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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 Abdiel Beattyhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c11cd73bdfc43f32401f73f39caaecf8.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/access-must-have-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-memoirs--6575856Sat, 29 Mar 2025 02:12:29 +0000Abdiel BeattyAbdiel Beattyfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/387/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With a library of over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you classics, Romantic Novels, and Mystical Fiction stories....https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/387/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With a library of over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you classics, Romantic Novels, and Mystical Fiction stories. Get 3 free audiobooks to start. Easily listen on iPhone, iPad, Android, and enjoy audiobooks whenever you want. Let the sounds of these wonderful stories accompany you! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/herbie-hancock-possibilities-by-lisa-dickey-herbie-hancock--65201134https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Herbie Hancock: Possibilities Author: Lisa Dickey, Herbie Hancock Narrator: Herbie Hancock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The warmly welcomed memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time   In Herbie Hancock: Possibilities, the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on an extraordinary life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator who has spent a lifetime exploring a range of musical genres, and enriching each of them, Hancock has had an enormous influence on acoustic and electric jazz, R&B, funk, and hip-hop.  From his beginnings as a child prodigy to his early classic Blue Note recordings; from his work in Miles Davis’s second great quintet to his innovations as the leader of his own groundbreaking sextet; from era-defining classic albums like Head Hunters and River: The Joni Letters to his collaborations with artists like Wayne Shorter and Stevie Wonder, Hancock reveals the methods behind his ever-evolving musical genius. He discusses his influences, his happy marriage, and how his practice of Buddhism has inspired him both creatively and personally. Honest, enlightening, and as electrifyingly vital as its author, this is an invaluable contribution to jazz literature and an intimate, insightful portrait of a creative life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218255Thu, 23 Oct 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Herbie Hancock: Possibilities Author: Lisa Dickey, Herbie Hancock Narrator: Herbie Hancock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218255 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Herbie Hancock: Possibilities Author: Lisa Dickey, Herbie Hancock Narrator: Herbie Hancock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The warmly welcomed memoir by one of the most influential and beloved musicians of our time   In Herbie Hancock: Possibilities, the legendary jazz musician and composer reflects on an extraordinary life and a thriving career that has spanned seven decades. A true innovator who has spent a lifetime exploring a range of musical genres, and enriching each of them, Hancock has had an enormous influence on acoustic and electric jazz, R&B, funk, and hip-hop.  From his beginnings as a child prodigy to his early classic Blue Note recordings; from his work in Miles Davis’s second great quintet to his innovations as the leader of his own groundbreaking sextet; from era-defining classic albums like Head Hunters and River: The Joni Letters to his collaborations with artists like Wayne Shorter and Stevie Wonder, Hancock reveals the methods behind his ever-evolving musical genius. He discusses his influences, his happy marriage, and how his practice of Buddhism has inspired him both creatively and personally. Honest, enlightening, and as electrifyingly vital as its author, this is an invaluable contribution to jazz literature and an intimate, insightful portrait of a creative life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-republic-of-imagination-america-in-three-books-by-azar-nafisi--65201137https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 21, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller The author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books—a passionate and deeply moving hymn to America   Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her multimillion-copy bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics of English and American literature to her eager students in Iran. In this electrifying follow-up, she argues that fiction is just as threatened—and just as invaluable—in America today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite novels, she describes the unexpected journey that led her to become an American citizen after first dreaming of America as a young girl in Tehran and coming to know the country through its fiction. She urges us to rediscover the America of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and challenges us to be truer to the words and spirit of the Founding Fathers, who understood that their democratic experiment would never thrive or survive unless they could foster a democratic imagination. Nafisi invites committed readers everywhere to join her as citizens of what she calls the Republic of Imagination, a country with no borders and few restrictions, where the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218422Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 21, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller The author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books—a passionate and deeply moving hymn to America   Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her multimillion-copy bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics of English and American literature to her eager students in Iran. In this electrifying follow-up, she argues that fiction is just as threatened—and just as invaluable—in America today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite novels, she describes the unexpected journey that led her to become an American citizen after first dreaming of America as a young girl in Tehran and coming to know the country through its fiction. She urges us to rediscover the America of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and challenges us to be truer to the words and spirit of the Founding Fathers, who understood that their democratic experiment would never thrive or survive unless they could foster a democratic imagination. Nafisi invites committed readers everywhere to join her as citizens of what she calls the Republic of Imagination, a country with no borders and few restrictions, where the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-hockey-my-story-by-gordie-howe--65201131https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr. Hockey: My Story Author: Gordie Howe Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: THE DEFINITIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SPORTS LEGEND The NHL may never see anyone like Gordie Howe again. Known as Mr. Hockey, he led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cups and is the only player to have competed in the league in five different decades. In Mr. Hockey, the man widely recognized as the greatest all-around player the sport has ever seen tells the story of his incredible life... Twenty consecutive seasons among the top five scorers in the NHL. One hundred points after the age of forty. Playing for Team Canada with his two sons. Gordie Howe rewrote the record books. But despite Howe’s unyielding ferocity on the ice, his name has long been a byword for decency, generosity, and honesty off of it. Going back to Howe’s Depression-era roots and following him through his Hall of Fame career, his enduring marriage to his wife, Colleen, and his extraordinary relationship with his children, Mr. Hockey is the definitive account of the game’s most celebrated legacy, as told by the man himself.  FOREWORD BY BOBBY ORR INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218423Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr. Hockey: My Story Author: Gordie Howe Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr. Hockey: My Story Author: Gordie Howe Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: THE DEFINITIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SPORTS LEGEND The NHL may never see anyone like Gordie Howe again. Known as Mr. Hockey, he led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cups and is the only player to have competed in the league in five different decades. In Mr. Hockey, the man widely recognized as the greatest all-around player the sport has ever seen tells the story of his incredible life... Twenty consecutive seasons among the top five scorers in the NHL. One hundred points after the age of forty. Playing for Team Canada with his two sons. Gordie Howe rewrote the record books. But despite Howe’s unyielding ferocity on the ice, his name has long been a byword for decency, generosity, and honesty off of it. Going back to Howe’s Depression-era roots and following him through his Hall of Fame career, his enduring marriage to his wife, Colleen, and his extraordinary relationship with his children, Mr. Hockey is the definitive account of the game’s most celebrated legacy, as told by the man himself.  FOREWORD BY BOBBY ORR INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-my-father-s-son-a-memoir-by-alan-cumming--65201121https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Author: Alan Cumming Narrator: Alan Cumming Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 30 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Equal parts memoir, whodunnit, and manual for living . . . a beautifully written, honest look at the forces of blood and bone that make us who we are, and how we make ourselves.”  --Neil Gaiman In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career. A beloved star of stage, television, and film—“one of the most fun people in show business” (Time magazine)—Alan Cumming is a successful artist whose diversity and fearlessness is unparalleled. His success masks a painful childhood growing up under the heavy rule of an emotionally and physically abusive father—a relationship that tormented him long into adulthood. When television producers in the UK approached him to appear on a popular celebrity genealogy show in 2010, Alan enthusiastically agreed. He hoped the show would solve a family mystery involving his maternal grandfather, a celebrated WWII hero who disappeared in the Far East. But as the truth of his family ancestors revealed itself, Alan learned far more than he bargained for about himself, his past, and his own father. With ribald humor, wit, and incredible insight, Alan seamlessly moves back and forth in time, integrating stories from his childhood in Scotland and his experiences today as a film, television, and theater star. At times suspenseful, deeply moving, and wickedly funny, Not My Father’s Son will make readers laugh even as it breaks their hearts.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218617Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Author: Alan Cumming Narrator: Alan Cumming Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Author: Alan Cumming Narrator: Alan Cumming Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 30 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Equal parts memoir, whodunnit, and manual for living . . . a beautifully written, honest look at the forces of blood and bone that make us who we are, and how we make ourselves.”  --Neil Gaiman In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career. A beloved star of stage, television, and film—“one of the most fun people in show business” (Time magazine)—Alan Cumming is a successful artist whose diversity and fearlessness is unparalleled. His success masks a painful childhood growing up under the heavy rule of an emotionally and physically abusive father—a relationship that tormented him long into adulthood. When television producers in the UK approached him to appear on a popular celebrity genealogy show in 2010, Alan enthusiastically agreed. He hoped the show would solve a family mystery involving his maternal grandfather, a celebrated WWII hero who disappeared in the Far East. But as the truth of his family ancestors revealed itself, Alan learned far more than he bargained for about himself, his past, and his own father. With ribald humor, wit, and incredible insight, Alan seamlessly moves back and forth in time, integrating stories from his childhood in Scotland and his experiences today as a film, television, and theater star. At times suspenseful, deeply moving, and wickedly funny, Not My Father’s Son will make readers laugh even as it breaks their hearts.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hand-to-mouth-living-in-bootstrap-america-by-linda-tirado--65201109https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America Author: Linda Tirado Narrator: Linda Tirado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the author of the eye-opening and controversial essay on poverty that was read by millions comes the real-life Nickel and Dimed, and Linda Tirado explains what it’s like to be working poor in America, and why poor people make the decisions they do.   We in America have certain ideas of what it means to be poor. Linda Tirado, in her signature brutally honest yet personable voice, takes all of these preconceived notions and smashes them to bits. She articulates not only what it is to be working poor in America (yes, you can be poor and live in a house and have a job, even two), but what poverty is truly like—on all levels.   In her thought-provoking voice, Tirado discusses how she went from lower-middle class, to sometimes middle class, to poor and everything in between, and in doing so reveals why “poor people don’t always behave the way middle-class America thinks they should.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218420Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America Author: Linda Tirado Narrator: Linda Tirado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America Author: Linda Tirado Narrator: Linda Tirado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the author of the eye-opening and controversial essay on poverty that was read by millions comes the real-life Nickel and Dimed, and Linda Tirado explains what it’s like to be working poor in America, and why poor people make the decisions they do.   We in America have certain ideas of what it means to be poor. Linda Tirado, in her signature brutally honest yet personable voice, takes all of these preconceived notions and smashes them to bits. She articulates not only what it is to be working poor in America (yes, you can be poor and live in a house and have a job, even two), but what poverty is truly like—on all levels.   In her thought-provoking voice, Tirado discusses how she went from lower-middle class, to sometimes middle class, to poor and everything in between, and in doing so reveals why “poor people don’t always behave the way middle-class America thinks they should.”]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-color-of-water-a-black-man-s-tribute-to-his-white-mother-by-james-mcbride--65201136https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother Author: James McBride Narrator: Jd Jackson, Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 83 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 27 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling story from the author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared 'light-skinned' woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in 'orchestrated chaos' with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. 'Mommy,' a fiercely protective woman with 'dark eyes full of pep and fire,' herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades, and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion—and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain. In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned. At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. 'God is the color of water,' Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college—and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University. Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self- realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218103Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother Author: James McBride Narrator: Jd Jackson, Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother Author: James McBride Narrator: Jd Jackson, Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 83 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 27 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling story from the author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared 'light-skinned' woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in 'orchestrated chaos' with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. 'Mommy,' a fiercely protective woman with 'dark eyes full of pep and fire,' herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades, and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion—and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain. In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned. At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. 'God is the color of water,' Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college—and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University. Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self- realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-slip-of-the-keyboard-collected-nonfiction-by-terry-pratchett--65201124https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction Author: Terry Pratchett Narrator: Michael Fenton Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A collection of essays and other non fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from his early years to the present day.      Terry Pratchett has earned a place in the hearts of readers the world over with his bestselling Discworld series -- but in recent years he has become equally well-known and respected as an outspoken campaigner for causes including Alzheimer's research and animal rights. A Slip of the Keyboard brings together for the first time the finest examples of Pratchett's non fiction writing, both serious and surreal: from musings on mushrooms to what it means to be a writer (and why banana daiquiris are so important); from memories of Granny Pratchett to speculation about Gandalf's love life, and passionate defences of the causes dear to him.      With all the humour and humanity that have made his novels so enduringly popular, this collection brings Pratchett out from behind the scenes of the Discworld to speak for himself -- man and boy, bibliophile and computer geek, champion of hats, orangutans and Dignity in Dying.    Snuff was the bestselling adult hardcover novel of 2011. A Blink of the Screen, Terry's short fiction collection, was also one of the bestselling hardcovers of 2012.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218544Tue, 23 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction Author: Terry Pratchett Narrator: Michael Fenton Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction Author: Terry Pratchett Narrator: Michael Fenton Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A collection of essays and other non fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from his early years to the present day.      Terry Pratchett has earned a place in the hearts of readers the world over with his bestselling Discworld series -- but in recent years he has become equally well-known and respected as an outspoken campaigner for causes including Alzheimer's research and animal rights. A Slip of the Keyboard brings together for the first time the finest examples of Pratchett's non fiction writing, both serious and surreal: from musings on mushrooms to what it means to be a writer (and why banana daiquiris are so important); from memories of Granny Pratchett to speculation about Gandalf's love life, and passionate defences of the causes dear to him.      With all the humour and humanity that have made his novels so enduringly popular, this collection brings Pratchett out from behind the scenes of the Discworld to speak for himself -- man and boy, bibliophile and computer geek, champion of hats, orangutans and Dignity in Dying.    Snuff was the bestselling adult hardcover novel of 2011. A Blink of the Screen, Terry's short fiction collection, was also one of the bestselling hardcovers of 2012.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yellow-world-how-fighting-for-my-life-taught-me-how-to-live-by-albert-espinosa--65201113https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow World: How Fighting for My Life Taught Me How to Live Author: Albert Espinosa Narrator: Todd Haberkorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 16, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A sensational memoir with all the emotional power of The Fault in Our Stars, The Yellow World is the story of cancer and survival that has moved and inspired readers around the world.   My heroes don’t wear red capes. They wear red bands.   Albert Espinosa never wanted to write a book about cancer—so he didn’t. Instead, he shares his most touching, funny, tragic, and happy memories in the hopes that others, healthy and sick alike, can draw the same strength and vitality from them.   At thirteen, Espinosa was diagnosed with cancer, and he spent the next ten years in and out of hospitals, undergoing one daunting procedure after another, starting with the amputation of his left leg. After going on to lose a lung and half of his liver, he was finally declared cancer-free. Only then did he realize that the one thing sadder than dying is not knowing how to live. In this rich and rewarding book, Espinosa takes us into what he calls “the yellow world,” a place where fear loses its meaning; where strangers become, for a moment, your greatest allies; and where the lessons you learn will nourish you for the rest of your life.   U.K. praise for The Yellow World   “With its uplifting message and simple philosophy, [The Yellow World] has the makings of a spiritual classic.”—The Sunday Times   “[An] energetic rush of a book . . . that shines with comedy and grace.”—The Independent   “Heartwarming . . . the book everyone’s talking about.”—Mail on Sunday]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218547Tue, 16 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow World: How Fighting for My Life Taught Me How to Live Author: Albert Espinosa Narrator: Todd Haberkorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow World: How Fighting for My Life Taught Me How to Live Author: Albert Espinosa Narrator: Todd Haberkorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 16, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A sensational memoir with all the emotional power of The Fault in Our Stars, The Yellow World is the story of cancer and survival that has moved and inspired readers around the world.   My heroes don’t wear red capes. They wear red bands.   Albert Espinosa never wanted to write a book about cancer—so he didn’t. Instead, he shares his most touching, funny, tragic, and happy memories in the hopes that others, healthy and sick alike, can draw the same strength and vitality from them.   At thirteen, Espinosa was diagnosed with cancer, and he spent the next ten years in and out of hospitals, undergoing one daunting procedure after another, starting with the amputation of his left leg. After going on to lose a lung and half of his liver, he was finally declared cancer-free. Only then did he realize that the one thing sadder than dying is not knowing how to live. In this rich and rewarding book, Espinosa takes us into what he calls “the yellow world,” a place where fear loses its meaning; where strangers become, for a moment, your greatest allies; and where the lessons you learn will nourish you for the rest of your life.   U.K. praise for The Yellow World   “With its uplifting message and simple philosophy, [The Yellow World] has the makings of a spiritual classic.”—The Sunday Times   “[An] energetic rush of a book . . . that shines with comedy and grace.”—The Independent   “Heartwarming . . . the book everyone’s talking about.”—Mail on Sunday]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/world-order-by-henry-kissinger--65201139https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Order Author: Henry Kissinger Narrator: Nicholas Hormann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Dazzling and instructive . . . [a] magisterial new book.” —Walter Isaacson, Time 'An astute analysis that illuminates many of today's critical international issues.' —Kirkus Reviews   Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era—advising presidents, traveling the world, observing and shaping the central foreign policy events of recent decades—Kissinger now reveals his analysis of the ultimate challenge for the twenty-first century: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historical perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism. There has never been a true “world order,” Kissinger observes. For most of history, civilizations defined their own concepts of order. Each considered itself the center of the world and envisioned its distinct principles as universally relevant. China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the emperor at its pinnacle. In Europe, Rome imagined itself surrounded by barbarians; when Rome fragmented, European peoples refined a concept of an equilibrium of sovereign states and sought to export it across the world. Islam, in its early centuries, considered itself the world’s sole legitimate political unit, destined to expand indefinitely until the world was brought into harmony by religious principles. The United States was born of a conviction about the universal applicability of democracy—a conviction that has guided its policies ever since. Now international affairs take place on a global basis, and these historical concepts of world order are meeting. Every region participates in questions of high policy in every other, often instantaneously. Yet there is no consensus among the major actors about the rules and limits guiding this process or its ultimate destination. The result is mounting tension. Grounded in Kissinger’s deep study of history and his experience as national security advisor and secretary of state, World Order guides readers through crucial episodes in recent world history. Kissinger offers a unique glimpse into the inner deliberations of the Nixon administration’s negotiations with Hanoi over the end of the Vietnam War, as well as Ronald Reagan’s tense debates with Soviet Premier Gorbachev in Reykjavík. He offers compelling insights into the future of U.S.–China relations and the evolution of the European Union, and he examines lessons of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taking readers from his analysis of nuclear negotiations with Iran through the West’s response to the Arab Spring and tensions with Russia over Ukraine, World Order anchors Kissinger’s historical analysis in the decisive events of our time. Provocative and articulate, blending historical insight with geopolitical prognostication, World Order is a unique work that could come only from a lifelong policy maker and diplomat. Kissinger is also the author of On China.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218072Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Order Author: Henry Kissinger Narrator: Nicholas Hormann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 9, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World Order Author: Henry Kissinger Narrator: Nicholas Hormann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Dazzling and instructive . . . [a] magisterial new book.” —Walter Isaacson, Time 'An astute analysis that illuminates many of today's critical international issues.' —Kirkus Reviews   Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era—advising presidents, traveling the world, observing and shaping the central foreign policy events of recent decades—Kissinger now reveals his analysis of the ultimate challenge for the twenty-first century: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historical perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism. There has never been a true “world order,” Kissinger observes. For most of history, civilizations defined their own concepts of order. Each considered itself the center of the world and envisioned its distinct principles as universally relevant. China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the emperor at its pinnacle. In Europe, Rome imagined itself surrounded by barbarians; when Rome fragmented, European peoples refined a concept of an equilibrium of sovereign states and sought to export it across the world. Islam, in its early centuries, considered itself the world’s sole legitimate political unit, destined to expand indefinitely until the world was brought into harmony by religious principles. The United States was born of a conviction about the universal applicability of democracy—a conviction that has guided its policies ever since. Now international affairs take place on a global basis, and these historical concepts of world order are meeting. Every region participates in questions of high policy in every other, often instantaneously. Yet there is no consensus among the major actors about the rules and limits guiding this process or its ultimate destination. The result is mounting tension. Grounded in Kissinger’s deep study of history and his experience as national security advisor and secretary of state, World Order guides readers through crucial episodes in recent world history. Kissinger offers a unique glimpse into the inner deliberations of the Nixon administration’s negotiations with Hanoi over the end of the Vietnam War, as well as Ronald Reagan’s tense debates with Soviet Premier Gorbachev in Reykjavík. He offers compelling insights into the future of U.S.–China relations and the evolution of the European Union, and he examines lessons of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taking readers from his analysis of nuclear negotiations with Iran through the West’s response to the Arab Spring and tensions with Russia over Ukraine, World Order anchors Kissinger’s historical analysis in the decisive events of our time. Provocative and articulate, blending historical insight with geopolitical prognostication, World Order is a unique work that could come only from a lifelong policy maker and diplomat. Kissinger is also the author of On China.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-terrorist-s-son-a-story-of-choice-by-zak-ebrahim--65201116https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice Author: Zak Ebrahim Narrator: Zak Ebrahim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary story, never before told: The intimate, behind-the-scenes life of an American boy raised by his terrorist father—the man who planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when, on November 5th, 1990, his father El-Sayyid Nosair shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. In one of his infamous video messages, Osama bin Laden urged the world to “Remember El-Sayyid Nosair.” For Zak Ebrahim, a childhood amongst terrorism was all he knew. After his father’s incarceration, his family moved often, and as the perpetual new kid in class, he faced constant teasing and exclusion. Yet, though his radicalized father and uncles modeled fanatical beliefs, to Ebrahim something never felt right. To the shy, awkward boy, something about the hateful feelings just felt unnatural. In this book, Ebrahim dispels the myth that terrorism is a foregone conclusion for people trained to hate. Based on his own remarkable journey, he shows that hate is always a choice—but so is tolerance. Though Ebrahim was subjected to a violent, intolerant ideology throughout his childhood, he did not become radicalized. Ebrahim argues that people conditioned to be terrorists are actually well positioned to combat terrorism, because of their ability to bring seemingly incompatible ideologies together in conversation and advocate in the fight for peace. Ebrahim argues that everyone, regardless of their upbringing or circumstances, can learn to tap into their inherent empathy and embrace tolerance over hatred. His original, urgent message is fresh, groundbreaking, and essential to the current discussion about terrorism.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218587Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice Author: Zak Ebrahim Narrator: Zak Ebrahim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice Author: Zak Ebrahim Narrator: Zak Ebrahim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary story, never before told: The intimate, behind-the-scenes life of an American boy raised by his terrorist father—the man who planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when, on November 5th, 1990, his father El-Sayyid Nosair shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. In one of his infamous video messages, Osama bin Laden urged the world to “Remember El-Sayyid Nosair.” For Zak Ebrahim, a childhood amongst terrorism was all he knew. After his father’s incarceration, his family moved often, and as the perpetual new kid in class, he faced constant teasing and exclusion. Yet, though his radicalized father and uncles modeled fanatical beliefs, to Ebrahim something never felt right. To the shy, awkward boy, something about the hateful feelings just felt unnatural. In this book, Ebrahim dispels the myth that terrorism is a foregone conclusion for people trained to hate. Based on his own remarkable journey, he shows that hate is always a choice—but so is tolerance. Though Ebrahim was subjected to a violent, intolerant ideology throughout his childhood, he did not become radicalized. Ebrahim argues that people conditioned to be terrorists are actually well positioned to combat terrorism, because of their ability to bring seemingly incompatible ideologies together in conversation and advocate in the fight for peace. Ebrahim argues that everyone, regardless of their upbringing or circumstances, can learn to tap into their inherent empathy and embrace tolerance over hatred. His original, urgent message is fresh, groundbreaking, and essential to the current discussion about terrorism.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forgetting-to-be-afraid-a-memoir-by-wendy-davis--65201110https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir Author: Wendy Davis Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 9, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An inspiring memoir by one of the country’s brightest new political stars and hero to women’s rights supporters everywhere In June of 2013, Texas state senator Wendy Davis became an overnight political sensation when she singlehandedly filibustered Governor Rick Perry’s sweeping anti-abortion bill. Her personal story is just as remarkable. The daughter of a single mother, Davis, at age 19, was on her way to becoming a single mother herself. She was living with her own young daughter in a trailer park while working two jobs and struggling to make ends meet. Still, she managed to attend and graduate from Texas Christian University and Harvard Law School, be elected to the Fort Worth City Council and the Texas Senate, and, in 2014, became the most serious Democrat in two decades to make a run for governor. Refreshing and forthright, Forgetting to Be Afraid is a deeply moving testament to the enduring power of the American Dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218599Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir Author: Wendy Davis Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir Author: Wendy Davis Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 9, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An inspiring memoir by one of the country’s brightest new political stars and hero to women’s rights supporters everywhere In June of 2013, Texas state senator Wendy Davis became an overnight political sensation when she singlehandedly filibustered Governor Rick Perry’s sweeping anti-abortion bill. Her personal story is just as remarkable. The daughter of a single mother, Davis, at age 19, was on her way to becoming a single mother herself. She was living with her own young daughter in a trailer park while working two jobs and struggling to make ends meet. Still, she managed to attend and graduate from Texas Christian University and Harvard Law School, be elected to the Fort Worth City Council and the Texas Senate, and, in 2014, became the most serious Democrat in two decades to make a run for governor. Refreshing and forthright, Forgetting to Be Afraid is a deeply moving testament to the enduring power of the American Dream.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tomlinson-hill-the-remarkable-story-of-two-families-who-share-the-tomlinson-name-one-white-one-black-by-chris-tomlinson--65201118https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black Author: Chris Tomlinson Narrator: David Drummond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Journalist Chris Tomlinson grew up hearing stories about his family's abandoned cotton plantation in Falls County, Texas. Most of the tales lionized his white ancestors for pioneering along the Brazos River. His grandfather often said the family's slaves loved them so much that they also took Tomlinson as their last name. LaDainian Tomlinson, football great and former running back for the San Diego Chargers, spent part of his childhood playing on the same land that his black ancestors had worked as slaves. As a child, LaDainian believed that the Hill was named after his family. Not until he was old enough to read a historical plaque did he realize that the Hill was named for his ancestor’s slaveholders. A masterpiece of authentic American history, Tomlinson Hill traces the true and very revealing story of these two families. From the beginning in 1854—when the first Tomlinson, a white woman, arrived—to 2007, when the last Tomlinson, LaDainian's father, left, the book unflinchingly explores the history of race and bigotry in Texas. Along the way, it also manages to disclose a great many untruths that are latent in the unsettling and complex story of America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218488Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black Author: Chris Tomlinson Narrator: David...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black Author: Chris Tomlinson Narrator: David Drummond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Journalist Chris Tomlinson grew up hearing stories about his family's abandoned cotton plantation in Falls County, Texas. Most of the tales lionized his white ancestors for pioneering along the Brazos River. His grandfather often said the family's slaves loved them so much that they also took Tomlinson as their last name. LaDainian Tomlinson, football great and former running back for the San Diego Chargers, spent part of his childhood playing on the same land that his black ancestors had worked as slaves. As a child, LaDainian believed that the Hill was named after his family. Not until he was old enough to read a historical plaque did he realize that the Hill was named for his ancestor’s slaveholders. A masterpiece of authentic American history, Tomlinson Hill traces the true and very revealing story of these two families. From the beginning in 1854—when the first Tomlinson, a white woman, arrived—to 2007, when the last Tomlinson, LaDainian's father, left, the book unflinchingly explores the history of race and bigotry in Texas. Along the way, it also manages to disclose a great many untruths that are latent in the unsettling and complex story of America.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-ll-drink-to-that-a-life-in-style-with-a-twist-by-rebecca-paley-betty-halbreich--65201146https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist Author: Rebecca Paley, Betty Halbreich Narrator: Jane Curtin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A classic tale of personal transformation amid a stunning backdrop of old world glamour and current high style, Betty Halbreich moves from a trapped woman to a ferociously independent icon Eighty-six-year-old Betty Halbreich is a true original. A tough broad who could have stepped straight out of Stephen Sondheim’s repertoire, she has spent nearly forty years as the legendary personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, where she works with socialites, stars, and ordinary women off the street. She has helped many find their true selves through clothes, frank advice, and her own brand of wisdom. She is trusted by the most discriminating persons—including Hollywood’s top stylists—to tell them what looks best. But Halbreich’s personal transformation from a cosseted young girl to a fearless truth teller is the greatest makeover of her career. A Chicago native, Halbreich moved to Manhattan at twenty after marrying the dashing Sonny Halbreich, a true character right out of Damon Runyon who liked the nightlife of New York in the fifties. On the surface, they were a great match, but looks can be deceiving; an unfaithful Sonny was emotionally distant while Halbreich became increasingly anguished. After two decades, the fraying marriage finally came undone. Bereft without Sonny and her identity as his wife, she attempted suicide.   After she began the frightening process of reclaiming herself and started therapy, Halbreich was offered a lifeline in the form of a job at the legendary luxury store Bergdorf Goodman. Soon, she was asked to run the store’s first personal shopping service. It was a perfect fit.   Meticulous, impeccable, hardworking, elegant, and—most of all—delightfully funny, Halbreich has never been afraid to tell it to her clients straight. She won’t sell something just to sell it. If an outfit or shoe or purse is too expensive, she’ll dissuade you from buying it. As Halbreich says, “There are two things nobody wants to face: their closet and their mirror.” She helps women do both, every day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217693Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist Author: Rebecca Paley, Betty Halbreich Narrator: Jane Curtin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist Author: Rebecca Paley, Betty Halbreich Narrator: Jane Curtin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A classic tale of personal transformation amid a stunning backdrop of old world glamour and current high style, Betty Halbreich moves from a trapped woman to a ferociously independent icon Eighty-six-year-old Betty Halbreich is a true original. A tough broad who could have stepped straight out of Stephen Sondheim’s repertoire, she has spent nearly forty years as the legendary personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, where she works with socialites, stars, and ordinary women off the street. She has helped many find their true selves through clothes, frank advice, and her own brand of wisdom. She is trusted by the most discriminating persons—including Hollywood’s top stylists—to tell them what looks best. But Halbreich’s personal transformation from a cosseted young girl to a fearless truth teller is the greatest makeover of her career. A Chicago native, Halbreich moved to Manhattan at twenty after marrying the dashing Sonny Halbreich, a true character right out of Damon Runyon who liked the nightlife of New York in the fifties. On the surface, they were a great match, but looks can be deceiving; an unfaithful Sonny was emotionally distant while Halbreich became increasingly anguished. After two decades, the fraying marriage finally came undone. Bereft without Sonny and her identity as his wife, she attempted suicide.   After she began the frightening process of reclaiming herself and started therapy, Halbreich was offered a lifeline in the form of a job at the legendary luxury store Bergdorf Goodman. Soon, she was asked to run the store’s first personal shopping service. It was a perfect fit.   Meticulous, impeccable, hardworking, elegant, and—most of all—delightfully funny, Halbreich has never been afraid to tell it to her clients straight. She won’t sell something just to sell it. If an outfit or shoe or purse is too expensive, she’ll dissuade you from buying it. As Halbreich says, “There are two things nobody wants to face: their closet and their mirror.” She helps women do both, every day.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daring-my-passages-a-memoir-by-gail-sheehy--65201143https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daring: My Passages: A Memoir Author: Gail Sheehy Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The author of the classic New York Times bestseller Passages returns with her inspiring memoir—a chronicle of her trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking “girl” journalist in the 1960s, to iconic guide for women and men seeking to have it all, to one of the premier political profilers of modern times. Candid, insightful, and powerful, Daring: My Passages is the story of the unconventional life of a writer who dared . . . to walk New York City streets with hookers and pimps to expose violent prostitution; to march with civil rights protesters in Northern Ireland as British paratroopers opened fire; to seek out Egypt’s president Anwar Sadat when he was targeted for death after making peace with Israel. Always on the cutting edge of social issues, Gail Sheehy reveals the obstacles and opportunities encountered when she dared to blaze a trail in a “man’s world.” Daring is also a beguiling love story of Sheehy’s tempestuous romance with and eventual happy marriage to Clay Felker, the charismatic creator of New York magazine. As well, Sheehy recounts her audacious pursuit and intimate portraits of many twentieth-century leaders, including Hillary Clinton, Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush, and the world-altering attraction between Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. Sheehy reflects on desire, ambition, and wanting it all—career, love, children, friends, social significance—and lays bare her major life passages: false starts and surprise successes, the shock of failures and inner crises; betrayal in a first marriage; life as a single mother; flings of an ardent, liberated young woman; her adoption of a second daughter from a refugee camp; marriage to the love of her life and their ensuing years of happiness, even in the shadow of illness. Now stronger than ever, Sheehy speaks from hard-won experience to today’s young women. Her fascinating, no-holds-barred story is a testament to guts, resilience, smarts, and daring, and offers a bold perspective on all of life’s passages.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217940Tue, 02 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daring: My Passages: A Memoir Author: Gail Sheehy Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 58 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daring: My Passages: A Memoir Author: Gail Sheehy Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The author of the classic New York Times bestseller Passages returns with her inspiring memoir—a chronicle of her trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking “girl” journalist in the 1960s, to iconic guide for women and men seeking to have it all, to one of the premier political profilers of modern times. Candid, insightful, and powerful, Daring: My Passages is the story of the unconventional life of a writer who dared . . . to walk New York City streets with hookers and pimps to expose violent prostitution; to march with civil rights protesters in Northern Ireland as British paratroopers opened fire; to seek out Egypt’s president Anwar Sadat when he was targeted for death after making peace with Israel. Always on the cutting edge of social issues, Gail Sheehy reveals the obstacles and opportunities encountered when she dared to blaze a trail in a “man’s world.” Daring is also a beguiling love story of Sheehy’s tempestuous romance with and eventual happy marriage to Clay Felker, the charismatic creator of New York magazine. As well, Sheehy recounts her audacious pursuit and intimate portraits of many twentieth-century leaders, including Hillary Clinton, Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush, and the world-altering attraction between Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. Sheehy reflects on desire, ambition, and wanting it all—career, love, children, friends, social significance—and lays bare her major life passages: false starts and surprise successes, the shock of failures and inner crises; betrayal in a first marriage; life as a single mother; flings of an ardent, liberated young woman; her adoption of a second daughter from a refugee camp; marriage to the love of her life and their ensuing years of happiness, even in the shadow of illness. Now stronger than ever, Sheehy speaks from hard-won experience to today’s young women. Her fascinating, no-holds-barred story is a testament to guts, resilience, smarts, and daring, and offers a bold perspective on all of life’s passages.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elvis-and-ginger-elvis-presley-s-fiancee-and-last-love-finally-tells-her-story-by-ginger-alden--65201122https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story Author: Ginger Alden Narrator: Ginger Alden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Alden’s life; after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy—as Elvis Presley’s fiancée and his last great love. For more than three decades Ginger has held the truth of their relationship close to her heart. Now she shares her unique story. In her own words, Ginger details their whirlwind romance—from first kiss to his stunning proposal of marriage. And for the very first time, she talks about the devastating end of it all and the fifty thousand mourners and reporters who descended on Graceland in 1977, exposing Ginger to the reality of living in the spotlight of a short yet immortal life. Above it all, Ginger rescues Elvis from the hearsay, rumors, and tabloid speculations of his final year by shedding a frank yet personal light on a very public legend. From a unique and intimate perspective, she reveals the man—complicated, romantic, fallible, and human—behind the myth, a superstar worshipped by millions and loved by Ginger Alden.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218005Tue, 02 Sep 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story Author: Ginger Alden Narrator: Ginger Alden Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story Author: Ginger Alden Narrator: Ginger Alden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Alden’s life; after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy—as Elvis Presley’s fiancée and his last great love. For more than three decades Ginger has held the truth of their relationship close to her heart. Now she shares her unique story. In her own words, Ginger details their whirlwind romance—from first kiss to his stunning proposal of marriage. And for the very first time, she talks about the devastating end of it all and the fifty thousand mourners and reporters who descended on Graceland in 1977, exposing Ginger to the reality of living in the spotlight of a short yet immortal life. Above it all, Ginger rescues Elvis from the hearsay, rumors, and tabloid speculations of his final year by shedding a frank yet personal light on a very public legend. From a unique and intimate perspective, she reveals the man—complicated, romantic, fallible, and human—behind the myth, a superstar worshipped by millions and loved by Ginger Alden.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eight-twenty-eight-when-love-didn-t-give-up-by-larissa-murphy-ian-murphy--65201132https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eight Twenty Eight: When Love Didn't Give Up Author: Larissa Murphy, Ian Murphy Narrator: Erin Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: What if that thing you really feared happened? Would the joy you hold pop? Or would you experience love and joy deeper than you can imagine? They met in college and fell in love. They talked about getting married, and he started looking for a ring. They dreamed about life together, a life of beauty and joy, raising babies and laughing with friends and growing old. They did not imagine a car accident. They did not imagine his brain injury. They did not dream about the need for constant care and a wheelchair and fear that food might choke him. And they could not have imagined how persistent love would be. Theirs and God's. Ian and Larissa Murphy tell their story of love in Eight Twenty Eight. Except, it's not just their love story. Really, it's yours as well. Read and gain a picture of love that will challenge all you think you know about what is true and what persists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218359Thu, 28 Aug 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eight Twenty Eight: When Love Didn't Give Up Author: Larissa Murphy, Ian Murphy Narrator: Erin Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eight Twenty Eight: When Love Didn't Give Up Author: Larissa Murphy, Ian Murphy Narrator: Erin Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: What if that thing you really feared happened? Would the joy you hold pop? Or would you experience love and joy deeper than you can imagine? They met in college and fell in love. They talked about getting married, and he started looking for a ring. They dreamed about life together, a life of beauty and joy, raising babies and laughing with friends and growing old. They did not imagine a car accident. They did not imagine his brain injury. They did not dream about the need for constant care and a wheelchair and fear that food might choke him. And they could not have imagined how persistent love would be. Theirs and God's. Ian and Larissa Murphy tell their story of love in Eight Twenty Eight. Except, it's not just their love story. Really, it's yours as well. Read and gain a picture of love that will challenge all you think you know about what is true and what persists.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-courage-a-trilogy-of-true-life-survival-of-pows-from-vietnam-world-war-ii-and-cambodia-by-bun-yom-gerald-coffee-kelly-estes--65201138https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Courage: A Trilogy of True-Life Survival of POWs from Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia Series: Part of The Made for Success Series Author: Būn Yom, Gerald Coffee, Kelly Estes Narrator: Dan Mcgowan, Bill Chandler Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 15, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Full of action-packed experiences from world conflicts, this collection of war stories—some true, some not—tells tales of POWs surviving in Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia. These stories of grit and strength put you in the middle of the action and will leave you with a respect for true war heroes. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Gerald Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity. The Cost of Courage is a work of military fiction based on the true story of two brothers who served in separate campaigns of World War II. After being shot down over Berlin, one brother is forced to endure both mental and physical torture as a POW at Stalag Luft III. As a defiant soul, he gains the respect of his comrades by making life difficult for his captors. However, things change after an ill-fated trip to solitary, where it is revealed by another airman that his brother has died in the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. Devastated, he struggles with the will to survive while reminiscing about his brother. Tomorrow I'm Dead is B┼½n Yom's story of his capture by the Khmer Rouge at the age of fourteen—and the unmatched suffering, courage, and heroism that ensued. After three years as a killing-field slave, seventeen-year-old B┼½n Yom escaped from the Khmer Rouge and became a freedom fighter. Using his wisdom, courage, and infinite compassion, B┼½n rescued thousands of Cambodian people and soon became the Cambodian Freedom Fighters' greatest soldier. Tomorrow I'm Dead is the only known firsthand account of the freedom fighters' heroic liberation of slaves from the Khmer Rouge killing fields.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218111Fri, 15 Aug 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Courage: A Trilogy of True-Life Survival of POWs from Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia Series: Part of The Made for Success Series Author: Būn...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Courage: A Trilogy of True-Life Survival of POWs from Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia Series: Part of The Made for Success Series Author: Būn Yom, Gerald Coffee, Kelly Estes Narrator: Dan Mcgowan, Bill Chandler Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 15, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Full of action-packed experiences from world conflicts, this collection of war stories—some true, some not—tells tales of POWs surviving in Vietnam, World War II, and Cambodia. These stories of grit and strength put you in the middle of the action and will leave you with a respect for true war heroes. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Gerald Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity. The Cost of Courage is a work of military fiction based on the true story of two brothers who served in separate campaigns of World War II. After being shot down over Berlin, one brother is forced to endure both mental and physical torture as a POW at Stalag Luft III. As a defiant soul, he gains the respect of his comrades by making life difficult for his captors. However, things change after an ill-fated trip to solitary, where it is revealed by another airman that his brother has died in the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo. Devastated, he struggles with the will to survive while reminiscing about his brother. Tomorrow I'm Dead is B┼½n Yom's story of his capture by the Khmer Rouge at the age of fourteen—and the unmatched suffering, courage, and heroism that ensued. After three years as a killing-field slave, seventeen-year-old B┼½n Yom escaped from the Khmer Rouge and became a freedom fighter. Using his wisdom, courage, and infinite compassion, B┼½n rescued thousands of Cambodian people and soon became the Cambodian Freedom Fighters' greatest soldier. Tomorrow I'm Dead is the only known firsthand account of the freedom fighters' heroic liberation of slaves from the Khmer Rouge killing fields.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-a-rocket-made-of-ice-among-the-children-of-wat-opot-by-gail-gutradt--65201140https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/214352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In a Rocket Made of Ice: Among the Children of Wat Opot Author: Gail Gutradt Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 12, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman’s volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia—a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children’s Community. Begun with just fifty dollars in the pocket of Wayne Dale Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a temple complex nestled among Cambodia’s verdant rice paddies, was once a haunted scrubland that became a place of healing and respite where children with or orphaned by HIV/AIDS could live outside of fear or judgment, and find a new family—a place that Gutradt calls “a workshop for souls.” Disarming, funny, deeply moving, In a Rocket Made of Ice gathers the stories of children saved and changed by this very special place, and of one woman’s transformation in trying to help them. With wry perceptiveness and stunning humanity and humor, this courageous, surprising, and evocative memoir etches the people of Wat Opot forever on your heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/214352Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/214352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In a Rocket Made of Ice: Among the Children of Wat Opot Author: Gail Gutradt Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/214352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In a Rocket Made of Ice: Among the Children of Wat Opot Author: Gail Gutradt Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 12, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman’s volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia—a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children’s Community. Begun with just fifty dollars in the pocket of Wayne Dale Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a temple complex nestled among Cambodia’s verdant rice paddies, was once a haunted scrubland that became a place of healing and respite where children with or orphaned by HIV/AIDS could live outside of fear or judgment, and find a new family—a place that Gutradt calls “a workshop for souls.” Disarming, funny, deeply moving, In a Rocket Made of Ice gathers the stories of children saved and changed by this very special place, and of one woman’s transformation in trying to help them. With wry perceptiveness and stunning humanity and humor, this courageous, surprising, and evocative memoir etches the people of Wat Opot forever on your heart.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-storyteller-s-nashville-by-tom-t-hall--65201123https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storyteller’s Nashville Author: Tom T. Hall Narrator: Peter Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 12, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The legendary country music songwriter known as the Storyteller delivers the genre's most bracing, hilarious, and unique memoir, bringing to life long-gone characters from Nashville's streets and barrooms and detailing his one-of-a-kind journey in music. This expanded edition of Hall's original 1979 book includes never-before-heard poems and vignettes—read by the author—and new chapters that bring us up to date with Hall as he sits with President Carter, caps his recording career, quits drinking, ponders his legacy, examines the creative process, and retires from the music industry. 'If you want to retire, go ahead,' he says. 'Life will still present innumerable occasions for you to go out and make an ass of yourself.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217646Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storyteller’s Nashville Author: Tom T. Hall Narrator: Peter Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storyteller’s Nashville Author: Tom T. Hall Narrator: Peter Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 12, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The legendary country music songwriter known as the Storyteller delivers the genre's most bracing, hilarious, and unique memoir, bringing to life long-gone characters from Nashville's streets and barrooms and detailing his one-of-a-kind journey in music. This expanded edition of Hall's original 1979 book includes never-before-heard poems and vignettes—read by the author—and new chapters that bring us up to date with Hall as he sits with President Carter, caps his recording career, quits drinking, ponders his legacy, examines the creative process, and retires from the music industry. 'If you want to retire, go ahead,' he says. 'Life will still present innumerable occasions for you to go out and make an ass of yourself.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/good-morning-mr-mandela-a-memoir-by-zelda-la-grange--65201156https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Morning, Mr Mandela: A Memoir Author: Zelda la Grange Narrator: Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A white Afrikaner, Zelda la Grange grew up in segregated South Africa, supporting the regime and the rules of apartheid. Her conservative family referred to the imprisoned Nelson Mandela as “a terrorist.” Yet just a few years after his release and the end of apartheid, she would be traveling the world by Mr. Mandela's side, having grown to respect and cherish the man she would come to call “Khulu,” or “Grandfather.” Good Morning, Mr Mandela tells the extraordinary story of how a young woman's life, beliefs, prejudices—everything she once believed—were utterly transformed by the man she had been taught was the enemy. It is the incredible journey of an awkward, terrified young secretary in her twenties who rose from a job in a government typing pool to become one of the president's most loyal and devoted associates. This audiobook offers a rare, intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela and his remarkable life as well as moving proof of the power we all have to change. Includes an introduction read by the author as well as an author interview.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213377Tue, 15 Jul 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Morning, Mr Mandela: A Memoir Author: Zelda la Grange Narrator: Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Morning, Mr Mandela: A Memoir Author: Zelda la Grange Narrator: Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A white Afrikaner, Zelda la Grange grew up in segregated South Africa, supporting the regime and the rules of apartheid. Her conservative family referred to the imprisoned Nelson Mandela as “a terrorist.” Yet just a few years after his release and the end of apartheid, she would be traveling the world by Mr. Mandela's side, having grown to respect and cherish the man she would come to call “Khulu,” or “Grandfather.” Good Morning, Mr Mandela tells the extraordinary story of how a young woman's life, beliefs, prejudices—everything she once believed—were utterly transformed by the man she had been taught was the enemy. It is the incredible journey of an awkward, terrified young secretary in her twenties who rose from a job in a government typing pool to become one of the president's most loyal and devoted associates. This audiobook offers a rare, intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela and his remarkable life as well as moving proof of the power we all have to change. Includes an introduction read by the author as well as an author interview.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mockingbird-next-door-life-with-harper-lee-by-marja-mills--65201150https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee Author: Marja Mills Narrator: Amy Lynn Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel’s celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper Lee, known to her friends as Nelle, has lived with her sister, Alice, for decades, trying and failing to get an interview with the author. But in 2001, the Lee sisters opened their door to Chicago Tribune journalist Marja Mills. It was the beginning of a long conversation—and a great friendship.   