https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-the-best-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-arts-entertainment--6581489https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/725/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you looking for ways to relax after stressful working hours? With over 500,000+ audiobooks in categories like Comedy, Sports & Entertainment, and Science Fiction, we will bring you interesting experiences. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and start exploring the world of sound. Easily listen on iPhone, iPad, Android, and many other devices; audiobooks will be the perfect companion for your modern life. Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enArtsCopyright Maureen Sporerhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e31a62b986937b841d4d2e982ec23ad7.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-the-best-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-arts-entertainment--6581489Thu, 03 Apr 2025 03:48:40 +0000Maureen SporerMaureen Sporerfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/725/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you looking for ways to relax after stressful working hours? With over 500,000+ audiobooks in categories like...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/725/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you looking for ways to relax after stressful working hours? With over 500,000+ audiobooks in categories like Comedy, Sports & Entertainment, and Science Fiction, we will bring you interesting experiences. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and start exploring the world of sound. Easily listen on iPhone, iPad, Android, and many other devices; audiobooks will be the perfect companion for your modern life. 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/the-union-signal-radio-theater-collection-by-anthony-ellis-jeff-ward-doug-bost--65326647https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Anthony Ellis, Jeff Ward, Doug Bost Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection features ten of Jeff and Doug’s best productions: CD 1 - Dead Man’s Hole (Tracks 1-11) - The Toad (Tracks 12-20) CD2 - December 17 (Tracks 1-9) - Georgia and the Bad Idea (Tracks 10-15) - The Dan (Tracks 16-23) CD 3 - Roadkill (Tracks 1-9) - Dorcus (Tracks 10-12) - October Surprise (Tracks 13-15) - Mallets Aforethought (Tracks 16-21) - A Study in Wax, part 1 (Tracks 22-25) CD 4 - A Study in Wax, part 2 (Tracks 1-4) - Jeff Ward and Doug Bost Interview on “The Joe Bev Experience” (Tracks 5-24) Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkill, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244535Tue, 15 Dec 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Anthony Ellis, Jeff Ward, Doug Bost...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Anthony Ellis, Jeff Ward, Doug Bost Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection features ten of Jeff and Doug’s best productions: CD 1 - Dead Man’s Hole (Tracks 1-11) - The Toad (Tracks 12-20) CD2 - December 17 (Tracks 1-9) - Georgia and the Bad Idea (Tracks 10-15) - The Dan (Tracks 16-23) CD 3 - Roadkill (Tracks 1-9) - Dorcus (Tracks 10-12) - October Surprise (Tracks 13-15) - Mallets Aforethought (Tracks 16-21) - A Study in Wax, part 1 (Tracks 22-25) CD 4 - A Study in Wax, part 2 (Tracks 1-4) - Jeff Ward and Doug Bost Interview on “The Joe Bev Experience” (Tracks 5-24) Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkill, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jerry-on-jerry-the-unpublished-jerry-garcia-interviews-by-jerry-garcia--65326641https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews Author: Jerry Garcia Narrator: Jerry Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: These never-before-published interviews with Jerry Garcia reveal his thoughts on religion, politics, his personal life, and his creative process. Jerry on Jerry provides new insight into the beloved frontman of the Grateful Dead in time for the 50th Anniversary of the band. Released by the Jerry Garcia Family and made available to the public for the first time, these are some of the most candid, intimate interviews with Jerry Garcia ever published. Here, Garcia speaks openly about everything from growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area and his first encounters with early R&B to his thoughts on songwriting, LSD, the Beats and Neal Cassady, government, movies, and more. Illustrated with family photographs, ephemera, and Jerry's artwork, Jerry on Jerry presents uniquely poignant, unguarded, and astute moments, showing a side of Jerry that even his biggest fans have not known.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245872Tue, 24 Nov 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews Author: Jerry Garcia Narrator: Jerry Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews Author: Jerry Garcia Narrator: Jerry Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 24, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: These never-before-published interviews with Jerry Garcia reveal his thoughts on religion, politics, his personal life, and his creative process. Jerry on Jerry provides new insight into the beloved frontman of the Grateful Dead in time for the 50th Anniversary of the band. Released by the Jerry Garcia Family and made available to the public for the first time, these are some of the most candid, intimate interviews with Jerry Garcia ever published. Here, Garcia speaks openly about everything from growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area and his first encounters with early R&B to his thoughts on songwriting, LSD, the Beats and Neal Cassady, government, movies, and more. Illustrated with family photographs, ephemera, and Jerry's artwork, Jerry on Jerry presents uniquely poignant, unguarded, and astute moments, showing a side of Jerry that even his biggest fans have not known.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-all-a-dream-we-dreamed-an-oral-history-of-the-grateful-dead-by-david-gans-blair-jackson--65326646https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247703 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead Author: David Gans, Blair Jackson Narrator: David Gans, Cynthia Hopkins, Arthur Bishop, Helen Litchfield, Fred Berman, Holter Graham, Oliver Wyman, Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In This Is All a Dream We Dreamed, two of the most well-respected chroniclers of the Dead, Blair Jackson and David Gans, reveal the band’s story through the words of its members, their creative collaborators and peers, and a number of diverse fans, stitching together a multitude of voices into a seamless oral tapestry. Capturing the ebullient spirit at the group’s core, Jackson and Gans weave together a musical saga that examines the music and subculture that developed into its own economy, touching fans from all walks of life, from penniless hippies to celebrities, and at least one U.S. vice president. This definitive book traces the Dead’s evolution from its humble beginnings as a folk/bluegrass band playing small venues in Palo Alto to the feral psychedelic warriors and stadium-filling Americana jam band that blazed all the way through to the 90s. Along the way, we hear from many who were touched by the Dead—from David Crosby and Miles Davis, to Ken Kesey, Carolyn “Mountain Girl” Garcia, and a host of Merry Pranksters, to legendary concert promoter Bill Graham, and others. Throughout their journey the Dead broke (and sometimes rewrote) just about every rule of the music business, defying conventional wisdom and charting their own often unusual course, in the process creating a business model unlike any seen before. Musically, too, they were pioneers, fusing inspired ideas and techniques with intuition and fearlessness to craft an utterly unique and instantly recognizable sound. Their music centered on collective improvisation, spiritual and social democracy, trust, generosity, and fun. They believed that you can make something real, spontaneous, and compelling happen with other musicians if you trust and encourage each other, and jam as if your life depended on it. And when it worked, there was nothing else like it. Whether you’re part of the new generation of Deadheads who are just discovering their music or a devoted fan who has traded Dead tapes for decades, you will want to listen in on the irresistible conversations and anecdotes shared in these pages. You’ll hear stories you haven’t heard before, possibly from voices that may be unfamiliar to you, and the tales that unfold will shed a whole new light on a long and inspiring musical odyssey. Includes archival recordings of Grateful Dead band members and fans.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247703Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247703 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead Author: David Gans, Blair Jackson Narrator: David Gans, Cynthia Hopkins, Arthur...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247703 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead Author: David Gans, Blair Jackson Narrator: David Gans, Cynthia Hopkins, Arthur Bishop, Helen Litchfield, Fred Berman, Holter Graham, Oliver Wyman, Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In This Is All a Dream We Dreamed, two of the most well-respected chroniclers of the Dead, Blair Jackson and David Gans, reveal the band’s story through the words of its members, their creative collaborators and peers, and a number of diverse fans, stitching together a multitude of voices into a seamless oral tapestry. Capturing the ebullient spirit at the group’s core, Jackson and Gans weave together a musical saga that examines the music and subculture that developed into its own economy, touching fans from all walks of life, from penniless hippies to celebrities, and at least one U.S. vice president. This definitive book traces the Dead’s evolution from its humble beginnings as a folk/bluegrass band playing small venues in Palo Alto to the feral psychedelic warriors and stadium-filling Americana jam band that blazed all the way through to the 90s. Along the way, we hear from many who were touched by the Dead—from David Crosby and Miles Davis, to Ken Kesey, Carolyn “Mountain Girl” Garcia, and a host of Merry Pranksters, to legendary concert promoter Bill Graham, and others. Throughout their journey the Dead broke (and sometimes rewrote) just about every rule of the music business, defying conventional wisdom and charting their own often unusual course, in the process creating a business model unlike any seen before. Musically, too, they were pioneers, fusing inspired ideas and techniques with intuition and fearlessness to craft an utterly unique and instantly recognizable sound. Their music centered on collective improvisation, spiritual and social democracy, trust, generosity, and fun. They believed that you can make something real, spontaneous, and compelling happen with other musicians if you trust and encourage each other, and jam as if your life depended on it. And when it worked, there was nothing else like it. Whether you’re part of the new generation of Deadheads who are just discovering their music or a devoted fan who has traded Dead tapes for decades, you will want to listen in on the irresistible conversations and anecdotes shared in these pages. You’ll hear stories you haven’t heard before, possibly from voices that may be unfamiliar to you, and the tales that unfold will shed a whole new light on a long and inspiring musical odyssey. Includes archival recordings of Grateful Dead band members and fans.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bassoon-king-my-life-in-art-faith-and-idiocy-by-rainn-wilson--65326643https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy Author: Rainn Wilson Narrator: Rainn Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 4.81 of Total 16 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Rainn Wilson’s memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life.   For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a bestselling book of the same name. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: “I'm not on Facebook” is the new “I don't even own a TV”) that now has more than four million followers.   Now, he's ready to tell his own story and explain how he came up with his incredibly unique sense of humor and perspective on life. He explains how he grew up “bone-numbingly nerdy before there was even a modicum of cool attached to the word.” The Bassoon King chronicles his journey from nerd to drama geek (“the highest rung on the vast, pimply ladder of high school losers”), his years of mild debauchery and struggles as a young actor in New York, his many adventures and insights about The Office, and finally, Wilson's achievement of success and satisfaction, both in his career and spiritually, reconnecting with the artistic and creative values of the Bahá’í faith he grew up in.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247272Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy Author: Rainn Wilson Narrator: Rainn Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy Author: Rainn Wilson Narrator: Rainn Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 4.81 of Total 16 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Rainn Wilson’s memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life.   For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a bestselling book of the same name. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: “I'm not on Facebook” is the new “I don't even own a TV”) that now has more than four million followers.   Now, he's ready to tell his own story and explain how he came up with his incredibly unique sense of humor and perspective on life. He explains how he grew up “bone-numbingly nerdy before there was even a modicum of cool attached to the word.” The Bassoon King chronicles his journey from nerd to drama geek (“the highest rung on the vast, pimply ladder of high school losers”), his years of mild debauchery and struggles as a young actor in New York, his many adventures and insights about The Office, and finally, Wilson's achievement of success and satisfaction, both in his career and spiritually, reconnecting with the artistic and creative values of the Bahá’í faith he grew up in.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/special-deluxe-by-neil-young--65326816https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Special Deluxe Author: Neil Young Narrator: Neil Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 5, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Special Deluxe, written and read by Neil Young. Quirky and wonderfully candid, Neil Young's new book of reminiscences is as compelling as his first book. He returns with more unforgettable stories about his six decades in the music business - but this is not your average rock biography. He centres this new work on one of his life's passions, cars, using the framework of all the cars he's ever owned to construct a narrative of his life and career, exploring and demonstrating how memories are attached to objects. Young also expresses regret for the environmental impact of his past cars, and now passionately advocates the use of clean energy. Special Deluxe is a mix of memoir and environmental politics by one of the most gifted and influential artists of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237974Thu, 05 Nov 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Special Deluxe Author: Neil Young Narrator: Neil Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 5, 2015 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Special Deluxe Author: Neil Young Narrator: Neil Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 5, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Special Deluxe, written and read by Neil Young. Quirky and wonderfully candid, Neil Young's new book of reminiscences is as compelling as his first book. He returns with more unforgettable stories about his six decades in the music business - but this is not your average rock biography. He centres this new work on one of his life's passions, cars, using the framework of all the cars he's ever owned to construct a narrative of his life and career, exploring and demonstrating how memories are attached to objects. Young also expresses regret for the environmental impact of his past cars, and now passionately advocates the use of clean energy. Special Deluxe is a mix of memoir and environmental politics by one of the most gifted and influential artists of our time.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-lynch-the-man-from-another-place-by-dennis-lim--65326656https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Lynch: The Man from Another Place Author: Dennis Lim Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: At once a pop culture icon, cult figure, and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch’s work is primed to act on our own subconscious, combining heightened, contradictory emotions into something familiar but inscrutable. No less than his art, Lynch’s life also evades simple categorization, encompassing pursuits as a musician, painter, photographer, carpenter, entrepreneur, and vocal proponent of Transcendental Meditation. David Lynch: The Man from Another Place, Dennis Lim’s remarkably smart and concise book, proposes several lenses through which to view Lynch and his work: through the age-old mysteries of the uncanny and the sublime, through the creative energies of surrealism and postmodernism, through ideas of America and theories of good and evil. Lynch himself often warns against overinterpretation. And accordingly, this is not a book that seeks to decode his art or annotate his life—to dispel the strangeness of the Lynchian—so much as one that offers complementary ways of seeing and understanding one of the most distinctive bodies of work in modern cinema. Its spirit is true to its subject, in remaining suggestive rather than definitive, in allowing what Lynch likes to call “room to dream,” and in honoring the allure of the unknown and the unknowable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245240Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Lynch: The Man from Another Place Author: Dennis Lim Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Lynch: The Man from Another Place Author: Dennis Lim Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: At once a pop culture icon, cult figure, and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch’s work is primed to act on our own subconscious, combining heightened, contradictory emotions into something familiar but inscrutable. No less than his art, Lynch’s life also evades simple categorization, encompassing pursuits as a musician, painter, photographer, carpenter, entrepreneur, and vocal proponent of Transcendental Meditation. David Lynch: The Man from Another Place, Dennis Lim’s remarkably smart and concise book, proposes several lenses through which to view Lynch and his work: through the age-old mysteries of the uncanny and the sublime, through the creative energies of surrealism and postmodernism, through ideas of America and theories of good and evil. Lynch himself often warns against overinterpretation. And accordingly, this is not a book that seeks to decode his art or annotate his life—to dispel the strangeness of the Lynchian—so much as one that offers complementary ways of seeing and understanding one of the most distinctive bodies of work in modern cinema. Its spirit is true to its subject, in remaining suggestive rather than definitive, in allowing what Lynch likes to call “room to dream,” and in honoring the allure of the unknown and the unknowable.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-hunter-by-willie-robertson--65326628https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Hunter Author: Willie Robertson Narrator: Alan Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author and star of A&E’s Duck Dynasty, Willie Robertson, teams up with William Doyle, the bestselling coauthor of American Gun, to share the history of America’s most well known hunters. American Hunter is an amazing compilation of the history of America’s greatest hunters. Based on the colorful personalities of powerful men and women, this book begins with the Plains Indians and moves through legendary hunters like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Teddy Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, Lyndon Johnson, and of course, Duck Dynasty’s Robertson family. Also included are the histories of American fox, rabbit, deer, squirrel, duck, goose, and big-game hunting, as well as action biographies of classic hunting weapons. Author Willie Robertson, famed hunter of Duck Dynasty and Duck Commander, lends his voice to share this amazing collection of true stories to tell around the campfire after a long day’s hunt. As Teddy Roosevelt put it, “The virility, clear-sighted common sense and resourcefulness of the American people is due to the fact that we have been a nation of hunters and frequenters of the forest, plains, and waters.” It’s about time we honor American hunters with a book that tells their incredible stories of skill, courage, and survival. American Hunter is the perfect book for everyone who enjoys sweeping tales of American history and for those who love hunting, sport shooting, and wide open spaces.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247741Tue, 03 Nov 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Hunter Author: Willie Robertson Narrator: Alan Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Hunter Author: Willie Robertson Narrator: Alan Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author and star of A&E’s Duck Dynasty, Willie Robertson, teams up with William Doyle, the bestselling coauthor of American Gun, to share the history of America’s most well known hunters. American Hunter is an amazing compilation of the history of America’s greatest hunters. Based on the colorful personalities of powerful men and women, this book begins with the Plains Indians and moves through legendary hunters like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Teddy Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, Lyndon Johnson, and of course, Duck Dynasty’s Robertson family. Also included are the histories of American fox, rabbit, deer, squirrel, duck, goose, and big-game hunting, as well as action biographies of classic hunting weapons. Author Willie Robertson, famed hunter of Duck Dynasty and Duck Commander, lends his voice to share this amazing collection of true stories to tell around the campfire after a long day’s hunt. As Teddy Roosevelt put it, “The virility, clear-sighted common sense and resourcefulness of the American people is due to the fact that we have been a nation of hunters and frequenters of the forest, plains, and waters.” It’s about time we honor American hunters with a book that tells their incredible stories of skill, courage, and survival. American Hunter is the perfect book for everyone who enjoys sweeping tales of American history and for those who love hunting, sport shooting, and wide open spaces.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-whistler-vol-2-by-hollywood-360-cbs-radio--65326636https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247696 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whistler, Vol. 2 Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: Bill Forman, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Whistler was one of radio's top mystery programs airing from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. The Whistler was an ominous narrator who opened each episode with, 'I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak.' The opening dialog was heard over the echo of footsteps and Wilbur Hatch's haunting signature thirteen-note theme, whistled each week by Dorothy Roberts. The stories followed an effective formula in which a person's criminal acts were typically undone by their own missteps. The Whistler narrated, often commenting directly on the action in the manner of a Greek chorus, taunting the criminal from an omniscient perspective. One of the show's trademarks was the ironic twist endings that helped serve as a payoff for the listener. Bill Forman had the title role of host and narrator the longest. Others who portrayed the Whistler included Gale Gordon, Lucille Ball's future television costar; Joseph Kearns, Mr. Wilson on the television series Dennis the Menace; Marvin Miller, soon to be television's Michael Anthony on The Millionaire; Bill Johnstone, the Shadow on radio from 1938–1943; and Everett Clarke. Episodes include 'Night Melody,' 'Seven Steps to Murder,' 'Safety in Numbers,' 'A Woman's Privilege,' 'Mavis Cameron Disappears,' 'The Lady and the Knife,' 'The Blank Wall,' 'Backlash,' 'The Black Book,' 'Fateful Friday,' 'Caesar's Wife,' and 'Juggernaut.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247696Sun, 01 Nov 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247696 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whistler, Vol. 2 Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: Bill Forman, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247696 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whistler, Vol. 2 Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: Bill Forman, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Whistler was one of radio's top mystery programs airing from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. The Whistler was an ominous narrator who opened each episode with, 'I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak.' The opening dialog was heard over the echo of footsteps and Wilbur Hatch's haunting signature thirteen-note theme, whistled each week by Dorothy Roberts. The stories followed an effective formula in which a person's criminal acts were typically undone by their own missteps. The Whistler narrated, often commenting directly on the action in the manner of a Greek chorus, taunting the criminal from an omniscient perspective. One of the show's trademarks was the ironic twist endings that helped serve as a payoff for the listener. Bill Forman had the title role of host and narrator the longest. Others who portrayed the Whistler included Gale Gordon, Lucille Ball's future television costar; Joseph Kearns, Mr. Wilson on the television series Dennis the Menace; Marvin Miller, soon to be television's Michael Anthony on The Millionaire; Bill Johnstone, the Shadow on radio from 1938–1943; and Everett Clarke. Episodes include 'Night Melody,' 'Seven Steps to Murder,' 'Safety in Numbers,' 'A Woman's Privilege,' 'Mavis Cameron Disappears,' 'The Lady and the Knife,' 'The Blank Wall,' 'Backlash,' 'The Black Book,' 'Fateful Friday,' 'Caesar's Wife,' and 'Juggernaut.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wildflower-by-drew-barrymore--65326667https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wildflower Author: Drew Barrymore Narrator: Drew Barrymore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences of her earlier years. It includes tales of living on her own at 14 (and how laundry may have saved her life), getting stuck in a gas station overhang on a cross country road trip, saying goodbye to her father in a way only he could have understood, and many more adventures and lessons that have led her to the successful, happy, and healthy place she is today. It is the first book Drew has written about her life since the age of 14.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246160Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wildflower Author: Drew Barrymore Narrator: Drew Barrymore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 29, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wildflower Author: Drew Barrymore Narrator: Drew Barrymore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences of her earlier years. It includes tales of living on her own at 14 (and how laundry may have saved her life), getting stuck in a gas station overhang on a cross country road trip, saying goodbye to her father in a way only he could have understood, and many more adventures and lessons that have led her to the successful, happy, and healthy place she is today. It is the first book Drew has written about her life since the age of 14.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hunger-makes-me-a-modern-girl-a-memoir-by-carrie-brownstein--65326783https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir Author: Carrie Brownstein Narrator: Carrie Brownstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says 'everyone has been waiting for' and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015-- a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life--and finding yourself--in music. Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home and identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power and mystery of a live performance. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein and her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s. They would be cited as “America’s best rock band” by legendary music critic Greil Marcus for their defiant, exuberant brand of punk that resisted labels and limitations, and redefined notions of gender in rock.   HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL is an intimate and revealing narrative of her escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue. Along the way, Brownstein chronicles the excitement and contradictions within the era’s flourishing and fiercely independent music subculture, including experiences that sowed the seeds for the observational satire of the popular television series Portlandia years later.   With deft, lucid prose Brownstein proves herself as formidable on the page as on the stage. Accessibly raw, honest and heartfelt, this book captures the experience of being a young woman, a born performer and an outsider, and ultimately finding one’s true calling through hard work, courage and the intoxicating power of rock and roll.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245088Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir Author: Carrie Brownstein Narrator: Carrie Brownstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245088 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir Author: Carrie Brownstein Narrator: Carrie Brownstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says 'everyone has been waiting for' and a New York Times Notable Book of 2015-- a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life--and finding yourself--in music. Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home and identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power and mystery of a live performance. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein and her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s. They would be cited as “America’s best rock band” by legendary music critic Greil Marcus for their defiant, exuberant brand of punk that resisted labels and limitations, and redefined notions of gender in rock.   HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL is an intimate and revealing narrative of her escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue. Along the way, Brownstein chronicles the excitement and contradictions within the era’s flourishing and fiercely independent music subculture, including experiences that sowed the seeds for the observational satire of the popular television series Portlandia years later.   With deft, lucid prose Brownstein proves herself as formidable on the page as on the stage. Accessibly raw, honest and heartfelt, this book captures the experience of being a young woman, a born performer and an outsider, and ultimately finding one’s true calling through hard work, courage and the intoxicating power of rock and roll.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wildflower-by-drew-barrymore--65326649https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wildflower Author: Drew Barrymore Narrator: Drew Barrymore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.98 of Total 81 Ratings of Narrator: 4.32 of Total 22 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Award-winning actress Drew Barrymore shares funny, insightful, and profound stories from her past and present told from the place of happiness she's achieved today.   Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences of her earlier years. It includes tales of living on her own at 14 (and how laundry may have saved her life), getting stuck in a gas station overhang on a cross country road trip, saying goodbye to her father in a way only he could have understood, and many more adventures and lessons that have led her to the successful, happy, and healthy place she is today. It is the first book Drew has written about her life since the age of 14.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245835Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wildflower Author: Drew Barrymore Narrator: Drew Barrymore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wildflower Author: Drew Barrymore Narrator: Drew Barrymore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.98 of Total 81 Ratings of Narrator: 4.32 of Total 22 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Award-winning actress Drew Barrymore shares funny, insightful, and profound stories from her past and present told from the place of happiness she's achieved today.   Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences of her earlier years. It includes tales of living on her own at 14 (and how laundry may have saved her life), getting stuck in a gas station overhang on a cross country road trip, saying goodbye to her father in a way only he could have understood, and many more adventures and lessons that have led her to the successful, happy, and healthy place she is today. It is the first book Drew has written about her life since the age of 14.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becoming-beyonce-the-untold-story-by-j-randy-taraborrelli--65326640https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The first comprehensive biography ever published about America's favorite living pop icon, Beyonce, from New York Times bestselling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli. Beyonce Knowles is a woman who began her career at the age of eight performing in pageant shows and talent contests, honing her craft through her teenage years until, at the age of 16, she had her first number one record with Destiny's Child. That hit-making trio launched Beyonce's successful solo career, catapulting her, as of 2014, to #1 on Forbes annual list of most wealthy celebrities--the same year she made the cover of Time. Becoming Beyonce is not only the story of struggle, sacrifice, and what it takes to make it in the cut-throat record industry, it's the story of the great rewards of such success and the devastating toll it often takes on the human spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245078Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Allyson Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The first comprehensive biography ever published about America's favorite living pop icon, Beyonce, from New York Times bestselling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli. Beyonce Knowles is a woman who began her career at the age of eight performing in pageant shows and talent contests, honing her craft through her teenage years until, at the age of 16, she had her first number one record with Destiny's Child. That hit-making trio launched Beyonce's successful solo career, catapulting her, as of 2014, to #1 on Forbes annual list of most wealthy celebrities--the same year she made the cover of Time. Becoming Beyonce is not only the story of struggle, sacrifice, and what it takes to make it in the cut-throat record industry, it's the story of the great rewards of such success and the devastating toll it often takes on the human spirit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/almost-interesting-the-memoir-by-david-spade--65326637https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almost Interesting: The Memoir Author: David Spade Narrator: David Spade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 105 Ratings of Narrator: 4.73 of Total 26 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian and Saturday Night Live alumni David Spade. David Spade is best known for his harsh “Hollywood” Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy,  and his seven-year stint as Dennis Finch on the series Just Shoot Me. Now, with a wit as dry as the weather in his home state of Arizona, the “comic brat extraordinaire” tells his story in Almost Interesting. First Taking fans back to his childhood as a wannabe cool younger brother and recounting his excruciating road-tour to fame—when he was regularly mistaken for a ten year-old, Spade then dishes about his time crisscrossing the country as a comedian, for low-paying gigs and dragging along his mother’s old suitcase full of props. He also covers his years on SNL during the beloved Rock/Sandler/Farley era of the 1990s, including his close working relationship and friendship with Chris Farley and brags about the ridiculous perks that fame has brought into his life, including the constant fear of being fired, a crazy ex-assistant who attacked him while he was sleeping, a run-in with Eddie Murphy on the mean streets of Beverly Hills, and of course an endless supply of hot chicks.   Sometimes dirty, always funny, and as sharp as a tack, Almost Interesting reminds you why David Spade is one of our generation’s favorite funny guys.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247520Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almost Interesting: The Memoir Author: David Spade Narrator: David Spade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almost Interesting: The Memoir Author: David Spade Narrator: David Spade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 105 Ratings of Narrator: 4.73 of Total 26 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian and Saturday Night Live alumni David Spade. David Spade is best known for his harsh “Hollywood” Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy,  and his seven-year stint as Dennis Finch on the series Just Shoot Me. Now, with a wit as dry as the weather in his home state of Arizona, the “comic brat extraordinaire” tells his story in Almost Interesting. First Taking fans back to his childhood as a wannabe cool younger brother and recounting his excruciating road-tour to fame—when he was regularly mistaken for a ten year-old, Spade then dishes about his time crisscrossing the country as a comedian, for low-paying gigs and dragging along his mother’s old suitcase full of props. He also covers his years on SNL during the beloved Rock/Sandler/Farley era of the 1990s, including his close working relationship and friendship with Chris Farley and brags about the ridiculous perks that fame has brought into his life, including the constant fear of being fired, a crazy ex-assistant who attacked him while he was sleeping, a run-in with Eddie Murphy on the mean streets of Beverly Hills, and of course an endless supply of hot chicks.   Sometimes dirty, always funny, and as sharp as a tack, Almost Interesting reminds you why David Spade is one of our generation’s favorite funny guys.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adrenalized-life-def-leppard-and-beyond-by-phil-collen--65326629https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond Author: Phil Collen Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A revelatory, redemptive, and “wild...juicy” (Rolling Stone) memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary hard rock band Def Leppard—the first ever written by one of its members—chronicling the band’s extraordinary rise to superstardom and how they maintained it for three decades. Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe you’ve heard of him as the rock star that gave up alcohol and meat more than twenty-five years ago. Most likely you’ve seen him shirtless—in photos or in real life—flaunting his impeccably toned body to appreciative female fans. But it wasn’t always like this. Collen worked his way up from nothing, teaching himself guitar from scratch and slogging it out in London-based pub bands for years; that is, until Def Leppard formed and transformed from unknowns to icons, from playing openers in near-empty arenas to headlining in those same stadiums and selling them out every night. But as Collen discovered, true overnight success is a myth. Like the other band members, he had to struggle and fight his way to the top; in the end, he says, “our work ethic saved us.” Just as it still does. Adrenalized is an amazing underdog tale featuring a bunch of ordinary working-class lads who rose to mega-stardom, overcoming incredible obstacles—such as drummer Rick Allen losing an arm in a car crash and the tragic death of guitarist Steve Clark, Phil’s musical soul mate. Featuring personal, never-before-seen photos of Collen and his band mates on stage and off, Adrenalized is a fascinating account of the failures, triumphs, challenges, and rock-solid dedication it takes to make dreams come true.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247512Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond Author: Phil Collen Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond Author: Phil Collen Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A revelatory, redemptive, and “wild...juicy” (Rolling Stone) memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary hard rock band Def Leppard—the first ever written by one of its members—chronicling the band’s extraordinary rise to superstardom and how they maintained it for three decades. Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe you’ve heard of him as the rock star that gave up alcohol and meat more than twenty-five years ago. Most likely you’ve seen him shirtless—in photos or in real life—flaunting his impeccably toned body to appreciative female fans. But it wasn’t always like this. Collen worked his way up from nothing, teaching himself guitar from scratch and slogging it out in London-based pub bands for years; that is, until Def Leppard formed and transformed from unknowns to icons, from playing openers in near-empty arenas to headlining in those same stadiums and selling them out every night. But as Collen discovered, true overnight success is a myth. Like the other band members, he had to struggle and fight his way to the top; in the end, he says, “our work ethic saved us.” Just as it still does. Adrenalized is an amazing underdog tale featuring a bunch of ordinary working-class lads who rose to mega-stardom, overcoming incredible obstacles—such as drummer Rick Allen losing an arm in a car crash and the tragic death of guitarist Steve Clark, Phil’s musical soul mate. Featuring personal, never-before-seen photos of Collen and his band mates on stage and off, Adrenalized is a fascinating account of the failures, triumphs, challenges, and rock-solid dedication it takes to make dreams come true.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frost-that-was-the-life-that-was-the-authorised-biography-by-neil-hegarty--65326631https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frost: That Was The Life That Was: The Authorised Biography Author: Neil Hegarty Narrator: Wilfred Frost, Rory Bremner, Lady Carina Frost, George Frost, Michael Fenner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 22, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sir David Frost, who died suddenly in August 2013, was the only person to have met and interviewed every British Prime Minister since Harold Wilson as well as seven Presidents of the United States. Other world leaders he interviewed included Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, Henry Kissinger, Benazir Bhutto, Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu. Many of these encounters were set amid the turbulence of world events with the interviews becoming defining moments of history themselves. And yet there was so much more than politics: Frost’s interviews saw him lock horns with film stars, royalty, musicians, comedians, authors and sporting heroes. His range was unique and extraordinary and is unlikely ever to be equalled. From his humble background as the son of a Methodist minister, through his defining years at Cambridge and then quickly onwards through the 1960s to when Frost became the most successful TV host in the world, his work defined the mood of the moment. During that period, Frost didn’t just report the news, he made the news. This would be a trait he carried throughout his life and career. Frost: That Was The Life That Was, written in collaboration with Sir David Frost's wife and three sons, features many unpublished writings from Frost and exclusive access to his vast archive. It also offers opinions on Frost from his extraordinary list of friends. Frost is an epic story of personal achievement set amidst a rapidly changing world, encountering the great and the good that have dominated news and entertainment over the last fifty years.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247550Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frost: That Was The Life That Was: The Authorised Biography Author: Neil Hegarty Narrator: Wilfred Frost, Rory Bremner, Lady Carina Frost, George...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frost: That Was The Life That Was: The Authorised Biography Author: Neil Hegarty Narrator: Wilfred Frost, Rory Bremner, Lady Carina Frost, George Frost, Michael Fenner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 22, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sir David Frost, who died suddenly in August 2013, was the only person to have met and interviewed every British Prime Minister since Harold Wilson as well as seven Presidents of the United States. Other world leaders he interviewed included Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, Henry Kissinger, Benazir Bhutto, Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu. Many of these encounters were set amid the turbulence of world events with the interviews becoming defining moments of history themselves. And yet there was so much more than politics: Frost’s interviews saw him lock horns with film stars, royalty, musicians, comedians, authors and sporting heroes. His range was unique and extraordinary and is unlikely ever to be equalled. From his humble background as the son of a Methodist minister, through his defining years at Cambridge and then quickly onwards through the 1960s to when Frost became the most successful TV host in the world, his work defined the mood of the moment. During that period, Frost didn’t just report the news, he made the news. This would be a trait he carried throughout his life and career. Frost: That Was The Life That Was, written in collaboration with Sir David Frost's wife and three sons, features many unpublished writings from Frost and exclusive access to his vast archive. It also offers opinions on Frost from his extraordinary list of friends. Frost is an epic story of personal achievement set amidst a rapidly changing world, encountering the great and the good that have dominated news and entertainment over the last fifty years.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-sinatra-matters-by-pete-hamill--65326630https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Sinatra Matters Author: Pete Hamill Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In honor of Sinatra's 100th birthday, Pete Hamill's classic tribute returns with a new introduction by the author. In this unique homage to an American icon, journalist and award-winning author Pete Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra--examining his art and his legend from the inside, as only a friend of many years could do. Shaped by Prohibition, the Depression, and war, Francis Albert Sinatra became the troubadour of urban loneliness. With his songs, he enabled millions of others to tell their own stories, providing an entire generation with a sense of tradition and pride belonging distinctly to them. With a new look and a new introduction by Hamill, this is a rich and touching portrait that lingers like a beautiful song.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247717Tue, 20 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Sinatra Matters Author: Pete Hamill Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/247717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Sinatra Matters Author: Pete Hamill Narrator: Joe Knezevich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In honor of Sinatra's 100th birthday, Pete Hamill's classic tribute returns with a new introduction by the author. In this unique homage to an American icon, journalist and award-winning author Pete Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra--examining his art and his legend from the inside, as only a friend of many years could do. Shaped by Prohibition, the Depression, and war, Francis Albert Sinatra became the troubadour of urban loneliness. With his songs, he enabled millions of others to tell their own stories, providing an entire generation with a sense of tradition and pride belonging distinctly to them. With a new look and a new introduction by Hamill, this is a rich and touching portrait that lingers like a beautiful song.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-re-making-me-hate-you-by-corey-taylor--65326796https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Making Me Hate You Author: Corey Taylor Narrator: Corey Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In his first book, front man of Slipknot and Stone Sour, Corey Taylor took on the Seven Deadly Sins, pulling them apart to reveal all that is irrelevant and wrong about the vices in the modern world through his own uniquely hilarious yet ferocious style. But in Corey's eyes that's not all that is wrong with the world today... From bad music, fame and infomercials to raising kids, sex and airport security, You're Making Me Hate You is the result of a one-man mission to demonstrate the alarming rise in worldwide idiocy, buffoonery and out-and-out disregard for intelligent thought. Rant-filled but eloquent, shocking but intelligent, this is bestselling author Corey Taylor at his most Corey Taylor and he doesn't leave himself out either... turns out he's just as f***ing stupid as the rest of us, too.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243600Thu, 15 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Making Me Hate You Author: Corey Taylor Narrator: Corey Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 15,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Making Me Hate You Author: Corey Taylor Narrator: Corey Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In his first book, front man of Slipknot and Stone Sour, Corey Taylor took on the Seven Deadly Sins, pulling them apart to reveal all that is irrelevant and wrong about the vices in the modern world through his own uniquely hilarious yet ferocious style. But in Corey's eyes that's not all that is wrong with the world today... From bad music, fame and infomercials to raising kids, sex and airport security, You're Making Me Hate You is the result of a one-man mission to demonstrate the alarming rise in worldwide idiocy, buffoonery and out-and-out disregard for intelligent thought. Rant-filled but eloquent, shocking but intelligent, this is bestselling author Corey Taylor at his most Corey Taylor and he doesn't leave himself out either... turns out he's just as f***ing stupid as the rest of us, too.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-journey-by-donna-karan--65326786https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Journey Author: Donna Karan Narrator: Kathleen Boyes, Donna Karan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY HARPER’S BAZAAR • In this candid memoir, featuring a foreword by Barbra Streisand, renowned designer Donna Karan shares intimate details about her lonely childhood, her four-plus decades in the fashion industry, her two marriages, motherhood, and her ongoing quest for self-acceptance and spiritual peace. Donna Karan was born into the fashion business—her father was a tailor, and her mother was a showroom model and Seventh Avenue saleswoman—yet Karan dreamed of becoming a dancer like Martha Graham or a singer like Barbra Streisand. Fashion was her destiny, though. My Journey traces Karan’s early days as an intern at Anne Klein, the creation of her Seven Easy Pieces (which forever changed the way working women dressed), and the meteoric rise of her company. Along with juicy industry stories, Karan candidly discusses her difficult mother and traumatic childhood, her turbulent romantic life, all the loved ones she has lost over the years, and the personal awakening that occurred just as she reached the height of professional and financial success. That awakening set Karan down a path of spiritual discovery and self-improvement. From est to Kabbalah, from silent retreats to leech therapy, Karan tried everything to find, as she writes, “calm in the chaos.” But she also reveals how a chaotic life, fueled by endless curiosity and childlike impulses, helped her design seminal collections season after season for global powerhouse brands Donna Karan New York and DKNY. She also details how she has channeled her creativity (and her urge to solve problems and nurture others) into philanthropic work, particularly her early outspoken advocacy for AIDS awareness and research, and the creation of her Urban Zen Foundation, focusing on integrated healthcare and education as well as preservation of culture, which led to her current efforts in Haiti. Karan’s life has been crowded with glamorous characters and adventures around the world. But she sometimes still feels like that awkward teen from Long Island who never fit in—which makes her all the more endearing. Brimming with Karan’s infectious energy, My Journey is about much more than the fashion world: It is the story of a young woman whose vision and hard work made her a role model for women everywhere—a woman who dreamed big, fought to have it all, broke the rules, and loved passionately along the way. Praise for My Journey “By turns moving, insightful, and hilarious, yet always, always heartfelt . . . When you’re a true force of fashion, nothing holds you back.”—Vogue “When Donna Karan stepped down . . . it was the end of an era, so consider this autobiography her parting gift. . . . Expect a holistic view of the woman behind one of the most influential American labels.”—StyleCaster “Donna’s creativity and passion as a committed philanthropist are matched only by her gift for friendship. Whether she’s making the world more beautiful or giving a Haitian artisan the tools to create a sustainable business, Donna has always led with great heart and wonderful humor.”—President Bill Clinton “What we take for granted often comes from the most revolutionary of sources. In New York in the 1980s, no one was more radical than Donna Karan. She created a way of dressing that was womanly, practical, and empowering.”—Anna Wintour “An extraordinary personal, professional, and spiritual life . . . defined by Donna’s incredible resilience, her inward search for calm in the midst of success, and her insistence on always following her heart.”—Arianna Huffington]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244914Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Journey Author: Donna Karan Narrator: Kathleen Boyes, Donna Karan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Journey Author: Donna Karan Narrator: Kathleen Boyes, Donna Karan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY HARPER’S BAZAAR • In this candid memoir, featuring a foreword by Barbra Streisand, renowned designer Donna Karan shares intimate details about her lonely childhood, her four-plus decades in the fashion industry, her two marriages, motherhood, and her ongoing quest for self-acceptance and spiritual peace. Donna Karan was born into the fashion business—her father was a tailor, and her mother was a showroom model and Seventh Avenue saleswoman—yet Karan dreamed of becoming a dancer like Martha Graham or a singer like Barbra Streisand. Fashion was her destiny, though. My Journey traces Karan’s early days as an intern at Anne Klein, the creation of her Seven Easy Pieces (which forever changed the way working women dressed), and the meteoric rise of her company. Along with juicy industry stories, Karan candidly discusses her difficult mother and traumatic childhood, her turbulent romantic life, all the loved ones she has lost over the years, and the personal awakening that occurred just as she reached the height of professional and financial success. That awakening set Karan down a path of spiritual discovery and self-improvement. From est to Kabbalah, from silent retreats to leech therapy, Karan tried everything to find, as she writes, “calm in the chaos.” But she also reveals how a chaotic life, fueled by endless curiosity and childlike impulses, helped her design seminal collections season after season for global powerhouse brands Donna Karan New York and DKNY. She also details how she has channeled her creativity (and her urge to solve problems and nurture others) into philanthropic work, particularly her early outspoken advocacy for AIDS awareness and research, and the creation of her Urban Zen Foundation, focusing on integrated healthcare and education as well as preservation of culture, which led to her current efforts in Haiti. Karan’s life has been crowded with glamorous characters and adventures around the world. But she sometimes still feels like that awkward teen from Long Island who never fit in—which makes her all the more endearing. Brimming with Karan’s infectious energy, My Journey is about much more than the fashion world: It is the story of a young woman whose vision and hard work made her a role model for women everywhere—a woman who dreamed big, fought to have it all, broke the rules, and loved passionately along the way. Praise for My Journey “By turns moving, insightful, and hilarious, yet always, always heartfelt . . . When you’re a true force of fashion, nothing holds you back.”