Pasternak Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Friends Author: Mariana Pasternak Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 16, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Set in a world of luxury and power, this is the tell-all story of two remarkable women and a friendship that changed both their lives forever. For more than two decades, Mariana Pasternak and Martha Stewart were nearly inseparable. They first met in Westport, Connecticut, two suburban wives with grand aspirations of their own. Their bond only deepened after their marriages ended in divorce. The depth of their friendship not only benefited them both but also influenced how they defined themselves. Friendship between women is never simple and this one was no exception. Over time, money, men, and the arrogance of wealth frayed the bonds they had built so carefully for over twenty years. The final break came when Pasternak was called as a witness in the high-profile trial that brought about Stewart's conviction and prison sentence. Pasternak's deeply personal memoir tells the story of their friendship with honesty and candor, reflecting on the power of such intense relationships to change our lives, and the devastating aftermath when they end.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-power-of-half-by-kevin-salwen-hannah-salwen--65200977https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Half Author: Kevin Salwen, Hannah Salwen Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 10, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Simultaneous with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-547-24806-0   The inspiring and moving story of one family’s unlikely quest to stop taking and start giving back—from a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter and his daughter It all started when 15-year-old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice in the world, had a eureka moment when a homeless man in her neighborhood was juxtaposed against a glistening Mercedes coupe. “You know, Dad,” she said, pointing, “If that man had a less nice car, that man could have a meal.” This glaring disparity led the Salwen family of four, caught up like so many other Americans in this age of consumption and waste, to follow Hannah’s urge to stop talking and start doing. And so they embarked on an incredible journey together, deciding to sell their Atlanta mansion, downsize to a house half its size, and give half of their profits to a worthy charity. Each week they met over dinner to discuss their plan. At first it was an outlandish scheme. “What, are you crazy? No way!” Then it was a challenge. “We are TOTALLY doing this.” It would transport them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone. In the end they found a needy village in Ghana where their commitment of funds and their unwavering follow-through would change lives of hundreds, for good. It would also alter irrevocably the lives of four normal Americans who learned together that half could be so much more. With deft prose, an unassuming tone, and an endearing sense of humor, The Power of Half chronicles this remarkable, unlikely journey, this reimagining of the American dream, one family at a time. It also offers readers a very accessible road map to employ the power of half to their own lives, no matter one’s means or resources. In that way, it shows readers how to connect their families through a unifying purpose, an antidote to the splintering of American families in this era of iPods, video-gaming, and other solo activities.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231824Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Half Author: Kevin Salwen, Hannah Salwen Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Half Author: Kevin Salwen, Hannah Salwen Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 10, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Simultaneous with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-547-24806-0   The inspiring and moving story of one family’s unlikely quest to stop taking and start giving back—from a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter and his daughter It all started when 15-year-old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice in the world, had a eureka moment when a homeless man in her neighborhood was juxtaposed against a glistening Mercedes coupe. “You know, Dad,” she said, pointing, “If that man had a less nice car, that man could have a meal.” This glaring disparity led the Salwen family of four, caught up like so many other Americans in this age of consumption and waste, to follow Hannah’s urge to stop talking and start doing. And so they embarked on an incredible journey together, deciding to sell their Atlanta mansion, downsize to a house half its size, and give half of their profits to a worthy charity. Each week they met over dinner to discuss their plan. At first it was an outlandish scheme. “What, are you crazy? No way!” Then it was a challenge. “We are TOTALLY doing this.” It would transport them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone. In the end they found a needy village in Ghana where their commitment of funds and their unwavering follow-through would change lives of hundreds, for good. It would also alter irrevocably the lives of four normal Americans who learned together that half could be so much more. With deft prose, an unassuming tone, and an endearing sense of humor, The Power of Half chronicles this remarkable, unlikely journey, this reimagining of the American dream, one family at a time. It also offers readers a very accessible road map to employ the power of half to their own lives, no matter one’s means or resources. In that way, it shows readers how to connect their families through a unifying purpose, an antidote to the splintering of American families in this era of iPods, video-gaming, and other solo activities.