In 2004, with the Lees’ blessing, Mills moved into the house next door to the sisters. She spent the next eighteen months there, sharing coffee at McDonalds and trips to the Laundromat with Nelle, feeding the ducks and going out for catfish supper with the sisters, and exploring all over lower Alabama with the Lees’ inner circle of friends.   Nelle shared her love of history, literature, and the Southern way of life with Mills, as well as her keen sense of how journalism should be practiced. As the sisters decided to let Mills tell their story, Nelle helped make sure she was getting the story—and the South—right. Alice, the keeper of the Lee family history, shared the stories of their family.   The Mockingbird Next Door is the story of Mills’s friendship with the Lee sisters. It is a testament to the great intelligence, sharp wit, and tremendous storytelling power of these two women, especially that of Nelle.   Mills was given a rare opportunity to know Nelle Harper Lee, to be part of the Lees’ life in Alabama, and to hear them reflect on their upbringing, their corner of the Deep South, how To Kill a Mockingbird affected their lives, and why Nelle Harper Lee chose to never write another novel.  Jacket photograph: Leo Fuchs / The Leo Fuchs Archives]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213584Tue, 15 Jul 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee Author: Marja Mills Narrator: Amy Lynn Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee Author: Marja Mills Narrator: Amy Lynn Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel’s celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper Lee, known to her friends as Nelle, has lived with her sister, Alice, for decades, trying and failing to get an interview with the author. But in 2001, the Lee sisters opened their door to Chicago Tribune journalist Marja Mills. It was the beginning of a long conversation—and a great friendship.   In 2004, with the Lees’ blessing, Mills moved into the house next door to the sisters. She spent the next eighteen months there, sharing coffee at McDonalds and trips to the Laundromat with Nelle, feeding the ducks and going out for catfish supper with the sisters, and exploring all over lower Alabama with the Lees’ inner circle of friends.   Nelle shared her love of history, literature, and the Southern way of life with Mills, as well as her keen sense of how journalism should be practiced. As the sisters decided to let Mills tell their story, Nelle helped make sure she was getting the story—and the South—right. Alice, the keeper of the Lee family history, shared the stories of their family.   The Mockingbird Next Door is the story of Mills’s friendship with the Lee sisters. It is a testament to the great intelligence, sharp wit, and tremendous storytelling power of these two women, especially that of Nelle.   Mills was given a rare opportunity to know Nelle Harper Lee, to be part of the Lees’ life in Alabama, and to hear them reflect on their upbringing, their corner of the Deep South, how To Kill a Mockingbird affected their lives, and why Nelle Harper Lee chose to never write another novel.  Jacket photograph: Leo Fuchs / The Leo Fuchs Archives]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-said-yes-to-everything-a-memoir-by-lee-grant--65201142https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir Author: Lee Grant Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A memoir by Academy Award–winning actress Lee Grant, detailing her starring roles in Valley of the Dolls and Shampoo, her twelve years on the Hollywood blacklist, and a singularly unpredictable life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213471Tue, 08 Jul 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir Author: Lee Grant Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir Author: Lee Grant Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A memoir by Academy Award–winning actress Lee Grant, detailing her starring roles in Valley of the Dolls and Shampoo, her twelve years on the Hollywood blacklist, and a singularly unpredictable life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/now-i-see-you-a-memoir-by-nicole-c-kear--65201174https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now I See You: A Memoir Author: Nicole C. Kear Narrator: Nicole C. Kear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 24, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: At nineteen years old, Nicole C. Kear's biggest concern is choosing a major—until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown Manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. She is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before lights-out. Instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, Kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of the vision she has left. She joins a circus school, tears through boyfriends, travels the world, and through all these high jinks, she keeps her vision loss a secret. When Kear becomes a mother, just a few years shy of her vision's expiration date, she amends her carpe diem strategy, giving up recklessness in order to relish every moment with her kids. Her secret, though, is harder to surrender—and as her vision deteriorates, harder to keep hidden. As her world grows blurred, one thing becomes clear: no matter how hard she fights, she won't win the battle against blindness. But if she comes clean with her secret, and comes to terms with the loss, she can still win her happy ending. Told with humor and irreverence, Now I See You is an uplifting story about refusing to cower at life's curveballs, about the power of love to triumph over fear. But at its core, it's a story about acceptance: facing the truths that just won't go away and facing yourself, broken parts and all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213210Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now I See You: A Memoir Author: Nicole C. Kear Narrator: Nicole C. Kear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 24,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now I See You: A Memoir Author: Nicole C. Kear Narrator: Nicole C. Kear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 24, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: At nineteen years old, Nicole C. Kear's biggest concern is choosing a major—until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown Manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. She is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before lights-out. Instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, Kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of the vision she has left. She joins a circus school, tears through boyfriends, travels the world, and through all these high jinks, she keeps her vision loss a secret. When Kear becomes a mother, just a few years shy of her vision's expiration date, she amends her carpe diem strategy, giving up recklessness in order to relish every moment with her kids. Her secret, though, is harder to surrender—and as her vision deteriorates, harder to keep hidden. As her world grows blurred, one thing becomes clear: no matter how hard she fights, she won't win the battle against blindness. But if she comes clean with her secret, and comes to terms with the loss, she can still win her happy ending. Told with humor and irreverence, Now I See You is an uplifting story about refusing to cower at life's curveballs, about the power of love to triumph over fear. But at its core, it's a story about acceptance: facing the truths that just won't go away and facing yourself, broken parts and all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/molly-s-game-from-hollywood-s-elite-to-wall-street-s-billionaire-boys-club-my-high-stakes-adventure-in-the-world-of-underground-poker-by-m--65201152https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker Author: Molly Bloom Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 24, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now a major motion picture, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, and Michael Cera—the true story of ''Hollywood’s poker princess'' who gambled everything, won big, then lost it all. Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world—an insider’s story of excess and danger, glamour and greed. In the late 2000s, Molly Bloom, a twentysomething petite brunette from Loveland Colorado, ran the highest stakes, most exclusive poker game Hollywood had ever seen—she was its mistress, its lion tamer, its agent, and its oxygen. Everyone wanted in, few were invited to play. Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. Molly’s game became the game for those in the know—celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires. Molly staged her games in palatial suites with beautiful views and exquisite amenities. She flew privately, dined at exclusive restaurants, hobnobbed with the heads of Hollywood studios, was courted by handsome leading men, and was privy to the world’s most delicious gossip, until it all came crashing down around her. Molly’s Game is a behind the scenes look at Molly’s game, the life she created, the life she lost, and what she learned in the process.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213399Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker Author: Molly...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker Author: Molly Bloom Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 24, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now a major motion picture, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, and Michael Cera—the true story of ''Hollywood’s poker princess'' who gambled everything, won big, then lost it all. Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world—an insider’s story of excess and danger, glamour and greed. In the late 2000s, Molly Bloom, a twentysomething petite brunette from Loveland Colorado, ran the highest stakes, most exclusive poker game Hollywood had ever seen—she was its mistress, its lion tamer, its agent, and its oxygen. Everyone wanted in, few were invited to play. Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. Molly’s game became the game for those in the know—celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires. Molly staged her games in palatial suites with beautiful views and exquisite amenities. She flew privately, dined at exclusive restaurants, hobnobbed with the heads of Hollywood studios, was courted by handsome leading men, and was privy to the world’s most delicious gossip, until it all came crashing down around her. Molly’s Game is a behind the scenes look at Molly’s game, the life she created, the life she lost, and what she learned in the process.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yours-for-eternity-a-love-story-on-death-row-by-damien-echols-lorri-davis--65201145https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row Author: Damien Echols, Lorri Davis Narrator: Lorri Davis, Damien Echols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 17, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Damien Echols and his wife Lorri Davis reveal their intimate and affecting letters, written while Echols was wrongfully imprisoned on death row. An explosive bestseller, Life After Death turned a national spotlight on Damien Echols, who was just eighteen when he was wrongly condemned to death. But one of the most remarkable parts of his story still remained untold. After seeing a documentary about the “West Memphis Three,” Lorri Davis—a New Yorkbased landscape architect—wrote him a letter, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence that witnessed their marriage while Echols was still on death row and culminated in Echols’ release in 2011. Sharing their private letters, Yours for Eternity is a must-read for the legions who followed the case as well as anyone who appreciates an extraordinary love story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213041Tue, 17 Jun 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row Author: Damien Echols, Lorri Davis Narrator: Lorri Davis, Damien Echols Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row Author: Damien Echols, Lorri Davis Narrator: Lorri Davis, Damien Echols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 17, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Damien Echols and his wife Lorri Davis reveal their intimate and affecting letters, written while Echols was wrongfully imprisoned on death row. An explosive bestseller, Life After Death turned a national spotlight on Damien Echols, who was just eighteen when he was wrongly condemned to death. But one of the most remarkable parts of his story still remained untold. After seeing a documentary about the “West Memphis Three,” Lorri Davis—a New Yorkbased landscape architect—wrote him a letter, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence that witnessed their marriage while Echols was still on death row and culminated in Echols’ release in 2011. Sharing their private letters, Yours for Eternity is a must-read for the legions who followed the case as well as anyone who appreciates an extraordinary love story.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tibetan-peach-pie-a-true-account-of-an-imaginative-life-by-tom-robbins--65201161https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life Author: Tom Robbins Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins' legendary memoir--wild tales of his life and times, both at home and around the globe. Tom Robbins’ warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels—including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates—provide an entryway into the frontier of his singular imagination. Madcap but sincere, pulsating with strong social and philosophical undercurrents, his irreverent classics have introduced countless readers to natural born hitchhiking cowgirls, born-again monkeys, a philosophizing can of beans, exiled royalty, and problematic redheads. In Tibetan Peach Pie, Robbins turns that unparalleled literary sensibility inward, stitching together stories of his unconventional life, from his Appalachian childhood to his globetrotting adventures —told in his unique voice that combines the sweet and sly, the spiritual and earthy. The grandchild of Baptist preachers, Robbins would become over the course of half a century a poet-interruptus, an air force weatherman, a radio dj, an art-critic-turned-psychedelic-journeyman, a world-famous novelist, and a counter-culture hero, leading a life as unlikely, magical, and bizarre as those of his quixotic characters. Robbins offers intimate snapshots of Appalachia during the Great Depression, the West Coast during the Sixties psychedelic revolution, international roving before homeland security monitored our travels, and New York publishing when it still relied on trees. Written with the big-hearted comedy and mesmerizing linguistic invention for which he is known, Tibetan Peach Pie is an invitation into the private world of a literary legend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211935Tue, 27 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life Author: Tom Robbins Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life Author: Tom Robbins Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins' legendary memoir--wild tales of his life and times, both at home and around the globe. Tom Robbins’ warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels—including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates—provide an entryway into the frontier of his singular imagination. Madcap but sincere, pulsating with strong social and philosophical undercurrents, his irreverent classics have introduced countless readers to natural born hitchhiking cowgirls, born-again monkeys, a philosophizing can of beans, exiled royalty, and problematic redheads. In Tibetan Peach Pie, Robbins turns that unparalleled literary sensibility inward, stitching together stories of his unconventional life, from his Appalachian childhood to his globetrotting adventures —told in his unique voice that combines the sweet and sly, the spiritual and earthy. The grandchild of Baptist preachers, Robbins would become over the course of half a century a poet-interruptus, an air force weatherman, a radio dj, an art-critic-turned-psychedelic-journeyman, a world-famous novelist, and a counter-culture hero, leading a life as unlikely, magical, and bizarre as those of his quixotic characters. Robbins offers intimate snapshots of Appalachia during the Great Depression, the West Coast during the Sixties psychedelic revolution, international roving before homeland security monitored our travels, and New York publishing when it still relied on trees. Written with the big-hearted comedy and mesmerizing linguistic invention for which he is known, Tibetan Peach Pie is an invitation into the private world of a literary legend.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-heard-my-country-calling-a-memoir-by-james-webb--65201178https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Heard My Country Calling: A Memoir Author: James Webb Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 20, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this brilliantly received memoir, former senator James Webb has outdone himself. It is rare in America that one individual is recognized for the highest levels of combat valor, as a respected member of the literary and journalistic world, and as a blunt-spoken leader in national politics. In this extraordinary memoir, Webb writes vividly about the early years that shaped such a remarkable personal journey. Webb’s mother grew up in the poverty-stricken cotton fields of East Arkansas. His father and lifetime hero was the first in many generations of Webbs, whose roots are in Appalachia, to finish high school. He flew bombers in World War II and cargo planes in the Berlin Airlift, graduated from college in middle age, and became an expert in the nation’s most advanced weaponry. Webb’s account of his childhood is a tremendous American saga as the family endures the constant moves and challenges of the rarely examined post–World War II military, with a stern but emotionally invested father, a loving mother who had borne four children by the age of twenty-four, a granite-like grandmother who held the family together during his father’s frequent deployments, and a rich assortment of aunts, siblings, and cousins. Webb tells of his four years at Annapolis in a voice that is painfully honest but in the end triumphant. His description of Vietnam’s most brutal battlefields breaks new literary ground. One of the most highly decorated combat Marines of that war, he is a respected expert on the history and conduct of the war. Webb’s novelist’s eyes and ears invest this work with remarkable power, whether he is describing the resiliency that grew from constant relocations during his childhood, the longing for his absent father, his poignant good-bye to his parents as he leaves for Vietnam, his role as a twenty-three-year-old lieutenant through months of constant combat, or his election to the Senate, where he was a leader on national defense, foreign policy, and economic fairness. This is a life that could happen only in America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212052Tue, 20 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Heard My Country Calling: A Memoir Author: James Webb Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Heard My Country Calling: A Memoir Author: James Webb Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 20, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this brilliantly received memoir, former senator James Webb has outdone himself. It is rare in America that one individual is recognized for the highest levels of combat valor, as a respected member of the literary and journalistic world, and as a blunt-spoken leader in national politics. In this extraordinary memoir, Webb writes vividly about the early years that shaped such a remarkable personal journey. Webb’s mother grew up in the poverty-stricken cotton fields of East Arkansas. His father and lifetime hero was the first in many generations of Webbs, whose roots are in Appalachia, to finish high school. He flew bombers in World War II and cargo planes in the Berlin Airlift, graduated from college in middle age, and became an expert in the nation’s most advanced weaponry. Webb’s account of his childhood is a tremendous American saga as the family endures the constant moves and challenges of the rarely examined post–World War II military, with a stern but emotionally invested father, a loving mother who had borne four children by the age of twenty-four, a granite-like grandmother who held the family together during his father’s frequent deployments, and a rich assortment of aunts, siblings, and cousins. Webb tells of his four years at Annapolis in a voice that is painfully honest but in the end triumphant. His description of Vietnam’s most brutal battlefields breaks new literary ground. One of the most highly decorated combat Marines of that war, he is a respected expert on the history and conduct of the war. Webb’s novelist’s eyes and ears invest this work with remarkable power, whether he is describing the resiliency that grew from constant relocations during his childhood, the longing for his absent father, his poignant good-bye to his parents as he leaves for Vietnam, his role as a twenty-three-year-old lieutenant through months of constant combat, or his election to the Senate, where he was a leader on national defense, foreign policy, and economic fairness. This is a life that could happen only in America.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unbreak-my-heart-a-memoir-by-toni-braxton--65201158https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir Author: Toni Braxton Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 20, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this heartfelt memoir, six-time Grammy Award-winning artist and star of WE TV’s reality hitBraxton Family Values, Toni Braxton writes about her personal life decisions and their impact on her health, family and career. While Braxton appears to be living a gilded life—selling 60 million records, appearing in sold-out Las Vegas performances and hit shows like Dancing with the Stars, and starring in her own reality series—hers is in fact a tumultuous story, a tale of triumph over a life filled with obstacles, including two bankruptcy filings. The mother of an autistic child, Braxton long feared that her son’s condition might be karmic retribution for earlier life choices, some of which will shock fans. But when heart ailments began plaguing her at the age of 41 and she was diagnosed with Lupus, Braxton knew she had to move beyond the self-recrimination and take charge of her own healing.  Intensely honest and deeply inspirational, Unbreak My Heart is the never-before-told story of the measures Braxton took to make herself and her family whole again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211936Tue, 20 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir Author: Toni Braxton Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir Author: Toni Braxton Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 20, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this heartfelt memoir, six-time Grammy Award-winning artist and star of WE TV’s reality hitBraxton Family Values, Toni Braxton writes about her personal life decisions and their impact on her health, family and career. While Braxton appears to be living a gilded life—selling 60 million records, appearing in sold-out Las Vegas performances and hit shows like Dancing with the Stars, and starring in her own reality series—hers is in fact a tumultuous story, a tale of triumph over a life filled with obstacles, including two bankruptcy filings. The mother of an autistic child, Braxton long feared that her son’s condition might be karmic retribution for earlier life choices, some of which will shock fans. But when heart ailments began plaguing her at the age of 41 and she was diagnosed with Lupus, Braxton knew she had to move beyond the self-recrimination and take charge of her own healing.  Intensely honest and deeply inspirational, Unbreak My Heart is the never-before-told story of the measures Braxton took to make herself and her family whole again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fly-a-little-higher-how-god-answered-a-mom-s-small-prayer-in-a-big-way-by-laura-sobiech--65201169https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom's Small Prayer in a Big Way Author: Laura Sobiech Narrator: Amber Quick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Join Laura Sobiech as she shares the amazing story of how God used her son's battle with cancer to touch the lives of millions. 'Okay, Lord, you can have him. But if he must die, I want it to be for something big. I want someone's life to be changed forever.' This is what Laura Sobiech prayed when she found out her seventeen-year-old son only had one year left to live. With this desperate prayer, she released her son to God's will. When his mother told him to think about writing goodbye letters to family and friends, he decided instead to write songs. One of them, Clouds, captured hearts and changed not one life but millions, making him an international sensation. But Zach's story isn't just about music. It's a testament to: - What can happen when you live as if each day might be your last - The strength of the human spirit - The power of using your voice Above all, Zach's story is an example of the amazing things that happen when someone shares the most precious thing he has--himself.  Praise for Fly a Little Higher: 'Once in a blue moon, you meet someone who changes you. Though I never met Zach Sobiech, his grace in the face of a devastating prognosis was a beautiful thing to witness. The fact that his mother, Laura, and entire family were able to accompany him on his journey with such strength and courage (not to mention love and laughter) is a powerful lesson, not about dying, but about living.'  --Katie Couric, journalist and bestselling author of Going There 'Through a few chords and a simple song, Zach Sobiech inspired millions of voices to sing along to a message of courage, grace, and the acceptance of love. Fly A Little Higher is proof that one of God's great gifts is music. Sing loud and rejoice.' --Scott Herold, CEO and Founder, Rock the Cause Records]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211608Tue, 13 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom's Small Prayer in a Big Way Author: Laura Sobiech Narrator: Amber Quick Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom's Small Prayer in a Big Way Author: Laura Sobiech Narrator: Amber Quick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Join Laura Sobiech as she shares the amazing story of how God used her son's battle with cancer to touch the lives of millions. 'Okay, Lord, you can have him. But if he must die, I want it to be for something big. I want someone's life to be changed forever.' This is what Laura Sobiech prayed when she found out her seventeen-year-old son only had one year left to live. With this desperate prayer, she released her son to God's will. When his mother told him to think about writing goodbye letters to family and friends, he decided instead to write songs. One of them, Clouds, captured hearts and changed not one life but millions, making him an international sensation. But Zach's story isn't just about music. It's a testament to: - What can happen when you live as if each day might be your last - The strength of the human spirit - The power of using your voice Above all, Zach's story is an example of the amazing things that happen when someone shares the most precious thing he has--himself.  Praise for Fly a Little Higher: 'Once in a blue moon, you meet someone who changes you. Though I never met Zach Sobiech, his grace in the face of a devastating prognosis was a beautiful thing to witness. The fact that his mother, Laura, and entire family were able to accompany him on his journey with such strength and courage (not to mention love and laughter) is a powerful lesson, not about dying, but about living.'  --Katie Couric, journalist and bestselling author of Going There 'Through a few chords and a simple song, Zach Sobiech inspired millions of voices to sing along to a message of courage, grace, and the acceptance of love. Fly A Little Higher is proof that one of God's great gifts is music. Sing loud and rejoice.' --Scott Herold, CEO and Founder, Rock the Cause Records]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-me-a-decade-of-darkness-a-life-reclaimed-a-memoir-of-the-cleveland-kidnappings-by-michelle-knight-michelle-burford--65201207https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings Author: Michelle Knight, Michelle Burford Narrator: Maria Cabezas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 66 Ratings of Narrator: 4.44 of Total 25 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world. Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Michelle was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the missing persons lists fifteen months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken. In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that helped her find courage to endure her unimaginable circumstances and now build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, Michelle becomes a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210430Tue, 06 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings Author: Michelle Knight, Michelle Burford Narrator: Maria...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings Author: Michelle Knight, Michelle Burford Narrator: Maria Cabezas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 66 Ratings of Narrator: 4.44 of Total 25 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world. Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Michelle was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the missing persons lists fifteen months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken. In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that helped her find courage to endure her unimaginable circumstances and now build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, Michelle becomes a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/good-call-reflections-on-faith-family-and-fowl-by-jase-robertson--65201203https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl Author: Jase Robertson Narrator: Jase Robertson, Missy Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The straight-faced, funny man of Duck Dyanasty has a real story to tell. Not a repeat of the previous Duck Dynasty books, Jase opens up about his personal family life, his childhood days with a drunken father, and how he came to faith. This open book from Jase may surprise some fans who love him for his dry humor and rivalry with younger brother Willie. This hilarious, yet thoughtful book, is structured around lessons of faith in the blind on topics like respect, passion, forgiveness, generosity, humility, kindness, and honesty. Chapters discuss: the highlights of Jase's memory of the early days with his drunken, disruptive father; his high school days and his strong commitment to not be like Phil had been, opting for total abstinence from drinking and sex; the moment he forgave Phil for being such a terrible father in his younger days; his first hunt with Phil, where he saw an excitement in Phil that he'd never seen before; his first date with Missy, which was a 'fake date' to make another girl jealous; and of course, a chapter on Uncle Si, with stories not told in previous books. Other chapters include stories of his brothers, frog hunting and fishing, and his most memorable road trips. And finally, Jase shares a chapter on hunting in heaven. Here, Jase shares his love for the land and our responsibility to care for it. More than a behind-the-scenes look at this beloved Duck Dynasty character, readers will be inspired and encouraged to implement Jase's lessons from the blind into their own lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211237Tue, 06 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl Author: Jase Robertson Narrator: Jase Robertson, Missy Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl Author: Jase Robertson Narrator: Jase Robertson, Missy Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The straight-faced, funny man of Duck Dyanasty has a real story to tell. Not a repeat of the previous Duck Dynasty books, Jase opens up about his personal family life, his childhood days with a drunken father, and how he came to faith. This open book from Jase may surprise some fans who love him for his dry humor and rivalry with younger brother Willie. This hilarious, yet thoughtful book, is structured around lessons of faith in the blind on topics like respect, passion, forgiveness, generosity, humility, kindness, and honesty. Chapters discuss: the highlights of Jase's memory of the early days with his drunken, disruptive father; his high school days and his strong commitment to not be like Phil had been, opting for total abstinence from drinking and sex; the moment he forgave Phil for being such a terrible father in his younger days; his first hunt with Phil, where he saw an excitement in Phil that he'd never seen before; his first date with Missy, which was a 'fake date' to make another girl jealous; and of course, a chapter on Uncle Si, with stories not told in previous books. Other chapters include stories of his brothers, frog hunting and fishing, and his most memorable road trips. And finally, Jase shares a chapter on hunting in heaven. Here, Jase shares his love for the land and our responsibility to care for it. More than a behind-the-scenes look at this beloved Duck Dynasty character, readers will be inspired and encouraged to implement Jase's lessons from the blind into their own lives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone-a-selection-from-pete-seeger-the-storm-king-by-pete-seeger--65201177https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have all the Flowers Gone?: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This fresh rendition of Pete's classic song is bookended with just percussion and vocals transitioning to Pete's spoken word, classical guitar, and violin -- as Pete tells the story, beginning with the Cossack soldiers and ending with the German actress, Marlene Dietrich, of how he came to write his lyrics and how the song was embraced around the world. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King -- an audio collection presenting seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems -- set to new music, produced by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, Native American Music, and World Beat. This two-hour audiobook is available on CD and as a digital download, in bookstores and online where books and music are sold.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212220Tue, 06 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have all the Flowers Gone?: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have all the Flowers Gone?: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This fresh rendition of Pete's classic song is bookended with just percussion and vocals transitioning to Pete's spoken word, classical guitar, and violin -- as Pete tells the story, beginning with the Cossack soldiers and ending with the German actress, Marlene Dietrich, of how he came to write his lyrics and how the song was embraced around the world. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King -- an audio collection presenting seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems -- set to new music, produced by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, Native American Music, and World Beat. This two-hour audiobook is available on CD and as a digital download, in bookstores and online where books and music are sold.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/but-enough-about-you-essays-by-christopher-buckley--65201176https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But Enough About You: Essays Author: Christopher Buckley Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary wide-ranging collection of essays with “distinctive wordplay and quirky opinions…Christopher Buckley is good company whether you’re looking for two quick pages and a smile, or want to linger” (The New York Times Book Review). Christopher Buckley, like his terrific volume But Enough About You, contains multitudes. Tackling subjects ranging from “How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski” to “A Short History of the Bug Zapper,” and “The Art of Sacking” to literary friendships with Joseph Heller and Christopher Hitchens, he is at once a humorous storyteller, astute cultural critic, adventurous traveler, and irreverent historian. Reading these essays is the equivalent of being in the company of a tremendously witty and enlightening companion. Praised as “both deeply informed and deeply funny” by The Wall Street Journal, Buckley will have you laughing and reflecting in equal measure. This is a rare combination of big ideas and truly fun writing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211595Tue, 06 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But Enough About You: Essays Author: Christopher Buckley Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 29 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But Enough About You: Essays Author: Christopher Buckley Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary wide-ranging collection of essays with “distinctive wordplay and quirky opinions…Christopher Buckley is good company whether you’re looking for two quick pages and a smile, or want to linger” (The New York Times Book Review). Christopher Buckley, like his terrific volume But Enough About You, contains multitudes. Tackling subjects ranging from “How to Teach Your Four-Year-Old to Ski” to “A Short History of the Bug Zapper,” and “The Art of Sacking” to literary friendships with Joseph Heller and Christopher Hitchens, he is at once a humorous storyteller, astute cultural critic, adventurous traveler, and irreverent historian. Reading these essays is the equivalent of being in the company of a tremendously witty and enlightening companion. Praised as “both deeply informed and deeply funny” by The Wall Street Journal, Buckley will have you laughing and reflecting in equal measure. This is a rare combination of big ideas and truly fun writing.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/imagine-a-selection-from-pete-seeger-the-storm-king-by-pete-seeger--65201159https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Imagine: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Will Ackerman and Heidi Breyer's composition sets the stage as Pete Seeger recites Jeff Haynes' poem about the Underground Railroad. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King -- an audio collection presenting seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poem -- set to new music, produced by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, Native American Music, and World Beat. This two-hour audiobook is available on CD and as a digital download, in bookstores and online where books and music are sold.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212217Tue, 06 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Imagine: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Imagine: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Will Ackerman and Heidi Breyer's composition sets the stage as Pete Seeger recites Jeff Haynes' poem about the Underground Railroad. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King -- an audio collection presenting seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poem -- set to new music, produced by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, Native American Music, and World Beat. This two-hour audiobook is available on CD and as a digital download, in bookstores and online where books and music are sold.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-drum-a-selection-from-pete-seeger-the-storm-king-by-pete-seeger--65201155https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Drum: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: African music sets the stage as Pete describes his travels around the world and the complex communication that takes place in a small African village using the talking drum. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King -- an audio collection presenting seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems -- set to new music, produced by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, Native American Music, and World Beat. This two-hour audiobook is available on CD and as a digital download, in bookstores and online where books and music are sold.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212219Tue, 06 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Drum: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Drum: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: African music sets the stage as Pete describes his travels around the world and the complex communication that takes place in a small African village using the talking drum. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King -- an audio collection presenting seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems -- set to new music, produced by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, Native American Music, and World Beat. This two-hour audiobook is available on CD and as a digital download, in bookstores and online where books and music are sold.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/big-muddy-a-selection-from-pete-seeger-the-storm-king-by-pete-seeger--65201148https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Muddy: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Back porch swamp blues music stomps you into the Mekong River as Pete tells the controversial story of how the airing of this song, protesting the war in Vietnam, contributed to the Smother's Brothers' show being cancelled. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King -- an audio collection presenting seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems -- set to new music, produced by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, Native American Music, and World Beat. This two-hour audiobook is available on CD and as a digital download, in bookstores and online where books and music are sold.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212218Tue, 06 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Muddy: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Muddy: A Selection from Pete Seeger: The Storm King Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Back porch swamp blues music stomps you into the Mekong River as Pete tells the controversial story of how the airing of this song, protesting the war in Vietnam, contributed to the Smother's Brothers' show being cancelled. This single is part of the ongoing project called Pete Seeger: The Storm King -- an audio collection presenting seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems -- set to new music, produced by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes, from over 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, Native American Music, and World Beat. This two-hour audiobook is available on CD and as a digital download, in bookstores and online where books and music are sold.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-waiting-the-true-story-of-a-lost-child-a-lifetime-of-longing-and-a-miracle-for-a-mother-who-never-gave-up-by-cathy-lagrow--65201117https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waiting: The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up Author: Cathy Lagrow Narrator: Pamela Klein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: It’s never too late for a miracle. When an old woman begs God to let her see the daughter who had been taken from her arms almost eighty years before — could her impossible prayer come true? In the summer of 1928, sixteen-year-old Minka was looking forward to a sewing class picnic. This would be a rare chance to put aside farm chores, don a pretty dress, and enjoy an outing with other girls. It would be a day to remember. And it was . . . but not in the way Minka had dreamed. Cornered by a stranger in the woods, the young girl was assaulted. Minka still believed that the stork brought babies; she would not discover for months that she was pregnant. The story that follows has been almost a hundred years in the making. What happens when a new mother must make a heartbreaking sacrifice to give her baby daughter the life she deserves? Can her cherished memories carry her through decades of turmoil, during a rapidly changing time in American history? And in the end, can she trust God for a miracle? The Waiting is an unforgettable true story of faith that triumphs, forgiveness that sets us free, and love that never forgets.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212875Tue, 06 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waiting: The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up Author: Cathy Lagrow Narrator: Pamela...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/212875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waiting: The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up Author: Cathy Lagrow Narrator: Pamela Klein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 6, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: It’s never too late for a miracle. When an old woman begs God to let her see the daughter who had been taken from her arms almost eighty years before — could her impossible prayer come true? In the summer of 1928, sixteen-year-old Minka was looking forward to a sewing class picnic. This would be a rare chance to put aside farm chores, don a pretty dress, and enjoy an outing with other girls. It would be a day to remember. And it was . . . but not in the way Minka had dreamed. Cornered by a stranger in the woods, the young girl was assaulted. Minka still believed that the stork brought babies; she would not discover for months that she was pregnant. The story that follows has been almost a hundred years in the making. What happens when a new mother must make a heartbreaking sacrifice to give her baby daughter the life she deserves? Can her cherished memories carry her through decades of turmoil, during a rapidly changing time in American history? And in the end, can she trust God for a miracle? The Waiting is an unforgettable true story of faith that triumphs, forgiveness that sets us free, and love that never forgets.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lessons-from-a-drug-lord-the-most-unexpected-lessons-from-the-most-unexpected-person-by-shaun-attwood--65201182https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons From a Drug Lord: The Most Unexpected Lessons from the Most Unexpected Person Author: Shaun Attwood Narrator: Joe Geoffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A self-help book like no other. From the author of the best-selling 'Hard Time', and seen on Locked Up Abroad, Shaun Attwood took his business degree to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became an award winning stockbroker and then a millionaire day trader during the dot-com bubble. But Shaun became greedy and lost sight of what was important. He threw raves and distributed Ecstacy grossing $25 million. Before being convicted of money laundering and drug dealing, he served 26 months in the infamous jail system run by the notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Lessons from a Drug Lord is his account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of drugs and gangs, insect infested cells with food unfit for animals and the lessons he learned from his choices. His teachings will force you to re-examine your life and what is truly important.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211626Thu, 01 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons From a Drug Lord: The Most Unexpected Lessons from the Most Unexpected Person Author: Shaun Attwood Narrator: Joe Geoffrey Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons From a Drug Lord: The Most Unexpected Lessons from the Most Unexpected Person Author: Shaun Attwood Narrator: Joe Geoffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A self-help book like no other. From the author of the best-selling 'Hard Time', and seen on Locked Up Abroad, Shaun Attwood took his business degree to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became an award winning stockbroker and then a millionaire day trader during the dot-com bubble. But Shaun became greedy and lost sight of what was important. He threw raves and distributed Ecstacy grossing $25 million. Before being convicted of money laundering and drug dealing, he served 26 months in the infamous jail system run by the notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Lessons from a Drug Lord is his account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of drugs and gangs, insect infested cells with food unfit for animals and the lessons he learned from his choices. His teachings will force you to re-examine your life and what is truly important.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/miss-brenda-and-the-loveladies-a-heartwarming-true-story-of-grace-god-and-gumption-by-brenda-spahn-irene-zutell--65201133https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Brenda and the Loveladies: A Heartwarming True Story of Grace, God, and Gumption Author: Brenda Spahn, Irene Zutell Narrator: Adenrele Ojo, Bahni Turpin, Pam Ward, Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One woman's fight to provide hope for the hopeless… Seven ex-cons who changed her heart forever… For Brenda Spahn, entrepreneur and businesswoman, wealth was a lifestyle—until a brush with the law threatened to send her to prison. In those dark moments, Brenda made a promise to God. Spared incarceration, a renewed Brenda glimpsed into the lives of women serving time in one of the worst places in America—the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. What she saw prompted a God-inspired vision. With a heart to help and a will that couldn't be crushed, Brenda fought the system and overcame tremendous obstacles to take ex-cons into her home and help them navigate the alien world of life on the outside. This is the story of Brenda's journey from rags to riches to redemption. It's the story of the first unlikely year of her 'Whole Way House' and of the extraordinary lives of the first seven women who came to call her 'Miss Brenda.' It's a story that testifies to the power of faith and how God changes hearts every day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211497Thu, 01 May 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Brenda and the Loveladies: A Heartwarming True Story of Grace, God, and Gumption Author: Brenda Spahn, Irene Zutell Narrator: Adenrele Ojo, Bahni...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Miss Brenda and the Loveladies: A Heartwarming True Story of Grace, God, and Gumption Author: Brenda Spahn, Irene Zutell Narrator: Adenrele Ojo, Bahni Turpin, Pam Ward, Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One woman's fight to provide hope for the hopeless… Seven ex-cons who changed her heart forever… For Brenda Spahn, entrepreneur and businesswoman, wealth was a lifestyle—until a brush with the law threatened to send her to prison. In those dark moments, Brenda made a promise to God. Spared incarceration, a renewed Brenda glimpsed into the lives of women serving time in one of the worst places in America—the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. What she saw prompted a God-inspired vision. With a heart to help and a will that couldn't be crushed, Brenda fought the system and overcame tremendous obstacles to take ex-cons into her home and help them navigate the alien world of life on the outside. This is the story of Brenda's journey from rags to riches to redemption. It's the story of the first unlikely year of her 'Whole Way House' and of the extraordinary lives of the first seven women who came to call her 'Miss Brenda.' It's a story that testifies to the power of faith and how God changes hearts every day.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/part-swan-part-goose-an-uncommon-memoir-of-womanhood-work-and-family-by-swoosie-kurtz-joni-rodgers--65201168https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family Author: Swoosie Kurtz, Joni Rodgers Narrator: Swoosie Kurtz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 29, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In a wise, warmhearted memoir that celebrates her extraordinary life and stellar career, Swoosie Kurtz shares just the right combination of personal misadventure and showbiz lore, candidly reflecting on the right choices that empowered her, the wrong choices that enlightened her, and the intimate journey of caring for an aging parent. Animating this remarkable memoir is Swoosie’s relationship with her equally remarkable parents. Her father, Frank, was an Olympic athlete and highly decorated World War II airman. He flew a record number of missions in a cobbled-together B-17D called the Swoose. Her mother, Margo, was the quintessential military wife but with the spunk and will to match her husband’s. Her 1945 memoir, My Rival, the Sky, chronicled their lives up to the time of the birth of their daughter. Today, Margo, who is fast approaching her hundredth birthday, lives with Swoosie. And Swoosie’s life has become a precarious and precious balancing act as she struggles to stay ahead of her mother’s increasing needs while navigating a showbiz career that keeps one foot in Hollywood and the other on Broadway. **Includes a PDF of a digital photo gallery   The critics love Swoosie Kurtz…. “Inimitable…one of the best comic actors of our time.” —USA Today “[An] expert comic actress…may just be the most seductive woman on the New York stage right now.” —Charles Isherwood, The New York Times and “full of surprises…expressive…devastating…unforgettable.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211564Tue, 29 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family Author: Swoosie Kurtz, Joni Rodgers Narrator: Swoosie Kurtz Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family Author: Swoosie Kurtz, Joni Rodgers Narrator: Swoosie Kurtz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 29, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In a wise, warmhearted memoir that celebrates her extraordinary life and stellar career, Swoosie Kurtz shares just the right combination of personal misadventure and showbiz lore, candidly reflecting on the right choices that empowered her, the wrong choices that enlightened her, and the intimate journey of caring for an aging parent. Animating this remarkable memoir is Swoosie’s relationship with her equally remarkable parents. Her father, Frank, was an Olympic athlete and highly decorated World War II airman. He flew a record number of missions in a cobbled-together B-17D called the Swoose. Her mother, Margo, was the quintessential military wife but with the spunk and will to match her husband’s. Her 1945 memoir, My Rival, the Sky, chronicled their lives up to the time of the birth of their daughter. Today, Margo, who is fast approaching her hundredth birthday, lives with Swoosie. And Swoosie’s life has become a precarious and precious balancing act as she struggles to stay ahead of her mother’s increasing needs while navigating a showbiz career that keeps one foot in Hollywood and the other on Broadway. **Includes a PDF of a digital photo gallery   The critics love Swoosie Kurtz…. “Inimitable…one of the best comic actors of our time.” —USA Today “[An] expert comic actress…may just be the most seductive woman on the New York stage right now.” —Charles Isherwood, The New York Times and “full of surprises…expressive…devastating…unforgettable.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-nina-a-nanny-writes-home-by-nina-stibbe--65201193https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home Author: Nina Stibbe Narrator: Nina Stibbe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness: Love, Nina might be the most charming book I've ever read.' -- Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette In 1982, 20-year-old Nina Stibbe moved to London to work as a nanny to two opinionated and lively young boys. In frequent letters home to her sister, Nina described her trials and triumphs: there's a cat nobody likes, suppertime visits from a famous local playwright, a mysteriously unpaid milk bill, and repeated misadventures parking the family car. Dinner table discussions cover the gamut, from the greats of English literature, to swearing in German, to sexually transmitted diseases. There's no end to what Nina can learn from these boys (rude words) and their broad-minded mother (the who's who of literary London). A charming, hilarious, sweetly inspiring celebration of bad food and good company, Love, Nina makes a young woman's adventures in a new world come alive.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210265Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home Author: Nina Stibbe Narrator: Nina Stibbe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home Author: Nina Stibbe Narrator: Nina Stibbe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness: Love, Nina might be the most charming book I've ever read.' -- Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette In 1982, 20-year-old Nina Stibbe moved to London to work as a nanny to two opinionated and lively young boys. In frequent letters home to her sister, Nina described her trials and triumphs: there's a cat nobody likes, suppertime visits from a famous local playwright, a mysteriously unpaid milk bill, and repeated misadventures parking the family car. Dinner table discussions cover the gamut, from the greats of English literature, to swearing in German, to sexually transmitted diseases. There's no end to what Nina can learn from these boys (rude words) and their broad-minded mother (the who's who of literary London). A charming, hilarious, sweetly inspiring celebration of bad food and good company, Love, Nina makes a young woman's adventures in a new world come alive.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-goes-gravity-a-life-in-rock-and-roll-by-lisa-robinson--65201157https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll Author: Lisa Robinson Narrator: Lisa Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From a legendary journalist with four decades of unprecedented access and untold stories, an insider’s behind-the-scenes look at the major personalities of rock and roll.   Lisa Robinson has interviewed everyone from John Lennon to Bono to Patti Smith, Eminem to Lady Gaga to Jay-Z and Kanye West. She’s talked nail polish with a twelve-year-old Michael Jackson, hosted The Clash at Studio 54, and introduced Lou Reed to David Bowie over filet mignon in a Manhattan restaurant. She helped Elvis Costello and The Clash get their record deals.  She had total access to the punk scene at CBGBs, was on a private plane with the Rolling Stones during a lightning storm and with Led Zeppelin when their tour manager pulled out a gun. Unlike any other journalist who covered this world, she was the only woman to break into this exclusive boys' club. The story of rock and roll for the last four decades is Lisa Robinson’s story. She has lived and breathed music – the sound, the scene, the personalities – and she shares her stories all together here for the first time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211565Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll Author: Lisa Robinson Narrator: Lisa Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll Author: Lisa Robinson Narrator: Lisa Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From a legendary journalist with four decades of unprecedented access and untold stories, an insider’s behind-the-scenes look at the major personalities of rock and roll.   Lisa Robinson has interviewed everyone from John Lennon to Bono to Patti Smith, Eminem to Lady Gaga to Jay-Z and Kanye West. She’s talked nail polish with a twelve-year-old Michael Jackson, hosted The Clash at Studio 54, and introduced Lou Reed to David Bowie over filet mignon in a Manhattan restaurant. She helped Elvis Costello and The Clash get their record deals.  She had total access to the punk scene at CBGBs, was on a private plane with the Rolling Stones during a lightning storm and with Led Zeppelin when their tour manager pulled out a gun. Unlike any other journalist who covered this world, she was the only woman to break into this exclusive boys' club. The story of rock and roll for the last four decades is Lisa Robinson’s story. She has lived and breathed music – the sound, the scene, the personalities – and she shares her stories all together here for the first time.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everybody-s-got-something-by-robin-roberts-veronica-chambers--65201154https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everybody's Got Something Author: Robin Roberts, Veronica Chambers Narrator: Robin Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As momma always said, 'Everybody's got something.' So begins beloved Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's new memoir in which she recounts the incredible journey that's been her life so far, and the lessons she's learned along the way. With grace, heart, and humor, she writes about overcoming breast cancer only to learn five years later that she will need a bone marrow transplant to combat a rare blood disorder, the grief and heartbreak she suffered when her mother passed away, her triumphant return to GMA after her medical leave, and the tremendous support and love of her family and friends that saw her through her difficult times. Following her mother's advice to 'make your mess your message,' Robin taught a nation of viewers that while it is true that we've all got something -- a medical crisis to face, aging parents to care for, heartbreak in all its many forms we've also all got something to give: hope, encouragement, a life-saving transplant or a spirit-saving embrace. As Robin has learned, and what readers of her remarkable story will come to believe as well, it's all about faith, family and friends. And finding out that you are stronger, much stronger, than you think.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210086Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everybody's Got Something Author: Robin Roberts, Veronica Chambers Narrator: Robin Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everybody's Got Something Author: Robin Roberts, Veronica Chambers Narrator: Robin Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As momma always said, 'Everybody's got something.' So begins beloved Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's new memoir in which she recounts the incredible journey that's been her life so far, and the lessons she's learned along the way. With grace, heart, and humor, she writes about overcoming breast cancer only to learn five years later that she will need a bone marrow transplant to combat a rare blood disorder, the grief and heartbreak she suffered when her mother passed away, her triumphant return to GMA after her medical leave, and the tremendous support and love of her family and friends that saw her through her difficult times. Following her mother's advice to 'make your mess your message,' Robin taught a nation of viewers that while it is true that we've all got something -- a medical crisis to face, aging parents to care for, heartbreak in all its many forms we've also all got something to give: hope, encouragement, a life-saving transplant or a spirit-saving embrace. As Robin has learned, and what readers of her remarkable story will come to believe as well, it's all about faith, family and friends. And finding out that you are stronger, much stronger, than you think.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/listen-to-the-squawking-chicken-when-mother-knows-best-what-s-a-daughter-to-do-a-memoir-sort-of-by-elaine-lui--65201128https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter To Do? A Memoir (Sort Of) Author: Elaine Lui Narrator: Elaine Lui Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 22, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: If Jenny Lawson was Chinese and wrote a Chinese mother-daughter book and punched Amy Chua in the stomach. As the 800,000+ U.S. fans of Elaine Lui’s site know, her mother, aka The Squawking Chicken, is a huge factor in Elaine’s life. She pulls no punches, especially with her only child. “Where’s my money?” she asks every time she sees Elaine. “You’ll never be Miss Hong Kong,” she informed her daughter when she was a girl. Listen to the Squawking Chicken lays bare the playbook of unusual advice, warnings, and unwavering love that has guided Elaine throughout her life. Using the nine principles that her mother used to raise her, Elaine tells us the story of the Squawking Chicken’s life—in which she walked an unusual path to parent with tough love, humor, and, through it all, a mother’s unyielding devotion to her daughter. This is a love letter to mothers everywhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211599Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter To Do? A Memoir (Sort Of) Author: Elaine Lui Narrator: Elaine Lui Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter To Do? A Memoir (Sort Of) Author: Elaine Lui Narrator: Elaine Lui Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 22, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: If Jenny Lawson was Chinese and wrote a Chinese mother-daughter book and punched Amy Chua in the stomach. As the 800,000+ U.S. fans of Elaine Lui’s site know, her mother, aka The Squawking Chicken, is a huge factor in Elaine’s life. She pulls no punches, especially with her only child. “Where’s my money?” she asks every time she sees Elaine. “You’ll never be Miss Hong Kong,” she informed her daughter when she was a girl. Listen to the Squawking Chicken lays bare the playbook of unusual advice, warnings, and unwavering love that has guided Elaine throughout her life. Using the nine principles that her mother used to raise her, Elaine tells us the story of the Squawking Chicken’s life—in which she walked an unusual path to parent with tough love, humor, and, through it all, a mother’s unyielding devotion to her daughter. This is a love letter to mothers everywhere.