—Vogue “When Donna Karan stepped down . . . it was the end of an era, so consider this autobiography her parting gift. . . . Expect a holistic view of the woman behind one of the most influential American labels.”—StyleCaster “Donna’s creativity and passion as a committed philanthropist are matched only by her gift for friendship. Whether she’s making the world more beautiful or giving a Haitian artisan the tools to create a sustainable business, Donna has always led with great heart and wonderful humor.”—President Bill Clinton “What we take for granted often comes from the most revolutionary of sources. In New York in the 1980s, no one was more radical than Donna Karan. She created a way of dressing that was womanly, practical, and empowering.”—Anna Wintour “An extraordinary personal, professional, and spiritual life . . . defined by Donna’s incredible resilience, her inward search for calm in the midst of success, and her insistence...]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-moving-and-other-tips-and-truths-about-aging-by-dick-van-dyke--65326761https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Moving: And Other Tips and Truths about Aging Author: Dick Van Dyke Narrator: Dick Van Dyke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this entertaining and inspirational memoir, Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke shares his secret to staying resilient in old age. Beloved Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his ninetieth birthday in December 2015. He’s an established legend, having starred in Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. And yet he’s still keeping himself busy, entertaining America on television, in movies, on the stage, and on social media. Everyone wonders, “How does he do it?” For the first time, Van Dyke shares his secrets and tips on old age—just keep moving. With a fun and folksy way of addressing its audience, Keep Moving serves as an instruction book on how to embrace old age with a positive attitude. The chapters are filled with exclusive personal anecdotes that explore various themes on aging: how to adapt to the physical and social changes, deal with loss of friends and loved ones, stay current, fall in love again, and “keep moving” every day like there’s no tomorrow.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245743Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Moving: And Other Tips and Truths about Aging Author: Dick Van Dyke Narrator: Dick Van Dyke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Moving: And Other Tips and Truths about Aging Author: Dick Van Dyke Narrator: Dick Van Dyke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this entertaining and inspirational memoir, Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke shares his secret to staying resilient in old age. Beloved Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his ninetieth birthday in December 2015. He’s an established legend, having starred in Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. And yet he’s still keeping himself busy, entertaining America on television, in movies, on the stage, and on social media. Everyone wonders, “How does he do it?” For the first time, Van Dyke shares his secrets and tips on old age—just keep moving. With a fun and folksy way of addressing its audience, Keep Moving serves as an instruction book on how to embrace old age with a positive attitude. The chapters are filled with exclusive personal anecdotes that explore various themes on aging: how to adapt to the physical and social changes, deal with loss of friends and loved ones, stay current, fall in love again, and “keep moving” every day like there’s no tomorrow.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-s-what-fashion-is-lessons-and-stories-from-my-nonstop-mostly-glamorous-life-in-style-by-alyssa-giacobbe-joe-zee--65326710https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories from My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style Author: Alyssa Giacobbe, Joe Zee Narrator: Joe Zee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Joe Zee, the Editor in Chief of Yahoo Style, former creative director of ELLE magazine, and co-host of the new ABC talk show FAB Life, takes readers behind the scenes of the crazy and wonderful world of fashion in That's What Fashion Is. From his early years styling shoots for Vanity Fair's 'Hollywood' issue with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz to his role playing himself on MTV's reality show The City to making celebrities look fabulous in the pages of ELLE and reporting live from the red carpet, Joe lets listeners in on how the fashion industry really works, from the fashion disasters to the blockbuster successes. How do you shoot an entire magazine spread in Paris in 24 hours? What's a stylist to do when he receives a panicked call from a dress-less Cameron Diaz on Oscar day? And how do they make those celebrities look so great in the magazines? These first-person stories are combined with accessible and practical tips for women everywhere, including what to wear on your first day of work, how to take a great selfie, and how to look amazing at any age. For the first time, this ultimate fashion insider lets listeners in on tales, tricks, and tips previously known only to the fashion elite in this funny and frank audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244797Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories from My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style Author: Alyssa Giacobbe, Joe Zee Narrator: Joe Zee Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That's What Fashion Is: Lessons and Stories from My Nonstop, Mostly Glamorous Life in Style Author: Alyssa Giacobbe, Joe Zee Narrator: Joe Zee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Joe Zee, the Editor in Chief of Yahoo Style, former creative director of ELLE magazine, and co-host of the new ABC talk show FAB Life, takes readers behind the scenes of the crazy and wonderful world of fashion in That's What Fashion Is. From his early years styling shoots for Vanity Fair's 'Hollywood' issue with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz to his role playing himself on MTV's reality show The City to making celebrities look fabulous in the pages of ELLE and reporting live from the red carpet, Joe lets listeners in on how the fashion industry really works, from the fashion disasters to the blockbuster successes. How do you shoot an entire magazine spread in Paris in 24 hours? What's a stylist to do when he receives a panicked call from a dress-less Cameron Diaz on Oscar day? And how do they make those celebrities look so great in the magazines? These first-person stories are combined with accessible and practical tips for women everywhere, including what to wear on your first day of work, how to take a great selfie, and how to look amazing at any age. For the first time, this ultimate fashion insider lets listeners in on tales, tricks, and tips previously known only to the fashion elite in this funny and frank audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dresden-manuscripts-unearthing-an-18th-century-musical-genius-by-david-wilson--65326665https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dresden Manuscripts: Unearthing an 18th Century Musical Genius Author: David Wilson Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A fascinating journey to rediscover the music of a composer who was lauded in his day yet forgotten soon after, The Dresden Manuscripts chronicles David Wilson’s thirty-year quest to locate, reconstruct, and perform the music of Johann Adolf Hasse, a composer who, along with his equally famous wife, mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni, had close personal associations with Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, and Gluck.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246281Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dresden Manuscripts: Unearthing an 18th Century Musical Genius Author: David Wilson Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dresden Manuscripts: Unearthing an 18th Century Musical Genius Author: David Wilson Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A fascinating journey to rediscover the music of a composer who was lauded in his day yet forgotten soon after, The Dresden Manuscripts chronicles David Wilson’s thirty-year quest to locate, reconstruct, and perform the music of Johann Adolf Hasse, a composer who, along with his equally famous wife, mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni, had close personal associations with Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, and Gluck.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unfaithful-music-disappearing-ink-by-elvis-costello--65326663https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink Author: Elvis Costello Narrator: Elvis Costello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The perfect gift for music lovers and Elvis Costello fans, telling the story behind Elvis Costello’s legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs.  Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink provides readers with a master’s catalogue of a lifetime of great music. Costello reveals the process behind writing and recording legendary albums like My Aim Is True, This Year’s Model, Armed Forces, Almost Blue, Imperial Bedroom, and King of America. He tells the detailed stories, experiences, and emotions behind such beloved songs as “Alison,” “Accidents Will Happen,” “Watching the Detectives,” “Oliver’s Army,” “Welcome to the Working Week,” “Radio Radio,” “Shipbuilding,” and “Veronica,” the last of which is one of a number of songs revealed to connect to the lives of the previous generations of his family. Costello chronicles his musical apprenticeship, a child's view of his father Ross MacManus' career on radio and in the dancehall; his own initial almost comical steps in folk clubs and cellar dive before his first sessions for Stiff Record, the formation of the Attractions, and his frenetic and ultimately notorious third U.S. tour. He takes readers behind the scenes of Top of the Pops and Saturday Night Live, and his own show, Spectacle, on which he hosted artists such as Lou Reed, Elton John, Levon Helm, Jesse Winchester, Bruce Springsteen, and President Bill Clinton.  The idiosyncratic memoir of a singular man, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink is destined to be a classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245090Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink Author: Elvis Costello Narrator: Elvis Costello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink Author: Elvis Costello Narrator: Elvis Costello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The perfect gift for music lovers and Elvis Costello fans, telling the story behind Elvis Costello’s legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs.  Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink provides readers with a master’s catalogue of a lifetime of great music. Costello reveals the process behind writing and recording legendary albums like My Aim Is True, This Year’s Model, Armed Forces, Almost Blue, Imperial Bedroom, and King of America. He tells the detailed stories, experiences, and emotions behind such beloved songs as “Alison,” “Accidents Will Happen,” “Watching the Detectives,” “Oliver’s Army,” “Welcome to the Working Week,” “Radio Radio,” “Shipbuilding,” and “Veronica,” the last of which is one of a number of songs revealed to connect to the lives of the previous generations of his family. Costello chronicles his musical apprenticeship, a child's view of his father Ross MacManus' career on radio and in the dancehall; his own initial almost comical steps in folk clubs and cellar dive before his first sessions for Stiff Record, the formation of the Attractions, and his frenetic and ultimately notorious third U.S. tour. He takes readers behind the scenes of Top of the Pops and Saturday Night Live, and his own show, Spectacle, on which he hosted artists such as Lou Reed, Elton John, Levon Helm, Jesse Winchester, Bruce Springsteen, and President Bill Clinton.  The idiosyncratic memoir of a singular man, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink is destined to be a classic.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frank-ava-in-love-and-war-by-john-brady--65326657https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frank & Ava: In Love and War Author: John Brady Narrator: Alan Grupper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'If I had to go back in Hollywood history and name two people who were most desperately and passionately in love with each other, I would say Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were It.'—Liz Smith. It began in Hollywood's golden age when Ava was emerging as a movie star. But she fell in (and out of) love too easily. Mickey Rooney married her because he wanted another conquest. Artie Shaw treated her like a dumb brunette, giving her a reading list on their honeymoon. Neither marriage lasted a year. Then, after being courted by Howard Hughes and numerous others, along came Frank Sinatra. His passion for Ava destroyed his marriage and brought him close to ruin. Their wild affair broke all the rules of the prudish era as Frank left his wife and children and pursued Ava on an international stage. They became romantic renegades, with the press following them from location to location. 'Oh, God, Frank Sinatra could be the sweetest, most charming man in the world when he was in the mood,' said Ava. They married, but then came the quarrels, separations, infidelities, and reconciliations. Eventually, there was a divorce, and they thought it was over. It wasn't. Through all of the tortured years of separation and splintered affairs with others, they maintained a secretive relationship known only to those who recognized that this was the love of a lifetime. Over the years, they attempted to reconcile, romanced and nurtured each other, right to the end. The love story of this couple has never been fully explored or explained—until now. Frank & Ava delves deeply into the lives of these two iconic stars and their turbulent lifelong relationship. More than anything else, this is the story of a romance lived out under battlefield conditions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246523Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frank & Ava: In Love and War Author: John Brady Narrator: Alan Grupper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frank & Ava: In Love and War Author: John Brady Narrator: Alan Grupper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'If I had to go back in Hollywood history and name two people who were most desperately and passionately in love with each other, I would say Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were It.'—Liz Smith. It began in Hollywood's golden age when Ava was emerging as a movie star. But she fell in (and out of) love too easily. Mickey Rooney married her because he wanted another conquest. Artie Shaw treated her like a dumb brunette, giving her a reading list on their honeymoon. Neither marriage lasted a year. Then, after being courted by Howard Hughes and numerous others, along came Frank Sinatra. His passion for Ava destroyed his marriage and brought him close to ruin. Their wild affair broke all the rules of the prudish era as Frank left his wife and children and pursued Ava on an international stage. They became romantic renegades, with the press following them from location to location. 'Oh, God, Frank Sinatra could be the sweetest, most charming man in the world when he was in the mood,' said Ava. They married, but then came the quarrels, separations, infidelities, and reconciliations. Eventually, there was a divorce, and they thought it was over. It wasn't. Through all of the tortured years of separation and splintered affairs with others, they maintained a secretive relationship known only to those who recognized that this was the love of a lifetime. Over the years, they attempted to reconcile, romanced and nurtured each other, right to the end. The love story of this couple has never been fully explored or explained—until now. Frank & Ava delves deeply into the lives of these two iconic stars and their turbulent lifelong relationship. More than anything else, this is the story of a romance lived out under battlefield conditions.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/empire-of-self-a-life-of-gore-vidal-by-jay-parini--65326651https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal Author: Jay Parini Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: An intimate, authorized, yet frank biography of Gore Vidal (1925–2012), one of the most accomplished, visible, and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century. The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini’s Empire of Self probes behind the glittering surface of Gore Vidal’s colorful life to reveal the complex emotional and sexual truth underlying his celebrity-strewn life. But there is plenty of glittering surface as well—a virtual who’s who of the American Century, from Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart through the Kennedys, Princess Margaret, and the crème de la crème of Hollywood. The life of Gore Vidal was an amazingly full one—full of colorful incident, famous people, and lasting achievements—that calls out for careful evocation and examination. Jay Parini crafts Vidal’s life into an accessible, entertaining story that puts the experience of one of the great American figures of the postwar era into context, introduces the author and his works to a generation who may not know him, and looks behind the scenes at the man and his work in ways never possible before his death. Provided with unique access to Vidal’s life and his papers, he excavates many buried skeletons yet never loses sight of his deep respect for Vidal and his astounding gifts. This is the biography Gore Vidal has long needed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245829Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal Author: Jay Parini Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal Author: Jay Parini Narrator: John Lescault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: An intimate, authorized, yet frank biography of Gore Vidal (1925–2012), one of the most accomplished, visible, and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century. The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini’s Empire of Self probes behind the glittering surface of Gore Vidal’s colorful life to reveal the complex emotional and sexual truth underlying his celebrity-strewn life. But there is plenty of glittering surface as well—a virtual who’s who of the American Century, from Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart through the Kennedys, Princess Margaret, and the crème de la crème of Hollywood. The life of Gore Vidal was an amazingly full one—full of colorful incident, famous people, and lasting achievements—that calls out for careful evocation and examination. Jay Parini crafts Vidal’s life into an accessible, entertaining story that puts the experience of one of the great American figures of the postwar era into context, introduces the author and his works to a generation who may not know him, and looks behind the scenes at the man and his work in ways never possible before his death. Provided with unique access to Vidal’s life and his papers, he excavates many buried skeletons yet never loses sight of his deep respect for Vidal and his astounding gifts. This is the biography Gore Vidal has long needed.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-i-belong-by-alan-doyle--65326645https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where I Belong Author: Alan Doyle Narrator: Alan Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the lead singer of the band Great Big Sea comes a lyrical and captivating musical memoir about growing up in the tiny fishing village of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and then taking to the world stage.      Singer-songwriter and front man of the great Canadian band Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle is also a lyrical storyteller and a creative force. In Where I Belong, Alan paints a vivid, raucous and heartwarming portrait of a curious young lad born into the small coastal fishing community of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and destined to become a renowned musician who carried the musical tradition of generations before him and brought his signature sound to the world. He tells of a childhood surrounded by larger-than-life characters who made an indelible impression on his music and work; of his first job on the wharf cutting out cod tongues for fishermen; of growing up in a family of five in a two-bedroom house with a beef-bucket as a toilet, yet lacking nothing; of learning at his father's knee how to sing the story of a song and learning from his mother how to simply 'be good'; and finally, of how everything he ever learned as a kid prepared him for that pivotal moment when he became part of Great Big Sea and sailed away on what would be the greatest musical adventure of his life.      Filled with the lore and traditions of the East Coast and told in a voice that is at once captivating and refreshingly candid, this is a narrative journey about small-town life, curiosity and creative fulfillment, and finally, about leaving everything you know behind only to learn that no matter where you go, home will always be with you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245945Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where I Belong Author: Alan Doyle Narrator: Alan Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where I Belong Author: Alan Doyle Narrator: Alan Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the lead singer of the band Great Big Sea comes a lyrical and captivating musical memoir about growing up in the tiny fishing village of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and then taking to the world stage.      Singer-songwriter and front man of the great Canadian band Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle is also a lyrical storyteller and a creative force. In Where I Belong, Alan paints a vivid, raucous and heartwarming portrait of a curious young lad born into the small coastal fishing community of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and destined to become a renowned musician who carried the musical tradition of generations before him and brought his signature sound to the world. He tells of a childhood surrounded by larger-than-life characters who made an indelible impression on his music and work; of his first job on the wharf cutting out cod tongues for fishermen; of growing up in a family of five in a two-bedroom house with a beef-bucket as a toilet, yet lacking nothing; of learning at his father's knee how to sing the story of a song and learning from his mother how to simply 'be good'; and finally, of how everything he ever learned as a kid prepared him for that pivotal moment when he became part of Great Big Sea and sailed away on what would be the greatest musical adventure of his life.      Filled with the lore and traditions of the East Coast and told in a voice that is at once captivating and refreshingly candid, this is a narrative journey about small-town life, curiosity and creative fulfillment, and finally, about leaving everything you know behind only to learn that no matter where you go, home will always be with you.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unfaithful-music-and-disappearing-ink-by-elvis-costello--65326634https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink Author: Elvis Costello Narrator: Elvis Costello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink, written and read by Elvis Costello. 'I asked my dad if he needed 'Please, Please Me' any more. He laughed and handed the record to me . . .' In a career spanning four decades, Elvis Costello (born Declan MacManus) has made himself a huge reputation through his tunes, lyrics and occasional bad behaviour. Now, for the first time, he is telling his story. From miming on Top of the Pops, to becoming one of the industry's elder statesmen, Costello's memoir - which he has written himself and will promote assiduously - is a one-man history of British music. A warm, deep and surprisingly funny insight into an amazing life, it is rich with anecdotes about family, musicians and the creation of his famous songs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245887Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink Author: Elvis Costello Narrator: Elvis Costello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 53 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245887 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink Author: Elvis Costello Narrator: Elvis Costello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 13, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink, written and read by Elvis Costello. 'I asked my dad if he needed 'Please, Please Me' any more. He laughed and handed the record to me . . .' In a career spanning four decades, Elvis Costello (born Declan MacManus) has made himself a huge reputation through his tunes, lyrics and occasional bad behaviour. Now, for the first time, he is telling his story. From miming on Top of the Pops, to becoming one of the industry's elder statesmen, Costello's memoir - which he has written himself and will promote assiduously - is a one-man history of British music. A warm, deep and surprisingly funny insight into an amazing life, it is rich with anecdotes about family, musicians and the creation of his famous songs.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fortunate-son-my-life-my-music-by-john-fogerty--65326715https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music Author: John Fogerty Narrator: John Fogerty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival. Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly recognizable classics: 'Proud Mary,' 'Bad Moon Rising,' 'Born on the Bayou,' and more. Now he reveals how he brought CCR to number one in the world, eclipsing even the Beatles in 1969. By the next year, though, Creedence was falling apart; their amazing, enduring success exploded and faded in just a few short years. Fortunate Son takes readers from Fogerty's Northern California roots, through Creedence's success and the retreat from music and public life, to his hard-won revival as a solo artist who finally found love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243151Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music Author: John Fogerty Narrator: John Fogerty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music Author: John Fogerty Narrator: John Fogerty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival. Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly recognizable classics: 'Proud Mary,' 'Bad Moon Rising,' 'Born on the Bayou,' and more. Now he reveals how he brought CCR to number one in the world, eclipsing even the Beatles in 1969. By the next year, though, Creedence was falling apart; their amazing, enduring success exploded and faded in just a few short years. Fortunate Son takes readers from Fogerty's Northern California roots, through Creedence's success and the retreat from music and public life, to his hard-won revival as a solo artist who finally found love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sounds-like-me-my-life-so-far-in-song-by-sara-bareilles--65326708https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song Author: Sara Bareilles Narrator: Sara Bareilles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Check out Little Voice on Apple TV+! Little Voice is inspired by a lost song from Sara Bareilles’s first studio album. This updated New York Times bestselling collection of essays by seven-time Grammy nominated singer songwriter Sara Bareilles “resonates with authentic and hard-won truths” (Publishers Weekly)—and features new material on the hit Broadway musical, Waitress. Sara Bareilles “pours her heart and soul into these essays” (Associated Press), sharing the joys and the struggles that come with creating great work, all while staying true to yourself. Imbued with humor and marked by Sara’s confessional writing style, this essay collection tells the inside story behind some of her most popular songs. Well known for her chart-topper “Brave,” Sara first broke through in 2007 with her multi-platinum single “Love Song.” She has since released seven albums that have sold millions of copies and spawned several hits. “A breezy, upbeat, and honest reflection of this multitalented artist” (Kirkus Reviews), Sounds Like Me reveals Sara Bareilles, the artist—and the woman—on songwriting, soul searching, and what’s discovered along the way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243303Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song Author: Sara Bareilles Narrator: Sara Bareilles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song Author: Sara Bareilles Narrator: Sara Bareilles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Check out Little Voice on Apple TV+! Little Voice is inspired by a lost song from Sara Bareilles’s first studio album. This updated New York Times bestselling collection of essays by seven-time Grammy nominated singer songwriter Sara Bareilles “resonates with authentic and hard-won truths” (Publishers Weekly)—and features new material on the hit Broadway musical, Waitress. Sara Bareilles “pours her heart and soul into these essays” (Associated Press), sharing the joys and the struggles that come with creating great work, all while staying true to yourself. Imbued with humor and marked by Sara’s confessional writing style, this essay collection tells the inside story behind some of her most popular songs. Well known for her chart-topper “Brave,” Sara first broke through in 2007 with her multi-platinum single “Love Song.” She has since released seven albums that have sold millions of copies and spawned several hits. “A breezy, upbeat, and honest reflection of this multitalented artist” (Kirkus Reviews), Sounds Like Me reveals Sara Bareilles, the artist—and the woman—on songwriting, soul searching, and what’s discovered along the way.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/october-surprise-speculations-for-public-radio-by-union-signal-radio-theater-by-doug-bost-jeff-ward--65326683https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: October Surprise: Speculations for Public Radio by Union Signal Radio Theater Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: October SurpriseA Speculation for Public Radio. October Surprise is the tale of a murderer whose career in mayhem can’t be stopped, even by his own death.Script: Jeff WardProduction: Union SignalCast:Josh WeinsteinDoug BostJeff WardElisa DeCarloMary MicariKevin MaherDoug Tysk Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245148Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: October Surprise: Speculations for Public Radio by Union Signal Radio Theater Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: October Surprise: Speculations for Public Radio by Union Signal Radio Theater Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: October SurpriseA Speculation for Public Radio. October Surprise is the tale of a murderer whose career in mayhem can’t be stopped, even by his own death.Script: Jeff WardProduction: Union SignalCast:Josh WeinsteinDoug BostJeff WardElisa DeCarloMary MicariKevin MaherDoug Tysk Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/georgia-and-the-bad-idea-by-doug-bost-jeff-ward--65326662https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Georgia and the Bad Idea Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Georgia and the Bad IdeaGeorgia finds some new friends to trick-or-treat with on Halloween. But their scary costumes might be real. Recorded live on WBAI-FM, New York.Script: Jeff WardProduction: Union SignalArtwork: Jimmy Dean HornCast:Carolyn BaeumlerMatt HarringtonPriscilla HolbrookDoug BostSusan MicariJeff WardFloraine KayMary MicariAmy Simon Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245145Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Georgia and the Bad Idea Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Georgia and the Bad Idea Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Georgia and the Bad IdeaGeorgia finds some new friends to trick-or-treat with on Halloween. But their scary costumes might be real. Recorded live on WBAI-FM, New York.Script: Jeff WardProduction: Union SignalArtwork: Jimmy Dean HornCast:Carolyn BaeumlerMatt HarringtonPriscilla HolbrookDoug BostSusan MicariJeff WardFloraine KayMary MicariAmy Simon Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mallets-aforethought-by-jeff-ward-doug-bost--65326661https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mallets Aforethought Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Jeff Ward, Doug Bost Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mallets AforethoughtTwo aging croquet champions finally meet their match at a high-stakes tournament on the Maine coast.Script: Doug BostProduction: Union SignalCast:James S. BostMadge BostDoug Bost Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245541Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mallets Aforethought Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Jeff Ward, Doug Bost Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mallets Aforethought Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Jeff Ward, Doug Bost Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mallets AforethoughtTwo aging croquet champions finally meet their match at a high-stakes tournament on the Maine coast.Script: Doug BostProduction: Union SignalCast:James S. BostMadge BostDoug Bost Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/roadkill-by-jeff-ward-doug-bost--65326659https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roadkill Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Jeff Ward, Doug Bost Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: RoadkillA driver picks up a hitch-hiker on a dark stretch of highway in the Badlands and starts a cat-and-mouse game to reveal the identity of an escaped killer.Script: Doug BostProduction: Union SignalArtwork: Jimmy Dean HornCast:Doug BostJeff WardKJ SanchezKen MunchChris Hatfield Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245144Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roadkill Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Jeff Ward, Doug Bost Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roadkill Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Jeff Ward, Doug Bost Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: RoadkillA driver picks up a hitch-hiker on a dark stretch of highway in the Badlands and starts a cat-and-mouse game to reveal the identity of an escaped killer.Script: Doug BostProduction: Union SignalArtwork: Jimmy Dean HornCast:Doug BostJeff WardKJ SanchezKen MunchChris Hatfield Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-study-in-wax-by-doug-bost-jeff-ward--65326653https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Study in Wax Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A Study in WaxFrom the classic script by Antony Ellis. Two men at an arctic station find out how deadly it can be to listen to somebody else’s music all winter long. Script: Antony EllisProduction: Union SignalMusic: S.A.M.Cast:Doug BostJeff WardMort Milder Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245540Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Study in Wax Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Study in Wax Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A Study in WaxFrom the classic script by Antony Ellis. Two men at an arctic station find out how deadly it can be to listen to somebody else’s music all winter long. Script: Antony EllisProduction: Union SignalMusic: S.A.M.Cast:Doug BostJeff WardMort Milder Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dorcus-speculations-for-public-radio-by-union-signal-radio-theater-by-doug-bost-jeff-ward--65326652https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dorcus: Speculations for Public Radio by Union Signal Radio Theater Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: DorcusA Speculation for Public Radio. Dorcus profiles a young surgeon who makes a giant difference for her tiny patients.Script: Jeff WardProduction: Union SignalCast:Josh WeinsteinJeff WardCarolyn BaeumlerBibb BaileyDanton StoneJerry Gerber Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245542Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dorcus: Speculations for Public Radio by Union Signal Radio Theater Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dorcus: Speculations for Public Radio by Union Signal Radio Theater Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: DorcusA Speculation for Public Radio. Dorcus profiles a young surgeon who makes a giant difference for her tiny patients.Script: Jeff WardProduction: Union SignalCast:Josh WeinsteinJeff WardCarolyn BaeumlerBibb BaileyDanton StoneJerry Gerber Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>125cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rosemary-the-hidden-kennedy-daughter-by-kate-clifford-larson--65326650https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter Author: Kate Clifford Larson Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 11 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference. Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. And yet, Rosemary was intellectually disabled—a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family. Major new sources—Rose Kennedy’s diaries and correspondence, school and doctors’ letters, and exclusive family interviews—bring Rosemary to life as a girl adored but left far behind by her competitive siblings. Kate Larson reveals both the sensitive care Rose and Joe gave to Rosemary and then, as the family’s standing reached an apex, the often desperate and duplicitous arrangements the Kennedys made to keep her away from home as she became increasingly intractable in her early twenties. Finally, Larson illuminates Joe’s decision to have Rosemary lobotomized at age twenty-three and the family’s complicity in keeping the secret. Rosemary delivers a profoundly moving coda: JFK visited Rosemary for the first time while campaigning in the Midwest; she had been living isolated in a Wisconsin institution for nearly twenty years. Only then did the siblings understand what had happened to Rosemary and bring her home for loving family visits. It was a reckoning that inspired them to direct attention to the plight of the disabled, transforming the lives of millions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245296Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter Author: Kate Clifford Larson Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter Author: Kate Clifford Larson Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 11 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference. Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. And yet, Rosemary was intellectually disabled—a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family. Major new sources—Rose Kennedy’s diaries and correspondence, school and doctors’ letters, and exclusive family interviews—bring Rosemary to life as a girl adored but left far behind by her competitive siblings. Kate Larson reveals both the sensitive care Rose and Joe gave to Rosemary and then, as the family’s standing reached an apex, the often desperate and duplicitous arrangements the Kennedys made to keep her away from home as she became increasingly intractable in her early twenties. Finally, Larson illuminates Joe’s decision to have Rosemary lobotomized at age twenty-three and the family’s complicity in keeping the secret. Rosemary delivers a profoundly moving coda: JFK visited Rosemary for the first time while campaigning in the Midwest; she had been living isolated in a Wisconsin institution for nearly twenty years. Only then did the siblings understand what had happened to Rosemary and bring her home for loving family visits. It was a reckoning that inspired them to direct attention to the plight of the disabled, transforming the lives of millions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-toad-by-doug-bost-jeff-ward--65326635https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Toad Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The ToadRetribution springs from the marshes in another thrilling adventure in the annals of Clovis DeWitt, alias The Toad.Script: Jeff WardProduction: Union SignalMusic and engineering: Mark BalloraArtwork: Jimmy Dean HornCast:Jeff WardDavid McDanielBob SadlerTrissy CallanDoug BostMark BalloraSteve FarrellDavid RaineyPriscilla HolbrookMary MicariMichael MabernMike Giordano Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245539Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Toad Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Toad Series: Part of The Union Signal Radio Theater Collection Author: Doug Bost, Jeff Ward Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The ToadRetribution springs from the marshes in another thrilling adventure in the annals of Clovis DeWitt, alias The Toad.Script: Jeff WardProduction: Union SignalMusic and engineering: Mark BalloraArtwork: Jimmy Dean HornCast:Jeff WardDavid McDanielBob SadlerTrissy CallanDoug BostMark BalloraSteve FarrellDavid RaineyPriscilla HolbrookMary MicariMichael MabernMike Giordano Union Signal is Jeff Ward and Doug Bost. From their ruined garage, they’ve been producing radio plays that have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Bavarian State Radio, as well as on local public radio stations across the country and on Joe Bevilacqua’s The Comedy-O-Rama Hour in its first XM Radio incarnation. Their plays have won awards with the BBC and the Midwest Radio Theater Workshop, as well as the Mark Time Award and the Charles Ogle Award. As members of the comedy group Euphobia, Jeff and Doug also write and produce audio sketches that are hilariously short. Performed by a Full Cast. Doug Bost is a writer living in Brooklyn. His screenplays include Diminished Capacity, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), Focus Group, and Policy of Truth. His radio plays include Dead Man’s Hole, Roadkil, The Dan, and The Bride in the Box. His short stories have been heard on station KCRW’s Unfictional. Jeff Ward writes radio plays and musicals. He is the author of December 17, The Toad, Georgia, and the hard-hitting, impeccably researched documentaries Dorcus and October Surprise. He wrote the musical Take One and has written jokes for SNL’s Weekend Update. Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. They are the proud distributors of Union Signal, whose plays have graced Joe Bev’s The Comedy-O-Ram in its XM Radio incarnation. Together, Joe and Lorie have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at www.Waterlogg.com. Cover Art designed by Jimmy Dean Horn.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/m-train-a-memoir-by-patti-smith--65326632https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: M Train: A Memoir Author: Patti Smith Narrator: Patti Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: National Best Seller  From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as “a roadmap to my life.” M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer’s society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York’s Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer’s craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith’s life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245980Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: M Train: A Memoir Author: Patti Smith Narrator: Patti Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: M Train: A Memoir Author: Patti Smith Narrator: Patti Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: National Best Seller  From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as “a roadmap to my life.” M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer’s society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York’s Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer’s craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith’s life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/night-beat-vol-1-by-hollywood-360-nbc-radio--65326687https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Beat, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, Nbc Radio Narrator: Frank Lovejoy, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: There were several newspaper-based dramas during radio’s golden age, including Box 13, Let George Do It, and Casey, Crime Photographer, but Night Beat was a cut above. It was the story of Randy Stone, hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. It starred Frank Lovejoy as Stone, who came to vivid life thanks to expert scripts by Russell Hughes, E. Jack Neuman, John Michael Hayes (who would later write the Hitchcock film classics To Catch a Thief and Rear Window), and Larry Marcus. Lovejoy’s distinctive voice and approach to the role, combined with top performances by veteran radio actors, gave Night Beat a noir style that listeners loved. The stories ran the gamut from lighthearted to tragic, and through it all, Randy Stone would narrate the story and comment on it from beginning to end—often with a hard-edged cynicism. Night Beat aired on NBC Radio from 1950 to 1952. This collection features twelve episodes. Episodes include “Zero”“The Night Is a Weapon”“The Girl in the Park”“A World All His Own”“Number 13”“Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”“Flowers on the Water”“The Man Who Claimed to Be Dead”“I Know Your Secret”“Tong War”“Mentallo, the Mental Marvel”“The Elevator Caper”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245022Thu, 01 Oct 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Beat, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, Nbc Radio Narrator: Frank Lovejoy, A Full Cast Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Beat, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, Nbc Radio Narrator: Frank Lovejoy, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: There were several newspaper-based dramas during radio’s golden age, including Box 13, Let George Do It, and Casey, Crime Photographer, but Night Beat was a cut above. It was the story of Randy Stone, hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. It starred Frank Lovejoy as Stone, who came to vivid life thanks to expert scripts by Russell Hughes, E. Jack Neuman, John Michael Hayes (who would later write the Hitchcock film classics To Catch a Thief and Rear Window), and Larry Marcus. Lovejoy’s distinctive voice and approach to the role, combined with top performances by veteran radio actors, gave Night Beat a noir style that listeners loved. The stories ran the gamut from lighthearted to tragic, and through it all, Randy Stone would narrate the story and comment on it from beginning to end—often with a hard-edged cynicism. Night Beat aired on NBC Radio from 1950 to 1952. This collection features twelve episodes. Episodes include “Zero”“The Night Is a Weapon”“The Girl in the Park”“A World All His Own”“Number 13”“Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”“Flowers on the Water”“The Man Who Claimed to Be Dead”“I Know Your Secret”“Tong War”“Mentallo, the Mental Marvel”“The Elevator Caper”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-kitchen-year-136-recipes-that-saved-my-life-by-ruth-reichl--65326709https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Los Angeles Times • NPR • Men’s Journal • BookPage • Booklist • Publishers Weekly In the fall of 2009, the food world was rocked when Gourmet magazine was abruptly shuttered by its parent company. No one was more stunned by this unexpected turn of events than its beloved editor in chief, Ruth Reichl, who suddenly faced an uncertain professional future. As she struggled to process what had seemed unthinkable, Reichl turned to the one place that had always provided sanctuary. “I did what I always do when I’m confused, lonely, or frightened,” she writes. “I disappeared into the kitchen.” My Kitchen Year follows the change of seasons—and Reichl’s emotions—as she slowly heals through the simple pleasures of cooking. While working 24/7, Reichl would “throw quick meals together” for her family and friends. Now she has the time to rediscover what cooking meant to her. Imagine kale, leaves dark and inviting, sautéed with chiles and garlic; summer peaches baked into a simple cobbler; fresh oysters chilling in a box of snow; plump chickens and earthy mushrooms, fricasseed with cream. Over the course of this challenging year, each dish Reichl prepares becomes a kind of stepping stone to finding joy again in ordinary things. The 136 recipes collected here represent a life’s passion for food: a blistering ma po tofu that shakes Reichl out of the blues; a decadent grilled cheese sandwich that accompanies a rare sighting in the woods around her home; a rhubarb sundae that signals the arrival of spring. Here, too, is Reichl’s enlivening dialogue with her Twitter followers, who become her culinary supporters and lively confidants. Part cookbook, part memoir, part paean to the household gods, My Kitchen Year may be Ruth Reichl’s most stirring book yet—one that reveals a refreshingly vulnerable side of the world's most famous food editor as she shares treasured recipes to be returned to again and again and again. Includes a bonus PDF of Ruth's recipe index and shopping lists Praise for My Kitchen Year “Ruth is one of our greatest storytellers today, which you will feel from the moment you open this book and begin to read: No one writes as warmly and engagingly about the all-important intersection of food, life, love, and loss. This book is a lyrical and deeply intimate journey told through recipes, as only Ruth can do.”—Alice Waters “What will send this book to the top of bestseller lists is the lovely way Reichl describes how dishes come together, like the Greek chicken soup with lemon and egg known as avgolemono, and her talent for assembling a collection of recipes her legions of former Gourmet fans will want to make themselves.”—The Washington Post “The recipes make for lovely reading, full of Reichl’s elemental wisdom. . . . In the best way possible, My Kitchen Year is cozy, the reading equivalent of curling up next to a fire with a glass of red wine and perhaps the scent of bread in the oven wafting over.”—Vogue “If anyone can convince us that a dessert, plus two more fabulous dishes, can turn a crummy day around, it’s culinary writer Ruth Reichl, who knows firsthand just how powerful food can be.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “The voice is pure Reichl in a way that makes the reader yearn for a house in the country with a pantry full of staples. . . . And as she finds solace through cooking, we find comfort too.”—Eater (Fall 2015’s Best Cookbooks)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243116Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Los Angeles Times • NPR • Men’s Journal • BookPage • Booklist • Publishers Weekly In the fall of 2009, the food world was rocked when Gourmet magazine was abruptly shuttered by its parent company. No one was more stunned by this unexpected turn of events than its beloved editor in chief, Ruth Reichl, who suddenly faced an uncertain professional future. As she struggled to process what had seemed unthinkable, Reichl turned to the one place that had always provided sanctuary. “I did what I always do when I’m confused, lonely, or frightened,” she writes. “I disappeared into the kitchen.” My Kitchen Year follows the change of seasons—and Reichl’s emotions—as she slowly heals through the simple pleasures of cooking. While working 24/7, Reichl would “throw quick meals together” for her family and friends. Now she has the time to rediscover what cooking meant to her. Imagine kale, leaves dark and inviting, sautéed with chiles and garlic; summer peaches baked into a simple cobbler; fresh oysters chilling in a box of snow; plump chickens and earthy mushrooms, fricasseed with cream. Over the course of this challenging year, each dish Reichl prepares becomes a kind of stepping stone to finding joy again in ordinary things. The 136 recipes collected here represent a life’s passion for food: a blistering ma po tofu that shakes Reichl out of the blues; a decadent grilled cheese sandwich that accompanies a rare sighting in the woods around her home; a rhubarb sundae that signals the arrival of spring. Here, too, is Reichl’s enlivening dialogue with her Twitter followers, who become her culinary supporters and lively confidants. Part cookbook, part memoir, part paean to the household gods, My Kitchen Year may be Ruth Reichl’s most stirring book yet—one that reveals a refreshingly vulnerable side of the world's most famous food editor as she shares treasured recipes to be returned to again and again and again. Includes a bonus PDF of Ruth's recipe index and shopping lists Praise for My Kitchen Year “Ruth is one of our greatest storytellers today, which you will feel from the moment you open this book and begin to read: No one writes as warmly and engagingly about the all-important intersection of food, life, love, and loss. This book is a lyrical and deeply intimate journey told through recipes, as only Ruth can do.”—Alice Waters “What will send this book to the top of bestseller lists is the lovely way Reichl describes how dishes come together, like the Greek chicken soup with lemon and egg known as avgolemono, and her talent for assembling a collection of recipes her legions of former Gourmet fans will want to make themselves.”—The Washington Post “The recipes make for lovely reading, full of Reichl’s elemental wisdom. . . . In the best way possible, My Kitchen Year is cozy, the reading equivalent of curling up next to a fire with a glass of red wine and perhaps the scent of bread in the oven wafting over.”—Vogue “If anyone can convince us that a dessert, plus two more fabulous dishes, can turn a crummy day around, it’s culinary writer Ruth Reichl, who knows firsthand just how powerful food can be.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “The voice is pure Reichl in a way that makes the reader yearn for a house in the country with a pantry full of staples. . . . And as she finds solace through cooking, we find comfort too.”