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-i-stayed-the-choices-i-made-in-my-darkest-hour-by-gayle-haggard--65201077https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour Author: Gayle Haggard Narrator: Gayle Haggard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 26, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On November 2, 2006, Gayle Haggard’s life changed forever. That was the day that her husband, Ted Haggard, founder of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs and the President of the NAE, confessed to her the truth. In Why I Stayed, Gayle walks us through the choices she made in her darkest hours. On the day and in the months ahead, everything in her life was at stake—what she believed, the husband she thought she knew, and the church community she had worked tirelessly to establish with her husband and friends in the basement of their home more than two decades ago. Out of this crucible in her life, Gayle has discovered a newfound passion for the central message of the Bible—the liberating message of forgiveness and love. Why I Stayed is a must-read. It paints a picture of what less-than-perfect people, across this nation and all over the world, desperately need—a community of family and faith that offers healing love and a path to restoration.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218690Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour Author: Gayle Haggard Narrator: Gayle Haggard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour Author: Gayle Haggard Narrator: Gayle Haggard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 26, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On November 2, 2006, Gayle Haggard’s life changed forever. That was the day that her husband, Ted Haggard, founder of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs and the President of the NAE, confessed to her the truth. In Why I Stayed, Gayle walks us through the choices she made in her darkest hours. On the day and in the months ahead, everything in her life was at stake—what she believed, the husband she thought she knew, and the church community she had worked tirelessly to establish with her husband and friends in the basement of their home more than two decades ago. Out of this crucible in her life, Gayle has discovered a newfound passion for the central message of the Bible—the liberating message of forgiveness and love. Why I Stayed is a must-read. It paints a picture of what less-than-perfect people, across this nation and all over the world, desperately need—a community of family and faith that offers healing love and a path to restoration.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind-creating-currents-of-electricity-and-hope-by-bryan-mealer-william-kamkwamba--65200934https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope Author: Bryan Mealer, William Kamkwamba Narrator: Chike Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: December 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a Slave William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water. His neighbors called him misala—crazy—but William refused to let go of his dreams. With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks; some scrap metal, tractor parts, and bicycle halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity. It will inspire anyone who doubts the power of one individual's ability to change his community and better the lives of those around him.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231845Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope Author: Bryan Mealer, William Kamkwamba Narrator: Chike Johnson Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope Author: Bryan Mealer, William Kamkwamba Narrator: Chike Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: December 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a Slave William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water. His neighbors called him misala—crazy—but William refused to let go of his dreams. With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks; some scrap metal, tractor parts, and bicycle halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity. It will inspire anyone who doubts the power of one individual's ability to change his community and better the lives of those around him.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-rogue-an-american-life-by-sarah-palin--65201001https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Rogue: An American Life Author: Sarah Palin Narrator: Sarah Palin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 24, 2009 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Going Rogue is the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Sarah Palin, one of America’s most beloved and controversial political figures. Now with new material, Going Rogue offers plain talk from a true American original about her life, her career, and the future of the country she loves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231160Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Rogue: An American Life Author: Sarah Palin Narrator: Sarah Palin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Rogue: An American Life Author: Sarah Palin Narrator: Sarah Palin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 24, 2009 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Going Rogue is the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Sarah Palin, one of America’s most beloved and controversial political figures. Now with new material, Going Rogue offers plain talk from a true American original about her life, her career, and the future of the country she loves.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/weekends-at-bellevue-by-julie-holland--65200923https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weekends at Bellevue Author: Julie Holland Narrator: Julie Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room. Deciding who gets locked up and who gets talked down would be an awesome responsibility for most people. For her, it was just another day at the office... In an absorbing memoir laced with humor, Holland provides an unvarnished look at life in the Psych ER, recounting stories from her vast case file that are alternately terrifying, tragically comic, and profoundly moving. As Holland comes to understand, the degree to which someone can lose his or her mind is infinite, and each patient's pain leaves a mark on her as well--as does the cancer battle of a fellow doctor who is both her best friend and her most trusted mentor. Writing with uncommon candor about her life both inside and outside the hospital, Holland supplies a fascinating glimpse into the inner lives of doctors, struggling to maintain perspective in a world where sanity is in the eye of the beholder.