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sing-over-me-by-dennis-jernigan--65201126https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sing Over Me Author: Dennis Jernigan Narrator: Dennis Jernigan, Bob Souer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 20, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ABOUT THE BOOK: Since 1988, I’ve been publicly sharing the story of how I walked out of a perceived homosexual identity. Why? Because I remember being a boy wondering if freedom was possible. The church didn’t have answers. The world didn’t have answers. The gay community just tried to make me give up and accept this as my innate identity. Yet, something deep inside of me kept knocking at the door of my heart saying, “There must be more. This cannot be your ultimate destiny and identity.” When God met me with the Truth of the transforming power of Jesus Christ, and I began what I call my incredible journey, I began to realize that I’d been lied to by the world and the philosophies of man. After seven years of freedom under my belt, the Lord asked me to begin publicly sharing my story because there were others out there who felt the same as I felt—that there must be more. This book is for those who want to experience God in an intimate, life-changing way, regardless of whether or not they’ve ever struggled with unwanted same-sex attraction. This is my story, yet really it’s the story of redemption found in knowing Jesus Christ intimately. Dennis Jernigan ABOUT THE AUTHOR: You may know the music of Dennis Jernigan before you know his name. Having penned songs that are sung in churches and worship gatherings over the entire world like “You Are My All in All,” “Thank You,” “Who Can Satisfy My Soul (There is a Fountain),” “I Belong to Jesus,” “We Will Worship the Lamb of Glory,” and many others, Dennis Jernigan is a worship leader, song receiver, and author, but more importantly, he is a husband and father. Married for thirty years to Melinda, they have nine children and make their home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where they are now welcoming grandchildren! Having been walking in freedom from his former homosexual identity since November 7, 1981, Jernigan takes great joy in sharing the grace and love of God with any who desire freedom in their own lives. Known for his worship songs and ability to lead people into a deeper, freeing awareness of Father’s love in their lives, Dennis spends a great deal of time encouraging others to embrace their true identity in Christ.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211843Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sing Over Me Author: Dennis Jernigan Narrator: Dennis Jernigan, Bob Souer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sing Over Me Author: Dennis Jernigan Narrator: Dennis Jernigan, Bob Souer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 20, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ABOUT THE BOOK: Since 1988, I’ve been publicly sharing the story of how I walked out of a perceived homosexual identity. Why? Because I remember being a boy wondering if freedom was possible. The church didn’t have answers. The world didn’t have answers. The gay community just tried to make me give up and accept this as my innate identity. Yet, something deep inside of me kept knocking at the door of my heart saying, “There must be more. This cannot be your ultimate destiny and identity.” When God met me with the Truth of the transforming power of Jesus Christ, and I began what I call my incredible journey, I began to realize that I’d been lied to by the world and the philosophies of man. After seven years of freedom under my belt, the Lord asked me to begin publicly sharing my story because there were others out there who felt the same as I felt—that there must be more. This book is for those who want to experience God in an intimate, life-changing way, regardless of whether or not they’ve ever struggled with unwanted same-sex attraction. This is my story, yet really it’s the story of redemption found in knowing Jesus Christ intimately. Dennis Jernigan ABOUT THE AUTHOR: You may know the music of Dennis Jernigan before you know his name. Having penned songs that are sung in churches and worship gatherings over the entire world like “You Are My All in All,” “Thank You,” “Who Can Satisfy My Soul (There is a Fountain),” “I Belong to Jesus,” “We Will Worship the Lamb of Glory,” and many others, Dennis Jernigan is a worship leader, song receiver, and author, but more importantly, he is a husband and father. Married for thirty years to Melinda, they have nine children and make their home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where they are now welcoming grandchildren! Having been walking in freedom from his former homosexual identity since November 7, 1981, Jernigan takes great joy in sharing the grace and love of God with any who desire freedom in their own lives. Known for his worship songs and ability to lead people into a deeper, freeing awareness of Father’s love in their lives, Dennis spends a great deal of time encouraging others to embrace their true identity in Christ.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/songs-only-you-know-by-sean-madigan-hoen--65201197https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Songs Only You Know Author: Sean Madigan Hoen Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 15, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Songs Only You Know: A Memoir plunges listeners into the Detroit hardcore punk scene with eighteen-year-old Sean and spans a dark decade during which his father succumbs to crack addiction, his younger sister spirals into a fatal depression, and his sense of home crumbles. Sean's salvation is music, as well as the many eccentrics and outsiders he befriends as front man of a band once referred to by Spin magazine as 'an art-core mindfuck.' Sean's prose whips from mordantly funny to searingly honest while offering an unflinching look at a family in crisis, low-rent music subculture, and the hard-earned identity of its author. A story of young manhood that deserves a place alongside Tobias Wolff's In Pharaoh's Army and Nick Flynn's Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Songs Only You Know is a beautiful, devastating exploration of family, friends, and one young man's musical dream. It marks the arrival of a fiercely original literary voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211267Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Songs Only You Know Author: Sean Madigan Hoen Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Songs Only You Know Author: Sean Madigan Hoen Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 15, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Songs Only You Know: A Memoir plunges listeners into the Detroit hardcore punk scene with eighteen-year-old Sean and spans a dark decade during which his father succumbs to crack addiction, his younger sister spirals into a fatal depression, and his sense of home crumbles. Sean's salvation is music, as well as the many eccentrics and outsiders he befriends as front man of a band once referred to by Spin magazine as 'an art-core mindfuck.' Sean's prose whips from mordantly funny to searingly honest while offering an unflinching look at a family in crisis, low-rent music subculture, and the hard-earned identity of its author. A story of young manhood that deserves a place alongside Tobias Wolff's In Pharaoh's Army and Nick Flynn's Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Songs Only You Know is a beautiful, devastating exploration of family, friends, and one young man's musical dream. It marks the arrival of a fiercely original literary voice.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/running-away-a-memoir-by-robert-andrew-powell--65201171https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Running Away: A Memoir Author: Robert Andrew Powell Narrator: Robert Andrew Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When journalist Robert Andrew Powell finished his first marathon, he cried, cradled in his father’s arms. Long distance runners understand where those tears come from, even if there are others who will never understand what drives someone to run 26.2 consecutive miles in a grueling mental and physical test. Powell’s emotional reaction to completing the race wasn’t just about the run, though. It was also about the joy and relief of coming back up after hitting rock bottom. Running Away is the story of how one decision can alter the course of a life. Knocked down by a painful divorce and inspired by his father, Powell decided to change his mindset and circumstances. He moved to Boulder and began running in earnest for the first time in his life. Over the 26.2 chapters that follow, Powell grapples with his past relationships, gaining insight and hard-won discipline that give him hope for the future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211664Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Running Away: A Memoir Author: Robert Andrew Powell Narrator: Robert Andrew Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Running Away: A Memoir Author: Robert Andrew Powell Narrator: Robert Andrew Powell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When journalist Robert Andrew Powell finished his first marathon, he cried, cradled in his father’s arms. Long distance runners understand where those tears come from, even if there are others who will never understand what drives someone to run 26.2 consecutive miles in a grueling mental and physical test. Powell’s emotional reaction to completing the race wasn’t just about the run, though. It was also about the joy and relief of coming back up after hitting rock bottom. Running Away is the story of how one decision can alter the course of a life. Knocked down by a painful divorce and inspired by his father, Powell decided to change his mindset and circumstances. He moved to Boulder and began running in earnest for the first time in his life. Over the 26.2 chapters that follow, Powell grapples with his past relationships, gaining insight and hard-won discipline that give him hope for the future.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-life-by-rob-lowe--65201220https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Life Author: Rob Lowe Narrator: Rob Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.66 of Total 50 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 23 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the heels of his New York Times bestselling Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe is back with an entertaining collection that “invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness” (Kirkus Reviews). After the incredible response to his acclaimed bestseller, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe was convinced to mine his experiences for even more stories. The result is Love Life, a memoir about men and women, actors and producers, art and commerce, fathers and sons, movies and TV, addiction and recovery, sex and love. Among the adventures he describes in these pages are: · His visit, as a young man, to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion, where the naïve actor made a surprising discovery in the hot tub. · The time, as a boy growing up in Malibu, he discovered a vibrator belonging to his best friend’s mother. · What it’s like to be the star and producer of a flop TV show. · How an actor prepares, for Californification, Parks and Recreation, and numerous other roles. · His hilarious account of coaching a kid’s basketball team dominated by helicopter parents. · How his great, great, great, great, great grandfather may have inspired everything from his love of The West Wing to his taste in classic American architecture. · His first visit to college, with his son, who is going to receive the education his father never got. · The time a major movie star stole his girlfriend. Linked by common themes and his philosophical perspective on love—and life—Lowe’s writing “is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales, and has a general sweetness” (New York Post).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209822Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Life Author: Rob Lowe Narrator: Rob Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Life Author: Rob Lowe Narrator: Rob Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.66 of Total 50 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 23 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the heels of his New York Times bestselling Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe is back with an entertaining collection that “invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness” (Kirkus Reviews). After the incredible response to his acclaimed bestseller, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe was convinced to mine his experiences for even more stories. The result is Love Life, a memoir about men and women, actors and producers, art and commerce, fathers and sons, movies and TV, addiction and recovery, sex and love. Among the adventures he describes in these pages are: · His visit, as a young man, to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion, where the naïve actor made a surprising discovery in the hot tub. · The time, as a boy growing up in Malibu, he discovered a vibrator belonging to his best friend’s mother. · What it’s like to be the star and producer of a flop TV show. · How an actor prepares, for Californification, Parks and Recreation, and numerous other roles. · His hilarious account of coaching a kid’s basketball team dominated by helicopter parents. · How his great, great, great, great, great grandfather may have inspired everything from his love of The West Wing to his taste in classic American architecture. · His first visit to college, with his son, who is going to receive the education his father never got. · The time a major movie star stole his girlfriend. Linked by common themes and his philosophical perspective on love—and life—Lowe’s writing “is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales, and has a general sweetness” (New York Post).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alex-s-wake-a-voyage-of-betrayal-and-journey-of-remembrance-by-martin-goldsmith--65201201https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alex's Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and Journey of Remembrance Author: Martin Goldsmith Narrator: Martin Goldsmith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Alex’s Wake is a tale of two parallel journeys undertaken seven decades apart. In the spring of 1939, Alex and Helmut Goldschmidt were two of more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany aboard the St. Louis, “the saddest ship afloat” (New York Times). Turned away from Cuba, the United States, and Canada, the St. Louis returned to Europe, a stark symbol of the world’s indifference to the gathering Holocaust. The Goldschmidts disembarked in France, where they spent the next three years in six different camps before being shipped to their deaths in Auschwitz. In the spring of 2011, Alex’s grandson, Martin Goldsmith, followed in his relatives’ footsteps on a six-week journey of remembrance and hope, an irrational quest to reverse their fate and bring himself peace. Alex’s Wake movingly recounts the detailed histories of the two journeys, the witnesses Martin encounters for whom the events of the past are a vivid part of a living present, and an intimate, honest attempt to overcome a tormented family legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209956Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alex's Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and Journey of Remembrance Author: Martin Goldsmith Narrator: Martin Goldsmith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alex's Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and Journey of Remembrance Author: Martin Goldsmith Narrator: Martin Goldsmith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Alex’s Wake is a tale of two parallel journeys undertaken seven decades apart. In the spring of 1939, Alex and Helmut Goldschmidt were two of more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany aboard the St. Louis, “the saddest ship afloat” (New York Times). Turned away from Cuba, the United States, and Canada, the St. Louis returned to Europe, a stark symbol of the world’s indifference to the gathering Holocaust. The Goldschmidts disembarked in France, where they spent the next three years in six different camps before being shipped to their deaths in Auschwitz. In the spring of 2011, Alex’s grandson, Martin Goldsmith, followed in his relatives’ footsteps on a six-week journey of remembrance and hope, an irrational quest to reverse their fate and bring himself peace. Alex’s Wake movingly recounts the detailed histories of the two journeys, the witnesses Martin encounters for whom the events of the past are a vivid part of a living present, and an intimate, honest attempt to overcome a tormented family legacy.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/now-you-see-me-how-i-forgave-the-unforgivable-by-kathy-sanders--65201185https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now You See Me: How I Forgave the Unforgivable Author: Kathy Sanders Narrator: Kathy Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On April 19, 1995, Kathy Sanders' life was changed forever when a bomb exploded and destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, killing her two grandsons Chase and Colton. For months, Kathy struggled with coping and wondered if the God she'd worshipped all her life even existed. After battling bitterness and contemplating suicide, she turned to the Lord and asked what He'd have her do. The answer was clear: Forgive your enemies. Thus Kathy forged a friendship with Terry Nichols, one of the men convicted in the bombing, via phone conversations, letters, and even face-to-face meetings. She also began searching for answers about what happened that fateful day in April and found opportunities to cultivate relationships with Nichols' children, mother, sister, wife, and ex-wife in separate turns. She demonstrated the same type of warmth to family members of Timothy McVeigh, the second man convicted of orchestrating the bombing. Her courageous efforts of extending compassion and grace gave her peace and removed the bitterness from her life. With photos, interviews, and actual letters exchanged between Kathy and Terry Nichols, Now You See Me tells the story of one woman who walked the road less traveled and forgave the unforgivable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209906Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now You See Me: How I Forgave the Unforgivable Author: Kathy Sanders Narrator: Kathy Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now You See Me: How I Forgave the Unforgivable Author: Kathy Sanders Narrator: Kathy Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On April 19, 1995, Kathy Sanders' life was changed forever when a bomb exploded and destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, killing her two grandsons Chase and Colton. For months, Kathy struggled with coping and wondered if the God she'd worshipped all her life even existed. After battling bitterness and contemplating suicide, she turned to the Lord and asked what He'd have her do. The answer was clear: Forgive your enemies. Thus Kathy forged a friendship with Terry Nichols, one of the men convicted in the bombing, via phone conversations, letters, and even face-to-face meetings. She also began searching for answers about what happened that fateful day in April and found opportunities to cultivate relationships with Nichols' children, mother, sister, wife, and ex-wife in separate turns. She demonstrated the same type of warmth to family members of Timothy McVeigh, the second man convicted of orchestrating the bombing. Her courageous efforts of extending compassion and grace gave her peace and removed the bitterness from her life. With photos, interviews, and actual letters exchanged between Kathy and Terry Nichols, Now You See Me tells the story of one woman who walked the road less traveled and forgave the unforgivable.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-snow-leopard-by-peter-matthiessen--65201172https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Leopard Author: Peter Matthiessen Narrator: Peter Matthiessen Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas... IN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. As the climb proceeds, Matthiessen charts his inner path as well as his outer one, with a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210368Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Leopard Author: Peter Matthiessen Narrator: Peter Matthiessen Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Leopard Author: Peter Matthiessen Narrator: Peter Matthiessen Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas... IN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. As the climb proceeds, Matthiessen charts his inner path as well as his outer one, with a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-don-t-know-what-you-know-me-from-confessions-of-a-co-star-by-judy-greer--65201160https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star Author: Judy Greer Narrator: Judy Greer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: You know Judy Greer, right? Maybe from The Wedding Planner, 13 Going on 30, Carrie, Arrested Development, or The Descendants. Yes, you totally recognize her. And, odds are, you already feel like she’s your friend.  In her first book of essays, I Don’t Know What You Know Me From, Greer writes about everything you would hope to hear from your best friend: how a midnight shopping trip to Walgreens can cure all; what it’s like to wake up one day with stepchildren; and how she really feels about fans telling her that she’s prettier in person. Yes, it’s all here—from the hilarious moments to the  intimate confessions. But Judy Greer isn’t just a regular friend—she’s a celebrity friend. Want to know which celebs she’s peed next to? Or what the Academy Awards are actually like? Or which hot actor gave her father a Harley-Davidson? Don’t worry; Greer reveals all of that, too. You’ll love her because, besides being laugh-out-loud funny, she makes us genuinely feel like she’s one of us. Because even though she sometimes has a stylist and a makeup artist, she still wears (and hates!) Spanx. Because even after almost twenty years in Hollywood, she still hasn’t figured everything out—except that you should always wash your face before bed. Always.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208756Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star Author: Judy Greer Narrator: Judy Greer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star Author: Judy Greer Narrator: Judy Greer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: You know Judy Greer, right? Maybe from The Wedding Planner, 13 Going on 30, Carrie, Arrested Development, or The Descendants. Yes, you totally recognize her. And, odds are, you already feel like she’s your friend.  In her first book of essays, I Don’t Know What You Know Me From, Greer writes about everything you would hope to hear from your best friend: how a midnight shopping trip to Walgreens can cure all; what it’s like to wake up one day with stepchildren; and how she really feels about fans telling her that she’s prettier in person. Yes, it’s all here—from the hilarious moments to the  intimate confessions. But Judy Greer isn’t just a regular friend—she’s a celebrity friend. Want to know which celebs she’s peed next to? Or what the Academy Awards are actually like? Or which hot actor gave her father a Harley-Davidson? Don’t worry; Greer reveals all of that, too. You’ll love her because, besides being laugh-out-loud funny, she makes us genuinely feel like she’s one of us. Because even though she sometimes has a stylist and a makeup artist, she still wears (and hates!) Spanx. Because even after almost twenty years in Hollywood, she still hasn’t figured everything out—except that you should always wash your face before bed. Always.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stronger-by-bret-witter-jeff-bauman--65201151https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stronger Author: Bret Witter, Jeff Bauman Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling memoir of the 27-year-old Boston Marathon bombing survivor and the basis of the major motion picture starring Jake Gyllenhaal. When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing his legs, the first thing he did was try to speak. When he realized he couldn't, he asked for a pad and paper and wrote down seven words: 'Saw the guy. Looked right at me,' setting off one of the biggest manhunts in the country's history. Just thirty hours before, Jeff had been at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon cheering on his girlfriend, Erin, when the first bomb went off at his feet. As he was rushed to the hospital, he realized he was severely injured and that he might die, but he didn't know that a photograph of him in a wheelchair was circulating throughout the world, making him the human face of the Boston Marathon bombing victims, or that what he'd seen would give the Boston police their most important breakthrough. In Stronger, Jeff describes the chaos and terror of the bombing itself and the ongoing FBI investigation in which he was a key witness. He takes us inside his grueling rehabilitation, and discusses his attempt to reconcile the world's admiration with his own guilt and frustration. . Brave, compassionate, and emotionally compelling, Jeff Bauman's story is not just his, but ours as well.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209863Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stronger Author: Bret Witter, Jeff Bauman Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stronger Author: Bret Witter, Jeff Bauman Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling memoir of the 27-year-old Boston Marathon bombing survivor and the basis of the major motion picture starring Jake Gyllenhaal. When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing his legs, the first thing he did was try to speak. When he realized he couldn't, he asked for a pad and paper and wrote down seven words: 'Saw the guy. Looked right at me,' setting off one of the biggest manhunts in the country's history. Just thirty hours before, Jeff had been at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon cheering on his girlfriend, Erin, when the first bomb went off at his feet. As he was rushed to the hospital, he realized he was severely injured and that he might die, but he didn't know that a photograph of him in a wheelchair was circulating throughout the world, making him the human face of the Boston Marathon bombing victims, or that what he'd seen would give the Boston police their most important breakthrough. In Stronger, Jeff describes the chaos and terror of the bombing itself and the ongoing FBI investigation in which he was a key witness. He takes us inside his grueling rehabilitation, and discusses his attempt to reconcile the world's admiration with his own guilt and frustration. . Brave, compassionate, and emotionally compelling, Jeff Bauman's story is not just his, but ours as well.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/living-with-a-wild-god-a-nonbeliever-s-search-for-the-truth-about-everything-by-barbara-ehrenreich--65201147https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living with a Wild God: ¿A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Narrator: Barbara Ehrenreich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist, and advocate for social justice. In Living With a Wild God, she recounts her quest-beginning in childhood-to find ''the Truth'' about the universe and everything else: What's really going on? Why are we here? In middle age, she rediscovered the journal she had kept during her tumultuous adolescence, which records an event so strange, so cataclysmic, that she had never, in all the intervening years, written or spoken about it to anyone. It was the kind of event that people call a ''mystical experience''-and, to a steadfast atheist and rationalist, nothing less than shattering. In Living With a Wild God, Ehrenreich reconstructs her childhood mission, bringing an older woman's wry and erudite perspective to a young girl's impassioned obsession with the questions that, at one point or another, torment us all. The result is both deeply personal and cosmically sweeping-a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science, religion, and the human condition. With her signature combination of intellectual rigor and uninhibited imagination, Ehrenreich offers a true literary achievement-a work that has the power not only to entertain but amaze.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209910Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living with a Wild God: ¿A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Narrator: Barbara Ehrenreich Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/209910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living with a Wild God: ¿A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Narrator: Barbara Ehrenreich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist, and advocate for social justice. In Living With a Wild God, she recounts her quest-beginning in childhood-to find ''the Truth'' about the universe and everything else: What's really going on? Why are we here? In middle age, she rediscovered the journal she had kept during her tumultuous adolescence, which records an event so strange, so cataclysmic, that she had never, in all the intervening years, written or spoken about it to anyone. It was the kind of event that people call a ''mystical experience''-and, to a steadfast atheist and rationalist, nothing less than shattering. In Living With a Wild God, Ehrenreich reconstructs her childhood mission, bringing an older woman's wry and erudite perspective to a young girl's impassioned obsession with the questions that, at one point or another, torment us all. The result is both deeply personal and cosmically sweeping-a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science, religion, and the human condition. With her signature combination of intellectual rigor and uninhibited imagination, Ehrenreich offers a true literary achievement-a work that has the power not only to entertain but amaze.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/things-a-little-bird-told-me-confessions-of-the-creative-mind-by-biz-stone--65201208https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind Author: Biz Stone Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career. Things a Little Bird Told Me From GQ's 'Nerd of the Year' to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly positive and remarkably savvy co-founder of Twitter-the social media platform that singlehandedly changed the way the world works. Now, Biz tells fascinating, pivotal, and personal stories from his early life and his careers at Google and Twitter, sharing his knowledge about the nature and importance of ingenuity today. In Biz's world: Opportunity can be manufactured Great work comes from abandoning a linear way of thinking Creativity never runs out Asking questions is free Empathy is core to personal and global success In this book, Biz also addresses failure, the value of vulnerability, ambition, and corporate culture. Whether seeking behind-the-scenes stories, advice, or wisdom and principles from one of the most successful businessmen of the new century, Things a Little Bird Told Me will satisfy every reader.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208463Tue, 01 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind Author: Biz Stone Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208463 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind Author: Biz Stone Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career. Things a Little Bird Told Me From GQ's 'Nerd of the Year' to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly positive and remarkably savvy co-founder of Twitter-the social media platform that singlehandedly changed the way the world works. Now, Biz tells fascinating, pivotal, and personal stories from his early life and his careers at Google and Twitter, sharing his knowledge about the nature and importance of ingenuity today. In Biz's world: Opportunity can be manufactured Great work comes from abandoning a linear way of thinking Creativity never runs out Asking questions is free Empathy is core to personal and global success In this book, Biz also addresses failure, the value of vulnerability, ambition, and corporate culture. Whether seeking behind-the-scenes stories, advice, or wisdom and principles from one of the most successful businessmen of the new century, Things a Little Bird Told Me will satisfy every reader.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-life-no-instructions-a-memoir-by-gail-caldwell--65201202https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: New Life, No Instructions: A Memoir Author: Gail Caldwell Narrator: Gail Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of Let’s Take the Long Way Home now gives us a stunning, exquisitely written memoir about a dramatic turning point in her life, which unexpectedly opened up a world of understanding, possibility, and connection. New Life, No Instructions is about the surprising way life can begin again, at any age.   “What do you do when the story changes in midlife? When a tale you have told yourself turns out to be a little untrue, just enough to throw the world off-kilter? It’s like leaving the train at the wrong stop: You are still you, but in a new place, there by accident or grace, and you will need your wits about you to proceed.   “Any change that matters, or takes, begins as immeasurably small. Then it accumulates, moss on stone, and after a few thousand years of not interfering, you have a glen, or a waterfall, or a field of hope where sorrow used to be.   “I suppose all of us consider our loved ones extraordinary; that is one of the elixirs of attachment. But over the months of pain and disrepair of that winter, I felt something that made the grimness tolerable: I felt blessed by the tribe I was part of. Here I was, supposedly solo, and the real truth was that I had a force field of connection surrounding me.   “Most of all I told this story because I wanted to say something about hope and the absence of it, and how we keep going anyway. About second chances, and how they’re sometimes buried amid the dross, even when you’re poised for the downhill grade. The narrative can always turn out to be a different story from what you expected.”   Praise for New Life, No Instructions   “Brimming with insights and wisdom . . . As far as I’m concerned, Caldwell can write about whatever she pleases. . . . Unabashed dispatches from lifelong single women are a fairly recent phenomenon. Caldwell has so much more to teach us.”—Kate Bolick, The New York Times Book Review “Gail Caldwell offers the kind of wisdom and grace you’d wish a friend, sister, or mother might deliver. . . . Fans and new readers alike will find comfort in Caldwell’s voice.”—The Boston Globe   “Quiet but powerful . . . an absorbing meditation on grief and rebirth in midlife.”—More   “Eloquent and uplifting . . . [a story] to inspire you.”—Good Housekeeping   “Graceful and reflective.”—USA Today   “[Caldwell] confronts, with pluck and fortitude, the hurdles that life throws her way.”—Publishers Weekly   “An uplifting journey . . . This book celebrates finding support where you least expect it.”—Woman’s Day   “[A] beautifully written memoir.”—Parade   “[A] thoughtful, wide-eyed view of the world . . . [Caldwell] ably explores the shifts of our hearts.”—Kirkus Reviews   “Getting old, as they say, is not for sissies, and no one would call Pulitzer Prize–winner Caldwell a wimp. . . . There may not have been a road map for the life-changing trip [she] was about to take, but . . . Caldwell realized she had the power to endure.”—Booklist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208477Tue, 01 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: New Life, No Instructions: A Memoir Author: Gail Caldwell Narrator: Gail Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: New Life, No Instructions: A Memoir Author: Gail Caldwell Narrator: Gail Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of Let’s Take the Long Way Home now gives us a stunning, exquisitely written memoir about a dramatic turning point in her life, which unexpectedly opened up a world of understanding, possibility, and connection. New Life, No Instructions is about the surprising way life can begin again, at any age.   “What do you do when the story changes in midlife? When a tale you have told yourself turns out to be a little untrue, just enough to throw the world off-kilter? It’s like leaving the train at the wrong stop: You are still you, but in a new place, there by accident or grace, and you will need your wits about you to proceed.   “Any change that matters, or takes, begins as immeasurably small. Then it accumulates, moss on stone, and after a few thousand years of not interfering, you have a glen, or a waterfall, or a field of hope where sorrow used to be.   “I suppose all of us consider our loved ones extraordinary; that is one of the elixirs of attachment. But over the months of pain and disrepair of that winter, I felt something that made the grimness tolerable: I felt blessed by the tribe I was part of. Here I was, supposedly solo, and the real truth was that I had a force field of connection surrounding me.   “Most of all I told this story because I wanted to say something about hope and the absence of it, and how we keep going anyway. About second chances, and how they’re sometimes buried amid the dross, even when you’re poised for the downhill grade. The narrative can always turn out to be a different story from what you expected.”   Praise for New Life, No Instructions   “Brimming with insights and wisdom . . . As far as I’m concerned, Caldwell can write about whatever she pleases. . . . Unabashed dispatches from lifelong single women are a fairly recent phenomenon. Caldwell has so much more to teach us.”—Kate Bolick, The New York Times Book Review “Gail Caldwell offers the kind of wisdom and grace you’d wish a friend, sister, or mother might deliver. . . . Fans and new readers alike will find comfort in Caldwell’s voice.”—The Boston Globe   “Quiet but powerful . . . an absorbing meditation on grief and rebirth in midlife.”—More   “Eloquent and uplifting . . . [a story] to inspire you.”—Good Housekeeping   “Graceful and reflective.”—USA Today   “[Caldwell] confronts, with pluck and fortitude, the hurdles that life throws her way.”—Publishers Weekly   “An uplifting journey . . . This book celebrates finding support where you least expect it.”—Woman’s Day   “[A] beautifully written memoir.”—Parade   “[A] thoughtful, wide-eyed view of the world . . . [Caldwell] ably explores the shifts of our hearts.”—Kirkus Reviews   “Getting old, as they say, is not for sissies, and no one would call Pulitzer Prize–winner Caldwell a wimp. . . . There may not have been a road map for the life-changing trip [she] was about to take, but . . . Caldwell realized she had the power to endure.”—Booklist]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/under-magnolia-a-southern-memoir-by-frances-mayes--65201191https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir Author: Frances Mayes Narrator: Frances Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region’s powerful influence on her life. The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style and grace, Mayes explores the power of landscape, the idea of home, and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family. From her years as a spirited, secretive child, through her university studies—a period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travel—to her escape to a new life in California, Mayes exuberantly recreates the intense relationships of her past, recounting the bitter and sweet stories of her complicated family: her beautiful yet fragile mother, Frankye; her unpredictable father, Garbert; Daddy Jack, whose life Garbert saved; grandmother Mother Mayes; and the family maid, Frances’s confidant Willie Bell. Under Magnolia is a searingly honest, humorous, and moving ode to family and place, and a thoughtful meditation on the ways they define us, or cause us to define ourselves. With acute sensory language, Mayes relishes the sweetness of the South, the smells and tastes at her family table, the fragrance of her hometown trees, and writes an unforgettable story of a girl whose perspicacity and dawning self-knowledge lead her out of the South and into the rest of the world, and then to a profound return home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208474Tue, 01 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir Author: Frances Mayes Narrator: Frances Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir Author: Frances Mayes Narrator: Frances Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region’s powerful influence on her life. The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style and grace, Mayes explores the power of landscape, the idea of home, and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family. From her years as a spirited, secretive child, through her university studies—a period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travel—to her escape to a new life in California, Mayes exuberantly recreates the intense relationships of her past, recounting the bitter and sweet stories of her complicated family: her beautiful yet fragile mother, Frankye; her unpredictable father, Garbert; Daddy Jack, whose life Garbert saved; grandmother Mother Mayes; and the family maid, Frances’s confidant Willie Bell. Under Magnolia is a searingly honest, humorous, and moving ode to family and place, and a thoughtful meditation on the ways they define us, or cause us to define ourselves. With acute sensory language, Mayes relishes the sweetness of the South, the smells and tastes at her family table, the fragrance of her hometown trees, and writes an unforgettable story of a girl whose perspicacity and dawning self-knowledge lead her out of the South and into the rest of the world, and then to a profound return home.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/murder-on-the-home-front-a-true-story-of-morgues-murderers-and-mysteries-during-the-london-blitz-by-molly-lefebure--65201184https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder on the Home Front: A True Story of Morgues, Murderers, and Mysteries during the London Blitz Author: Molly Lefebure Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: It is 1941. While the 'war of chaos' rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against violence, murder and the criminal underworld continues on the streets below. One ordinary day, in an ordinary courtroom, forensic pathologist Dr. Keith Simpson asks a keen young journalist to be his secretary. Although the 'horrors of secretarial work' don't appeal to Molly Lefebure, she's intrigued to know exactly what goes on behind a mortuary door. Capable and curious, 'Miss Molly' quickly becomes indispensible to Dr. Simpson as he meticulously pursues the truth. Accompanying him from somber morgues to London's most gruesome crime scenes, Molly observes and assists as he uncovers the dark secrets that all murder victims keep. With a sharp sense of humor and a rebellious spirit, Molly tells her own remarkable true story here with warmth and wit, painting a vivid portrait of wartime London.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210542Tue, 01 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder on the Home Front: A True Story of Morgues, Murderers, and Mysteries during the London Blitz Author: Molly Lefebure Narrator: Lucy Rayner...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder on the Home Front: A True Story of Morgues, Murderers, and Mysteries during the London Blitz Author: Molly Lefebure Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: It is 1941. While the 'war of chaos' rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against violence, murder and the criminal underworld continues on the streets below. One ordinary day, in an ordinary courtroom, forensic pathologist Dr. Keith Simpson asks a keen young journalist to be his secretary. Although the 'horrors of secretarial work' don't appeal to Molly Lefebure, she's intrigued to know exactly what goes on behind a mortuary door. Capable and curious, 'Miss Molly' quickly becomes indispensible to Dr. Simpson as he meticulously pursues the truth. Accompanying him from somber morgues to London's most gruesome crime scenes, Molly observes and assists as he uncovers the dark secrets that all murder victims keep. With a sharp sense of humor and a rebellious spirit, Molly tells her own remarkable true story here with warmth and wit, painting a vivid portrait of wartime London.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-pirate-a-father-his-son-and-the-golden-age-of-marijuana-by-tony-dokoupil--65201141https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana Author: Tony Dokoupil Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Blow and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, The Last Pirate is a vivid, haunting and often hilarious memoir recounting the life of Big Tony, a family man who joined the biggest pot ring of the Reagan era and exploded his life in the process. Three decades later, his son came back to put together the pieces. As he relates his father’s rise from hey-man hippie dealer to multi-ton smuggler extraordinaire, Tony Dokoupil tells the larger history of marijuana and untangles the controversies still stirring furious debate today. He blends superb reportage with searing personal memories, presenting a probing chronicle of pot-smoking, drug-taking America from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the aftermath of the Great Stoned Age. Back then, everyone knew a drug dealer. The Last Pirate is the story of what happened to one of them, to his family, and in a pharmacological sense, to us all.            The Last Pirate is a cultural portrait of marijuana’s endless allure set against the Technicolor backdrop of South Florida in the era of Miami Vice. It’s a public saga complete with a real pirate’s booty: more than a million dollars lost, buried, or stolen—but it’s also a deeply personal pursuit, the product of a son’s determination to replant the family tree in richer soil.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211160Tue, 01 Apr 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana Author: Tony Dokoupil Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana Author: Tony Dokoupil Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Blow and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, The Last Pirate is a vivid, haunting and often hilarious memoir recounting the life of Big Tony, a family man who joined the biggest pot ring of the Reagan era and exploded his life in the process. Three decades later, his son came back to put together the pieces. As he relates his father’s rise from hey-man hippie dealer to multi-ton smuggler extraordinaire, Tony Dokoupil tells the larger history of marijuana and untangles the controversies still stirring furious debate today. He blends superb reportage with searing personal memories, presenting a probing chronicle of pot-smoking, drug-taking America from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the aftermath of the Great Stoned Age. Back then, everyone knew a drug dealer. The Last Pirate is the story of what happened to one of them, to his family, and in a pharmacological sense, to us all.            The Last Pirate is a cultural portrait of marijuana’s endless allure set against the Technicolor backdrop of South Florida in the era of Miami Vice. It’s a public saga complete with a real pirate’s booty: more than a million dollars lost, buried, or stolen—but it’s also a deeply personal pursuit, the product of a son’s determination to replant the family tree in richer soil.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thrive-the-third-metric-to-redefining-success-and-creating-a-life-of-well-being-wisdom-and-wonder-by-arianna-huffington--65201204https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder Author: Arianna Huffington Narrator: Agapi Stassinopoulos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.47 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world.   Arianna Huffington's personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye--the result of a fall brought on by exhaustion and lack of sleep. As the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group--one of the fastest growing media companies in the world--celebrated as one of the world's most influential women, and gracing the covers of magazines, she was, by any traditional measure, extraordinarily successful. Yet as she found herself going from brain MRI to CAT scan to echocardiogram, to find out if there was any underlying medical problem beyond exhaustion, she wondered is this really what success feels like?   As more and more people are coming to realize, there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and capturing a corner office. Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of success--money and power--has led to an epidemic of burnout and stress-related illnesses, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, family life, and, ironically, our careers. In being connected to the world 24/7, we're losing our connection to what truly matters. Our current definition of success is, as Thrive shows, literally killing us. We need a new way forward.   In a commencement address Arianna gave at Smith College in the spring of 2013, she likened our drive for money and power to two legs of a three-legged stool. They may hold us up temporarily, but sooner or later we're going to topple over. We need a third leg--a third metric for defining success--to truly thrive. That third metric, she writes in Thrive, includes our well-being, our ability to draw on our intuition and inner wisdom, our sense of wonder, and our capacity for compassion and giving. As Arianna points out, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success. They don't commemorate our long hours in the office, our promotions, or our sterling PowerPoint presentations as we relentlessly raced to climb up the career ladder. They are not about our resumes--they are about cherished memories, shared adventures, small kindnesses and acts of generosity, lifelong passions, and the things that made us laugh.   In this deeply personal book, Arianna talks candidly about her own challenges with managing time and prioritizing the demands of a career and raising two daughters--of juggling business deadlines and family crises, a harried dance that led to her collapse and to her 'aha moment.' Drawing on the latest groundbreaking research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, sports, sleep, and physiology that show the profound and transformative effects of meditation, mindfulness, unplugging, and giving, Arianna shows us the way to a revolution in our culture, our thinking, our workplace, and our lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208757Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder Author: Arianna Huffington Narrator: Agapi...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder Author: Arianna Huffington Narrator: Agapi Stassinopoulos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.47 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world.   Arianna Huffington's personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye--the result of a fall brought on by exhaustion and lack of sleep. As the cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group--one of the fastest growing media companies in the world--celebrated as one of the world's most influential women, and gracing the covers of magazines, she was, by any traditional measure, extraordinarily successful. Yet as she found herself going from brain MRI to CAT scan to echocardiogram, to find out if there was any underlying medical problem beyond exhaustion, she wondered is this really what success feels like?   As more and more people are coming to realize, there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and capturing a corner office. Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of success--money and power--has led to an epidemic of burnout and stress-related illnesses, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, family life, and, ironically, our careers. In being connected to the world 24/7, we're losing our connection to what truly matters. Our current definition of success is, as Thrive shows, literally killing us. We need a new way forward.   In a commencement address Arianna gave at Smith College in the spring of 2013, she likened our drive for money and power to two legs of a three-legged stool. They may hold us up temporarily, but sooner or later we're going to topple over. We need a third leg--a third metric for defining success--to truly thrive. That third metric, she writes in Thrive, includes our well-being, our ability to draw on our intuition and inner wisdom, our sense of wonder, and our capacity for compassion and giving. As Arianna points out, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success. They don't commemorate our long hours in the office, our promotions, or our sterling PowerPoint presentations as we relentlessly raced to climb up the career ladder. They are not about our resumes--they are about cherished memories, shared adventures, small kindnesses and acts of generosity, lifelong passions, and the things that made us laugh.   In this deeply personal book, Arianna talks candidly about her own challenges with managing time and prioritizing the demands of a career and raising two daughters--of juggling business deadlines and family crises, a harried dance that led to her collapse and to her 'aha moment.' Drawing on the latest groundbreaking research and scientific findings in the fields of psychology, sports, sleep, and physiology that show the profound and transformative effects of meditation, mindfulness, unplugging, and giving, Arianna shows us the way to a revolution in our culture, our thinking, our workplace, and our lives.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sous-chef-24-hours-on-the-line-by-michael-gibney--65201190https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line Author: Michael Gibney Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME The back must slave to feed the belly. . . . In this urgent and unique book, chef Michael Gibney uses twenty-four hours to animate the intricate camaraderie and culinary choreography in an upscale New York restaurant kitchen. Here readers will find all the details, in rapid-fire succession, of what it takes to deliver an exceptional plate of food—the journey to excellence by way of exhaustion.   Told in second-person narrative, Sous Chef is an immersive, adrenaline-fueled run that offers a fly-on-the-wall perspective on the food service industry, allowing readers to briefly inhabit the hidden world behind the kitchen doors, in real time. This exhilarating account provides regular diners and food enthusiasts alike a detailed insider’s perspective, while offering fledgling professional cooks an honest picture of what the future holds, ultimately giving voice to the hard work and dedication around which chefs have built their careers.   In a kitchen where the highest standards are upheld and one misstep can result in disaster, Sous Chef conjures a greater appreciation for the thought, care, and focus that go into creating memorable and delicious fare. With grit, wit, and remarkable prose, Michael Gibney renders a beautiful and raw account of this demanding and sometimes overlooked profession, offering a nuanced perspective on the craft and art of food and service. Includes a bonus PDF with a glossary and supplemental graphics   Praise for Sous Chef   “This is excellent writing—excellent!—and it is thrilling to see a debut author who has language and story and craft so well in hand. Though I would never ask my staff to read my own book, I would happily require them to read Michael Gibney’s.”—Gabrielle Hamilton   “[Michael] Gibney has the soul of a poet and the stamina of a stevedore. . . . Tender and profane, his book will leave you with a permanent appreciation for all those people who ‘desire to feed, to nourish, to dish out the tasty bits of life.’”—The New York Times Book Review   “A terrific nuts-and-bolts account of the real business of cooking as told from the trenches. No nonsense. This is what it takes.”—Anthony Bourdain   “A wild ride, not unlike a roller coaster, and the reader experiences all the drama, tension, exhilaration, exhaustion and relief that accompany cooking in an upscale Manhattan restaurant.”—USA Today   “Vibrantly written.”—Entertainment Weekly   “Sizzling . . . Such culinary experience paired with linguistic panache is a rarity.”—The Daily Beast   “Reveals the high-adrenaline dance behind your dinner.”—NPR]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208478Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line Author: Michael Gibney Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line Author: Michael Gibney Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME The back must slave to feed the belly. . . . In this urgent and unique book, chef Michael Gibney uses twenty-four hours to animate the intricate camaraderie and culinary choreography in an upscale New York restaurant kitchen. Here readers will find all the details, in rapid-fire succession, of what it takes to deliver an exceptional plate of food—the journey to excellence by way of exhaustion.   Told in second-person narrative, Sous Chef is an immersive, adrenaline-fueled run that offers a fly-on-the-wall perspective on the food service industry, allowing readers to briefly inhabit the hidden world behind the kitchen doors, in real time. This exhilarating account provides regular diners and food enthusiasts alike a detailed insider’s perspective, while offering fledgling professional cooks an honest picture of what the future holds, ultimately giving voice to the hard work and dedication around which chefs have built their careers.   In a kitchen where the highest standards are upheld and one misstep can result in disaster, Sous Chef conjures a greater appreciation for the thought, care, and focus that go into creating memorable and delicious fare. With grit, wit, and remarkable prose, Michael Gibney renders a beautiful and raw account of this demanding and sometimes overlooked profession, offering a nuanced perspective on the craft and art of food and service. Includes a bonus PDF with a glossary and supplemental graphics   Praise for Sous Chef   “This is excellent writing—excellent!—and it is thrilling to see a debut author who has language and story and craft so well in hand. Though I would never ask my staff to read my own book, I would happily require them to read Michael Gibney’s.”—Gabrielle Hamilton   “[Michael] Gibney has the soul of a poet and the stamina of a stevedore. . . . Tender and profane, his book will leave you with a permanent appreciation for all those people who ‘desire to feed, to nourish, to dish out the tasty bits of life.’”—The New York Times Book Review   “A terrific nuts-and-bolts account of the real business of cooking as told from the trenches. No nonsense. This is what it takes.”—Anthony Bourdain   “A wild ride, not unlike a roller coaster, and the reader experiences all the drama, tension, exhilaration, exhaustion and relief that accompany cooking in an upscale Manhattan restaurant.”—USA Today   “Vibrantly written.”—Entertainment Weekly   “Sizzling . . . Such culinary experience paired with linguistic panache is a rarity.”—The Daily Beast   “Reveals the high-adrenaline dance behind your dinner.”—NPR]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-nice-little-place-on-the-north-side-wrigley-field-at-one-hundred-by-george-will--65201164https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred Author: George Will Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times-bestselling history of America's most beloved baseball stadium, Wrigley Field, and the Cubs’ century-long search for World Series glory In A Nice Little Place on the North Side, leading columnist George Will returns to baseball with a deeply personal look at his hapless Chicago Cubs and their often beatified home, Wrigley Field, as it enters its second century. Baseball, Will argues, is full of metaphors for life, religion, and happiness, and Wrigley is considered one of its sacred spaces. But what is its true, hyperbole-free history?   Winding beautifully like Wrigley’s iconic ivy, Will’s  meditation on “The Friendly Confines” examines both the unforgettable stories that forged the field’s legend and the larger-than-life characters—from Wrigley and Ruth to Veeck, Durocher, and Banks—who brought it glory, heartbreak, and scandal. Drawing upon his trademark knowledge and inimitable sense of humor, Will also explores his childhood connections to the team, the Cubs’ future, and what keeps long-suffering fans rooting for the home team after so many years of futility. In the end, A Nice Little Place on the North Side is more than just the history of a ballpark. It is the story of Chicago, of baseball, and of America itself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210448Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred Author: George Will Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred Author: George Will Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times-bestselling history of America's most beloved baseball stadium, Wrigley Field, and the Cubs’ century-long search for World Series glory In A Nice Little Place on the North Side, leading columnist George Will returns to baseball with a deeply personal look at his hapless Chicago Cubs and their often beatified home, Wrigley Field, as it enters its second century. Baseball, Will argues, is full of metaphors for life, religion, and happiness, and Wrigley is considered one of its sacred spaces. But what is its true, hyperbole-free history?   Winding beautifully like Wrigley’s iconic ivy, Will’s  meditation on “The Friendly Confines” examines both the unforgettable stories that forged the field’s legend and the larger-than-life characters—from Wrigley and Ruth to Veeck, Durocher, and Banks—who brought it glory, heartbreak, and scandal. Drawing upon his trademark knowledge and inimitable sense of humor, Will also explores his childhood connections to the team, the Cubs’ future, and what keeps long-suffering fans rooting for the home team after so many years of futility. In the end, A Nice Little Place on the North Side is more than just the history of a ballpark. It is the story of Chicago, of baseball, and of America itself.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/exodus-a-memoir-by-deborah-feldman--65201153https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exodus: A Memoir Author: Deborah Feldman Narrator: Deborah Feldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Deborah Feldman, author of the explosive New York Times–bestselling memoir Unorthodox, returns with an extraordinary follow-up that traces her new life as an independent young woman and single mother, and her search for an authentic and personal Jewish identity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210140Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exodus: A Memoir Author: Deborah Feldman Narrator: Deborah Feldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exodus: A Memoir Author: Deborah Feldman Narrator: Deborah Feldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Deborah Feldman, author of the explosive New York Times–bestselling memoir Unorthodox, returns with an extraordinary follow-up that traces her new life as an independent young woman and single mother, and her search for an authentic and personal Jewish identity.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-must-remember-this-life-and-style-in-hollywood-s-golden-age-by-scott-eyman-robert-j-wagner--65201233https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age Author: Scott Eyman, Robert J. Wagner Narrator: Robert J. Wagner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller and a “charming tribute” (Kirkus) to Hollywood’s most beloved era   Film and television star Robert Wagner has been delighting audiences for more than sixty years, and his many fans flocked to bookstores when he began to record his memories on the page. In his second New York Times bestseller, Wagner shares stories of Hollywood life behind the scenes from the 1930s through the 1950s. As poignant as it is revealing—and filled with magical moments like Judy Garland singing Gershwin at a dinner party thrown by Clifton Webb and golf games with Fred Astaire—You Must Remember This is Wagner’s tender farewell to a legendary era.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208673Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age Author: Scott Eyman, Robert J. Wagner Narrator: Robert J. Wagner Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age Author: Scott Eyman, Robert J. Wagner Narrator: Robert J. Wagner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller and a “charming tribute” (Kirkus) to Hollywood’s most beloved era   Film and television star Robert Wagner has been delighting audiences for more than sixty years, and his many fans flocked to bookstores when he began to record his memories on the page. In his second New York Times bestseller, Wagner shares stories of Hollywood life behind the scenes from the 1930s through the 1950s. As poignant as it is revealing—and filled with magical moments like Judy Garland singing Gershwin at a dinner party thrown by Clifton Webb and golf games with Fred Astaire—You Must Remember This is Wagner’s tender farewell to a legendary era.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cathedral-of-the-wild-an-african-journey-home-by-boyd-varty--65201210https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home Author: Boyd Varty Narrator: Boyd Varty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “This is a gorgeous, lyrical, hilarious, important book. . . . Read this and you may find yourself instinctively beginning to heal old wounds: in yourself, in others, and just maybe in the cathedral of the wild that is our true home.”—Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star Boyd Varty had an unconventional upbringing. He grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside wonders. Founded more than eighty years ago as a hunting ground, Londolozi was transformed into a nature reserve beginning in 1973 by Varty’s father and uncle, visionaries of the restoration movement. But it wasn’t just a sanctuary for the animals; it was also a place for ravaged land to flourish again and for the human spirit to be restored. When Nelson Mandela was released after twenty-seven years of imprisonment, he came to the reserve to recover.   