—Eater (Fall 2015’s Best Cookbooks)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dancing-with-myself-by-billy-idol--65326654https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing with Myself Author: Billy Idol Narrator: Billy Idol Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A Rolling Stone Top 10 Best Music Books of the Year “That’s what I’m talking about…Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envy—made me want to be Billy Idol for five minutes….He’s a genuine romantic, writing in a kind of overheated journalese about his London punk rock roots…and then falling head over heels for America.” —James Parker, The New York Times Book Review In this highly original memoir—following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his rise to fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution—the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll that he is so fabulously famous for, in his own utterly indelible voice. An early architect of punk rock’s sound, style, and fury, whose lip-curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into pop’s mainstream as one of MTV’s first megastars, Billy Idol remains, to this day, a true rock ‘n’ roll icon. Now, in his New York Times bestselling autobiography, Dancing with Myself, Idol delivers an electric, “refreshingly honest” (Daily News, New York) account of his journey to fame—from his early days as front man of the pioneering UK punk band Generation X to the decadent life atop the dance-rock kingdom he ruled—delivered with the same in-your-face attitude and fire his fans have embraced for decades. Beyond adding his uniquely qualified perspective to the story of the evolution of rock, Idol is a brash, lively chronicler of his own career. A survivor’s tale at its heart, this sometimes chilling and always riveting account of one man’s creative drive joining forces with unbridled human desire is unmistakably literary in its character and brave in its sheer willingness to tell. With it, Billy Idol is destined to emerge as one of the great writers among his musical peers. “I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, I’ve put it all down, every bit from the heart. I’m going on out a limb here, so watch my back.” —Billy Idol]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245546Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing with Myself Author: Billy Idol Narrator: Billy Idol Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dancing with Myself Author: Billy Idol Narrator: Billy Idol Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A Rolling Stone Top 10 Best Music Books of the Year “That’s what I’m talking about…Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envy—made me want to be Billy Idol for five minutes….He’s a genuine romantic, writing in a kind of overheated journalese about his London punk rock roots…and then falling head over heels for America.” —James Parker, The New York Times Book Review In this highly original memoir—following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his rise to fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution—the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll that he is so fabulously famous for, in his own utterly indelible voice. An early architect of punk rock’s sound, style, and fury, whose lip-curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into pop’s mainstream as one of MTV’s first megastars, Billy Idol remains, to this day, a true rock ‘n’ roll icon. Now, in his New York Times bestselling autobiography, Dancing with Myself, Idol delivers an electric, “refreshingly honest” (Daily News, New York) account of his journey to fame—from his early days as front man of the pioneering UK punk band Generation X to the decadent life atop the dance-rock kingdom he ruled—delivered with the same in-your-face attitude and fire his fans have embraced for decades. Beyond adding his uniquely qualified perspective to the story of the evolution of rock, Idol is a brash, lively chronicler of his own career. A survivor’s tale at its heart, this sometimes chilling and always riveting account of one man’s creative drive joining forces with unbridled human desire is unmistakably literary in its character and brave in its sheer willingness to tell. With it, Billy Idol is destined to emerge as one of the great writers among his musical peers. “I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, I’ve put it all down, every bit from the heart. I’m going on out a limb here, so watch my back.” —Billy Idol]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/never-enough-donald-trump-and-the-pursuit-of-success-by-michael-d-antonio--65326680https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success Author: Michael D'Antonio Narrator: Eric Pollins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the summer of 2015, as he vaulted to the lead among the many GOP candidates for president, Donald Trump was the only one dogged by questions about his true intentions. This most famous American businessman had played the role of provocateur so often that pundits, reporters, and voters struggled to believe that he was a serious contender. Trump stirred so much controversy that his candidacy puzzled anyone who applied ordinary political logic to the race. But as Michael D'Antonio shows in Never Enough, Trump has rarely been ordinary in his pursuit of success and his trademark method is based on a logic that begins with his firm belief that he is a singular and superior human being. As revealed in this landmark biography, Donald Trump is a man whose appetite for wealth, attention, power, and conquest is practically insatiable. Declaring that he is still the person he was as a rascally little boy, Trump confesses that he avoids reflecting on himself 'because I might not like what I see' and he believes 'most people aren't worthy of respect.' A product of the media age and the Me Generation that emerged in the 1970s, Trump was a Broadway showman before he became a developer. Mentored by the scoundrel attorney Roy Cohn, Trump was a regular on the New York club scene and won press attention as a dashing young mogul before he had built his first major project. He leveraged his father's enormous fortune and political connections to get his business off the ground, and soon developed a larger-than-life persona. In time, and through many setbacks, he made himself into a living symbol of extravagance and achievement. Drawing upon extensive and exclusive interviews with Trump and many of his family members, including all his adult children, D'Antonio presents the full story of a truly American icon, from his beginnings as a businessman to his stormy romantic life and his pursuit of power in its many forms. For all those who wonder: Just who is Donald Trump?, Never Enough supplies the answer. He is a promoter, builder, performer and politician who pursues success with a drive that borders on obsession and yet, has given him, almost everything he ever wanted.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245020Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success Author: Michael D'Antonio Narrator: Eric Pollins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 17...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success Author: Michael D'Antonio Narrator: Eric Pollins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 22, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the summer of 2015, as he vaulted to the lead among the many GOP candidates for president, Donald Trump was the only one dogged by questions about his true intentions. This most famous American businessman had played the role of provocateur so often that pundits, reporters, and voters struggled to believe that he was a serious contender. Trump stirred so much controversy that his candidacy puzzled anyone who applied ordinary political logic to the race. But as Michael D'Antonio shows in Never Enough, Trump has rarely been ordinary in his pursuit of success and his trademark method is based on a logic that begins with his firm belief that he is a singular and superior human being. As revealed in this landmark biography, Donald Trump is a man whose appetite for wealth, attention, power, and conquest is practically insatiable. Declaring that he is still the person he was as a rascally little boy, Trump confesses that he avoids reflecting on himself 'because I might not like what I see' and he believes 'most people aren't worthy of respect.' A product of the media age and the Me Generation that emerged in the 1970s, Trump was a Broadway showman before he became a developer. Mentored by the scoundrel attorney Roy Cohn, Trump was a regular on the New York club scene and won press attention as a dashing young mogul before he had built his first major project. He leveraged his father's enormous fortune and political connections to get his business off the ground, and soon developed a larger-than-life persona. In time, and through many setbacks, he made himself into a living symbol of extravagance and achievement. Drawing upon extensive and exclusive interviews with Trump and many of his family members, including all his adult children, D'Antonio presents the full story of a truly American icon, from his beginnings as a businessman to his stormy romantic life and his pursuit of power in its many forms. For all those who wonder: Just who is Donald Trump?, Never Enough supplies the answer. He is a promoter, builder, performer and politician who pursues success with a drive that borders on obsession and yet, has given him, almost everything he ever wanted.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/radio-pro-the-making-of-an-on-air-personality-and-what-it-takes-by-joe-martelle--65326633https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio Pro: The Making of an On-Air Personality and What It Takes Author: Joe Martelle Narrator: Jordan Rich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 22, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Radio Pro is several books in one, covering every aspect of personality radio—from the history of pioneer broadcasters to how to become a successful personality. Forty-one-year radio pro Joe Martelle also brings together a richly varied selection of candid comments on the subject from over 150 of America’s best broadcasters—seasoned pros who tell it like it is and what it takes to be a successful air and online personality. Radio Pro is enlightening, informative, and thought provoking for both the radio student and those interested in personality radio.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246140Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio Pro: The Making of an On-Air Personality and What It Takes Author: Joe Martelle Narrator: Jordan Rich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/246140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio Pro: The Making of an On-Air Personality and What It Takes Author: Joe Martelle Narrator: Jordan Rich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 22, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Radio Pro is several books in one, covering every aspect of personality radio—from the history of pioneer broadcasters to how to become a successful personality. Forty-one-year radio pro Joe Martelle also brings together a richly varied selection of candid comments on the subject from over 150 of America’s best broadcasters—seasoned pros who tell it like it is and what it takes to be a successful air and online personality. Radio Pro is enlightening, informative, and thought provoking for both the radio student and those interested in personality radio.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-not-me-by-mindy-kaling--65326799https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Not Me? Author: Mindy Kaling Narrator: Mindy Kaling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mindy Kaling has found herself at a turning point. So in Why Not Me?, she shares her ongoing journey to find fulfilment and adventure in her adult life, be it falling in love at work, seeking new friendships inunlikely places, or attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behaviour modification whatsoever. In “How to Look Spectacular”, she reveals her tongue-in-cheek solutions for guaranteed on-camera beauty. “Player” tells the story of Mindy being seduced, then dumped, by a female friend in LA. And in “Soup Snakes”, she spills some secrets on her relationship with ex-boyfriend and close friend, B. J. Novak. Mindy has put the anxieties, the glamour and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into this book, to which anyone can relate. (And, if they can’t, they can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243598Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Not Me? Author: Mindy Kaling Narrator: Mindy Kaling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 17, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Not Me? Author: Mindy Kaling Narrator: Mindy Kaling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mindy Kaling has found herself at a turning point. So in Why Not Me?, she shares her ongoing journey to find fulfilment and adventure in her adult life, be it falling in love at work, seeking new friendships inunlikely places, or attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behaviour modification whatsoever. In “How to Look Spectacular”, she reveals her tongue-in-cheek solutions for guaranteed on-camera beauty. “Player” tells the story of Mindy being seduced, then dumped, by a female friend in LA. And in “Soup Snakes”, she spills some secrets on her relationship with ex-boyfriend and close friend, B. J. Novak. Mindy has put the anxieties, the glamour and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into this book, to which anyone can relate. (And, if they can’t, they can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper.)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-face-of-britain-the-nation-through-its-portraits-by-simon-schama--65326714https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits Author: Simon Schama Narrator: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 16, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Face of Britain by Simon Schma, read by Simon Schama and Roy McMillian. Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death. Simon Schama has written a tour de force about British portraits over the centuries in which the image-maker, the subject and everyone else looking on are brought unforgettably to life. Mesmerising in its extraordinary storytelling, and beautifully illustrated, The Face of Britain will change the way we see our past -- and ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243097Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits Author: Simon Schama Narrator: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits Author: Simon Schama Narrator: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 16, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Face of Britain by Simon Schma, read by Simon Schama and Roy McMillian. Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death. Simon Schama has written a tour de force about British portraits over the centuries in which the image-maker, the subject and everyone else looking on are brought unforgettably to life. Mesmerising in its extraordinary storytelling, and beautifully illustrated, The Face of Britain will change the way we see our past -- and ourselves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-northern-audio-theatre-collection-by-brian-price-jerry-stearns--65326803https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Brian Price, Jerry Stearns Narrator: David Ossman, Phil Proctor, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Great Northern Audio Theatre creates its own unique brand of lighthearted, whimsical, and comic original stories that evoke the inventiveness of Firesign Theatre and the sophistication of golden-age radio producer, Norman Corwin. This ultimate collection features eighteen stand-alone satires and comedies, many of which were performed before live audiences at the Mark Time Science Fiction Audio Awards shows. Cyber Bob and the Digital Nymph Cyber Bob and the Silicon Kid SpaceGirl Thwack That Dirigible Villains on Parade Jokes in Space The Learning Curve Jewels of the 11th Generation Dialogue with Martian Trombone PeterGalaxy: Interstellar Envoy The Velveteen Submission Wizard Tales SuperPal Drummers Dome Tumbleweed Roundup Solid State University Permafrost, MN Joe Bev Interviews Price and Stearns]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244774Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Brian Price, Jerry Stearns Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Brian Price, Jerry Stearns Narrator: David Ossman, Phil Proctor, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Great Northern Audio Theatre creates its own unique brand of lighthearted, whimsical, and comic original stories that evoke the inventiveness of Firesign Theatre and the sophistication of golden-age radio producer, Norman Corwin. This ultimate collection features eighteen stand-alone satires and comedies, many of which were performed before live audiences at the Mark Time Science Fiction Audio Awards shows. Cyber Bob and the Digital Nymph Cyber Bob and the Silicon Kid SpaceGirl Thwack That Dirigible Villains on Parade Jokes in Space The Learning Curve Jewels of the 11th Generation Dialogue with Martian Trombone PeterGalaxy: Interstellar Envoy The Velveteen Submission Wizard Tales SuperPal Drummers Dome Tumbleweed Roundup Solid State University Permafrost, MN Joe Bev Interviews Price and Stearns]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-not-me-by-mindy-kaling--65326792https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Not Me? Author: Mindy Kaling Narrator: B. J. Novak, Greg Daniels, Mindy Kaling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 372 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 52 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever comes a hilarious collection of essays about her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life. “This is Kaling at the height of her power.”—USA Today In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares insightful, deeply personal stories about falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, and believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you’re constantly reminded that no one looks like you.   In “How to Look Spectacular: A Starlet’s Confessions,” Kaling gives her tongue-in-cheek secrets for surefire on-camera beauty, (“Your natural hair color may be appropriate for your skin tone, but this isn’t the land of appropriate–this is Hollywood, baby. Out here, a dark-skinned woman’s traditional hair color is honey blonde.”) “Player” tells the story of Kaling being seduced and dumped by a female friend in L.A. (“I had been replaced by a younger model. And now they had matching bangs.”) In “Unlikely Leading Lady,” she muses on America’s fixation with the weight of actresses, (“Most women we see onscreen are either so thin that they’re walking clavicles or so huge that their only scenes involve them breaking furniture.”) And in “Soup Snakes,” Kaling spills some secrets on her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and close friend, B.J. Novak (“I will freely admit: my relationship with B.J. Novak is weird as hell.”)   Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to. And those who’ve never been at a turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245102Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Not Me? Author: Mindy Kaling Narrator: B. J. Novak, Greg Daniels, Mindy Kaling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Not Me? Author: Mindy Kaling Narrator: B. J. Novak, Greg Daniels, Mindy Kaling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 372 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 52 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever comes a hilarious collection of essays about her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life. “This is Kaling at the height of her power.”—USA Today In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares insightful, deeply personal stories about falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, and believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you’re constantly reminded that no one looks like you.   In “How to Look Spectacular: A Starlet’s Confessions,” Kaling gives her tongue-in-cheek secrets for surefire on-camera beauty, (“Your natural hair color may be appropriate for your skin tone, but this isn’t the land of appropriate–this is Hollywood, baby. Out here, a dark-skinned woman’s traditional hair color is honey blonde.”) “Player” tells the story of Kaling being seduced and dumped by a female friend in L.A. (“I had been replaced by a younger model. And now they had matching bangs.”) In “Unlikely Leading Lady,” she muses on America’s fixation with the weight of actresses, (“Most women we see onscreen are either so thin that they’re walking clavicles or so huge that their only scenes involve them breaking furniture.”) And in “Soup Snakes,” Kaling spills some secrets on her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and close friend, B.J. Novak (“I will freely admit: my relationship with B.J. Novak is weird as hell.”)   Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to. And those who’ve never been at a turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/solid-state-university-by-jerry-stearns--65326692https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Solid State University Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Jerry Stearns Narrator: Mark Wheat, Kara Dalkey, Sarah Eschweiler, Dave Moore, Charlie Meitzner, Brian Anderson, Dan Coffey, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A full-cast comedy production by the Great Northern Audio Theatre What if computers ran colleges and nobody came to class? This 1993 mockumentry was so far ahead of its time, it has already happened. The droll documentary style would make Christopher Guest proud.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245164Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Solid State University Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Jerry Stearns Narrator: Mark Wheat, Kara Dalkey, Sarah...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Solid State University Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Jerry Stearns Narrator: Mark Wheat, Kara Dalkey, Sarah Eschweiler, Dave Moore, Charlie Meitzner, Brian Anderson, Dan Coffey, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A full-cast comedy production by the Great Northern Audio Theatre What if computers ran colleges and nobody came to class? This 1993 mockumentry was so far ahead of its time, it has already happened. The droll documentary style would make Christopher Guest proud.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-carlin-home-companion-growing-up-with-george-by-kelly-carlin--65326678https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George Author: Kelly Carlin Narrator: Kelly Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the daughter of the iconoclastic comedic performer, Kelly Carlin’s memoir A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George “is written in the DNA of a Carlin, honest, biting, savage, funny, sad, dark, and profound…Hold on; like George Carlin, this book gives you a hell of a ride” (New York Times bestselling author and multi-award-winning comedian Lewis Black). Truly the voice of a generation, George Carlin gave the world some of the most hysterical and iconic comedy routines of the last fifty years. From the “Seven Dirty Words” and “A Place for My Stuff”, to “Religion is Bullshit” and “The American Dream”, he perfected the art of making audiences double over with laughter while simultaneously making people wake up to the realities (and insanities) of life in the twentieth century. Few people glimpsed the inner life of this beloved comedian, but his only child, Kelly, was there to see it all. Born at the very beginning of his decades-long career in comedy, she slid around the “old Dodge Dart,” as he and wife Brenda drove around the country to “hell gigs.” She witnessed his transformation in the ’70s, as he fought back against—and talked back to—the establishment; she even talked him down from a really bad acid trip a time or two (“Kelly, the sun has exploded and we have eight, no-seven and a half minutes to live!”). Kelly not only watched her father constantly reinvent himself and his comedy, but also had a front row seat to the roller coaster turmoil of her family’s inner life—alcoholism, cocaine addiction, life-threatening health scares, and a crushing debt to the IRS. But having been the only “adult” in her family prepared her little for the task of her own adulthood. All the while, Kelly sought to define her own voice as she separated from the shadow of her father’s genius. With rich humor and deep insight, Kelly Carlin pulls back the curtain on what it was like to grow up as the daughter of one of the most recognizable comedians of our time, and become a woman in her own right. This vivid, hilarious, heartbreaking story is at once singular and universal—it is a contemplation of what it takes to move beyond the legacy of childhood, and forge a life of your own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240831Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George Author: Kelly Carlin Narrator: Kelly Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George Author: Kelly Carlin Narrator: Kelly Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the daughter of the iconoclastic comedic performer, Kelly Carlin’s memoir A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George “is written in the DNA of a Carlin, honest, biting, savage, funny, sad, dark, and profound…Hold on; like George Carlin, this book gives you a hell of a ride” (New York Times bestselling author and multi-award-winning comedian Lewis Black). Truly the voice of a generation, George Carlin gave the world some of the most hysterical and iconic comedy routines of the last fifty years. From the “Seven Dirty Words” and “A Place for My Stuff”, to “Religion is Bullshit” and “The American Dream”, he perfected the art of making audiences double over with laughter while simultaneously making people wake up to the realities (and insanities) of life in the twentieth century. Few people glimpsed the inner life of this beloved comedian, but his only child, Kelly, was there to see it all. Born at the very beginning of his decades-long career in comedy, she slid around the “old Dodge Dart,” as he and wife Brenda drove around the country to “hell gigs.” She witnessed his transformation in the ’70s, as he fought back against—and talked back to—the establishment; she even talked him down from a really bad acid trip a time or two (“Kelly, the sun has exploded and we have eight, no-seven and a half minutes to live!”). Kelly not only watched her father constantly reinvent himself and his comedy, but also had a front row seat to the roller coaster turmoil of her family’s inner life—alcoholism, cocaine addiction, life-threatening health scares, and a crushing debt to the IRS. But having been the only “adult” in her family prepared her little for the task of her own adulthood. All the while, Kelly sought to define her own voice as she separated from the shadow of her father’s genius. With rich humor and deep insight, Kelly Carlin pulls back the curtain on what it was like to grow up as the daughter of one of the most recognizable comedians of our time, and become a woman in her own right. This vivid, hilarious, heartbreaking story is at once singular and universal—it is a contemplation of what it takes to move beyond the legacy of childhood, and forge a life of your own.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/permafrost-mn-by-jerry-stearns-brian-price--65326658https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Permafrost, MN Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Jerry Stearns, Brian Price Narrator: Donna Alexander, Irene Ruderman, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Permafrost is an unincorporated (and entirely concocted) town on the logging road, off the gravel road, off the county road from Big Falls, in Koochiching County, Minnesota. It went into the unusually hard winter of 1887–88 and never came out. Oh, it isn’t frozen in time, it’s just frozen. There is what is called a “microclimate” around Permafrost. About two square miles around the town and a lake are below freezing all year round. It doesn’t get bitter cold even in winter, or warm even in summer, just freezing, all the time. It’s no wonder Permafrost is the ice-fishingest place around. Permafrost, MN is an audio serial in thirteen three-minute episodes about the people who live and work in the town. Together they tell about one important event in the history of the town, and each episode tells a part of this tale with a short story of its own. You’ll meet Finch Shelmerdine and her parents who run the Frozen Filet Cafe. You’ll hear from Bux Hootkins, who lives in Permafrost but has a place in Texas that he visits in the summer because he likes the extremes. You’ll find Melody McCleod, Permafrost’s mail carrier and town gossip who, if there’s not enough to gossip about in a small town, just makes it up. Then there is Les Decksia, town historian, who claims he remembers the threat of a thaw back in ’69. And they are all a little nuts to live in a remote and frozen place like Permafrost, Minnesota. This is a very Minnesota program, with likable characters and humorous situations and events, written, produced, and performed by Minnesotans and richly enhanced with original music and sound effects. Permafrost, MN is one of the plays from the Great Northern Audio Theatre, which creates its own unique, original brand of lighthearted, comic stories that evoke the inventiveness of Firesign Theatre and the sophistication of Norman Corwin, celebrated American creator of radio drama. Permafrost, MN performers include Irene Ruderman, Donna Alexander, Don Cosgrove, Rebecca Fay, David Hennessey, Dean Johnson, Carolyn Press, Mark Sulander, Jerry Stearns. Original theme music is by Mike Wheaton. Radio music is by Darren Callahan.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245166Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Permafrost, MN Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Jerry Stearns, Brian Price Narrator: Donna Alexander, Irene...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Permafrost, MN Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Jerry Stearns, Brian Price Narrator: Donna Alexander, Irene Ruderman, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Permafrost is an unincorporated (and entirely concocted) town on the logging road, off the gravel road, off the county road from Big Falls, in Koochiching County, Minnesota. It went into the unusually hard winter of 1887–88 and never came out. Oh, it isn’t frozen in time, it’s just frozen. There is what is called a “microclimate” around Permafrost. About two square miles around the town and a lake are below freezing all year round. It doesn’t get bitter cold even in winter, or warm even in summer, just freezing, all the time. It’s no wonder Permafrost is the ice-fishingest place around. Permafrost, MN is an audio serial in thirteen three-minute episodes about the people who live and work in the town. Together they tell about one important event in the history of the town, and each episode tells a part of this tale with a short story of its own. You’ll meet Finch Shelmerdine and her parents who run the Frozen Filet Cafe. You’ll hear from Bux Hootkins, who lives in Permafrost but has a place in Texas that he visits in the summer because he likes the extremes. You’ll find Melody McCleod, Permafrost’s mail carrier and town gossip who, if there’s not enough to gossip about in a small town, just makes it up. Then there is Les Decksia, town historian, who claims he remembers the threat of a thaw back in ’69. And they are all a little nuts to live in a remote and frozen place like Permafrost, Minnesota. This is a very Minnesota program, with likable characters and humorous situations and events, written, produced, and performed by Minnesotans and richly enhanced with original music and sound effects. Permafrost, MN is one of the plays from the Great Northern Audio Theatre, which creates its own unique, original brand of lighthearted, comic stories that evoke the inventiveness of Firesign Theatre and the sophistication of Norman Corwin, celebrated American creator of radio drama. Permafrost, MN performers include Irene Ruderman, Donna Alexander, Don Cosgrove, Rebecca Fay, David Hennessey, Dean Johnson, Carolyn Press, Mark Sulander, Jerry Stearns. Original theme music is by Mike Wheaton. Radio music is by Darren Callahan.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spacegirl-downloading-the-legacy-by-brian-price-jerry-stearns--65326648https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SpaceGirl: Downloading the Legacy Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Brian Price, Jerry Stearns Narrator: Tim Liebe, Gordon Smuder, Megan Petersen, Windy Bowlsby, Tim Wick, Richard Fish, David Ossman, Melinda Peterson, Phil Proctor, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A full-cast comedy production from the Great Northern Audio Theatre Linda Kim Shelmerdine discovered her considerable powers during her hormonal years (the Sun was having similar problems then). But she read the superheroes’ guide books, and her years in 4-H helped too. Now fifty-nine, SpaceGirl is somewhat disillusioned with the way superheroism is viewed these days, both by the public and by other superheroes. But she takes her job seriously and enjoys the occasional vacations at her crater-side retreat on the moon. Her PR guys, the Hungarian Dwarf Parade, take her side at the hearings and fight for her when the lawsuits start, but there’s only so much they can do to keep her morale up.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245370Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SpaceGirl: Downloading the Legacy Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Brian Price, Jerry Stearns Narrator: Tim Liebe,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SpaceGirl: Downloading the Legacy Series: Part of The Great Northern Audio Theatre Collection Author: Brian Price, Jerry Stearns Narrator: Tim Liebe, Gordon Smuder, Megan Petersen, Windy Bowlsby, Tim Wick, Richard Fish, David Ossman, Melinda Peterson, Phil Proctor, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A full-cast comedy production from the Great Northern Audio Theatre Linda Kim Shelmerdine discovered her considerable powers during her hormonal years (the Sun was having similar problems then). But she read the superheroes’ guide books, and her years in 4-H helped too. Now fifty-nine, SpaceGirl is somewhat disillusioned with the way superheroism is viewed these days, both by the public and by other superheroes. But she takes her job seriously and enjoys the occasional vacations at her crater-side retreat on the moon. Her PR guys, the Hungarian Dwarf Parade, take her side at the hearings and fight for her when the lawsuits start, but there’s only so much they can do to keep her morale up.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vigilance-my-life-serving-america-and-protecting-its-empire-city-by-ray-kelly--65326804https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire City Author: Ray Kelly Narrator: Ray Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Two-time New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly opens up about his remarkable life, taking us inside fifty years of law enforcement leadership, offering chilling stories of terrorist plots after 9/11, and sharing his candid insights into the challenges and controversies cops face today. The son of a milkman and a Macy's dressing room checker, Ray Kelly grew up on New York City's Upper West Side, a middle-class neighborhood where Irish and Puerto Rican kids played stickball and tussled in the streets. He entered the police academy and served as a marine in Vietnam, living and fighting by the values that would carry him through a half century of leadership-justice, decisiveness, integrity, courage, and loyalty. Kelly soared through the NYPD ranks in decades marked by poverty, drugs, civil unrest, and a murder rate that, at its peak, spiked to over two thousand per year. Kelly came to be known as a tough leader, a fixer who could go into a troubled precinct and clean it up. That reputation catapulted him into his first stint as commissioner, under Mayor David Dinkins, where Kelly oversaw the police response to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and spearheaded programs that would help usher in the city's historic drop in crime. Eight years later, in the chaotic wake of the 9/11 attacks, newly elected mayor Michael Bloomberg tapped Kelly to be NYC's top cop once again. After a decade working with Interpol, serving as undersecretary of the Treasury for enforcement, overseeing U.S. Customs, and commanding an international police force in Haiti, Kelly understood that New York's security was synonymous with our national security. Believing that the city could not afford to rely solely on 'the feds,' he succeeded in transforming the NYPD from a traditional police department into a resource-rich counterterrorism-and-intelligence force. In this vital memoir, Kelly reveals the inside stories of his life in the hot seat of 'the capital of the world'-from the terror plots that nearly brought a city to its knees to his dealings with politicians, including Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama as well as Mayors Rudolph Giuliani, Bloomberg, and Bill DeBlasio. He addresses criticisms and controversies like the so-called stop-question-and-frisk program and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center and offers his insights into the challenges that have recently consumed our nation's police forces, even as the need for vigilance remains as acute as ever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240765Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire City Author: Ray Kelly Narrator: Ray Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire City Author: Ray Kelly Narrator: Ray Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Two-time New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly opens up about his remarkable life, taking us inside fifty years of law enforcement leadership, offering chilling stories of terrorist plots after 9/11, and sharing his candid insights into the challenges and controversies cops face today. The son of a milkman and a Macy's dressing room checker, Ray Kelly grew up on New York City's Upper West Side, a middle-class neighborhood where Irish and Puerto Rican kids played stickball and tussled in the streets. He entered the police academy and served as a marine in Vietnam, living and fighting by the values that would carry him through a half century of leadership-justice, decisiveness, integrity, courage, and loyalty. Kelly soared through the NYPD ranks in decades marked by poverty, drugs, civil unrest, and a murder rate that, at its peak, spiked to over two thousand per year. Kelly came to be known as a tough leader, a fixer who could go into a troubled precinct and clean it up. That reputation catapulted him into his first stint as commissioner, under Mayor David Dinkins, where Kelly oversaw the police response to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and spearheaded programs that would help usher in the city's historic drop in crime. Eight years later, in the chaotic wake of the 9/11 attacks, newly elected mayor Michael Bloomberg tapped Kelly to be NYC's top cop once again. After a decade working with Interpol, serving as undersecretary of the Treasury for enforcement, overseeing U.S. Customs, and commanding an international police force in Haiti, Kelly understood that New York's security was synonymous with our national security. Believing that the city could not afford to rely solely on 'the feds,' he succeeded in transforming the NYPD from a traditional police department into a resource-rich counterterrorism-and-intelligence force. In this vital memoir, Kelly reveals the inside stories of his life in the hot seat of 'the capital of the world'-from the terror plots that nearly brought a city to its knees to his dealings with politicians, including Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama as well as Mayors Rudolph Giuliani, Bloomberg, and Bill DeBlasio. He addresses criticisms and controversies like the so-called stop-question-and-frisk program and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center and offers his insights into the challenges that have recently consumed our nation's police forces, even as the need for vigilance remains as acute as ever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wind-in-the-reeds-a-storm-a-play-and-the-city-that-would-not-be-broken-by-rod-dreher-wendell-pierce--65326741https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken Author: Rod Dreher, Wendell Pierce Narrator: Wendell Pierce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 2016 Christopher Award Winner From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art.   On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, devastating many of the city's neighborhoods, including Pontchartrain Park, the home of Wendell Pierce's family and the first African American middle-class subdivision in New Orleans. The hurricane breached many of the city's levees, and the resulting flooding submerged Pontchartrain Park under as much as 20 feet of water. Katrina left New Orleans later that day, but for the next three days the water kept relentlessly gushing into the city, plunging eighty percent of New Orleans under water. Nearly 1,500 people were killed. Half the houses in the city had four feet of water in them—or more. There was no electricity or clean water in the city; looting and the breakdown of civil order soon followed. Tens of thousands of New Orleanians were stranded in the city, with no way out; many more evacuees were displaced, with no way back in.   Pierce and his family were some of the lucky ones: They survived and were able to ride out the storm at a relative's house 70 miles away. When they were finally allowed to return, they found their family home in tatters, their neighborhood decimated. Heartbroken but resilient, Pierce vowed to help rebuild, and not just his family's home, but all of Pontchartrain Park.   In this powerful and redemptive narrative, Pierce brings together the stories of his family, his city, and his history, why they are all worth saving and the critical importance art played in reuniting and revitalizing this unique American city.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241189Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken Author: Rod Dreher, Wendell Pierce Narrator: Wendell Pierce Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken Author: Rod Dreher, Wendell Pierce Narrator: Wendell Pierce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 2016 Christopher Award Winner From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art.   On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, devastating many of the city's neighborhoods, including Pontchartrain Park, the home of Wendell Pierce's family and the first African American middle-class subdivision in New Orleans. The hurricane breached many of the city's levees, and the resulting flooding submerged Pontchartrain Park under as much as 20 feet of water. Katrina left New Orleans later that day, but for the next three days the water kept relentlessly gushing into the city, plunging eighty percent of New Orleans under water. Nearly 1,500 people were killed. Half the houses in the city had four feet of water in them—or more. There was no electricity or clean water in the city; looting and the breakdown of civil order soon followed. Tens of thousands of New Orleanians were stranded in the city, with no way out; many more evacuees were displaced, with no way back in.   Pierce and his family were some of the lucky ones: They survived and were able to ride out the storm at a relative's house 70 miles away. When they were finally allowed to return, they found their family home in tatters, their neighborhood decimated. Heartbroken but resilient, Pierce vowed to help rebuild, and not just his family's home, but all of Pontchartrain Park.   In this powerful and redemptive narrative, Pierce brings together the stories of his family, his city, and his history, why they are all worth saving and the critical importance art played in reuniting and revitalizing this unique American city.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-road-to-happiness-is-always-under-construction-by-linda-gray--65326688https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Happiness is Always Under Construction Author: Linda Gray Narrator: Linda Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: When Linda Gray, iconic star of Dallas, was twenty years old, a magazine editor coldly rejected her as a model, writing that, perhaps one day, 'you might shape into something.' At thirty-eight, Linda got her big break, as Larry Hagman's wife on Dallas. To celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday, Linda is opening up about her life for the first time. She tells deeply personal stories with wit, humor, and candor, and reveals how she's learned to love every day and treat herself with the kindness she bestows on friends and strangers alike. Linda shares her accumulated practical tips about maintaining a healthy lifestyle - how to strengthen and detoxify your body, liberate your mind, and uplift your soul.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244980Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Happiness is Always Under Construction Author: Linda Gray Narrator: Linda Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Happiness is Always Under Construction Author: Linda Gray Narrator: Linda Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: When Linda Gray, iconic star of Dallas, was twenty years old, a magazine editor coldly rejected her as a model, writing that, perhaps one day, 'you might shape into something.' At thirty-eight, Linda got her big break, as Larry Hagman's wife on Dallas. To celebrate her seventy-fifth birthday, Linda is opening up about her life for the first time. She tells deeply personal stories with wit, humor, and candor, and reveals how she's learned to love every day and treat herself with the kindness she bestows on friends and strangers alike. Linda shares her accumulated practical tips about maintaining a healthy lifestyle - how to strengthen and detoxify your body, liberate your mind, and uplift your soul.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reckless-by-chrissie-hynde--65326660https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reckless Author: Chrissie Hynde Narrator: Rosanna Arquette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect ’50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock ’n’ roll, motorbikes and the ‘get down boys’ seen at gigs in and around Cleveland – Mitch Ryder, the Jeff Beck Group, the Velvet Underground and David Bowie among the many. Wrapped up in the Kent State University riots and getting dangerously involved in the local biker and drug scenes, she escaped - to Mexico, Canada, Paris and finally London where she caught the embryonic punk scene just in time not only to witness it first-hand, but more importantly to seize the opportunity to form her own band, the Pretenders. Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Vivienne & Malcolm, Ray Davies … on every page household names mingle with small town heroes as we shift from bedroom to biker HQ; from squat to practice room; from pub gig to Top Of The Pops – the long and crooked path to stardom, and for the Pretenders, ultimately, tragedy. That Chrissie Hynde is alive to tell the tale is, by her own admission, something of a miracle. Throughout she is brutally honest, wryly humorous and always highly entertaining. She has written one of the most evocative and colourful music memoirs to be published in recent years. Narrated by Rosanna Arquette.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243229Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reckless Author: Chrissie Hynde Narrator: Rosanna Arquette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/243229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reckless Author: Chrissie Hynde Narrator: Rosanna Arquette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect ’50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock ’n’ roll, motorbikes and the ‘get down boys’ seen at gigs in and around Cleveland – Mitch Ryder, the Jeff Beck Group, the Velvet Underground and David Bowie among the many. Wrapped up in the Kent State University riots and getting dangerously involved in the local biker and drug scenes, she escaped - to Mexico, Canada, Paris and finally London where she caught the embryonic punk scene just in time not only to witness it first-hand, but more importantly to seize the opportunity to form her own band, the Pretenders. Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Vivienne & Malcolm, Ray Davies … on every page household names mingle with small town heroes as we shift from bedroom to biker HQ; from squat to practice room; from pub gig to Top Of The Pops – the long and crooked path to stardom, and for the Pretenders, ultimately, tragedy. That Chrissie Hynde is alive to tell the tale is, by her own admission, something of a miracle. Throughout she is brutally honest, wryly humorous and always highly entertaining. She has written one of the most evocative and colourful music memoirs to be published in recent years. Narrated by Rosanna Arquette.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reckless-my-life-as-a-pretender-by-chrissie-hynde--65326642https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reckless: My Life as a Pretender Author: Chrissie Hynde Narrator: Rosanna Arquette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From Chrissie Hynde, one of rock’s most iconic, alluring, kick-ass, and (let’s face it) sexy women, a brilliant, no-holds-barred memoir of a rock life lived to the hilt.  Chrissie Hynde, the songwriter and frontwoman of The Pretenders in its various incarnations, has for thirty-five years been one of the most admired and adored and imitated figures in rock. This long-awaited memoir tells her life story in full and utterly fascinating detail, from her all-American Ohio fifties childhood to her classic baby-boomer seduction by the rock of the sixties to her sojourn in the crucible of punk that was seventies London to her instant emergence with her band, The Pretenders, in 1980 into stardom as a frontwoman and songwriter. She brings a fantastic eye for detail, a withering and sardonic sense of humor, and a fearless and sometimes naked emotional honesty to her memoir, and every line, every word of it is unmistakably hers. It is sure to be recognized as a classic of rock literature—and, man, is it fun to listen to.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244902Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reckless: My Life as a Pretender Author: Chrissie Hynde Narrator: Rosanna Arquette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reckless: My Life as a Pretender Author: Chrissie Hynde Narrator: Rosanna Arquette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From Chrissie Hynde, one of rock’s most iconic, alluring, kick-ass, and (let’s face it) sexy women, a brilliant, no-holds-barred memoir of a rock life lived to the hilt.  Chrissie Hynde, the songwriter and frontwoman of The Pretenders in its various incarnations, has for thirty-five years been one of the most admired and adored and imitated figures in rock. This long-awaited memoir tells her life story in full and utterly fascinating detail, from her all-American Ohio fifties childhood to her classic baby-boomer seduction by the rock of the sixties to her sojourn in the crucible of punk that was seventies London to her instant emergence with her band, The Pretenders, in 1980 into stardom as a frontwoman and songwriter. She brings a fantastic eye for detail, a withering and sardonic sense of humor, and a fearless and sometimes naked emotional honesty to her memoir, and every line, every word of it is unmistakably hers. It is sure to be recognized as a classic of rock literature—and, man, is it fun to listen to.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-riley-vol-1-by-hollywood-360--65326676https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Riley, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: William Bendix, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Created by Irving Brecher, The Life of Riley starred William Bendix as Brooklyn-born Chester A. Riley, a family man who worked as a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. The stories were usually set at home, where Riley would cheerfully disrupt life with his malapropisms and ill-timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a popular catch phrase: “What a revoltin’ development this is!” Trouble usually arose when Riley received bad information from his coworker, Jim Gillis. Paula Winslowe played Riley’s wife, Peg; John Brown doubled as undertaker “Digger” O’Dell and Jim Gillis; Tommy Cook, Bobby Ellis, and Scotty Beckett each played the role of Riley’s son, Junior; and Sharon Douglas played the Riley’s daughter, Babs. Alan Reed, the voice of Fred Flintstone, played multiple characters, including Riley’s boss, Mr. Stevenson, as well as Peg’s father. The program aired on radio from 1944 until 1951, making a successful transition to television in 1949. Due to a contract dispute, Bendix couldn’t initially play Riley on television, so the role went to Jackie Gleason. In 1953 Bendix was free to star as Riley on the small screen and continued with it until 1958. Episodes include: “Cissio’s Marriage”“Riley the Dogcatcher”“Riley Fixes Dinner for Mother’s Day”“Fish Story”“The Boss’ Son-in-Law”“The Halloween Show: Haunted House”“Big Football Bet”“Riley’s Mash Note at Night School”“Wedding Anniversary”“Five Dollars Is Missing”“Gambling Does Not Pay”“Riley Thinks He’s Promoted”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241633Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Riley, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: William Bendix, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Riley, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: William Bendix, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Created by Irving Brecher, The Life of Riley starred William Bendix as Brooklyn-born Chester A. Riley, a family man who worked as a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. The stories were usually set at home, where Riley would cheerfully disrupt life with his malapropisms and ill-timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a popular catch phrase: “What a revoltin’ development this is!” Trouble usually arose when Riley received bad information from his coworker, Jim Gillis. Paula Winslowe played Riley’s wife, Peg; John Brown doubled as undertaker “Digger” O’Dell and Jim Gillis; Tommy Cook, Bobby Ellis, and Scotty Beckett each played the role of Riley’s son, Junior; and Sharon Douglas played the Riley’s daughter, Babs. Alan Reed, the voice of Fred Flintstone, played multiple characters, including Riley’s boss, Mr. Stevenson, as well as Peg’s father. The program aired on radio from 1944 until 1951, making a successful transition to television in 1949. Due to a contract dispute, Bendix couldn’t initially play Riley on television, so the role went to Jackie Gleason. In 1953 Bendix was free to star as Riley on the small screen and continued with it until 1958. Episodes include: “Cissio’s Marriage”“Riley the Dogcatcher”“Riley Fixes Dinner for Mother’s Day”“Fish Story”“The Boss’ Son-in-Law”“The Halloween Show: Haunted House”“Big Football Bet”“Riley’s Mash Note at Night School”“Wedding Anniversary”“Five Dollars Is Missing”“Gambling Does Not Pay”“Riley Thinks He’s Promoted”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stamp-album-by-terence-stamp--65326672https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stamp Album Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this enchanting memoir, Terence Stamp takes listeners with him on his unlikely journey from prewar London’s East End, where his birth heralded the unification of two Cockney clans, to the beginnings of the stardom that would transform his life. A born storyteller, Terence looks back on his life with humor and affection for everyone from his beloved mother—whose unswerving conviction that he was special instilled in Terence a belief that his life would be different—to the teacher who informed him that he “would make a good manager at Woolworth’s.” That was not to be. After winning a scholarship to the Webber Douglas Academy, Terence teamed up with another struggling actor, fellow Londoner Michael Caine. The two shared a mews house, running their lines together and sharing one suit for auditions. But the lean times were about to end.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244977Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stamp Album Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stamp Album Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this enchanting memoir, Terence Stamp takes listeners with him on his unlikely journey from prewar London’s East End, where his birth heralded the unification of two Cockney clans, to the beginnings of the stardom that would transform his life. A born storyteller, Terence looks back on his life with humor and affection for everyone from his beloved mother—whose unswerving conviction that he was special instilled in Terence a belief that his life would be different—to the teacher who informed him that he “would make a good manager at Woolworth’s.” That was not to be. After winning a scholarship to the Webber Douglas Academy, Terence teamed up with another struggling actor, fellow Londoner Michael Caine. The two shared a mews house, running their lines together and sharing one suit for auditions. But the lean times were about to end.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/still-foolin-em-where-i-ve-been-where-i-m-going-and-where-the-hell-are-my-keys-by-billy-crystal--65326684https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Author: Billy Crystal Narrator: Billy Crystal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A book with a thousand laughs entwined with unknown stories about some of the most popular movies of the past decades.' --Steve Martin 'This book is kick-ass funny and truly unique. A Hollywood autobiography with only one wife, no rehab, a loving family and loyal friends.' --Robin Williams 'Billy Crystal is a national treasure. Thank God he wrote this hilarious and emotional book because now I don't have to and I'll still have something personal to give everyone at Christmas.' --Bette Midler In this book Billy Crystal, currently starring in the new TV show THE COMEDIANS as an aging comic, gives a hilarious and heartfelt account of what it's REALLY like to get older. Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he’s not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life, from entertaining his relatives as a kid in Long Beach, Long Island, his years doing stand-up in the Village, up through his legendary stint at Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally, and his long run as host of the Academy Awards. Readers get a front-row seat to his one-day career with the New York Yankees, his love affair with Sophia Loren, and his enduring friendships with several of his idols, including Mickey Mantle and Muhammad Ali. He lends a light touch to more serious topics like religion (“the aging friends I know have turned to the Holy Trinity: Advil, bourbon, and Prozac”), grandparenting, and, of course, dentistry. As wise and poignant as they are funny, Crystal’s reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245106Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Author: Billy Crystal Narrator: Billy Crystal Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Author: Billy Crystal Narrator: Billy Crystal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A book with a thousand laughs entwined with unknown stories about some of the most popular movies of the past decades.' --Steve Martin 'This book is kick-ass funny and truly unique. A Hollywood autobiography with only one wife, no rehab, a loving family and loyal friends.' --Robin Williams 'Billy Crystal is a national treasure. Thank God he wrote this hilarious and emotional book because now I don't have to and I'll still have something personal to give everyone at Christmas.' --Bette Midler In this book Billy Crystal, currently starring in the new TV show THE COMEDIANS as an aging comic, gives a hilarious and heartfelt account of what it's REALLY like to get older. Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he’s not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life, from entertaining his relatives as a kid in Long Beach, Long Island, his years doing stand-up in the Village, up through his legendary stint at Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally, and his long run as host of the Academy Awards. Readers get a front-row seat to his one-day career with the New York Yankees, his love affair with Sophia Loren, and his enduring friendships with several of his idols, including Mickey Mantle and Muhammad Ali. He lends a light touch to more serious topics like religion (“the aging friends I know have turned to the Holy Trinity: Advil, bourbon, and Prozac”), grandparenting, and, of course, dentistry. As wise and poignant as they are funny, Crystal’s reflections are an unforgettable look at an extraordinary life well lived.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-re-never-weird-on-the-internet-almost-a-memoir-by-felicia-day--65326742https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir Author: Felicia Day Narrator: Felicia Day Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 16 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The instant New York Times bestseller from “queen of the geeks” Felicia Day, You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) is a “relentlessly funny and surprisingly inspirational” (Forbes) memoir about her unusual upbringing, her rise to internet stardom, and embracing her weirdness to find her place in the world. When Felicia Day was a girl, all she wanted was to connect with other kids (desperately). Growing up in the Deep South, where she was “home-schooled for hippie reasons,” she looked online to find her tribe. The Internet was in its infancy and she became an early adopter at every stage of its growth—finding joy and unlikely friendships in the emerging digital world. Her relative isolation meant that she could pursue passions like gaming, calculus, and 1930’s detective novels without shame. Because she had no idea how “uncool” she really was. But if it hadn’t been for her strange background—the awkwardness continued when she started college at sixteen, with Mom driving her to campus every day—she might never have had the naïve confidence to forge her own path. Like when she graduated as valedictorian with a math degree and then headed to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting despite having zero contacts. Or when she tired of being typecast as the crazy cat-lady secretary and decided to create her own web series before people in show business understood that online video could be more than just cats chasing laser pointers. Felicia’s rags-to-riches rise to Internet fame launched her career as one of the most influen­tial creators in new media. Ever candid, she opens up about the rough patches along the way, recounting battles with writer’s block, a full-blown gaming addiction, severe anxiety, and depression—and how she reinvented herself when overachieving became overwhelming. Showcasing Felicia’s “engaging and often hilarious voice” (USA TODAY), You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) is proof that everyone should celebrate what makes them different and be brave enough to share it with the world, because anything is possible now—even for a digital misfit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240295Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir Author: Felicia Day Narrator: Felicia Day Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir Author: Felicia Day Narrator: Felicia Day Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 16 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The instant New York Times bestseller from “queen of the geeks” Felicia Day, You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) is a “relentlessly funny and surprisingly inspirational” (Forbes) memoir about her unusual upbringing, her rise to internet stardom, and embracing her weirdness to find her place in the world. When Felicia Day was a girl, all she wanted was to connect with other kids (desperately). Growing up in the Deep South, where she was “home-schooled for hippie reasons,” she looked online to find her tribe. The Internet was in its infancy and she became an early adopter at every stage of its growth—finding joy and unlikely friendships in the emerging digital world. Her relative isolation meant that she could pursue passions like gaming, calculus, and 1930’s detective novels without shame. Because she had no idea how “uncool” she really was. But if it hadn’t been for her strange background—the awkwardness continued when she started college at sixteen, with Mom driving her to campus every day—she might never have had the naïve confidence to forge her own path. Like when she graduated as valedictorian with a math degree and then headed to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting despite having zero contacts. Or when she tired of being typecast as the crazy cat-lady secretary and decided to create her own web series before people in show business understood that online video could be more than just cats chasing laser pointers. Felicia’s rags-to-riches rise to Internet fame launched her career as one of the most influen­tial creators in new media. Ever candid, she opens up about the rough patches along the way, recounting battles with writer’s block, a full-blown gaming addiction, severe anxiety, and depression—and how she reinvented herself when overachieving became overwhelming. Showcasing Felicia’s “engaging and often hilarious voice” (USA TODAY), You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) is proof that everyone should celebrate what makes them different and be brave enough to share it with the world, because anything is possible now—even for a digital misfit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sinatra-behind-the-legend-by-j-randy-taraborrelli--65326696https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinatra: Behind the Legend Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Taraborrelli is known for capturing and penning the untold stories of icons such as the Hiltons, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Ross and the Kennedys and has written a page-turning biography of an extremely talented, sometimes troubled, always fascinating man: the one and only Frank Sinatra. In 1997, Taraborrelli's bestselling Sinatra: Behind the Legend captivated audiences with a never-before seen look at the life of an icon through six years of research and over 425 interviews with associates, friends and lovers. Now, Taraborrelli is back with a completely new and updated lens. Fans of Sinatra--old and new--will be able to delve into the private life and controversy of a musician whose career spans decades. From show business, struggles with depression, his many romances and attaining the American dream, Sinatra's story delivers a captivating and humanizing portrait of the legend for a new age. Taraborrelli is known for capturing and penning the untold stories of icons such as the Hiltons, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Ross and the Kennedys. He has written a page-turning biography of an extremely talented, sometimes troubled, always fascinating man: the one and only Frank Sinatra.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237661Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinatra: Behind the Legend Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinatra: Behind the Legend Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Taraborrelli is known for capturing and penning the untold stories of icons such as the Hiltons, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Ross and the Kennedys and has written a page-turning biography of an extremely talented, sometimes troubled, always fascinating man: the one and only Frank Sinatra. In 1997, Taraborrelli's bestselling Sinatra: Behind the Legend captivated audiences with a never-before seen look at the life of an icon through six years of research and over 425 interviews with associates, friends and lovers. Now, Taraborrelli is back with a completely new and updated lens. Fans of Sinatra--old and new--will be able to delve into the private life and controversy of a musician whose career spans decades. From show business, struggles with depression, his many romances and attaining the American dream, Sinatra's story delivers a captivating and humanizing portrait of the legend for a new age. Taraborrelli is known for capturing and penning the untold stories of icons such as the Hiltons, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Ross and the Kennedys. He has written a page-turning biography of an extremely talented, sometimes troubled, always fascinating man: the one and only Frank Sinatra.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/double-feature-by-terence-stamp--65326695https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Double Feature Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 3, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this second installment of Terence Stamp’s captivating memoirs, he takes us right into the heart of the swinging ’60s. From his Academy Award nomination for Billy Budd to his coming of age under the direction of the legendary Federico Fellini, the “marmalade skies” are the limit. With beautiful women and beautiful people from London to California, Stamp captures the spirit of the decade. He was the face, the man to be seen with. And then the decade ended, along with his romance to famous model Jean Shrimpton. While the Beatles play their last concert on the rooftop of the Apple building in Mayfair, Stamp, unemployed and brokenhearted, boards a plane for a solo pilgrimage to India.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240817Mon, 03 Aug 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Double Feature Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 3, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Double Feature Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 3, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this second installment of Terence Stamp’s captivating memoirs, he takes us right into the heart of the swinging ’60s. From his Academy Award nomination for Billy Budd to his coming of age under the direction of the legendary Federico Fellini, the “marmalade skies” are the limit. With beautiful women and beautiful people from London to California, Stamp captures the spirit of the decade. He was the face, the man to be seen with. And then the decade ended, along with his romance to famous model Jean Shrimpton. While the Beatles play their last concert on the rooftop of the Apple building in Mayfair, Stamp, unemployed and brokenhearted, boards a plane for a solo pilgrimage to India.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crime-classics-vol-1-by-hollywood-360--65326705https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crime Classics, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Others Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Crime Classics was a true-crime radio docudrama that aired on CBS from June 1953 to June 1954. Created, produced, and directed by Elliott Lewis, the program examined crimes and murders throughout history. Founded in Lewis' own personal interest in famous murder cases, the program meticulously recreated the facts, atmosphere, and personages of the era in which the crime took place. Very little dramatic license was taken with the facts, but a touch of humor was added to the narration of the story to soften the tragedy. The crimes dramatized spanned from ancient Greece to late nineteenth-century America. Some were famous assassinations, such as Abraham Lincoln and Julius Caesar, and others were more obscure cases, such as Bathsheba Spooner, who became the first woman tried and executed in America after killing her husband in 1778. Actor Lou Merrill played the host, Thomas Hyland, and the series featured radio's finest supporting players. Episodes include: 'The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk Jr., Esq.' 'The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew Sr.' 'The Terrible Deed of John White Webster and His Crime That Shocked the Nation' 'The Dread Events Surrounding Mr. Thrower's Hammer' 'The Axe and the Droot Family; How They Fared' 'The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River' 'The Hangman and William Palmer. Who Won?' 'Raschi among the Crocodiles and the Prank He Played' 'The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer's Daughter''If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare' 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' 'John and Judith, Their Crime, and Why They Didn't Get to Enjoy It']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240792Sat, 01 Aug 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crime Classics, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Others Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crime Classics, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Others Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Crime Classics was a true-crime radio docudrama that aired on CBS from June 1953 to June 1954. Created, produced, and directed by Elliott Lewis, the program examined crimes and murders throughout history. Founded in Lewis' own personal interest in famous murder cases, the program meticulously recreated the facts, atmosphere, and personages of the era in which the crime took place. Very little dramatic license was taken with the facts, but a touch of humor was added to the narration of the story to soften the tragedy. The crimes dramatized spanned from ancient Greece to late nineteenth-century America. Some were famous assassinations, such as Abraham Lincoln and Julius Caesar, and others were more obscure cases, such as Bathsheba Spooner, who became the first woman tried and executed in America after killing her husband in 1778. Actor Lou Merrill played the host, Thomas Hyland, and the series featured radio's finest supporting players. Episodes include: 'The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk Jr., Esq.' 'The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew Sr.' 'The Terrible Deed of John White Webster and His Crime That Shocked the Nation' 'The Dread Events Surrounding Mr. Thrower's Hammer' 'The Axe and the Droot Family; How They Fared' 'The Bloody, Bloody Banks of Fall River' 'The Hangman and William Palmer. Who Won?' 'Raschi among the Crocodiles and the Prank He Played' 'The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer's Daughter''If a Body Need a Body, Just Call Burke and Hare' 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' 'John and Judith, Their Crime, and Why They Didn't Get to Enjoy It']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-foolish-mortals-revised-edition-the-life-and-voices-of-paul-frees-by-ben-ohmart--65326736https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome, Foolish Mortals, Revised Edition: The Life and Voices of Paul Frees Author: Ben Ohmart Narrator: Fred Frees Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: He was Disney’s Haunted Mansion Ghost Host, Boris Badenov, Professor Ludwig von Drake, Pillsbury Dougboy, Toucan Sam, the Green Lama, and thousands of voices you have heard on records, radio, television, and in films. He was voice acting genius Paul Frees. Paul’s son Fred Frees reads this second edition of author Ben Ohmart’s biography. Fred Frees is a successful voice actor in his own right, who has been called upon to recreate his dad’s characters and create new ones all his own. Ben Ohmart says, “He has inherited his father’s amazing, weird gifts.” Fred admits, “I certainly had mixed feelings reading this audiobook about my dad. Of course, there was the inherent pride I always feel about my father’s accomplishments. And a certain awe at the obstacles he overcame in his life. And then, there was this feeling of déjà vu. It was like living parts of my life all over again and revisiting the emotions I had when we didn’t always see eye to eye, or when he was taken from us. But, in spite of everything, my father was always a source of inspiration to me, to appreciate my life. And in that, he never failed me.” Bonus Track: An interview with Fred Frees, conducted by Joe Bevilacqua an Lorie Kellogg, for The Voice Actor Show, heard on the BearManor Radio Network.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236777Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome, Foolish Mortals, Revised Edition: The Life and Voices of Paul Frees Author: Ben Ohmart Narrator: Fred Frees Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome, Foolish Mortals, Revised Edition: The Life and Voices of Paul Frees Author: Ben Ohmart Narrator: Fred Frees Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: He was Disney’s Haunted Mansion Ghost Host, Boris Badenov, Professor Ludwig von Drake, Pillsbury Dougboy, Toucan Sam, the Green Lama, and thousands of voices you have heard on records, radio, television, and in films. He was voice acting genius Paul Frees. Paul’s son Fred Frees reads this second edition of author Ben Ohmart’s biography. Fred Frees is a successful voice actor in his own right, who has been called upon to recreate his dad’s characters and create new ones all his own. Ben Ohmart says, “He has inherited his father’s amazing, weird gifts.” Fred admits, “I certainly had mixed feelings reading this audiobook about my dad. Of course, there was the inherent pride I always feel about my father’s accomplishments. And a certain awe at the obstacles he overcame in his life. And then, there was this feeling of déjà vu. It was like living parts of my life all over again and revisiting the emotions I had when we didn’t always see eye to eye, or when he was taken from us. But, in spite of everything, my father was always a source of inspiration to me, to appreciate my life. And in that, he never failed me.” Bonus Track: An interview with Fred Frees, conducted by Joe Bevilacqua an Lorie Kellogg, for The Voice Actor Show, heard on the BearManor Radio Network.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ralph-peer-and-the-making-of-popular-roots-music-by-barry-mazor--65326729https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music Author: Barry Mazor Narrator: Ketch Secor, Dom Flemons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous—even revolutionary—A&R man and music publisher who saw the universal power locked in regional roots music and tapped it, changing the breadth and flavor of popular music around the world. It is the story of the life and fifty-year career, from the age of cylinder recordings to the stereo era, of the man who pioneered the recording, marketing, and publishing of blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music. The book tracks Peer’s role in such breakthrough events as the recording of Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” (the record that sparked the blues craze), the first country recording sessions with Fiddlin’ John Carson, his discovery of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family at the famed Bristol sessions, the popularizing of Latin American music during World War II, and the postwar transformation of music on the airwaves that set the stage for the dominance of R&B, country, and rock ’n’ roll. But this is also the story of a man from humble Midwestern beginnings who went on to build the world’s largest independent music publishing firm, fostering the global reach of music that had previously been specialized, localized, and marginalized. Ralph Peer redefined the ways promising songs and performers were identified, encouraged, and promoted; rethought how far regional music might travel; and changed our very notions of what pop music can be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237193Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music Author: Barry Mazor Narrator: Ketch Secor, Dom Flemons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237193 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music Author: Barry Mazor Narrator: Ketch Secor, Dom Flemons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This is the first biography of Ralph Peer, the adventurous—even revolutionary—A&R man and music publisher who saw the universal power locked in regional roots music and tapped it, changing the breadth and flavor of popular music around the world. It is the story of the life and fifty-year career, from the age of cylinder recordings to the stereo era, of the man who pioneered the recording, marketing, and publishing of blues, jazz, country, gospel, and Latin music. The book tracks Peer’s role in such breakthrough events as the recording of Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” (the record that sparked the blues craze), the first country recording sessions with Fiddlin’ John Carson, his discovery of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family at the famed Bristol sessions, the popularizing of Latin American music during World War II, and the postwar transformation of music on the airwaves that set the stage for the dominance of R&B, country, and rock ’n’ roll. But this is also the story of a man from humble Midwestern beginnings who went on to build the world’s largest independent music publishing firm, fostering the global reach of music that had previously been specialized, localized, and marginalized. Ralph Peer redefined the ways promising songs and performers were identified, encouraged, and promoted; rethought how far regional music might travel; and changed our very notions of what pop music can be.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rare-stamps-reflections-on-living-breathing-and-acting-by-terence-stamp--65326806https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Stamps: Reflections on Living, Breathing, and Acting Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Rare Stamps offers a revealing insight into the life of an actor and the making of a man. Beginning with an Academy Award nomination for Billy Budd in 1962, Terence Stamp was called “the most beautiful man alive,” only to be discarded at the end of the decade with the words, “we’re looking for a younger Terence Stamp.” Soul searching, he traveled alone through India, staying at the Taj Mahal Hotel while studying above a public lavatory with a chain smoking guru, only to wind up back in London and broke by 1984. Stamp’s is a journey rich with characters and adventure. From dining in Paris with Orson Welles to working with Marlon Brando; being directed by Steven Soderbergh or acting beside Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, and Matt Damon, Stamp has become an unbiased observer of his own life and the lessons gleaned from it. He writes about an actor’s intuition, confronting fear, developing the voice, learning the words and surrendering to the moment in order to achieve the nearly mystical “first take” in a style that is both personal and captivating. But perhaps the real beauty of Rare Stamps is that, time after time, he returns to a theme that has become his mantra for life: “Everything you need is in this moment.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236790Wed, 01 Jul 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Stamps: Reflections on Living, Breathing, and Acting Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Stamps: Reflections on Living, Breathing, and Acting Author: Terence Stamp Narrator: Terence Stamp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Rare Stamps offers a revealing insight into the life of an actor and the making of a man. Beginning with an Academy Award nomination for Billy Budd in 1962, Terence Stamp was called “the most beautiful man alive,” only to be discarded at the end of the decade with the words, “we’re looking for a younger Terence Stamp.” Soul searching, he traveled alone through India, staying at the Taj Mahal Hotel while studying above a public lavatory with a chain smoking guru, only to wind up back in London and broke by 1984. Stamp’s is a journey rich with characters and adventure. From dining in Paris with Orson Welles to working with Marlon Brando; being directed by Steven Soderbergh or acting beside Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, and Matt Damon, Stamp has become an unbiased observer of his own life and the lessons gleaned from it. He writes about an actor’s intuition, confronting fear, developing the voice, learning the words and surrendering to the moment in order to achieve the nearly mystical “first take” in a style that is both personal and captivating. But perhaps the real beauty of Rare Stamps is that, time after time, he returns to a theme that has become his mantra for life: “Everything you need is in this moment.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-best-of-chatting-up-a-storm-interviews-with-claudia-cragg-by-claudia-cragg--65326763https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Chatting Up a Storm: Interviews with Claudia Cragg Author: Claudia Cragg Narrator: Claudia Cragg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Russell Banks, Garrison Keillor, and Dave Isay are among those heard on Chatting Up a Storm, Vol. 1, a distillation of the best broadcast interviews by journalist Claudia Cragg, with thinkers, authors, and change-makers from the United States and around the world. This volume features twelve interviews, personally chosen by Claudia Cragg and radio producer Joe Bevilacqua, including: Audrey Niffenegger, author of Her Fearful Symmetry’The New Yorker‘s Peter Hessler on Country DrivingKate Mosse, author of LabyrinthLionel Shriver, author of So Much for ThatChang-Rae Lee, author of The SurrenderedDavid Vann, author of Legend of a Suicide and Caribou IslandTreehouse founder Ryan Carson on “a four-day work week”Nancy Altman, coauthor of Social Security WorksJane Fonda’s adopted daughter, Mary Williams, on race, politics, and gender and her book Lost DaughterGarrison Keillor on his new novel, PontoonLost Memory of Skin author Russell Banks on sex offenders, homelessness, and digital desensitivityStoryCorps’ Dave Isay on “A Voice for the Voiceless through Listening Booths”For some years, Claudia Cragg, who is primarily an Asia specialist, was based in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and then Singapore, reporting both in hard news and in feature stories for print and radio on all dimensions of business in the region for Asia magazine. Before that, she was an established feature writer for Asia’s preeminent English language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, but started out in journalism in London in the mid-’70s on Which?, the preeminent magazine of the UK’s Consumers’ Association. She is a former editor of Tokyo Journal, that city’s leading English-language magazine and of B International magazine in Hong Kong. Born Claudia MacLeod-Johnstone, she is the daughter of one of Britain’s pioneer television anchormen and broadcasters, Kenneth MacLeod.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236051Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Chatting Up a Storm: Interviews with Claudia Cragg Author: Claudia Cragg Narrator: Claudia Cragg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Chatting Up a Storm: Interviews with Claudia Cragg Author: Claudia Cragg Narrator: Claudia Cragg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Russell Banks, Garrison Keillor, and Dave Isay are among those heard on Chatting Up a Storm, Vol. 1, a distillation of the best broadcast interviews by journalist Claudia Cragg, with thinkers, authors, and change-makers from the United States and around the world. This volume features twelve interviews, personally chosen by Claudia Cragg and radio producer Joe Bevilacqua, including: Audrey Niffenegger, author of Her Fearful Symmetry’The New Yorker‘s Peter Hessler on Country DrivingKate Mosse, author of LabyrinthLionel Shriver, author of So Much for ThatChang-Rae Lee, author of The SurrenderedDavid Vann, author of Legend of a Suicide and Caribou IslandTreehouse founder Ryan Carson on “a four-day work week”Nancy Altman, coauthor of Social Security WorksJane Fonda’s adopted daughter, Mary Williams, on race, politics, and gender and her book Lost DaughterGarrison Keillor on his new novel, PontoonLost Memory of Skin author Russell Banks on sex offenders, homelessness, and digital desensitivityStoryCorps’ Dave Isay on “A Voice for the Voiceless through Listening Booths”For some years, Claudia Cragg, who is primarily an Asia specialist, was based in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and then Singapore, reporting both in hard news and in feature stories for print and radio on all dimensions of business in the region for Asia magazine. Before that, she was an established feature writer for Asia’s preeminent English language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, but started out in journalism in London in the mid-’70s on Which?, the preeminent magazine of the UK’s Consumers’ Association. She is a former editor of Tokyo Journal, that city’s leading English-language magazine and of B International magazine in Hong Kong. Born Claudia MacLeod-Johnstone, she is the daughter of one of Britain’s pioneer television anchormen and broadcasters, Kenneth MacLeod.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/legend-of-the-road-mangler-an-audio-memoir-by-phil-kaufman--65326758https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend of the Road Mangler: An Audio Memoir Author: Phil Kaufman Narrator: Phil Kaufman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mick Jagger has described Phil Kaufman, America’s legendary road manager, as the entertainment industry’s “executive nanny.” In Legend of the Road Mangler, Kaufman tells the stories of his adventures on the road with the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, Nanci Griffith, and many others. In addition to road managing, he’s been an airman, an inmate, and (briefly) Charles Manson’s record producer. To fulfill a promise, he once borrowed a hearse, stole Gram Parsons’ body, and cremated it in the desert. You’ll hear the whole story as only Kaufman can tell it, along with the voices of some of the artists who know him best. Legend of the Road Mangler is a must-listen for music fans who love to know what goes on behind the scenes, on the bus, after the show, and out in the desert.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236178Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend of the Road Mangler: An Audio Memoir Author: Phil Kaufman Narrator: Phil Kaufman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Legend of the Road Mangler: An Audio Memoir Author: Phil Kaufman Narrator: Phil Kaufman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mick Jagger has described Phil Kaufman, America’s legendary road manager, as the entertainment industry’s “executive nanny.” In Legend of the Road Mangler, Kaufman tells the stories of his adventures on the road with the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Marty Stuart, Nanci Griffith, and many others. In addition to road managing, he’s been an airman, an inmate, and (briefly) Charles Manson’s record producer. To fulfill a promise, he once borrowed a hearse, stole Gram Parsons’ body, and cremated it in the desert. You’ll hear the whole story as only Kaufman can tell it, along with the voices of some of the artists who know him best. Legend of the Road Mangler is a must-listen for music fans who love to know what goes on behind the scenes, on the bus, after the show, and out in the desert.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/down-the-rabbit-hole-curious-adventures-and-cautionary-tales-of-a-former-playboy-bunny-by-holly-madison--65326732https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny Author: Holly Madison Narrator: Holly Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 303 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 146 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The shocking, never-before-told story of the bizarre world inside the legendary Playboy Mansion—and, finally, the secret truth about the man who holds the key—from one of the few people who truly knows: Hef’s former #1 girlfriend and star of The Girls Next Door A spontaneous decision at age twenty-one transformed small-town Oregon girl Holly Sue Cullen into Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner’s #1 girlfriend. But like Alice’s journey into Wonderland, after Holly plunged down the rabbit hole, what seemed like a fairytale life inside the Playboy Mansion—including A-list celebrity parties and her own #1-rated television show for four years—quickly devolved into an oppressive routine of strict rules, manipulation, and battles with ambitious, backstabbing bunnies. Life inside the notorious Mansion wasn’t a dream at all—and quickly became her nightmare. After losing her identity, her sense of self-worth, and her hope for the future, Holly found herself sitting alone in a bathtub contemplating suicide. But instead of ending her life, Holly chose to take charge of it. In this shockingly candid and surprisingly moving memoir, this thoughtful and introspective woman opens up about life inside the Mansion, the drugs, the sex, the abuse, the infamous parties, and her real behind-the-scenes life with Bridget, Kendra, and, of course, Mr. Playboy himself. With great courage, Holly shares the details of her subsequent troubled relationship, landing her own successful television series, and the hard work of healing, including her turn on Dancing with the Stars. A cautionary tale and a celebration of personal empowerment, Down the Rabbit Hole reminds us of the importance of fighting for our dreams—and finding the life we deserve.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237448Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny Author: Holly Madison Narrator: Holly Madison Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny Author: Holly Madison Narrator: Holly Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 303 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 146 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The shocking, never-before-told story of the bizarre world inside the legendary Playboy Mansion—and, finally, the secret truth about the man who holds the key—from one of the few people who truly knows: Hef’s former #1 girlfriend and star of The Girls Next Door A spontaneous decision at age twenty-one transformed small-town Oregon girl Holly Sue Cullen into Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner’s #1 girlfriend. But like Alice’s journey into Wonderland, after Holly plunged down the rabbit hole, what seemed like a fairytale life inside the Playboy Mansion—including A-list celebrity parties and her own #1-rated television show for four years—quickly devolved into an oppressive routine of strict rules, manipulation, and battles with ambitious, backstabbing bunnies. Life inside the notorious Mansion wasn’t a dream at all—and quickly became her nightmare. After losing her identity, her sense of self-worth, and her hope for the future, Holly found herself sitting alone in a bathtub contemplating suicide. But instead of ending her life, Holly chose to take charge of it. In this shockingly candid and surprisingly moving memoir, this thoughtful and introspective woman opens up about life inside the Mansion, the drugs, the sex, the abuse, the infamous parties, and her real behind-the-scenes life with Bridget, Kendra, and, of course, Mr. Playboy himself. With great courage, Holly shares the details of her subsequent troubled relationship, landing her own successful television series, and the hard work of healing, including her turn on Dancing with the Stars. A cautionary tale and a celebration of personal empowerment, Down the Rabbit Hole reminds us of the importance of fighting for our dreams—and finding the life we deserve.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-justine-an-analog-memoir-by-justine-ezarik--65326760https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Justine: An Analog Memoir Author: Justine Ezarik Narrator: Justine Ezarik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A one-woman media phenomenon and a leading YouTube influencer takes readers behind the camera, and deep inside her world. Justine Ezarik has been tech-obsessed since unboxing her family’s first Apple computer. By sixth grade she had built her first website. A decade later, she became one of the Internet’s first—and most popular—“lifecasters,” inviting people around the world to watch her every move, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. But it was a one-minute video about an itemized AT&T bill that gave Justine her first taste of viral success: Within ten days of release, her “300-page iPhone bill” had garnered more than 3 million views and international media attention. These days, iJustine is a one-woman new media phenomenon: The popular techie, gamer, vlogger, and digital influencer has an army of nearly 3.5 million subscribers across multiple YouTube channels, with total views approaching half a billion. Now, Justine is giving friends and fans a look behind the scenes, sharing never-before-told stories about the hilarious (and sometimes heartbreaking) reality of sharing your life online. With her trademark wit and delightfully weird sense of humor, Justine delivers an inspirational message in support of creativity, entrepreneurship, and the power of staying true to yourself, while reminding readers that the Internet is a very small world—you just never know who you’re going to meet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233942Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Justine: An Analog Memoir Author: Justine Ezarik Narrator: Justine Ezarik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Justine: An Analog Memoir Author: Justine Ezarik Narrator: Justine Ezarik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A one-woman media phenomenon and a leading YouTube influencer takes readers behind the camera, and deep inside her world. Justine Ezarik has been tech-obsessed since unboxing her family’s first Apple computer. By sixth grade she had built her first website. A decade later, she became one of the Internet’s first—and most popular—“lifecasters,” inviting people around the world to watch her every move, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. But it was a one-minute video about an itemized AT&T bill that gave Justine her first taste of viral success: Within ten days of release, her “300-page iPhone bill” had garnered more than 3 million views and international media attention. These days, iJustine is a one-woman new media phenomenon: The popular techie, gamer, vlogger, and digital influencer has an army of nearly 3.5 million subscribers across multiple YouTube channels, with total views approaching half a billion. Now, Justine is giving friends and fans a look behind the scenes, sharing never-before-told stories about the hilarious (and sometimes heartbreaking) reality of sharing your life online. With her trademark wit and delightfully weird sense of humor, Justine delivers an inspirational message in support of creativity, entrepreneurship, and the power of staying true to yourself, while reminding readers that the Internet is a very small world—you just never know who you’re going to meet.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/once-upon-a-time-in-russia-the-rise-of-the-oligarchs-and-the-greatest-wealth-in-history-by-ben-mezrich--65326752https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History Author: Ben Mezrich Narrator: Jeremy Bobb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires tells his most incredible story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian oligarchs that Booklist called “one more example of just how talented a storyteller [Mezrich] is.” Meet two larger-than-life Russians: former mathematician Boris Berezovsky, who moved into more lucrative ventures as well as politics, becoming known as the Godfather of the Kremlin; and Roman Abramovich, a dashing young entrepreneur who built one of Russia’s largest oil companies from the ground up. After a chance meeting on a yacht in the Caribbean, the men became locked in a complex partnership, surfing the waves of privatization after the fall of the Soviet regime and amassing mega fortunes while also taking the reins of power in Russia. With Berezovsky serving as the younger entrepreneur’s krysha—literally, his roof, his protector—they battled their way through the “Wild East” of Russia until their relationship soured when Berezovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin in the media. Dead bodies trailed Berezovsky as he escaped to London, where an associate died painfully of Polonium poisoning, creating an international furor. As Abramovich prospered, Berezovsky was found dead in a luxurious London town house, declared a suicide. With unprecedented, exclusive first-person sourcing, Mezrich takes us inside a world of unimaginable wealth, power, and corruption to uncover this exciting story, a true-life thriller epic for our time—“Wolf Hall on the Moskva” (Bookpage).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233940Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History Author: Ben Mezrich Narrator: Jeremy Bobb Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History Author: Ben Mezrich Narrator: Jeremy Bobb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires tells his most incredible story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian oligarchs that Booklist called “one more example of just how talented a storyteller [Mezrich] is.” Meet two larger-than-life Russians: former mathematician Boris Berezovsky, who moved into more lucrative ventures as well as politics, becoming known as the Godfather of the Kremlin; and Roman Abramovich, a dashing young entrepreneur who built one of Russia’s largest oil companies from the ground up. After a chance meeting on a yacht in the Caribbean, the men became locked in a complex partnership, surfing the waves of privatization after the fall of the Soviet regime and amassing mega fortunes while also taking the reins of power in Russia. With Berezovsky serving as the younger entrepreneur’s krysha—literally, his roof, his protector—they battled their way through the “Wild East” of Russia until their relationship soured when Berezovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin in the media. Dead bodies trailed Berezovsky as he escaped to London, where an associate died painfully of Polonium poisoning, creating an international furor. As Abramovich prospered, Berezovsky was found dead in a luxurious London town house, declared a suicide. With unprecedented, exclusive first-person sourcing, Mezrich takes us inside a world of unimaginable wealth, power, and corruption to uncover this exciting story, a true-life thriller epic for our time—“Wolf Hall on the Moskva” (Bookpage).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/classic-radio-s-greatest-christmas-shows-vol-1-by-hollywood-360--65326805https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Classic Radio’s Greatest Christmas Shows, Vol. 1 Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Eve Arden, Lucille Ball Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This collection contains twelve of the greatest Christmas radio shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You’ll hear Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos ’n’ Andy, Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband, Laurence Olivier as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Jim and Marian Jordan in Fibber McGee & Molly, Harold Peary in The Great Gildersleeve, Eve Arden as Connie Brooks on Our Miss Brooks, William Bendix as Chester A. Riley on The Life of Riley, Edmund Gwenn recreating his Academy Award performance as Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street, plus many more! Relive these classic Christmas radio shows from yesteryear and the legendary stars that made them great in this incredible collection. Contents include: Fibber McGee & Molly – “Radio Phonograph”The Great Gildersleeve – “Gildy’s Christmas Woes”The Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby – “Christmas Program of 1944”My Favorite Husband – “The Sleigh Ride”The Life of Riley – “Embezzled Money from the Family Christmas Club Account”Screen Director’s Playhouse – “Miracle on 34th Street”Grand Central Station – “Miracle for Christmas”Our Miss Brooks – “The Magic Christmas Tree”The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe – “The Case of the Slaughtered Santas”The Amos ’n’ Andy Show – “Andy Plays Santa Claus”Theatre Royal – “A Christmas Carol”Suspense – “Out for Christmas”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234092Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Classic Radio’s Greatest Christmas Shows, Vol. 1 Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Eve Arden, Lucille Ball Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Classic Radio’s Greatest Christmas Shows, Vol. 1 Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Eve Arden, Lucille Ball Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This collection contains twelve of the greatest Christmas radio shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You’ll hear Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos ’n’ Andy, Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband, Laurence Olivier as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Jim and Marian Jordan in Fibber McGee & Molly, Harold Peary in The Great Gildersleeve, Eve Arden as Connie Brooks on Our Miss Brooks, William Bendix as Chester A. Riley on The Life of Riley, Edmund Gwenn recreating his Academy Award performance as Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street, plus many more! Relive these classic Christmas radio shows from yesteryear and the legendary stars that made them great in this incredible collection. Contents include: Fibber McGee & Molly – “Radio Phonograph”The Great Gildersleeve – “Gildy’s Christmas Woes”The Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby – “Christmas Program of 1944”My Favorite Husband – “The Sleigh Ride”The Life of Riley – “Embezzled Money from the Family Christmas Club Account”Screen Director’s Playhouse – “Miracle on 34th Street”Grand Central Station – “Miracle for Christmas”Our Miss Brooks – “The Magic Christmas Tree”The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe – “The Case of the Slaughtered Santas”The Amos ’n’ Andy Show – “Andy Plays Santa Claus”Theatre Royal – “A Christmas Carol”Suspense – “Out for Christmas”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dreams-to-remember-otis-redding-stax-records-and-the-transformation-of-southern-soul-by-mark-ribowsky--65326787https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul Author: Mark Ribowsky Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941-1967) had already become the conscience of a new kind of music. Sure, Berry Gordy might have built the first black-owned music empire at Motown, but Redding was doing something as historic: mainstreaming black music within the whitest bastions of the post-Confederate south. As a result, the Redding story still largely untold is one of great conquest but, sadly, grand tragedy. Now, in this transformative work, Mark Ribowsky contextualizes Redding's life within the larger cultural movements of his era, whisking us from the sinful clubs of Macon to the trendsetting studios in Memphis and, finally, to the pulsating stage of the Monterey Music Festival where, in a single set, Redding immortalized himself as soul legend. What emerges in Dreams To Remember is not only a triumph of music history but also a reclamation of a visionary who would come to define an entire era.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236095Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul Author: Mark Ribowsky Narrator: Dan John Miller Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul Author: Mark Ribowsky Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941-1967) had already become the conscience of a new kind of music. Sure, Berry Gordy might have built the first black-owned music empire at Motown, but Redding was doing something as historic: mainstreaming black music within the whitest bastions of the post-Confederate south. As a result, the Redding story still largely untold is one of great conquest but, sadly, grand tragedy. Now, in this transformative work, Mark Ribowsky contextualizes Redding's life within the larger cultural movements of his era, whisking us from the sinful clubs of Macon to the trendsetting studios in Memphis and, finally, to the pulsating stage of the Monterey Music Festival where, in a single set, Redding immortalized himself as soul legend. What emerges in Dreams To Remember is not only a triumph of music history but also a reclamation of a visionary who would come to define an entire era.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/x-minus-one-vol-1-by-nbc-radio-hollywood-360--65326699https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: X Minus One, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Sci-Fi Series Author: Nbc Radio, Hollywood 360 Narrator: Various Performers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: X Minus One, widely regarded as one of the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio, was broadcast on NBC from 1955 until 1958. It began as a revival of NBC’s Dimension X, which ran for just a year and a half, from 1950 to 1951. Though the first fifteen episodes of X Minus One were merely new versions of Dimension X episodes, the rest were adaptations of newly published works of science fiction stories by some of the genre’s top authors, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl, and Theodore Sturgeon, along with some original scripts by NBC staff writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts. Each episode opened with the introduction: “Countdown for blastoff … X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one … Fire! From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you’ll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction, presents … X Minus One.” Collected here are twelve episodes for your listening pleasure: “The C-Chute,” adapted from Isaac Asimov, starring Bob Hastings“Skulking Permit,” adapted from Robert Sheckley, starring Mandel Kramer“The Sense of Wonder,” starring William Quinn“Sea Legs,” starring William Redfield“The Seventh Order,” starring James Monks“Lulungameena,” starring Ralph Camargo“Mr. Costello, Hero,” adapted from Theodore Sturgeon, starring Joe DeSantis“Bad Medicine,” starring Karl Weber“The Stars Are the Styx,” adapted from Theodore Sturgeon, starring Craig McDonnell“The Snowball Effect,” starring Ted Osborne“The Lifeboat Mutiny,” starring Leon Janney“Saucer of Loneliness,”adapted from Theodore Sturgeon, starring Elaine Rost]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234398Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: X Minus One, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Sci-Fi Series Author: Nbc Radio, Hollywood 360 Narrator: Various Performers Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: X Minus One, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Sci-Fi Series Author: Nbc Radio, Hollywood 360 Narrator: Various Performers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: X Minus One, widely regarded as one of the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio, was broadcast on NBC from 1955 until 1958. It began as a revival of NBC’s Dimension X, which ran for just a year and a half, from 1950 to 1951. Though the first fifteen episodes of X Minus One were merely new versions of Dimension X episodes, the rest were adaptations of newly published works of science fiction stories by some of the genre’s top authors, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl, and Theodore Sturgeon, along with some original scripts by NBC staff writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts. Each episode opened with the introduction: “Countdown for blastoff … X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one … Fire! From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you’ll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction, presents … X Minus One.” Collected here are twelve episodes for your listening pleasure: “The C-Chute,” adapted from Isaac Asimov, starring Bob Hastings“Skulking Permit,” adapted from Robert Sheckley, starring Mandel Kramer“The Sense of Wonder,” starring William Quinn“Sea Legs,” starring William Redfield“The Seventh Order,” starring James Monks“Lulungameena,” starring Ralph Camargo“Mr. Costello, Hero,” adapted from Theodore Sturgeon, starring Joe DeSantis“Bad Medicine,” starring Karl Weber“The Stars Are the Styx,” adapted from Theodore Sturgeon, starring Craig McDonnell“The Snowball Effect,” starring Ted Osborne“The Lifeboat Mutiny,” starring Leon Janney“Saucer of Loneliness,”adapted from Theodore Sturgeon, starring Elaine Rost]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-real-life-by-joey-graceffa--65326811https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Real Life Author: Joey Graceffa Narrator: Joey Graceffa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 13 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A confessional, uplifting memoir from beloved YouTube personality, Joey Graceffa. It’s not where you begin that matters. It's where you end up. Twenty-three-year-old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of millions of teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence (not to mention his sparkling eyes and perfect hair). Yet, Joey wasn’t always comfortable in his skin, and in this candid memoir, he thoughtfully looks back on his journey from pain to pride, self-doubt to self-acceptance. To his fans, Joey is that best friend who always captures the brighter side of life but also isn’t afraid to get real. In the pages of his first book, he opens up about his years of struggling with family hardships and troubles at school, with cruel bullying and the sting of rejection. He tells of first loves and losses, embarrassing moments and surprising discoveries, loneliness, laughter, and life-changing forks in the road, showing us the incalculable value of finally finding and following your true passion in this world. Funny, warm-hearted, and inspiring, Joey Graceffa’s story is a welcome reminder that it’s not where you begin that matters, but where you end up.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233709Tue, 19 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Real Life Author: Joey Graceffa Narrator: Joey Graceffa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Real Life Author: Joey Graceffa Narrator: Joey Graceffa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 13 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A confessional, uplifting memoir from beloved YouTube personality, Joey Graceffa. It’s not where you begin that matters. It's where you end up. Twenty-three-year-old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of millions of teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence (not to mention his sparkling eyes and perfect hair). Yet, Joey wasn’t always comfortable in his skin, and in this candid memoir, he thoughtfully looks back on his journey from pain to pride, self-doubt to self-acceptance. To his fans, Joey is that best friend who always captures the brighter side of life but also isn’t afraid to get real. In the pages of his first book, he opens up about his years of struggling with family hardships and troubles at school, with cruel bullying and the sting of rejection. He tells of first loves and losses, embarrassing moments and surprising discoveries, loneliness, laughter, and life-changing forks in the road, showing us the incalculable value of finally finding and following your true passion in this world. Funny, warm-hearted, and inspiring, Joey Graceffa’s story is a welcome reminder that it’s not where you begin that matters, but where you end up.