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231853Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weekends at Bellevue Author: Julie Holland Narrator: Julie Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 6,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weekends at Bellevue Author: Julie Holland Narrator: Julie Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room. Deciding who gets locked up and who gets talked down would be an awesome responsibility for most people. For her, it was just another day at the office... In an absorbing memoir laced with humor, Holland provides an unvarnished look at life in the Psych ER, recounting stories from her vast case file that are alternately terrifying, tragically comic, and profoundly moving. As Holland comes to understand, the degree to which someone can lose his or her mind is infinite, and each patient's pain leaves a mark on her as well--as does the cancer battle of a fellow doctor who is both her best friend and her most trusted mentor. Writing with uncommon candor about her life both inside and outside the hospital, Holland supplies a fascinating glimpse into the inner lives of doctors, struggling to maintain perspective in a world where sanity is in the eye of the beholder.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crazy-for-the-storm-by-norman-ollestad--65201008https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crazy for the Storm Author: Norman Ollestad Narrator: Norman Ollestad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Breathtaking....Crazy for the Storm will keep you up late into the night.” —Washington Post Book World   Norman Olstead’s New York Times bestselling memoir Crazy for the Storm is the story of the harrowing plane crash the author miraculously survived at age eleven, framed by the moving tale of his complicated relationship with his charismatic, adrenaline-addicted father. Destined to stand with other classic true stories of man against nature—Into Thin Air and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer; Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm—it is a literary triumph that novelist Russell Banks (Affliction) calls, “A heart-stopping story beautifully told….Norman Olstead has written a book that may well be read for generations.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231863Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crazy for the Storm Author: Norman Ollestad Narrator: Norman Ollestad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crazy for the Storm Author: Norman Ollestad Narrator: Norman Ollestad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Breathtaking....Crazy for the Storm will keep you up late into the night.” —Washington Post Book World   Norman Olstead’s New York Times bestselling memoir Crazy for the Storm is the story of the harrowing plane crash the author miraculously survived at age eleven, framed by the moving tale of his complicated relationship with his charismatic, adrenaline-addicted father. Destined to stand with other classic true stories of man against nature—Into Thin Air and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer; Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm—it is a literary triumph that novelist Russell Banks (Affliction) calls, “A heart-stopping story beautifully told….Norman Olstead has written a book that may well be read for generations.”]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/come-back-by-mia-fontaine-claire-fontaine--65200986https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come Back Author: Mia Fontaine, Claire Fontaine Narrator: Terra Deva, Anne Twomey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: December 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unflinching true account of a teenage girl's descent into society's underbelly -- and her mother's desperate and ultimately successful attempts to bring her back. How does an honor student at one of Los Angeles's finest prep schools -- a bright, beautiful girl from a loving home -- trade school uniforms and afternoons at the beach for shooting up in the back of a van in rural Indiana? How does her devoted mother emerge from the shock of finding that her daughter has not only disappeared but had been living a secret life for more than a year? Mother and daughter tell their parallel stories in mesmerizing first-person accounts. Claire Fontaine's story is a parent's worst nightmare, a cautionary tale chronicling her daughter Mia's drug-fueled manipulation of everyone around her as she sought refuge in the seedy underworld of criminals and heroin addicts, the painful childhood secrets that led up to it, and the healing that followed. Her search for Mia was brutal for both mother and daughter, a dizzying series of dead ends, incredible coincidences and, at times, miracles. Ultimately, Mia was forced into harsh-but-loving boot camp schools on two continents while Claire entered a painful but life-changing program of her own. Mia's story includes the jarring culture shock of the extreme and controversial behavior modification school she was in for nearly two years, which helped her overcome depression and self-hatred to emerge a powerful young woman with self-esteem and courage. An unforgettable story of love and transformation, Come Back is a heart-wrenching and humorous portrayal of the primal bond between mother and daughter that will resonate with women everywhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233117Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come Back Author: Mia Fontaine, Claire Fontaine Narrator: Terra Deva, Anne Twomey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Come Back Author: Mia Fontaine, Claire Fontaine Narrator: Terra Deva, Anne Twomey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: December 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The unflinching true account of a teenage girl's descent into society's underbelly -- and her mother's desperate and ultimately successful attempts to bring her back. How does an honor student at one of Los Angeles's finest prep schools -- a bright, beautiful girl from a loving home -- trade school uniforms and afternoons at the beach for shooting up in the back of a van in rural Indiana? How does her devoted mother emerge from the shock of finding that her daughter has not only disappeared but had been living a secret life for more than a year? Mother and daughter tell their parallel stories in mesmerizing first-person accounts. Claire Fontaine's story is a parent's worst nightmare, a cautionary tale chronicling her daughter Mia's drug-fueled manipulation of everyone around her as she sought refuge in the seedy underworld of criminals and heroin addicts, the painful childhood secrets that led up to it, and the healing that followed. Her search for Mia was brutal for both mother and daughter, a dizzying series of dead ends, incredible coincidences and, at times, miracles. Ultimately, Mia was forced into harsh-but-loving boot camp schools on two continents while Claire entered a painful but life-changing program of her own. Mia's story includes the jarring culture shock of the extreme and controversial behavior modification school she was in for nearly two years, which helped her overcome depression and self-hatred to emerge a powerful young woman with self-esteem and courage. An unforgettable story of love and transformation, Come Back is a heart-wrenching and humorous portrayal of the primal bond between mother and daughter that will resonate with women everywhere.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-longest-trip-home-by-john-grogan--65200990https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longest Trip Home Author: John Grogan Narrator: John Grogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 21, 2008 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table….4 stars.” —People   John Grogan, author of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, Marley & Me, once again takes readers into his past, his memories, and his heart in The Longest Trip Home—a funny and poignant memoir of faith, family, and identity. A New York Times bestseller in its own right, The Longest Trip Home has earned glowing accolades from the critics (“Genuinely heartrending,” —New York Times “Wry and witty,” —Washington Post; “Entertaining, funny, and, best of all, always honest at its core,” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch). And, just as Marley & Me was more than simply “a dog book,” John Grogan’s Longest Trip is much, much more than your typical story of a boy’s coming-of-age.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233123Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longest Trip Home Author: John Grogan Narrator: John Grogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 21, 2008...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longest Trip Home Author: John Grogan Narrator: John Grogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 21, 2008 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “As he did in Marley, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table….4 stars.” —People   John Grogan, author of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, Marley & Me, once again takes readers into his past, his memories, and his heart in The Longest Trip Home—a funny and poignant memoir of faith, family, and identity. A New York Times bestseller in its own right, The Longest Trip Home has earned glowing accolades from the critics (“Genuinely heartrending,” —New York Times “Wry and witty,” —Washington Post; “Entertaining, funny, and, best of all, always honest at its core,” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch). And, just as Marley & Me was more than simply “a dog book,” John Grogan’s Longest Trip is much, much more than your typical story of a boy’s coming-of-age.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-heart-of-the-dales-by-gervase-phinn--65200951https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart of the Dales Author: Gervase Phinn Narrator: Gervase Phinn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 2, 2007 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the latest of Gervase Phinn's charming tales, The Heart of the Dales, read by the man himself. His colourful cast of characters have now become firm favourites - the eccentric staff at County Hall as well as the children themselves who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease. We reconvene with Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School, the well-named Mrs Savage and not forgetting the Queen of Clean - Connie. Gervase Phinn has an extraordinary talent to entertain, and the latest instalment to the Dale Series is heart-warming, wry and will make you laugh out loud.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231060Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart of the Dales Author: Gervase Phinn Narrator: Gervase Phinn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart of the Dales Author: Gervase Phinn Narrator: Gervase Phinn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 2, 2007 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the latest of Gervase Phinn's charming tales, The Heart of the Dales, read by the man himself. His colourful cast of characters have now become firm favourites - the eccentric staff at County Hall as well as the children themselves who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease. We reconvene with Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School, the well-named Mrs Savage and not forgetting the Queen of Clean - Connie. Gervase Phinn has an extraordinary talent to entertain, and the latest instalment to the Dale Series is heart-warming, wry and will make you laugh out loud.