Cathedral of the Wild is Varty’s memoir of his life in this exquisite and vast refuge. At Londolozi, Varty gained the confidence that emerges from living in Africa. “We came out strong and largely unafraid of life,” he writes, “with the full knowledge of its dangers.” It was there that young Boyd and his equally adventurous sister learned to track animals, raised leopard and lion cubs, followed their larger-than-life uncle on his many adventures filming wildlife, and became one with the land. Varty survived a harrowing black mamba encounter, a debilitating bout with malaria, even a vicious crocodile attack, but his biggest challenge was a personal crisis of purpose. An intense spiritual quest takes him across the globe and back again—to reconnect with nature and “rediscover the track.”   Cathedral of the Wild is a story of transformation that inspires a great appreciation for the beauty and order of the natural world. With conviction, hope, and humor, Varty makes a passionate claim for the power of the wild to restore the human spirit.   Praise for Cathedral of the Wild   “Extremely touching . . . a book about growth and hope.”—The New York Times   “It made me cry with its hard-won truths about human and animal nature. . . . Both funny and deeply moving, this book belongs on the shelf of everyone who seeks healing in wilderness.”—BookPage]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206937Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home Author: Boyd Varty Narrator: Boyd Varty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home Author: Boyd Varty Narrator: Boyd Varty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “This is a gorgeous, lyrical, hilarious, important book. . . . Read this and you may find yourself instinctively beginning to heal old wounds: in yourself, in others, and just maybe in the cathedral of the wild that is our true home.”—Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star Boyd Varty had an unconventional upbringing. He grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside wonders. Founded more than eighty years ago as a hunting ground, Londolozi was transformed into a nature reserve beginning in 1973 by Varty’s father and uncle, visionaries of the restoration movement. But it wasn’t just a sanctuary for the animals; it was also a place for ravaged land to flourish again and for the human spirit to be restored. When Nelson Mandela was released after twenty-seven years of imprisonment, he came to the reserve to recover.   Cathedral of the Wild is Varty’s memoir of his life in this exquisite and vast refuge. At Londolozi, Varty gained the confidence that emerges from living in Africa. “We came out strong and largely unafraid of life,” he writes, “with the full knowledge of its dangers.” It was there that young Boyd and his equally adventurous sister learned to track animals, raised leopard and lion cubs, followed their larger-than-life uncle on his many adventures filming wildlife, and became one with the land. Varty survived a harrowing black mamba encounter, a debilitating bout with malaria, even a vicious crocodile attack, but his biggest challenge was a personal crisis of purpose. An intense spiritual quest takes him across the globe and back again—to reconnect with nature and “rediscover the track.”   Cathedral of the Wild is a story of transformation that inspires a great appreciation for the beauty and order of the natural world. With conviction, hope, and humor, Varty makes a passionate claim for the power of the wild to restore the human spirit.   Praise for Cathedral of the Wild   “Extremely touching . . . a book about growth and hope.”—The New York Times   “It made me cry with its hard-won truths about human and animal nature. . . . Both funny and deeply moving, this book belongs on the shelf of everyone who seeks healing in wilderness.”—BookPage]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-happier-how-i-tamed-the-voice-in-my-head-reduced-stress-without-losing-my-edge-and-found-a-self-help-that-actually-works-a-true-stor--65201209https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208057 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story Author: Dan Harris Narrator: Dan Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 157 Ratings of Narrator: 4.3 of Total 30 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable. After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure, involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had both propelled him through the ranks of a hyper-competitive business and also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out. We all have a voice in our head. It’s what has us losing our temper unnecessarily, checking our email compulsively, eating when we’re not hungry, and fixating on the past and the future at the expense of the present. Most of us would assume we’re stuck with this voice – that there’s nothing we can do to rein it in – but Harris stumbled upon an effective way to do just that. It’s a far cry from the miracle cures peddled by the self-help swamis he met; instead, it’s something he always assumed to be either impossible or useless: meditation. After learning about research that suggests meditation can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain, Harris took a deep dive into the underreported world of CEOs, scientists, and even marines who are now using it for increased calm, focus, and happiness. 10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208057Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208057 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208057 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story Author: Dan Harris Narrator: Dan Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 157 Ratings of Narrator: 4.3 of Total 30 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable. After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure, involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had both propelled him through the ranks of a hyper-competitive business and also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out. We all have a voice in our head. It’s what has us losing our temper unnecessarily, checking our email compulsively, eating when we’re not hungry, and fixating on the past and the future at the expense of the present. Most of us would assume we’re stuck with this voice – that there’s nothing we can do to rein it in – but Harris stumbled upon an effective way to do just that. It’s a far cry from the miracle cures peddled by the self-help swamis he met; instead, it’s something he always assumed to be either impossible or useless: meditation. After learning about research that suggests meditation can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain, Harris took a deep dive into the underreported world of CEOs, scientists, and even marines who are now using it for increased calm, focus, and happiness. 10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sweet-tooth-a-memoir-by-tim-anderson--65201183https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Tooth: A Memoir Author: Tim Anderson Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 11, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: International Book Awards Winner in Non-Fiction: Gay & Lesbian “A gifted writer, Anderson is...delightful in his irreverence, and astutely aware of himself and his particular perspective. His observations are often laugh-out-loud funny and will leave readers with the desire to...keep turning the pages...” —Publishers Weekly review for Anderson, author of Tune in Tokyo and Sweet Tooth What’s a sweets-loving young boy growing up gay in North Carolina in the eighties supposed to think when he’s diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? That God is punishing him, naturally. This was, after all, when gay-hating Jesse Helms was his senator, AIDS was still the boogeyman, and no one was saying, “It gets better.” And if stealing a copy of a gay porno magazine from the newsagent was a sin, then surely what the men inside were doing to one another was much worse. Sweet Tooth is Tim Anderson’s uproarious memoir of life after his hormones and blood sugar both went berserk at the age of fifteen. With Morrissey and The Smiths as the soundtrack, Anderson self-deprecatingly recalls love affairs with vests and donuts, first crushes, coming out, and inaugural trips to gay bars. What emerges is the story of a young man trying to build a future that won’t involve crippling loneliness or losing a foot to his disease—and maybe even one that, no matter how unpredictable, can still be pretty sweet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208568Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Tooth: A Memoir Author: Tim Anderson Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sweet Tooth: A Memoir Author: Tim Anderson Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 11, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: International Book Awards Winner in Non-Fiction: Gay & Lesbian “A gifted writer, Anderson is...delightful in his irreverence, and astutely aware of himself and his particular perspective. His observations are often laugh-out-loud funny and will leave readers with the desire to...keep turning the pages...” —Publishers Weekly review for Anderson, author of Tune in Tokyo and Sweet Tooth What’s a sweets-loving young boy growing up gay in North Carolina in the eighties supposed to think when he’s diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? That God is punishing him, naturally. This was, after all, when gay-hating Jesse Helms was his senator, AIDS was still the boogeyman, and no one was saying, “It gets better.” And if stealing a copy of a gay porno magazine from the newsagent was a sin, then surely what the men inside were doing to one another was much worse. Sweet Tooth is Tim Anderson’s uproarious memoir of life after his hormones and blood sugar both went berserk at the age of fifteen. With Morrissey and The Smiths as the soundtrack, Anderson self-deprecatingly recalls love affairs with vests and donuts, first crushes, coming out, and inaugural trips to gay bars. What emerges is the story of a young man trying to build a future that won’t involve crippling loneliness or losing a foot to his disease—and maybe even one that, no matter how unpredictable, can still be pretty sweet.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/please-be-with-me-a-song-for-my-father-duane-allman-by-galadrielle-allman--65201247https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman Author: Galadrielle Allman Narrator: Galadrielle Allman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A deeply personal, revealing, and lyrical portrait of Duane Allman, founder of the legendary Allman Brothers Band, written by his daughter   Galadrielle Allman went to her first concert as an infant in diapers, held in her teenage mother’s arms. Playing was her father—Duane Allman, who would become one of the most influential and sought-after musicians of his time. Just a few short years into his remarkable career, he was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of twenty-four. His daughter was two years old.   Galadrielle was raised in the shadow of his loss and his fame. Her mother sought solace in a bohemian life. Friends and family found it too painful to talk about Duane. Galadrielle listened intently to his music, read articles about him, steeped herself in the mythic stories, and yet the spotlight rendered him too simple and too perfect to know. She felt a strange kinship to the fans who longed for him, but she needed to know more. It took her many years to accept that his life and his legacy were hers, and when she did, she began to ask for stories—from family, fellow musicians, friends—and they began to flow.   Galadrielle Allman’s memoir is at once a rapturous, riveting, and intimate account of one of the greatest guitar prodigies of all time, the story of the birth of a band that redefined the American musical landscape, and a tender inquiry of a daughter searching for her father in the memories of others. Praise for Please Be with Me   “Duane Allman was my big brother, my partner, my best friend. I thought I knew everything there was to know about him, but Galadrielle’s deep and insightful book came as a revelation to me, as it will to everyone who reads it.”—Gregg Allman “If you have ever been part of a family that has no photograph left behind to record its wholeness, you know what the absence of that picture does to you: Its nonexistence is itself a portrait of an incomplete heart that doesn’t contain you. Galadrielle Allman grew up in the territory of that loss, trying to understand a father who held her but who she never got to hold in return. Her account of the life of Duane Allman—rock and roll’s most lyrical guitarist—is the most moving music biography I’ve ever read. Better than that, Galadrielle has uncovered the heart and motivations, the desolation and saving graces, of the man, and lays it plain in a born-to-write southern voice. She has looked into absence, and from it she has salvaged two hearts: her father’s and her own.”—Mikal Gilmore, author of Shot in the Heart   “ ‘You can live forever inside a goodbye,’ Galadrielle Allman knows. But then you embrace it, explore it, and call forth its witnesses. In lyrical prose, and with love and wisdom, the now-mature daughter of guitar legend Duane Allman, who died at twenty-four when she was two, meditates on his outsized grip on her life, and retraces that life, and her mother’s, sending us to the South at the end of the sixties, when girls were hapless hippie goddesses, music was male and muscular, and even redneck culture was being transformed. But beyond that vibrant portrait is a comfort. We all idealize someone who left us long ago; we all romanticize some memory. This story invites us to savor our own secret intersection of nostalgia and emotional mercy, and it feels very, very good to have soulful, elegant company as we do.”—Sheila Weller, author of the New York Times bestseller Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—and the Journey of a Generation]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206722Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman Author: Galadrielle Allman Narrator: Galadrielle Allman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman Author: Galadrielle Allman Narrator: Galadrielle Allman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A deeply personal, revealing, and lyrical portrait of Duane Allman, founder of the legendary Allman Brothers Band, written by his daughter   Galadrielle Allman went to her first concert as an infant in diapers, held in her teenage mother’s arms. Playing was her father—Duane Allman, who would become one of the most influential and sought-after musicians of his time. Just a few short years into his remarkable career, he was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of twenty-four. His daughter was two years old.   Galadrielle was raised in the shadow of his loss and his fame. Her mother sought solace in a bohemian life. Friends and family found it too painful to talk about Duane. Galadrielle listened intently to his music, read articles about him, steeped herself in the mythic stories, and yet the spotlight rendered him too simple and too perfect to know. She felt a strange kinship to the fans who longed for him, but she needed to know more. It took her many years to accept that his life and his legacy were hers, and when she did, she began to ask for stories—from family, fellow musicians, friends—and they began to flow.   Galadrielle Allman’s memoir is at once a rapturous, riveting, and intimate account of one of the greatest guitar prodigies of all time, the story of the birth of a band that redefined the American musical landscape, and a tender inquiry of a daughter searching for her father in the memories of others. Praise for Please Be with Me   “Duane Allman was my big brother, my partner, my best friend. I thought I knew everything there was to know about him, but Galadrielle’s deep and insightful book came as a revelation to me, as it will to everyone who reads it.”—Gregg Allman “If you have ever been part of a family that has no photograph left behind to record its wholeness, you know what the absence of that picture does to you: Its nonexistence is itself a portrait of an incomplete heart that doesn’t contain you. Galadrielle Allman grew up in the territory of that loss, trying to understand a father who held her but who she never got to hold in return. Her account of the life of Duane Allman—rock and roll’s most lyrical guitarist—is the most moving music biography I’ve ever read. Better than that, Galadrielle has uncovered the heart and motivations, the desolation and saving graces, of the man, and lays it plain in a born-to-write southern voice. She has looked into absence, and from it she has salvaged two hearts: her father’s and her own.”—Mikal Gilmore, author of Shot in the Heart   “ ‘You can live forever inside a goodbye,’ Galadrielle Allman knows. But then you embrace it, explore it, and call forth its witnesses. In lyrical prose, and with love and wisdom, the now-mature daughter of guitar legend Duane Allman, who died at twenty-four when she was two, meditates on his outsized grip on her life, and retraces that life, and her mother’s, sending us to the South at the end of the sixties, when girls were hapless hippie goddesses, music was male and muscular, and even redneck culture was being transformed. But beyond that vibrant portrait is a comfort. We all idealize someone who left us long ago; we all romanticize some memory. This story invites us to savor our own secret intersection of nostalgia and emotional mercy, and it feels very, very good to have soulful, elegant company as we do.”—Sheila Weller, author of the New York Times bestseller Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly...]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-happiest-days-of-our-lives-by-wil-wheaton--65201227https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happiest Days of Our Lives Author: Wil Wheaton Narrator: Will Wheaton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Readers of Wil Wheaton's website know he is a masterful teller of elegant stories about his life. Building on the critical success of Dancing Barefoot and Just a Geek, he has collected more of his own favorite stories in his third book, The Happiest Days of Our Lives. These are the stories Wil loves to tell—the ones closest to his heart: stories about being a huge geek, about passing his geeky hobbies and values along to his own children, and about what it meant to grow up in the '70s and come of age in the '80s as part of the video game/D&D/BBS/Star Wars figures generation. Within the pages of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, you will find: 'The Butterfly Tree': How one back-to-school night continues to shape Wil's sense of social justice, thirty years later 'Blue Light Special': The greatest challenge a ten-year-old could face in 1982: save his allowance, or buy Star Wars figures? 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Geek': Why fantasy role-playing games are such an important part of Wil's past—and his present 'The Big Goodbye': A visit to Paramount gives Wheaton a second chance to say farewell to Star Trek … properly, this time 'Let Go': A moving eulogy for a beloved friend In all of these tales, Wheaton brings the listener into the raw heart of the story, holding nothing back. You are invited to join him on a journey through The Happiest Days of Our Lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208729Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happiest Days of Our Lives Author: Wil Wheaton Narrator: Will Wheaton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happiest Days of Our Lives Author: Wil Wheaton Narrator: Will Wheaton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Readers of Wil Wheaton's website know he is a masterful teller of elegant stories about his life. Building on the critical success of Dancing Barefoot and Just a Geek, he has collected more of his own favorite stories in his third book, The Happiest Days of Our Lives. These are the stories Wil loves to tell—the ones closest to his heart: stories about being a huge geek, about passing his geeky hobbies and values along to his own children, and about what it meant to grow up in the '70s and come of age in the '80s as part of the video game/D&D/BBS/Star Wars figures generation. Within the pages of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, you will find: 'The Butterfly Tree': How one back-to-school night continues to shape Wil's sense of social justice, thirty years later 'Blue Light Special': The greatest challenge a ten-year-old could face in 1982: save his allowance, or buy Star Wars figures? 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Geek': Why fantasy role-playing games are such an important part of Wil's past—and his present 'The Big Goodbye': A visit to Paramount gives Wheaton a second chance to say farewell to Star Trek … properly, this time 'Let Go': A moving eulogy for a beloved friend In all of these tales, Wheaton brings the listener into the raw heart of the story, holding nothing back. You are invited to join him on a journey through The Happiest Days of Our Lives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dancing-barefoot-five-short-but-true-stories-about-life-in-the-so-called-space-age-by-wil-wheaton--65201200https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing Barefoot: Five Short but True Stories about Life in the So-Called Space Age Author: Wil Wheaton Narrator: Wil Wheaton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Wil Wheaton—blogger, geek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher—gives us five short-but-true tales of life in the so-called Space Age in Dancing Barefoot. With a true geek's unflinching honesty, Wil examines life, love, the web, and the absurdities of Hollywood in these compelling autobiographical narratives. Based on pieces first published in Wil's hugely popular blog, www.wilwheaton.net, the stories in Dancing Barefoot chronicle a teen television star's journey to maturity and self-acceptance. Far from the usual celebrity tell-all, Dancing Barefoot is a vivid account of one man's version of that universal story, the search for self. If you've ever fallen in love, wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a Star Trek convention, or thought hard about the meaning of life, you'll find a kindred soul in the pages of Dancing Barefoot. In the process of uncovering his true geeky self, Wil Wheaton speaks to the inner geek in all of us. The stories include: 'Houses in Motion' – Memories fill the emptiness left within a childhood home, and saying goodbye brings them to life. 'Ready or Not Here I Come' – A game of hide-and-seek with the kids works as a time machine, taking Wil on a tour of the hiding and seeking of years gone by. 'Inferno' – Two fifteen-year-olds pass in the night, leaving behind pleasant memories and a perfumed Car Wars Deluxe Edition Box Set. 'We Close Our Eyes' – A few beautiful moments spent dancing in the rain. 'The Saga of SpongeBob VegasPants' – A story of love, hate, laughter, and the acceptance of all things Trek.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208908Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing Barefoot: Five Short but True Stories about Life in the So-Called Space Age Author: Wil Wheaton Narrator: Wil Wheaton Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing Barefoot: Five Short but True Stories about Life in the So-Called Space Age Author: Wil Wheaton Narrator: Wil Wheaton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Wil Wheaton—blogger, geek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher—gives us five short-but-true tales of life in the so-called Space Age in Dancing Barefoot. With a true geek's unflinching honesty, Wil examines life, love, the web, and the absurdities of Hollywood in these compelling autobiographical narratives. Based on pieces first published in Wil's hugely popular blog, www.wilwheaton.net, the stories in Dancing Barefoot chronicle a teen television star's journey to maturity and self-acceptance. Far from the usual celebrity tell-all, Dancing Barefoot is a vivid account of one man's version of that universal story, the search for self. If you've ever fallen in love, wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a Star Trek convention, or thought hard about the meaning of life, you'll find a kindred soul in the pages of Dancing Barefoot. In the process of uncovering his true geeky self, Wil Wheaton speaks to the inner geek in all of us. The stories include: 'Houses in Motion' – Memories fill the emptiness left within a childhood home, and saying goodbye brings them to life. 'Ready or Not Here I Come' – A game of hide-and-seek with the kids works as a time machine, taking Wil on a tour of the hiding and seeking of years gone by. 'Inferno' – Two fifteen-year-olds pass in the night, leaving behind pleasant memories and a perfumed Car Wars Deluxe Edition Box Set. 'We Close Our Eyes' – A few beautiful moments spent dancing in the rain. 'The Saga of SpongeBob VegasPants' – A story of love, hate, laughter, and the acceptance of all things Trek.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mister-owita-s-guide-to-gardening-how-i-learned-the-unexpected-joy-of-a-green-thumb-and-an-open-heart-by-carol-wall--65201199https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart Author: Carol Wall Narrator: Cynthia Darlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A bestseller in the making, this is the true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing—and ultimately everything—in common.   Carol Wall, a white woman living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America, was at a crossroads in her life. Her children were grown; she had successfully overcome illness; her beloved parents were getting older. One day she notices a dark-skinned African man tending her neighbor’s yard. His name is Giles Owita. He bags groceries at the supermarket. He comes from Kenya. And he’s very good at gardening.   Before long Giles is transforming not only Carol’s yard, but her life. Though they are seemingly quite different, a caring bond grows between them. But they both hold long-buried secrets that, when revealed, will cement their friendship forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208246Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart Author: Carol Wall Narrator: Cynthia Darlow...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart Author: Carol Wall Narrator: Cynthia Darlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A bestseller in the making, this is the true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing—and ultimately everything—in common.   Carol Wall, a white woman living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America, was at a crossroads in her life. Her children were grown; she had successfully overcome illness; her beloved parents were getting older. One day she notices a dark-skinned African man tending her neighbor’s yard. His name is Giles Owita. He bags groceries at the supermarket. He comes from Kenya. And he’s very good at gardening.   Before long Giles is transforming not only Carol’s yard, but her life. Though they are seemingly quite different, a caring bond grows between them. But they both hold long-buried secrets that, when revealed, will cement their friendship forever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/deep-thoughts-from-a-hollywood-blonde-by-emily-heckman-jennie-garth--65201173https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde Author: Emily Heckman, Jennie Garth Narrator: Jennie Garth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: For the first time ever, Jennie Garth is putting it all out there, sharing her joys and her sorrows, her successes and her failures, with candor and a surprising, even bawdy, sense of humor.   From her sudden rise to fame as a golden-haired teen beauty, to recently redefining herself as a single working mother to three growing girls, Jennie Garth has defied the odds and thrived in a town that can be more than a little tough on its blondes.   Since Jennie landed in Hollywood at just sixteen, she has built an enduring career as a television and film actress, producer and director, beginning with her iconic turn as Kelly Taylor on Aaron Spelling’s smash hit Beverly Hills 90210, a show that ran for a decade and which cemented Jennie’s place in American pop culture.   Recently, Jennie found herself facing her forties from a place she never expected to be in: newly single, in demand again as an actress after years spent focusing on her family, and all over the tabloids. So she decided to do what surprised many—including herself: she decided to write about it, to tell her own story, in her own words.   And now, in this intimate memoir, she explores the highs and lows of her life, both in front of the camera and behind closed doors, revealing the real Jennie Garth—smart, funny, and stronger than she ever realized.   This is one unforgettable, utterly loveable Hollywood Blonde, and these are her deep thoughts.   'No one warned me that deciding to write a book about my life would unleash all of the insecurities, fears, and self-doubts I'd been trying to outwit and outrun my whole life, but that's exactly what happened. I wanted to tell my truth with as much courage as I could muster and to be as fearless as possible as I delved into the darker corners of my mind. The result surprised me: I got to know myself in new ways.   Revealing myself in these pages has been at times terrifying, but also one of the most liberating experiences of my life. That's because once you start writing, all of these embarrassing, wonderful, hilarious, painful, and surreal things that make you who you are get flushed up to the surface. And so word by word, I began to put the story of me together. Now all of these personal recollections, memories and anecdotes have been printed and bound into this book, which means that now you get to know me, too.' —Jennie Garth]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208249Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde Author: Emily Heckman, Jennie Garth Narrator: Jennie Garth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde Author: Emily Heckman, Jennie Garth Narrator: Jennie Garth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: For the first time ever, Jennie Garth is putting it all out there, sharing her joys and her sorrows, her successes and her failures, with candor and a surprising, even bawdy, sense of humor.   From her sudden rise to fame as a golden-haired teen beauty, to recently redefining herself as a single working mother to three growing girls, Jennie Garth has defied the odds and thrived in a town that can be more than a little tough on its blondes.   Since Jennie landed in Hollywood at just sixteen, she has built an enduring career as a television and film actress, producer and director, beginning with her iconic turn as Kelly Taylor on Aaron Spelling’s smash hit Beverly Hills 90210, a show that ran for a decade and which cemented Jennie’s place in American pop culture.   Recently, Jennie found herself facing her forties from a place she never expected to be in: newly single, in demand again as an actress after years spent focusing on her family, and all over the tabloids. So she decided to do what surprised many—including herself: she decided to write about it, to tell her own story, in her own words.   And now, in this intimate memoir, she explores the highs and lows of her life, both in front of the camera and behind closed doors, revealing the real Jennie Garth—smart, funny, and stronger than she ever realized.   This is one unforgettable, utterly loveable Hollywood Blonde, and these are her deep thoughts.   'No one warned me that deciding to write a book about my life would unleash all of the insecurities, fears, and self-doubts I'd been trying to outwit and outrun my whole life, but that's exactly what happened. I wanted to tell my truth with as much courage as I could muster and to be as fearless as possible as I delved into the darker corners of my mind. The result surprised me: I got to know myself in new ways.   Revealing myself in these pages has been at times terrifying, but also one of the most liberating experiences of my life. That's because once you start writing, all of these embarrassing, wonderful, hilarious, painful, and surreal things that make you who you are get flushed up to the surface. And so word by word, I began to put the story of me together. Now all of these personal recollections, memories and anecdotes have been printed and bound into this book, which means that now you get to know me, too.' —Jennie Garth]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perfect-score-project-uncovering-the-secrets-of-the-sat-by-debbie-stier--65201230https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT Author: Debbie Stier Narrator: Debbie Stier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 25, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Perfect Score Project is an indispensable guide to acing the SAT – as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son.   It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying for the SAT.  Aware that Ethan was a typical teenager (i.e., completely uninterested in any test) and that a mind-boggling menu of test-prep options existed, she decided – on his behalf -- to sample as many as she could to create the perfect SAT test-prep recipe.   Debbie’s quest turned out to be an exercise in both hilarity and heartbreak as she took the SAT seven times in one year and in-between “went to school” on standardized testing.  Here, she reveals why the SAT has become so important, the cottage industries it has spawned, what really works in preparing for the test and what is a waste of time.   Both a toolbox of fresh tips and an amusing snapshot of parental love and wisdom colliding with teenage apathy, The Perfect Score Project rivets. In the book Debbie does it all: wrestles with Kaplan and Princeton Review, enrolls in Kumon, navigates khanacademy.org, meets regularly with a premier grammar coach, takes a battery of intelligence tests, and even cadges free lessons from the world’s most prestigious (and expensive) test prep company.   Along the way she answers the questions that plague every test-prep rookie, including: “When do I start?”...”Do the brand-name test prep services really deliver?”...”Which should I go with: a tutor, an SAT class, or self study?”...”Does test location really matter?” … “How do I find the right tutor?”… “How do SAT scores affect merit aid?”... and “What’s the one thing I need to know?”   The Perfect Score Project’s combination of charm, authority, and unexpected poignancy makes it one of the most compulsively readable guides to SAT test prep ever – and a book that will make you think hard about what really matters.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206256Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT Author: Debbie Stier Narrator: Debbie Stier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT Author: Debbie Stier Narrator: Debbie Stier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 25, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Perfect Score Project is an indispensable guide to acing the SAT – as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son.   It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying for the SAT.  Aware that Ethan was a typical teenager (i.e., completely uninterested in any test) and that a mind-boggling menu of test-prep options existed, she decided – on his behalf -- to sample as many as she could to create the perfect SAT test-prep recipe.   Debbie’s quest turned out to be an exercise in both hilarity and heartbreak as she took the SAT seven times in one year and in-between “went to school” on standardized testing.  Here, she reveals why the SAT has become so important, the cottage industries it has spawned, what really works in preparing for the test and what is a waste of time.   Both a toolbox of fresh tips and an amusing snapshot of parental love and wisdom colliding with teenage apathy, The Perfect Score Project rivets. In the book Debbie does it all: wrestles with Kaplan and Princeton Review, enrolls in Kumon, navigates khanacademy.org, meets regularly with a premier grammar coach, takes a battery of intelligence tests, and even cadges free lessons from the world’s most prestigious (and expensive) test prep company.   Along the way she answers the questions that plague every test-prep rookie, including: “When do I start?”...”Do the brand-name test prep services really deliver?”...”Which should I go with: a tutor, an SAT class, or self study?”...”Does test location really matter?” … “How do I find the right tutor?”… “How do SAT scores affect merit aid?”... and “What’s the one thing I need to know?”   The Perfect Score Project’s combination of charm, authority, and unexpected poignancy makes it one of the most compulsively readable guides to SAT test prep ever – and a book that will make you think hard about what really matters.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-breast-cancer-alphabet-by-madhulika-sikka--65201181https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/207931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Breast Cancer Alphabet Author: Madhulika Sikka Narrator: Madhulika Sikka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 25, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A definitive and approachable guide to life during, and after, breast cancer   The biggest risk factor for breast cancer is simply being a woman.  Madhulika Sikka's A Breast Cancer Alphabet offers a new way to live with and plan past the hardest diagnosis that most women will ever receive: a personal, practical, and deeply informative look at the road from diagnosis to treatment and beyond. What Madhulika Sikka didn't foresee when initially diagnosed, and what this book brings to life so vividly, are the unexpected and minute challenges that make navigating the world of breast cancer all the trickier.  A Breast Cancer Alphabet is an inspired reaction to what started as a personal predicament. This A-Z guide to living with breast cancer goes where so many fear to tread: sex (S is for Sex - really?), sentimentality (J is for Journey - it's a cliché we need to dispense with), hair (H is for Hair - yes, you can make a federal case of it) and work (Q is for Quitting - there'll be days when you feel like it).  She draws an easy-to-follow, and quite memorable, map of her travels from breast cancer neophyte to seasoned veteran. As a prominent news executive, Madhulika had access to the most cutting edge data on the disease's reach and impact.  At the same time, she craved the community of frank talk and personal insight that we rely on in life's toughest moments.  This wonderfully inventive book navigates the world of science and story, bringing readers into Madhulika's mind and experience in a way that demystifies breast cancer and offers new hope for those living with it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/207931Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/207931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Breast Cancer Alphabet Author: Madhulika Sikka Narrator: Madhulika Sikka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/207931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Breast Cancer Alphabet Author: Madhulika Sikka Narrator: Madhulika Sikka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 25, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A definitive and approachable guide to life during, and after, breast cancer   The biggest risk factor for breast cancer is simply being a woman.  Madhulika Sikka's A Breast Cancer Alphabet offers a new way to live with and plan past the hardest diagnosis that most women will ever receive: a personal, practical, and deeply informative look at the road from diagnosis to treatment and beyond. What Madhulika Sikka didn't foresee when initially diagnosed, and what this book brings to life so vividly, are the unexpected and minute challenges that make navigating the world of breast cancer all the trickier.  A Breast Cancer Alphabet is an inspired reaction to what started as a personal predicament. This A-Z guide to living with breast cancer goes where so many fear to tread: sex (S is for Sex - really?), sentimentality (J is for Journey - it's a cliché we need to dispense with), hair (H is for Hair - yes, you can make a federal case of it) and work (Q is for Quitting - there'll be days when you feel like it).  She draws an easy-to-follow, and quite memorable, map of her travels from breast cancer neophyte to seasoned veteran. As a prominent news executive, Madhulika had access to the most cutting edge data on the disease's reach and impact.  At the same time, she craved the community of frank talk and personal insight that we rely on in life's toughest moments.  This wonderfully inventive book navigates the world of science and story, bringing readers into Madhulika's mind and experience in a way that demystifies breast cancer and offers new hope for those living with it.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/drinking-and-dating-p-s-social-media-is-ruining-romance-by-brandi-glanville--65201195https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance Author: Brandi Glanville Narrator: Brandi Glanville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 2.4 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the heels of her New York Times bestselling book Drinking and Tweeting, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville takes readers on a wild ride through her dating life in this highly-entertaining relationship book. Drinking and Dating chronicles Glanville’s misadventures stumbling through today’s dating world. From social media blunders to bedroom escapades, Brandi withholds nothing. Each chapter is inspired by a relationship encounter she has had since her sensational divorce from actor Eddie Cibrian. Hilarious, surprising, vulnerable, and outspoken, Glanville’s unexpected take on dating after heartbreak – and life in general - is as unique as she is. Just like Brandi herself, Drinking and Dating is sexy, funny, and eyebrow-raising.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206229Tue, 11 Feb 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance Author: Brandi Glanville Narrator: Brandi Glanville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance Author: Brandi Glanville Narrator: Brandi Glanville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 2.4 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the heels of her New York Times bestselling book Drinking and Tweeting, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville takes readers on a wild ride through her dating life in this highly-entertaining relationship book. Drinking and Dating chronicles Glanville’s misadventures stumbling through today’s dating world. From social media blunders to bedroom escapades, Brandi withholds nothing. Each chapter is inspired by a relationship encounter she has had since her sensational divorce from actor Eddie Cibrian. Hilarious, surprising, vulnerable, and outspoken, Glanville’s unexpected take on dating after heartbreak – and life in general - is as unique as she is. Just like Brandi herself, Drinking and Dating is sexy, funny, and eyebrow-raising.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pigs-can-t-swim-a-memoir-by-helen-peppe--65201250https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pigs Can’t Swim: A Memoir Author: Helen Peppe Narrator: Renée Raudman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With everything happening on Helen Peppe's backwoods Maine farm—ferocious sibling rivalry, rock-bottom poverty, feral male chauvinism, sex in the hayloft—life was out of control, even for the animals. Despite the chaos, in telling her family's story, Peppe manages deadpan humor, an unerring eye for the absurd, and a touching compassion for her utterly overwhelmed parents. While her feisty resilience and candor will inevitably remind readers of Jeannette Walls or Mary Karr, Peppe's wry insight and moments of tenderness with family and animals are entirely her own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206281Tue, 04 Feb 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pigs Can’t Swim: A Memoir Author: Helen Peppe Narrator: Renée Raudman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pigs Can’t Swim: A Memoir Author: Helen Peppe Narrator: Renée Raudman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With everything happening on Helen Peppe's backwoods Maine farm—ferocious sibling rivalry, rock-bottom poverty, feral male chauvinism, sex in the hayloft—life was out of control, even for the animals. Despite the chaos, in telling her family's story, Peppe manages deadpan humor, an unerring eye for the absurd, and a touching compassion for her utterly overwhelmed parents. While her feisty resilience and candor will inevitably remind readers of Jeannette Walls or Mary Karr, Peppe's wry insight and moments of tenderness with family and animals are entirely her own.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/glitter-and-glue-a-memoir-by-kelly-corrigan--65201215https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Glitter and Glue: A Memoir Author: Kelly Corrigan Narrator: Kelly Corrigan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir from the author of The Middle Place about mothers and daughters—a bond that can be nourishing, exasperating, and occasionally divine.   When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic as “Your father’s the glitter but I’m the glue.” This meant nothing to Kelly, who left childhood sure that her mom—with her inviolable commandments and proud stoicism—would be nothing more than background chatter for the rest of Kelly’s life, which she was carefully orienting toward adventure. After college, armed with a backpack, her personal mission statement, and a wad of traveler’s checks, she took off for Australia to see things and do things and Become Interesting.   But it didn’t turn out the way she pictured it. In a matter of months, her savings shot, she had a choice: get a job or go home. That’s how Kelly met John Tanner, a newly widowed father of two looking for a live-in nanny. They chatted for an hour, discussed timing and pay, and a week later, Kelly moved in. And there, in that house in a suburb north of Sydney, 10,000 miles from the house where she was raised, her mother’s voice was suddenly everywhere, nudging and advising, cautioning and directing, escorting her through a terrain as foreign as any she had ever trekked. Every day she spent with the Tanner kids was a day spent reconsidering her relationship with her mother, turning it over in her hands like a shell, straining to hear whatever messages might be trapped in its spiral.   This is a book about the difference between travel and life experience, stepping out and stepping up, fathers and mothers. But mostly it’s about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time. Praise for Glitter and Glue “I loved this book, I was moved by this book, and now I will share this book with my own mother—along with my renewed appreciation for certain debts of love that can never be repaid.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love “Kelly Corrigan’s thoughtful and beautifully rendered meditation invites readers to reflect on their own launchings and homecomings. I accepted the invitation and learned things about myself. You will, too. Isn’t that why we read?”—Wally Lamb, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Water “Kelly Corrigan is no stranger to mining the depths of her heart. . . . Through her own experience of caring for children, she begins, for the first time, to appreciate the complex woman who raised her.”—O: The Oprah Magazine]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205207Tue, 04 Feb 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Glitter and Glue: A Memoir Author: Kelly Corrigan Narrator: Kelly Corrigan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Glitter and Glue: A Memoir Author: Kelly Corrigan Narrator: Kelly Corrigan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir from the author of The Middle Place about mothers and daughters—a bond that can be nourishing, exasperating, and occasionally divine.   When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic as “Your father’s the glitter but I’m the glue.” This meant nothing to Kelly, who left childhood sure that her mom—with her inviolable commandments and proud stoicism—would be nothing more than background chatter for the rest of Kelly’s life, which she was carefully orienting toward adventure. After college, armed with a backpack, her personal mission statement, and a wad of traveler’s checks, she took off for Australia to see things and do things and Become Interesting.   But it didn’t turn out the way she pictured it. In a matter of months, her savings shot, she had a choice: get a job or go home. That’s how Kelly met John Tanner, a newly widowed father of two looking for a live-in nanny. They chatted for an hour, discussed timing and pay, and a week later, Kelly moved in. And there, in that house in a suburb north of Sydney, 10,000 miles from the house where she was raised, her mother’s voice was suddenly everywhere, nudging and advising, cautioning and directing, escorting her through a terrain as foreign as any she had ever trekked. Every day she spent with the Tanner kids was a day spent reconsidering her relationship with her mother, turning it over in her hands like a shell, straining to hear whatever messages might be trapped in its spiral.   This is a book about the difference between travel and life experience, stepping out and stepping up, fathers and mothers. But mostly it’s about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time. Praise for Glitter and Glue “I loved this book, I was moved by this book, and now I will share this book with my own mother—along with my renewed appreciation for certain debts of love that can never be repaid.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love “Kelly Corrigan’s thoughtful and beautifully rendered meditation invites readers to reflect on their own launchings and homecomings. I accepted the invitation and learned things about myself. You will, too. Isn’t that why we read?”—Wally Lamb, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Water “Kelly Corrigan is no stranger to mining the depths of her heart. . . . Through her own experience of caring for children, she begins, for the first time, to appreciate the complex woman who raised her.”—O: The Oprah Magazine]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grand-central-winter-expanded-second-edition-stories-from-the-street-by-lee-stringer--65201196https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206284 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grand Central Winter, Expanded Second Edition: Stories from the Street Author: Lee Stringer Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer—homeless and drug-addicted for eleven years—found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day he used it to write. Soon writing became a habit that won out over drugs, and before long Stringer had created one of the most powerful urban memoirs of our time. With humane wisdom and a biting wit, Stringer chronicles the unraveling of his seemingly secure existence as a marketing executive and his odyssey of survival on the streets of New York. Whether he is portraying 'God's corner,' as he calls 42nd Street, or his friend Suzi, a hooker and 'past-due tourist' whose infant he sometimes babysits, whether he recounts taking shelter underneath Grand Central by night and collecting cans by day or making a living hawking Street News on the subway, Lee Stringer conveys the vitality and complexity of a down-and-out life. Rich with small acts of kindness, humor, and even heroism amid violence and desperation, Grand Central Winter offers a touching portrait of our shared humanity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206284Sat, 01 Feb 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206284 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grand Central Winter, Expanded Second Edition: Stories from the Street Author: Lee Stringer Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206284 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grand Central Winter, Expanded Second Edition: Stories from the Street Author: Lee Stringer Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer—homeless and drug-addicted for eleven years—found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day he used it to write. Soon writing became a habit that won out over drugs, and before long Stringer had created one of the most powerful urban memoirs of our time. With humane wisdom and a biting wit, Stringer chronicles the unraveling of his seemingly secure existence as a marketing executive and his odyssey of survival on the streets of New York. Whether he is portraying 'God's corner,' as he calls 42nd Street, or his friend Suzi, a hooker and 'past-due tourist' whose infant he sometimes babysits, whether he recounts taking shelter underneath Grand Central by night and collecting cans by day or making a living hawking Street News on the subway, Lee Stringer conveys the vitality and complexity of a down-and-out life. Rich with small acts of kindness, humor, and even heroism amid violence and desperation, Grand Central Winter offers a touching portrait of our shared humanity.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-survival-building-on-the-hard-times-a-pow-s-inspiring-story-by-gerald-coffee--65201216https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times—a POW’s Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Retired Us Navy Captain Gerald Coffee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 15, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on? For naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam, there was only one choice: go within. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Proving that leadership and creativity are possible in difficult and uncertain circumstances, Captain Coffee offers a message we can draw on in any trying situation. His story demonstrates that conviction must come from within, and in telling that story, he touches the place inside us where growth begins. Beyond Survival is a positive statement about love and commitment in the midst of war and division. It contrasts the cold reality of war, degradation, and torture with the warmth of human connections, inner serenity, and kinship with all life. It poignantly illustrates that to be stripped of everything that is familiar and by which we identify ourselves leaves us with only what unites us—our human identity. It conveys truths about relationships at every level: with ourselves, with others, with our country, and with our God. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Gerald Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208033Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times—a POW’s Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Retired Us Navy Captain Gerald Coffee Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond Survival: Building on the Hard Times—a POW’s Inspiring Story Author: Gerald Coffee Narrator: Retired Us Navy Captain Gerald Coffee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 15, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on? For naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam, there was only one choice: go within. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that unites heart and mind in a compelling and unforgettable experience. Drawing from his seven years as a POW, Captain Coffee provides timeless lessons that apply to the physical, emotional, and ethical challenges of everyday life. Proving that leadership and creativity are possible in difficult and uncertain circumstances, Captain Coffee offers a message we can draw on in any trying situation. His story demonstrates that conviction must come from within, and in telling that story, he touches the place inside us where growth begins. Beyond Survival is a positive statement about love and commitment in the midst of war and division. It contrasts the cold reality of war, degradation, and torture with the warmth of human connections, inner serenity, and kinship with all life. It poignantly illustrates that to be stripped of everything that is familiar and by which we identify ourselves leaves us with only what unites us—our human identity. It conveys truths about relationships at every level: with ourselves, with others, with our country, and with our God. Without inflaming the wounds inflicted by America's involvement in Vietnam, Beyond Survival explores an issue at the heart of every free society: the willingness of ordinary individuals to maintain a passion for freedom so compelling that adversity strengthens rather than weakens personal resolve in the worst of circumstances. Through Gerald Coffee's story you will discover the universal principles of survival and triumph that empower anyone to overcome adversity.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seductive-poison-a-jonestown-survivor-s-story-of-life-and-death-in-the-peoples-temple-by-deborah-layton--65201224https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple Author: Deborah Layton Narrator: Deborah Layton, Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Told by a former high-level member of the Peoples Temple and Jonestown survivor, Seductive Poison is the 'truly unforgettable' (Kirkus Review) story of how one woman was seduced by one of the most notorious cults in recent memory and how she found her way back to sanity. From Waco to Heaven's Gate, the past decade has seen its share of cult tragedies. But none has been quite so dramatic or compelling as the Jonestown massacre of 1978, in which the Reverend Jim Jones and 913 of his disciples perished. Deborah Layton had been a member of the Peoples Temple for seven years when she departed for Jonestown, Guyana, the promised land nestled deep in the South American jungle. When she arrived, however, Layton saw that something was seriously wrong. Jones constantly spoke of a revolutionary mass suicide, and Layton knew only too well that he had enough control over the minds of the Jonestown residents to carry it out. But her pleas for help--and her sworn affidavit to the U.S. government--fell on skeptical ears. In this very personal account, Layton opens up the shadowy world of cults and shows how anyone can fall under their spell. Seductive Poison is both an unflinching historical document and a riveting story of intrigue, power, and murder. PRAISE: 'A suspenseful tale of escape that reads like a satisfying thriller, Layton's account is the most important personal testimony to emerge from the Jonestown tragedy.' --The Chicago Tribune   'A fascinating account of a debacle that continues to resonate' --Entertainment Weekly   'Layton is scrupulous and honest... A terrific read... a page turner to rival the best spy thriller.' --The Evening Standard UK   'Even teens unfamiliar with Jonestown will find this a powerful memoir.' --Booklist   'A chilling account... Truly unforgettable' --Kirkus Review (starred review)    “Seductive Poison is an absolutely riveting story, told as memoir but with the pulse-pounding suspense of a murder mystery. I read Layton's account non-stop through the night, unable to let go, struck by the realization that this is not simply an account of a bygone tragedy. It has great relevance to many of the terrible events we see unfolding today, for this is a story about those who seek a better world and are then inextricably caught in a plan to end it. This is a universal tale about ideology gone awry.” --Amy Tan   “Cults are multiplying and growing in this country. Why do apparently normal people surrender in body and soul to a charismatic egomaniac? Deborah Layton knows. This haunting book, written with candor and passion reads like a thriller. I could not put it down.” --Isabel Allende 'Shattering.' --The Boston Globe 'Vividly written and powerfully told.' --Librarby Journal 'An emotionally articulate and gripping account.' --The Nation]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206153Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple Author: Deborah Layton Narrator: Deborah Layton, Kathe Mazur...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple Author: Deborah Layton Narrator: Deborah Layton, Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Told by a former high-level member of the Peoples Temple and Jonestown survivor, Seductive Poison is the 'truly unforgettable' (Kirkus Review) story of how one woman was seduced by one of the most notorious cults in recent memory and how she found her way back to sanity. From Waco to Heaven's Gate, the past decade has seen its share of cult tragedies. But none has been quite so dramatic or compelling as the Jonestown massacre of 1978, in which the Reverend Jim Jones and 913 of his disciples perished. Deborah Layton had been a member of the Peoples Temple for seven years when she departed for Jonestown, Guyana, the promised land nestled deep in the South American jungle. When she arrived, however, Layton saw that something was seriously wrong. Jones constantly spoke of a revolutionary mass suicide, and Layton knew only too well that he had enough control over the minds of the Jonestown residents to carry it out. But her pleas for help--and her sworn affidavit to the U.S. government--fell on skeptical ears. In this very personal account, Layton opens up the shadowy world of cults and shows how anyone can fall under their spell. Seductive Poison is both an unflinching historical document and a riveting story of intrigue, power, and murder. PRAISE: 'A suspenseful tale of escape that reads like a satisfying thriller, Layton's account is the most important personal testimony to emerge from the Jonestown tragedy.' --The Chicago Tribune   'A fascinating account of a debacle that continues to resonate' --Entertainment Weekly   'Layton is scrupulous and honest... A terrific read... a page turner to rival the best spy thriller.' --The Evening Standard UK   'Even teens unfamiliar with Jonestown will find this a powerful memoir.' --Booklist   'A chilling account... Truly unforgettable' --Kirkus Review (starred review)    “Seductive Poison is an absolutely riveting story, told as memoir but with the pulse-pounding suspense of a murder mystery. I read Layton's account non-stop through the night, unable to let go, struck by the realization that this is not simply an account of a bygone tragedy. It has great relevance to many of the terrible events we see unfolding today, for this is a story about those who seek a better world and are then inextricably caught in a plan to end it. This is a universal tale about ideology gone awry.” --Amy Tan   “Cults are multiplying and growing in this country. Why do apparently normal people surrender in body and soul to a charismatic egomaniac? Deborah Layton knows. This haunting book, written with candor and passion reads like a thriller. I could not put it down.” --Isabel Allende 'Shattering.' --The Boston Globe 'Vividly written and powerfully told.' --Librarby Journal 'An emotionally articulate and gripping account.' --The Nation]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/duty-memoirs-of-a-secretary-at-war-by-robert-m-gates--65201219https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War Author: Robert M. Gates Narrator: Robert M Gates, George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206276Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War Author: Robert M. Gates Narrator: Robert M Gates, George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 40...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War Author: Robert M. Gates Narrator: Robert M Gates, George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-have-i-ever-my-life-so-far-without-a-date-by-katie-heaney--65201218https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date Author: Katie Heaney Narrator: Sarah Franco Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'I've been single for my entire life. Not one boyfriend. Not one short-term dating situation. Not one person with whom I regularly hung out and kissed on the face.' So begins Katie Heaney's memoir of her years spent looking for love, but never quite finding it. By age 25, equipped with a college degree, a load of friends, and a happy family life, she still has never had a boyfriend...and she's barely even been on a second date. Throughout this laugh-out-loud funny book, you will meet Katie's loyal group of girlfriends, including flirtatious and outgoing Rylee, the wild child to Katie's shrinking violet, as well as a whole roster of Katie's ill-fated crushes. And you will get to know Katie herself -- a smart, modern heroine relaying truths about everything from the subtleties of a Facebook message exchange to the fact that 'Everybody who works in a coffee shop is at least a little bit hot.' Funny, relatable, and inspiring, this is a memoir for anyone who has ever struggled to find love, but has also had a lot of fun in the process.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205130Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date Author: Katie Heaney Narrator: Sarah Franco Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date Author: Katie Heaney Narrator: Sarah Franco Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'I've been single for my entire life. Not one boyfriend. Not one short-term dating situation. Not one person with whom I regularly hung out and kissed on the face.' So begins Katie Heaney's memoir of her years spent looking for love, but never quite finding it. By age 25, equipped with a college degree, a load of friends, and a happy family life, she still has never had a boyfriend...and she's barely even been on a second date. Throughout this laugh-out-loud funny book, you will meet Katie's loyal group of girlfriends, including flirtatious and outgoing Rylee, the wild child to Katie's shrinking violet, as well as a whole roster of Katie's ill-fated crushes. And you will get to know Katie herself -- a smart, modern heroine relaying truths about everything from the subtleties of a Facebook message exchange to the fact that 'Everybody who works in a coffee shop is at least a little bit hot.' Funny, relatable, and inspiring, this is a memoir for anyone who has ever struggled to find love, but has also had a lot of fun in the process.