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-the-dance-my-life-with-marvin-gaye-by-david-ritz-jan-gaye--65326801https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye Author: David Ritz, Jan Gaye Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all—and a searing memoir of drugs, sex, and old school R&B from the wife of legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye. After her seventeenth birthday in 1973, Janis Hunter met Marvin Gaye—the soulful prince of Motown with the seductive liquid voice whose chart-topping, socially conscious album What’s Going On made him a superstar two years earlier. Despite a seventeen-year-age difference and Marvin’s marriage to the sister of Berry Gordy, Motown’s founder, the enchanted teenager and the emotionally volatile singer began a scorching relationship. One moment Jan was a high school student; the next she was accompanying Marvin to parties, navigating the intriguing world of 1970s-‘80s celebrity; hanging with Don Cornelius on the set of Soul Train, and helping to discover new talent like Frankie Beverly. But the burdens of fame, the chaos of dysfunctional families, and the irresistible temptations of drugs complicated their love. Primarily silent since Marvin’s tragic death in 1984, Jan at last opens up, sharing the moving, fervently charged story of one of music history’s most fabled marriages. Unsparing in its honesty and insight, illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, After the Dance reveals what it’s like to be in love with a creative genius who transformed popular culture and whose artistry continues to be celebrated today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233286Tue, 19 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye Author: David Ritz, Jan Gaye Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye Author: David Ritz, Jan Gaye Narrator: Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all—and a searing memoir of drugs, sex, and old school R&B from the wife of legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye. After her seventeenth birthday in 1973, Janis Hunter met Marvin Gaye—the soulful prince of Motown with the seductive liquid voice whose chart-topping, socially conscious album What’s Going On made him a superstar two years earlier. Despite a seventeen-year-age difference and Marvin’s marriage to the sister of Berry Gordy, Motown’s founder, the enchanted teenager and the emotionally volatile singer began a scorching relationship. One moment Jan was a high school student; the next she was accompanying Marvin to parties, navigating the intriguing world of 1970s-‘80s celebrity; hanging with Don Cornelius on the set of Soul Train, and helping to discover new talent like Frankie Beverly. But the burdens of fame, the chaos of dysfunctional families, and the irresistible temptations of drugs complicated their love. Primarily silent since Marvin’s tragic death in 1984, Jan at last opens up, sharing the moving, fervently charged story of one of music history’s most fabled marriages. Unsparing in its honesty and insight, illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, After the Dance reveals what it’s like to be in love with a creative genius who transformed popular culture and whose artistry continues to be celebrated today.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mike-and-dave-need-wedding-dates-and-a-thousand-cocktails-by-mike-stangle-dave-stangle--65326757https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails Author: Mike Stangle, Dave Stangle Narrator: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20TH CENTURY FOX Two reckless but lovable all-American bros make a strong case for maturing slowly through their outrageous yet enlightening misadventures across this great country of ours. My brother and I are looking for wedding dates for our cousin’s wedding. We’ve been told by the bride that bringing dates is “mandatory” so we “won’t harass all of my friends all night” and “stay under control.” Rather than ask some fringe women in our lives to go and face the inevitable ‘does this mean he wants to take it to the next level?!’ questions, we’d rather bring complete strangers and just figure it out… We’re both in our 20s, single, dashingly tall, Anglo-Saxon, respectfully athletic, love to party, completely house trained…love our mother, have seen Love Actually several times…raw, emotional, sensitive, but still bad boys.…You should be attractive or our aunts will judge you, but not TOO attractive or one of our uncles might grope you. Dave and Mike Stangle thought nothing of it when they boozily decided to turn to the “activity partners” section of Craigslist to solicit dates to their cousin’s wedding. The hilarious, out-of-this-world ad that they came up with—featuring a picture of the two brothers as centaurs—immediately went viral, eventually landing these Wayfarers-wearing, moped-riding, completely reckless but ultimately loveable bros in the annals of the “Internet famous.” In Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the Stangle brothers bring their trademark, off-color humor to everything from their most embarrassing adolescent experiences (like getting beat up by a girl on their front lawn...in front of their dad), to the most outrageous predicaments (like tripping on mushrooms with their bulldog, Frank), to proper sexting etiquette, and finally to breaking up a midget bar fight (you have to shoo them away). With the incredible comedic chemistry of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers and the uncensored honesty of Tucker Max, Mike and Dave insist there’s nothing wrong with just seeing where life takes you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233712Tue, 19 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails Author: Mike Stangle, Dave Stangle Narrator: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails Author: Mike Stangle, Dave Stangle Narrator: Dave Stangle, Mike Stangle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20TH CENTURY FOX Two reckless but lovable all-American bros make a strong case for maturing slowly through their outrageous yet enlightening misadventures across this great country of ours. My brother and I are looking for wedding dates for our cousin’s wedding. We’ve been told by the bride that bringing dates is “mandatory” so we “won’t harass all of my friends all night” and “stay under control.” Rather than ask some fringe women in our lives to go and face the inevitable ‘does this mean he wants to take it to the next level?!’ questions, we’d rather bring complete strangers and just figure it out… We’re both in our 20s, single, dashingly tall, Anglo-Saxon, respectfully athletic, love to party, completely house trained…love our mother, have seen Love Actually several times…raw, emotional, sensitive, but still bad boys.…You should be attractive or our aunts will judge you, but not TOO attractive or one of our uncles might grope you. Dave and Mike Stangle thought nothing of it when they boozily decided to turn to the “activity partners” section of Craigslist to solicit dates to their cousin’s wedding. The hilarious, out-of-this-world ad that they came up with—featuring a picture of the two brothers as centaurs—immediately went viral, eventually landing these Wayfarers-wearing, moped-riding, completely reckless but ultimately loveable bros in the annals of the “Internet famous.” In Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the Stangle brothers bring their trademark, off-color humor to everything from their most embarrassing adolescent experiences (like getting beat up by a girl on their front lawn...in front of their dad), to the most outrageous predicaments (like tripping on mushrooms with their bulldog, Frank), to proper sexting etiquette, and finally to breaking up a midget bar fight (you have to shoo them away). With the incredible comedic chemistry of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers and the uncensored honesty of Tucker Max, Mike and Dave insist there’s nothing wrong with just seeing where life takes you.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-work-in-progress-a-memoir-by-connor-franta--65326751https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Work in Progress: A Memoir Author: Connor Franta Narrator: Connor Franta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY *FORBES TOP 5 BREAKTHROUGH BOOK OF THE YEAR In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation—so far. Here, Connor offers a look at his Midwestern upbringing as one of four children in the home and one of five in the classroom; his struggles with identity, body image, and sexuality in his teen years; and his decision to finally pursue his creative and artistic passions in his early twenties, setting up his thrilling career as a YouTube personality, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and tastemaker. Exploring his past with insight and humor, his present with humility, and his future with hope, Connor reveals his private struggles while providing heartfelt words of wisdom for young adults. His words will resonate with anyone coming of age in the digital era, but at the core is a timeless message for people of all ages: don’t be afraid to be yourself and to go after what you truly want. This full-color collection includes photography and childhood clippings provided by Connor and is a must-have for anyone inspired by his journey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234324Tue, 19 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Work in Progress: A Memoir Author: Connor Franta Narrator: Connor Franta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Work in Progress: A Memoir Author: Connor Franta Narrator: Connor Franta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY *FORBES TOP 5 BREAKTHROUGH BOOK OF THE YEAR In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation—so far. Here, Connor offers a look at his Midwestern upbringing as one of four children in the home and one of five in the classroom; his struggles with identity, body image, and sexuality in his teen years; and his decision to finally pursue his creative and artistic passions in his early twenties, setting up his thrilling career as a YouTube personality, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and tastemaker. Exploring his past with insight and humor, his present with humility, and his future with hope, Connor reveals his private struggles while providing heartfelt words of wisdom for young adults. His words will resonate with anyone coming of age in the digital era, but at the core is a timeless message for people of all ages: don’t be afraid to be yourself and to go after what you truly want. This full-color collection includes photography and childhood clippings provided by Connor and is a must-have for anyone inspired by his journey.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-paris-dream-an-education-in-style-slang-and-seduction-in-the-great-city-on-the-seine-by-kate-betts--65326813https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Paris Dream: An Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine Author: Kate Betts Narrator: Kate Betts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style “You can always come back,” my mother said. “Just go.” As a young woman, Kate Betts nursed a dream of striking out on her own in a faraway place and becoming a glamorous foreign correspondent. After college—and not without trepidation—she took off for Paris, renting a room in the apartment of a young BCBG (bon chic, bon genre) family and throwing herself into the local culture. She was determined to master French slang, style, and savoir faire, and to find a job that would give her a reason to stay. After a series of dues-paying jobs that seemed only to reinforce her outsider status, Kate’s hard work and willingness to take on any assignment paid off: Her writing and intrepid forays into la France Profonde—true France—caught the eye of John Fairchild, the mercurial fashion arbiter and publisher of Women’s Wear Daily, the industry’s bible. Kate’s earliest assignments—investigating the mineral water preferred by high society, chasing after a costumed band of wild boar hunters through the forests of Brittany—were a rough apprenticeship, but she was rewarded for her efforts and was initiated into the elite ranks of Mr. Fairchild’s trusted few who sat beside him in the front row and at private previews in the ateliers of the gods of French fashion. From a woozy yet mesmerizing Yves Saint Laurent and the mischievous and commanding Karl Lagerfeld to the riotous, brilliant young guns who were rewriting all the rules—Martin Margiela, Helmut Lang, John Galliano—Betts gives us a view of what it was like to be an American girl, learning about herself, falling in love, and finding her tribe. Kate Betts’s captivating memoir brings to life the enchantment of France—from the nightclubs of 1980s Paris where she learned to dance Le Rock, to the lavender fields of Provence and the grand spectacle of the Cour Carrée—and magically re-creates that moment in life when a young woman discovers who she’s meant to be. Praise for My Paris Dream “[A] glittering coming-of-age tale.”—Entertainment Weekly (The Must List) “Fashion and self-examination—froth and wisdom—might seem like odd bookfellows, but Betts brings them together with winning confidence.”—The New York Times Book Review “As light and refreshing as an ice cream cone from the legendary Berthillon, My Paris Dream evokes the sights, sounds, smells and styles of 1980s Paris.”—USA Today “My Paris Dream is awesome.”—Man Repeller “What was Bett’s Paris dream? Her dream was her awakening, [which] is elegantly chronicled in these pages.”—The Daily Beast “For those who are interested in the men and women involved in haute couture, Betts’ reminiscences will be a delight.”—Kirkus Reviews “Full of slangy French, delectable food and swoon-worthy fashion.”—BookPage “An amazing story of a young woman in Paris trying to break into the fashion business.”—Sophia Amoruso, author of #GIRLBOSS   “Kate Betts’s story brought me back to my own young self and the journey I made—in my case, from a small town in Illinois to New York City.”—Cindy Crawford]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233686Tue, 12 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Paris Dream: An Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine Author: Kate Betts Narrator: Kate Betts Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Paris Dream: An Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine Author: Kate Betts Narrator: Kate Betts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style “You can always come back,” my mother said. “Just go.” As a young woman, Kate Betts nursed a dream of striking out on her own in a faraway place and becoming a glamorous foreign correspondent. After college—and not without trepidation—she took off for Paris, renting a room in the apartment of a young BCBG (bon chic, bon genre) family and throwing herself into the local culture. She was determined to master French slang, style, and savoir faire, and to find a job that would give her a reason to stay. After a series of dues-paying jobs that seemed only to reinforce her outsider status, Kate’s hard work and willingness to take on any assignment paid off: Her writing and intrepid forays into la France Profonde—true France—caught the eye of John Fairchild, the mercurial fashion arbiter and publisher of Women’s Wear Daily, the industry’s bible. Kate’s earliest assignments—investigating the mineral water preferred by high society, chasing after a costumed band of wild boar hunters through the forests of Brittany—were a rough apprenticeship, but she was rewarded for her efforts and was initiated into the elite ranks of Mr. Fairchild’s trusted few who sat beside him in the front row and at private previews in the ateliers of the gods of French fashion. From a woozy yet mesmerizing Yves Saint Laurent and the mischievous and commanding Karl Lagerfeld to the riotous, brilliant young guns who were rewriting all the rules—Martin Margiela, Helmut Lang, John Galliano—Betts gives us a view of what it was like to be an American girl, learning about herself, falling in love, and finding her tribe. Kate Betts’s captivating memoir brings to life the enchantment of France—from the nightclubs of 1980s Paris where she learned to dance Le Rock, to the lavender fields of Provence and the grand spectacle of the Cour Carrée—and magically re-creates that moment in life when a young woman discovers who she’s meant to be. Praise for My Paris Dream “[A] glittering coming-of-age tale.”—Entertainment Weekly (The Must List) “Fashion and self-examination—froth and wisdom—might seem like odd bookfellows, but Betts brings them together with winning confidence.”—The New York Times Book Review “As light and refreshing as an ice cream cone from the legendary Berthillon, My Paris Dream evokes the sights, sounds, smells and styles of 1980s Paris.”—USA Today “My Paris Dream is awesome.”—Man Repeller “What was Bett’s Paris dream? Her dream was her awakening, [which] is elegantly chronicled in these pages.”—The Daily Beast “For those who are interested in the men and women involved in haute couture, Betts’ reminiscences will be a delight.”—Kirkus Reviews “Full of slangy French, delectable food and swoon-worthy fashion.”—BookPage “An amazing story of a young woman in Paris trying to break into the fashion business.”—Sophia Amoruso, author of #GIRLBOSS   “Kate Betts’s story brought me back to my own young self and the journey I made—in my case, from a small town in Illinois to New York City.”—Cindy Crawford]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hold-still-a-memoir-with-photographs-by-sally-mann--65326798https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs Author: Sally Mann Narrator: Sally Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This National Book Award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: 'deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder.' In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233837Tue, 12 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs Author: Sally Mann Narrator: Sally Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs Author: Sally Mann Narrator: Sally Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This National Book Award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: 'deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder.' In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-father-was-carmen-miranda-memoirs-of-an-english-showgirl-by-nena-jover-kelty--65326782https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Was Carmen Miranda!: Memoirs of an English Showgirl Author: Nena Jover Kelty Narrator: Nena Jover Kelty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Find out what it was like to play the big UK theaters as the bombs fell … My Father Was Carmen Miranda! is the story of music hall showgirl Nena Jover Kelty—part of the renowned Jover family who entertained in circuses, theaters, and music halls throughout the world for three generations. When her father’s act, “The Two Jovers,” broke up in 1939, Tommy Jover drafted his children to form a new act, “Tommy Jover with Nena and Raf.” They played all over Britain through the dark years of World War II, from 1939 to 1946. Although buzz bombs were falling, food was scarce, and travel was often dangerous, nothing would frighten the Brits into giving up their evenings at the music hall. In the best tradition of British variety, Tommy Jover did a raucous turn as a female impersonator—music hall patrons screamed with delight when he topped his head with a fruit basket and made like Carmen Miranda—much to the embarrassment of young Nena, who played straight to her father’s comic antics. My Father Was Carmen Miranda! offers glimpses of well-known British headliners like Max Miller, George Formby, Tommy Trinder, Vera Lynn, Flanagan and Allen, Dick Henderson, and Tessie O’Shea and is a vivid backstage look at the vanished world of the English music hall.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234394Tue, 12 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Was Carmen Miranda!: Memoirs of an English Showgirl Author: Nena Jover Kelty Narrator: Nena Jover Kelty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Was Carmen Miranda!: Memoirs of an English Showgirl Author: Nena Jover Kelty Narrator: Nena Jover Kelty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Find out what it was like to play the big UK theaters as the bombs fell … My Father Was Carmen Miranda! is the story of music hall showgirl Nena Jover Kelty—part of the renowned Jover family who entertained in circuses, theaters, and music halls throughout the world for three generations. When her father’s act, “The Two Jovers,” broke up in 1939, Tommy Jover drafted his children to form a new act, “Tommy Jover with Nena and Raf.” They played all over Britain through the dark years of World War II, from 1939 to 1946. Although buzz bombs were falling, food was scarce, and travel was often dangerous, nothing would frighten the Brits into giving up their evenings at the music hall. In the best tradition of British variety, Tommy Jover did a raucous turn as a female impersonator—music hall patrons screamed with delight when he topped his head with a fruit basket and made like Carmen Miranda—much to the embarrassment of young Nena, who played straight to her father’s comic antics. My Father Was Carmen Miranda! offers glimpses of well-known British headliners like Max Miller, George Formby, Tommy Trinder, Vera Lynn, Flanagan and Allen, Dick Henderson, and Tessie O’Shea and is a vivid backstage look at the vanished world of the English music hall.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sonnets-sunspots-dr-research-baxter-and-the-bell-science-films-by-eric-niderost--65326779https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sonnets & Sunspots: “Dr. Research” Baxter and the Bell Science Films Author: Eric Niderost Narrator: Nat Segaloff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sonnets & Sunspots tells the story of one of the most beloved popular science series of all time and the charismatic educator who became an icon to several generations of students. The book is also a fascinating history of popular science programming in television and film, from its primitive beginnings to the twenty-first century. Along the way there are entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of each production and the personalities that were involved with them. Dr. Frank Baxter, a professor of English literature at the University of Southern California, became a science hero to millions thanks to his alter-ego, “Dr. Research.” Many students even became scientists because of Baxter and the Bell films, some of the most entertaining and informative shows ever made. As the tale unfolds we meet such people as famed Hollywood director Frank Capra, Walt Disney, legendary voice actor June Foray, Eddie Albert, Richard Carlson, movie mogul Jack Warner, James Burke of Connections fame, Carl Sagan of Cosmos, and a score of others. The book also chronicles the story of public television from its earliest beginnings, including the struggles of such pioneering stations as Houston’s KUHT and San Francisco’s KQED.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233663Tue, 12 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sonnets & Sunspots: “Dr. Research” Baxter and the Bell Science Films Author: Eric Niderost Narrator: Nat Segaloff Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sonnets & Sunspots: “Dr. Research” Baxter and the Bell Science Films Author: Eric Niderost Narrator: Nat Segaloff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sonnets & Sunspots tells the story of one of the most beloved popular science series of all time and the charismatic educator who became an icon to several generations of students. The book is also a fascinating history of popular science programming in television and film, from its primitive beginnings to the twenty-first century. Along the way there are entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of each production and the personalities that were involved with them. Dr. Frank Baxter, a professor of English literature at the University of Southern California, became a science hero to millions thanks to his alter-ego, “Dr. Research.” Many students even became scientists because of Baxter and the Bell films, some of the most entertaining and informative shows ever made. As the tale unfolds we meet such people as famed Hollywood director Frank Capra, Walt Disney, legendary voice actor June Foray, Eddie Albert, Richard Carlson, movie mogul Jack Warner, James Burke of Connections fame, Carl Sagan of Cosmos, and a score of others. The book also chronicles the story of public television from its earliest beginnings, including the struggles of such pioneering stations as Houston’s KUHT and San Francisco’s KQED.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-camp-waterlogg-chronicles-11-firesign-gets-camp-waterlogged-by-donnie-pitchford-lorie-kellogg-joe-bevilacqua--65326773https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 11: “Firesign Gets (Camp) Waterlogged” Series: Part of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour Author: Donnie Pitchford, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Tom Giannazzo, Jim Folly, David Ossman, Kenny Savoy, Shelley Berman, Al Franken Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Firesign Theatre’s David Ossman (as George Tirebiter), comedy legend Shelley Berman, and former SNL comedian Senator Al Franken join the cast of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour for another six misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Ellis da Boatkeeper, Adam Maxwell, Andy, and Woody (all voiced by Joe Bev); Olive Pitts, Ellis, Mrs. Terwilliger, and Lkie (all voiced by Lorie Kellogg); Ron Drysdale and Jimmy (both voiced by James Folly); and Stinky Peter Moss (voiced by Kenny Savoy), as well as the rest of the cabal of crazy Camp Waterlogg characters. Included in this set: “Camp Waterlogg Homeland Security Needs to Go-Go-Go!”“A Happy Camp Waterlogg Father’s Day from Uncle Goopie”“A Camp Waterlogg July 4th Fundraiser”“Camp Waterlogg: Firesign Gets Waterlogged”“The Camp Waterlogg Election Special”“Camp Waterlogg: Shelley Revisited, Part 1”The Comedy-O-Rama Hour is story- and character-driven improvisation that goes beyond sketch comedy to blossom into full-fledged radio theater. Recorded in and around husband-and-wife creative team Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg’s Napanoch, New York, house in the woods, the series first aired on XM Radio in 2002. More than 120 shows and thirteen years later, the series is heard weekly on public radio stations nationwide, streamed on the web at bearmanormedia.com, and podcast anytime all over the Internet, including on Waterlogg.com. Joe Bev says, “We have been doing most these characters for more than twelve years now and some I have been voicing for more than forty years. We no longer have to write what we want to say. The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has also evolved from a scripted to a fully improvised hour of radio theater.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233501Tue, 12 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 11: “Firesign Gets (Camp) Waterlogged” Series: Part of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour Author: Donnie Pitchford, Lorie...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 11: “Firesign Gets (Camp) Waterlogged” Series: Part of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour Author: Donnie Pitchford, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Tom Giannazzo, Jim Folly, David Ossman, Kenny Savoy, Shelley Berman, Al Franken Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 12, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Firesign Theatre’s David Ossman (as George Tirebiter), comedy legend Shelley Berman, and former SNL comedian Senator Al Franken join the cast of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour for another six misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Ellis da Boatkeeper, Adam Maxwell, Andy, and Woody (all voiced by Joe Bev); Olive Pitts, Ellis, Mrs. Terwilliger, and Lkie (all voiced by Lorie Kellogg); Ron Drysdale and Jimmy (both voiced by James Folly); and Stinky Peter Moss (voiced by Kenny Savoy), as well as the rest of the cabal of crazy Camp Waterlogg characters. Included in this set: “Camp Waterlogg Homeland Security Needs to Go-Go-Go!”“A Happy Camp Waterlogg Father’s Day from Uncle Goopie”“A Camp Waterlogg July 4th Fundraiser”“Camp Waterlogg: Firesign Gets Waterlogged”“The Camp Waterlogg Election Special”“Camp Waterlogg: Shelley Revisited, Part 1”The Comedy-O-Rama Hour is story- and character-driven improvisation that goes beyond sketch comedy to blossom into full-fledged radio theater. Recorded in and around husband-and-wife creative team Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg’s Napanoch, New York, house in the woods, the series first aired on XM Radio in 2002. More than 120 shows and thirteen years later, the series is heard weekly on public radio stations nationwide, streamed on the web at bearmanormedia.com, and podcast anytime all over the Internet, including on Waterlogg.com. Joe Bev says, “We have been doing most these characters for more than twelve years now and some I have been voicing for more than forty years. We no longer have to write what we want to say. The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has also evolved from a scripted to a fully improvised hour of radio theater.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-is-normal-by-francesca-martinez--65326719https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237107 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the **** is Normal?! Author: Francesca Martinez Narrator: Francesca Martinez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the hell do you do if you’re, gasp … DISABLED? Whatever body you’re born into, the pressure to be normal is everywhere. But have you ever met a normal person? What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat for breakfast? And what the **** does normal mean anyway? This is the award-winning wobbly comedian Francesca Martinez’s funny, personal, and universal story of how she learned to stick two shaky fingers up to the crazy expectations of a world obsessed with being ‘normal’.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237107Thu, 07 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237107 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the **** is Normal?! Author: Francesca Martinez Narrator: Francesca Martinez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237107 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the **** is Normal?! Author: Francesca Martinez Narrator: Francesca Martinez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the hell do you do if you’re, gasp … DISABLED? Whatever body you’re born into, the pressure to be normal is everywhere. But have you ever met a normal person? What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat for breakfast? And what the **** does normal mean anyway? This is the award-winning wobbly comedian Francesca Martinez’s funny, personal, and universal story of how she learned to stick two shaky fingers up to the crazy expectations of a world obsessed with being ‘normal’.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-balls-drop-by-brad-garrett--65326818https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Balls Drop Author: Brad Garrett Narrator: Brad Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at life’s second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and three-time Emmy Award–winning comic Brad Garrett. In this no-holds-barred book of comedic and personal essays, Brad Garrett divulges his hilarious—and irreverently honest—experiences with the many challenges and ultimately joys of middle age, as he advises us on how to best navigate the dreaded “second half” of life. Ranging in topics from genetics to genitals, sex to stereotypes, and alimony to addiction, Brad leaves no stone unturned in this raw, laugh-out-loud look at getting older. With pieces such as “No Scales in Heaven,” in which Brad points out the essential pointlessness of overthinking diet and exercise, and “Celebrating Your E.D. (erectile dysfunction) During Your Mid-Life Crisis,” the star comedian encourages you to forget the overwhelming concerns that accompany middle age and to welcome the laughs—even if you throw your back out doing it. Penned in the blunt, conversational, no-nonsense style that has cemented Brad’s status as an icon in the comedy industry, this autobiographical book will help you accept that, no matter what, we all get old. So you might as well embrace it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231955Tue, 05 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Balls Drop Author: Brad Garrett Narrator: Brad Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Balls Drop Author: Brad Garrett Narrator: Brad Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at life’s second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and three-time Emmy Award–winning comic Brad Garrett. In this no-holds-barred book of comedic and personal essays, Brad Garrett divulges his hilarious—and irreverently honest—experiences with the many challenges and ultimately joys of middle age, as he advises us on how to best navigate the dreaded “second half” of life. Ranging in topics from genetics to genitals, sex to stereotypes, and alimony to addiction, Brad leaves no stone unturned in this raw, laugh-out-loud look at getting older. With pieces such as “No Scales in Heaven,” in which Brad points out the essential pointlessness of overthinking diet and exercise, and “Celebrating Your E.D. (erectile dysfunction) During Your Mid-Life Crisis,” the star comedian encourages you to forget the overwhelming concerns that accompany middle age and to welcome the laughs—even if you throw your back out doing it. Penned in the blunt, conversational, no-nonsense style that has cemented Brad’s status as an icon in the comedy industry, this autobiographical book will help you accept that, no matter what, we all get old. So you might as well embrace it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unknown-comic-collection-journey-thru-the-unknown-and-the-kardashians-joke-book-by-murray-langston--65326814https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233344 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unknown Comic Collection: Journey thru the Unknown and The Kardashians Joke Book Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This collection of audio selections from Murray Langston, a.k.a. the Unknown Comic, includes his revealing memoir and a laugh-out-loud book of jokes that takes aim at the Kardashians. Journey thru the Unknown This detailed account of the highlights and lowlights of each year of Langston's life, from June 27, 1944 until his sixty-ninth birthday on June 27, 2013, is spiced with humor, drama, and enough celebrities to warrant the alternate title Name-Droppers. Journey thru the Unknown offers surprising revelations and many stories from his exciting comic career. The Kardashians Joke Book Anyone who wants to enjoy a good laugh at the Kardashians' expense will love this hilarious book! Get ready to laugh at hundreds of jokes aimed at the overly hyped, self-appointed icons the Kardashians.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233344Tue, 05 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233344 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unknown Comic Collection: Journey thru the Unknown and The Kardashians Joke Book Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233344 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unknown Comic Collection: Journey thru the Unknown and The Kardashians Joke Book Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This collection of audio selections from Murray Langston, a.k.a. the Unknown Comic, includes his revealing memoir and a laugh-out-loud book of jokes that takes aim at the Kardashians. Journey thru the Unknown This detailed account of the highlights and lowlights of each year of Langston's life, from June 27, 1944 until his sixty-ninth birthday on June 27, 2013, is spiced with humor, drama, and enough celebrities to warrant the alternate title Name-Droppers. Journey thru the Unknown offers surprising revelations and many stories from his exciting comic career. The Kardashians Joke Book Anyone who wants to enjoy a good laugh at the Kardashians' expense will love this hilarious book! Get ready to laugh at hundreds of jokes aimed at the overly hyped, self-appointed icons the Kardashians.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-joan-tales-of-mirth-mischief-and-manipulation-by-melissa-rivers--65326800https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation Author: Melissa Rivers Narrator: Melissa Rivers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Joan Rivers was known all over the world—from the Palace Theater to Buckingham Palace, from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the footlights of Broadway, from the days of talkies to hosting talk shows. But there was only one person who knew Joan intimately, one person who the authorities would call when she got a little out of hand.  Her daughter and best friend, Melissa.   Joan and Melissa Rivers had one of the most celebrated mother-daughter relationships of all time.  If you think Joan said some outrageous things to her audiences as a comedian, you won’t believe what she said and did in private. Her love for her daughter knew no bounds—or boundaries, apparently. ('Melissa, I acknowledge that you have boundaries. I just choose to not respect them.') In The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation, Melissa shares stories (like when she was nine months old and her parents delivered her to Johnny Carson as a birthday gift), bon mots (“Missy, is there anything better than seeing a really good looking couple pushing a baby that looks like a Sasquatch who got caught in a house fire?”), and life lessons from growing up in the Rosenberg-Rivers household (“I can do tips and discounts and figure out the number of gay men in an audience to make it a good show. That’s all the math you’ll ever need.”). These were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to life in the family that Melissa describes as more Addams than Cleaver. And at the center of it all was a tiny blond force of nature.   In The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation, Melissa Rivers relates funny, poignant and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about the woman who raised her and is the reason she considers valium one of the four basic food groups.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233913Tue, 05 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation Author: Melissa Rivers Narrator: Melissa Rivers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation Author: Melissa Rivers Narrator: Melissa Rivers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Joan Rivers was known all over the world—from the Palace Theater to Buckingham Palace, from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the footlights of Broadway, from the days of talkies to hosting talk shows. But there was only one person who knew Joan intimately, one person who the authorities would call when she got a little out of hand.  Her daughter and best friend, Melissa.   Joan and Melissa Rivers had one of the most celebrated mother-daughter relationships of all time.  If you think Joan said some outrageous things to her audiences as a comedian, you won’t believe what she said and did in private. Her love for her daughter knew no bounds—or boundaries, apparently. ('Melissa, I acknowledge that you have boundaries. I just choose to not respect them.') In The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation, Melissa shares stories (like when she was nine months old and her parents delivered her to Johnny Carson as a birthday gift), bon mots (“Missy, is there anything better than seeing a really good looking couple pushing a baby that looks like a Sasquatch who got caught in a house fire?”), and life lessons from growing up in the Rosenberg-Rivers household (“I can do tips and discounts and figure out the number of gay men in an audience to make it a good show. That’s all the math you’ll ever need.”). These were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to life in the family that Melissa describes as more Addams than Cleaver. And at the center of it all was a tiny blond force of nature.   In The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation, Melissa Rivers relates funny, poignant and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about the woman who raised her and is the reason she considers valium one of the four basic food groups.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/npr-driveway-moments-more-about-animals-radio-stories-that-won-t-let-you-go-by-christopher-joyce--65326793https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: NPR Driveway Moments: More about Animals: Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go Author: Christopher Joyce Narrator: Christopher Joyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: If you listen to NPR, you've had at least one 'driveway moment.' You're still sitting in your parked car, hooked by a story, needing to hear it all the way through. More About Animals features stories of fascinating encounters with our friends from the animal kingdom. Some whose behavior seems eerily familiar, some we would like to know better, and some who continue to dazzle us with their wild and mysterious beauty. As these stories reveal, our bond with the animals all around us grows deeper as we discover new and creative ways to share the planet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232898Tue, 05 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: NPR Driveway Moments: More about Animals: Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go Author: Christopher Joyce Narrator: Christopher Joyce Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: NPR Driveway Moments: More about Animals: Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go Author: Christopher Joyce Narrator: Christopher Joyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: If you listen to NPR, you've had at least one 'driveway moment.' You're still sitting in your parked car, hooked by a story, needing to hear it all the way through. More About Animals features stories of fascinating encounters with our friends from the animal kingdom. Some whose behavior seems eerily familiar, some we would like to know better, and some who continue to dazzle us with their wild and mysterious beauty. As these stories reveal, our bond with the animals all around us grows deeper as we discover new and creative ways to share the planet.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-a-long-story-my-life-by-willie-nelson--65326791https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's a Long Story: My Life Author: Willie Nelson Narrator: Christopher Ryan Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 18 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Willie Nelson shares his life story in this 'heartfelt' bestselling memoir of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms (Washington Post). 'Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned.' . . . So say the publishers about this book I've written. What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it. It's a story of restlessness and the purity of the moment and living right. Of my childhood in Abbott, Texas, to the Pacific Northwest, from Nashville to Hawaii and all the way back again. Of selling vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias while hosting radio shows and writing song after song, hoping to strike gold. It's a story of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms, with a musical sound track ripping right through it. My life gets lived on the road, at home, and on the road again, tried and true, and I've written it all down from my heart to yours. Signed, Willie Nelson.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230587Tue, 05 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's a Long Story: My Life Author: Willie Nelson Narrator: Christopher Ryan Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230587 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's a Long Story: My Life Author: Willie Nelson Narrator: Christopher Ryan Grant Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 18 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Willie Nelson shares his life story in this 'heartfelt' bestselling memoir of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms (Washington Post). 'Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned.' . . . So say the publishers about this book I've written. What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it. It's a story of restlessness and the purity of the moment and living right. Of my childhood in Abbott, Texas, to the Pacific Northwest, from Nashville to Hawaii and all the way back again. Of selling vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias while hosting radio shows and writing song after song, hoping to strike gold. It's a story of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms, with a musical sound track ripping right through it. My life gets lived on the road, at home, and on the road again, tried and true, and I've written it all down from my heart to yours. Signed, Willie Nelson.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-half-that-s-never-been-told-the-real-life-reggae-adventures-of-doctor-dread-by-doctor-dread--65326764https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Half That’s Never Been Told: The Real-Life Reggae Adventures of Doctor Dread Author: Doctor Dread Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A passionate memoir and fearless behind-the-scenes look at the personal lives of the biggest reggae stars in the world Doctor Dread has committed his life to producing reggae music and releasing it on his label, RAS Records. He has become one of the world’s foremost reggae producers and has worked with almost all the genre’s icons: Bunny Wailer, Black Uhuru, Ziggy and Damian Marley, Gregory Isaacs, and others. This book, full of behind-the-scenes stories, has shocking chapters that reveal aspects of reggae never before explored.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233497Tue, 05 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Half That’s Never Been Told: The Real-Life Reggae Adventures of Doctor Dread Author: Doctor Dread Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Half That’s Never Been Told: The Real-Life Reggae Adventures of Doctor Dread Author: Doctor Dread Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A passionate memoir and fearless behind-the-scenes look at the personal lives of the biggest reggae stars in the world Doctor Dread has committed his life to producing reggae music and releasing it on his label, RAS Records. He has become one of the world’s foremost reggae producers and has worked with almost all the genre’s icons: Bunny Wailer, Black Uhuru, Ziggy and Damian Marley, Gregory Isaacs, and others. This book, full of behind-the-scenes stories, has shocking chapters that reveal aspects of reggae never before explored.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/broadcast-hysteria-orson-welles-s-war-of-the-world-s-and-the-art-of-fake-news-by-a-brad-schwartz--65326691https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the World's and the Art of Fake News Author: A. Brad Schwartz Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: On October 30, 1938, families across the country were gathered around their radios when their regular programming was interrupted by an announcer delivering news of a meteor strike in New Jersey. With increasing intensity, the announcer read bulletins describing terrifying war  machines moving toward New York City. As the invading force approached, some listeners sat transfixed before their radios, while others ran to alert neighbors or call the police. Some even fled their homes in panic. But the broadcast was not breaking news—it was Orson Welles' adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds. In Broadcast Hysteria, A. Brad Schwartz examines the history behind the infamous radio play. Did it really spawn a wave of mass hysteria? Schwartz is the first to examine the hundreds of letters sent directly to Orson Welles after the broadcast. He draws upon them, hundreds more sent to the FCC, to recapture the roiling emotions of a bygone era, and his findings challenge conventional wisdom. Relatively few listeners believed an actual attack was underway. But even so, Schwartz shows that Welle's broadcast prompted a different kind of 'mass panic' as Americans debated the bewitching power of the radio and the country's vulnerabilities in a time of crisis. Schwartz's original research gifted storytelling, and thoughtful analysis make Broadcast Hysteria a groundbreaking work of media history. A .Brad  Schwartz  is the author of Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015). The book is based on his groundbreaking research into the infamous 1938 'panic broadcast,' conducted as part of his senior thesis in history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Brad also co-wrote a 2013 episode of the PBS series American Experience about the War of the Worlds broadcast, based in part on his thesis research. Brad received his BA in History and Screen Arts & Cultures from the University of Michigan in 2012. As part of the University selective screenwriting program, he wrote Open House, a murder-mystery/comedy short film that premiered at the Traverse City Film Festival in 2013. It has since screened as official selection of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and the 2014 Maryland International Film Festival.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231882Tue, 05 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the World's and the Art of Fake News Author: A. Brad Schwartz Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the World's and the Art of Fake News Author: A. Brad Schwartz Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: On October 30, 1938, families across the country were gathered around their radios when their regular programming was interrupted by an announcer delivering news of a meteor strike in New Jersey. With increasing intensity, the announcer read bulletins describing terrifying war  machines moving toward New York City. As the invading force approached, some listeners sat transfixed before their radios, while others ran to alert neighbors or call the police. Some even fled their homes in panic. But the broadcast was not breaking news—it was Orson Welles' adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds. In Broadcast Hysteria, A. Brad Schwartz examines the history behind the infamous radio play. Did it really spawn a wave of mass hysteria? Schwartz is the first to examine the hundreds of letters sent directly to Orson Welles after the broadcast. He draws upon them, hundreds more sent to the FCC, to recapture the roiling emotions of a bygone era, and his findings challenge conventional wisdom. Relatively few listeners believed an actual attack was underway. But even so, Schwartz shows that Welle's broadcast prompted a different kind of 'mass panic' as Americans debated the bewitching power of the radio and the country's vulnerabilities in a time of crisis. Schwartz's original research gifted storytelling, and thoughtful analysis make Broadcast Hysteria a groundbreaking work of media history. A .Brad  Schwartz  is the author of Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015). The book is based on his groundbreaking research into the infamous 1938 'panic broadcast,' conducted as part of his senior thesis in history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Brad also co-wrote a 2013 episode of the PBS series American Experience about the War of the Worlds broadcast, based in part on his thesis research. Brad received his BA in History and Screen Arts & Cultures from the University of Michigan in 2012. As part of the University selective screenwriting program, he wrote Open House, a murder-mystery/comedy short film that premiered at the Traverse City Film Festival in 2013. It has since screened as official selection of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and the 2014 Maryland International Film Festival.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/journey-thru-the-unknown-the-memoirs-of-the-unknown-comic-by-murray-langston--65326674https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey thru the Unknown: The Memoirs of the Unknown Comic Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The memoir of Murray Langston, a.k.a. 'The Unknown Comic,' is a detailed account of the highlights and lowlights of each year of his life, from June 27, 1944 until his sixty-ninth birthday on June 27, 2013. It's the story of how a poor kid from Montreal, being influenced by Jerry Lewis, longed to follow in his funny steps and somehow leave Canada and make it to Hollywood. Spiced with humor, drama, and enough celebrities to warrant the alternate title Name-Droppers, Journey thru the Unknown offers many surprising revelations, including Murray being threatened by Frank Sinatra, partying all night with Elvis Presley, spending Christmas Eve with Lucille Ball, watching Bob Hope's Christmas show when he was in the military and working with him twenty years later, attending the Academy Awards, double-dating with Robin Williams, appearing with Patrick Swayze in his first film, hanging out at Steve Martin's house, playing practical jokes on Carol Burnett, befriending David Letterman on his first arrival to Los Angeles, holding Kate Hudson when she was only weeks old, hanging out at the Playboy Mansion, costarring with Jim Carrey in his very first television appearance. Hear about Murray appearing for four years with Sonny and Cher, working alongside Ronald Reagan, O. J. Simpson, Bobby Darin, the Jackson 5, and his hero at the time, Jerry Lewis, among so many others. Hear about how he also worked on several other television series starring Roger Miller, Wolfman Jack, Bobby Vinton, the Hudson Brothers, and more. Hear about his appearing on practically every talk show of that era, from The Tonight Show to Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, John Davidson, Dinah Shore, Howard Stern … and more. Hear about his appearing at almost every hotel in Las Vegas, from the Sahara, the Riviera, the Sands, and the Tropicana to the Landmark, the Dunes, and more. Hear about how he produced, wrote, directed, and starred in a couple of feature films, besides appearing in over twenty movies along with over eight hundred television appearances while starring in and directing several plays along the way with fellow actors Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Johnny Whitaker, Eddie Mekka, and more. Hear about the ladies he appeared on stage with, including Charo, Helen Reddy, Melissa Manchester, Gladys Knight, Crystal Gayle, the Supremes, and more. Hear about the many comics who were his opening act, such as Drew Carey, David Spade, Kevin Nealon, Ryan Stiles, and more. Hear about the many comics he worked with in their early years who later became famous, such as Jay Leno, Cheech and Chong, Freddie Prinze, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Keaton, Howie Mandel, and more. Hear about the many celebrities he worked with who he later became close friends with, like Ruth Buzzi, Frankie Avalon, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Van Dyke, Ted Knight, Harvey Korman, and especially his mentor, Redd Foxx. Hear about celebrities he worked and hung out with who were arrogant and not very nice people, like Mickey Rooney, Sonny Bono, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Vickie Lawrence, and more. Hear about some of the ladies he dated, like Miss USA, Playboy centerfolds, Debra Winger, Deidre Hall, Teri Garr, and Lucie Arnaz, to name a few. Hear about how he is currently single but was married twice with two daughters, one of whom is Britney Spears' background singer and is about to make a huge splash on her own. The other a teenager with Down syndrome who is the light of his life and pure, liquid love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232041Tue, 05 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey thru the Unknown: The Memoirs of the Unknown Comic Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey thru the Unknown: The Memoirs of the Unknown Comic Author: Murray Langston Narrator: Murray Langston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The memoir of Murray Langston, a.k.a. 