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/animal-vegetable-miracle-by-camille-kingsolver-steven-l-hopp-barbara-kingsolver--65200959https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Author: Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Barbara Kingsolver Narrator: Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Barbara Kingsolver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” — Boston Globe Barbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestselling book describing her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Their good-humored search yields surprising discoveries about turkey sex life and overly zealous zucchini plants, en route to a food culture that’s better for the neighborhood and also better on the table. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet. It's a modern classic that will endure for years to come.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231135Tue, 01 May 2007 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Author: Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Barbara Kingsolver Narrator: Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Barbara...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Author: Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Barbara Kingsolver Narrator: Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Barbara Kingsolver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” — Boston Globe Barbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestselling book describing her family's adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Their good-humored search yields surprising discoveries about turkey sex life and overly zealous zucchini plants, en route to a food culture that’s better for the neighborhood and also better on the table. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet. It's a modern classic that will endure for years to come.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dog-years-by-mark-doty--65200913https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Years Author: Mark Doty Narrator: Mark Doty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 13, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing home Beau, a large golden retriever, malnourished and in need of loving care. Beau joins Arden, the black retriever, to complete their family. As Beau bounds back into life, the two dogs become Mark Doty's intimate companions, his solace, and eventually the very life force that keeps him from abandoning all hope during the darkest days. Their tenacity, loyalty, and love inspire him when all else fails. Dog Years is a remarkable book: a moving and intimate memoir interwoven with profound reflections on our feelings for animals and the lessons they teach us about life, love, and loss. Mark Doty writes about the heart-wrenching vulnerability of dogs, the positive energy and joy they bring, and the gift they bear us of unconditional love. A book unlike any other, Mark Doty's surprising meditation is radiantly unsentimental yet profoundly affecting. Beautifully written, Dog Years is a classic in the making.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233613Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Years Author: Mark Doty Narrator: Mark Doty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 13, 2007 Ratings: Ratings...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Years Author: Mark Doty Narrator: Mark Doty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 13, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing home Beau, a large golden retriever, malnourished and in need of loving care. Beau joins Arden, the black retriever, to complete their family. As Beau bounds back into life, the two dogs become Mark Doty's intimate companions, his solace, and eventually the very life force that keeps him from abandoning all hope during the darkest days. Their tenacity, loyalty, and love inspire him when all else fails. Dog Years is a remarkable book: a moving and intimate memoir interwoven with profound reflections on our feelings for animals and the lessons they teach us about life, love, and loss. Mark Doty writes about the heart-wrenching vulnerability of dogs, the positive energy and joy they bring, and the gift they bear us of unconditional love. A book unlike any other, Mark Doty's surprising meditation is radiantly unsentimental yet profoundly affecting. Beautifully written, Dog Years is a classic in the making.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/essential-anais-nin-by-anais-nin--65200928https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Essential Anais Nin Author: Anais Nin Narrator: Anais Nin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 27, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From her famous diaries, that she began in 1914 at the age of eleven, Anais Nin reads passages which reflect the recurring themes of her work. In a slow, clear, heavily accented, hypnotic voice, Nin draws the listener into her spell–binding stories of a highly personal world as she paints a vivid picture of a woman as artist and self. This is an extraordinary, historic, archival, and memorable recording which speaks in a fresh voice to new generations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233622Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Essential Anais Nin Author: Anais Nin Narrator: Anais Nin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 27, 2007...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Essential Anais Nin Author: Anais Nin Narrator: Anais Nin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 27, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From her famous diaries, that she began in 1914 at the age of eleven, Anais Nin reads passages which reflect the recurring themes of her work. In a slow, clear, heavily accented, hypnotic voice, Nin draws the listener into her spell–binding stories of a highly personal world as she paints a vivid picture of a woman as artist and self. This is an extraordinary, historic, archival, and memorable recording which speaks in a fresh voice to new generations.]]