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ham-slices-of-a-life-essays-and-stories-by-sam-harris--65201206https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ham: Slices of a Life: Essays and Stories Author: Sam Harris Narrator: Sam Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In a collection of personal essays that are “both rip-roaringly funny and sentimental, drawing natural (and justified) comparisons to David Sedaris and David Rakoff” (Esquire), longtime recording artist and actor Sam Harris recounts stories of friendship, love, celebrity, and growing up and getting sober. In sixteen brilliantly observed true stories, Sam Harris emerges as a natural humorist in league with David Sedaris, Chelsea Handler, Carrie Fisher, and Steve Martin, but with a voice uniquely his own. Praised by the Chicago Sun-Times for his “manic, witty commentary,” and with a storytelling talent The New York Times calls “New Yorker– worthy,” he puts a comedic spin on full-disclosure episodes from his own colorful life. In “I Feel, You Feel” he opens for Aretha Franklin during a blizzard. “Promises” is a front-row account of Liza Minnelli’s infamous wedding to “the man whose name shall go unmentioned.” In “The Zoo Story” Harris desperately searches for a common bond with his rough-and-tumble four-year-old son. What better place to find painfully funny material than in growing up gay, gifted, and ambitious in the heart of the Bible belt? And that’s just the first cut: From partying to parenting, from Sunday school to getting sober, these slices of Ham will have you laughing and wiping away salty tears in equal measure with their universal and down-to-earth appeal. After all, there’s a little ham in all of us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205242Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ham: Slices of a Life: Essays and Stories Author: Sam Harris Narrator: Sam Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ham: Slices of a Life: Essays and Stories Author: Sam Harris Narrator: Sam Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In a collection of personal essays that are “both rip-roaringly funny and sentimental, drawing natural (and justified) comparisons to David Sedaris and David Rakoff” (Esquire), longtime recording artist and actor Sam Harris recounts stories of friendship, love, celebrity, and growing up and getting sober. In sixteen brilliantly observed true stories, Sam Harris emerges as a natural humorist in league with David Sedaris, Chelsea Handler, Carrie Fisher, and Steve Martin, but with a voice uniquely his own. Praised by the Chicago Sun-Times for his “manic, witty commentary,” and with a storytelling talent The New York Times calls “New Yorker– worthy,” he puts a comedic spin on full-disclosure episodes from his own colorful life. In “I Feel, You Feel” he opens for Aretha Franklin during a blizzard. “Promises” is a front-row account of Liza Minnelli’s infamous wedding to “the man whose name shall go unmentioned.” In “The Zoo Story” Harris desperately searches for a common bond with his rough-and-tumble four-year-old son. What better place to find painfully funny material than in growing up gay, gifted, and ambitious in the heart of the Bible belt? And that’s just the first cut: From partying to parenting, from Sunday school to getting sober, these slices of Ham will have you laughing and wiping away salty tears in equal measure with their universal and down-to-earth appeal. After all, there’s a little ham in all of us.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-race-of-my-life-an-autobiography-by-milkha-singh--65201165https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Race Of My Life : An Autobiography Author: Milkha Singh Narrator: Prateek Sharma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Milkha Singh has led a life dominated by running, running and running. From a boy who narrowly escaped death during Partition (most of his family was not so lucky), to a juvenile delinquent who stole and outran the police, to a young Army recruit who ran his very first race to win special privileges for himself (a daily glass of milk). After that first race, Milkha Singh became an athlete by default. And what followed was the stuff legends are made of. In this remarkably candid autobiography, Milkha Singh shares the amazing highs of winning Indias first ever gold in athletics at the Commonwealth Games, the unbridled joy of being hailed as the Flying Sikh in Pakistan, as well as the shattering low of failure at the Olympics. Simple, yet ambitious; famous, yet grounded; temptations all around him, yet remaining celibate so he could focus on racing; a rich and beautiful girl who was desperate for him, yet fighting the world to marry his lady love, Nimmi, even as the on-field drama found its way into his personal life, Milkha was a man who defined his own destiny. And yet, for a man whose life was dominated by sports, he continues to remain disillusioned with the way sports is run. Powerful and gripping, The Race of My Life documents the journey of an impoverished refugee who rose to become one of the most towering figures in Indian sports.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208994Wed, 08 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Race Of My Life : An Autobiography Author: Milkha Singh Narrator: Prateek Sharma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 5 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Race Of My Life : An Autobiography Author: Milkha Singh Narrator: Prateek Sharma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Milkha Singh has led a life dominated by running, running and running. From a boy who narrowly escaped death during Partition (most of his family was not so lucky), to a juvenile delinquent who stole and outran the police, to a young Army recruit who ran his very first race to win special privileges for himself (a daily glass of milk). After that first race, Milkha Singh became an athlete by default. And what followed was the stuff legends are made of. In this remarkably candid autobiography, Milkha Singh shares the amazing highs of winning Indias first ever gold in athletics at the Commonwealth Games, the unbridled joy of being hailed as the Flying Sikh in Pakistan, as well as the shattering low of failure at the Olympics. Simple, yet ambitious; famous, yet grounded; temptations all around him, yet remaining celibate so he could focus on racing; a rich and beautiful girl who was desperate for him, yet fighting the world to marry his lady love, Nimmi, even as the on-field drama found its way into his personal life, Milkha was a man who defined his own destiny. And yet, for a man whose life was dominated by sports, he continues to remain disillusioned with the way sports is run. Powerful and gripping, The Race of My Life documents the journey of an impoverished refugee who rose to become one of the most towering figures in Indian sports.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daughter-of-empire-my-life-as-a-mountbatten-by-pamela-hicks--65201265https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughter of Empire: My Life As a Mountbatten Author: Pamela Hicks Narrator: Corrie James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Few families can boast of not one but two saints among their ancestors, a great-aunt who was the last tsarina of Russia, a father who was Grace Kelly's pinup, and a grandmother who was not only a princess but could also argue the finer points of naval law. Pamela Mountbatten entered a remarkable family when she was born at the very end of the Roaring Twenties. As the younger daughter of the glamorous heiress Edwina Ashley and Lord Louis Mountbatten, Pamela spent much of her early life with her sister, nannies, and servants—and a menagerie that included, at different times, a bear, two wallabies, a mongoose, and a lion. Her parents each had lovers who lived openly with the family. The house was always full of guests like Sir Winston Churchill, Noël Coward, Douglas Fairbanks, and the Duchess of Windsor (who brought a cold cooked chicken as a hostess gift). When World War II broke out, Lord Mountbatten was in command of HMS Kelly before being appointed chief of Combined Operations, and Pamela and her sister were sent to live on Fifth Avenue in New York City with Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. In 1947, her parents were appointed to be the last viceroy and vicereine of India and oversee the transfer of power to an independent Indian government. Amid the turmoil of political change, Pamela worked with student leaders, developed warm friendships with Gandhi and Nehru, and witnessed both the joy of Independence Day and its terrible aftermath. Soon afterwards, she was a bridesmaid in Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Prince Philip, and was a lady-in-waiting at the young princess's side when she learned her father had died and she was queen. Vivid and engaging, well-paced and superbly detailed, this witty, intimate memoir is an enchanting lens through which to view the early part of the twentieth century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205270Tue, 07 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughter of Empire: My Life As a Mountbatten Author: Pamela Hicks Narrator: Corrie James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughter of Empire: My Life As a Mountbatten Author: Pamela Hicks Narrator: Corrie James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Few families can boast of not one but two saints among their ancestors, a great-aunt who was the last tsarina of Russia, a father who was Grace Kelly's pinup, and a grandmother who was not only a princess but could also argue the finer points of naval law. Pamela Mountbatten entered a remarkable family when she was born at the very end of the Roaring Twenties. As the younger daughter of the glamorous heiress Edwina Ashley and Lord Louis Mountbatten, Pamela spent much of her early life with her sister, nannies, and servants—and a menagerie that included, at different times, a bear, two wallabies, a mongoose, and a lion. Her parents each had lovers who lived openly with the family. The house was always full of guests like Sir Winston Churchill, Noël Coward, Douglas Fairbanks, and the Duchess of Windsor (who brought a cold cooked chicken as a hostess gift). When World War II broke out, Lord Mountbatten was in command of HMS Kelly before being appointed chief of Combined Operations, and Pamela and her sister were sent to live on Fifth Avenue in New York City with Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. In 1947, her parents were appointed to be the last viceroy and vicereine of India and oversee the transfer of power to an independent Indian government. Amid the turmoil of political change, Pamela worked with student leaders, developed warm friendships with Gandhi and Nehru, and witnessed both the joy of Independence Day and its terrible aftermath. Soon afterwards, she was a bridesmaid in Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Prince Philip, and was a lady-in-waiting at the young princess's side when she learned her father had died and she was queen. Vivid and engaging, well-paced and superbly detailed, this witty, intimate memoir is an enchanting lens through which to view the early part of the twentieth century.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-age-of-anxiety-fear-hope-dread-and-the-search-for-peace-of-mind-by-scott-stossel--65201235https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind Author: Scott Stossel Narrator: Michael Goldstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A riveting, revelatory, and moving account of the author’s struggles with anxiety, and of the history of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand the condition   As recently as thirty-five years ago, anxiety did not exist as a diagnostic category. Today, it is the most common form of officially classified mental illness. Scott Stossel gracefully guides us across the terrain of an affliction that is pervasive yet too often misunderstood. Drawing on his own long-standing battle with anxiety, Stossel presents an astonishing history, at once intimate and authoritative, of the efforts to understand the condition from medical, cultural, philosophical, and experiential perspectives. He ranges from the earliest medical reports of Galen and Hippocrates, through later observations by Robert Burton and Søren Kierkegaard, to the investigations by great nineteenth-century scientists, such as Charles Darwin, William James, and Sigmund Freud, as they began to explore its sources and causes, to the latest research by neuroscientists and geneticists. Stossel reports on famous individuals who struggled with anxiety, as well as on the afflicted generations of his own family. His portrait of anxiety reveals not only the emotion’s myriad manifestations and the anguish anxiety produces but also the countless psychotherapies, medications, and other (often outlandish) treatments that have been developed to counteract it. Stossel vividly depicts anxiety’s human toll—its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze—while at the same time exploring how those who suffer from it find ways to manage and control it. My Age of Anxiety is learned and empathetic, humorous and inspirational, offering the reader great insight into the biological, cultural, and environmental factors that contribute to the affliction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204977Tue, 07 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind Author: Scott Stossel Narrator: Michael Goldstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind Author: Scott Stossel Narrator: Michael Goldstrom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A riveting, revelatory, and moving account of the author’s struggles with anxiety, and of the history of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand the condition   As recently as thirty-five years ago, anxiety did not exist as a diagnostic category. Today, it is the most common form of officially classified mental illness. Scott Stossel gracefully guides us across the terrain of an affliction that is pervasive yet too often misunderstood. Drawing on his own long-standing battle with anxiety, Stossel presents an astonishing history, at once intimate and authoritative, of the efforts to understand the condition from medical, cultural, philosophical, and experiential perspectives. He ranges from the earliest medical reports of Galen and Hippocrates, through later observations by Robert Burton and Søren Kierkegaard, to the investigations by great nineteenth-century scientists, such as Charles Darwin, William James, and Sigmund Freud, as they began to explore its sources and causes, to the latest research by neuroscientists and geneticists. Stossel reports on famous individuals who struggled with anxiety, as well as on the afflicted generations of his own family. His portrait of anxiety reveals not only the emotion’s myriad manifestations and the anguish anxiety produces but also the countless psychotherapies, medications, and other (often outlandish) treatments that have been developed to counteract it. Stossel vividly depicts anxiety’s human toll—its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze—while at the same time exploring how those who suffer from it find ways to manage and control it. My Age of Anxiety is learned and empathetic, humorous and inspirational, offering the reader great insight into the biological, cultural, and environmental factors that contribute to the affliction.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/things-i-ve-learned-from-dying-a-book-about-life-by-david-r-dow--65201221https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life Author: David R. Dow Narrator: David R. Dow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: National Book Critics Circle Award finalist David R. Dow confronts the reality of his work on death row when his father-in-law is diagnosed with lethal melanoma, his beloved Doberman becomes fatally ill, and his young son begins to comprehend the implications of mortality. 'Every life is different, but every death is the same. We live with others. We die alone.' In his riveting, artfully written memoir The Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow enraptured readers with a searing and frank exploration of his work defending inmates on death row. But when Dow's father-in-law receives his own death sentence in the form of terminal cancer, and his gentle dog Winona suffers acute liver failure, the author is forced to reconcile with death in a far more personal way, both as a son and as a father. Told through the disparate lenses of the legal battles he's spent a career fighting, and the intimate confrontations with death each family faces at home, Things I've Learned From Dyingoffers a poignant and lyrical account of how illness and loss can ravage a family. Full of grace and intelligence, Dow offers readers hope without cliche and reaffirms our basic human needs for acceptance and love by giving voice to the anguish we all face--as parents, as children, as partners, as friends--when our loved ones die tragically, and far too soon.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205023Tue, 07 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life Author: David R. Dow Narrator: David R. Dow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life Author: David R. Dow Narrator: David R. Dow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: National Book Critics Circle Award finalist David R. Dow confronts the reality of his work on death row when his father-in-law is diagnosed with lethal melanoma, his beloved Doberman becomes fatally ill, and his young son begins to comprehend the implications of mortality. 'Every life is different, but every death is the same. We live with others. We die alone.' In his riveting, artfully written memoir The Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow enraptured readers with a searing and frank exploration of his work defending inmates on death row. But when Dow's father-in-law receives his own death sentence in the form of terminal cancer, and his gentle dog Winona suffers acute liver failure, the author is forced to reconcile with death in a far more personal way, both as a son and as a father. Told through the disparate lenses of the legal battles he's spent a career fighting, and the intimate confrontations with death each family faces at home, Things I've Learned From Dyingoffers a poignant and lyrical account of how illness and loss can ravage a family. Full of grace and intelligence, Dow offers readers hope without cliche and reaffirms our basic human needs for acceptance and love by giving voice to the anguish we all face--as parents, as children, as partners, as friends--when our loved ones die tragically, and far too soon.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-failure-a-memoir-by-gary-shteyngart--65201198https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Failure: A Memoir Author: Gary Shteyngart Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: After three acclaimed novels-- The Russian Debutante' s Handbook, Absurdistan, and Super Sad True Love Story-- Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty, deeply poignant account of his life so far. Shteyngart shares his American immigrant experience, moving back and forth through time and memory with self-deprecating humor, moving insights, and literary bravado. The result is a resonant story of family and belonging that feels epic and intimate and distinctly his own. Provocative, hilarious, and inventive, Little Failure reveals a deeper vein of emotion in Gary Shteyngart' s prose. It is a memoir of an immigrant family coming to America, as told by a lifelong misfit who forged from his imagination an essential literary voice and, against all odds, a place in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205075Tue, 07 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Failure: A Memoir Author: Gary Shteyngart Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Failure: A Memoir Author: Gary Shteyngart Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: After three acclaimed novels-- The Russian Debutante' s Handbook, Absurdistan, and Super Sad True Love Story-- Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty, deeply poignant account of his life so far. Shteyngart shares his American immigrant experience, moving back and forth through time and memory with self-deprecating humor, moving insights, and literary bravado. The result is a resonant story of family and belonging that feels epic and intimate and distinctly his own. Provocative, hilarious, and inventive, Little Failure reveals a deeper vein of emotion in Gary Shteyngart' s prose. It is a memoir of an immigrant family coming to America, as told by a lifelong misfit who forged from his imagination an essential literary voice and, against all odds, a place in the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-third-man-factor-surviving-the-impossible-by-john-geiger--65201238https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible Author: John Geiger Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Third Man Factor is an extraordinary account of how people at the very edge of death often sense an unseen presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. This incorporeal being offers a feeling of hope, protection, and guidance, and leaves the person convinced he or she is not alone. There is a name for this phenomenon: it’s called the Third Man Factor. If only a handful of people had ever encountered the Third Man, it might be dismissed as an unusual delusion shared by a few overstressed minds. But over the years, the experience has occurred again and again, to 9/11 survivors, mountaineers, divers, polar explorers, prisoners of war, sailors, shipwreck survivors, aviators, and astronauts. All have escaped traumatic events only to tell strikingly similar stories of having sensed the close presence of a helper or guardian. The force has been explained as everything from hallucination to divine intervention. Recent neurological research suggests something else. Bestselling and award-winning author John Geiger has completed six years of physiological, psychological, and historical research on the Third Man. He blends his analysis with compelling human stories such as that of Ron DiFrancesco, the last survivor to escape the World Trade Center on 9/11; Ernest Shackleton, the legendary explorer whose account of the Third Man inspired T. S. Eliot to write of it in The Waste Land; Jerry Linenger, a NASA astronaut who experienced the Third Man while aboard the Mir space station—and many more. Fascinating for any listener, The Third Man Factor at last explains this secret to survival, a Third Man who—in the words of famed climber Reinhold Messner—“leads you out of the impossible.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205026Wed, 01 Jan 2014 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible Author: John Geiger Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible Author: John Geiger Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Third Man Factor is an extraordinary account of how people at the very edge of death often sense an unseen presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. This incorporeal being offers a feeling of hope, protection, and guidance, and leaves the person convinced he or she is not alone. There is a name for this phenomenon: it’s called the Third Man Factor. If only a handful of people had ever encountered the Third Man, it might be dismissed as an unusual delusion shared by a few overstressed minds. But over the years, the experience has occurred again and again, to 9/11 survivors, mountaineers, divers, polar explorers, prisoners of war, sailors, shipwreck survivors, aviators, and astronauts. All have escaped traumatic events only to tell strikingly similar stories of having sensed the close presence of a helper or guardian. The force has been explained as everything from hallucination to divine intervention. Recent neurological research suggests something else. Bestselling and award-winning author John Geiger has completed six years of physiological, psychological, and historical research on the Third Man. He blends his analysis with compelling human stories such as that of Ron DiFrancesco, the last survivor to escape the World Trade Center on 9/11; Ernest Shackleton, the legendary explorer whose account of the Third Man inspired T. S. Eliot to write of it in The Waste Land; Jerry Linenger, a NASA astronaut who experienced the Third Man while aboard the Mir space station—and many more. Fascinating for any listener, The Third Man Factor at last explains this secret to survival, a Third Man who—in the words of famed climber Reinhold Messner—“leads you out of the impossible.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bad-habits-a-book-of-confessions-about-confession-by-jenny-mccarthy--65201232https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession Author: Jenny McCarthy Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 24, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Jenny McCarthy--actress, comedian, activist, and New York Times bestselling author--candidly recounts her humorous Catholic upbringing, from her childhood dream of becoming a nun to her Playmate of the Year centerfold, and all of the Hail Mary's in between. In keeping with the theme of her comedic New York Times bestsellers, from Belly Laughs to Love, Lust & Faking It, McCarthy brings her trademark honesty, humility, and humor to bear as she chronicles her often embarrassing, occasionally outlandish, and always entertaining life as a born-and-raised Catholic girl. Jenny attended one of the most prestigious all-girl Catholic schools in Chicago. While most young girls in Jenny's neighborhood were playing with Cabbage Patch dolls for fun, Jenny was playing with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph dolls. She had every intention of growing up and becoming a nun, but a few hilarious speed bumps and blinking red lights along the way changed her mind. Jenny never did accept Sister Mary's reasoning that she could avoid purgatory if she just bought a string necklace for $10. The fact that two of her aunts are simultaneously nuns and cops-yes, they carry guns and shoot people while wearing a habit-never made complete sense to her. And neither does her mother's insistence that Jenny bury certain religious statues in the front lawns of her houses before she sells them. But then again, Jenny does have four of them buried across Southern California. This book tells the story of what went wrong during Jenny's Catholic upbringing, or, as Jenny puts it now, what went right. Chapters include: 'I Knew I Should Have Worn Underwear to Church', 'Jesus' Baby Mama', 'Can Someone Kill Our Dog, Please?', and 'Oh No, My Mom is Going to Hell.' Bad Habits is a brutally honest, hilarious memoir that will delight the legions of Jenny McCarthy fans.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204800Tue, 24 Dec 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession Author: Jenny McCarthy Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession Author: Jenny McCarthy Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 24, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Jenny McCarthy--actress, comedian, activist, and New York Times bestselling author--candidly recounts her humorous Catholic upbringing, from her childhood dream of becoming a nun to her Playmate of the Year centerfold, and all of the Hail Mary's in between. In keeping with the theme of her comedic New York Times bestsellers, from Belly Laughs to Love, Lust & Faking It, McCarthy brings her trademark honesty, humility, and humor to bear as she chronicles her often embarrassing, occasionally outlandish, and always entertaining life as a born-and-raised Catholic girl. Jenny attended one of the most prestigious all-girl Catholic schools in Chicago. While most young girls in Jenny's neighborhood were playing with Cabbage Patch dolls for fun, Jenny was playing with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph dolls. She had every intention of growing up and becoming a nun, but a few hilarious speed bumps and blinking red lights along the way changed her mind. Jenny never did accept Sister Mary's reasoning that she could avoid purgatory if she just bought a string necklace for $10. The fact that two of her aunts are simultaneously nuns and cops-yes, they carry guns and shoot people while wearing a habit-never made complete sense to her. And neither does her mother's insistence that Jenny bury certain religious statues in the front lawns of her houses before she sells them. But then again, Jenny does have four of them buried across Southern California. This book tells the story of what went wrong during Jenny's Catholic upbringing, or, as Jenny puts it now, what went right. Chapters include: 'I Knew I Should Have Worn Underwear to Church', 'Jesus' Baby Mama', 'Can Someone Kill Our Dog, Please?', and 'Oh No, My Mom is Going to Hell.' Bad Habits is a brutally honest, hilarious memoir that will delight the legions of Jenny McCarthy fans.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dog-lived-the-poignant-honest-hilarious-memoir-of-a-cancer-survivor-by-teresa-rhyne--65201236https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dog Lived: The poignant, honest, hilarious memoir of a cancer survivor Author: Teresa Rhyne Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 20, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller The #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller The USA Today bestseller 'Funny, smart, uplifting, and fun, The Dog Lived (and So Will I) reminds us that animals are among our best teachers, our most powerful healers, and our most steadfast friends. I loved it!'-- Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig The tale of a dog who wouldn't let go and the woman who followed his lead. Teresa Rhyne vowed to get things right this time around: new boyfriend, new house, new dog, maybe even new job. But shortly after she adopted Seamus, a totally incorrigible beagle, vets told Teresa that he had a malignant tumor and less than a year to live. The diagnosis devastated her, but she decided to fight it, learning everything she could about the best treatment for Seamus. Teresa couldn't possibly have known then that she was preparing herself for life's next hurdle -- a cancer diagnosis of her own. She forged ahead with survival, battling a deadly disease, fighting for doctors she needed, and baring her heart for a seemingly star- crossed relationship. The Dog Lived (and so Will I) is an uplifting and heartwarming story about how dogs steal our hearts, show us how to live, and teach us how to love. 'This poignant and fast- moving memoir of Teresa and Seamus-- both definitely Type A personalities-- is proof that even a hard- charging lawyer is no match for a big- hearted beagle. Their mutual triumph over terrible trials is a testament to the healing power of dogs. Four paws up!' -- Martin Kihn, author of Bad Dog (A Love Story) 'This encouraging tale of finding love and love in unexpected places is full of small yet valuable life lessons that any animal- lover would appreciate.'-- Publishers Weekly 'A book that dares to be honest and sad and hilarious all at once. It will help inspire many people to respond to the unexpected in their own lives with humor and grace.'-- Susan Conley, author of The Foremost Good Fortune]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203552Fri, 20 Dec 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dog Lived: The poignant, honest, hilarious memoir of a cancer survivor Author: Teresa Rhyne Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dog Lived: The poignant, honest, hilarious memoir of a cancer survivor Author: Teresa Rhyne Narrator: Mia Barron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 20, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller The #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller The USA Today bestseller 'Funny, smart, uplifting, and fun, The Dog Lived (and So Will I) reminds us that animals are among our best teachers, our most powerful healers, and our most steadfast friends. I loved it!'-- Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig The tale of a dog who wouldn't let go and the woman who followed his lead. Teresa Rhyne vowed to get things right this time around: new boyfriend, new house, new dog, maybe even new job. But shortly after she adopted Seamus, a totally incorrigible beagle, vets told Teresa that he had a malignant tumor and less than a year to live. The diagnosis devastated her, but she decided to fight it, learning everything she could about the best treatment for Seamus. Teresa couldn't possibly have known then that she was preparing herself for life's next hurdle -- a cancer diagnosis of her own. She forged ahead with survival, battling a deadly disease, fighting for doctors she needed, and baring her heart for a seemingly star- crossed relationship. The Dog Lived (and so Will I) is an uplifting and heartwarming story about how dogs steal our hearts, show us how to live, and teach us how to love. 'This poignant and fast- moving memoir of Teresa and Seamus-- both definitely Type A personalities-- is proof that even a hard- charging lawyer is no match for a big- hearted beagle. Their mutual triumph over terrible trials is a testament to the healing power of dogs. Four paws up!' -- Martin Kihn, author of Bad Dog (A Love Story) 'This encouraging tale of finding love and love in unexpected places is full of small yet valuable life lessons that any animal- lover would appreciate.'-- Publishers Weekly 'A book that dares to be honest and sad and hilarious all at once. It will help inspire many people to respond to the unexpected in their own lives with humor and grace.'-- Susan Conley, author of The Foremost Good Fortune]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/high-price-a-neuroscientist-s-journey-of-self-discovery-that-challenges-everything-you-know-about-drugs-and-society-by-carl-hart--65201246https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society Author: Carl Hart Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: December 17, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction. As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist—Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences—whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction. In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, he recalls his journey of self-discovery and weaves his past and present. Hart goes beyond the hype of the antidrug movement as he examines the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing. Though Hart escaped neighborhoods that were dominated by entrenched poverty and the knot of problems associated with it, he has not turned his back on his roots. Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his scientific research to help save real lives. But balancing his former street life with his achievements today has not been easy—a struggle he reflects on publicly for the first time. A powerful story of hope and change, of a scientist who has dedicated his life to helping others, High Price will alter the way we think about poverty, race, and addiction—and how we can effect change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204360Tue, 17 Dec 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society Author: Carl Hart Narrator: Jd...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society Author: Carl Hart Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: December 17, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction. As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist—Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences—whose landmark, controversial research is redefining our understanding of addiction. In this provocative and eye-opening memoir, he recalls his journey of self-discovery and weaves his past and present. Hart goes beyond the hype of the antidrug movement as he examines the relationship among drugs, pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. His findings shed new light on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs, and explain why current policies are failing. Though Hart escaped neighborhoods that were dominated by entrenched poverty and the knot of problems associated with it, he has not turned his back on his roots. Determined to make a difference, he tirelessly applies his scientific research to help save real lives. But balancing his former street life with his achievements today has not been easy—a struggle he reflects on publicly for the first time. A powerful story of hope and change, of a scientist who has dedicated his life to helping others, High Price will alter the way we think about poverty, race, and addiction—and how we can effect change.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-experience-necessary-the-culinary-odyssey-of-chef-norman-van-aken-by-norman-van-aken--65201244https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken Author: Norman Van Aken Narrator: Norman Van Aken Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 7, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: No Experience Necessary is Chef Norman Van Aken' s joyride of a memoir. In it he spans twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobs-- including the fateful job advertisement in the local paper for a short-order cook with ' no experience necessary.' Long considered a culinary renegade and a pioneering chef, Van Aken is an American original who chopped and charred, sweated and seared his way to cooking stardom with no formal training, but with extra helpings of energy, creativity, and faith. After landing on the deceptively breezy shores of Key West, Van Aken faced hurricanes, economic downturns, and mercurial moneymen during the decades when a restaurant could open and close faster than you can type haute cuisine. From a graveyard shift grunt at an all-night barbeque joint to a James Beard- award finalist for best restaurant in America, Van Aken put his trusting heart, poetic soul, natural talent, and ever-expanding experience into every venture-- and helped transform the American culinary landscape along the way. In the irreverent tradition of Anthony Bourdain' s Kitchen Confidential, and populated by a rogues' gallery of colorful characters-- including movie stars, legendary musicians, and culinary giants Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, and Charlie Trotter-- No Experience Necessary offers a uniquely personal, highly-entertaining under-the-tablecloth view of the high-stakes world of American cuisine told with wit, insight, and great affection by a natural storyteller.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202776Sat, 07 Dec 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken Author: Norman Van Aken Narrator: Norman Van Aken Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken Author: Norman Van Aken Narrator: Norman Van Aken Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: December 7, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: No Experience Necessary is Chef Norman Van Aken' s joyride of a memoir. In it he spans twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobs-- including the fateful job advertisement in the local paper for a short-order cook with ' no experience necessary.' Long considered a culinary renegade and a pioneering chef, Van Aken is an American original who chopped and charred, sweated and seared his way to cooking stardom with no formal training, but with extra helpings of energy, creativity, and faith. After landing on the deceptively breezy shores of Key West, Van Aken faced hurricanes, economic downturns, and mercurial moneymen during the decades when a restaurant could open and close faster than you can type haute cuisine. From a graveyard shift grunt at an all-night barbeque joint to a James Beard- award finalist for best restaurant in America, Van Aken put his trusting heart, poetic soul, natural talent, and ever-expanding experience into every venture-- and helped transform the American culinary landscape along the way. In the irreverent tradition of Anthony Bourdain' s Kitchen Confidential, and populated by a rogues' gallery of colorful characters-- including movie stars, legendary musicians, and culinary giants Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, and Charlie Trotter-- No Experience Necessary offers a uniquely personal, highly-entertaining under-the-tablecloth view of the high-stakes world of American cuisine told with wit, insight, and great affection by a natural storyteller.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autobiography-by-morrissey--65201213https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography Author: Morrissey Narrator: David Morrissey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Practically every paragraph has a line or two that demands to be read aloud to the mirror, tattooed on foreheads, carved on tombstones.” –Rolling Stone “Morrissey is a pop star of unusual writing talent.” –The New York Times Autobiography covers Morrissey’s life from his birth until the present day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204370Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography Author: Morrissey Narrator: David Morrissey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 3, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/204370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography Author: Morrissey Narrator: David Morrissey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Practically every paragraph has a line or two that demands to be read aloud to the mirror, tattooed on foreheads, carved on tombstones.” –Rolling Stone “Morrissey is a pop star of unusual writing talent.” –The New York Times Autobiography covers Morrissey’s life from his birth until the present day.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happily-ever-after-the-life-changing-power-of-a-grateful-heart-by-trista-sutter--65201248https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happily Ever After: The Life-Changing Power of a Grateful Heart Author: Trista Sutter Narrator: Trista Sutter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: December 1, 2013 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Whether or not you remember Trista (Rehn) Sutter from her heartbreak on the first season of The Bachelor reality show or as the original Bachelorette, you’ve probably seen her on the cover of magazines like People and US Weekly or on shows like Ellen and Dancing with the Stars. She has rarely been out of the public eye since falling in love with Ryan Sutter on The Bachelorette more than ten years ago. This former pediatric physical therapist and Miami Heat dancer had her fairy tale fall into place with a whirlwind courtship and dream-come-true wedding to a poetry-writing firefighter (televised on ABC to more than 26 million viewers). The happy couple now has two adorable kids and a dog. Sutter is often asked her secret to being one of the rare reality-TV relationships to make it to the altar and beyond. Through personal stories, as well as anecdotes from friends, family, and experts, she shares the simple yet profound keys to finding everyday happiness and success: gratitude and grace.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203520Sun, 01 Dec 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happily Ever After: The Life-Changing Power of a Grateful Heart Author: Trista Sutter Narrator: Trista Sutter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happily Ever After: The Life-Changing Power of a Grateful Heart Author: Trista Sutter Narrator: Trista Sutter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: December 1, 2013 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Whether or not you remember Trista (Rehn) Sutter from her heartbreak on the first season of The Bachelor reality show or as the original Bachelorette, you’ve probably seen her on the cover of magazines like People and US Weekly or on shows like Ellen and Dancing with the Stars. She has rarely been out of the public eye since falling in love with Ryan Sutter on The Bachelorette more than ten years ago. This former pediatric physical therapist and Miami Heat dancer had her fairy tale fall into place with a whirlwind courtship and dream-come-true wedding to a poetry-writing firefighter (televised on ABC to more than 26 million viewers). The happy couple now has two adorable kids and a dog. Sutter is often asked her secret to being one of the rare reality-TV relationships to make it to the altar and beyond. Through personal stories, as well as anecdotes from friends, family, and experts, she shares the simple yet profound keys to finding everyday happiness and success: gratitude and grace.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/undisputed-truth-by-mike-tyson-larry-sloman--65201282https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undisputed Truth Author: Mike Tyson, Larry Sloman Narrator: Joshua Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 89 Ratings of Narrator: 4.55 of Total 22 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world—and a legend both in and out of the ring.   Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Bullied as a boy in the toughest, poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of the most thrilling and ferocious boxers of all time—and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckless behavior. Years of hard partying, violent fights, and criminal proceedings took their toll: by 2003, Tyson had hit rock bottom, a convicted felon, completely broke, the punch line to a thousand bad late-night jokes. Yet he fought his way back; the man who once admitted being addicted “to everything” regained his success, his dignity, and the love of his family. With a triumphant one-man stage show, his unforgettable performances in the Hangover films, and his newfound happiness and stability as a father and husband, Tyson’s story is an inspiring American original. Brutally honest, raw, and often hilarious, Tyson chronicles his tumultuous highs and lows in the same sincere, straightforward manner we have come to expect from this legendary athlete. A singular journey from Brooklyn’s ghettos to worldwide fame to notoriety, and, finally, to a tranquil wisdom, Undisputed Truth is not only a great sports memoir but an autobiography for the ages.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201892Tue, 12 Nov 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undisputed Truth Author: Mike Tyson, Larry Sloman Narrator: Joshua Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undisputed Truth Author: Mike Tyson, Larry Sloman Narrator: Joshua Henry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 89 Ratings of Narrator: 4.55 of Total 22 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world—and a legend both in and out of the ring.   Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Bullied as a boy in the toughest, poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of the most thrilling and ferocious boxers of all time—and the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But his brilliance in the ring was often compromised by reckless behavior. Years of hard partying, violent fights, and criminal proceedings took their toll: by 2003, Tyson had hit rock bottom, a convicted felon, completely broke, the punch line to a thousand bad late-night jokes. Yet he fought his way back; the man who once admitted being addicted “to everything” regained his success, his dignity, and the love of his family. With a triumphant one-man stage show, his unforgettable performances in the Hangover films, and his newfound happiness and stability as a father and husband, Tyson’s story is an inspiring American original. Brutally honest, raw, and often hilarious, Tyson chronicles his tumultuous highs and lows in the same sincere, straightforward manner we have come to expect from this legendary athlete. A singular journey from Brooklyn’s ghettos to worldwide fame to notoriety, and, finally, to a tranquil wisdom, Undisputed Truth is not only a great sports memoir but an autobiography for the ages.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/etched-in-sand-a-true-story-of-five-siblings-who-survived-an-unspeakable-childhood-on-long-island-by-regina-calcaterra--65201263https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island Author: Regina Calcaterra Narrator: Regina Calcaterra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 4.76 of Total 21 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: #1 International Bestseller Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope.   Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, former New York State official, and foster youth activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system and intermittent homelessness in the shadows of Manhattan and the Hamptons.   A true-life rags-to-riches story, Etched in Sand chronicles Regina’s rising above her past, while fighting to keep her brother and three sisters together through it all.   Beautifully written, with heartbreaking honesty, Etched in Sand is an unforgettable reminder that regardless of social status, the American Dream is still within reach for those who have the desire and the determination to succeed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201493Tue, 05 Nov 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island Author: Regina Calcaterra Narrator: Regina...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island Author: Regina Calcaterra Narrator: Regina Calcaterra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 4.76 of Total 21 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: #1 International Bestseller Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope.   Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, former New York State official, and foster youth activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system and intermittent homelessness in the shadows of Manhattan and the Hamptons.   A true-life rags-to-riches story, Etched in Sand chronicles Regina’s rising above her past, while fighting to keep her brother and three sisters together through it all.   Beautifully written, with heartbreaking honesty, Etched in Sand is an unforgettable reminder that regardless of social status, the American Dream is still within reach for those who have the desire and the determination to succeed.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-thousand-hills-to-heaven-by-josh-ruxin--65201237https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Hills to Heaven Author: Josh Ruxin Narrator: Will Collyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven. Newlyweds Josh and Alissa were at a party and received a challenge that shook them to the core: do you think you can really make a difference? Especially in a place like Rwanda, where the scars of genocide linger and poverty is rampant? While Josh worked hard bringing food and health care to the country's rural villages, Alissa was determined to put their foodie expertise to work. The couple opened Heaven, a gourmet restaurant overlooking Kigali, which became an instant success. Remarkably, they found that between helping youth marry their own local ingredients with gourmet recipes (and mix up 'the best guacamole in Africa') and teaching them how to help themselves, they created much-needed jobs while showing that genocide's survivors really could work together. While first a memoir of love, adventure, and family, A Thousand Hills to Heaven also provides a remarkable view of how, through health, jobs, and economic growth, our foreign aid programs can be quickly remodeled and work to end poverty worldwide.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205294Tue, 05 Nov 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Hills to Heaven Author: Josh Ruxin Narrator: Will Collyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/205294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Hills to Heaven Author: Josh Ruxin Narrator: Will Collyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven. Newlyweds Josh and Alissa were at a party and received a challenge that shook them to the core: do you think you can really make a difference? Especially in a place like Rwanda, where the scars of genocide linger and poverty is rampant? While Josh worked hard bringing food and health care to the country's rural villages, Alissa was determined to put their foodie expertise to work. The couple opened Heaven, a gourmet restaurant overlooking Kigali, which became an instant success. Remarkably, they found that between helping youth marry their own local ingredients with gourmet recipes (and mix up 'the best guacamole in Africa') and teaching them how to help themselves, they created much-needed jobs while showing that genocide's survivors really could work together. While first a memoir of love, adventure, and family, A Thousand Hills to Heaven also provides a remarkable view of how, through health, jobs, and economic growth, our foreign aid programs can be quickly remodeled and work to end poverty worldwide.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-your-captain-speaking-my-fantastic-voyage-through-hollywood-faith-and-life-by-gavin-macleod--65201125https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life Author: Gavin Macleod Narrator: Gavin MacLeod Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The remarkable life, career, and faith journey of Gavin MacLeod, the beloved star of The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. For 16 years, millions of Americans welcomed Gavin MacLeod into their living rooms every Saturday night. This veteran of stage and screen transformed himself from a seasoned character actor into the leading, lovable father-figure of Captain Merrill Stubing in The Love Boat at the height of TV’s boom years. From his humble theatrical beginnings in upstate New York to Radio City Music Hall and on to Hollywood, Gavin MacLeod was on the fast track to success. However, a few hard life lessons—like dealing with a divorce—taught him that the key to happiness can only be found through a deep faith in God, and he feels his work for Christ is more important than any award. The consummate storyteller, Gavin shares his fondest memories of meeting and working with countless stars, such as Cary Grant, Steve McQueen, Gregory Peck, Bette Davis, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, Ella Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Milton Berle, and Fred Astaire. In This Is Your Captain Speaking, Gavin shares: - Behind-the-scenes accounts from the early days of New York theatre, TV shows, and Hollywood - Personal stories never shared before on the death of his father, struggles with depression, and his painful divorce - How he found an enduring faith in the hostile world of entertainment, calling on God and never giving up A nostalgic look back at the golden era of American television, This is Your Captain Speaking will take readers on an uplifting and inspiring journey into the life of one of TV’s most beloved actors. Praise for This Is Your Captain Speaking: “Gavin epitomizes the old-fashioned concept of a gentleman. He is a loving, generous, and authentic seeker of God’s truth. His life story speaks for itself.”—Kathie Lee Gifford]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211208Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life Author: Gavin Macleod Narrator: Gavin MacLeod Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life Author: Gavin Macleod Narrator: Gavin MacLeod Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The remarkable life, career, and faith journey of Gavin MacLeod, the beloved star of The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. For 16 years, millions of Americans welcomed Gavin MacLeod into their living rooms every Saturday night. This veteran of stage and screen transformed himself from a seasoned character actor into the leading, lovable father-figure of Captain Merrill Stubing in The Love Boat at the height of TV’s boom years. From his humble theatrical beginnings in upstate New York to Radio City Music Hall and on to Hollywood, Gavin MacLeod was on the fast track to success. However, a few hard life lessons—like dealing with a divorce—taught him that the key to happiness can only be found through a deep faith in God, and he feels his work for Christ is more important than any award. The consummate storyteller, Gavin shares his fondest memories of meeting and working with countless stars, such as Cary Grant, Steve McQueen, Gregory Peck, Bette Davis, Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, Ella Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Milton Berle, and Fred Astaire. In This Is Your Captain Speaking, Gavin shares: - Behind-the-scenes accounts from the early days of New York theatre, TV shows, and Hollywood - Personal stories never shared before on the death of his father, struggles with depression, and his painful divorce - How he found an enduring faith in the hostile world of entertainment, calling on God and never giving up A nostalgic look back at the golden era of American television, This is Your Captain Speaking will take readers on an uplifting and inspiring journey into the life of one of TV’s most beloved actors. Praise for This Is Your Captain Speaking: “Gavin epitomizes the old-fashioned concept of a gentleman. He is a loving, generous, and authentic seeker of God’s truth. His life story speaks for itself.”—Kathie Lee Gifford]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/while-the-world-watched-a-birmingham-bombing-survivor-comes-of-age-during-the-civil-rights-movement-by-carolyn-maull-mckinstry--65201276https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement Author: Carolyn Maull Mckinstry Narrator: Felicia Bullock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 1, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Fifteen-year-old Carolyn Maull McKinstry was just a few feet away when the Klan-planted bomb that killed four of her friends exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history . . . and the turning point in a young girl’s life. Carolyn’s story is a poignant and gripping eyewitness account of what it was like to grow up in the Jim Crow South — from the bombings, riots, and assassinations to the historic marches and triumphs that characterized the Civil Rights era. A unique and moving exploration of how racial relations have evolved over the past five decades, While the World Watched is an incredible testament to how far we’ve come — and how far we have yet to go.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201251Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement Author: Carolyn Maull Mckinstry Narrator: Felicia...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement Author: Carolyn Maull Mckinstry Narrator: Felicia Bullock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 1, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Fifteen-year-old Carolyn Maull McKinstry was just a few feet away when the Klan-planted bomb that killed four of her friends exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history . . . and the turning point in a young girl’s life. Carolyn’s story is a poignant and gripping eyewitness account of what it was like to grow up in the Jim Crow South — from the bombings, riots, and assassinations to the historic marches and triumphs that characterized the Civil Rights era. A unique and moving exploration of how racial relations have evolved over the past five decades, While the World Watched is an incredible testament to how far we’ve come — and how far we have yet to go.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-walk-through-the-dark-how-my-husband-s-90-minutes-in-heaven-deepened-my-faith-for-a-lifetime-by-cecil-murphey-eva-piper--65201187https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Walk Through the Dark: How My Husband's 90 Minutes in Heaven Deepened My Faith for a Lifetime Author: Cecil Murphey, Eva Piper Narrator: Eva Piper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 20, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One day Eva Piper was an elementary school teacher, the mother of three, the beloved wife of a strong, protective husband. The next day she stood at the bedside of a broken man who could do nothing but moan in agony and turn his head away from her. Later she would learn that he had died and actually experienced heaven before being prayed back to life—a true miracle. Don Piper’s testimony, told in the New York Times bestseller 90 Minutes in Heaven, would one day bring hope to thousands. But all that was in the future. Despite family and friends who kept vigil with her, Eva Piper found herself essentially alone. Walking in the dark. And she had always hated the dark. Though it parallels that of her husband, Eva Piper’s account is quite different from his. It takes readers not to heavenly places but through a very earthly maze of hospital corridors, insurance forms, tiring commutes from home to workplace and hospital, and lonely hours of waiting and worrying. This is the story of a woman learning, step by darkened step, to go places she never thought she could go and growing into a person she never thought she could be. Packed with hard-earned wisdom about what it means to be a caregiver, to open yourself to the care of others, and to rest in God’s provision, this bookprovides a dependable source of light to help you walk through the dark.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208925Tue, 20 Aug 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Walk Through the Dark: How My Husband's 90 Minutes in Heaven Deepened My Faith for a Lifetime Author: Cecil Murphey, Eva Piper Narrator: Eva Piper...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Walk Through the Dark: How My Husband's 90 Minutes in Heaven Deepened My Faith for a Lifetime Author: Cecil Murphey, Eva Piper Narrator: Eva Piper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 20, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One day Eva Piper was an elementary school teacher, the mother of three, the beloved wife of a strong, protective husband. The next day she stood at the bedside of a broken man who could do nothing but moan in agony and turn his head away from her. Later she would learn that he had died and actually experienced heaven before being prayed back to life—a true miracle. Don Piper’s testimony, told in the New York Times bestseller 90 Minutes in Heaven, would one day bring hope to thousands. But all that was in the future. Despite family and friends who kept vigil with her, Eva Piper found herself essentially alone. Walking in the dark. And she had always hated the dark. Though it parallels that of her husband, Eva Piper’s account is quite different from his. It takes readers not to heavenly places but through a very earthly maze of hospital corridors, insurance forms, tiring commutes from home to workplace and hospital, and lonely hours of waiting and worrying. This is the story of a woman learning, step by darkened step, to go places she never thought she could go and growing into a person she never thought she could be. Packed with hard-earned wisdom about what it means to be a caregiver, to open yourself to the care of others, and to rest in God’s provision, this bookprovides a dependable source of light to help you walk through the dark.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-millionaire-by-joe-johnson--65201192https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Millionaire Author: Joe Johnson Narrator: Andrew Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 31, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Joe Johnson was an ordinary bloke with an ordinary life, until his world was turned upside down when the unbelievable, and most unlikely happened. He won the national lottery! But he didn't want money to buy him love, not at any cost... Overnight, Joe went from practically penniless despair to living life in the fast lane with £10 million to his name. From then on it was nothing but the best, it looked like Joe had it all. But despite the jetset lifestyle there was one thing missing in his life; true love. Since his win, a string of intense yet failed relationships had hurt Joe (not to mention his wallet) very badly. A wiser (yet poorer!) man, Joe met and fell in headoverheels in love with Lisa, a beautiful blonde who took his breath away. This time around, he was determined not to be made a fool of, so to ensure Lisa would love him for who he was, not his bank balance, Joe hatched an incredible plan to test her love for him; he'd pretend to be broke and steel himself for her reaction on discovering that she had been deceived. What followed reads like a fairytale. The lengths to which Joe went to keep his secret are amazing he even made Lisa pay the bills and took her on a holiday from hell to a cockroachinfested apartment! But the outcome of the tale was more sensational than Joe could have ever imagined... The Secret Millionaire is a heartwarming and hilarious tale, and the story of Joe is one of the most astonishing you will ever read. Perfect for lottery winners and nonlottery winners alike!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210467Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Millionaire Author: Joe Johnson Narrator: Andrew Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 31,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Millionaire Author: Joe Johnson Narrator: Andrew Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 31, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Joe Johnson was an ordinary bloke with an ordinary life, until his world was turned upside down when the unbelievable, and most unlikely happened. He won the national lottery! But he didn't want money to buy him love, not at any cost... Overnight, Joe went from practically penniless despair to living life in the fast lane with £10 million to his name. From then on it was nothing but the best, it looked like Joe had it all. But despite the jetset lifestyle there was one thing missing in his life; true love. Since his win, a string of intense yet failed relationships had hurt Joe (not to mention his wallet) very badly. A wiser (yet poorer!) man, Joe met and fell in headoverheels in love with Lisa, a beautiful blonde who took his breath away. This time around, he was determined not to be made a fool of, so to ensure Lisa would love him for who he was, not his bank balance, Joe hatched an incredible plan to test her love for him; he'd pretend to be broke and steel himself for her reaction on discovering that she had been deceived. What followed reads like a fairytale. The lengths to which Joe went to keep his secret are amazing he even made Lisa pay the bills and took her on a holiday from hell to a cockroachinfested apartment! But the outcome of the tale was more sensational than Joe could have ever imagined... The Secret Millionaire is a heartwarming and hilarious tale, and the story of Joe is one of the most astonishing you will ever read. Perfect for lottery winners and nonlottery winners alike!