'The Unknown Comic,' is a detailed account of the highlights and lowlights of each year of his life, from June 27, 1944 until his sixty-ninth birthday on June 27, 2013. It's the story of how a poor kid from Montreal, being influenced by Jerry Lewis, longed to follow in his funny steps and somehow leave Canada and make it to Hollywood. Spiced with humor, drama, and enough celebrities to warrant the alternate title Name-Droppers, Journey thru the Unknown offers many surprising revelations, including Murray being threatened by Frank Sinatra, partying all night with Elvis Presley, spending Christmas Eve with Lucille Ball, watching Bob Hope's Christmas show when he was in the military and working with him twenty years later, attending the Academy Awards, double-dating with Robin Williams, appearing with Patrick Swayze in his first film, hanging out at Steve Martin's house, playing practical jokes on Carol Burnett, befriending David Letterman on his first arrival to Los Angeles, holding Kate Hudson when she was only weeks old, hanging out at the Playboy Mansion, costarring with Jim Carrey in his very first television appearance. Hear about Murray appearing for four years with Sonny and Cher, working alongside Ronald Reagan, O. J. Simpson, Bobby Darin, the Jackson 5, and his hero at the time, Jerry Lewis, among so many others. Hear about how he also worked on several other television series starring Roger Miller, Wolfman Jack, Bobby Vinton, the Hudson Brothers, and more. Hear about his appearing on practically every talk show of that era, from The Tonight Show to Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, John Davidson, Dinah Shore, Howard Stern … and more. Hear about his appearing at almost every hotel in Las Vegas, from the Sahara, the Riviera, the Sands, and the Tropicana to the Landmark, the Dunes, and more. Hear about how he produced, wrote, directed, and starred in a couple of feature films, besides appearing in over twenty movies along with over eight hundred television appearances while starring in and directing several plays along the way with fellow actors Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Johnny Whitaker, Eddie Mekka, and more. Hear about the ladies he appeared on stage with, including Charo, Helen Reddy, Melissa Manchester, Gladys Knight, Crystal Gayle, the Supremes, and more. Hear about the many comics who were his opening act, such as Drew Carey, David Spade, Kevin Nealon, Ryan Stiles, and more. Hear about the many comics he worked with in their early years who later became famous, such as Jay Leno, Cheech and Chong, Freddie Prinze, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Keaton, Howie Mandel, and more. Hear about the many celebrities he worked with who he later became close friends with, like Ruth Buzzi, Frankie Avalon, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Van Dyke, Ted Knight, Harvey Korman, and especially his mentor, Redd Foxx. Hear about celebrities he worked and hung out with who were arrogant and not very nice people, like Mickey Rooney, Sonny Bono, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Vickie Lawrence, and more. Hear about some of the ladies he dated, like Miss USA, Playboy centerfolds, Debra Winger, Deidre Hall, Teri Garr, and Lucie Arnaz, to name a few. Hear about how he is currently single but was married twice with two daughters, one of whom is Britney Spears' background singer and is about to make a huge splash on her own. The other a teenager with Down syndrome who is the light of his life and pure, liquid love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inner-sanctum-mysteries-vol-2-by-hollywood-360-cbs-radio--65326774https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned, and the famous 'creaking door' slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told stories of ghosts, murderers, and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually consisted of veteran radio actors, with occasional guest appearances by such Hollywood stars Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and Claude Rains. What made Inner Sanctum Mysteries unique among radio horror shows was its host, a slightly sinister sounding fellow originally known as 'Raymond.' The host had a droll sense of humor and an appetite for ghoulish puns, and his influence can be seen among horror hosts everywhere, from the Crypt-Keeper to Elvira. Raymond Edward Johnson was the show's host until 1945; Paul McGrath took over as host until the show left the air in 1952. Producer Hiram Brown would utilize the creaking door again in the 1970s, when he produced and directed The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Episodes include 'Blood of Cain''Skeleton Bay''The Man Who Couldn't Die''I Walk in the Night''Death Is a Double-Crosser''Strands of Death''Lady with a Plan''Make Ready My Grave''You Could Die Laughing''Detour to Terror''Eight Steps to Murder''I Want to Report a Murder']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232051Fri, 01 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned, and the famous 'creaking door' slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told stories of ghosts, murderers, and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually consisted of veteran radio actors, with occasional guest appearances by such Hollywood stars Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, and Claude Rains. What made Inner Sanctum Mysteries unique among radio horror shows was its host, a slightly sinister sounding fellow originally known as 'Raymond.' The host had a droll sense of humor and an appetite for ghoulish puns, and his influence can be seen among horror hosts everywhere, from the Crypt-Keeper to Elvira. Raymond Edward Johnson was the show's host until 1945; Paul McGrath took over as host until the show left the air in 1952. Producer Hiram Brown would utilize the creaking door again in the 1970s, when he produced and directed The CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Episodes include 'Blood of Cain''Skeleton Bay''The Man Who Couldn't Die''I Walk in the Night''Death Is a Double-Crosser''Strands of Death''Lady with a Plan''Make Ready My Grave''You Could Die Laughing''Detour to Terror''Eight Steps to Murder''I Want to Report a Murder']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-sweat-and-my-rock-n-roll-years-is-steve-katz-a-rock-star-by-steve-katz--65326655https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood, Sweat and My Rock 'n' Roll Years: Is Steve Katz A Rock Star? Author: Steve Katz Narrator: Dan Triandiflou Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: On paper Steve Katz's career rivals anyone's except the 1960s' and '70's biggest stars: the Monterey Pop Festival with the legendary Blues Project, Woodstock with Blood, Sweat & Tears, and even producing rock's most celebrated speed addict, Lou Reed. There were world tours, and his résumé screams 'Hall of Fame' — it won't be long before BS&T are on that ballot. He has three Grammies (ten nominations), three Downbeat Reader's Poll Awards, three gold records, one platinum record, and one quadruple platinum platter (the second Blood, Sweat & Tears album), not to mention three gold singles with BS&T. All together, he's sold close to 29 million records. He had affairs with famous female folk singers, made love to Jim Morrison's girlfriend Pam when Jim was drunk and abusive, partied with Elizabeth Taylor and Groucho Marx, dined with Rudolf Nureyev, conversed with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Tennessee Williams, hung out with Andy Warhol, jammed with everyone from Mose Allison to Jimi Hendrix, and was told to get a haircut by both Mickey Spillane and Danny Thomas. But his memoir is more Portnoy's Complaint than the lurid party-with-your-pants-down memoir that has become the norm for rock 'n' roll books. It's an honest and personal account of a life at the edge of the spotlight—a privileged vantage point that earned him a bit more objectivity and earnest outrage than a lot of his colleagues, who were too far into the scene to lay any honest witness to it. Set during the Greenwich Village folk/rock scene, the Sixties' most celebrated venues and concerts, and behind closed doors on international tours and grueling studio sessions, this is the unlikely story of a rock star as nerd, nerd as rock star, a nice Jewish boy who got to sit at the cool kid's table and score the hot chicks.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245404Fri, 01 May 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood, Sweat and My Rock 'n' Roll Years: Is Steve Katz A Rock Star? Author: Steve Katz Narrator: Dan Triandiflou Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood, Sweat and My Rock 'n' Roll Years: Is Steve Katz A Rock Star? Author: Steve Katz Narrator: Dan Triandiflou Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: On paper Steve Katz's career rivals anyone's except the 1960s' and '70's biggest stars: the Monterey Pop Festival with the legendary Blues Project, Woodstock with Blood, Sweat & Tears, and even producing rock's most celebrated speed addict, Lou Reed. There were world tours, and his résumé screams 'Hall of Fame' — it won't be long before BS&T are on that ballot. He has three Grammies (ten nominations), three Downbeat Reader's Poll Awards, three gold records, one platinum record, and one quadruple platinum platter (the second Blood, Sweat & Tears album), not to mention three gold singles with BS&T. All together, he's sold close to 29 million records. He had affairs with famous female folk singers, made love to Jim Morrison's girlfriend Pam when Jim was drunk and abusive, partied with Elizabeth Taylor and Groucho Marx, dined with Rudolf Nureyev, conversed with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Tennessee Williams, hung out with Andy Warhol, jammed with everyone from Mose Allison to Jimi Hendrix, and was told to get a haircut by both Mickey Spillane and Danny Thomas. But his memoir is more Portnoy's Complaint than the lurid party-with-your-pants-down memoir that has become the norm for rock 'n' roll books. It's an honest and personal account of a life at the edge of the spotlight—a privileged vantage point that earned him a bit more objectivity and earnest outrage than a lot of his colleagues, who were too far into the scene to lay any honest witness to it. Set during the Greenwich Village folk/rock scene, the Sixties' most celebrated venues and concerts, and behind closed doors on international tours and grueling studio sessions, this is the unlikely story of a rock star as nerd, nerd as rock star, a nice Jewish boy who got to sit at the cool kid's table and score the hot chicks.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-many-roads-the-life-and-times-of-the-grateful-dead-by-david-browne--65326784https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead Author: David Browne Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Grateful Dead's long, strange trip has been the subject of countless books—but none like So Many Roads. Drawing on new interviews with surviving members and people in their inner circle along with previously unknown details gleaned from the group's extensive archives, David Browne, acclaimed music journalist and contributing editor at Rolling Stone, lends the Dead's epic story the vivid feel of a novel. He sheds new light on the band's beginnings, music, dynamics, and struggles since Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anti-corporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll—both sonically and psychically—So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230691Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead Author: David Browne Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead Author: David Browne Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Grateful Dead's long, strange trip has been the subject of countless books—but none like So Many Roads. Drawing on new interviews with surviving members and people in their inner circle along with previously unknown details gleaned from the group's extensive archives, David Browne, acclaimed music journalist and contributing editor at Rolling Stone, lends the Dead's epic story the vivid feel of a novel. He sheds new light on the band's beginnings, music, dynamics, and struggles since Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anti-corporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll—both sonically and psychically—So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-and-lies-the-truth-behind-the-headlines-by-sam-faiers--65326790https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets and Lies: The truth behind the headlines Author: Sam Faiers Narrator: Denise Van Outen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 23, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Secrets and Lies: The truth behind the headlines by Sam Faiers, read by Denise Van Outen. This is a brand new memoir from Samantha Faiers, the star of The Only Way is Essex and Celebrity Big Brother 2014 finalist. In this book, Sam will reveal the inside story of her rollercoaster relationship with Joey Essex, the devastating effect of her diagnosis with Chrohn's disease, and dozens of photos from her personal archive. There will also be a never-before-heard secret that will generate a huge amount of interest in the press, alongside a big publicity campaign and exclusive book signings.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232058Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets and Lies: The truth behind the headlines Author: Sam Faiers Narrator: Denise Van Outen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets and Lies: The truth behind the headlines Author: Sam Faiers Narrator: Denise Van Outen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 23, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Secrets and Lies: The truth behind the headlines by Sam Faiers, read by Denise Van Outen. This is a brand new memoir from Samantha Faiers, the star of The Only Way is Essex and Celebrity Big Brother 2014 finalist. In this book, Sam will reveal the inside story of her rollercoaster relationship with Joey Essex, the devastating effect of her diagnosis with Chrohn's disease, and dozens of photos from her personal archive. There will also be a never-before-heard secret that will generate a huge amount of interest in the press, alongside a big publicity campaign and exclusive book signings.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/out-came-the-sun-overcoming-the-legacy-of-mental-illness-addiction-and-suicide-in-my-family-by-mariel-hemingway--65326788https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family Author: Mariel Hemingway Narrator: Mariel Hemingway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America’s most famous families: the Hemingways She opens her eyes. The room is dark. She hears yelling, smashed plates, and wishes it was all a terrible dream. But it isn’t. This is what it was like growing up as a Hemingway. In this deeply moving, searingly honest new memoir, actress and mental health icon Mariel Hemingway shares in candid detail the story of her troubled childhood in a famous family haunted by depression, alcoholism, illness, and suicide. Born just a few months after her grandfather Ernest Hemingway shot himself, it was Mariel’s mission as a girl to escape the desperate cycle of severe mental health issues that had plagued generations of her family. Surrounded by a family tortured by alcoholism (Mariel’s parents), depression (her sister Margaux), suicide (her grandfather and four other members of her family), schizophrenia (her sister Muffet), and cancer (her mother), it was all the young Mariel could do to keep her head. In a compassionate voice, she reveals her painful struggle to stay sane as the youngest child in her family, coping with the chaos by becoming obsessive about her food, schedule, and organization. The twisted legacy of her family has never quite let go of Mariel, but in this memoir she opens up about her claustrophobic marriage, her faltering acting career, and her turning to spiritual healers and charlatans for solace. Mariel has ultimately written a story of triumph about learning to overcome her family’s demons and developing love and deep compassion for them. At last she can tell the true story of the tragedies and troubles of the Hemingway family, and she delivers a book that beckons comparisons with Mary Karr and Jeanette Walls.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230813Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family Author: Mariel Hemingway Narrator: Mariel Hemingway...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family Author: Mariel Hemingway Narrator: Mariel Hemingway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America’s most famous families: the Hemingways She opens her eyes. The room is dark. She hears yelling, smashed plates, and wishes it was all a terrible dream. But it isn’t. This is what it was like growing up as a Hemingway. In this deeply moving, searingly honest new memoir, actress and mental health icon Mariel Hemingway shares in candid detail the story of her troubled childhood in a famous family haunted by depression, alcoholism, illness, and suicide. Born just a few months after her grandfather Ernest Hemingway shot himself, it was Mariel’s mission as a girl to escape the desperate cycle of severe mental health issues that had plagued generations of her family. Surrounded by a family tortured by alcoholism (Mariel’s parents), depression (her sister Margaux), suicide (her grandfather and four other members of her family), schizophrenia (her sister Muffet), and cancer (her mother), it was all the young Mariel could do to keep her head. In a compassionate voice, she reveals her painful struggle to stay sane as the youngest child in her family, coping with the chaos by becoming obsessive about her food, schedule, and organization. The twisted legacy of her family has never quite let go of Mariel, but in this memoir she opens up about her claustrophobic marriage, her faltering acting career, and her turning to spiritual healers and charlatans for solace. Mariel has ultimately written a story of triumph about learning to overcome her family’s demons and developing love and deep compassion for them. At last she can tell the true story of the tragedies and troubles of the Hemingway family, and she delivers a book that beckons comparisons with Mary Karr and Jeanette Walls.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-off-script-how-i-survived-a-crazy-childhood-cancer-and-clooney-s-32-on-screen-rejections-by-giuliana-rancic--65326777https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Off Script: How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections Author: Giuliana Rancic Narrator: Giuliana Rancic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A witty, warm, and inspiring memoir from the E News! host, Fashion Police panelist, red-carpet correspondent, author, and reality show star Giuliana Rancic.    Giuliana Rancic is best known for interviewing A-listers on the red carpet and E! News, skewering their shocking style choices on Fashion Police, and giving viewers a front row seat to her marriage and family life on her reality show, Giuliana & Bill. What fans may not know is that she learned English from Eddie Murphy, got her American citizenship so she could be a beauty queen, and used to have a bad habit of stealing cars for fun.   Giuliana bares this and so much more in her hilarious, warm, and inspiring memoir, Going Off Script.  From a young age she dreamed of being a TV anchorwoman but, because of her inclination toward mischief and away from schoolwork, her path to her dream job was far from straight. After a fateful (and mortifying) encounter with the late Senator Ted Kennedy, she learned that Hollywood news was where she belonged.  Thankfully for readers, this epiphany led her to a bounty of LA misadventures (featuring notables such as Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Russell Crowe) and an entertaining behind-the-scenes perspective on what our favorite celebrities are really like.    In spite of her glamorous Hollywood life, however, Giuliana could not escape some rockier times, including her battles with infertility and breast cancer.  Here, for the first time, she reveals the whole truth behind her well-publicized struggles, and the highly controversial decisions she had to make. And, of course, at the heart of it all are the two loves of her life who keep her strong through everything, her husband Bill and her son, Duke.    Candid, funny, and poignant, Going Off Script is an autobiography that proves you don’t always have to follow the rules to get the life you’ve always dreamed of.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231327Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Off Script: How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections Author: Giuliana Rancic Narrator: Giuliana Rancic...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Off Script: How I Survived a Crazy Childhood, Cancer, and Clooney's 32 On-Screen Rejections Author: Giuliana Rancic Narrator: Giuliana Rancic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A witty, warm, and inspiring memoir from the E News! host, Fashion Police panelist, red-carpet correspondent, author, and reality show star Giuliana Rancic.    Giuliana Rancic is best known for interviewing A-listers on the red carpet and E! News, skewering their shocking style choices on Fashion Police, and giving viewers a front row seat to her marriage and family life on her reality show, Giuliana & Bill. What fans may not know is that she learned English from Eddie Murphy, got her American citizenship so she could be a beauty queen, and used to have a bad habit of stealing cars for fun.   Giuliana bares this and so much more in her hilarious, warm, and inspiring memoir, Going Off Script.  From a young age she dreamed of being a TV anchorwoman but, because of her inclination toward mischief and away from schoolwork, her path to her dream job was far from straight. After a fateful (and mortifying) encounter with the late Senator Ted Kennedy, she learned that Hollywood news was where she belonged.  Thankfully for readers, this epiphany led her to a bounty of LA misadventures (featuring notables such as Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Russell Crowe) and an entertaining behind-the-scenes perspective on what our favorite celebrities are really like.    In spite of her glamorous Hollywood life, however, Giuliana could not escape some rockier times, including her battles with infertility and breast cancer.  Here, for the first time, she reveals the whole truth behind her well-publicized struggles, and the highly controversial decisions she had to make. And, of course, at the heart of it all are the two loves of her life who keep her strong through everything, her husband Bill and her son, Duke.    Candid, funny, and poignant, Going Off Script is an autobiography that proves you don’t always have to follow the rules to get the life you’ve always dreamed of.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-suck-at-relationships-so-you-don-t-have-to-10-rules-for-not-screwing-up-your-happily-ever-after-by-bethenny-frankel--65326733https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To: 10 Rules for Not Screwing Up Your Happily Ever After Author: Bethenny Frankel Narrator: Bethenny Frankel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Bethenny Frankel, five-time New York Times bestselling author, self-made businesswoman, and media maven, shares her ten rules for relationship success and takes us on an empowering journey to learn how to say yes to love. From running her Skinnygirl business to being a mom and a TV star, Bethenny Frankel appears to have it all. But when it comes to relationships, she is the first to admit that she has failed—a lot. In fact, Bethenny has made every mistake, from calling when she shouldn’t have to misreading signals to staying with a guy for all the wrong reasons. In working through the mistakes, she has gained insight and wisdom about what matters most. Filled with personal stories and the no-nonsense advice she’s known for, New York Times bestseller I Suck at Relationships So You Don’t Have To is the next step on Bethenny’s A Place of Yes journey. She offers an unflinching but ultimately hopeful look at what it takes to find real love including tips on dating, how to trust your gut, avoiding self-sabotage, and much more. It’s easy to give up on romance, to expect the worst, and to doubt yourself, but you shouldn’t be satisfied with a relationship that is mediocre—your relationship can and should be incredible. Using Bethenny’s “A Place of Yes” attitude, you too can find love and a relationship that is more successful, fulfilling, and happier than ever before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230756Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To: 10 Rules for Not Screwing Up Your Happily Ever After Author: Bethenny Frankel Narrator: Bethenny Frankel...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To: 10 Rules for Not Screwing Up Your Happily Ever After Author: Bethenny Frankel Narrator: Bethenny Frankel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Bethenny Frankel, five-time New York Times bestselling author, self-made businesswoman, and media maven, shares her ten rules for relationship success and takes us on an empowering journey to learn how to say yes to love. From running her Skinnygirl business to being a mom and a TV star, Bethenny Frankel appears to have it all. But when it comes to relationships, she is the first to admit that she has failed—a lot. In fact, Bethenny has made every mistake, from calling when she shouldn’t have to misreading signals to staying with a guy for all the wrong reasons. In working through the mistakes, she has gained insight and wisdom about what matters most. Filled with personal stories and the no-nonsense advice she’s known for, New York Times bestseller I Suck at Relationships So You Don’t Have To is the next step on Bethenny’s A Place of Yes journey. She offers an unflinching but ultimately hopeful look at what it takes to find real love including tips on dating, how to trust your gut, avoiding self-sabotage, and much more. It’s easy to give up on romance, to expect the worst, and to doubt yourself, but you shouldn’t be satisfied with a relationship that is mediocre—your relationship can and should be incredible. Using Bethenny’s “A Place of Yes” attitude, you too can find love and a relationship that is more successful, fulfilling, and happier than ever before.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-prairie-home-companion-40th-anniversary-collection-by-garrison-keillor--65326711https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Prairie Home Companion 40th Anniversary Collection Author: Garrison Keillor Narrator: Garrison Keillor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Since A Prairie Home Companion first went on air, July 6, 1974, a steady stream of great musicians has crossed its stage—The Steele Sisters, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Peter Ostroushko, The Wailin Jennys, Robin and Linda Williams Iris DeMent, Howard Levy—plus the radio detective Guy Noir, the Cowboys Dusty and Lefty, the librarian Ruth Harrison, Duane and his Mother, and the good people of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. An all-star roster of favorite performers joined to celebrate the anniversary on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, a stone's throw from the hall where the first broadcast was made. Some highlights from that show are presented here, interwoven with archival performances by Doc Watson, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Helen Schneyer, Chet Atkins, Bill Hinkley & Judy Larson, Soupy Schindler, and Tom Keith.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231876Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Prairie Home Companion 40th Anniversary Collection Author: Garrison Keillor Narrator: Garrison Keillor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Prairie Home Companion 40th Anniversary Collection Author: Garrison Keillor Narrator: Garrison Keillor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Since A Prairie Home Companion first went on air, July 6, 1974, a steady stream of great musicians has crossed its stage—The Steele Sisters, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Peter Ostroushko, The Wailin Jennys, Robin and Linda Williams Iris DeMent, Howard Levy—plus the radio detective Guy Noir, the Cowboys Dusty and Lefty, the librarian Ruth Harrison, Duane and his Mother, and the good people of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. An all-star roster of favorite performers joined to celebrate the anniversary on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, a stone's throw from the hall where the first broadcast was made. Some highlights from that show are presented here, interwoven with archival performances by Doc Watson, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Helen Schneyer, Chet Atkins, Bill Hinkley & Judy Larson, Soupy Schindler, and Tom Keith.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/words-without-music-a-memoir-by-philip-glass--65326748https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Words without Music: A Memoir Author: Philip Glass Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: World-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has almost single-handedly crafted the dominant sound of late twentieth-century classical music. In Words without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice: that of a born storyteller and insightful chronicler, whose behind-the-scenes recollections allow one to experience the moments of creative fusion when life magically merges with art. The transformation of a young man from budding musical prodigy to world-renowned composer is the story of this commanding memoir. From his childhood in post–World War II Baltimore to his student days in Chicago, at Juilliard, and his first journey to Paris, where he studied under the formidable Nadia Boulanger, Glass recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that shaped his artistic consciousness. From a life-changing trip to India, where he met with gurus, to the gritty streets of New York in the 1970s, where he worked day jobs as a furniture mover, cabbie, and unlicensed plumber, Glass leads the life of a Parisian bohemian artist transported to twentieth-century America. Even after Glass' talent was first widely recognized with the sensational premiere of Einstein on the Beach in 1976, he never abandoned his ideals throughout his collaborations with such artists as Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar, Robert Wilson, Doris Lessing, and Martin Scorsese. And in this loving and slyly humorous autobiography, Philip Glass re-creates in words the thrill that results from artistic creation, ultimately affirming the power of music to change the world. BONUS FEATURE: Includes 'Etude No. 2,' written and performed by Philip Glass]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230749Mon, 06 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Words without Music: A Memoir Author: Philip Glass Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 9 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Words without Music: A Memoir Author: Philip Glass Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: World-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has almost single-handedly crafted the dominant sound of late twentieth-century classical music. In Words without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice: that of a born storyteller and insightful chronicler, whose behind-the-scenes recollections allow one to experience the moments of creative fusion when life magically merges with art. The transformation of a young man from budding musical prodigy to world-renowned composer is the story of this commanding memoir. From his childhood in post–World War II Baltimore to his student days in Chicago, at Juilliard, and his first journey to Paris, where he studied under the formidable Nadia Boulanger, Glass recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places that shaped his artistic consciousness. From a life-changing trip to India, where he met with gurus, to the gritty streets of New York in the 1970s, where he worked day jobs as a furniture mover, cabbie, and unlicensed plumber, Glass leads the life of a Parisian bohemian artist transported to twentieth-century America. Even after Glass' talent was first widely recognized with the sensational premiere of Einstein on the Beach in 1976, he never abandoned his ideals throughout his collaborations with such artists as Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar, Robert Wilson, Doris Lessing, and Martin Scorsese. And in this loving and slyly humorous autobiography, Philip Glass re-creates in words the thrill that results from artistic creation, ultimately affirming the power of music to change the world. BONUS FEATURE: Includes 'Etude No. 2,' written and performed by Philip Glass]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/suspense-vol-2-by-hollywood-360-cbs-radio--65326794https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Suspense, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as 'Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills,' it focused on suspenseful thrillers starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes were hosted by the 'Man in Black' who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two at the very end. Hollywood's finest actors jumped at the chance to appear on Suspense, including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles. Scripts were written by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury, and many others. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was on radio that Suspense enjoyed its glory days. Included are the following episodes: 'The Man without a Body,' starring George Zucco'A Friend to Alexander,' starring Robert Young'The King's Birthday,' starring Dolores Costello'Marry for Murder,' starring Lillian Gish'Statement of Employee Henry Wilson,' starring Gene Lockhart'Thieves Fall Out,' starring Gene Kelly'Dime a Dance,' starring Lucille Ball'A World of Darkness,' starring Paul Lukas'Sorry, Wrong Number,' starring Agnes Moorehead'Portrait without a Face,' starring George Coulouris'The Visitor,' starring Eddie Bracken'The Ten Grand,' starring Lucille Ball]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230753Wed, 01 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Suspense, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Suspense, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as 'Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills,' it focused on suspenseful thrillers starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes were hosted by the 'Man in Black' who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two at the very end. Hollywood's finest actors jumped at the chance to appear on Suspense, including Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles. Scripts were written by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury, and many others. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was on radio that Suspense enjoyed its glory days. Included are the following episodes: 'The Man without a Body,' starring George Zucco'A Friend to Alexander,' starring Robert Young'The King's Birthday,' starring Dolores Costello'Marry for Murder,' starring Lillian Gish'Statement of Employee Henry Wilson,' starring Gene Lockhart'Thieves Fall Out,' starring Gene Kelly'Dime a Dance,' starring Lucille Ball'A World of Darkness,' starring Paul Lukas'Sorry, Wrong Number,' starring Agnes Moorehead'Portrait without a Face,' starring George Coulouris'The Visitor,' starring Eddie Bracken'The Ten Grand,' starring Lucille Ball]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-s-re-great-britain-by-al-murray--65326770https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let's re-Great Britain Author: Al Murray Narrator: Al Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Let's Re-Great Britain, by Al Murray, read by Al Murray. Al Murray grabbed the headlines when he announced his intention to stand in the UK General Election as his most famous creation, the 'Pub Landlord', for the newly-formed Free United Kingdom Party. He will be contesting the seat of South Thanet against UKIP leader Nigel Farage, in a battle that is sure to see comedy and clashes from now until polling day. This book will set out his hilarious manifesto, including his views on: - Money: 'The Pound will be revalued at one pound 10p, so it will now be worth 10p more.' - Scotland: 'Alex Salmond to be made First Minister for Norwich, so he can understand what being ignored by the rest of the country is really like.' - Local issues: 'South Thanet to be made the new capital of the UK. Demilitarised zone to set-up between North and South Thanet.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230928Wed, 01 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let's re-Great Britain Author: Al Murray Narrator: Al Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 1, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let's re-Great Britain Author: Al Murray Narrator: Al Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Let's Re-Great Britain, by Al Murray, read by Al Murray. Al Murray grabbed the headlines when he announced his intention to stand in the UK General Election as his most famous creation, the 'Pub Landlord', for the newly-formed Free United Kingdom Party. He will be contesting the seat of South Thanet against UKIP leader Nigel Farage, in a battle that is sure to see comedy and clashes from now until polling day. This book will set out his hilarious manifesto, including his views on: - Money: 'The Pound will be revalued at one pound 10p, so it will now be worth 10p more.' - Scotland: 'Alex Salmond to be made First Minister for Norwich, so he can understand what being ignored by the rest of the country is really like.' - Local issues: 'South Thanet to be made the new capital of the UK. Demilitarised zone to set-up between North and South Thanet.']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-amos-n-andy-show-vol-2-by-hollywood-360--65326759https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Charles Correll, Freeman Gosden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut January 12, 1926, as the comedic, blackface characters Sam 'n' Henry. On March 19, 1928, they introduced Amos 'n' Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. During the height of the show's popularity, almost the entire country listened to the fifteen-minute adventures of Amos and Andy that aired Monday through Friday. Department stores open in the evening piped in the broadcasts so shoppers wouldn't miss an episode; movie theaters scheduled their features to end just prior to the start of Amos 'n' Andy so they, too, could pipe it in. The characters were members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge, of which George Stevens was the 'Kingfish.' Amos and Andy ran the Fresh-Air Taxi Company, with the more stable, married Amos doing most of the work while Andy chased girls. In 1943, after 4,091 quarter-hour episodes, it switched to a half-hour weekly comedy. While the five-a-week show often had a quiet, easygoing feeling, the new version was a brassy Hollywood-style production, complete with a studio audience, a full cast of supporting actors, and a full orchestra. Many of the half-hour programs were written by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, later the writing team for Leave It to Beaver and The Munsters. In the new version, Amos became a minor character to the more dominant Andy and Kingfish duo. The new Amos 'n' Andy show lasted for the next twelve years as one of radio's most popular weekly programs. Episodes include: 'Violets''Culture''Diamond Ring''Sunday, Monday or Always''Madam Queen, Part 1''Madam Queen, Part 2''Insurance, Part 1''Insurance, Part 2''Amnesia''Get Acquainted''Chauffeur''Secretary']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230630Wed, 01 Apr 2015 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Charles Correll, Freeman Gosden Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amos ’n’ Andy Show, Vol. 2 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Charles Correll, Freeman Gosden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut January 12, 1926, as the comedic, blackface characters Sam 'n' Henry. On March 19, 1928, they introduced Amos 'n' Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. During the height of the show's popularity, almost the entire country listened to the fifteen-minute adventures of Amos and Andy that aired Monday through Friday. Department stores open in the evening piped in the broadcasts so shoppers wouldn't miss an episode; movie theaters scheduled their features to end just prior to the start of Amos 'n' Andy so they, too, could pipe it in. The characters were members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge, of which George Stevens was the 'Kingfish.' Amos and Andy ran the Fresh-Air Taxi Company, with the more stable, married Amos doing most of the work while Andy chased girls. In 1943, after 4,091 quarter-hour episodes, it switched to a half-hour weekly comedy. While the five-a-week show often had a quiet, easygoing feeling, the new version was a brassy Hollywood-style production, complete with a studio audience, a full cast of supporting actors, and a full orchestra. Many of the half-hour programs were written by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, later the writing team for Leave It to Beaver and The Munsters. In the new version, Amos became a minor character to the more dominant Andy and Kingfish duo. The new Amos 'n' Andy show lasted for the next twelve years as one of radio's most popular weekly programs. Episodes include: 'Violets''Culture''Diamond Ring''Sunday, Monday or Always''Madam Queen, Part 1''Madam Queen, Part 2''Insurance, Part 1''Insurance, Part 2''Amnesia''Get Acquainted''Chauffeur''Secretary']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-bridges-by-kevin-bridges--65326808https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Need to Talk About . . . Kevin Bridges Author: Kevin Bridges Narrator: Kevin Bridges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of We Need to Talk About... Kevin Bridges. Aged 17, Kevin Bridges walked on stage for the first time and brought the house down. He only had a five-minute set but he discovered he really could earn a living from making people laugh. Kevin began life as a shy, nerve-ridden school-boy. Reaching his teens, he followed his true calling as the class clown. This was a guy going somewhere - off the rails seeming most likely. Kevin's trademark social commentary, sharp one-liners and laugh-out-loud humour blend with his reflections on his Glaswegian childhood and the journey he's taken to become one of the most-loved comedians of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230941Thu, 09 Oct 2014 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Need to Talk About . . . Kevin Bridges Author: Kevin Bridges Narrator: Kevin Bridges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Need to Talk About . . . Kevin Bridges Author: Kevin Bridges Narrator: Kevin Bridges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of We Need to Talk About... Kevin Bridges. Aged 17, Kevin Bridges walked on stage for the first time and brought the house down. He only had a five-minute set but he discovered he really could earn a living from making people laugh. Kevin began life as a shy, nerve-ridden school-boy. Reaching his teens, he followed his true calling as the class clown. This was a guy going somewhere - off the rails seeming most likely. Kevin's trademark social commentary, sharp one-liners and laugh-out-loud humour blend with his reflections on his Glaswegian childhood and the journey he's taken to become one of the most-loved comedians of our time.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/more-fool-me-by-stephen-fry--65326707https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Fool Me Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin Following on from his hugely successful first book, The Fry Chronicles, comes the second chapter in Stephen Fry's life. This unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of More Fool Me is read by Stephen Fry himself. 'Oh dear I am an arse. I expect there'll be what I believe is called an 'intervention' soon. I keep picturing it. All my friends bearing down on me and me denying everything until my pockets are emptied. Oh the shame' In his early thirties, Stephen Fry - writer, comedian, star of stage and screen - had, as they say, 'made it'. Much loved in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, The Liar, with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him. What could possibly go wrong? Then, as the 80s drew to a close, he discovered a most enjoyable way to burn the candle at both ends, and took to excess like a duck to breadcrumbs. Writing and recording by day, and haunting a never ending series of celebrity parties, drinking dens, and poker games by night, in a ludicrous and impressive act of bravado, he fooled all those except the very closest to him, some of whom were most enjoyably engaged in the same dance. He was - to all intents and purposes - a high functioning addict. Blazing brightly and partying wildly as the 80s turned to the 90s, AIDS became an epidemic and politics turned really nasty, he was so busy, so distracted by the high life, that he could hardly see the inevitable, headlong tumble that must surely follow . . . Containing raw, electric extracts from his diaries of the time, More Fool Me is a brilliant, eloquent account by a man driven to create and to entertain - revealing a side to him he has long kept hidden. Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as Captain Melchett in Blackadder. He also presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. Praise for The Fry Chronicles: 'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' The Times 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy' Observer ©2014 Stephen Fry (P)2014 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237970Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Fool Me Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 25, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237970 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Fool Me Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin Following on from his hugely successful first book, The Fry Chronicles, comes the second chapter in Stephen Fry's life. This unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of More Fool Me is read by Stephen Fry himself. 'Oh dear I am an arse. I expect there'll be what I believe is called an 'intervention' soon. I keep picturing it. All my friends bearing down on me and me denying everything until my pockets are emptied. Oh the shame' In his early thirties, Stephen Fry - writer, comedian, star of stage and screen - had, as they say, 'made it'. Much loved in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, The Liar, with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him. What could possibly go wrong? Then, as the 80s drew to a close, he discovered a most enjoyable way to burn the candle at both ends, and took to excess like a duck to breadcrumbs. Writing and recording by day, and haunting a never ending series of celebrity parties, drinking dens, and poker games by night, in a ludicrous and impressive act of bravado, he fooled all those except the very closest to him, some of whom were most enjoyably engaged in the same dance. He was - to all intents and purposes - a high functioning addict. Blazing brightly and partying wildly as the 80s turned to the 90s, AIDS became an epidemic and politics turned really nasty, he was so busy, so distracted by the high life, that he could hardly see the inevitable, headlong tumble that must surely follow . . . Containing raw, electric extracts from his diaries of the time, More Fool Me is a brilliant, eloquent account by a man driven to create and to entertain - revealing a side to him he has long kept hidden. Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as Captain Melchett in Blackadder. He also presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. Praise for The Fry Chronicles: 'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' The Times 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy' Observer ©2014 Stephen Fry (P)2014 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-are-you-looking-at-150-years-of-modern-art-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-by-will-gompertz--65326781https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye Author: Will Gompertz Narrator: Roy McMillan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz, read by Roy McMilllan. What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup cans to Hirst's pickled shark, hear the stories behind the masterpieces, meet the artists as they really were, and discover the real point of modern art. You will learn: not all conceptual art is bollocks; Picasso is king (but Cézanne is better); Pollock is no drip; Dali painted with his moustache; a urinal changed the course of art, why your 5-year-old really couldn't do it. Refreshing, irreverent and always straightforward, What Are You Looking At? asks all the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask. Your next gallery trip is going to be a little less intimidating and a lot more interesting.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230942Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye Author: Will Gompertz Narrator: Roy McMillan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye Author: Will Gompertz Narrator: Roy McMillan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz, read by Roy McMilllan. What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? Join Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup cans to Hirst's pickled shark, hear the stories behind the masterpieces, meet the artists as they really were, and discover the real point of modern art. You will learn: not all conceptual art is bollocks; Picasso is king (but Cézanne is better); Pollock is no drip; Dali painted with his moustache; a urinal changed the course of art, why your 5-year-old really couldn't do it. Refreshing, irreverent and always straightforward, What Are You Looking At? asks all the basic questions that you were too afraid to ask. Your next gallery trip is going to be a little less intimidating and a lot more interesting.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jim-henson-the-biography-by-brian-jay-jones--65326802https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jim Henson: The Biography Author: Brian Jay Jones Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Innovator. Genius. Legend. Jim Henson was a talent like no other. The iconic characters he created – Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird – made Jim Henson a household name. But they were just a part of his remarkable story. Now, in this extraordinary biography, written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family, Jim’s life is given full rein: his vibrant imagination, winning sense of humour, and infectious enthusiasm. For the very first time, the Henson archive has been opened to an independent biographer, giving Brian Jay Jones unprecedented access to private papers. Drawing on this treasure trove of material, as well as exclusive interviews with Henson’s family, friends and closest collaborators, this is quite simply the most comprehensive book ever written about a man who is a hero to millions. Read all about the evolution of the Muppets, Henson’s contributions to Sesame Street and his lengthy campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television, as well as Henson’s non-Muppets projects – the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, and fascinating misfires like Henson’s dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub. Jim may be gone, but he and his legacy are not forgotten. In Jim Henson, we have the ultimate celebration and examination of an unforgettable, irreplaceable, incomparable man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237095Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jim Henson: The Biography Author: Brian Jay Jones Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 19 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237095 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jim Henson: The Biography Author: Brian Jay Jones Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Innovator. Genius. Legend. Jim Henson was a talent like no other. The iconic characters he created – Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird – made Jim Henson a household name. But they were just a part of his remarkable story. Now, in this extraordinary biography, written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family, Jim’s life is given full rein: his vibrant imagination, winning sense of humour, and infectious enthusiasm. For the very first time, the Henson archive has been opened to an independent biographer, giving Brian Jay Jones unprecedented access to private papers. Drawing on this treasure trove of material, as well as exclusive interviews with Henson’s family, friends and closest collaborators, this is quite simply the most comprehensive book ever written about a man who is a hero to millions. Read all about the evolution of the Muppets, Henson’s contributions to Sesame Street and his lengthy campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television, as well as Henson’s non-Muppets projects – the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, and fascinating misfires like Henson’s dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub. Jim may be gone, but he and his legacy are not forgotten. In Jim Henson, we have the ultimate celebration and examination of an unforgettable, irreplaceable, incomparable man.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-regrets-by-coleen-nolan--65326822https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Regrets Author: Coleen Nolan Narrator: Coleen Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 13, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of No Regrets, Coleen Nolan's gripping new memoir about love and heartbreak. As a member of the Nolan sisters, Coleen Nolan was born into the spotlight and has stayed there ever since. She has now become one of the nation's favourite TV presenters and is used to newspapers and magazines claiming to have the inside story of her private life. In No Regrets Coleen finally reveals the truth of what really happened during the last few rollercoaster years, truly the worst of her life. Whilst it's certainly been a traumatic time for the whole family, Coleen is a survivor. First and foremost, she is a mum and is determined to hold her family together. The Nolans finally put aside their infamous feud to rally round their beloved sister Bernie, who tragically lost her fight with cancer on the 4th of July last year, aged just 52. In this memoir, Coleen movingly describes her struggle to deal with the emotional scars that come from losing someone so close and the effect it has had on her own life. Coleen also confesses the secret that she has been hiding from prying eyes: her second marriage and 'happy ever after' with musician Ray Fensome was pushed to breaking point by a series of rows and separations. Here, for the first time, Coleen reveals how she has battled to save her marriage and stop her family from being torn apart. In this incredibly candid memoir, Coleen writes with raw honesty about her family troubles, her career highs and lows, and her struggle with her body image. In recent years, Coleen has found herself in both a plastic surgeon's office looking at a £20,000 bill to 'fix her face' and at a breast cancer clinic asking for the removal of her healthy breasts to avoid becoming the fourth sister in the family to be struck down by cancer. Wonderfully warm and moving, and brilliantly funny and honest, No Regrets will take you from laughter to tears and back again as you share in Coleen's very personal journey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230959Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Regrets Author: Coleen Nolan Narrator: Coleen Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 13, 2014 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Regrets Author: Coleen Nolan Narrator: Coleen Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 13, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of No Regrets, Coleen Nolan's gripping new memoir about love and heartbreak. As a member of the Nolan sisters, Coleen Nolan was born into the spotlight and has stayed there ever since. She has now become one of the nation's favourite TV presenters and is used to newspapers and magazines claiming to have the inside story of her private life. In No Regrets Coleen finally reveals the truth of what really happened during the last few rollercoaster years, truly the worst of her life. Whilst it's certainly been a traumatic time for the whole family, Coleen is a survivor. First and foremost, she is a mum and is determined to hold her family together. The Nolans finally put aside their infamous feud to rally round their beloved sister Bernie, who tragically lost her fight with cancer on the 4th of July last year, aged just 52. In this memoir, Coleen movingly describes her struggle to deal with the emotional scars that come from losing someone so close and the effect it has had on her own life. Coleen also confesses the secret that she has been hiding from prying eyes: her second marriage and 'happy ever after' with musician Ray Fensome was pushed to breaking point by a series of rows and separations. Here, for the first time, Coleen reveals how she has battled to save her marriage and stop her family from being torn apart. In this incredibly candid memoir, Coleen writes with raw honesty about her family troubles, her career highs and lows, and her struggle with her body image. In recent years, Coleen has found herself in both a plastic surgeon's office looking at a £20,000 bill to 'fix her face' and at a breast cancer clinic asking for the removal of her healthy breasts to avoid becoming the fourth sister in the family to be struck down by cancer. Wonderfully warm and moving, and brilliantly funny and honest, No Regrets will take you from laughter to tears and back again as you share in Coleen's very personal journey.