>185falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gimp-by-mark-zupan--65200907https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: GIMP Author: Mark Zupan Narrator: Mark Zupan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 17, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from the game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. Still asleep when the pickup started and drove away, he was suddenly jolted awake when the truck crashed. Mark was thrown into a canal and stuck for fourteen hours. When he was finally rescued, Mark discovered the terrible truth—he'd broken his neck and was likely a quadriplegic, facing life in a wheelchair and only limited use of all four limbs. At first Mark's only goal was to walk again, and when that proved impossible he fell into a terrible despair, furious with himself and increasingly bitter. But through love, friendship, and an introduction to a new sport, Mark has gone on to create an existence that's truly exceptional. Now a Paralymic athlete (playing Quad Rubgy, aka ''murderball''), Mark's memoir explains that in a way getting hurt was the best thing that ever could have happened to him. Inspiring, defiant, and revealing, GIMP will appeal not only to fans of Murderball, but also to anyone ready to be motivated by a story about triumphing over the odds. Read by Mark Zupan]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233874Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: GIMP Author: Mark Zupan Narrator: Mark Zupan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 17, 2006 Genres: Memoirs...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: GIMP Author: Mark Zupan Narrator: Mark Zupan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 17, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from the game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. Still asleep when the pickup started and drove away, he was suddenly jolted awake when the truck crashed. Mark was thrown into a canal and stuck for fourteen hours. When he was finally rescued, Mark discovered the terrible truth—he'd broken his neck and was likely a quadriplegic, facing life in a wheelchair and only limited use of all four limbs. At first Mark's only goal was to walk again, and when that proved impossible he fell into a terrible despair, furious with himself and increasingly bitter. But through love, friendship, and an introduction to a new sport, Mark has gone on to create an existence that's truly exceptional. Now a Paralymic athlete (playing Quad Rubgy, aka ''murderball''), Mark's memoir explains that in a way getting hurt was the best thing that ever could have happened to him. Inspiring, defiant, and revealing, GIMP will appeal not only to fans of Murderball, but also to anyone ready to be motivated by a story about triumphing over the odds. Read by Mark Zupan]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-confession-by-james-e-mcgreevey--65200933https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Confession Author: James E. McGreevey Narrator: James E. McGreevey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 19, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In August 2004, Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he declared ''My truth is that I am a gay American,'' and announced his resignation. Now, in this extraordinarily candid memoir, McGreevey shares his story of a life of ambition, moral compromise, and redemption. From childhood, McGreevey lived a kind of idealized American life, and he strove to exceed expectations in everything he did. He won three elections by the age of thirty-six, and four years later nearly toppled the state's popular governor, Christie Todd Whitman. When he ran again, in 2001, he won by a landslide. Throughout his adult life McGreevey had been forced to suppress a fundamental truth: that he was gay. He knew that the only clear path to his dreams was to live a straight life, and so he split in two, accepting the traditional role of family man while denying his deepest emotions. And he discovered that becoming a political player demanded ethical shortcuts at least as corrosive as living in the closet. Written with honesty, grace, and rare insight, The Confession may be among the most honest political memoirs ever written.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233873Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Confession Author: James E. McGreevey Narrator: James E. McGreevey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Confession Author: James E. McGreevey Narrator: James E. McGreevey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 19, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In August 2004, Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he declared ''My truth is that I am a gay American,'' and announced his resignation. Now, in this extraordinarily candid memoir, McGreevey shares his story of a life of ambition, moral compromise, and redemption. From childhood, McGreevey lived a kind of idealized American life, and he strove to exceed expectations in everything he did. He won three elections by the age of thirty-six, and four years later nearly toppled the state's popular governor, Christie Todd Whitman. When he ran again, in 2001, he won by a landslide. Throughout his adult life McGreevey had been forced to suppress a fundamental truth: that he was gay. He knew that the only clear path to his dreams was to live a straight life, and so he split in two, accepting the traditional role of family man while denying his deepest emotions. And he discovered that becoming a political player demanded ethical shortcuts at least as corrosive as living in the closet. Written with honesty, grace, and rare insight, The Confession may be among the most honest political memoirs ever written.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-and-times-of-the-thunderbolt-kid-travels-through-my-childhood-by-bill-bryson--65200912https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood Series: #4 of Bryson Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 4, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people's hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman. Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In his deeply funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout. This is a book about growing up in a specific time and place. But in Bryson's hands, it becomes everyone's story, one that will speak volumes - especially to anyone who has ever been young.