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hugh-laurie-the-biography-by-anthony-bunko--65201179https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hugh Laurie: The Biography Author: Anthony Bunko Narrator: Simon Whistler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 30, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Hugh was born in Oxford, and his father, WGRM 'Ran' Laurie, was a doctor who won a gold medal in the coxless pairs at the 1948 Olympics. Hugh followed in his father's footsteps as a rower at Cambridge, but when he was forced to hang up his oars he joined the famous Cambridge Footlights and there began a career in comedy. It was at university that he met Stephen Fry, and the pair forged a hilarious partnership that continued through the 1980s and 1990s. Hugh has also enjoyed great success on the big screen; starring in Sense and Sensibility, 101 Dalmatians, Monsters vs Aliens and the three Stuart Little films. But it is the character of irascible doctor Gregory House, in the US TV drama House, that has brought global fame. He has won two Golden Globes for the role and received a prestigious Emmy nominations in 2005, and continues to receive critical acclaim for his performance in the show especially for his near perfect American accent. With worldwide fame and an OBE to his name, Hugh Laurie is undoubtedly one of Britain's best loved actors]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210400Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hugh Laurie: The Biography Author: Anthony Bunko Narrator: Simon Whistler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hugh Laurie: The Biography Author: Anthony Bunko Narrator: Simon Whistler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 30, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Hugh was born in Oxford, and his father, WGRM 'Ran' Laurie, was a doctor who won a gold medal in the coxless pairs at the 1948 Olympics. Hugh followed in his father's footsteps as a rower at Cambridge, but when he was forced to hang up his oars he joined the famous Cambridge Footlights and there began a career in comedy. It was at university that he met Stephen Fry, and the pair forged a hilarious partnership that continued through the 1980s and 1990s. Hugh has also enjoyed great success on the big screen; starring in Sense and Sensibility, 101 Dalmatians, Monsters vs Aliens and the three Stuart Little films. But it is the character of irascible doctor Gregory House, in the US TV drama House, that has brought global fame. He has won two Golden Globes for the role and received a prestigious Emmy nominations in 2005, and continues to receive critical acclaim for his performance in the show especially for his near perfect American accent. With worldwide fame and an OBE to his name, Hugh Laurie is undoubtedly one of Britain's best loved actors]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dying-to-be-thin-the-true-story-of-my-lifelong-battle-against-anorexia-by-nikki-grahame--65201167https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dying to Be Thin: The True Story of My Lifelong Battle Against Anorexia Author: Nikki Grahame Narrator: Yaz Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 30, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The figure looking back at me was little more than a skeleton with just a thin layer of tissue paper for skin, drawn over the sticklike bones. I stood staring for a good couple of minutes, considering what I'd become. Any my verdict? Brilliant, I thought. It's been worth every moment of all that hard work.' Say the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubbly, highly strung and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she has forged a successful career for herself in presenting and writing. Yet Nikki isn't just another reality television contestant and her life story is not like any other you will ever read. From the age of eight until she was nineteen, Nikki battled anorexia nervosa but few cases have been quite as extreme as hers. Aged just eight and weighing just under three stone, Nikki was diagnosed as anorexic. For the next eight years, she was in and out of institutions seven in total during which time she attempted suicide twice and had to be sedated up to four times a day so that she could be forcefed. At one point, she was sedated for fourteen days while doctors sewed a tube into her stomach, through which she was fed in order to get her weight out of the critical range. The lengths that she went to avoid eating and find ways to exercise excessively shocked doctors who have worked in the field for years. As Nikki says, 'I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic and I was.' This compelling book tells the story of an incredible journey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210401Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dying to Be Thin: The True Story of My Lifelong Battle Against Anorexia Author: Nikki Grahame Narrator: Yaz Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dying to Be Thin: The True Story of My Lifelong Battle Against Anorexia Author: Nikki Grahame Narrator: Yaz Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 30, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The figure looking back at me was little more than a skeleton with just a thin layer of tissue paper for skin, drawn over the sticklike bones. I stood staring for a good couple of minutes, considering what I'd become. Any my verdict? Brilliant, I thought. It's been worth every moment of all that hard work.' Say the name Nikki Grahame and most people will remember the bubbly, highly strung and hugely entertaining Big Brother 7 contestant. Since leaving the Big Brother house, she has forged a successful career for herself in presenting and writing. Yet Nikki isn't just another reality television contestant and her life story is not like any other you will ever read. From the age of eight until she was nineteen, Nikki battled anorexia nervosa but few cases have been quite as extreme as hers. Aged just eight and weighing just under three stone, Nikki was diagnosed as anorexic. For the next eight years, she was in and out of institutions seven in total during which time she attempted suicide twice and had to be sedated up to four times a day so that she could be forcefed. At one point, she was sedated for fourteen days while doctors sewed a tube into her stomach, through which she was fed in order to get her weight out of the critical range. The lengths that she went to avoid eating and find ways to exercise excessively shocked doctors who have worked in the field for years. As Nikki says, 'I've always wanted to be the best at everything I do, so I had to be the best anorexic and I was.' This compelling book tells the story of an incredible journey.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ambani-and-sons-by-hamish-macdonald--65201228https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ambani and Sons Author: Hamish Macdonald Narrator: Anil Mani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 21, 2013 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the author of Polyester Prince - Ambani & Sons is the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world. The Ambani tale is integral to the bigger story about modern India as an economic powerhouse.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208998Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ambani and Sons Author: Hamish Macdonald Narrator: Anil Mani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 21, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ambani and Sons Author: Hamish Macdonald Narrator: Anil Mani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 21, 2013 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the author of Polyester Prince - Ambani & Sons is the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world. The Ambani tale is integral to the bigger story about modern India as an economic powerhouse.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bend-not-break-a-life-in-two-worlds-by-meimei-fox-ping-fu--65201264https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds Author: Meimei Fox, Ping Fu Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life circumstances. Take everything in stride with grace, putting forth energy when it is needed, yet always staying calm inwardly.” —Ping Fu’s “Shanghai Papa” Ping Fu knows what it’s like to be a child soldier, a factory worker, and a political prisoner. To be beaten and raped for the crime of being born into a well-educated family. To be deported with barely enough money for a plane ticket to a bewildering new land. To start all over, without family or friends, as a maid, waitress, and student. Ping Fu also knows what it’s like to be a pioneering software programmer, an innovator, a CEO, and Inc. magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year. To be a friend and mentor to some of the best-known names in tech­nology. To build some of the coolest new products in the world. To give speeches that inspire huge crowds. To meet and advise the president of the United States. It sounds too unbelievable for fiction, but this is the true story of a life in two worlds. Born on the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ping was separated from her family at the age of eight. She grew up fighting hunger and humiliation and shielding her younger sister from the teenagers in Mao’s Red Guard. At twenty-five, she found her way to the United States; her only resources were $80 in traveler’s checks and three phrases of English: thank you, hello, and help. Yet Ping persevered, and the hard-won lessons of her childhood guided her to success in her new home­land. Aided by her well-honed survival instincts, a few good friends, and the kindness of strangers, she grew into someone she never thought she’d be—a strong, independent, entrepreneurial leader. A love of problem solving led her to computer science, and Ping became part of the team that created NCSA Mosaic, which became Netscape, the Web browser that forever changed how we access information. She then started a company, Geomagic, that has literally reshaped the world, from personalizing prosthetic limbs to repair­ing NASA spaceships. Bend, Not Break depicts a journey from imprisonment to freedom, and from the dogmatic anticapitalism of Mao’s China to the high-stakes, take-no-prisoners world of technology start-ups in the United States. It is a tribute to one woman’s courage in the face of cruelty and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201459Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds Author: Meimei Fox, Ping Fu Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds Author: Meimei Fox, Ping Fu Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life circumstances. Take everything in stride with grace, putting forth energy when it is needed, yet always staying calm inwardly.” —Ping Fu’s “Shanghai Papa” Ping Fu knows what it’s like to be a child soldier, a factory worker, and a political prisoner. To be beaten and raped for the crime of being born into a well-educated family. To be deported with barely enough money for a plane ticket to a bewildering new land. To start all over, without family or friends, as a maid, waitress, and student. Ping Fu also knows what it’s like to be a pioneering software programmer, an innovator, a CEO, and Inc. magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year. To be a friend and mentor to some of the best-known names in tech­nology. To build some of the coolest new products in the world. To give speeches that inspire huge crowds. To meet and advise the president of the United States. It sounds too unbelievable for fiction, but this is the true story of a life in two worlds. Born on the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ping was separated from her family at the age of eight. She grew up fighting hunger and humiliation and shielding her younger sister from the teenagers in Mao’s Red Guard. At twenty-five, she found her way to the United States; her only resources were $80 in traveler’s checks and three phrases of English: thank you, hello, and help. Yet Ping persevered, and the hard-won lessons of her childhood guided her to success in her new home­land. Aided by her well-honed survival instincts, a few good friends, and the kindness of strangers, she grew into someone she never thought she’d be—a strong, independent, entrepreneurial leader. A love of problem solving led her to computer science, and Ping became part of the team that created NCSA Mosaic, which became Netscape, the Web browser that forever changed how we access information. She then started a company, Geomagic, that has literally reshaped the world, from personalizing prosthetic limbs to repair­ing NASA spaceships. Bend, Not Break depicts a journey from imprisonment to freedom, and from the dogmatic anticapitalism of Mao’s China to the high-stakes, take-no-prisoners world of technology start-ups in the United States. It is a tribute to one woman’s courage in the face of cruelty and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-goin-back-winning-the-weight-loss-battle-for-good-by-al-roker--65201214https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Goin' Back: Winning the Weight-Loss Battle For Good Author: Al Roker Narrator: Al Roker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: December 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Al Roker’s aha! moment came a decade ago. He was closing in on 350 pounds when he promised his dying father that he wasn’t going to keep living as he was. That led to his decision for a stomach bypass—and his life-changing drop to 190. But fifty of those pounds gradually crept back until he finally devised a plan, stuck to it, and got his life back. Never Going Back is Roker’s inspiring, candid, and often hilarious story of self-discovery, revealing a (now slimmer) side of his life that no one knows. With illuminating and sometimes painfully honest stories about his childhood (as the “husky” boy in class), his struggle against the odds to make something of himself, and his family life today, Roker reveals the effects that a lifelong battle with weight issues can have on a person—and how, regardless of the frustration and setbacks, you must never lose faith in yourself (just inches). Al is telling his story to inspire others to lose the weight they’ve always wanted to lose, keep it off for good, and regain their health. He knows firsthand that it is a day-to-day process and that unrealistic diets rarely work (he has tried most of them!). And, most important, he knows that losing weight is as much—if not more—a state of mind as of body. That’s why he’s here: to recharge your willpower and see you through it like a friend—with warmth, humor, and a healthy new outlook on life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203002Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Goin' Back: Winning the Weight-Loss Battle For Good Author: Al Roker Narrator: Al Roker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Goin' Back: Winning the Weight-Loss Battle For Good Author: Al Roker Narrator: Al Roker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: December 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Al Roker’s aha! moment came a decade ago. He was closing in on 350 pounds when he promised his dying father that he wasn’t going to keep living as he was. That led to his decision for a stomach bypass—and his life-changing drop to 190. But fifty of those pounds gradually crept back until he finally devised a plan, stuck to it, and got his life back. Never Going Back is Roker’s inspiring, candid, and often hilarious story of self-discovery, revealing a (now slimmer) side of his life that no one knows. With illuminating and sometimes painfully honest stories about his childhood (as the “husky” boy in class), his struggle against the odds to make something of himself, and his family life today, Roker reveals the effects that a lifelong battle with weight issues can have on a person—and how, regardless of the frustration and setbacks, you must never lose faith in yourself (just inches). Al is telling his story to inspire others to lose the weight they’ve always wanted to lose, keep it off for good, and regain their health. He knows firsthand that it is a day-to-day process and that unrealistic diets rarely work (he has tried most of them!). And, most important, he knows that losing weight is as much—if not more—a state of mind as of body. That’s why he’s here: to recharge your willpower and see you through it like a friend—with warmth, humor, and a healthy new outlook on life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unstoppable-from-underdog-to-undefeated-how-i-became-a-champion-by-austin-murphy-anthony-robles--65201225https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion Author: Austin Murphy, Anthony Robles Narrator: Chike Chukwuma, Anthony Robles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 27, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The powerful and inspiring story of an all-American wrestler who defied the odds—soon to be an original movie produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, starring Jennifer Lopez, Jharrel Jerome, Don Cheadle, Michael Peña and Bobby Cannavale! Anthony Robles is a three-time all-American wrestler, the 2011 NCAA National Wrestling Champion, and a Nike-sponsored athlete. He was also born without his right leg. Doctors could not explain to his mother, Judy, what led to the birth defect, but at the age of five, the one-legged toddler scaled a fifty-foot pole unassisted. From that moment on, Judy knew that her son would be unstoppable. Anthony first began wrestling in high school; he was the smallest kid on the team and finished the year in last place. But he completed his junior and senior years with a 96–0 record to become a two-time Arizona State champion. In college, he faced personal hardships which almost forced him to drop out. But Anthony remained focused on his goals and won the NCAA National Championship in March 2011. Unstoppable is the story of one man whose spirit and unyielding resolve remind us all that we have the power to conquer adversity—in whatever form.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203000Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion Author: Austin Murphy, Anthony Robles Narrator: Chike Chukwuma, Anthony Robles...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion Author: Austin Murphy, Anthony Robles Narrator: Chike Chukwuma, Anthony Robles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 27, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The powerful and inspiring story of an all-American wrestler who defied the odds—soon to be an original movie produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, starring Jennifer Lopez, Jharrel Jerome, Don Cheadle, Michael Peña and Bobby Cannavale! Anthony Robles is a three-time all-American wrestler, the 2011 NCAA National Wrestling Champion, and a Nike-sponsored athlete. He was also born without his right leg. Doctors could not explain to his mother, Judy, what led to the birth defect, but at the age of five, the one-legged toddler scaled a fifty-foot pole unassisted. From that moment on, Judy knew that her son would be unstoppable. Anthony first began wrestling in high school; he was the smallest kid on the team and finished the year in last place. But he completed his junior and senior years with a 96–0 record to become a two-time Arizona State champion. In college, he faced personal hardships which almost forced him to drop out. But Anthony remained focused on his goals and won the NCAA National Championship in March 2011. Unstoppable is the story of one man whose spirit and unyielding resolve remind us all that we have the power to conquer adversity—in whatever form.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waging-heavy-peace-by-neil-young--65201255https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waging Heavy Peace Author: Neil Young Narrator: Keith Carradine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 25, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The perfect gift for music lovers and Neil Young fans, telling the story behind Neil Young's legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs.  “I think I will have to use my time wisely and keep my thoughts straight if I am to succeed and deliver the cargo I so carefully have carried thus far to the outer reaches.”—Neil Young, from Waging Heavy Peace   Legendary singer and songwriter Neil Young’s storied career has spanned over forty years and yielded some of the modern era’s most enduring music. Now for the first time ever, Young reflects upon his life—from his Canadian childhood, to his part in the sixties rock explosion with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, through his later career with Crazy Horse and numerous private challenges. An instant classic, Waging Heavy Peace is as uncompromising and unforgettable as the man himself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203489Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waging Heavy Peace Author: Neil Young Narrator: Keith Carradine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waging Heavy Peace Author: Neil Young Narrator: Keith Carradine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 25, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The perfect gift for music lovers and Neil Young fans, telling the story behind Neil Young's legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs.  “I think I will have to use my time wisely and keep my thoughts straight if I am to succeed and deliver the cargo I so carefully have carried thus far to the outer reaches.”—Neil Young, from Waging Heavy Peace   Legendary singer and songwriter Neil Young’s storied career has spanned over forty years and yielded some of the modern era’s most enduring music. Now for the first time ever, Young reflects upon his life—from his Canadian childhood, to his part in the sixties rock explosion with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, through his later career with Crazy Horse and numerous private challenges. An instant classic, Waging Heavy Peace is as uncompromising and unforgettable as the man himself.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-after-death-by-damien-echols--65201270https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life After Death Author: Damien Echols Narrator: Damien Echols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 18, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 12 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—who have come to be known as the West Memphis Three—were arrested for the murders of three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas. The ensuing trial was marked by tampered evidence, false testimony, and public hysteria. Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison; while eighteen-year-old Echols, deemed the “ringleader,” was sentenced to death. Over the next two decades, the WM3 became known worldwide as a symbol of wrongful conviction and imprisonment, with thousands of supporters and many notable celebrities who called for a new trial. In a shocking turn of events, all three men were released in August 2011. Now Echols shares his story in full—from abuse by prison guards and wardens, to portraits of fellow inmates and deplorable living conditions, to the incredible reserves of patience, spirituality, and perseverance that kept him alive and sane while incarcerated for nearly two decades. In these pages, Echols reveals himself a brilliant writer, infusing his narrative with tragedy and irony in equal measure: he describes the terrors he experienced every day and his outrage toward the American justice system, and offers a firsthand account of living on Death Row in heartbreaking, agonizing detail. Life After Death is destined to be a riveting, explosive classic of prison literature.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201382Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life After Death Author: Damien Echols Narrator: Damien Echols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life After Death Author: Damien Echols Narrator: Damien Echols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 18, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 12 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—who have come to be known as the West Memphis Three—were arrested for the murders of three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas. The ensuing trial was marked by tampered evidence, false testimony, and public hysteria. Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison; while eighteen-year-old Echols, deemed the “ringleader,” was sentenced to death. Over the next two decades, the WM3 became known worldwide as a symbol of wrongful conviction and imprisonment, with thousands of supporters and many notable celebrities who called for a new trial. In a shocking turn of events, all three men were released in August 2011. Now Echols shares his story in full—from abuse by prison guards and wardens, to portraits of fellow inmates and deplorable living conditions, to the incredible reserves of patience, spirituality, and perseverance that kept him alive and sane while incarcerated for nearly two decades. In these pages, Echols reveals himself a brilliant writer, infusing his narrative with tragedy and irony in equal measure: he describes the terrors he experienced every day and his outrage toward the American justice system, and offers a firsthand account of living on Death Row in heartbreaking, agonizing detail. Life After Death is destined to be a riveting, explosive classic of prison literature.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/takenote-darren-anderton-the-autobiography-with-mike-donovan-by-mike-donovan-darren-anderton--65201194https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Takenote! Darren Anderton: The Autobiography with Mike Donovan Author: Mike Donovan, Darren Anderton Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 22, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is a truthful and enlightening biography, told from the heart. It includes new revelations, which will shock and intrigue fans. It features highquality fullcolour photos. Darren Anderton's story is of a kid who grows up to live the dream of being a professional footballer at the highest level. He shines for his country in major finals, develops a reserved 'Mr Nice Guy' image and gets labelled 'Sicknote', with the public viewing him as injury prone, despite the fact he makes over 500 appearances in a distinguished playing career, largely among the elite. Anderton appreciates how lucky he has been to cash in on doing something he loves and enjoys sharing his good fortune with family and close friends. But he goes through personal trauma as the condition of his beloved father, a shining light during his career and life, deteriorates through emphysema, while he and his positivethinking fiancee Katie deal with her cystic fibrosis, a chronic, progressive disease. He keeps his own counsel through it all. But his retirement as a player and the death of his father three months apart the tale which starts Takenote! prompts him to open his heart and put the record straight. Anderton gives untold behindthescenes insights into his public and private life which touch every raw emotion. In this compelling book he reveals: the heaventohellandback journey with England, including European Championships and World Cup, Tottenham Hotspur, Birmingham, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bournemouth. How it enables him to play in the biggest football tournament since England won the 1966 World Cup and to cross paths and sometimes swords with a few of the game's biggest names. The list includes Terry Venables, his biggest topflight influence, Glenn Hoddle, Ossie Ardiles, Kevin Keegan, Sven GoranEriksson, David Beckham, Paul Gascoigne, Ronaldo, Alan Ball, Daniel Levy and Lord Alan Sugar. How he came to turn down Alex Ferguson's offer to join Manchester United. His dismay at a being given a short 'thank you for your services' note which included being told his contract was not being renewed from Tottenham after 12 years loyalty. How he overcame lack of selfesteem to become a worldclass performer. And a whole lot more. This is the real Darren Anderton. If you think of him as Sicknote you will have to Takenote! This audio edition contains an added bonus in the form of a new interview with the man himself, taking in many aspects of his varied sporting career.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210345Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Takenote! Darren Anderton: The Autobiography with Mike Donovan Author: Mike Donovan, Darren Anderton Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Takenote! Darren Anderton: The Autobiography with Mike Donovan Author: Mike Donovan, Darren Anderton Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 22, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is a truthful and enlightening biography, told from the heart. It includes new revelations, which will shock and intrigue fans. It features highquality fullcolour photos. Darren Anderton's story is of a kid who grows up to live the dream of being a professional footballer at the highest level. He shines for his country in major finals, develops a reserved 'Mr Nice Guy' image and gets labelled 'Sicknote', with the public viewing him as injury prone, despite the fact he makes over 500 appearances in a distinguished playing career, largely among the elite. Anderton appreciates how lucky he has been to cash in on doing something he loves and enjoys sharing his good fortune with family and close friends. But he goes through personal trauma as the condition of his beloved father, a shining light during his career and life, deteriorates through emphysema, while he and his positivethinking fiancee Katie deal with her cystic fibrosis, a chronic, progressive disease. He keeps his own counsel through it all. But his retirement as a player and the death of his father three months apart the tale which starts Takenote! prompts him to open his heart and put the record straight. Anderton gives untold behindthescenes insights into his public and private life which touch every raw emotion. In this compelling book he reveals: the heaventohellandback journey with England, including European Championships and World Cup, Tottenham Hotspur, Birmingham, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bournemouth. How it enables him to play in the biggest football tournament since England won the 1966 World Cup and to cross paths and sometimes swords with a few of the game's biggest names. The list includes Terry Venables, his biggest topflight influence, Glenn Hoddle, Ossie Ardiles, Kevin Keegan, Sven GoranEriksson, David Beckham, Paul Gascoigne, Ronaldo, Alan Ball, Daniel Levy and Lord Alan Sugar. How he came to turn down Alex Ferguson's offer to join Manchester United. His dismay at a being given a short 'thank you for your services' note which included being told his contract was not being renewed from Tottenham after 12 years loyalty. How he overcame lack of selfesteem to become a worldclass performer. And a whole lot more. This is the real Darren Anderton. If you think of him as Sicknote you will have to Takenote! This audio edition contains an added bonus in the form of a new interview with the man himself, taking in many aspects of his varied sporting career.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-american-son-a-memoir-by-marco-rubio--65201211https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Son: A Memoir Author: Marco Rubio Narrator: Marco Rubio Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 19, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. Here is the full story of his unlikely journey.   Florida Senator Marco Rubio electrified the 2012 Republican National Con­vention by telling the story of his parents, who were struggling immigrants from Cuba. They embraced their new country and taught their children to appreciate its unique opportunities. Every sacrifice they made over the years, as they worked hard at blue-collar jobs in Miami and Las Vegas, was for their children.   Young Marco grew up dreaming about football, not politics. In this fas­cinating memoir, he reveals how he ended up running for the West Miami City Commission, and then the Florida House of Representatives. In just six years he rose to Speaker of the Florida House. He then won his U.S. Senate campaign as an extreme long shot.   Now Rubio speaks on the national stage about the better future that’s possible if we return to our founding principles. In that vision, as in his fam­ily’s story, Rubio proves that the American Dream is still alive for those who pursue it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203013Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Son: A Memoir Author: Marco Rubio Narrator: Marco Rubio Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 19, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Son: A Memoir Author: Marco Rubio Narrator: Marco Rubio Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 19, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. Here is the full story of his unlikely journey.   Florida Senator Marco Rubio electrified the 2012 Republican National Con­vention by telling the story of his parents, who were struggling immigrants from Cuba. They embraced their new country and taught their children to appreciate its unique opportunities. Every sacrifice they made over the years, as they worked hard at blue-collar jobs in Miami and Las Vegas, was for their children.   Young Marco grew up dreaming about football, not politics. In this fas­cinating memoir, he reveals how he ended up running for the West Miami City Commission, and then the Florida House of Representatives. In just six years he rose to Speaker of the Florida House. He then won his U.S. Senate campaign as an extreme long shot.   Now Rubio speaks on the national stage about the better future that’s possible if we return to our founding principles. In that vision, as in his fam­ily’s story, Rubio proves that the American Dream is still alive for those who pursue it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gag-trade-misadventures-in-tv-radio-comedy-by-bob-sinfield--65201127https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gag Trade: Misadventures in TV & Radio Comedy Author: Bob Sinfield Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 28, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Bob Sinfield spent 25 years scripting every star on the box, from Bob Monkhouse and Jasper Carrott to Tracey Ullman and Rory Bremner. Now he tells all about the life of a jobbing jokesmith and the celebs he tried to ‘gag’]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210338Mon, 28 May 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gag Trade: Misadventures in TV & Radio Comedy Author: Bob Sinfield Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gag Trade: Misadventures in TV & Radio Comedy Author: Bob Sinfield Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 28, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Bob Sinfield spent 25 years scripting every star on the box, from Bob Monkhouse and Jasper Carrott to Tracey Ullman and Rory Bremner. Now he tells all about the life of a jobbing jokesmith and the celebs he tried to ‘gag’]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-golden-voice-how-faith-hard-work-and-humility-brought-me-from-the-streets-to-salvation-by-ted-williams--65201283https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Golden Voice: How Faith, Hard Work, and Humility Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation Author: Ted Williams Narrator: Andy Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: YouTube sensation Ted William's memoir of addiction, homelessness, and unlikely redemption, cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Witter Ted Williams was panhandling in December 2010 when a passerby taped him and posted a clip of his gorgeous radio voice on YouTube. The video went viral, and overnight, launched him--”the homeless man with a golden voice”--into the hearts of millions. Since then, millions have heard pieces of his story: his successful radio career, his crack addiction, his multiple arrests, and his heartbreaking relationship with his ninety-year-old mother. But in A Golden Voice, Ted Williams finally puts all the pieces together to give an unforgettable, searingly honest account of life on the streets. Nothing is held back, as Williams takes the reader through prostitution, theft, crack houses, and homeless shelters in a search, ultimately, for redemption and hope. Along the way, we see his relationship with his long-term girlfriend, Kathy, grow into an unlikely and inspiring love story, and we hear the Golden Voice of God lead Ted from the selfishness of crime to the humility of the street corner--almost a year before he was discovered--on that highway entrance ramp. But this memoir isn't just an exploration of wrongs and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to give homelessness a voice. It is a deeply American, from-the-heart comeback story about the power of hope, faith, and personal responsibility. With the innate charisma that has won him millions of fans, Ted Williams proves that no one, no matter how degraded, is too lost for a second chance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203431Thu, 10 May 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Golden Voice: How Faith, Hard Work, and Humility Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation Author: Ted Williams Narrator: Andy Williams Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Golden Voice: How Faith, Hard Work, and Humility Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation Author: Ted Williams Narrator: Andy Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: YouTube sensation Ted William's memoir of addiction, homelessness, and unlikely redemption, cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Witter Ted Williams was panhandling in December 2010 when a passerby taped him and posted a clip of his gorgeous radio voice on YouTube. The video went viral, and overnight, launched him--”the homeless man with a golden voice”--into the hearts of millions. Since then, millions have heard pieces of his story: his successful radio career, his crack addiction, his multiple arrests, and his heartbreaking relationship with his ninety-year-old mother. But in A Golden Voice, Ted Williams finally puts all the pieces together to give an unforgettable, searingly honest account of life on the streets. Nothing is held back, as Williams takes the reader through prostitution, theft, crack houses, and homeless shelters in a search, ultimately, for redemption and hope. Along the way, we see his relationship with his long-term girlfriend, Kathy, grow into an unlikely and inspiring love story, and we hear the Golden Voice of God lead Ted from the selfishness of crime to the humility of the street corner--almost a year before he was discovered--on that highway entrance ramp. But this memoir isn't just an exploration of wrongs and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to give homelessness a voice. It is a deeply American, from-the-heart comeback story about the power of hope, faith, and personal responsibility. With the innate charisma that has won him millions of fans, Ted Williams proves that no one, no matter how degraded, is too lost for a second chance.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-sense-of-direction-pilgrimage-for-the-restless-and-the-hopeful-by-gideon-lewis-kraus--65201278https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful Author: Gideon Lewis-Kraus Narrator: Erik Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife, he has moved to anything-goes Berlin. But the surfeit of freedom there has begun to paralyze him, and when a friend extends a drunken invitation to join him on an ancient pilgrimage route across Spain, he grabs his sneakers, glad of the chance to be committed to something and someone.  Irreverent, moving, hilarious, and thought-provoking, A Sense of Direction is Lewis-Kraus's dazzling riff on the perpetual war between discipline and desire, and its attendant casualties. Across three pilgrimages and many hundreds of miles - the thousand-year-old Camino de Santiago, a solo circuit of eighty-eight Buddhist temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and, together with his father and brother, an annual mass migration to the tomb of a famous Hasidic mystic in the Ukraine - he completes an idiosyncratic odyssey to the heart of a family mystery and a human dilemma: How do we come to terms with what has been and what is - and find a way forward, with purpose?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202654Thu, 10 May 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful Author: Gideon Lewis-Kraus Narrator: Erik Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful Author: Gideon Lewis-Kraus Narrator: Erik Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife, he has moved to anything-goes Berlin. But the surfeit of freedom there has begun to paralyze him, and when a friend extends a drunken invitation to join him on an ancient pilgrimage route across Spain, he grabs his sneakers, glad of the chance to be committed to something and someone.  Irreverent, moving, hilarious, and thought-provoking, A Sense of Direction is Lewis-Kraus's dazzling riff on the perpetual war between discipline and desire, and its attendant casualties. Across three pilgrimages and many hundreds of miles - the thousand-year-old Camino de Santiago, a solo circuit of eighty-eight Buddhist temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and, together with his father and brother, an annual mass migration to the tomb of a famous Hasidic mystic in the Ukraine - he completes an idiosyncratic odyssey to the heart of a family mystery and a human dilemma: How do we come to terms with what has been and what is - and find a way forward, with purpose?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lizz-free-or-die-essays-by-lizz-winstead--65201261https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lizz Free or Die: Essays Author: Lizz Winstead Narrator: Lizz Winstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and one of today's most hilarious comedians and insightful social critics, pens a brilliant account of how she discovered her comedic voice. In this collection of autobiographical essays, Winstead vividly recounts how she fought to find her own voice, both as a comedian and as a woman, and how humor became her most powerful weapon in confronting life's challenges. Growing up in the Midwest, the youngest child of conservative Catholic parents, Winstead learned early in her life that the straightforward questions she posed to various authority figures around her-her parents, her parish priest, even an anti-abortion counselor -prompted many startled looks and uncomfortable silences, but few answers. Her questions rattled people because they exposed the inconsistencies and hypocrisies in the people and institutions she confronted. Yet she didn't let that stop her from pursuing her dreams. Funny and biting, honest and poignant, this no-holds-barred collection gives an in-depth look into the life of one of today's most influential comic voices. In writing about her childhood longing to be a priest, her role in developing The Daily Show, and of her often problematic habit of diving into everything head first, asking questions later (resulting in multiple rescue-dog adoptions and travel disasters), Lizz Winstead has tapped an outrageous and heartfelt vein of the all-too-human comedy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203472Thu, 10 May 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lizz Free or Die: Essays Author: Lizz Winstead Narrator: Lizz Winstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lizz Free or Die: Essays Author: Lizz Winstead Narrator: Lizz Winstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and one of today's most hilarious comedians and insightful social critics, pens a brilliant account of how she discovered her comedic voice. In this collection of autobiographical essays, Winstead vividly recounts how she fought to find her own voice, both as a comedian and as a woman, and how humor became her most powerful weapon in confronting life's challenges. Growing up in the Midwest, the youngest child of conservative Catholic parents, Winstead learned early in her life that the straightforward questions she posed to various authority figures around her-her parents, her parish priest, even an anti-abortion counselor -prompted many startled looks and uncomfortable silences, but few answers. Her questions rattled people because they exposed the inconsistencies and hypocrisies in the people and institutions she confronted. Yet she didn't let that stop her from pursuing her dreams. Funny and biting, honest and poignant, this no-holds-barred collection gives an in-depth look into the life of one of today's most influential comic voices. In writing about her childhood longing to be a priest, her role in developing The Daily Show, and of her often problematic habit of diving into everything head first, asking questions later (resulting in multiple rescue-dog adoptions and travel disasters), Lizz Winstead has tapped an outrageous and heartfelt vein of the all-too-human comedy.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jeneration-x-one-reluctant-adult-s-attempt-to-unarrest-her-arrested-development-or-why-it-s-never-too-late-for-her-dumb-ass-to-learn-why--65201241https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jen Lancaster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Such a Pretty Fat, Jen Lancaster learned how to come to terms with her body. In My Fair Lazy, she expanded her mind. Now the New York Times bestselling author gives herself—and her generation—a kick in the X, by facing her greatest challenge to date: acting her age. Jen is finally ready to put away childish things (except her Barbie Styling Head, of course) and embrace the investment-making, mortgage-carrying, life-insurance-having adult she’s become. From getting a mammogram to volunteering at a halfway house, she tackles the grown-up activities she’s resisted for years, and with each rite of passage she completes, she’ll uncover a valuable—and probably humiliating—life lesson that will ease her path to full-fledged, if reluctant, adulthood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202621Tue, 01 May 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jen Lancaster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Such a Pretty Fat, Jen Lancaster learned how to come to terms with her body. In My Fair Lazy, she expanded her mind. Now the New York Times bestselling author gives herself—and her generation—a kick in the X, by facing her greatest challenge to date: acting her age. Jen is finally ready to put away childish things (except her Barbie Styling Head, of course) and embrace the investment-making, mortgage-carrying, life-insurance-having adult she’s become. From getting a mammogram to volunteering at a halfway house, she tackles the grown-up activities she’s resisted for years, and with each rite of passage she completes, she’ll uncover a valuable—and probably humiliating—life lesson that will ease her path to full-fledged, if reluctant, adulthood.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-t-is-not-an-option-my-american-story-by-nikki-haley--65201257https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story Author: Nikki Haley Narrator: Nikki Haley Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A rising star in the Republican Party shares her inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream. Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley's parents had a dream. Ajit and Raj Randhawa were well-educated, well-off Sikhs in the Punjab region of India. But despite their high social status, the Randhawas wanted more for their family-the opportunities that only America could offer. So they left behind all they had known and settled in Bamberg, South Carolina (population: 2,500). As the first Indian family in a small Southern town in the early 1970s, the Randhawas faced ignorance, prejudice, and sometimes blatant hostility. Nikki remembers stopping at a roadside produce stand with her father, who always wore his traditional Sikh turban. Within minutes, two police cars pulled to make sure they weren't thieves. But the Randhawas taught their children that they should never think of themselves as victims. They stressed that if you work hard and stay true to yourself, you can overcome any obstacle. The key is believing that can't is not an option. The family struggled to make ends meet while starting a clothing business in their living room, eventually growing it into a multimillion- dollar success. At age twelve, Nikki started to do the bookkeeping and taxes after school. After graduating from college and entering the business world, she watched business owners like her parents battle government bureaucracy and overregulation. Her frustration inspired her to get into politics and run for the state legislature. That first campaign, against an entrenched incumbent, led to racial and religious slurs and threats-but Haley, like her parents, refused to back down. She won on a promise to fight for reform, lean budgets, and government accountability, which is exactly what she did-much to the dismay of South Carolina's old guard politicians. Soon she had a reputation as a conservative leader who could get things done. In the same state where her family was once ridiculed, she inspired a diverse grassroots following. In November 2010 she was elected South Carolina's first female governor and first nonwhite governor, and only the second Indian American governor in the country. Haley's story, as told firsthand in this inspiring memoir, is a testament to the power of determination, faith, and family. And it's proof that the American Dream is still strong and true in the twenty- first century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201524Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story Author: Nikki Haley Narrator: Nikki Haley Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story Author: Nikki Haley Narrator: Nikki Haley Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A rising star in the Republican Party shares her inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream. Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley's parents had a dream. Ajit and Raj Randhawa were well-educated, well-off Sikhs in the Punjab region of India. But despite their high social status, the Randhawas wanted more for their family-the opportunities that only America could offer. So they left behind all they had known and settled in Bamberg, South Carolina (population: 2,500). As the first Indian family in a small Southern town in the early 1970s, the Randhawas faced ignorance, prejudice, and sometimes blatant hostility. Nikki remembers stopping at a roadside produce stand with her father, who always wore his traditional Sikh turban. Within minutes, two police cars pulled to make sure they weren't thieves. But the Randhawas taught their children that they should never think of themselves as victims. They stressed that if you work hard and stay true to yourself, you can overcome any obstacle. The key is believing that can't is not an option. The family struggled to make ends meet while starting a clothing business in their living room, eventually growing it into a multimillion- dollar success. At age twelve, Nikki started to do the bookkeeping and taxes after school. After graduating from college and entering the business world, she watched business owners like her parents battle government bureaucracy and overregulation. Her frustration inspired her to get into politics and run for the state legislature. That first campaign, against an entrenched incumbent, led to racial and religious slurs and threats-but Haley, like her parents, refused to back down. She won on a promise to fight for reform, lean budgets, and government accountability, which is exactly what she did-much to the dismay of South Carolina's old guard politicians. Soon she had a reputation as a conservative leader who could get things done. In the same state where her family was once ridiculed, she inspired a diverse grassroots following. In November 2010 she was elected South Carolina's first female governor and first nonwhite governor, and only the second Indian American governor in the country. Haley's story, as told firsthand in this inspiring memoir, is a testament to the power of determination, faith, and family. And it's proof that the American Dream is still strong and true in the twenty- first century.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/behind-palace-doors-by-major-colin-burgess--65201135https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind Palace Doors Author: Major Colin Burgess Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 23, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to gibbering worshippers; she adored Margaret Thatcher and disliked Germans; she found the French comical and hankered for the old days of Empire and Commonwealth. Above all, though, she was loved by the nation and in this affectionate and often hilarious inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, her former equerry Major Colin Burgess reveals what life was like living with the most private of all the Royals. Behind Palace Doors is a unique and warmly remembered historic insight into one of our longestsurviving institutions. Constantly fascinating and packed with previously untold stories, this is also a celebration of a life gone and a way of life fast disappearing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210336Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind Palace Doors Author: Major Colin Burgess Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind Palace Doors Author: Major Colin Burgess Narrator: Bob Sinfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 23, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to gibbering worshippers; she adored Margaret Thatcher and disliked Germans; she found the French comical and hankered for the old days of Empire and Commonwealth. Above all, though, she was loved by the nation and in this affectionate and often hilarious inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, her former equerry Major Colin Burgess reveals what life was like living with the most private of all the Royals. Behind Palace Doors is a unique and warmly remembered historic insight into one of our longestsurviving institutions. Constantly fascinating and packed with previously untold stories, this is also a celebration of a life gone and a way of life fast disappearing.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-assembly-required-a-journal-of-my-son-s-first-son-by-sam-lamott-anne-lamott--65201254https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son Author: Sam Lamott, Anne Lamott Narrator: Sam Lamott, Anne Lamott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, and Almost Everything “If there is a doyenne of the parenting memoir, it would be Anne Lamott.”—Time In Some Assembly Required, Anne Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter in her own life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to become a father at nineteen, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson Jax’s life. In careful and often hilarious detail, Lamott and Sam—about whom she first wrote so movingly in Operating Instructions—struggle to balance their changing roles. By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, Some Assembly Required is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family—as this book will change everyone who reads it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202005Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son Author: Sam Lamott, Anne Lamott Narrator: Sam Lamott, Anne Lamott Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son Author: Sam Lamott, Anne Lamott Narrator: Sam Lamott, Anne Lamott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, and Almost Everything “If there is a doyenne of the parenting memoir, it would be Anne Lamott.”—Time In Some Assembly Required, Anne Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter in her own life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to become a father at nineteen, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson Jax’s life. In careful and often hilarious detail, Lamott and Sam—about whom she first wrote so movingly in Operating Instructions—struggle to balance their changing roles. By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, Some Assembly Required is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family—as this book will change everyone who reads it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rules-of-inheritance-by-claire-bidwell-smith--65201223https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rules of Inheritance Author: Claire Bidwell Smith Narrator: Claire Bidwell Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A resonant memoir of the ways untimely good-byes echo through the years by a writer who has considered every nuance of grief. At age fourteen, Claire Bidwell Smith-an only child- learned that both of her parents had cancer. The fear of becoming a family of one before she came of age compels Claire to make a series of fraught choices, set against the glittering backdrop of New York and Los Angeles - and the pall of regret. When the inevitable happens, and Claire is alone in the world, she is inconsolable at the revelation that suddenly she is no one's special person. It is only when Claire eventually falls in love, marries, and becomes a mother that she emerges from the fog of grief. Defying a conventional framework, this story is told using the five stages of grief as a window into Smith's experience. As in the very best memoirs, the author's powerful and exquisite writing renders personal events into universal experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203092Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rules of Inheritance Author: Claire Bidwell Smith Narrator: Claire Bidwell Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rules of Inheritance Author: Claire Bidwell Smith Narrator: Claire Bidwell Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A resonant memoir of the ways untimely good-byes echo through the years by a writer who has considered every nuance of grief. At age fourteen, Claire Bidwell Smith-an only child- learned that both of her parents had cancer. The fear of becoming a family of one before she came of age compels Claire to make a series of fraught choices, set against the glittering backdrop of New York and Los Angeles - and the pall of regret. When the inevitable happens, and Claire is alone in the world, she is inconsolable at the revelation that suddenly she is no one's special person. It is only when Claire eventually falls in love, marries, and becomes a mother that she emerges from the fog of grief. Defying a conventional framework, this story is told using the five stages of grief as a window into Smith's experience. As in the very best memoirs, the author's powerful and exquisite writing renders personal events into universal experience.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hostage-in-iraq-by-norman-kember--65201144https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hostage in Iraq Author: Norman Kember Narrator: Norman Gilligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 23, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A year after his dramatic release by a multinational military raid, Norman Kember reveals his story behind the controversy of his captivity in Baghdad. Written with honesty and emotion, Norman Kember describes in detail his four month ordeal, during which he was imprisoned in a small room and chained to the two Canadian peace activists, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, and the American Tom Fox, who was later killed by his captors. Kember experiences fear, loneliness, boredom, and at one point, contemplated suicide. Yet his wry sense of humour never quite deserts him. The book will include previously unseen notes made by Norman Kember, who kept a journal during his captivity and invented games with his fellow captives. Moving, gripping, and surprising, 'Hostage in Iraq' is a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210331Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hostage in Iraq Author: Norman Kember Narrator: Norman Gilligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 23, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hostage in Iraq Author: Norman Kember Narrator: Norman Gilligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 23, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A year after his dramatic release by a multinational military raid, Norman Kember reveals his story behind the controversy of his captivity in Baghdad. Written with honesty and emotion, Norman Kember describes in detail his four month ordeal, during which he was imprisoned in a small room and chained to the two Canadian peace activists, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, and the American Tom Fox, who was later killed by his captors. Kember experiences fear, loneliness, boredom, and at one point, contemplated suicide. Yet his wry sense of humour never quite deserts him. The book will include previously unseen notes made by Norman Kember, who kept a journal during his captivity and invented games with his fellow captives. Moving, gripping, and surprising, 'Hostage in Iraq' is a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adventures-in-darkness-memoirs-of-an-eleven-year-old-blind-boy-by-tom-sullivan--65201149https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adventures in Darkness: Memoirs of an Eleven-Year-Old Blind Boy Author: Tom Sullivan Narrator: Tom Sullivan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 21, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Adventures in Darkness, Tom Sullivan takes readers through the adventures of his monumental eleventh year. Blind since birth, Tom lived in a challenging world of isolation and special treatment. But he was driven to break out and live as sighted people do. This book is a hair-raising, heart-warming experience that culminates in Tom's reliance upon God to realize his dreams of a 'normal' life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213491Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adventures in Darkness: Memoirs of an Eleven-Year-Old Blind Boy Author: Tom Sullivan Narrator: Tom Sullivan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adventures in Darkness: Memoirs of an Eleven-Year-Old Blind Boy Author: Tom Sullivan Narrator: Tom Sullivan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 21, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Adventures in Darkness, Tom Sullivan takes readers through the adventures of his monumental eleventh year. Blind since birth, Tom lived in a challenging world of isolation and special treatment. But he was driven to break out and live as sighted people do. This book is a hair-raising, heart-warming experience that culminates in Tom's reliance upon God to realize his dreams of a 'normal' life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-end-of-normal-by-stephanie-madoff-mack--65201286https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The End of Normal Author: Stephanie Madoff Mack Narrator: Stephanie Madoff Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 20, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An explosive, heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff, the first genuine inside story from a family member who has lived through- and survived-both the public crisis and her own deeply personal tragedy. When the news of Bernard Madoff 's Ponzi scheme broke, Americans were shocked and outraged, perhaps none more so than the unsuspecting members of his own family. After learning that their father's legendarily successful wealth management company was 'all just one big lie,' Mark and Andrew Madoff turned their father in and cut off all communication with both parents. Mark and his wife, Stephanie, strove to make a fresh start for the sake of their two young children, but Mark could not overcome his sense of betrayal and shame-he and other family members were sued for $200 million in October of 2009. He hung himself on the two-year anniversary of his father's arrest. Left to raise her children as a single mother, Stephanie wrote this memoir to give them a sense of who their father really was, defend his innocence, and put her personal statement on record once and for all. In this candid insider account, she talks about her idyllic wedding to Mark on Nantucket, what it was really like to be a part of the Madoff family, the build-up to Bernard's confession, and the media frenzy that followed. It is about the loss of the fairytale life she knew, adjusting to life with a man she hardly recognized anymore, and the tragic and final loss of her husband.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202875Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The End of Normal Author: Stephanie Madoff Mack Narrator: Stephanie Madoff Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The End of Normal Author: Stephanie Madoff Mack Narrator: Stephanie Madoff Mack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 20, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An explosive, heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff, the first genuine inside story from a family member who has lived through- and survived-both the public crisis and her own deeply personal tragedy. When the news of Bernard Madoff 's Ponzi scheme broke, Americans were shocked and outraged, perhaps none more so than the unsuspecting members of his own family. After learning that their father's legendarily successful wealth management company was 'all just one big lie,' Mark and Andrew Madoff turned their father in and cut off all communication with both parents. Mark and his wife, Stephanie, strove to make a fresh start for the sake of their two young children, but Mark could not overcome his sense of betrayal and shame-he and other family members were sued for $200 million in October of 2009. He hung himself on the two-year anniversary of his father's arrest. Left to raise her children as a single mother, Stephanie wrote this memoir to give them a sense of who their father really was, defend his innocence, and put her personal statement on record once and for all. In this candid insider account, she talks about her idyllic wedding to Mark on Nantucket, what it was really like to be a part of the Madoff family, the build-up to Bernard's confession, and the media frenzy that followed. It is about the loss of the fairytale life she knew, adjusting to life with a man she hardly recognized anymore, and the tragic and final loss of her husband.