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-didn-t-see-that-coming-by-andrea-begley--65326702https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Didn’t See That Coming Author: Andrea Begley Narrator: Melanie MacHugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: December 19, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Andrea Begley stunned the nation with her unique voice and was the brilliant winner of series two of The Voice UK. This is the exclusive story of her journey to the top. From her childhood in Ireland, coming to terms with the loss of 90% of her vision, to her university days and her passion for politics and above all, music. The Voice was the opportunity Andrea had been waiting for and she made sure nothing would hold her back. In this book, Andrea reveals the moments of terror and triumph, the pressure and euphoria, what it’s really like to work with Danny O’Donoghue and what it feels like to have finally achieved her dream against all odds. An incredible voice, an incredible woman. This is her story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241906Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Didn’t See That Coming Author: Andrea Begley Narrator: Melanie MacHugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Didn’t See That Coming Author: Andrea Begley Narrator: Melanie MacHugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: December 19, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Andrea Begley stunned the nation with her unique voice and was the brilliant winner of series two of The Voice UK. This is the exclusive story of her journey to the top. From her childhood in Ireland, coming to terms with the loss of 90% of her vision, to her university days and her passion for politics and above all, music. The Voice was the opportunity Andrea had been waiting for and she made sure nothing would hold her back. In this book, Andrea reveals the moments of terror and triumph, the pressure and euphoria, what it’s really like to work with Danny O’Donoghue and what it feels like to have finally achieved her dream against all odds. An incredible voice, an incredible woman. This is her story.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autobiography-by-morrissey--65326789https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography Author: Morrissey Narrator: David Morrissey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades. Achieving twelve Top 10 albums (plus nine with the Smiths), his songs have been recorded by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, Thelma Houston, My Chemical Romance and Christy Moore, amongst others. An animal protectionist, in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second greatest living British icon by viewers of the BBC, losing out to Sir David Attenborough. In 2007 Morrissey was voted the greatest northern male, past or present, in a nationwide newspaper poll. In 2012, Morrissey was awarded the Keys to the City of Tel-Aviv. It has been said 'Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime.' Autobiography covers Morrissey's life from his birth until the present day. © Morrissey 2013 (P) Penguin Audio 2013]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234210Thu, 05 Dec 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography Author: Morrissey Narrator: David Morrissey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography Author: Morrissey Narrator: David Morrissey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades. Achieving twelve Top 10 albums (plus nine with the Smiths), his songs have been recorded by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, Thelma Houston, My Chemical Romance and Christy Moore, amongst others. An animal protectionist, in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second greatest living British icon by viewers of the BBC, losing out to Sir David Attenborough. In 2007 Morrissey was voted the greatest northern male, past or present, in a nationwide newspaper poll. In 2012, Morrissey was awarded the Keys to the City of Tel-Aviv. It has been said 'Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime.' Autobiography covers Morrissey's life from his birth until the present day. © Morrissey 2013 (P) Penguin Audio 2013]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/furious-cool-richard-pryor-and-the-world-that-made-him-by-joe-henry-david-henry--65326639https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and The World That Made Him Author: Joe Henry, David Henry Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 5, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Richard Pryor was arguably the single most influential performer of the second half of the twentieth century,and certainly he was the most successful black actor/comedian ever. Controversial and somewhat enigmatic in his lifetime, Pryor's performances opened up a new world of possibilities, merging fantasy with angry reality in a way that wasn't just new—it was heretofore unthinkable. His childhood in Peoria, Illinois, was spent just trying to survive. Yet the culture into which Richard Pryor was born—his mother was a prostitute; his grandmother ran the whorehouse—helped him evolve into one of the most innovative and outspoken performers ever, a man who attracted admiration and anger in equal parts. Both a brilliant comedian and a very astute judge of what he could get away with, Pryor was always pushing the envelope, combining anger and pathos, outrage and humor, into an art form, laying the groundwork for the generations of comedians who followed, including such outstanding performers as Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and Louis C.K. Now, in this groundbreaking and revelatory work, David and Joe Henry bring him to life both as a man and as an artist, providing an in-depth appreciation of his talent and his lasting influence, as well as an insightful examination of the world he lived in and the influences that shaped both his persona and his art.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245358Tue, 05 Nov 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and The World That Made Him Author: Joe Henry, David Henry Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/245358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and The World That Made Him Author: Joe Henry, David Henry Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 5, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Richard Pryor was arguably the single most influential performer of the second half of the twentieth century,and certainly he was the most successful black actor/comedian ever. Controversial and somewhat enigmatic in his lifetime, Pryor's performances opened up a new world of possibilities, merging fantasy with angry reality in a way that wasn't just new—it was heretofore unthinkable. His childhood in Peoria, Illinois, was spent just trying to survive. Yet the culture into which Richard Pryor was born—his mother was a prostitute; his grandmother ran the whorehouse—helped him evolve into one of the most innovative and outspoken performers ever, a man who attracted admiration and anger in equal parts. Both a brilliant comedian and a very astute judge of what he could get away with, Pryor was always pushing the envelope, combining anger and pathos, outrage and humor, into an art form, laying the groundwork for the generations of comedians who followed, including such outstanding performers as Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and Louis C.K. Now, in this groundbreaking and revelatory work, David and Joe Henry bring him to life both as a man and as an artist, providing an in-depth appreciation of his talent and his lasting influence, as well as an insightful examination of the world he lived in and the influences that shaped both his persona and his art.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/under-a-mackerel-sky-by-rick-stein--65326701https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under a Mackerel Sky Author: Rick Stein Narrator: Rick Stein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 17, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ‘All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why’ Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved and given freedom typical of the time. As he grew older, the holidays were filled with loud and lively parties in his parents' Cornish barn. But ever-present was the unpredicatible mood of his bipolar father, with Rick frequently the focus of his anger and sadness. When Rick was 18 his father killed himself. Emotionally adrift, Rick left for Australia, carrying a suitcase stamped with his father's initials. Manual labour in the outback followed by adventures in America and Mexico toughened up the naive public schoolboy, but at heart he was still lost and unsure what to do with his life. Eventually, Cornwall called him home. From the entrepreneurial days of his mobile disco, the Purple Tiger, to his first, unlikely unlikely nightclub where much of the time was spent breaking up drink-fuelled fights, Rick charts his personal journey in a way that is both wry and perceptive; engaging and witty. Narrated by Rick Stein himself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241933Thu, 17 Oct 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under a Mackerel Sky Author: Rick Stein Narrator: Rick Stein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 17, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under a Mackerel Sky Author: Rick Stein Narrator: Rick Stein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 17, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ‘All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why’ Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved and given freedom typical of the time. As he grew older, the holidays were filled with loud and lively parties in his parents' Cornish barn. But ever-present was the unpredicatible mood of his bipolar father, with Rick frequently the focus of his anger and sadness. When Rick was 18 his father killed himself. Emotionally adrift, Rick left for Australia, carrying a suitcase stamped with his father's initials. Manual labour in the outback followed by adventures in America and Mexico toughened up the naive public schoolboy, but at heart he was still lost and unsure what to do with his life. Eventually, Cornwall called him home. From the entrepreneurial days of his mobile disco, the Purple Tiger, to his first, unlikely unlikely nightclub where much of the time was spent breaking up drink-fuelled fights, Rick charts his personal journey in a way that is both wry and perceptive; engaging and witty. Narrated by Rick Stein himself.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-jason-my-life-by-david-jason--65326810https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Jason: My Life Author: David Jason Narrator: Michael Fenton Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: October 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: David Jason: My Life, now available as an unabridged audiobook. National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2013. Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself working with the leading lights of British comedy in the 1960s and '70s: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Barker. Barker would become a mentor to David, leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge and Open All Hours. It wasn’t until 1981, kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out Reliant Regal, that David found the part that would capture the nation’s hearts: the beloved Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. Never a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning spell as TV’s favourite detective Jack Frost, took a country jaunt as Pop Larkin in the Darling Buds of May, and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved children’s show Danger Mouse. But life hasn't all been so easy: from missing out on a key role in Dad’s Army to nearly drowning in a freak diving accident, David has had his fair share of ups and downs, and has lost some of his nearest and dearest along the way. David’s is a touching, funny and warm-hearted story, which charts the course of his incredible five decades at the top of the entertainment business. He's been a shopkeeper and a detective inspector, a crime-fighter and a market trader, and he ain't finished yet. As Del Boy would say, it's all cushty. The introduction to the David Jason audiobook is narrated by David himself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241934Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Jason: My Life Author: David Jason Narrator: Michael Fenton Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Jason: My Life Author: David Jason Narrator: Michael Fenton Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: October 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: David Jason: My Life, now available as an unabridged audiobook. National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2013. Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself working with the leading lights of British comedy in the 1960s and '70s: Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Bob Monkhouse and Ronnie Barker. Barker would become a mentor to David, leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge and Open All Hours. It wasn’t until 1981, kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out Reliant Regal, that David found the part that would capture the nation’s hearts: the beloved Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. Never a one-trick pony, he had an award-winning spell as TV’s favourite detective Jack Frost, took a country jaunt as Pop Larkin in the Darling Buds of May, and even voiced a crime-fighting cartoon rodent in the much-loved children’s show Danger Mouse. But life hasn't all been so easy: from missing out on a key role in Dad’s Army to nearly drowning in a freak diving accident, David has had his fair share of ups and downs, and has lost some of his nearest and dearest along the way. David’s is a touching, funny and warm-hearted story, which charts the course of his incredible five decades at the top of the entertainment business. He's been a shopkeeper and a detective inspector, a crime-fighter and a market trader, and he ain't finished yet. As Del Boy would say, it's all cushty. The introduction to the David Jason audiobook is narrated by David himself.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breakfast-with-lucian-by-geordie-greig--65326706https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breakfast with Lucian Author: Geordie Greig Narrator: John Standing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: For ten years Geordie Greig was among a very small group of friends who regularly met Lucian Freud for breakfast at Clarke’s restaurant on Kensington Church Street. Over tea and the morning papers, Freud would recount stories of his past and discuss art. It was, in effect, Freud’s private salon. In this kaleidoscopic memoir, Greig remembers Freud’s stories: of death threats; escaping from Nazi Germany; falling out with his brother Clement; loathing his mother; painting David Hockney; sleeping with horses; escaping the Krays; painting the Queen; his controversial role as a father; and why Velázquez was the greatest painter. It is revelatory about his art, his lovers, his children, his enemies and his love of gambling. Freud dared never to do dull, speaking candidly of dancing with Garbo as well as painting Kate Moss naked. Those closest to him, after decades of silence and secrecy, have spoken frankly about what life was like living, loving or sitting for the greatest figurative portraitist of the twentieth century. Partly based on hours of taped conversations with the artist and his circle, and drawing on interviews with those who knew Freud intimately – including many girlfriends, models, dealers and bookmakers – Breakfast with Lucian is an intimate portrait of the artist as a young and old man. It is a uniquely fascinating, personal and authoritative account of one of the greatest British painters of this century and the last, and a profile of a man who makes everyone else's life seem less lived.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241969Thu, 03 Oct 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breakfast with Lucian Author: Geordie Greig Narrator: John Standing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breakfast with Lucian Author: Geordie Greig Narrator: John Standing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: For ten years Geordie Greig was among a very small group of friends who regularly met Lucian Freud for breakfast at Clarke’s restaurant on Kensington Church Street. Over tea and the morning papers, Freud would recount stories of his past and discuss art. It was, in effect, Freud’s private salon. In this kaleidoscopic memoir, Greig remembers Freud’s stories: of death threats; escaping from Nazi Germany; falling out with his brother Clement; loathing his mother; painting David Hockney; sleeping with horses; escaping the Krays; painting the Queen; his controversial role as a father; and why Velázquez was the greatest painter. It is revelatory about his art, his lovers, his children, his enemies and his love of gambling. Freud dared never to do dull, speaking candidly of dancing with Garbo as well as painting Kate Moss naked. Those closest to him, after decades of silence and secrecy, have spoken frankly about what life was like living, loving or sitting for the greatest figurative portraitist of the twentieth century. Partly based on hours of taped conversations with the artist and his circle, and drawing on interviews with those who knew Freud intimately – including many girlfriends, models, dealers and bookmakers – Breakfast with Lucian is an intimate portrait of the artist as a young and old man. It is a uniquely fascinating, personal and authoritative account of one of the greatest British painters of this century and the last, and a profile of a man who makes everyone else's life seem less lived.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recipe-for-life-the-autobiography-by-mary-berry--65326823https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230976 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipe for Life: The Autobiography Author: Mary Berry Narrator: Patricia Hodge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From Queen of Tarts to the nation's heart, Mary Berry shares her Recipe for Life. 'In the words of my father, my birth caused no end of trouble...' From the moment she came into the world - two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray - Mary has gracefully but firmly done things her own way. Born in 1935, in the city of Bath, Mary's childhood was a curious mix of idyllic picnics and ramblings, and alarming air raids; of a spirited and outdoorsy home life and a dreaded school existence. All nearly cut horribly short by an almost fatal bout of polio when she was thirteen, which isolated Mary in hospital, away from beloved family and friends for months. Recovery saw her turn to her one true passion - cookery. And so began a love affair that has - so far - spanned six remarkable decades; from demonstrating ovens in the early 1950s to producing glossy food magazines in the 60s and 70s, gradually becoming the country's most prolific and - many would say - best loved cookery writer. Until her emergence in the 21st century as a TV sensation and style icon on the Great British Bake Off. As a working mother, at the heart of a busy household, Mary became an expert at the art of juggling, even bringing her working life into her home with her Aga school. And there have been challenges, one terrible tragedy and many joys along the way. In this touching, evocative and fascinating memoir, we accompany Mary on her journey of nearly eighty years; a life lived to the full, with a wicked sense of fun and an eye for the absurd, it is the life of a delightfully traditional but thoroughly modern woman. Fans of The Great British Bake Off can't wait to get their hands on Mary Berry's Recipe for Life. Born in 1935, Mary has been teaching Britain how to cook for over half a century. Her far-reaching culinary career has taken her from recipe tester, cookery editor, author and entrepreneur to TV personality. Mary lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband Paul.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230976Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230976 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipe for Life: The Autobiography Author: Mary Berry Narrator: Patricia Hodge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230976 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recipe for Life: The Autobiography Author: Mary Berry Narrator: Patricia Hodge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From Queen of Tarts to the nation's heart, Mary Berry shares her Recipe for Life. 'In the words of my father, my birth caused no end of trouble...' From the moment she came into the world - two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray - Mary has gracefully but firmly done things her own way. Born in 1935, in the city of Bath, Mary's childhood was a curious mix of idyllic picnics and ramblings, and alarming air raids; of a spirited and outdoorsy home life and a dreaded school existence. All nearly cut horribly short by an almost fatal bout of polio when she was thirteen, which isolated Mary in hospital, away from beloved family and friends for months. Recovery saw her turn to her one true passion - cookery. And so began a love affair that has - so far - spanned six remarkable decades; from demonstrating ovens in the early 1950s to producing glossy food magazines in the 60s and 70s, gradually becoming the country's most prolific and - many would say - best loved cookery writer. Until her emergence in the 21st century as a TV sensation and style icon on the Great British Bake Off. As a working mother, at the heart of a busy household, Mary became an expert at the art of juggling, even bringing her working life into her home with her Aga school. And there have been challenges, one terrible tragedy and many joys along the way. In this touching, evocative and fascinating memoir, we accompany Mary on her journey of nearly eighty years; a life lived to the full, with a wicked sense of fun and an eye for the absurd, it is the life of a delightfully traditional but thoroughly modern woman. Fans of The Great British Bake Off can't wait to get their hands on Mary Berry's Recipe for Life. Born in 1935, Mary has been teaching Britain how to cook for over half a century. Her far-reaching culinary career has taken her from recipe tester, cookery editor, author and entrepreneur to TV personality. Mary lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband Paul.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-butler-wrote-scenes-from-the-daws-butler-workshop-by-charles-dawson-butler--65326824https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: June Foray, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua, Corey Burton, A Full Cast, Nancy Cartwright Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As heard on Sirius XM and NPR stations, this is six hours of audio theater from the mind of Daws Butler, the voice of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and many other cartoon characters. In 1975, Butler began an acting workshop that spawned such talents as Nancy Cartwright (The Simpsons), Corey Burton (Old Navy, Disney), and Joe Bevilacqua (NPR). In this series, host Joe Bevilacqua presents performances of scripts Butler wrote for his acting workshop.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236473Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: June Foray, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua, Corey...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: June Foray, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua, Corey Burton, A Full Cast, Nancy Cartwright Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As heard on Sirius XM and NPR stations, this is six hours of audio theater from the mind of Daws Butler, the voice of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and many other cartoon characters. In 1975, Butler began an acting workshop that spawned such talents as Nancy Cartwright (The Simpsons), Corey Burton (Old Navy, Disney), and Joe Bevilacqua (NPR). In this series, host Joe Bevilacqua presents performances of scripts Butler wrote for his acting workshop.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-misadventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-honest-and-true-memoirs-of-a-nonentity-by-charles-dawson-butler-robert-j-cirasa-joe-bevilacqua--65326780https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Honest and True Memoirs of a Nonentity Series: Part of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour Author: Charles Dawson Butler, Robert J. Cirasa, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Ed Hyland, Gwendolyn Lewis, B. H. Barry, Jan Meredith, Henry J. Quinn, Terry Price, Vernon Morris, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Comedy and mystery are happy bedfellows in The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Veteran award-winning radio producer Joe Bevilacqua's ten-part radio theater series pays humorous homage to the classic characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are filled with sly references to the original 'Canon,' and even the Baker Street Irregulars and other Holmesian groups and scholars have enjoyed this about the series. Titles include: Episode One: 'The Mystery of the Creepy Hack Writer'Episode Two: 'My Dinner at Baker Street'Episode Three: 'Sherlock Holmes in Trouble'Episode Four: 'A Study in Lavender'Episode Five: 'The Death of Mr. Sherlock Holmes'Episode Six: 'The Giant Rat of Sumatra' Episode Seven: 'Tales From the Vienna Wards'Episode Eight: 'His Second to Last Bow'Episode Nine: 'Revenge of the Beekeeper'Episode Ten: 'Holmes' Creepy Christmas']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236474Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Honest and True Memoirs of a Nonentity Series: Part of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour Author: Charles...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Honest and True Memoirs of a Nonentity Series: Part of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour Author: Charles Dawson Butler, Robert J. Cirasa, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Ed Hyland, Gwendolyn Lewis, B. H. Barry, Jan Meredith, Henry J. Quinn, Terry Price, Vernon Morris, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Comedy and mystery are happy bedfellows in The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Veteran award-winning radio producer Joe Bevilacqua's ten-part radio theater series pays humorous homage to the classic characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are filled with sly references to the original 'Canon,' and even the Baker Street Irregulars and other Holmesian groups and scholars have enjoyed this about the series. Titles include: Episode One: 'The Mystery of the Creepy Hack Writer'Episode Two: 'My Dinner at Baker Street'Episode Three: 'Sherlock Holmes in Trouble'Episode Four: 'A Study in Lavender'Episode Five: 'The Death of Mr. Sherlock Holmes'Episode Six: 'The Giant Rat of Sumatra' Episode Seven: 'Tales From the Vienna Wards'Episode Eight: 'His Second to Last Bow'Episode Nine: 'Revenge of the Beekeeper'Episode Ten: 'Holmes' Creepy Christmas']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-stories-of-old-time-radio-volume-one-set-one-by-joe-bevilacqua--65326775https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Stories of Old-Time Radio: Volume One, Set One Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Lorie Kellogg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The New Stories of Old-Time Radio is the first anthology of new fiction based on the beloved OTR characters and shows we know and love. Old Time Radio fans have something new to listen to! Includes: Our Miss Brooks: 'One Principal Too Many, One Principal Too Meanie' by Clair Schulz; Tom Mix: 'Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman' by Jim Harmon; Candy Matson Yukon 2-8209: 'The Japanese Sandman' by Jack French; The Clyde Beatty Show: 'Perils of the Tiger Barn' by Roger Smith; The Green Lama: 'The Case of the Bashful Spider' by Bob Martin; and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon: 'A Call from the Storm' by Jim Nixon.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236471Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Stories of Old-Time Radio: Volume One, Set One Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Lorie Kellogg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Stories of Old-Time Radio: Volume One, Set One Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Lorie Kellogg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The New Stories of Old-Time Radio is the first anthology of new fiction based on the beloved OTR characters and shows we know and love. Old Time Radio fans have something new to listen to! Includes: Our Miss Brooks: 'One Principal Too Many, One Principal Too Meanie' by Clair Schulz; Tom Mix: 'Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman' by Jim Harmon; Candy Matson Yukon 2-8209: 'The Japanese Sandman' by Jack French; The Clyde Beatty Show: 'Perils of the Tiger Barn' by Roger Smith; The Green Lama: 'The Case of the Bashful Spider' by Bob Martin; and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon: 'A Call from the Storm' by Jim Nixon.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yabba-dabba-doo-the-alan-reed-story-by-ben-ohmart-alan-reed--65326768https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yabba Dabba Doo!: The Alan Reed Story Author: Ben Ohmart, Alan Reed Narrator: Bill Marx, Alan Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The autobiography of the voice of Fred Flintstone is brought to life by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and Alan Reed, Jr., featuring rare interviews with Alan Reed himself, an interview with Joe Barbera, and clips from Reed's radio, television, and film career, including The Fred Allen Show, The Shadow, The Life of Riley, Life with Luigi, Duffy's Tavern, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Viva Zapata, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Flintstones.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236498Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yabba Dabba Doo!: The Alan Reed Story Author: Ben Ohmart, Alan Reed Narrator: Bill Marx, Alan Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236498 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yabba Dabba Doo!: The Alan Reed Story Author: Ben Ohmart, Alan Reed Narrator: Bill Marx, Alan Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The autobiography of the voice of Fred Flintstone is brought to life by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and Alan Reed, Jr., featuring rare interviews with Alan Reed himself, an interview with Joe Barbera, and clips from Reed's radio, television, and film career, including The Fred Allen Show, The Shadow, The Life of Riley, Life with Luigi, Duffy's Tavern, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Viva Zapata, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Flintstones.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-take-you-now-to-grover-s-mill-the-making-of-the-war-of-the-worlds-broadcast-by-joe-bevilacqua--65326756https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236414 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Take You Now to Grover’s Mill: The Making of the War of the Worlds Broadcast Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this 1988 documentary, award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history. The half-hour program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman, writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson, and the people of Grover's Mill, NJ, who lived through the 'Martian Invasion.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236414Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236414 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Take You Now to Grover’s Mill: The Making of the War of the Worlds Broadcast Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236414 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Take You Now to Grover’s Mill: The Making of the War of the Worlds Broadcast Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this 1988 documentary, award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history. The half-hour program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman, writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson, and the people of Grover's Mill, NJ, who lived through the 'Martian Invasion.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-laugh-makers-a-behind-the-scenes-tribute-to-bob-hope-s-incredible-gag-writers-by-robert-l-mills--65326753https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Laugh Makers: A Behind-the-Scenes Tribute to Bob Hope’s Incredible Gag Writers Author: Robert L. Mills Narrator: Robert L. Mills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'In The Laugh Makers, Bob Mills takes us on a delightful, side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television's golden age—a long-ago era of variety, song-and-dance, brilliant patter, and a seemingly endless parade of laughs—sprung from the genius of 'gag men,' that talented group of wit-blessed wordsmiths to whom the book pays well-deserved homage. The Laugh Makers is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold secrets and goings-on behind the scenes on The Bob Hope Show from Stockholm to Bora Bora, London to Peking. It's jam-packed with stories [and] anecdotes, his guest stars, and his writers—all from a fondly remembered past that will have you chuckling from start to finish. Bob Mills is well qualified to salute the famous corps of gag men who kept the comedian knee-deep in jokes. These firsthand recollections summon up the final phase of Hope's career―and the end of the trail for an entire brand of show business.'—Gary Owens, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236477Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Laugh Makers: A Behind-the-Scenes Tribute to Bob Hope’s Incredible Gag Writers Author: Robert L. Mills Narrator: Robert L. Mills Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Laugh Makers: A Behind-the-Scenes Tribute to Bob Hope’s Incredible Gag Writers Author: Robert L. Mills Narrator: Robert L. Mills Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'In The Laugh Makers, Bob Mills takes us on a delightful, side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television's golden age—a long-ago era of variety, song-and-dance, brilliant patter, and a seemingly endless parade of laughs—sprung from the genius of 'gag men,' that talented group of wit-blessed wordsmiths to whom the book pays well-deserved homage. The Laugh Makers is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold secrets and goings-on behind the scenes on The Bob Hope Show from Stockholm to Bora Bora, London to Peking. It's jam-packed with stories [and] anecdotes, his guest stars, and his writers—all from a fondly remembered past that will have you chuckling from start to finish. Bob Mills is well qualified to salute the famous corps of gag men who kept the comedian knee-deep in jokes. These firsthand recollections summon up the final phase of Hope's career―and the end of the trail for an entire brand of show business.'—Gary Owens, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-that-almost-never-was-a-classic-radio-play-by-the-voice-of-yogi-bear-by-charles-dawson-butler--65326746https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas That Almost Never Was: A Classic Radio Play by the Voice of Yogi Bear Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Marian Richmond, Don Messick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: It is Christmas Eve at the North Pole when Santa Claus loses his 'remembery' and only a child who has been good for 365 days can save Christmas! Producer Joe Bevilacqua has unearthed this vintage 1940s recording of the charming Yuletide children's radio play, written and starring Daws Butler, the voice and Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, and most of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Also heard in this old time radio show is Don Messick (Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Scooby Doo).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236415Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas That Almost Never Was: A Classic Radio Play by the Voice of Yogi Bear Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Marian Richmond, Don...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas That Almost Never Was: A Classic Radio Play by the Voice of Yogi Bear Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Marian Richmond, Don Messick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: It is Christmas Eve at the North Pole when Santa Claus loses his 'remembery' and only a child who has been good for 365 days can save Christmas! Producer Joe Bevilacqua has unearthed this vintage 1940s recording of the charming Yuletide children's radio play, written and starring Daws Butler, the voice and Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, and most of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Also heard in this old time radio show is Don Messick (Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Scooby Doo).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-old-time-radio-hour-fibber-mcgee-and-duffy-s-tavern-by-joe-bevilacqua--65326704https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Old-Time Radio Hour: “Fibber McGee” and “Duffy’s Tavern” Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Paul Salomone, Joan Bierschenk, Aundrae Dair, Jim Folly, Kenny Savoy, Lorie Kellogg, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: OTR fans rejoice! Tired of listening to the same shows? Here are two new OTR stories, produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua. This hour of comedy was recorded before a live audience at SUNY Dutchess in Poughkeepsie, New York on March 20, 2007. Includes: Fibber McGee and Molly: 'The House of Wax' It's 1953 when Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve makes a less than triumphant return to Wistful Vita to introduce Vincent Price at the Wistful Vista Bijou premiere of the 3-D movie The House of Wax. Meanwhile, Fibber tries to save five cents by making his own 3-D glasses. Teeny, Mr. Oldtimer, Wally Wimple, Mrs. Uppington, Harlow Wilcox, and even Fibber's closet are all there in this brand new 'Fibber' tale! Duffy's Tavern: 'If We All Talked Like Allen Jenkins' Archie, Finnegan, Eddie, Miss Duffy, and all the gang are back 'where the elite meet to eat' in this first new Duffy's Tavern outing since 1952. Archie tries to lure the Shriner's Convention to the tavern with promises of big stars he can't deliver, not knowing the real Warner Brothers movie actors Edward G. Robinson and Allen Jenkins are hiding in the kitchen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236416Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Old-Time Radio Hour: “Fibber McGee” and “Duffy’s Tavern” Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Paul Salomone, Joan Bierschenk, Aundrae Dair, Jim...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Old-Time Radio Hour: “Fibber McGee” and “Duffy’s Tavern” Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Paul Salomone, Joan Bierschenk, Aundrae Dair, Jim Folly, Kenny Savoy, Lorie Kellogg, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: OTR fans rejoice! Tired of listening to the same shows? Here are two new OTR stories, produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua. This hour of comedy was recorded before a live audience at SUNY Dutchess in Poughkeepsie, New York on March 20, 2007. Includes: Fibber McGee and Molly: 'The House of Wax' It's 1953 when Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve makes a less than triumphant return to Wistful Vita to introduce Vincent Price at the Wistful Vista Bijou premiere of the 3-D movie The House of Wax. Meanwhile, Fibber tries to save five cents by making his own 3-D glasses. Teeny, Mr. Oldtimer, Wally Wimple, Mrs. Uppington, Harlow Wilcox, and even Fibber's closet are all there in this brand new 'Fibber' tale! Duffy's Tavern: 'If We All Talked Like Allen Jenkins' Archie, Finnegan, Eddie, Miss Duffy, and all the gang are back 'where the elite meet to eat' in this first new Duffy's Tavern outing since 1952. Archie tries to lure the Shriner's Convention to the tavern with promises of big stars he can't deliver, not knowing the real Warner Brothers movie actors Edward G. Robinson and Allen Jenkins are hiding in the kitchen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-whithering-of-willoughby-and-the-professor-their-ways-in-the-worlds-the-best-of-the-comedy-o-rama-hour-season-3-by-robert-j-cirasa--65326703https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor: Their Ways in the Worlds: The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season 3 Series: #1 of The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor Series Author: Robert J. Cirasa, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Margaret Juntwait Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This is an epic science fiction/fantasy comedy about a boy and his professor who travel willy-nilly across time and space in a failed attempt to 'cure the world of all its ills.' Stories include: Episode One: 'I'll Teach You!' or 'Box of Nothing' Episode Two: 'Holy Smoke' or 'The Red-Suited Man' Episode Three: 'More Edible Than Durable' or 'You Smashed My Monkey!' Episode Four: 'Oh Boy, She Looks Great!' or 'Which Witchway is Which?' Episode Five: 'Your Separate World Lines' or I'm Big and You're Small' Episode Six: 'Now It's Time To Sing!' or 'Unwanted Noises in the Air' Episode Seven: 'I Like This Box!' or 'Oh Victim Man!' Episode Eight: 'Oh Dalai' or 'Life is Dukka' Episode Nine: 'The Traveling Extravaganza' or 'His Name is Bub' Episode Ten: 'More Dogs For Me?' or 'Knock-a-knock-knuckles' Episode Eleven: 'You're a Messiah' or 'Buboes in the Lymph Nodes' Episode Twelve: 'A Box in the Dark' or 'Dead Men Do Not Groan' Episode Thirteen: 'Is Eloquence a Bauble' or 'Where's My Cyaneus Episode Fourteen: 'I Do Not Like the Blackness of Her Nose' or 'The Penguins Laugh at You!' Episode Fifteen: 'The Genius of These Woods' or 'I'm Also Wearing Explosives'Episode Sixteen: 'Say Jacques!' or 'She's Got Kneepads!']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236475Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor: Their Ways in the Worlds: The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season 3 Series: #1 of The Whithering of...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor: Their Ways in the Worlds: The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season 3 Series: #1 of The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor Series Author: Robert J. Cirasa, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Margaret Juntwait Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This is an epic science fiction/fantasy comedy about a boy and his professor who travel willy-nilly across time and space in a failed attempt to 'cure the world of all its ills.' Stories include: Episode One: 'I'll Teach You!' or 'Box of Nothing' Episode Two: 'Holy Smoke' or 'The Red-Suited Man' Episode Three: 'More Edible Than Durable' or 'You Smashed My Monkey!' Episode Four: 'Oh Boy, She Looks Great!' or 'Which Witchway is Which?' Episode Five: 'Your Separate World Lines' or I'm Big and You're Small' Episode Six: 'Now It's Time To Sing!' or 'Unwanted Noises in the Air' Episode Seven: 'I Like This Box!' or 'Oh Victim Man!' Episode Eight: 'Oh Dalai' or 'Life is Dukka' Episode Nine: 'The Traveling Extravaganza' or 'His Name is Bub' Episode Ten: 'More Dogs For Me?' or 'Knock-a-knock-knuckles' Episode Eleven: 'You're a Messiah' or 'Buboes in the Lymph Nodes' Episode Twelve: 'A Box in the Dark' or 'Dead Men Do Not Groan' Episode Thirteen: 'Is Eloquence a Bauble' or 'Where's My Cyaneus Episode Fourteen: 'I Do Not Like the Blackness of Her Nose' or 'The Penguins Laugh at You!' Episode Fifteen: 'The Genius of These Woods' or 'I'm Also Wearing Explosives'Episode Sixteen: 'Say Jacques!' or 'She's Got Kneepads!']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pace-of-youth-the-classic-short-story-by-stephen-crane--65326700https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236412 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pace of Youth: The Classic Short Story Author: Stephen Crane Narrator: Bill Melillo, Leslie Spital, Cathleen Tully, Peter Cummings, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Though best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, Stephen Crane produced a wealth of other stories that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This adaptation of Crane's classic short story 'The Pace of Youth' was produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, who is joined in the fine cast by William Melillo, Cathi Tully, Peter Cummings, and Leslie Spital.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236412Wed, 01 May 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236412 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pace of Youth: The Classic Short Story Author: Stephen Crane Narrator: Bill Melillo, Leslie Spital, Cathleen Tully, Peter Cummings, A Full Cast...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236412 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pace of Youth: The Classic Short Story Author: Stephen Crane Narrator: Bill Melillo, Leslie Spital, Cathleen Tully, Peter Cummings, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Though best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, Stephen Crane produced a wealth of other stories that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This adaptation of Crane's classic short story 'The Pace of Youth' was produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, who is joined in the fine cast by William Melillo, Cathi Tully, Peter Cummings, and Leslie Spital.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-song-at-a-time-tales-from-the-kerrville-folk-festival-by-joe-bevilacqua--65326767https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Song at a Time: Tales from the Kerrville Folk Festival Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 1 minute Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Founded by Rod Kennedy, the Kerrville Folk Festival has run annually since 1972. It is the longest continuously running music festival of its kind in North America. For eighteen straight days and nights each May and June, over thirty thousand guests come from all over the world to experience the magic of what the folks there simply call 'Kerrville.' The festival is known internationally as a mecca for singer-songwriters of varying musical styles. It's a place where those just developing their skills have the opportunity to play their music alongside master craftsmen. Over 1,500 outstanding singer-songwriters have been presented on the festival's stages since the beginning. More than just a 'folk music' festival, Kerrville offers music of many styles, including traditional folk, bluegrass, acoustic rock, blues, country, jazz, and Americana. The common thread is songwriting. The focus of the festival is to promote emerging artists while giving the audience exposure to both new and recognized, seasoned talent. Major-label artists such as Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Michelle Shocked, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Robert Earl Keen, Lucinda Williams, and Nancy Griffith played Kerrville early in their careers. Through the years, the Kerrville stage has seen other nationally known artists like Peter Paul & Mary, Judy Collins, Janis Ian, and Arlo Guthrie, while others such as singer/songwriter/actor Ronny Cox play on the stages any given year. Producer Joe Bevilacqua and his wife, Lorie Kellogg, camped out at the festival for five days to create this hour-long collage.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236544Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Song at a Time: Tales from the Kerrville Folk Festival Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Song at a Time: Tales from the Kerrville Folk Festival Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 1 minute Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Founded by Rod Kennedy, the Kerrville Folk Festival has run annually since 1972. It is the longest continuously running music festival of its kind in North America. For eighteen straight days and nights each May and June, over thirty thousand guests come from all over the world to experience the magic of what the folks there simply call 'Kerrville.' The festival is known internationally as a mecca for singer-songwriters of varying musical styles. It's a place where those just developing their skills have the opportunity to play their music alongside master craftsmen. Over 1,500 outstanding singer-songwriters have been presented on the festival's stages since the beginning. More than just a 'folk music' festival, Kerrville offers music of many styles, including traditional folk, bluegrass, acoustic rock, blues, country, jazz, and Americana. The common thread is songwriting. The focus of the festival is to promote emerging artists while giving the audience exposure to both new and recognized, seasoned talent. Major-label artists such as Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Michelle Shocked, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Robert Earl Keen, Lucinda Williams, and Nancy Griffith played Kerrville early in their careers. Through the years, the Kerrville stage has seen other nationally known artists like Peter Paul & Mary, Judy Collins, Janis Ian, and Arlo Guthrie, while others such as singer/songwriter/actor Ronny Cox play on the stages any given year. Producer Joe Bevilacqua and his wife, Lorie Kellogg, camped out at the festival for five days to create this hour-long collage.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rare-daws-butler-comedy-from-the-voice-of-yogi-bear-by-charles-dawson-butler--65326755https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Daws Butler: Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear! Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Carol Hemmingway, Shep Menken, Herschel Bernardi, Stan Freberg, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also cowrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg's greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Here is a hilarious collection of rare, never-before-released Daws Butler comedy recordings featuring the voices of Stan Freberg, Shep Menken, Herschel Bernardi, and Carol Hemmingway. Included in the collection: – Daws Butler's Comedy Demo – Daws Demonstrates How to Do Quick Draw, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, and Snagglepuss – 'Blooper's Soap' – Daws Butler's Serious Demo – 'Yogi Bear Meets the Celebrities'– Arthur Godfrey Parody – 'The Flea' – 'Margery Dickerson' – Mr. Jinks Tells 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' – 'Romney Tuff' – 'Who's Afraid of a Virginian's Wrath']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236576Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Daws Butler: Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear! Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Carol Hemmingway, Shep Menken, Herschel Bernardi, Stan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Daws Butler: Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear! Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Carol Hemmingway, Shep Menken, Herschel Bernardi, Stan Freberg, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also cowrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg's greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Here is a hilarious collection of rare, never-before-released Daws Butler comedy recordings featuring the voices of Stan Freberg, Shep Menken, Herschel Bernardi, and Carol Hemmingway. Included in the collection: – Daws Butler's Comedy Demo – Daws Demonstrates How to Do Quick Draw, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, and Snagglepuss – 'Blooper's Soap' – Daws Butler's Serious Demo – 'Yogi Bear Meets the Celebrities'– Arthur Godfrey Parody – 'The Flea' – 'Margery Dickerson' – Mr. Jinks Tells 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' – 'Romney Tuff' – 'Who's Afraid of a Virginian's Wrath']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rare-daws-butler-vol-2-more-comedy-from-the-voice-of-yogi-bear-by-charles-dawson-butler--65326754https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 2: More Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear! Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: June Foray, Stan Freberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations, here is volume two of Rare Daws Butler. Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also cowrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg’s greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Host Joe Bevilacqua presents an hour of rare Daws Butler comedy recordings featuring the voices of Stan Freberg, June Foray, and others, including “The 64 Million Dollar Question,” “Bingo Ringo,” “This is Hawthorne,” “Mr. Jinks Had A Little Lamb,” “Clementine,” “Yogi Tells All,” “Confidgetyential,” and “Peppy Possum.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236541Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 2: More Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear! Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: June Foray, Stan Freberg Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 2: More Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear! Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: June Foray, Stan Freberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations, here is volume two of Rare Daws Butler. Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also cowrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg’s greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Host Joe Bevilacqua presents an hour of rare Daws Butler comedy recordings featuring the voices of Stan Freberg, June Foray, and others, including “The 64 Million Dollar Question,” “Bingo Ringo,” “This is Hawthorne,” “Mr. Jinks Had A Little Lamb,” “Clementine,” “Yogi Tells All,” “Confidgetyential,” and “Peppy Possum.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-moonshine-to-armadillos-the-birth-of-the-austin-music-scene-by-joe-bevilacqua--65326747https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Moonshine to Armadillos: The Birth of the Austin Music Scene Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Kenneth Threadgill, Willie Nelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this hour-long program outlining the history of Threadgill's and Armadillo World Headquarters, their contribution to the birth of the Austin music scene, and their influence on the Nashville sound and country rock. 'This program offers a soup to nuts history of Austin's growth into the live music Mecca that it's become today. The show is more than just contemporary talking heads and music—it features an amazing collection of archival interviews and recordings (including tape of some never-before-heard early Janis Joplin performances, which should qualify as an authentic archival treasure). The production is well put-together, flowing smoothly between many different elements.'—Eric Nuzum, NPR's vice president of programming]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236545Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Moonshine to Armadillos: The Birth of the Austin Music Scene Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Kenneth Threadgill, Willie Nelson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Moonshine to Armadillos: The Birth of the Austin Music Scene Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Kenneth Threadgill, Willie Nelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this hour-long program outlining the history of Threadgill's and Armadillo World Headquarters, their contribution to the birth of the Austin music scene, and their influence on the Nashville sound and country rock. 'This program offers a soup to nuts history of Austin's growth into the live music Mecca that it's become today. The show is more than just contemporary talking heads and music—it features an amazing collection of archival interviews and recordings (including tape of some never-before-heard early Janis Joplin performances, which should qualify as an authentic archival treasure). The production is well put-together, flowing smoothly between many different elements.'—Eric Nuzum, NPR's vice president of programming]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/louis-armstrong-s-new-orleans-with-wynton-marsalis-a-joe-bev-musical-sound-portrait-by-joe-bevilacqua--65326744https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Musical Sound Portrait Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Wynton Marsalis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career and some rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS television documentary with Edward R. Murrow.