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236429Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood Series: #4 of Bryson Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood Series: #4 of Bryson Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 4, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people's hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman. Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In his deeply funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout. This is a book about growing up in a specific time and place. But in Bryson's hands, it becomes everyone's story, one that will speak volumes - especially to anyone who has ever been young.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wins-losses-and-lessons-by-lou-holtz--65200920https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wins, Losses, and Lessons Author: Lou Holtz Narrator: Lou Holtz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 15, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. For reasons known only to God, I was asked to write an autobiography. Most people who knew me growing up didn't think I would ever read a book, let alone write one.—Lou Holtz Few people in the history of college sports have been more influential or had a bigger impact than Lou Holtz. Winner of the three national Coach of the Year honors, the only coach ever to lead six different schools to season-ending bowl games, and the ninth-winningest coach in college football history, Holtz is still teaching and coaching, although he is no longer on the gridiron. In his most telling work to date, the man still known as ''Coach'' reveals what motivated a rail-thin 135-pound kid with marginal academic credentials and a pronounced speech impediment to play and coach college football, and to become one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in history. With unflinching honesty and his trademark dry wit, Holtz goes deep, giving us the intimate details of the people who shaped his life and the decisions he would make that shaped the life of so many others. His is a storied career, and Holtz provides a frank and inside look at the challenges he overcame to turn around the programs at William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, and Minnesota. From growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, to his early days as a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa, to his national championship runs at Notre Dame and his final seasons on the sidelines in South Carolina, Lou Holtz gives his best, a poignant, funny, and instructive look into a life well lived.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233878Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wins, Losses, and Lessons Author: Lou Holtz Narrator: Lou Holtz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 15, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wins, Losses, and Lessons Author: Lou Holtz Narrator: Lou Holtz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 15, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. For reasons known only to God, I was asked to write an autobiography. Most people who knew me growing up didn't think I would ever read a book, let alone write one.—Lou Holtz Few people in the history of college sports have been more influential or had a bigger impact than Lou Holtz. Winner of the three national Coach of the Year honors, the only coach ever to lead six different schools to season-ending bowl games, and the ninth-winningest coach in college football history, Holtz is still teaching and coaching, although he is no longer on the gridiron. In his most telling work to date, the man still known as ''Coach'' reveals what motivated a rail-thin 135-pound kid with marginal academic credentials and a pronounced speech impediment to play and coach college football, and to become one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in history. With unflinching honesty and his trademark dry wit, Holtz goes deep, giving us the intimate details of the people who shaped his life and the decisions he would make that shaped the life of so many others. His is a storied career, and Holtz provides a frank and inside look at the challenges he overcame to turn around the programs at William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, and Minnesota. From growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, to his early days as a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa, to his national championship runs at Notre Dame and his final seasons on the sidelines in South Carolina, Lou Holtz gives his best, a poignant, funny, and instructive look into a life well lived.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pursuit-of-happyness-by-chris-gardner--65200932https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pursuit of Happyness Author: Chris Gardner Narrator: Andre Blake Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 23, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street. At the age of twenty, Chris Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him part of the city's working homeless with his toddler son. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year moving from shelters, ''HO-tels'', and soup-lines. Never giving in to despair, Gardner makes an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible to being a powerful player in its financial district. Here is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children, a story that appeals to the very essence of the American Dream. Read by Andre Blake]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233897Tue, 23 May 2006 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pursuit of Happyness Author: Chris Gardner Narrator: Andre Blake Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 23, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pursuit of Happyness Author: Chris Gardner Narrator: Andre Blake Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 23, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street. At the age of twenty, Chris Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him part of the city's working homeless with his toddler son. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year moving from shelters, ''HO-tels'', and soup-lines. Never giving in to despair, Gardner makes an astonishing transformation from being part of the city's invisible to being a powerful player in its financial district. Here is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children, a story that appeals to the very essence of the American Dream. Read by Andre Blake]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-castle-in-spain-by-matthew-parris--65200938https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234038 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Castle in Spain Author: Matthew Parris Narrator: Matthew Parris Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 6, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The downloadable abridged audiobook edition of Matthew Paris' charming tale, A Castle in Spain, read by the author himself. Walking in the Pyrenees, twenty years ago, Matthew Parris and his sister came upon a magnificent medieval house. It had crests and a date - 1559 - chiselled into the stone: its walls and foundations were intact but the ancient oak ridge timber supporting the roof had split and was ready to collapse into the rotten floors beneath. Renovation would be an epic undertaking - a massive investment of time, money and emotion. And, the locals warned, nobody ever left L'Avenc with any money. A few years ago, Matthew (with his family's help) went back and bought the place. Astonishing and arguably idiotic, his decision resulted in a phenomenal amount of hard work, and this hugely enjoyable audiobook. Inspirational, instructional and utterly irresistible, this is the story of one man's dream to turn a forgotten ruin into his very own Castle in Spain.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234038Thu, 06 Oct 2005 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234038 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Castle in Spain Author: Matthew Parris Narrator: Matthew Parris Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 6, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234038 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Castle in Spain Author: Matthew Parris Narrator: Matthew Parris Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 6, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The downloadable abridged audiobook edition of Matthew Paris' charming tale, A Castle in Spain, read by the author himself. Walking in the Pyrenees, twenty years ago, Matthew Parris and his sister came upon a magnificent medieval house. It had crests and a date - 1559 - chiselled into the stone: its walls and foundations were intact but the ancient oak ridge timber supporting the roof had split and was ready to collapse into the rotten floors beneath. Renovation would be an epic undertaking - a massive investment of time, money and emotion. And, the locals warned, nobody ever left L'Avenc with any money. A few years ago, Matthew (with his family's help) went back and bought the place. Astonishing and arguably idiotic, his decision resulted in a phenomenal amount of hard work, and this hugely enjoyable audiobook. Inspirational, instructional and utterly irresistible, this is the story of one man's dream to turn a forgotten ruin into his very own Castle in Spain.]]>305falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/90-minutes-in-heaven-a-true-story-of-death-and-life-by-don-piper-cecil-murphey--65201065https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life Author: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey Narrator: Don Piper Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 28, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the way home from a conference, Don Piper's car was crushed by a semi that crossed into his lane. Medical personnel said he died instantly. While his body lay lifeless inside the ruins of his car, Piper experienced the glories of heaven, awed by its beauty and music. Ninety minutes after the wreck, while a minister prayed for him, Piper miraculously returned to life on earth with only the memory of inexpressible heavenly bliss. His faith in God was severely tested as he faced an uncertain and grueling recovery. Now he shares his life-changing story with you. 90 Minutes in Heaven offers a glimpse into a very real dimension of God's reality. It encourages those recovering from serious injuries and those dealing with the loss of a loved one. And now it is available in this audio edition, emotionally read by Don Piper himself. The experience dramatically changed Piper's life, and it will change yours too.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223398Tue, 28 Sep 2004 06:02:24 +0000Aileen WilliamsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life Author: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey Narrator: Don Piper Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life Author: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey Narrator: Don Piper Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 28, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the way home from a conference, Don Piper's car was crushed by a semi that crossed into his lane. Medical personnel said he died instantly. While his body lay lifeless inside the ruins of his car, Piper experienced the glories of heaven, awed by its beauty and music. Ninety minutes after the wreck, while a minister prayed for him, Piper miraculously returned to life on earth with only the memory of inexpressible heavenly bliss. His faith in God was severely tested as he faced an uncertain and grueling recovery. Now he shares his life-changing story with you. 90 Minutes in Heaven offers a glimpse into a very real dimension of God's reality. It encourages those recovering from serious injuries and those dealing with the loss of a loved one. And now it is available in this audio edition, emotionally read by Don Piper himself. The experience dramatically changed Piper's life, and it will change yours too.]]>305falsefull