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/five-chiefs-a-supreme-court-memoir-by-john-paul-stevens--65201188https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211487 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir Author: John Paul Stevens Narrator: Gregory Itzin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 3, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When he resigned last June, Justice Stevens was the third longest serving Justice in American history (1975-2010) -- only Justice William O. Douglas, whom Stevens succeeded, and Stephen Field have served on the Court for a longer time. In Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens captures the inner workings of the Supreme Court via his personal experiences with the five Chief Justices -- Fred Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, and John Roberts -- that he interacted with. He reminisces of being a law clerk during Vinson's tenure; a practicing lawyer for Warren; a circuit judge and junior justice for Burger; a contemporary colleague of Rehnquist; and a colleague of current Chief Justice John Roberts. Along the way, he will discuss his views of some the most significant cases that have been decided by the Court from Vinson, who became Chief Justice in 1946 when Truman was President, to Roberts, who became Chief Justice in 2005. Packed with interesting anecdotes and stories about the Court, Five Chiefs is an unprecedented and historically significant look at the highest court in the United States.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211487Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211487 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir Author: John Paul Stevens Narrator: Gregory Itzin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211487 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir Author: John Paul Stevens Narrator: Gregory Itzin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 3, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When he resigned last June, Justice Stevens was the third longest serving Justice in American history (1975-2010) -- only Justice William O. Douglas, whom Stevens succeeded, and Stephen Field have served on the Court for a longer time. In Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens captures the inner workings of the Supreme Court via his personal experiences with the five Chief Justices -- Fred Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, and John Roberts -- that he interacted with. He reminisces of being a law clerk during Vinson's tenure; a practicing lawyer for Warren; a circuit judge and junior justice for Burger; a contemporary colleague of Rehnquist; and a colleague of current Chief Justice John Roberts. Along the way, he will discuss his views of some the most significant cases that have been decided by the Court from Vinson, who became Chief Justice in 1946 when Truman was President, to Roberts, who became Chief Justice in 2005. Packed with interesting anecdotes and stories about the Court, Five Chiefs is an unprecedented and historically significant look at the highest court in the United States.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fiction-ruined-my-family-by-jeanne-darst--65201274https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fiction Ruined My Family Author: Jeanne Darst Narrator: Jeanne Darst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged, 8 hoursRead by TBD Introducing a deeply funny, charismatic new voice: an entertaining memoir of a family haunted by its own mythsand its obsessive idolization of the literary life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201306Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fiction Ruined My Family Author: Jeanne Darst Narrator: Jeanne Darst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fiction Ruined My Family Author: Jeanne Darst Narrator: Jeanne Darst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged, 8 hoursRead by TBD Introducing a deeply funny, charismatic new voice: an entertaining memoir of a family haunted by its own mythsand its obsessive idolization of the literary life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wealth-cure-putting-money-in-its-place-by-hill-harper--65201275https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place Author: Hill Harper Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 6, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged, 7 hoursRead by TBD In his second book for adults, the perennial New York Times- bestselling author helps readers discover how to put money in its place and use wealth-building as a tool for joy and fulfillment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201529Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place Author: Hill Harper Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place Author: Hill Harper Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 6, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged, 7 hoursRead by TBD In his second book for adults, the perennial New York Times- bestselling author helps readers discover how to put money in its place and use wealth-building as a tool for joy and fulfillment.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nerd-do-well-a-small-boy-s-journey-to-becoming-a-big-kid-by-simon-pegg--65201234https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nerd Do Well: A Small Boy's Journey to Becoming a Big Kid Author: Simon Pegg Narrator: Simon Pegg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 9, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Abridged, 5 hoursRead by the author The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, the star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Star Trek the movie.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202952Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nerd Do Well: A Small Boy's Journey to Becoming a Big Kid Author: Simon Pegg Narrator: Simon Pegg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nerd Do Well: A Small Boy's Journey to Becoming a Big Kid Author: Simon Pegg Narrator: Simon Pegg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 9, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Abridged, 5 hoursRead by the author The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, the star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Star Trek the movie.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-father-s-love-one-man-s-unrelenting-battle-to-bring-his-abducted-son-home-by-david-goldman--65201260https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Father's Love: One Man's Unrelenting Battle to Bring His Abducted Son Home Author: David Goldman Narrator: David Goldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The inspiring, heart-rending story of a father's unwavering love for his son. David Goldman and his Brazilian wife, Bruna Bianchi, led what appeared to be a happy life in New Jersey. But in June 2004, Bianchi took their four-year-old son, Sean, to Brazil for what she said would be a two- week vacation. Once there, she informed Goldman that she was staying in Brazil-and keeping Sean, setting in motion an international controversy that would eventually reach the highest levels of the U.S. and Brazilian governments. It would be almost five years before David saw Sean again. What kept David Goldman going when everything looked so hopeless? In A Father's Love, Goldman recounts his extraordinary battle, despite overwhelming odds, to bring his abducted son back home. It is a riveting story full of peculiar ironies, unfathomable elements, threats, and legal twists and turns. Goldman describes in detail the wrenching emotions he went through and how he relentlessly rallied support behind the scenes from both high-level U.S. government officials and national media organizations. Father and son were finally reunited in December 2009, and Goldman writes about the challenges he is now facing as he works to rebuild his relationship with his son, and the advocacy work he is doing on behalf of other children in similar circumstances. Goldman's unusual story movingly celebrates an ordinary man's incredible love for and loyalty to his son, and his ability to overcome the unimaginable to keep them together. It is a testament to how connected any father and son can be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201468Tue, 10 May 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Father's Love: One Man's Unrelenting Battle to Bring His Abducted Son Home Author: David Goldman Narrator: David Goldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Father's Love: One Man's Unrelenting Battle to Bring His Abducted Son Home Author: David Goldman Narrator: David Goldman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The inspiring, heart-rending story of a father's unwavering love for his son. David Goldman and his Brazilian wife, Bruna Bianchi, led what appeared to be a happy life in New Jersey. But in June 2004, Bianchi took their four-year-old son, Sean, to Brazil for what she said would be a two- week vacation. Once there, she informed Goldman that she was staying in Brazil-and keeping Sean, setting in motion an international controversy that would eventually reach the highest levels of the U.S. and Brazilian governments. It would be almost five years before David saw Sean again. What kept David Goldman going when everything looked so hopeless? In A Father's Love, Goldman recounts his extraordinary battle, despite overwhelming odds, to bring his abducted son back home. It is a riveting story full of peculiar ironies, unfathomable elements, threats, and legal twists and turns. Goldman describes in detail the wrenching emotions he went through and how he relentlessly rallied support behind the scenes from both high-level U.S. government officials and national media organizations. Father and son were finally reunited in December 2009, and Goldman writes about the challenges he is now facing as he works to rebuild his relationship with his son, and the advocacy work he is doing on behalf of other children in similar circumstances. Goldman's unusual story movingly celebrates an ordinary man's incredible love for and loyalty to his son, and his ability to overcome the unimaginable to keep them together. It is a testament to how connected any father and son can be.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/un-amico-italiano-eat-pray-love-in-rome-by-luca-spaghetti--65201251https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Un Amico Italiano: Eat, Pray, Love in Rome Author: Luca Spaghetti Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Luca Spaghetti is not only one of my favorite people in the world, but also a natural-born storyteller. . . . This [is a] marvelous book.' -Elizabeth Gilbert When Luca Spaghetti (yes, that's really his name) was asked to show a writer named Elizabeth Gilbert around Rome, he had no idea how his life was about to change. She embraced his Roman ebullience, and Luca in turn became her guardian angel, determined that his city would help Liz out of her funk. Filled with colorful anecdotes about food, language, soccer, daily life in Rome, and Luca's own fish-out-of-water moments as a visitor to the United States-and culminating with the episodes in Liz's bestselling memoir, told from Luca's side of the table-Un Amico Italiano is a book that no fan of Eat, Pray, Love will want to miss.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203103Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Un Amico Italiano: Eat, Pray, Love in Rome Author: Luca Spaghetti Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Un Amico Italiano: Eat, Pray, Love in Rome Author: Luca Spaghetti Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Luca Spaghetti is not only one of my favorite people in the world, but also a natural-born storyteller. . . . This [is a] marvelous book.' -Elizabeth Gilbert When Luca Spaghetti (yes, that's really his name) was asked to show a writer named Elizabeth Gilbert around Rome, he had no idea how his life was about to change. She embraced his Roman ebullience, and Luca in turn became her guardian angel, determined that his city would help Liz out of her funk. Filled with colorful anecdotes about food, language, soccer, daily life in Rome, and Luca's own fish-out-of-water moments as a visitor to the United States-and culminating with the episodes in Liz's bestselling memoir, told from Luca's side of the table-Un Amico Italiano is a book that no fan of Eat, Pray, Love will want to miss.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-goodbye-a-memoir-by-meghan-o-rourke--65201281https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Goodbye: A memoir Author: Meghan O'Rourke Narrator: Meghan O'Rourke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 14, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial love. What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside rituals that acknowledge grief? After her mother died of cancer at the age of fifty-five, Meghan O'Rourke found that nothing had prepared her for the intensity of her sorrow. In the first anguished days, she began to create a record of her interior life as a mourner, trying to capture the paradox of grief-its monumental agony and microscopic intimacies-an endeavor that ultimately bloomed into a profound look at how caring for her mother during her illness changed and strengthened their bond. O'Rourke's story is one of a life gone off the rails, of how watching her mother's illness-and separating from her husband-left her fundamentally altered. But it is also one of resilience, as she observes her family persevere even in the face of immeasurable loss. With lyricism and unswerving candor, The Long Goodbye conveys the fleeting moments of joy that make up a life, and the way memory can lead us out of the jagged darkness of loss. Effortlessly blending research and reflection, the personal and the universal, it is not only an exceptional memoir, but a necessary one.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202947Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Goodbye: A memoir Author: Meghan O'Rourke Narrator: Meghan O'Rourke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Goodbye: A memoir Author: Meghan O'Rourke Narrator: Meghan O'Rourke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 14, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial love. What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside rituals that acknowledge grief? After her mother died of cancer at the age of fifty-five, Meghan O'Rourke found that nothing had prepared her for the intensity of her sorrow. In the first anguished days, she began to create a record of her interior life as a mourner, trying to capture the paradox of grief-its monumental agony and microscopic intimacies-an endeavor that ultimately bloomed into a profound look at how caring for her mother during her illness changed and strengthened their bond. O'Rourke's story is one of a life gone off the rails, of how watching her mother's illness-and separating from her husband-left her fundamentally altered. But it is also one of resilience, as she observes her family persevere even in the face of immeasurable loss. With lyricism and unswerving candor, The Long Goodbye conveys the fleeting moments of joy that make up a life, and the way memory can lead us out of the jagged darkness of loss. Effortlessly blending research and reflection, the personal and the universal, it is not only an exceptional memoir, but a necessary one.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-heart-and-the-fist-the-education-of-a-humanitarian-the-making-of-a-navy-seal-by-eric-greitens--65201162https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL Author: Eric Greitens Narrator: Eric Greitens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4.48 of Total 23 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted to make a difference. During college and afterward, he traveled to the world's trouble spots, working in refugee camps, serving the sick and the poor on four continents, from Gaza to Croatia to Mother Teresa's home in Calcutta, among others. Yet he could not prevent violence or save anyone from becoming a refugee; he could only step in afterward and try to ease the damage. So Eric joined the Navy SEALs and became an elite warrior. In a moving and inspiring memoir, told with genuine humility, Eric offers something new in the history of military memoirs: a warrior who wanted to be strong to be good, only to discover that he had to be good to be strong. Throughout his SEAL training and deployments in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the lessons of his humanitarian work bore fruit. The result is a lesson for us all: the heart and fist together are more powerful than either one alone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211392Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL Author: Eric Greitens Narrator: Eric Greitens Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL Author: Eric Greitens Narrator: Eric Greitens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4.48 of Total 23 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted to make a difference. During college and afterward, he traveled to the world's trouble spots, working in refugee camps, serving the sick and the poor on four continents, from Gaza to Croatia to Mother Teresa's home in Calcutta, among others. Yet he could not prevent violence or save anyone from becoming a refugee; he could only step in afterward and try to ease the damage. So Eric joined the Navy SEALs and became an elite warrior. In a moving and inspiring memoir, told with genuine humility, Eric offers something new in the history of military memoirs: a warrior who wanted to be strong to be good, only to discover that he had to be good to be strong. Throughout his SEAL training and deployments in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the lessons of his humanitarian work bore fruit. The result is a lesson for us all: the heart and fist together are more powerful than either one alone.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/known-and-unknown-a-memoir-by-donald-rumsfeld--65201292https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Known and Unknown: A Memoir Author: Donald Rumsfeld Narrator: Donald Rumsfeld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A powerful memoir from the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history. Rumsfeld addresses the challenges and controversies of his illustrious career, from the unseating of the entrenched House Republican leader in 1965, to helping the Ford administration steer the country away from Watergate and Vietnam, to the war in Iraq, to confronting abuse at Abu Ghraib. Along the way, he offers his plainspoken, first-hand views and often humorous and surprising anecdotes about some of the world's best-known figures, ranging from Elvis Presley to George W. Bush. Both a fascinating narrative and an unprecedented glimpse into history,Known and Unknown captures the legacy of one of the most influential men in public service.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203015Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Known and Unknown: A Memoir Author: Donald Rumsfeld Narrator: Donald Rumsfeld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 12 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Known and Unknown: A Memoir Author: Donald Rumsfeld Narrator: Donald Rumsfeld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 12 minutes Release date: February 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A powerful memoir from the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history. Rumsfeld addresses the challenges and controversies of his illustrious career, from the unseating of the entrenched House Republican leader in 1965, to helping the Ford administration steer the country away from Watergate and Vietnam, to the war in Iraq, to confronting abuse at Abu Ghraib. Along the way, he offers his plainspoken, first-hand views and often humorous and surprising anecdotes about some of the world's best-known figures, ranging from Elvis Presley to George W. Bush. Both a fascinating narrative and an unprecedented glimpse into history,Known and Unknown captures the legacy of one of the most influential men in public service.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/courage-to-stand-an-american-story-by-tim-pawlenty--65201114https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Courage to Stand: An American Story Author: Tim Pawlenty Narrator: Todd Busteed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 11, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Long before he was considered a top prospective presidential candidate for 2012—even before he landed on John McCain’s short list of potential running mates in 2008—Governor Tim Pawlenty had already earned legendary status in conservative circles. In his hard-left-leaning home state of Minnesota, the man known as “T-Paw” somehow erased a $4.8-billion budget deficit while simultaneously reforming health care, creating jobs, improving education, and supporting renewable energy reform—all without raising taxes. In Courage to Stand, Pawlenty reveals, for the first time, how he found the resolve to get the job done, taking readers all the way back to the lessons he learned as a boy in the gritty meatpacking town of South St. Paul. From the devastating early death of his mother to the struggle to work his way through college and law school and his epic political battles as governor, Pawlenty opens up about his deepest beliefs and shares his vision for a better America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218638Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Courage to Stand: An American Story Author: Tim Pawlenty Narrator: Todd Busteed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Courage to Stand: An American Story Author: Tim Pawlenty Narrator: Todd Busteed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 11, 2011 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Long before he was considered a top prospective presidential candidate for 2012—even before he landed on John McCain’s short list of potential running mates in 2008—Governor Tim Pawlenty had already earned legendary status in conservative circles. In his hard-left-leaning home state of Minnesota, the man known as “T-Paw” somehow erased a $4.8-billion budget deficit while simultaneously reforming health care, creating jobs, improving education, and supporting renewable energy reform—all without raising taxes. In Courage to Stand, Pawlenty reveals, for the first time, how he found the resolve to get the job done, taking readers all the way back to the lessons he learned as a boy in the gritty meatpacking town of South St. Paul. From the devastating early death of his mother to the struggle to work his way through college and law school and his epic political battles as governor, Pawlenty opens up about his deepest beliefs and shares his vision for a better America.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/memoirs-of-a-revolutionist-vol-2-by-peter-kropotkin--65201226https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 2 Author: Peter Kropotkin Narrator: Elin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the nobility and had a military education, but he gradually abandoned the values of his social class and became an anti-authoritarian socialist, opposed to both the rule of the Tsars and to the seizing of power by the authoritarian Bolsheviks. He was also interested in literature, biology, economics and geographical exploration. This second and last volume of his memoirs covers his time in St Petersburg, his time in prison, and his journeys in Western Europe. (Summary by Elin)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208971Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 2 Author: Peter Kropotkin Narrator: Elin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 2 Author: Peter Kropotkin Narrator: Elin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the nobility and had a military education, but he gradually abandoned the values of his social class and became an anti-authoritarian socialist, opposed to both the rule of the Tsars and to the seizing of power by the authoritarian Bolsheviks. He was also interested in literature, biology, economics and geographical exploration. This second and last volume of his memoirs covers his time in St Petersburg, his time in prison, and his journeys in Western Europe. (Summary by Elin)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/far-away-and-long-ago-by-william-henry-hudson--65201222https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Far Away and Long Ago Author: William Henry Hudson Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both natural and human dramas on what was then a lawless frontier. 'Far Away and Long Ago' is a classic memoir of a boy, fascinated by nature, on the Pampas in the 19th century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206779Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Far Away and Long Ago Author: William Henry Hudson Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Far Away and Long Ago Author: William Henry Hudson Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both natural and human dramas on what was then a lawless frontier. 'Far Away and Long Ago' is a classic memoir of a boy, fascinated by nature, on the Pampas in the 19th century.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stalky-co-by-rudyard-kipling--65201212https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stalky & Co. Author: Rudyard Kipling Narrator: Tim Bulkeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Rudyard Kipling published Stalky & Co. in 1899. Set at an English boarding school in a seaside town on the North Devon coast. (The town, Westward Ho!, is not only unusual in having an exclamation mark, but also in being itself named after a novel, by Charles Kingsley.) The book is a collection of linked short stories, with some information about the eponymous Stalky's later life. Beetle, one of the main trio, is said to be based on Kipling himself, while Stalky may be based on Lionel Dunsterville. The stories have elements of the macabre (dead cats), bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from the childish or idealised world of the typical school story. Edmund Wilson, critic, in The Wound and the Bow, was both shocked and uncomprehending. Adapted by Tim Bulkeley from the Wikipedia entry.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206814Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stalky & Co. Author: Rudyard Kipling Narrator: Tim Bulkeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stalky & Co. Author: Rudyard Kipling Narrator: Tim Bulkeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Rudyard Kipling published Stalky & Co. in 1899. Set at an English boarding school in a seaside town on the North Devon coast. (The town, Westward Ho!, is not only unusual in having an exclamation mark, but also in being itself named after a novel, by Charles Kingsley.) The book is a collection of linked short stories, with some information about the eponymous Stalky's later life. Beetle, one of the main trio, is said to be based on Kipling himself, while Stalky may be based on Lionel Dunsterville. The stories have elements of the macabre (dead cats), bullying and violence, and hints about sex, making them far from the childish or idealised world of the typical school story. Edmund Wilson, critic, in The Wound and the Bow, was both shocked and uncomprehending. Adapted by Tim Bulkeley from the Wikipedia entry.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-adventures-of-buffalo-bill-by-william-frederick-cody--65201205https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Buffalo Bill Author: William Frederick Cody Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.98 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 2.92 of Total 13 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Buffalo Bill was arguably, the most recognized man in the world when he penned this book. The first four stories are of some of his adventures and the remaining 6 are autobiographical. All of them have been proved to be historically accurate in all important aspects. From his service as chief scout for the 3rd Cavalry during the plains wars, to his pony express service and finally the story of how he got his nickname "Buffalo Bill", everything is larger than life. Killing 4,280 buffalo in 18 months for the railroad workers was an amazing feat. Follow along as he tells of his Indian campaigns and then his world famous "Wild West Show" later in life. The foreword gives a brief summary of this man's amazing life. He respected the Indians and urged equal rights for women, something amazing in itself for his time. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208314Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Buffalo Bill Author: William Frederick Cody Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Buffalo Bill Author: William Frederick Cody Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.98 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 2.92 of Total 13 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Buffalo Bill was arguably, the most recognized man in the world when he penned this book. The first four stories are of some of his adventures and the remaining 6 are autobiographical. All of them have been proved to be historically accurate in all important aspects. From his service as chief scout for the 3rd Cavalry during the plains wars, to his pony express service and finally the story of how he got his nickname "Buffalo Bill", everything is larger than life. Killing 4,280 buffalo in 18 months for the railroad workers was an amazing feat. Follow along as he tells of his Indian campaigns and then his world famous "Wild West Show" later in life. The foreword gives a brief summary of this man's amazing life. He respected the Indians and urged equal rights for women, something amazing in itself for his time. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-escape-of-a-princess-pat-by-george-pearson--65201189https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Escape of a Princess Pat Author: George Pearson Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland. (Summary from Book subtitle) This is to celebrate Remembrance Day 2008.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208954Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Escape of a Princess Pat Author: George Pearson Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Escape of a Princess Pat Author: George Pearson Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland. (Summary from Book subtitle) This is to celebrate Remembrance Day 2008.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-christmas-by-washington-irving--65201186https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206788 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Christmas Author: Washington Irving Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.17 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 2.29 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A tale of the quaint and old English traditions of celebrating Christmas. Irving travels to the English countryside and meets an old schoolmate, who invites him home to spend Christmas at the family estate. (Summary written by Gesine)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206788Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206788 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Christmas Author: Washington Irving Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/206788 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Christmas Author: Washington Irving Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.17 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 2.29 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A tale of the quaint and old English traditions of celebrating Christmas. Irving travels to the English countryside and meets an old schoolmate, who invites him home to spend Christmas at the family estate. (Summary written by Gesine)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-darkness-cometh-the-light-or-struggles-for-freedom-by-lucy-ann-delaney--65201180https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Author: Lucy Ann Delaney Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a freeborn black woman who had been kidnapped and sold on the blocks--but escaped while a teenager and eventually sued in court for her freedom. After the Civil War, Delaney spent the rest of her life inspiring other African Americans to take advantage of the new opportunities available to them as a result of their new found freedom, and to constantly strive to improve their lives and the lives of their progeny - Summary by James K. White]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208583Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Author: Lucy Ann Delaney Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Author: Lucy Ann Delaney Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a freeborn black woman who had been kidnapped and sold on the blocks--but escaped while a teenager and eventually sued in court for her freedom. After the Civil War, Delaney spent the rest of her life inspiring other African Americans to take advantage of the new opportunities available to them as a result of their new found freedom, and to constantly strive to improve their lives and the lives of their progeny - Summary by James K. White]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/memoirs-of-a-revolutionist-vol-1-by-peter-kropotkin--65201170https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 1 Author: Peter Kropotkin Narrator: Elin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the nobility and had a military education, but he gradually abandoned the values of his social class and became an anti-authoritarian socialist, opposed to both the rule of the Tsars and to the seizing of power by the authoritarian Bolsheviks. He was also interested in literature, biology, economics and geographical exploration. This first volume of his memoirs covers his childhood, his education, and the time he spent in Siberia.(Introduction by Elin)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208970Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 1 Author: Peter Kropotkin Narrator: Elin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 1 Author: Peter Kropotkin Narrator: Elin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the nobility and had a military education, but he gradually abandoned the values of his social class and became an anti-authoritarian socialist, opposed to both the rule of the Tsars and to the seizing of power by the authoritarian Bolsheviks. He was also interested in literature, biology, economics and geographical exploration. This first volume of his memoirs covers his childhood, his education, and the time he spent in Siberia.(Introduction by Elin)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/roughing-it-in-the-bush-by-susanna-moodie--65201166https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roughing It in the Bush Author: Susanna Moodie Narrator: Moira Fogarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 88 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 26 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Roughing It In the Bush' is Susanna Moodie's account of how she coped with the harshness of life in the woods of Upper Canada, as an Englishwoman homesteading abroad. Her narrative was constructed partly as a response to the glowing falsehoods European land-agents were circulating about life in the New World. Her chronicle is frank and humorous, and was a popular sensation at the time of its publication in 1852. (Summary by Moira Fogarty)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208324Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roughing It in the Bush Author: Susanna Moodie Narrator: Moira Fogarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 51 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/208324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roughing It in the Bush Author: Susanna Moodie Narrator: Moira Fogarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 88 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 26 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Roughing It In the Bush' is Susanna Moodie's account of how she coped with the harshness of life in the woods of Upper Canada, as an Englishwoman homesteading abroad. Her narrative was constructed partly as a response to the glowing falsehoods European land-agents were circulating about life in the New World. Her chronicle is frank and humorous, and was a popular sensation at the time of its publication in 1852. (Summary by Moira Fogarty)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-yo-by-ricky-martin--65201290https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Yo Author: Ricky Martin Narrator: Tony Chiroldes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: El artista Ricky Martin quien ha vendido mas de 60 millones de albumes en todo el mundo habla por primera vez sobre su infancia, sus comienzos musicales en el grupo Menudo, su busqueda de identidad durante el fenomeno de 'Livin La Vida Loca', la aceptacion de su sexualidad, las relaciones en las que descubrio el amor y las decisiones que cambiaron su vida como el convertirse en padre y su dedicacion por ayudar a los ninos des privilegiados en todo el mundo. Yo es un libro intimo de memorias sobre la trayectoria espiritual de uno de los artistas mas reconocidos de nuestra epoca.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202888Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Yo Author: Ricky Martin Narrator: Tony Chiroldes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 2, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Yo Author: Ricky Martin Narrator: Tony Chiroldes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: El artista Ricky Martin quien ha vendido mas de 60 millones de albumes en todo el mundo habla por primera vez sobre su infancia, sus comienzos musicales en el grupo Menudo, su busqueda de identidad durante el fenomeno de 'Livin La Vida Loca', la aceptacion de su sexualidad, las relaciones en las que descubrio el amor y las decisiones que cambiaron su vida como el convertirse en padre y su dedicacion por ayudar a los ninos des privilegiados en todo el mundo. Yo es un libro intimo de memorias sobre la trayectoria espiritual de uno de los artistas mas reconocidos de nuestra epoca.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/outside-looking-in-adventures-of-an-observer-by-garry-wills--65201240https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer Author: Garry Wills Narrator: Garry Wills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 14, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A captivating memoir from the incomparable Garry Wills, 'one of the country's most distinguished intellectuals' (The New York Times Book Review). Illuminating and provocative, Outside Looking In is a compelling chronicle of an original thinker at work in remarkable times. With his dazzling style and journalist's eye for detail, Garry Wills brings history to life. Whether writing about the civil rights movement, 1960s protests, or close-up studies of the people who have shaped our world, only he could bring together in one book Barry Goldwater, Daniel Berrigan, Beverly Sills, Richard Nixon, and John Waters. Wills shares, as only the best raconteurs can, stories of the fascinating people he has closely observed during more than 50 years of reporting.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203455Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer Author: Garry Wills Narrator: Garry Wills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer Author: Garry Wills Narrator: Garry Wills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 14, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A captivating memoir from the incomparable Garry Wills, 'one of the country's most distinguished intellectuals' (The New York Times Book Review). Illuminating and provocative, Outside Looking In is a compelling chronicle of an original thinker at work in remarkable times. With his dazzling style and journalist's eye for detail, Garry Wills brings history to life. Whether writing about the civil rights movement, 1960s protests, or close-up studies of the people who have shaped our world, only he could bring together in one book Barry Goldwater, Daniel Berrigan, Beverly Sills, Richard Nixon, and John Waters. Wills shares, as only the best raconteurs can, stories of the fascinating people he has closely observed during more than 50 years of reporting.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dewey-s-nine-lives-the-magic-of-a-small-town-library-cat-who-touched-millions-by-vicki-myron--65201285https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dewey's Nine Lives: The Magic of a Small-town Library Cat Who Touched Millions Author: Vicki Myron Narrator: Andrea Gallo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 12, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Vicki Myron follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller Dewey with stories of cats who inspire their owners and includes two brand-new Dewey stories! Dewey's Nine Lives offers nine funny, inspiring, and heartwarming stories about cats—all told from the perspective of 'Dewey's Mom,' librarian Vicki Myron. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World was a blockbuster bestseller and a publishing phenomenon. It has sold nearly a million copies, spawned three children's books, and will be the basis for an upcoming movie. No doubt about it, Dewey has created a community. Dewey touched readers everywhere, who realized that no matter how difficult their lives might seem, or how ordinary their talents, they can-and should-make a positive difference to those around them. Now, Dewey is back, with even more heartwarming moments and life lessons to share.  The amazing felines in this book include Dewey, of course, whose further never-before-told adventures are shared, and several others who Vicki found out about when their owners reached out to her. Vicki learned, through extensive interviews and story sharing, what made these cats special, and how they fit into Dewey's community of perseverance and love. From a divorced mother in Alaska who saved a drowning kitten on Christmas Eve to a troubled Vietnam veteran whose heart was opened by his long relationship with a rescued cat, these Dewey-style stories will inspire readers to laugh, cry, care, and, most importantly, believe in the magic of animals to touch individual lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202931Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dewey's Nine Lives: The Magic of a Small-town Library Cat Who Touched Millions Author: Vicki Myron Narrator: Andrea Gallo Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dewey's Nine Lives: The Magic of a Small-town Library Cat Who Touched Millions Author: Vicki Myron Narrator: Andrea Gallo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 12, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Vicki Myron follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller Dewey with stories of cats who inspire their owners and includes two brand-new Dewey stories! Dewey's Nine Lives offers nine funny, inspiring, and heartwarming stories about cats—all told from the perspective of 'Dewey's Mom,' librarian Vicki Myron. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World was a blockbuster bestseller and a publishing phenomenon. It has sold nearly a million copies, spawned three children's books, and will be the basis for an upcoming movie. No doubt about it, Dewey has created a community. Dewey touched readers everywhere, who realized that no matter how difficult their lives might seem, or how ordinary their talents, they can-and should-make a positive difference to those around them. Now, Dewey is back, with even more heartwarming moments and life lessons to share.  The amazing felines in this book include Dewey, of course, whose further never-before-told adventures are shared, and several others who Vicki found out about when their owners reached out to her. Vicki learned, through extensive interviews and story sharing, what made these cats special, and how they fit into Dewey's community of perseverance and love. From a divorced mother in Alaska who saved a drowning kitten on Christmas Eve to a troubled Vietnam veteran whose heart was opened by his long relationship with a rescued cat, these Dewey-style stories will inspire readers to laugh, cry, care, and, most importantly, believe in the magic of animals to touch individual lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fury-a-memoir-by-koren-zailckas--65201262https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fury: A Memoir Author: Koren Zailckas Narrator: Koren Zailckas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 7, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The author of the iconic New York Times bestseller Smashed undertakes a quest to confront her own anger. In the years following the publication of her landmark memoir, Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, Koren Zailc]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203493Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fury: A Memoir Author: Koren Zailckas Narrator: Koren Zailckas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 7, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fury: A Memoir Author: Koren Zailckas Narrator: Koren Zailckas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 7, 2010 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The author of the iconic New York Times bestseller Smashed undertakes a quest to confront her own anger. In the years following the publication of her landmark memoir, Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, Koren Zailc]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/composed-a-memoir-by-rosanne-cash--65201279https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Composed: A Memoir Author: Rosanne Cash Narrator: Rosanne Cash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A candid and moving memoir from the critically acclaimed singer and songwriterFor thirty years as a musician, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, releasing a series of albums that are as notable for their lyrical intelligence as for their musical excellence.Now, in her memoir, Cash writes compellingly about her upbringing in Southern California as the child of country legend Johnny Cash, and of her relationships with her mother and her famous stepmother, June Carter Cash. In her account of her development as an artist she shares memories of a hilarious stint as a twenty-year-old working for Columbia Records in London, recording her own first album on a German label, working her way to success, her marriage to Rodney Crowell, a union that made them Nashville's premier couple, her relationship with the country music establishment, taking a new direction in her music and leaving Nashville to move to New York. As well as motherhood, dealing with the deaths of her parents, in part through music, the process of songwriting, and the fulfillment she has found with her current husband and musical collaborator, John Leventhal.Cash has written an unconventional and compelling memoir that, in the tradition of M. F. K. Fisher's The Gastronomical Me and Frank Conroy's Stop-Time, is a series of linked pieces that combine to form a luminous and brilliant whole.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201238Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Composed: A Memoir Author: Rosanne Cash Narrator: Rosanne Cash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 10, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201238 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Composed: A Memoir Author: Rosanne Cash Narrator: Rosanne Cash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A candid and moving memoir from the critically acclaimed singer and songwriterFor thirty years as a musician, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, releasing a series of albums that are as notable for their lyrical intelligence as for their musical excellence.Now, in her memoir, Cash writes compellingly about her upbringing in Southern California as the child of country legend Johnny Cash, and of her relationships with her mother and her famous stepmother, June Carter Cash. In her account of her development as an artist she shares memories of a hilarious stint as a twenty-year-old working for Columbia Records in London, recording her own first album on a German label, working her way to success, her marriage to Rodney Crowell, a union that made them Nashville's premier couple, her relationship with the country music establishment, taking a new direction in her music and leaving Nashville to move to New York. As well as motherhood, dealing with the deaths of her parents, in part through music, the process of songwriting, and the fulfillment she has found with her current husband and musical collaborator, John Leventhal.Cash has written an unconventional and compelling memoir that, in the tradition of M. F. K. Fisher's The Gastronomical Me and Frank Conroy's Stop-Time, is a series of linked pieces that combine to form a luminous and brilliant whole.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-fair-lazy-one-reality-television-addict-s-attempt-to-discover-if-not-being-a-dumb-ass-is-t-he-new-black-or-a-culture-up-manifesto-by-j--65201256https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being a Dumb Ass Is t he New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 4, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: It's a JENaissance! The New York Times bestselling author of Pretty in Plaid gets her culture on. Readers have followed Jen Lancaster through job loss, sucky city living, weight loss attempts, and 1980s nostalgia. Now Jen chronicles her efforts to achieve cultural enlightenment, with some hilarious missteps and genuine moments of inspiration along the way. And she does so by any means necessary: reading canonical literature, viewing classic films, attending the opera, researching artisan cheeses, and even enrolling in etiquette classes to improve her social graces. In Jen's corner is a crack team of experts, including Page Six socialites, gourmet chefs, an opera aficionado, and a master sommelier. She may discover that well-regarded, high-priced stinky cheese tastes exactly as bad as it smells, and that her love for Kraft American Singles is forever. But one thing's for certain: Eliza Doolittle's got nothing on Jen Lancaster-and failure is an option.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202623Tue, 04 May 2010 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being a Dumb Ass Is t he New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto Author: Jen...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being a Dumb Ass Is t he New Black, or, a Culture-Up Manifesto Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 4, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: It's a JENaissance! The New York Times bestselling author of Pretty in Plaid gets her culture on. Readers have followed Jen Lancaster through job loss, sucky city living, weight loss attempts, and 1980s nostalgia. Now Jen chronicles her efforts to achieve cultural enlightenment, with some hilarious missteps and genuine moments of inspiration along the way. And she does so by any means necessary: reading canonical literature, viewing classic films, attending the opera, researching artisan cheeses, and even enrolling in etiquette classes to improve her social graces. In Jen's corner is a crack team of experts, including Page Six socialites, gourmet chefs, an opera aficionado, and a master sommelier. She may discover that well-regarded, high-priced stinky cheese tastes exactly as bad as it smells, and that her love for Kraft American Singles is forever. But one thing's for certain: Eliza Doolittle's got nothing on Jen Lancaster-and failure is an option.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/losing-my-cool-how-a-father-s-love-and-15-000-books-beat-hip-hop-culture-by-thomas-chatterton-williams--65201266https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture Author: Thomas Chatterton Williams Narrator: Thomas Chatterton Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged, 7 hours Read by the author A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author and how his father drew him out again-with love, perseverance, and fifteen thousand books.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203432Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture Author: Thomas Chatterton Williams Narrator: Thomas Chatterton Williams...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture Author: Thomas Chatterton Williams Narrator: Thomas Chatterton Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: April 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged, 7 hours Read by the author A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author and how his father drew him out again-with love, perseverance, and fifteen thousand books.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/son-of-hamas-a-gripping-account-of-terror-betrayal-political-intrigue-and-unthinkable-choices-by-mosab-hassan-yousef--65201107https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Author: Mosab Hassan Yousef Narrator: Mosab Hassan Yousef Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 22 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status . . . and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence, and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader. In Son of Hamas, Mosab Yousef—now called “Joseph”—reveals new information about the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own role, his agonizing separation from family and homeland, the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public, and his belief that the Christian mandate to “love your enemies” is the only way to peace in the Middle East.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218660Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Author: Mosab Hassan Yousef Narrator: Mosab Hassan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Author: Mosab Hassan Yousef Narrator: Mosab Hassan Yousef Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 22 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status . . . and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence, and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader. In Son of Hamas, Mosab Yousef—now called “Joseph”—reveals new information about the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own role, his agonizing separation from family and homeland, the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public, and his belief that the Christian mandate to “love your enemies” is the only way to peace in the Middle East.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-simple-christmas-twelve-stories-that-celebrate-the-true-holiday-spirit-by-mike-huckabee--65201249https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit Author: Mike Huckabee Narrator: Mike Huckabee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 3, 2009 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller by the former governor and presidential candidate-an instant classic, reissued for 2010. Christmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, and stress. But according to Mike Huckabee, that was never God's intention. Going back to the Nativity, Christmas is supposed to be about simple things: faith, love, family, and hope. The hard part, in today's crazy world, is remembering that those simple things are the most precious. Huckabee recounts twelve Christmas memories that range from his childhood in Arkansas to his years as a young husband and father to his time as a governor and then a presidential candidate. These true stories will help you smile, take a deep breath, and maybe slow down your own holiday treadmill. For instance, as kids, Mike and his sister would sneak open their gifts before Christmas, play with them, then rewrap them so their parents wouldn't notice. The plan worked great until one Christmas when young Mike unwrapped a brand-new football...that was covered in mud. That led to a powerful lesson about patience and a reminder that the best Christmases are the simple ones.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201582Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit Author: Mike Huckabee Narrator: Mike Huckabee Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit Author: Mike Huckabee Narrator: Mike Huckabee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 3, 2009 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller by the former governor and presidential candidate-an instant classic, reissued for 2010. Christmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, and stress. But according to Mike Huckabee, that was never God's intention. Going back to the Nativity, Christmas is supposed to be about simple things: faith, love, family, and hope. The hard part, in today's crazy world, is remembering that those simple things are the most precious. Huckabee recounts twelve Christmas memories that range from his childhood in Arkansas to his years as a young husband and father to his time as a governor and then a presidential candidate. These true stories will help you smile, take a deep breath, and maybe slow down your own holiday treadmill. For instance, as kids, Mike and his sister would sneak open their gifts before Christmas, play with them, then rewrap them so their parents wouldn't notice. The plan worked great until one Christmas when young Mike unwrapped a brand-new football...that was covered in mud. That led to a powerful lesson about patience and a reminder that the best Christmases are the simple ones.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moon-river-and-me-a-memoir-by-andy-williams--65201289https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moon River and Me: A Memoir Author: Andy Williams Narrator: Andy Williams Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 13, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged CDs * 11 CDs, 13 hours A remarkable memoir by one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203428Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moon River and Me: A Memoir Author: Andy Williams Narrator: Andy Williams Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moon River and Me: A Memoir Author: Andy Williams Narrator: Andy Williams Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 13, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged CDs * 11 CDs, 13 hours A remarkable memoir by one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth century.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shooting-stars-by-lebron-james-buzz-bissinger--65201258https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shooting Stars Author: Lebron James, Buzz Bissinger Narrator: Moe Irvin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 8, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The celebrated memoir from LeBron James - a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including his own 'A book that will incredibly move and inspire you.” —Jay-Z 'A heartwarming story of boys who became men, teammates who became brothers, players who became champions, wonderfully told through the maturing eyes of basketball's greatest star.' — John Grisham Before LeBron James was an NBA superstar, he was just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who loved to play basketball on a team called the Shooting Stars. This is the story of how this motley group of ten-year-olds grew into a team and became men together - surviving the challenges of inner city America and enduring jealousy, hostility, exploitation, and the consequences of their own overconfidence in their quest to win a national championship. Shooting Stars is a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201787Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shooting Stars Author: Lebron James, Buzz Bissinger Narrator: Moe Irvin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shooting Stars Author: Lebron James, Buzz Bissinger Narrator: Moe Irvin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 8, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The celebrated memoir from LeBron James - a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including his own 'A book that will incredibly move and inspire you.” —Jay-Z 'A heartwarming story of boys who became men, teammates who became brothers, players who became champions, wonderfully told through the maturing eyes of basketball's greatest star.' — John Grisham Before LeBron James was an NBA superstar, he was just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who loved to play basketball on a team called the Shooting Stars. This is the story of how this motley group of ten-year-olds grew into a team and became men together - surviving the challenges of inner city America and enduring jealousy, hostility, exploitation, and the consequences of their own overconfidence in their quest to win a national championship. Shooting Stars is a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/born-round-the-secret-history-of-a-full-time-eater-by-frank-bruni--65201301https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater Author: Frank Bruni Narrator: Frank Bruni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 20, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times restaurant critic's heartbreaking and hilarious account of how he learned to love food just enough Frank Bruni was born round. Round as in stout, chubby, and always hungry. His relationship with eating was difficult and his struggle with it began early. When named the restaurant critic for The New York Times in 2004, he knew he would be performing one of the most watched tasks in the epicurean universe. And with food his friend and enemy both, his jitters focused primarily on whether he'd finally made some sense of that relationship. A captivating story of his unpredictable journalistic odyssey as well as his lifelong love-hate affair with food, Born Round will speak to everyone who's ever had to rein in an appetite to avoid letting out a waistband. ']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201215Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater Author: Frank Bruni Narrator: Frank Bruni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater Author: Frank Bruni Narrator: Frank Bruni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 20, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times restaurant critic's heartbreaking and hilarious account of how he learned to love food just enough Frank Bruni was born round. Round as in stout, chubby, and always hungry. His relationship with eating was difficult and his struggle with it began early. When named the restaurant critic for The New York Times in 2004, he knew he would be performing one of the most watched tasks in the epicurean universe. And with food his friend and enemy both, his jitters focused primarily on whether he'd finally made some sense of that relationship. A captivating story of his unpredictable journalistic odyssey as well as his lifelong love-hate affair with food, Born Round will speak to everyone who's ever had to rein in an appetite to avoid letting out a waistband. ']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/first-things-first-the-rules-of-being-a-warner-by-brenda-warner-kurt-warner--65201111https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner Author: Brenda Warner, Kurt Warner Narrator: Abigail Seward, Rebecca Gallagher, Todd Busteed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Kurt Warner is the two-time NFL MVP–winning quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals. Brenda Warner is an ex-Marine turned stay-at-home Mom who collects coats for low-income kids and rocks babies to sleep at a center for chronically ill infants. Together they’re the parents of seven children, going into their thirteenth year of marriage. Their formula for success? They put First Things First—faith, family, and giving to others—it’s their family motto, and it drives everything they do. First Things First is an honest, entertaining, and insightful look at life inside the Warner house. Kurt and Brenda speak candidly about their marriage, the values they’re working to instill in their kids, things they’ve done right, mistakes they’ve made, the importance of giving back, and the legacy they hope to leave behind. Kurt Warner fans will enjoy this behind-the-scenes look into the Warner family daily life. Includes 16 pages of color photos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218642Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner Author: Brenda Warner, Kurt Warner Narrator: Abigail Seward, Rebecca Gallagher, Todd Busteed Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner Author: Brenda Warner, Kurt Warner Narrator: Abigail Seward, Rebecca Gallagher, Todd Busteed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Kurt Warner is the two-time NFL MVP–winning quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals. Brenda Warner is an ex-Marine turned stay-at-home Mom who collects coats for low-income kids and rocks babies to sleep at a center for chronically ill infants. Together they’re the parents of seven children, going into their thirteenth year of marriage. Their formula for success? They put First Things First—faith, family, and giving to others—it’s their family motto, and it drives everything they do. First Things First is an honest, entertaining, and insightful look at life inside the Warner house. Kurt and Brenda speak candidly about their marriage, the values they’re working to instill in their kids, things they’ve done right, mistakes they’ve made, the importance of giving back, and the legacy they hope to leave behind. Kurt Warner fans will enjoy this behind-the-scenes look into the Warner family daily life. Includes 16 pages of color photos.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bright-lights-big-ass-a-self-indulgent-surly-ex-sorority-girl-s-guide-to-why-it-often-sucks-in-the-city-or-who-are-these-idiots-and-why--65201280https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged ? 10 hours Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely entertaining.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202625Tue, 12 May 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged ? 10 hours Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely entertaining.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/such-a-pretty-fat-one-narcissist-s-quest-to-discover-if-her-life-makes-her-ass-look-big-or-why-pi-e-is-not-the-answer-by-jen-lancaster--65201253https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202624 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pi e Is Not the Answer Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A NOTE FROM JEN LANCASTER:'To whom the fat rolls…I'm tired of books where a self-loathing heroine is teased to the point where she starves herself skinny in hopes of a fabulous new life. And I hate the message that women can't possibly be happy until we all fit into our skinny jeans. I don't find these stories uplifting; they make me want to hug these women and take them out for fizzy champagne drinks and cheesecake and explain to them that until they figure out their insides, their outsides don't matter. Unfortunately, being overweight isn't simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose healthy of positive self-esteem. It’s a health matter, and here on the eve of my fortieth year, I've learned I have to make changes so I don't, you know, die. Because what good is finally being able to afford a pedicure if I lose a foot to adult onset diabetes?']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202624Tue, 12 May 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202624 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pi e Is Not the Answer Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202624 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pi e Is Not the Answer Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A NOTE FROM JEN LANCASTER:'To whom the fat rolls…I'm tired of books where a self-loathing heroine is teased to the point where she starves herself skinny in hopes of a fabulous new life. And I hate the message that women can't possibly be happy until we all fit into our skinny jeans. I don't find these stories uplifting; they make me want to hug these women and take them out for fizzy champagne drinks and cheesecake and explain to them that until they figure out their insides, their outsides don't matter. Unfortunately, being overweight isn't simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose healthy of positive self-esteem. It’s a health matter, and here on the eve of my fortieth year, I've learned I have to make changes so I don't, you know, die. Because what good is finally being able to afford a pedicure if I lose a foot to adult onset diabetes?']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bitter-is-the-new-black-confessions-of-a-condescending-egomaniacal-self-centered-smartass-or-why-you-should-never-carry-a-prada-bag-to--65201242https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged ? 11 hours This is the smart-mouthed, soul- searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202626Tue, 12 May 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged ? 11 hours This is the smart-mouthed, soul- searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pretty-in-plaid-by-jen-lancaster--65201231https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pretty In Plaid Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged CDs * 7 CDs, 9 hours The hardcover debut from the New York Times– bestselling author of Such a Pretty Fat.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202627Tue, 12 May 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pretty In Plaid Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pretty In Plaid Author: Jen Lancaster Narrator: Jamie Heinlein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 12, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged CDs * 7 CDs, 9 hours The hardcover debut from the New York Times– bestselling author of Such a Pretty Fat.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/for-you-mom-finally-previously-published-as-not-becoming-my-mother-by-ruth-reichl--65201269https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For You, Mom. Finally.: Previously published as Not Becoming My Mother Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: April 21, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother's life-and gives voice to the unarticulated truths of a generation of exceptional women  A former New York Times restaurant critic, editor in chief of Gourmet, and the author of three bestselling memoirs, Ruth Reichl is a beloved cultural figure in the food world and beyond. Not Becoming My Mother is her openhearted investigation of the life of a woman she realizes she never really knew-her mother. Through letters and diaries-and a new afterword relating the wisdom she's gained after sharing her story-Reichl confronts the transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and recognizes the huge sacrifices made to ensure that her daughter's life would not be as disappointing as her own. Please note: This title was changed to For You Mom, Finally for the Penguin paperback edition.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202988Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For You, Mom. Finally.: Previously published as Not Becoming My Mother Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For You, Mom. Finally.: Previously published as Not Becoming My Mother Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: April 21, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother's life-and gives voice to the unarticulated truths of a generation of exceptional women  A former New York Times restaurant critic, editor in chief of Gourmet, and the author of three bestselling memoirs, Ruth Reichl is a beloved cultural figure in the food world and beyond. Not Becoming My Mother is her openhearted investigation of the life of a woman she realizes she never really knew-her mother. Through letters and diaries-and a new afterword relating the wisdom she's gained after sharing her story-Reichl confronts the transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and recognizes the huge sacrifices made to ensure that her daughter's life would not be as disappointing as her own. Please note: This title was changed to For You Mom, Finally for the Penguin paperback edition.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/acedia-me-a-marriage-monks-and-a-writer-s-life-by-kathleen-norris--65201288https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life Author: Kathleen Norris Narrator: Kathleen Norris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The extraordinary New York Times bestselling masterpiece from 'one of the most eloquent yet earthbound spiritual writers of our time' (San Francisco Chronicle). Kathleen Norris had written several much loved books, yet she couldn't drag herself out of bed in the morning, couldn't summon the energy for her daily tasks. Even as she struggled, Norris recognized her familiar battle with acedia, a word she had discovered in early Church text years earlier. Fascinated by this 'noonday demon', so familiar to those in the early and medieval Church, Norris knew she must restore this forgotten but important concept to the modern world's vernacular. An examination of acedia in the light of psychology, spirituality, the healing powers of religious practice, and Norris's own experience, Acedia & Me is both intimate and historically sweeping, brimming with exasperation and reverence, sometimes funny, often provocative, and always insightful.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202939Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life Author: Kathleen Norris Narrator: Kathleen Norris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life Author: Kathleen Norris Narrator: Kathleen Norris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The extraordinary New York Times bestselling masterpiece from 'one of the most eloquent yet earthbound spiritual writers of our time' (San Francisco Chronicle). Kathleen Norris had written several much loved books, yet she couldn't drag herself out of bed in the morning, couldn't summon the energy for her daily tasks. Even as she struggled, Norris recognized her familiar battle with acedia, a word she had discovered in early Church text years earlier. Fascinated by this 'noonday demon', so familiar to those in the early and medieval Church, Norris knew she must restore this forgotten but important concept to the modern world's vernacular. An examination of acedia in the light of psychology, spirituality, the healing powers of religious practice, and Norris's own experience, Acedia & Me is both intimate and historically sweeping, brimming with exasperation and reverence, sometimes funny, often provocative, and always insightful.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-man-s-land-by-ruth-fowler--65201296https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Man's Land Author: Ruth Fowler Narrator: Ruth Fowler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 19, 2008 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged CDs * 7 CDs, 8 hours The gripping, gritty story of a young woman’s plunge into the underbelly of Manhattan’s strip clubs—and how she got back out.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201447Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Man's Land Author: Ruth Fowler Narrator: Ruth Fowler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 19, 2008 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201447 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Man's Land Author: Ruth Fowler Narrator: Ruth Fowler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 19, 2008 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unabridged CDs * 7 CDs, 8 hours The gripping, gritty story of a young woman’s plunge into the underbelly of Manhattan’s strip clubs—and how she got back out.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-was-told-there-d-be-cake-by-sloane-crosley--65201295https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Was Told There'd Be Cake Author: Sloane Crosley Narrator: Sloane Crosley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 3, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions-or perhaps because of them. Together, these essays create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a complex and utterly recognizable character that's aiming for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There'd Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201300Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Was Told There'd Be Cake Author: Sloane Crosley Narrator: Sloane Crosley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Was Told There'd Be Cake Author: Sloane Crosley Narrator: Sloane Crosley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 3, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions-or perhaps because of them. Together, these essays create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a complex and utterly recognizable character that's aiming for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There'd Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/always-by-my-side-by-jim-nantz--65201293https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Always By My Side Author: Jim Nantz Narrator: Jim Nantz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 6, 2008 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Abridged CDs * 5 CDs, 6 hours America’s most visible sports commentator tells the stories of the most dramatic moments in sports and pays tribute to the man who inspired him to pursue his broadcasting dream—his beloved father, who has fallen victim to Alzheimer’s disease.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202932Tue, 06 May 2008 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Always By My Side Author: Jim Nantz Narrator: Jim Nantz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 6, 2008 Genres: Memoirs...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Always By My Side Author: Jim Nantz Narrator: Jim Nantz Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 6, 2008 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Abridged CDs * 5 CDs, 6 hours America’s most visible sports commentator tells the stories of the most dramatic moments in sports and pays tribute to the man who inspired him to pursue his broadcasting dream—his beloved father, who has fallen victim to Alzheimer’s disease.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/twenty-chickens-for-a-saddle-the-story-of-an-african-childhood-by-robyn-scott--65201273https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood Author: Robyn Scott Narrator: Robyn Scott Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 10, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A glorious new voice on Africa, Robyn Scott's adventures growing up in Botswana in a loving but eccentric family will be one of the season's most talked-about memoirs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203048Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood Author: Robyn Scott Narrator: Robyn Scott Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood Author: Robyn Scott Narrator: Robyn Scott Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 10, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A glorious new voice on Africa, Robyn Scott's adventures growing up in Botswana in a loving but eccentric family will be one of the season's most talked-about memoirs.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/listening-is-an-act-of-love-a-celebration-of-american-life-from-the-storycorps-project-by-dave-isay--65201297https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project Author: Dave Isay Narrator: Dave Isay Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 8, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps—the largest oral history project in the nation's history—presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love.  StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. And since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting the stories of everyday Americans and preserving them for future generations. In New York City and in mobile recording booths traveling the country—from small towns to big cities, at Native American reservations and an Army post—StoryCorps is collecting the memories of Americans from all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. The project represents a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity, capturing for posterity the stories that define us and bind us together.  In Listening Is an Act of Love, StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects some of the most remarkable stories from the already vast collection and arranges them thematically into a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives—to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds.  To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or caricature. Above all, this book honors the gift each StoryCorps participant has made, from the raw material of his or her life, to the Americans who will come after. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201782Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project Author: Dave Isay Narrator: Dave Isay Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project Author: Dave Isay Narrator: Dave Isay Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 8, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps—the largest oral history project in the nation's history—presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love.  StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. And since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting the stories of everyday Americans and preserving them for future generations. In New York City and in mobile recording booths traveling the country—from small towns to big cities, at Native American reservations and an Army post—StoryCorps is collecting the memories of Americans from all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. The project represents a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity, capturing for posterity the stories that define us and bind us together.  In Listening Is an Act of Love, StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects some of the most remarkable stories from the already vast collection and arranges them thematically into a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives—to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds.  To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or caricature. Above all, this book honors the gift each StoryCorps participant has made, from the raw material of his or her life, to the Americans who will come after. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sharper-your-knife-the-less-you-cry-love-laughter-and-tears-at-the-world-s-most-famous-cooking-school-by-kathleen-flinn--65201272https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School Author: Kathleen Flinn Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 4, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Read Kathleen Flinn's posts on the Penguin Blog. This is the funny and inspiring account of Kathleen Flinn’s struggle in a stew of hot-tempered chefs, competitive classmates, her own “wretchedly inadequate” French, and the basics of French cuisine. Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old middle manager trapped on the corporate ladder—until her boss eliminated her job. So she cashed in her savings and moved to Paris to pursue her lifelong dream of attending the venerable Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. Fans of Julie & Julia and the late Julia Child will be richly rewarded by this vibrant tale of self-discovery, transformation, and ultimately love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201436Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School Author: Kathleen Flinn Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School Author: Kathleen Flinn Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 4, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Read Kathleen Flinn's posts on the Penguin Blog. This is the funny and inspiring account of Kathleen Flinn’s struggle in a stew of hot-tempered chefs, competitive classmates, her own “wretchedly inadequate” French, and the basics of French cuisine. Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old middle manager trapped on the corporate ladder—until her boss eliminated her job. So she cashed in her savings and moved to Paris to pursue her lifelong dream of attending the venerable Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. Fans of Julie & Julia and the late Julia Child will be richly rewarded by this vibrant tale of self-discovery, transformation, and ultimately love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-starbucks-saved-my-life-a-son-of-privilege-learns-to-live-like-everyone-else-by-michael-gates-gill--65201298https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else Author: Michael Gates Gill Narrator: Dylan Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 20, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now in paperback, the national bestselling riches-to-rags true story of an advertising executive who had it all, then lost it all—and was finally redeemed by his new job, and his twenty-eight-year-old boss, at Starbucks. In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a mansion in the suburbs, a wife and loving children, a six-figure salary, and an Ivy League education. But in a few short years, he lost his job, got divorced, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. With no money or health insurance, he was forced to get a job at Starbucks. Having gone from power lunches to scrubbing toilets, from being served to serving, Michael was a true fish out of water. But fate brings an unexpected teacher into his life who opens his eyes to what living well really looks like. The two seem to have nothing in common: She is a young African American, the daughter of a drug addict; he is used to being the boss but reports to her now. For the first time in his life he experiences being a member of a minority trying hard to survive in a challenging new job. He learns the value of hard work and humility, as well as what it truly means to respect another person. Behind the scenes at one of America’s most intriguing businesses, an inspiring friendship is born, a family begins to heal, and, thanks to his unlikely mentor, Michael Gill at last experiences a sense of self-worth and happiness he has never known before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201466Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else Author: Michael Gates Gill Narrator: Dylan Baker Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else Author: Michael Gates Gill Narrator: Dylan Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 20, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now in paperback, the national bestselling riches-to-rags true story of an advertising executive who had it all, then lost it all—and was finally redeemed by his new job, and his twenty-eight-year-old boss, at Starbucks. In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a mansion in the suburbs, a wife and loving children, a six-figure salary, and an Ivy League education. But in a few short years, he lost his job, got divorced, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. With no money or health insurance, he was forced to get a job at Starbucks. Having gone from power lunches to scrubbing toilets, from being served to serving, Michael was a true fish out of water. But fate brings an unexpected teacher into his life who opens his eyes to what living well really looks like. The two seem to have nothing in common: She is a young African American, the daughter of a drug addict; he is used to being the boss but reports to her now. For the first time in his life he experiences being a member of a minority trying hard to survive in a challenging new job. He learns the value of hard work and humility, as well as what it truly means to respect another person. Behind the scenes at one of America’s most intriguing businesses, an inspiring friendship is born, a family begins to heal, and, thanks to his unlikely mentor, Michael Gill at last experiences a sense of self-worth and happiness he has never known before.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-age-of-turbulence-adventures-in-a-new-world-by-alan-greenspan--65201267https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World Author: Alan Greenspan Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 17, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 32 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Age of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan’s incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure. Following the arc of his remarkable life’s journey through his more than 18-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board to the present, in the second half of The Age of Turbulence Dr. Greenspan embarks on a magnificent tour d’horizon of the global economy. The distillation of a life’s worth of wisdom and insight into an elegant expression of a coherent worldview, The Age of Turbulence will stand as Alan Greenspan’s personal and intellectual legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201496Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World Author: Alan Greenspan Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World Author: Alan Greenspan Narrator: Robertson Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 17, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 32 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Age of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan’s incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure. Following the arc of his remarkable life’s journey through his more than 18-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board to the present, in the second half of The Age of Turbulence Dr. Greenspan embarks on a magnificent tour d’horizon of the global economy. The distillation of a life’s worth of wisdom and insight into an elegant expression of a coherent worldview, The Age of Turbulence will stand as Alan Greenspan’s personal and intellectual legacy.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-whale-island-notes-from-a-place-i-never-meant-to-leave-by-daniel-hays--65201284https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Whale Island: Notes From a Place I Never Meant to Leave Author: Daniel Hays Narrator: Bruce Altman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 15, 2007 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: As chronicled in the bestselling book My Old Man and the Sea, the thirst for living an unconventional life led Daniel Hays to sail around Cape Horn with his father in a boat they built themselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201326Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Whale Island: Notes From a Place I Never Meant to Leave Author: Daniel Hays Narrator: Bruce Altman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 56...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Whale Island: Notes From a Place I Never Meant to Leave Author: Daniel Hays Narrator: Bruce Altman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 15, 2007 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: As chronicled in the bestselling book My Old Man and the Sea, the thirst for living an unconventional life led Daniel Hays to sail around Cape Horn with his father in a boat they built themselves.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mistress-s-daughter-a-memoir-by-a-m-homes--65201259https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir Author: A.M. Homes Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 5, 2007 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The 'fierce and eloquent' (New York Times) memoir from A.M Homes, award-winning author of May We Be Forgiven and the forthcoming novel The Unfolding The acclaimed writer A. M. Homes was given up for adoption before she was born. Her biological mother was a twenty-two-year-old single woman who was having an affair with a much older married man with a family of his own. The Mistress's Daughter is the ruthlessly honest account of what happened when, thirty years later, her birth parents came looking for her. Homes relates how they initially made contact and what happened afterwards, and digs through the family history of both sets of her parents in a twenty-first-century electronic search for self. Daring, heartbreaking, and startlingly funny, Homes's memoir is a brave and profoundly moving consideration of identity and family. 'A compelling, devastating, and furiously good book written with an honesty few of us would risk.' —Zadie Smith  'I fell in love with it from the first page and read compulsively to the end.' —Amy Tan]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201579Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir Author: A.M. Homes Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir Author: A.M. Homes Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 5, 2007 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The 'fierce and eloquent' (New York Times) memoir from A.M Homes, award-winning author of May We Be Forgiven and the forthcoming novel The Unfolding The acclaimed writer A. M. Homes was given up for adoption before she was born. Her biological mother was a twenty-two-year-old single woman who was having an affair with a much older married man with a family of his own. The Mistress's Daughter is the ruthlessly honest account of what happened when, thirty years later, her birth parents came looking for her. Homes relates how they initially made contact and what happened afterwards, and digs through the family history of both sets of her parents in a twenty-first-century electronic search for self. Daring, heartbreaking, and startlingly funny, Homes's memoir is a brave and profoundly moving consideration of identity and family. 'A compelling, devastating, and furiously good book written with an honesty few of us would risk.' —Zadie Smith  'I fell in love with it from the first page and read compulsively to the end.' —Amy Tan]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lessons-in-becoming-myself-by-ellen-burstyn--65201268https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons in Becoming Myself Author: Ellen Burstyn Narrator: Ellen Burstyn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 24, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A deeply personal and electrifying memoir by Ellen Burstyn, renowned actress and six-time Academy Award nominee. By the time Ellen Burstyn arrived in New York to study acting, she'd already worked as a Texas fashion model, a Montreal chorus girl, suffered numerous toxic relationships, and just as many name changes and spiritual paths. Theater legend Moss Hart called her 'a natural' but Ellen Burstyn was still trying to discover who she was. This is the graceful story of a personal and professional quest, a life-long journey-by turns triumphant and terrifying, tragic and funny, thoughtful and illuminating.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201221Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons in Becoming Myself Author: Ellen Burstyn Narrator: Ellen Burstyn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons in Becoming Myself Author: Ellen Burstyn Narrator: Ellen Burstyn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 24, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A deeply personal and electrifying memoir by Ellen Burstyn, renowned actress and six-time Academy Award nominee. By the time Ellen Burstyn arrived in New York to study acting, she'd already worked as a Texas fashion model, a Montreal chorus girl, suffered numerous toxic relationships, and just as many name changes and spiritual paths. Theater legend Moss Hart called her 'a natural' but Ellen Burstyn was still trying to discover who she was. This is the graceful story of a personal and professional quest, a life-long journey-by turns triumphant and terrifying, tragic and funny, thoughtful and illuminating.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tough-choices-a-memoir-by-carly-fiorina--65201299https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Choices: A Memoir Author: Carly Fiorina Narrator: Carly Fiorina Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 9, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller by the most talked about woman in American business. For five and a half years, Carly Fiorina led Hewlett-Packard through major internal changes, the worst technology slump in decades, and the most controversial merger in high-tech history. Yet just as things were about to turn around, she was abruptly fired, making front-page news around the world. Fiorina has been the subject of endless debate and speculation. But she has never spoken publicly about crucial details of her time at HP, about the mysterious circumstances of her firing, or about many other aspects of her landmark career. Until now. In this extraordinarily candid memoir, she reveals the private person behind the public persona. She shares her triumphs and failures, her deepest fears and most painful confrontations. She shows us what it was like to be an ambitious young woman at stodgy old AT&T and then a fast-track executive during the spin-off of Lucent Technologies. Above all, she describes how she drove the transformation of legendary but deeply troubled HP, in the face of fierce opposition. One of Fiorina’s big themes is that in the end business isn’t just about numbers; it’s about people. This book goes beyond the caricature of the powerful woman executive to show who she really is and what the rest of us, male or female, in business or not, can learn from the tough choices she made along the way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201419Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Choices: A Memoir Author: Carly Fiorina Narrator: Carly Fiorina Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Choices: A Memoir Author: Carly Fiorina Narrator: Carly Fiorina Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 9, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller by the most talked about woman in American business. For five and a half years, Carly Fiorina led Hewlett-Packard through major internal changes, the worst technology slump in decades, and the most controversial merger in high-tech history. Yet just as things were about to turn around, she was abruptly fired, making front-page news around the world. Fiorina has been the subject of endless debate and speculation. But she has never spoken publicly about crucial details of her time at HP, about the mysterious circumstances of her firing, or about many other aspects of her landmark career. Until now. In this extraordinarily candid memoir, she reveals the private person behind the public persona. She shares her triumphs and failures, her deepest fears and most painful confrontations. She shows us what it was like to be an ambitious young woman at stodgy old AT&T and then a fast-track executive during the spin-off of Lucent Technologies. Above all, she describes how she drove the transformation of legendary but deeply troubled HP, in the face of fierce opposition. One of Fiorina’s big themes is that in the end business isn’t just about numbers; it’s about people. This book goes beyond the caricature of the powerful woman executive to show who she really is and what the rest of us, male or female, in business or not, can learn from the tough choices she made along the way.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/broken-my-story-of-addiction-and-redemption-by-william-cope-moyers-katherine-ketcham--65201277https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption Author: William Cope Moyers, Katherine Ketcham Narrator: Katherine Ketcham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 21, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unlike some popular memoirs that have fictionalized and romanticized the degradations of drug addiction, Broken is a true-life tale of recovery that stuns and inspires with virtually every page. The eldest son of journalist Bill Moyers, William Cope Moyers relates with unforgettable clarity the story of how a young man with every advantage found himself spiraling into a love affair with crack cocaine that led him to the brink of death-and how a deep spirituality allowed him to conquer his shame, transform his life, and dedicate himself to changing America's politics of addiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202929Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption Author: William Cope Moyers, Katherine Ketcham Narrator: Katherine Ketcham Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption Author: William Cope Moyers, Katherine Ketcham Narrator: Katherine Ketcham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 21, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Unlike some popular memoirs that have fictionalized and romanticized the degradations of drug addiction, Broken is a true-life tale of recovery that stuns and inspires with virtually every page. The eldest son of journalist Bill Moyers, William Cope Moyers relates with unforgettable clarity the story of how a young man with every advantage found himself spiraling into a love affair with crack cocaine that led him to the brink of death-and how a deep spirituality allowed him to conquer his shame, transform his life, and dedicate himself to changing America's politics of addiction.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/babylon-by-bus-or-true-story-of-two-friends-who-gave-up-valuable-franchise-selling-t-shirts-to-find-meaning-adventure-in-iraq-where-they--65201291https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Babylon by Bus: Or true story of two friends who gave up valuable franchise selling T-shirts to find meaning & adventure in Iraq where they became employed by the Occupation... Author: Jeff Neumann, Ray Lemoine, Donovan Webster Narrator: Jeremy Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 3, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The true story of two young American men who came to Baghdad without a plan, were recruited into an occupation that knew the feeling, and witnessed enough corruption, confusion, and brutality to fill the pages of a very good book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202651Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Babylon by Bus: Or true story of two friends who gave up valuable franchise selling T-shirts to find meaning & adventure in Iraq where they became...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Babylon by Bus: Or true story of two friends who gave up valuable franchise selling T-shirts to find meaning & adventure in Iraq where they became employed by the Occupation... Author: Jeff Neumann, Ray Lemoine, Donovan Webster Narrator: Jeremy Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 3, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The true story of two young American men who came to Baghdad without a plan, were recruited into an occupation that knew the feeling, and witnessed enough corruption, confusion, and brutality to fill the pages of a very good book.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microthrills-true-stories-from-a-life-of-small-highs-by-wendy-spero--65201287https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Microthrills: True Stories from a Life of Small Highs Author: Wendy Spero Narrator: Wendy Spero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 3, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Raised in Manhattan by her overprotective sex-therapist mother (who wore “nine inches of shoulder pads”), Wendy Spero has always sought excitement in microthrills, the small, strange highs that give her life meaning—from finding a strip tease video of her grandmother to selling knives door-to-door. As a little girl, Spero passed the time sniffing fruit-scented markers and breaking up arguments between her imaginary friends. As an adult, in her first office job, she formed an unusual relationship with her boss that involved as much marijuana-smoking as it did mentoring. Called “a profoundly funny human being” by Time Out New York, Spero is now a comedian living in L.A., grappling with such grown-up issues as trying to kick her addiction to eating candy in bed and learning how to drive.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203104Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Microthrills: True Stories from a Life of Small Highs Author: Wendy Spero Narrator: Wendy Spero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Microthrills: True Stories from a Life of Small Highs Author: Wendy Spero Narrator: Wendy Spero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 3, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Raised in Manhattan by her overprotective sex-therapist mother (who wore “nine inches of shoulder pads”), Wendy Spero has always sought excitement in microthrills, the small, strange highs that give her life meaning—from finding a strip tease video of her grandmother to selling knives door-to-door. As a little girl, Spero passed the time sniffing fruit-scented markers and breaking up arguments between her imaginary friends. As an adult, in her first office job, she formed an unusual relationship with her boss that involved as much marijuana-smoking as it did mentoring. Called “a profoundly funny human being” by Time Out New York, Spero is now a comedian living in L.A., grappling with such grown-up issues as trying to kick her addiction to eating candy in bed and learning how to drive.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/talking-back-to-presidents-dictators-and-other-scoundrels-by-andrea-mitchell--65201217https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Back: ...to Presidents, Dictators, and Other Scoundrels Author: Andrea Mitchell Narrator: Andrea Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 8, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A frank, highly engaging, behind-the-scenes memoir by one of today's most respected journalists. Read by the author Abridged CDs - 5 CDs, 6 hours]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202917Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Back: ...to Presidents, Dictators, and Other Scoundrels Author: Andrea Mitchell Narrator: Andrea Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talking Back: ...to Presidents, Dictators, and Other Scoundrels Author: Andrea Mitchell Narrator: Andrea Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 8, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A frank, highly engaging, behind-the-scenes memoir by one of today's most respected journalists. Read by the author Abridged CDs - 5 CDs, 6 hours]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oh-the-glory-of-it-all-by-sean-wilsey--65201252https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oh the Glory of It All Author: Sean Wilsey Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 19, 2005 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'In the beginning we were happy. And we were always excessive. So in the beginning we were happy to excess.' With these opening lines Sean Wilsey takes us on an exhilarating tour of life in the strangest, wealthiest, and most grandiose of families.Sean's blond-bombshell mother (one of the thinly veiled characters in Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City) is a 1980s society-page staple, regularly entertaining Black Panthers and movie stars in her marble and glass penthouse, 'eight hundred feet in the air above San Francisco; an apartment at the top of a building at the top of a hill: full of light, full of voices, full of windows full of water and bridges and hills.' His enigmatic father uses a jet helicopter to drop Sean off at the video arcade and lectures his son on proper hygiene in public restrooms, 'You should wash your hands first, before you use the urinal. Not after. Your penis isn't dirty. But your hands are.' When Sean, 'the kind of child who sings songs to sick flowers,' turns nine years old, his father divorces his mother and marries her best friend. Sean's life blows apart. His mother first invites him to commit suicide with her, then has a 'vision' of salvation that requires packing her Louis Vuitton luggage and traveling the globe, a retinue of multiracial children in tow. Her goal: peace on earth (and a Nobel Prize). Sean meets Indira Gandhi, Helmut Kohl, Menachem Begin, and the pope, hoping each one might come back to San Francisco and persuade his father to rejoin the family. Instead, Sean is pushed out of San Francisco and sent spiraling through five high schools, till he finally lands at an unorthodox reform school cum 'therapeutic community,' in Italy. With its multiplicity of settings and kaleidoscopic mix of preoccupations-sex, Russia, jet helicopters, seismic upheaval, boarding schools, Middle Earth, skinheads, home improvement, suicide, skateboarding, Sovietology, public transportation, massage, Christian fundamentalism, dogs, Texas, global thermonuclear war, truth, evil, masturbation, hope, Bethlehem, CT, eventual salvation (abridged list)—Oh the Glory of It All is memoir as bildungsroman as explosion.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203457Thu, 19 May 2005 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oh the Glory of It All Author: Sean Wilsey Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 19, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oh the Glory of It All Author: Sean Wilsey Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 19, 2005 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'In the beginning we were happy. And we were always excessive. So in the beginning we were happy to excess.' With these opening lines Sean Wilsey takes us on an exhilarating tour of life in the strangest, wealthiest, and most grandiose of families.Sean's blond-bombshell mother (one of the thinly veiled characters in Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City) is a 1980s society-page staple, regularly entertaining Black Panthers and movie stars in her marble and glass penthouse, 'eight hundred feet in the air above San Francisco; an apartment at the top of a building at the top of a hill: full of light, full of voices, full of windows full of water and bridges and hills.' His enigmatic father uses a jet helicopter to drop Sean off at the video arcade and lectures his son on proper hygiene in public restrooms, 'You should wash your hands first, before you use the urinal. Not after. Your penis isn't dirty. But your hands are.' When Sean, 'the kind of child who sings songs to sick flowers,' turns nine years old, his father divorces his mother and marries her best friend. Sean's life blows apart. His mother first invites him to commit suicide with her, then has a 'vision' of salvation that requires packing her Louis Vuitton luggage and traveling the globe, a retinue of multiracial children in tow. Her goal: peace on earth (and a Nobel Prize). Sean meets Indira Gandhi, Helmut Kohl, Menachem Begin, and the pope, hoping each one might come back to San Francisco and persuade his father to rejoin the family. Instead, Sean is pushed out of San Francisco and sent spiraling through five high schools, till he finally lands at an unorthodox reform school cum 'therapeutic community,' in Italy. With its multiplicity of settings and kaleidoscopic mix of preoccupations-sex, Russia, jet helicopters, seismic upheaval, boarding schools, Middle Earth, skinheads, home improvement, suicide, skateboarding, Sovietology, public transportation, massage, Christian fundamentalism, dogs, Texas, global thermonuclear war, truth, evil, masturbation, hope, Bethlehem, CT, eventual salvation (abridged list)—Oh the Glory of It All is memoir as bildungsroman as explosion.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plan-b-further-thoughts-on-faith-by-anne-lamott--65201239https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Anne Lamott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 10, 2004 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With the trademark wisdom, humor, and honesty that made Anne Lamott's book on faith, Traveling Mercies, a runaway bestseller, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith is a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times. The world is a more dangerous place than it was when Lamott's Traveling Mercies was published five years ago. Terrorism and war have become the new normal; environmental devastation looms even closer. And there are personal demands on Lamott's faith as well: turning fifty; her mother's Alzheimer's; her son's adolescence; and the passing of friends and time. Fortunately for those of us who are anxious and scared about the state of the world, whose parents are also aging and dying, whose children are growing harder to recognize as they become teenagers, Plan B offers hope in the midst of despair. It shares with us Lamott's ability to comfort, and to make us laugh despite the grim realities. Anne Lamott is one of our most beloved writers, and Plan B is a book more necessary now than ever. It will prove to be further evidence that, as The Christian Science Monitor has written, 'Everybody loves Anne Lamott.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202620Sun, 10 Oct 2004 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Anne Lamott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/202620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Anne Lamott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 10, 2004 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With the trademark wisdom, humor, and honesty that made Anne Lamott's book on faith, Traveling Mercies, a runaway bestseller, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith is a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times. The world is a more dangerous place than it was when Lamott's Traveling Mercies was published five years ago. Terrorism and war have become the new normal; environmental devastation looms even closer. And there are personal demands on Lamott's faith as well: turning fifty; her mother's Alzheimer's; her son's adolescence; and the passing of friends and time. Fortunately for those of us who are anxious and scared about the state of the world, whose parents are also aging and dying, whose children are growing harder to recognize as they become teenagers, Plan B offers hope in the midst of despair. It shares with us Lamott's ability to comfort, and to make us laugh despite the grim realities. Anne Lamott is one of our most beloved writers, and Plan B is a book more necessary now than ever. It will prove to be further evidence that, as The Christian Science Monitor has written, 'Everybody loves Anne Lamott.']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/toast-the-story-of-a-boy-s-hunger-by-nigel-slater--65201271https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger Author: Nigel Slater Narrator: Nigel Slater Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 7, 2004 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A deliciously evocative story of childhood in 1960s suburban England from one of theUnited Kingdom's best-loved writers, Nigel Slater Toast is the truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as Nigel Slater takes us on a tour of the contents of his family's pantry—rice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda, mince pies, lemon drops, bourbon biscuits—we are transported…His mother is a chops-and-peas sort of cook, exasperated by the highs and lows of a temperamental stove, a finicky little son, and the asthma that would prove fatal. His father is a honey-and-crumpets man with an unpredictable temper. When he is widowed, Nigel's father takes on a housekeeper with social aspirations and a talent in the kitchen and the following years become a heartbreaking cooking contest for his affections. As he slowly loses, Nigel finds a new outlet for his culinary gifts and we witness the birth of a lifelong passion for food. Nigel's likes and dislikes, aversions and sweet-toothed weaknesses, form a fascinating backdrop to this exceptionally moving memoir of childhood, adolescence, and sexual awakening. With a new preface and glossary for American readers, this British bestseller and national award winner is sure to delight foodies and memoir enthusiasts on this side of the pond. Possessed of the subtlety and wit of Ruth Reichl's Tender at the Bone and the disarming frankness of Anthony Bourdain's page-turning Kitchen Confidential, Toast is a treat to be savored.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203090Thu, 07 Oct 2004 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger Author: Nigel Slater Narrator: Nigel Slater Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger Author: Nigel Slater Narrator: Nigel Slater Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 7, 2004 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A deliciously evocative story of childhood in 1960s suburban England from one of theUnited Kingdom's best-loved writers, Nigel Slater Toast is the truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as Nigel Slater takes us on a tour of the contents of his family's pantry—rice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda, mince pies, lemon drops, bourbon biscuits—we are transported…His mother is a chops-and-peas sort of cook, exasperated by the highs and lows of a temperamental stove, a finicky little son, and the asthma that would prove fatal. His father is a honey-and-crumpets man with an unpredictable temper. When he is widowed, Nigel's father takes on a housekeeper with social aspirations and a talent in the kitchen and the following years become a heartbreaking cooking contest for his affections. As he slowly loses, Nigel finds a new outlet for his culinary gifts and we witness the birth of a lifelong passion for food. Nigel's likes and dislikes, aversions and sweet-toothed weaknesses, form a fascinating backdrop to this exceptionally moving memoir of childhood, adolescence, and sexual awakening. With a new preface and glossary for American readers, this British bestseller and national award winner is sure to delight foodies and memoir enthusiasts on this side of the pond. Possessed of the subtlety and wit of Ruth Reichl's Tender at the Bone and the disarming frankness of Anthony Bourdain's page-turning Kitchen Confidential, Toast is a treat to be savored.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-me-tell-you-what-i-ve-learned-texas-wisewomen-speak-by-pj-pierce--65201175https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213307 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Me Tell You What I've Learned: Texas Wisewomen Speak Author: PJ Pierce Narrator: PJ Pierce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: November 30, 2003 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this collection of interviews, 25 well-known Texas women, ages 53 to 93 on publication, share the wisdom they've acquired through living unconventional lives. The featured women represent a cross-section of career paths and ethnic groups, as well as all geographic areas of Texas. Their words reveal keen insights into topics such as motherhood, career challenges, being a minority, power, speaking out and writing your own job description.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213307Sun, 30 Nov 2003 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213307 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Me Tell You What I've Learned: Texas Wisewomen Speak Author: PJ Pierce Narrator: PJ Pierce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/213307 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Me Tell You What I've Learned: Texas Wisewomen Speak Author: PJ Pierce Narrator: PJ Pierce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: November 30, 2003 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this collection of interviews, 25 well-known Texas women, ages 53 to 93 on publication, share the wisdom they've acquired through living unconventional lives. The featured women represent a cross-section of career paths and ethnic groups, as well as all geographic areas of Texas. Their words reveal keen insights into topics such as motherhood, career challenges, being a minority, power, speaking out and writing your own job description.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-presence-of-my-enemies-by-gracia-burnham--65201119https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Presence of My Enemies Author: Gracia Burnham Narrator: Aimee Lilly Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 10, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 2004 ECPA Gold Medallion winner! Soon after September 11, the news media stepped up its coverage of Martin and Gracia Burnham, the missionary couple held hostage in the Philippine jungle by terrorists with ties to Osama bin Laden. After a year of captivity and a violent rescue that resulted in Martin's death, the world watched Gracia Burnham return home in June 2002. In this riveting personal account, Burnham tells for the very first time the real story behind the news—about their harrowing ordeal, about how it affected their relationship with each other and with God, about the terrorists who held them, about the actions of the U.S. and Philippine governments, and about how they were affected by the prayers of thousands of Christians throughout the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218648Thu, 10 Apr 2003 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Presence of My Enemies Author: Gracia Burnham Narrator: Aimee Lilly Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Presence of My Enemies Author: Gracia Burnham Narrator: Aimee Lilly Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 10, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 2004 ECPA Gold Medallion winner! Soon after September 11, the news media stepped up its coverage of Martin and Gracia Burnham, the missionary couple held hostage in the Philippine jungle by terrorists with ties to Osama bin Laden. After a year of captivity and a violent rescue that resulted in Martin's death, the world watched Gracia Burnham return home in June 2002. In this riveting personal account, Burnham tells for the very first time the real story behind the news—about their harrowing ordeal, about how it affected their relationship with each other and with God, about the terrorists who held them, about the actions of the U.S. and Philippine governments, and about how they were affected by the prayers of thousands of Christians throughout the world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/report-from-engine-co-82-by-dennis-smith--65201300https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Report from Engine Co. 82 Author: Dennis Smith Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 22, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Report from Engine Co. 82 is the story of one company of New York firefighters battling unimaginable death and destruction every day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201841Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Report from Engine Co. 82 Author: Dennis Smith Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Report from Engine Co. 82 Author: Dennis Smith Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 22, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Report from Engine Co. 82 is the story of one company of New York firefighters battling unimaginable death and destruction every day.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-such-thing-as-a-bad-day-by-hamilton-jordan--65201245https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Such Thing as a Bad Day Author: Hamilton Jordan Narrator: Hamilton Jordan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 22, 2002 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Since serving in the Carter White House in the late 1970s, Hamilton Jordan has survived non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201865Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Such Thing as a Bad Day Author: Hamilton Jordan Narrator: Hamilton Jordan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Such Thing as a Bad Day Author: Hamilton Jordan Narrator: Hamilton Jordan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 22, 2002 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Since serving in the Carter White House in the late 1970s, Hamilton Jordan has survived non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-big-blackfoot-readings-interviews-and-reflections-by-norman-maclean--65201243https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Big Blackfoot: Readings, Interviews and Reflections Author: Norman Maclean Narrator: Norman Maclean, John Maclean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 1 minute Release date: October 22, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the Big Blackfoot is Norman Maclean's memoir about his Montana youth that inspired his beloved story, A River Runs Through It.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201877Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Big Blackfoot: Readings, Interviews and Reflections Author: Norman Maclean Narrator: Norman Maclean, John Maclean Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Big Blackfoot: Readings, Interviews and Reflections Author: Norman Maclean Narrator: Norman Maclean, John Maclean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 1 minute Release date: October 22, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the Big Blackfoot is Norman Maclean's memoir about his Montana youth that inspired his beloved story, A River Runs Through It.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-s-roll-ordinary-people-extraordinary-courage-by-lisa-beamer--65201108https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let's Roll!: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage Author: Lisa Beamer Narrator: Lisa Helm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 22, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 2003 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner! Lisa Beamer, wife of September 11 hero Todd Beamer, reveals what really happened on the ill-fated United Flight 93, and shares poignant glimpses of a genuine American hero. She talks candidly about her life with Todd and the devastating day her children learned their daddy had died, the mix of grief and joy when she gave birth to the daughter she was pregnant with at the time, and how she found the confidence to go on in the face of such tragedy and loss.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218652Mon, 22 Jul 2002 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let's Roll!: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage Author: Lisa Beamer Narrator: Lisa Helm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let's Roll!: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage Author: Lisa Beamer Narrator: Lisa Helm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 22, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 2003 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner! Lisa Beamer, wife of September 11 hero Todd Beamer, reveals what really happened on the ill-fated United Flight 93, and shares poignant glimpses of a genuine American hero. She talks candidly about her life with Todd and the devastating day her children learned their daddy had died, the mix of grief and joy when she gave birth to the daughter she was pregnant with at the time, and how she found the confidence to go on in the face of such tragedy and loss.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paradise-by-larry-mcmurtry--65201163https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paradise Author: Larry McMurtry Narrator: Philip Bosco Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 4, 2001 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 1999, Larry McMurtry, whose wanderlust had been previously restricted to the roads of America, set off for a trip to the paradise of Tahiti and the South Sea Islands in an old-fashioned tub of a cruise boat, at a time when his mother was slipping toward a paradise of her own. Opening up to her son in her final days, his mother makes a stunning revelation of a previous marriage and sends McMurtry on a journey of an entirely different kind.  Vividly, movingly, and with infinite care, McMurtry paints a portrait of his parents' marriage against the harsh, violent landscape of west Texas. It is their roots -- laced with overtones of hard work, bitter disappointment, and the Puritan ethic -- that McMurtry challenges by traveling to Tahiti, a land of lush sensuality and easy living. With fascinating detail, shrewd observations, humorous pathos, and unforgettable characters, he begins to answer some of the questions of what paradise is, whether it exists, and how different it is from life in his hometown of Archer City, Texas.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211765Mon, 04 Jun 2001 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paradise Author: Larry McMurtry Narrator: Philip Bosco Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 4, 2001 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paradise Author: Larry McMurtry Narrator: Philip Bosco Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 4, 2001 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 1999, Larry McMurtry, whose wanderlust had been previously restricted to the roads of America, set off for a trip to the paradise of Tahiti and the South Sea Islands in an old-fashioned tub of a cruise boat, at a time when his mother was slipping toward a paradise of her own. Opening up to her son in her final days, his mother makes a stunning revelation of a previous marriage and sends McMurtry on a journey of an entirely different kind.  Vividly, movingly, and with infinite care, McMurtry paints a portrait of his parents' marriage against the harsh, violent landscape of west Texas. It is their roots -- laced with overtones of hard work, bitter disappointment, and the Puritan ethic -- that McMurtry challenges by traveling to Tahiti, a land of lush sensuality and easy living. With fascinating detail, shrewd observations, humorous pathos, and unforgettable characters, he begins to answer some of the questions of what paradise is, whether it exists, and how different it is from life in his hometown of Archer City, Texas.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bella-tuscany-by-frances-mayes--65201229https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bella Tuscany Author: Frances Mayes Narrator: Frances Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy. Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of primavera, an Italian spring. A sabbatical from teaching in San Francisco allowed her to return to Cortona—and her beloved house, Bramasole—just as the first green appeared on the rocky hillsides. Bella Tuscany, a companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, is her passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasole's lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life. Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203257Wed, 05 Jul 2000 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bella Tuscany Author: Frances Mayes Narrator: Frances Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bella Tuscany Author: Frances Mayes Narrator: Frances Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy. Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of primavera, an Italian spring. A sabbatical from teaching in San Francisco allowed her to return to Cortona—and her beloved house, Bramasole—just as the first green appeared on the rocky hillsides. Bella Tuscany, a companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, is her passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasole's lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life. Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-house-of-sky-by-ivan-doig--65201294https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This House of Sky Author: Ivan Doig Narrator: Ivan Doig Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 10, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Masterfully crafted with lyrical and haunting language, Doig’s memoir remains an enduring classic, a story to be savored by anyone who has ever loved a parent or been shaped by the land around them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201894Mon, 10 Apr 2000 06:02:26 +0000Abdiel BeattyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This House of Sky Author: Ivan Doig Narrator: Ivan Doig Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 10, 2000 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This House of Sky Author: Ivan Doig Narrator: Ivan Doig Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 10, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Masterfully crafted with lyrical and haunting language, Doig’s memoir remains an enduring classic, a story to be savored by anyone who has ever loved a parent or been shaped by the land around them.]]>305cleanfull