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236546Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Musical Sound Portrait Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Wynton Marsalis Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Musical Sound Portrait Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Wynton Marsalis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career and some rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS television documentary with Edward R. Murrow.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-daws-butler-s-halloween-happening-a-spooky-story-by-the-voice-of-yogi-bear-by-charles-dawson-butler--65326743https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening: A Spooky Story by the Voice of Yogi Bear Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations! Don't miss this new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, this is a must-listen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236580Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening: A Spooky Story by the Voice of Yogi Bear Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening: A Spooky Story by the Voice of Yogi Bear Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations! Don't miss this new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, this is a must-listen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/son-of-harpo-speaks-a-family-portrait-by-bill-marx--65326735https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Son of Harpo Speaks!: A Family Portrait Author: Bill Marx Narrator: Bill Marx Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Bill Marx is the last living person to have worked professionally with the three Marx Brothers: his uncles, Chico and Groucho, and his father, Harpo Marx. Because Chico and Groucho had children that had written about them, Bill Marx wanted to complete the Marx Brothers' literary trifecta by authoring a book about the personal and professional relationships that he had with his father. Son of Harpo Speaks!, in addition to offering a unique perspective of a very special man and revealing many stories never before in print, is also a book about a 'too-Hollywood-to-believe' life-altering quirk of fate that ultimately brought him together with his parents. The background for this remarkable revelation unfolded unassumingly over a glass of wine and some conversation in the famous 1960s nightclub, Dino's Lodge, on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It would subsequently lead the author to explore the complex life task of dealing with his emotional scars of rejection and the secure feelings of acceptance, the latter due to his overwhelmingly good fortune of having been adopted by two loving parents. Plenty of 'show-biz' and 'sizzle' are also sprinkled throughout to make for a very enjoyable read.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236552Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Son of Harpo Speaks!: A Family Portrait Author: Bill Marx Narrator: Bill Marx Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Son of Harpo Speaks!: A Family Portrait Author: Bill Marx Narrator: Bill Marx Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Bill Marx is the last living person to have worked professionally with the three Marx Brothers: his uncles, Chico and Groucho, and his father, Harpo Marx. Because Chico and Groucho had children that had written about them, Bill Marx wanted to complete the Marx Brothers' literary trifecta by authoring a book about the personal and professional relationships that he had with his father. Son of Harpo Speaks!, in addition to offering a unique perspective of a very special man and revealing many stories never before in print, is also a book about a 'too-Hollywood-to-believe' life-altering quirk of fate that ultimately brought him together with his parents. The background for this remarkable revelation unfolded unassumingly over a glass of wine and some conversation in the famous 1960s nightclub, Dino's Lodge, on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It would subsequently lead the author to explore the complex life task of dealing with his emotional scars of rejection and the secure feelings of acceptance, the latter due to his overwhelmingly good fortune of having been adopted by two loving parents. Plenty of 'show-biz' and 'sizzle' are also sprinkled throughout to make for a very enjoyable read.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/streets-of-staccato-episode-two-vice-grip-by-victor-gates-w-ralph-walters--65326725https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streets of Staccato: Episode Two: “Vice Grip” Author: Victor Gates, W. Ralph Walters Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the second episode of Victor Gates' hilariously naughty '70s cop show with a modern sense of humor,' Chief Kilvinski gives Staccato a new assignment saving a wayward woman from porn magnate Huge Heffer. Staccato decides to fight fire with fire with ... naked turnip juggling?Included extras:– Staccato's Police Blotter #3: Interview with Mindy Rast– Staccato's Police Blotter #4: Interview with K.C. Locke]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236584Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streets of Staccato: Episode Two: “Vice Grip” Author: Victor Gates, W. Ralph Walters Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streets of Staccato: Episode Two: “Vice Grip” Author: Victor Gates, W. Ralph Walters Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the second episode of Victor Gates' hilariously naughty '70s cop show with a modern sense of humor,' Chief Kilvinski gives Staccato a new assignment saving a wayward woman from porn magnate Huge Heffer. Staccato decides to fight fire with fire with ... naked turnip juggling?Included extras:– Staccato's Police Blotter #3: Interview with Mindy Rast– Staccato's Police Blotter #4: Interview with K.C. Locke]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-things-joe-bev-the-best-of-public-radio-by-joe-bevilacqua--65326721https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Janis Joplin, Kenneth Threadgill, Burl Ives, Ray Campi, Leonard Maltin, Joe Barbera, Bud Abbott, Willie Nelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio is a collection of sixteen short audio features created for public radio by veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev). 1. 'A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua' – Joe Bevilacqua goes on a search for other people with his name and discovers some uncanny coincidences. 2. 'Father's Day' – Joe Bevilacqua recounts how a volatile father's gift led him to another father figure and an eventual career. 3. 'Losing a Best Friend' – Joe Bevilacqua chronicles the rise and fall of a longtime friendship. 4. 'Lessons from Daws Butler' – Joe Bevilacqua's book passes on cartoon legend's tricks of the trade. 5. 'A Tribute to Joe Barbera' – Joe Bevilacqua, Leonard Maltin, and Joe Barbera himself talk about the start of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio. 6. 'Archiving Classic Animated Films and Cartoons' – Joe Bevilacqua reports on how some members of America's animated-film industry are building a new digital archive to preserve classic cartoon footage. 7. 'The Kerrville Folk Festival' – Joe Bevilacqua reports on one of the longest-running open-air music events in North America. 8. 'Threadgill's Turns 70' – Joe Bevilacqua reports on the seventieth anniversary of Threadgill's in Austin, Texas, the musical landmark that helped launch the career of many country and rock stars, including Janis Joplin. 9. 'Artist Colony Celebrates Its Centennial' – Joe Bevilacqua profiles the one-hundred-year-old Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, nestled deep in the forest of Woodstock, New York. 10. 'Math + Love' – Joe Bevilacqua tracks down his former math professor Ron Reummler to hear how math can explain lost love. 11. 'A Valentine from Graham Nash's MAC' – Joe Bevilacqua recounts how on February 12, 1996, an e-mail from rock legend Graham Nash's MAC laptop triggered a series of bizarre coincidences, which led to the meeting of Joe's future wife, Lorie Kellogg. 12. 'Living within Your Means as a Choice' – When Joe Bevilacqua lost his job, he made some drastic changes to his lifestyle that turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to him. 13. 'The Christmas I Saved Macy's' – The story of how a five year old Joe Bevilacqua stamped out a fire in the ladies lounge of Bamberger's department store in Newark, New Jersey, in December of 1964. 14. 'A Rockabilly Christmas' – Joe Bevilacqua presents rockabilly pioneer guitarist Ray Campi. 15. 'An Old Hollywood Story' – In a two-part story, Joe Bevilacqua reports on an extensive archive of interviews with early Hollywood stars conducted by California schoolteacher and rockabilly pioneer Ray Campi. 16. 'An Old Hollywood Story' – Part two of Joe Bevilacqua's story on Rays Campi's celebrity interviews.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236548Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Janis Joplin, Kenneth Threadgill, Burl Ives, Ray Campi, Leonard Maltin,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Janis Joplin, Kenneth Threadgill, Burl Ives, Ray Campi, Leonard Maltin, Joe Barbera, Bud Abbott, Willie Nelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio is a collection of sixteen short audio features created for public radio by veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev). 1. 'A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua' – Joe Bevilacqua goes on a search for other people with his name and discovers some uncanny coincidences. 2. 'Father's Day' – Joe Bevilacqua recounts how a volatile father's gift led him to another father figure and an eventual career. 3. 'Losing a Best Friend' – Joe Bevilacqua chronicles the rise and fall of a longtime friendship. 4. 'Lessons from Daws Butler' – Joe Bevilacqua's book passes on cartoon legend's tricks of the trade. 5. 'A Tribute to Joe Barbera' – Joe Bevilacqua, Leonard Maltin, and Joe Barbera himself talk about the start of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio. 6. 'Archiving Classic Animated Films and Cartoons' – Joe Bevilacqua reports on how some members of America's animated-film industry are building a new digital archive to preserve classic cartoon footage. 7. 'The Kerrville Folk Festival' – Joe Bevilacqua reports on one of the longest-running open-air music events in North America. 8. 'Threadgill's Turns 70' – Joe Bevilacqua reports on the seventieth anniversary of Threadgill's in Austin, Texas, the musical landmark that helped launch the career of many country and rock stars, including Janis Joplin. 9. 'Artist Colony Celebrates Its Centennial' – Joe Bevilacqua profiles the one-hundred-year-old Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, nestled deep in the forest of Woodstock, New York. 10. 'Math + Love' – Joe Bevilacqua tracks down his former math professor Ron Reummler to hear how math can explain lost love. 11. 'A Valentine from Graham Nash's MAC' – Joe Bevilacqua recounts how on February 12, 1996, an e-mail from rock legend Graham Nash's MAC laptop triggered a series of bizarre coincidences, which led to the meeting of Joe's future wife, Lorie Kellogg. 12. 'Living within Your Means as a Choice' – When Joe Bevilacqua lost his job, he made some drastic changes to his lifestyle that turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to him. 13. 'The Christmas I Saved Macy's' – The story of how a five year old Joe Bevilacqua stamped out a fire in the ladies lounge of Bamberger's department store in Newark, New Jersey, in December of 1964. 14. 'A Rockabilly Christmas' – Joe Bevilacqua presents rockabilly pioneer guitarist Ray Campi. 15. 'An Old Hollywood Story' – In a two-part story, Joe Bevilacqua reports on an extensive archive of interviews with early Hollywood stars conducted by California schoolteacher and rockabilly pioneer Ray Campi. 16. 'An Old Hollywood Story' – Part two of Joe Bevilacqua's story on Rays Campi's celebrity interviews.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/streets-of-staccato-episode-one-stench-of-the-city-by-victor-gates-w-ralph-walters--65326713https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streets of Staccato: Episode One: “Stench of the City” Author: Victor Gates, W. Ralph Walters Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 9 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the first episode of Victor Gates' hilariously naughty '70s cop show with a modern sense of humor,' Sgt. Staccato and his men battle it out with stinky pirates as Father Kelly from Belfast tags along. Craziness ensues as events lead to an epic showdown at Mr. B's Ballroom. Extras include: – Staccato's Police Blotter #1: Interview with Ralph Walters – Staccato's Police Blotter #2: Interview with Elie Hirschman]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236583Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streets of Staccato: Episode One: “Stench of the City” Author: Victor Gates, W. Ralph Walters Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Streets of Staccato: Episode One: “Stench of the City” Author: Victor Gates, W. Ralph Walters Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 9 minutes Release date: April 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the first episode of Victor Gates' hilariously naughty '70s cop show with a modern sense of humor,' Sgt. Staccato and his men battle it out with stinky pirates as Father Kelly from Belfast tags along. Craziness ensues as events lead to an epic showdown at Mr. B's Ballroom. Extras include: – Staccato's Police Blotter #1: Interview with Ralph Walters – Staccato's Police Blotter #2: Interview with Elie Hirschman]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-my-voice-by-russell-watson--65326693https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding My Voice Author: Russell Watson Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Russell 'The Voice' Watson is a star with a real story to tell. While most stars of today find success early, Russell was still working in a Salford factory at the age of 30. He spent the evenings singing in working men's clubs for extra cash to keep the bailiffs from his family's door. The chairman of Manchester United gave him his big break in May 1999: the opportunity to sing at Old Trafford. His extraordinary performance was quickly followed by a record deal and his phenomenal debut album. Despite his outward success, Russell struggled with his health and family life. His rapid rise to fame led to a bitter divorce from his childhood sweetheart and his private life being splashed across the tabloids. Then last year he was struck down by a life-threatening brain tumour. This plunged Russell into a deep depression and it was only the thought of leaving his two children fatherless that kept him going. Just when it seemed he was fully recovered he collapsed again while recording and had to have emergency surgery on a second brain tumour that threatened his voice, his sight and his life. Now, in his own words, Russell tells us the amazing story of his life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242221Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding My Voice Author: Russell Watson Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding My Voice Author: Russell Watson Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 7, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Russell 'The Voice' Watson is a star with a real story to tell. While most stars of today find success early, Russell was still working in a Salford factory at the age of 30. He spent the evenings singing in working men's clubs for extra cash to keep the bailiffs from his family's door. The chairman of Manchester United gave him his big break in May 1999: the opportunity to sing at Old Trafford. His extraordinary performance was quickly followed by a record deal and his phenomenal debut album. Despite his outward success, Russell struggled with his health and family life. His rapid rise to fame led to a bitter divorce from his childhood sweetheart and his private life being splashed across the tabloids. Then last year he was struck down by a life-threatening brain tumour. This plunged Russell into a deep depression and it was only the thought of leaving his two children fatherless that kept him going. Just when it seemed he was fully recovered he collapsed again while recording and had to have emergency surgery on a second brain tumour that threatened his voice, his sight and his life. Now, in his own words, Russell tells us the amazing story of his life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-road-back-home-a-northern-childhood-by-sid-waddell--65326681https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road Back Home: A Northern Childhood Author: Sid Waddell Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: February 7, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'I had not lived in the former pit village of Lynemouth since 1961 but the winding road north from Newcastle will always be the same nostalgic highway, each twist charged with vivid memories and powerful emotions...' So begins a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour and hardy tales of tough times - a quietly epic family saga set amid the pit villages of the North East . It stretches from the 1920s, before Sid's parents had even met, to the final closing of the mine and his mother's death in 1999. Sid paints a picture of a colourful, tight knit community full of good times and hard work, god-fearing women and hard-drinking men. Always dominating the skyline is Auld Betty, the pit head that took the men away each day and, with a prayer, brought them back each evening. Amongst the unforgettable cast of his extended family and friends, we follow the Waddells' attempts to stay afloat and provide a better future and possible escape for youngsters like Sid.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242231Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road Back Home: A Northern Childhood Author: Sid Waddell Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road Back Home: A Northern Childhood Author: Sid Waddell Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: February 7, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'I had not lived in the former pit village of Lynemouth since 1961 but the winding road north from Newcastle will always be the same nostalgic highway, each twist charged with vivid memories and powerful emotions...' So begins a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour and hardy tales of tough times - a quietly epic family saga set amid the pit villages of the North East . It stretches from the 1920s, before Sid's parents had even met, to the final closing of the mine and his mother's death in 1999. Sid paints a picture of a colourful, tight knit community full of good times and hard work, god-fearing women and hard-drinking men. Always dominating the skyline is Auld Betty, the pit head that took the men away each day and, with a prayer, brought them back each evening. Amongst the unforgettable cast of his extended family and friends, we follow the Waddells' attempts to stay afloat and provide a better future and possible escape for youngsters like Sid.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/just-a-mo-my-story-by-laila-morse--65326690https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just a Mo: My Story Author: Laila Morse Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 31, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The reigning queen of Albert Square, Laila Morse shares her incredible story for the first time. This is a book that will shock, humble and inspire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242233Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just a Mo: My Story Author: Laila Morse Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 31,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242233 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just a Mo: My Story Author: Laila Morse Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 31, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The reigning queen of Albert Square, Laila Morse shares her incredible story for the first time. This is a book that will shock, humble and inspire.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grace-a-memoir-by-grace-coddington--65326712https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grace: A Memoir Author: Grace Coddington Narrator: Grace Coddington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 22, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: For decades, Grace Coddington’s personal touch has steered wildly imaginative fashion spreads in Vogue magazine. Then came The September Issue, the behind-the-scenes documentary that turned the spotlight on a woman with a no-nonsense attitude and an unerring visual instinct. Overnight, the flame-haired Grace became a heroine for fashion insiders and the general public alike. Witty and forthright, and illustrated throughout with vintage photographs and exclusive line-drawings, Grace: A Memoir shares the excitement and vision that go into producing so many unforgettable fashion images. Here are the designers, models, photographers, hairstylists, make-up artists and celebrities with whom Grace has created her ‘stories in pictures’ – whether it be Jerry Hall conquering the USSR or Tom Ford falling down a rabbit hole in Annie Leibovitz’s version of Alice in Wonderland. Grace’s own life has been as dreamlike as one of her madcap fashion spreads. Brought up in windswept wartime Anglesey, she arrived in London, aged eighteen, and quickly became a face of the Sixties. The muse behind Vidal Sassoon’s Five Point Cut, she posed for Bailey, Donovan, Duffy and Norman Parkinson in Swinging London and jumped into a pool in Saint-Tropez for Helmut Newton. Surviving a serious car-crash, she later became a fashion editor at British Vogue and during the Seventies and the Eighties started to create the fantasy travelogues that would become her trademark. Friendships bloomed – with Bruce Weber and Calvin Klein, whose offer of a job took Grace to New York. While two early marriages to restaurateur Michael Chow and photographer Willie Christie were brief, her romance with the hairstylist Didier Malige has endured. And her professional partnership with Anna Wintour – with whom she has collaborated for over twenty years – continues to have an astonishing influence on modern style. Includes a bonus PDF of photographs from the book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242261Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grace: A Memoir Author: Grace Coddington Narrator: Grace Coddington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grace: A Memoir Author: Grace Coddington Narrator: Grace Coddington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 22, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: For decades, Grace Coddington’s personal touch has steered wildly imaginative fashion spreads in Vogue magazine. Then came The September Issue, the behind-the-scenes documentary that turned the spotlight on a woman with a no-nonsense attitude and an unerring visual instinct. Overnight, the flame-haired Grace became a heroine for fashion insiders and the general public alike. Witty and forthright, and illustrated throughout with vintage photographs and exclusive line-drawings, Grace: A Memoir shares the excitement and vision that go into producing so many unforgettable fashion images. Here are the designers, models, photographers, hairstylists, make-up artists and celebrities with whom Grace has created her ‘stories in pictures’ – whether it be Jerry Hall conquering the USSR or Tom Ford falling down a rabbit hole in Annie Leibovitz’s version of Alice in Wonderland. Grace’s own life has been as dreamlike as one of her madcap fashion spreads. Brought up in windswept wartime Anglesey, she arrived in London, aged eighteen, and quickly became a face of the Sixties. The muse behind Vidal Sassoon’s Five Point Cut, she posed for Bailey, Donovan, Duffy and Norman Parkinson in Swinging London and jumped into a pool in Saint-Tropez for Helmut Newton. Surviving a serious car-crash, she later became a fashion editor at British Vogue and during the Seventies and the Eighties started to create the fantasy travelogues that would become her trademark. Friendships bloomed – with Bruce Weber and Calvin Klein, whose offer of a job took Grace to New York. While two early marriages to restaurateur Michael Chow and photographer Willie Christie were brief, her romance with the hairstylist Didier Malige has endured. And her professional partnership with Anna Wintour – with whom she has collaborated for over twenty years – continues to have an astonishing influence on modern style. Includes a bonus PDF of photographs from the book.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mother-s-story-a-tale-of-hardship-and-maternal-love-by-julia-o-donnell--65326717https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mother's Story: A Tale of Hardship and Maternal Love Author: Julia O'donnell Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'I was six when my father died so my mother has been everything to me. Wherever I go I tell the world about my wonderful mother. I'm a singer today because of her encouragement. She has been the biggest influence in my life' - Daniel O'Donnell Irish singing star Daniel O'Donnell's mother, Julia, grew up on a remote island off the northwest coast of Ireland, going barefoot and doing hard labour as a child during the poverty-stricken 1920s. The hard work continued through her teenage years as she picked potatoes in the fields and travelled to Scotland to gut fish in the ports. After she married and settled in Kincasslagh, Julia's beloved husband, Francie, was forced to leave his family for months on end to work on farms, again in Scotland. The work was physically demanding and eventually took its toll. Sadly, Julia found herself widowed and penniless with five children while still in her forties. In this classic and inspiring story of triumph over adversity, Julia tells how she battled through this dark period by knitting sweaters into the early hours of every night to support her family. They were sold in America by relatives and the money was sent back to Ireland by post. Then, in an amazing twist of fate, this hard-working woman and dedicated mother watched from the wings as her offspring flourished in life. Her daughter Margo and son Daniel went on to achieve fame as chart-topping singers. In The Mother's Story, Julia takes us on a journey from her humble beginnings growing up in a thatched cottage on Owey Island, to a glitzy lifestyle mingling with celebrities and royalty. Poignant, warm and laced with great humour, Julia's story gives us a fascinating insight into this remarkable Irish family's life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242274Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mother's Story: A Tale of Hardship and Maternal Love Author: Julia O'donnell Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mother's Story: A Tale of Hardship and Maternal Love Author: Julia O'donnell Narrator: Caroline Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 15, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'I was six when my father died so my mother has been everything to me. Wherever I go I tell the world about my wonderful mother. I'm a singer today because of her encouragement. She has been the biggest influence in my life' - Daniel O'Donnell Irish singing star Daniel O'Donnell's mother, Julia, grew up on a remote island off the northwest coast of Ireland, going barefoot and doing hard labour as a child during the poverty-stricken 1920s. The hard work continued through her teenage years as she picked potatoes in the fields and travelled to Scotland to gut fish in the ports. After she married and settled in Kincasslagh, Julia's beloved husband, Francie, was forced to leave his family for months on end to work on farms, again in Scotland. The work was physically demanding and eventually took its toll. Sadly, Julia found herself widowed and penniless with five children while still in her forties. In this classic and inspiring story of triumph over adversity, Julia tells how she battled through this dark period by knitting sweaters into the early hours of every night to support her family. They were sold in America by relatives and the money was sent back to Ireland by post. Then, in an amazing twist of fate, this hard-working woman and dedicated mother watched from the wings as her offspring flourished in life. Her daughter Margo and son Daniel went on to achieve fame as chart-topping singers. In The Mother's Story, Julia takes us on a journey from her humble beginnings growing up in a thatched cottage on Owey Island, to a glitzy lifestyle mingling with celebrities and royalty. Poignant, warm and laced with great humour, Julia's story gives us a fascinating insight into this remarkable Irish family's life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/desert-island-discs-70-years-of-castaways-by-sean-magee--65326697https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Desert Island Discs: 70 years of castaways Author: Sean Magee Narrator: Juliet Stevenson, Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ‘For seventy years now Desert Island Discs has managed that rare feat – to be both enduring and relevant. By casting away the biggest names of the day in science, business, politics, showbiz, sport and the arts, it presents a cross-sectional snapshot of the times in which we live. As the decades have passed, the programme has kept pace; never frozen in time yet always, somehow, comfortingly the same.’ Kirsty Young BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs celebrates its seventieth birthday in 2012. Since the programme’s deviser Roy Plomley interviewed comedian Vic Oliver in January 1942, nearly 3,000 distinguished people from all walks of life have been stranded on the mythical island, accompanied by only eight records, one book and a luxury. Here the story of one of BBC Radio 4’s favourite programmes is chronicled through a special selection of castaways. Roy Plomley, inventor of the programme as well as its presenter for over forty years, quizzes the young Cliff Richard about ‘these rather frenzied movements’ the 1960s pop sensation makes on the stage. Robert Maxwell tells Plomley’s successor Michael Parkinson that ‘I will have left the world a slightly better place by having lived in it.’ Diana Mosley assures Sue Lawley that Adolf Hitler was ‘extraordinarily fascinating’ and had mesmeric blue eyes. And Johnny Vegas tugs Kirsty Young’s heart-strings with his account of a childhood so impoverished that family pets were fair game: ‘My dad had always claimed that rabbits were livestock, but we’d never eaten one before.’ Desert Island Discs is much more than a radio programme. It is a unique and enduringly popular take on our lives and times – and this book tells in rich detail the colourful and absorbing story of an extraordinary institution.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242293Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Desert Island Discs: 70 years of castaways Author: Sean Magee Narrator: Juliet Stevenson, Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Desert Island Discs: 70 years of castaways Author: Sean Magee Narrator: Juliet Stevenson, Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 8, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ‘For seventy years now Desert Island Discs has managed that rare feat – to be both enduring and relevant. By casting away the biggest names of the day in science, business, politics, showbiz, sport and the arts, it presents a cross-sectional snapshot of the times in which we live. As the decades have passed, the programme has kept pace; never frozen in time yet always, somehow, comfortingly the same.’ Kirsty Young BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs celebrates its seventieth birthday in 2012. Since the programme’s deviser Roy Plomley interviewed comedian Vic Oliver in January 1942, nearly 3,000 distinguished people from all walks of life have been stranded on the mythical island, accompanied by only eight records, one book and a luxury. Here the story of one of BBC Radio 4’s favourite programmes is chronicled through a special selection of castaways. Roy Plomley, inventor of the programme as well as its presenter for over forty years, quizzes the young Cliff Richard about ‘these rather frenzied movements’ the 1960s pop sensation makes on the stage. Robert Maxwell tells Plomley’s successor Michael Parkinson that ‘I will have left the world a slightly better place by having lived in it.’ Diana Mosley assures Sue Lawley that Adolf Hitler was ‘extraordinarily fascinating’ and had mesmeric blue eyes. And Johnny Vegas tugs Kirsty Young’s heart-strings with his account of a childhood so impoverished that family pets were fair game: ‘My dad had always claimed that rabbits were livestock, but we’d never eaten one before.’ Desert Island Discs is much more than a radio programme. It is a unique and enduringly popular take on our lives and times – and this book tells in rich detail the colourful and absorbing story of an extraordinary institution.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-animals-and-other-family-by-clare-balding--65326730https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Animals and Other Family Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 13, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of My Animals and Other Family, Clare Balding's wildly funny and deeply moving childhood memoir, read brilliantly by the author herself 'I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and I suspect I had aged in dog years. By the time I was ten I had discovered the pain of unbearable loss. I had felt joy and jealousy. Most important of all, I knew how to love and how to let myself be loved. All these things I learnt through animals. Horses and dogs were my family and my friends. This is their story as much as it is mine' Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. As her father is a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take breakfast with the Queen. She and her younger brother came very low down the pecking order. Left to their own devices, they had to learn life's toughest lessons through the animals, and through their adventures in the stables and the idyllic Hampshire Downs. From the protective Candy to the pot-bellied Valkyrie and the frisky Hattie, each horse and each dog had their own character and their own special part to play. The running family joke was that 'women ain't people'. Clare had to prove them wrong, to make her voice heard - but first she had to make sure she had something to say. My Animals and Other Family is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery. 'Moving, funny and larger than life' Michael Morpurgo 'Magical, enchanting, riotously eccentric' Daily Mail 'Funny and moving, James Herriot meets David Sedaris' The Times 'Forthright, thoughtful, funny . . . reads like a Jilly Cooper novel' Sunday Times 'Funny and unexpectedly wise. Balding has lots of good stories to tell. It is impossible not to admire her honesty Mail on Sunday 'She can do anything. If there were four more Clare Baldings, we'd have our empire back. Six, and we'd be colonising the Moon. And there would be crumpets and ashtrays for everyone' Caitlin Moran, The Times 'The reading equivalent of snuggling by the fire with a labrador' The Guardian 'A funny, affectionate memoir' Independent on Sunday 'Charming, refreshingly self-depreciating, funny and moving. Balding tells it with immense flair' Daily Express Clare Balding is an award-winning broadcaster and writer. She became the face of the BBC's racing coverage in 1998, and now works across a wide range of sports for television and radio. She has been a lead presenter for the Olympics, Paralympics, Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games. For more than twelve years, she has hiked across the countryside for the BBC Radio 4 series Ramblings. Clare has presented Countryfile, Britain's Hidden Heritage, Britain By Bike, Crufts, and Famous & Fearless, and has appeared on QI, Have I Got News for You and Sport Relief. She has been voted RTS Sports Presenter of the Year and Racing Broadcaster of the Year. She lives in West London with her partner Alice, their wayward Tibetan Terrier Archie and a cat who couldn't give a damn called Itty. My Animals and Other Family is Clare's first book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237574Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Animals and Other Family Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Animals and Other Family Author: Clare Balding Narrator: Clare Balding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 13, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of My Animals and Other Family, Clare Balding's wildly funny and deeply moving childhood memoir, read brilliantly by the author herself 'I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and I suspect I had aged in dog years. By the time I was ten I had discovered the pain of unbearable loss. I had felt joy and jealousy. Most important of all, I knew how to love and how to let myself be loved. All these things I learnt through animals. Horses and dogs were my family and my friends. This is their story as much as it is mine' Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. As her father is a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take breakfast with the Queen. She and her younger brother came very low down the pecking order. Left to their own devices, they had to learn life's toughest lessons through the animals, and through their adventures in the stables and the idyllic Hampshire Downs. From the protective Candy to the pot-bellied Valkyrie and the frisky Hattie, each horse and each dog had their own character and their own special part to play. The running family joke was that 'women ain't people'. Clare had to prove them wrong, to make her voice heard - but first she had to make sure she had something to say. My Animals and Other Family is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery. 'Moving, funny and larger than life' Michael Morpurgo 'Magical, enchanting, riotously eccentric' Daily Mail 'Funny and moving, James Herriot meets David Sedaris' The Times 'Forthright, thoughtful, funny . . . reads like a Jilly Cooper novel' Sunday Times 'Funny and unexpectedly wise. Balding has lots of good stories to tell. It is impossible not to admire her honesty Mail on Sunday 'She can do anything. If there were four more Clare Baldings, we'd have our empire back. Six, and we'd be colonising the Moon. And there would be crumpets and ashtrays for everyone' Caitlin Moran, The Times 'The reading equivalent of snuggling by the fire with a labrador' The Guardian 'A funny, affectionate memoir' Independent on Sunday 'Charming, refreshingly self-depreciating, funny and moving. Balding tells it with immense flair' Daily Express Clare Balding is an award-winning broadcaster and writer. She became the face of the BBC's racing coverage in 1998, and now works across a wide range of sports for television and radio. She has been a lead presenter for the Olympics, Paralympics, Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games. For more than twelve years, she has hiked across the countryside for the BBC Radio 4 series Ramblings. Clare has presented Countryfile, Britain's Hidden Heritage, Britain By Bike, Crufts, and Famous & Fearless, and has appeared on QI, Have I Got News for You and Sport Relief. She has been voted RTS Sports Presenter of the Year and Racing Broadcaster of the Year. She lives in West London with her partner Alice, their wayward Tibetan Terrier Archie and a cat who couldn't give a damn called Itty. My Animals and Other Family is Clare's first book.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/telling-stories-by-tim-burgess--65326797https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Telling Stories Author: Tim Burgess Narrator: Craig Parkinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 2, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Telling Stories, Tim Burgess's laceratingly frank and vivid memoir. Read by the actor Craig Parkinson, star of the hit film Control. The Charlatans have had three UK Number One albums and seventeen Top Thirty singles. But they've also had to face the imprisonment and death of keyboard player Rob Collins and an accountant who ran off with all their money. Not to mention the rock 'n' roll excesses of singer Tim Burgess. In his startlingly revealing memoir, not ghosted but written by Burgess himself, he describes how they dealt with their crises, and what's gone right with the band as much as what's gone wrong. Brought up in a Cheshire village, he went on to front a band that has travelled the world and was at the forefront of the Madchester and Britpop movements. Telling Stories is a tale of achievement and survival, via a fair bit of heartache, but told with humour. At the centre of it is Tim Burgess's own story: how someone with a passion for music got to fulfill his dreams. He doesn't flinch from the dark stuff - the lure of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, its sweet enticements - and he confesses in vivid detail how he had to pull himself back from the brink. But along the way he had a lot of good times and met some great people while making great music. It's all here in Telling Stories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234087Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Telling Stories Author: Tim Burgess Narrator: Craig Parkinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 2, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Telling Stories Author: Tim Burgess Narrator: Craig Parkinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 2, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Telling Stories, Tim Burgess's laceratingly frank and vivid memoir. Read by the actor Craig Parkinson, star of the hit film Control. The Charlatans have had three UK Number One albums and seventeen Top Thirty singles. But they've also had to face the imprisonment and death of keyboard player Rob Collins and an accountant who ran off with all their money. Not to mention the rock 'n' roll excesses of singer Tim Burgess. In his startlingly revealing memoir, not ghosted but written by Burgess himself, he describes how they dealt with their crises, and what's gone right with the band as much as what's gone wrong. Brought up in a Cheshire village, he went on to front a band that has travelled the world and was at the forefront of the Madchester and Britpop movements. Telling Stories is a tale of achievement and survival, via a fair bit of heartache, but told with humour. At the centre of it is Tim Burgess's own story: how someone with a passion for music got to fulfill his dreams. He doesn't flinch from the dark stuff - the lure of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, its sweet enticements - and he confesses in vivid detail how he had to pull himself back from the brink. But along the way he had a lot of good times and met some great people while making great music. It's all here in Telling Stories.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-the-streets-by-mike-skinner--65326807https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of The Streets Author: Mike Skinner Narrator: Mike Skinner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'This book is going to try and get as close as possible to the full story of what informed the noise of The Streets. Obviously that's something I should be fairly well-qualified to know about, and I'm going to be as honest as the publisher's lawyers will allow.' With the 2001 release of The Streets' debut single 'Has It Come To This?' the landscape of British popular music changed forever. No longer did homegrown rappers have to anxiously defer to transatlantic influences. Mike Skinner's witty, self-deprecating sagas of late-night kebab shops and skunk-fuelled Playstation sessions showed how much you could achieve simply by speaking in your own voice. In this thoroughly modern memoir, the man the Guardian once dubbed 'half Dostoevsky . . . half Samuel Pepys' tells a freewheeling, funny and fearlessly honest tale of Birmingham and London, ecstasy and epilepsy, Twitter-fear and Spectrum joysticks, spread-betting and growing up. He writes of his musical inspirations, role models and rivals, the craft of songwriting and reflects on the successes and failures of the decade-long journey of The Streets.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242485Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of The Streets Author: Mike Skinner Narrator: Mike Skinner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of The Streets Author: Mike Skinner Narrator: Mike Skinner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'This book is going to try and get as close as possible to the full story of what informed the noise of The Streets. Obviously that's something I should be fairly well-qualified to know about, and I'm going to be as honest as the publisher's lawyers will allow.' With the 2001 release of The Streets' debut single 'Has It Come To This?' the landscape of British popular music changed forever. No longer did homegrown rappers have to anxiously defer to transatlantic influences. Mike Skinner's witty, self-deprecating sagas of late-night kebab shops and skunk-fuelled Playstation sessions showed how much you could achieve simply by speaking in your own voice. In this thoroughly modern memoir, the man the Guardian once dubbed 'half Dostoevsky . . . half Samuel Pepys' tells a freewheeling, funny and fearlessly honest tale of Birmingham and London, ecstasy and epilepsy, Twitter-fear and Spectrum joysticks, spread-betting and growing up. He writes of his musical inspirations, role models and rivals, the craft of songwriting and reflects on the successes and failures of the decade-long journey of The Streets.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/over-the-moon-by-david-essex--65326673https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Over the Moon Author: David Essex Narrator: David Essex Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 12, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As a young schoolboy, David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer, and was signed up by his beloved West Ham United, but as a teenager he developed a passion for music which set him on a very different path, and ultimately led to superstardom. It wasn't, however, an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog, and he endured many disappointments. Then aged 23, he went along to an audition for a new musical called Godspell and won the role of Jesus that was to shoot him to fame. Within a year he was starring in smash hit film, That'll Be the Day, and had written and recorded his first number one single 'Rock On'. It was the start of Essex Mania, and a long journey of undreamt of adventure. From Godspell to EastEnders it's been an amazing life. And here is David's full incredible story - in his own words.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242578Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Over the Moon Author: David Essex Narrator: David Essex Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 12, 2012 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Over the Moon Author: David Essex Narrator: David Essex Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 12, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As a young schoolboy, David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer, and was signed up by his beloved West Ham United, but as a teenager he developed a passion for music which set him on a very different path, and ultimately led to superstardom. It wasn't, however, an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog, and he endured many disappointments. Then aged 23, he went along to an audition for a new musical called Godspell and won the role of Jesus that was to shoot him to fame. Within a year he was starring in smash hit film, That'll Be the Day, and had written and recorded his first number one single 'Rock On'. It was the start of Essex Mania, and a long journey of undreamt of adventure. From Godspell to EastEnders it's been an amazing life. And here is David's full incredible story - in his own words.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-have-i-gone-by-pauline-quirke--65326675https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have I Gone? Author: Pauline Quirke Narrator: Pauline Quirke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Pauline Quirke was a skinny child, a slim teenager, a curvy woman, then ­- according to her bathroom scales (curse them) - just plain fat. Yes, the 'F' word. Tipping the scales at nearly 20 stone, with creaking knees and a dodgy ankle to boot, at the beginning of 2011 Pauline had reached a crisis point. Something had to change, and fast. It was never going to be an easy ride, but with her trademark warmth and sense of humour, Pauline recounts the highs and lows of the rollercoaster year in which she whips herself, and her life, into shape - with a fair few tales from her celebrated forty-year acting career thrown into the bargain. She reveals all: from the strain of working long hours away from home on one of Britain's most popular soaps to renewing her wedding vows and reuniting with her Birds of a Feather co-stars; from battling the bulge and facing the naysayers to rediscovering the joys of airline travel . . . without a seatbelt extension. Honest and revealing, Where Have I Gone? is brimming with brilliantly funny anecdotes and truly moving moments. So put your feet up and join Pauline as she embarks on the most incredible year of her life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242608Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have I Gone? Author: Pauline Quirke Narrator: Pauline Quirke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 1, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have I Gone? Author: Pauline Quirke Narrator: Pauline Quirke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Pauline Quirke was a skinny child, a slim teenager, a curvy woman, then ­- according to her bathroom scales (curse them) - just plain fat. Yes, the 'F' word. Tipping the scales at nearly 20 stone, with creaking knees and a dodgy ankle to boot, at the beginning of 2011 Pauline had reached a crisis point. Something had to change, and fast. It was never going to be an easy ride, but with her trademark warmth and sense of humour, Pauline recounts the highs and lows of the rollercoaster year in which she whips herself, and her life, into shape - with a fair few tales from her celebrated forty-year acting career thrown into the bargain. She reveals all: from the strain of working long hours away from home on one of Britain's most popular soaps to renewing her wedding vows and reuniting with her Birds of a Feather co-stars; from battling the bulge and facing the naysayers to rediscovering the joys of airline travel . . . without a seatbelt extension. Honest and revealing, Where Have I Gone? is brimming with brilliantly funny anecdotes and truly moving moments. So put your feet up and join Pauline as she embarks on the most incredible year of her life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/small-man-in-a-book-by-rob-brydon--65326772https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Man in a Book Author: Rob Brydon Narrator: Rob Brydon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 13, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Rob Brydon - star of Gavin and Stacey, Steve Coogan's partner in The Trip, and one of Britain's favourite comedians - tells the funny and frank story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book. A multi-award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and inspired impressions, Rob Brydon has quickly become one of our very favourite entertainers. But there was a time when it looked like all we'd hear of Rob was his gifted voice. Growing up in South Wales, Rob had a passion for radio and soon the Welsh airwaves resounded to his hearty burr. However, these were followed by years of misadventure and struggle, before, in the TV series Marion and Geoff and Gavin and Stacey, Rob at last tickled the nation's funny bone. The rest, as they say, is history. Or in his case autobiography. Small Man in a Book is a funny, heartfelt, honest, sometimes sad, but mainly funny, memoir of how a young man from Wales very, very slowly became an overnight success.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231054Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Man in a Book Author: Rob Brydon Narrator: Rob Brydon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 13, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Small Man in a Book Author: Rob Brydon Narrator: Rob Brydon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 13, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Rob Brydon - star of Gavin and Stacey, Steve Coogan's partner in The Trip, and one of Britain's favourite comedians - tells the funny and frank story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book. A multi-award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and inspired impressions, Rob Brydon has quickly become one of our very favourite entertainers. But there was a time when it looked like all we'd hear of Rob was his gifted voice. Growing up in South Wales, Rob had a passion for radio and soon the Welsh airwaves resounded to his hearty burr. However, these were followed by years of misadventure and struggle, before, in the TV series Marion and Geoff and Gavin and Stacey, Rob at last tickled the nation's funny bone. The rest, as they say, is history. Or in his case autobiography. Small Man in a Book is a funny, heartfelt, honest, sometimes sad, but mainly funny, memoir of how a young man from Wales very, very slowly became an overnight success.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/size-matters-not-the-extraordinary-life-and-career-of-warwick-davis-by-warwick-davis--65326815https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis Author: Warwick Davis Narrator: Gideon Emery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The life and times of Warwick Davis, star of Ricky Gervais' sitcom, Life's Too Short Actors work their entire careers hoping to achieve the kind of cult movie hero status that Davis achieved at the age of eleven playing Wicket W. Warrick, the lead ewok in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. In this lively and down-to-earth memoir, Davis offers personal stories on the making of some of the most popular films of the last few decades—including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Leprechaun movie franchises, among many others—and shares the unique perspective of life as experienced by someone with a one-in-a-million genetic condition. Here is the story of the real life of the man who helped destroy a Death Star, saved a princess, defeated an evil sorceress, taught magic to Harry Potter, became a Jedi Master, and embodied a mass murdering, gold-obsessed leprechaun—the one and only Warwick Davis. Warwick Davis' honest look at the highs and lows of life as an actor and pop-culture icon ranges from his screen debut in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi to his starring role in Ricky Gervais' sitcom, Life's Too Short. Includes behind-the-scenes stories, from sweltering inside a furry Ewok costume and filling in for R2-D2 to sliding down a glacier at Mach 2 with Val Kilmer and getting kicked in the face by Ricky Gervais again and again. The book features a foreword by George Lucas, who has been friends with Davis for three decades. Both refreshingly frank and highly entertaining, this book will help you see what life is like when it really is too short.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237885Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis Author: Warwick Davis Narrator: Gideon Emery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis Author: Warwick Davis Narrator: Gideon Emery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The life and times of Warwick Davis, star of Ricky Gervais' sitcom, Life's Too Short Actors work their entire careers hoping to achieve the kind of cult movie hero status that Davis achieved at the age of eleven playing Wicket W. Warrick, the lead ewok in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. In this lively and down-to-earth memoir, Davis offers personal stories on the making of some of the most popular films of the last few decades—including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Leprechaun movie franchises, among many others—and shares the unique perspective of life as experienced by someone with a one-in-a-million genetic condition. Here is the story of the real life of the man who helped destroy a Death Star, saved a princess, defeated an evil sorceress, taught magic to Harry Potter, became a Jedi Master, and embodied a mass murdering, gold-obsessed leprechaun—the one and only Warwick Davis. Warwick Davis' honest look at the highs and lows of life as an actor and pop-culture icon ranges from his screen debut in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi to his starring role in Ricky Gervais' sitcom, Life's Too Short. Includes behind-the-scenes stories, from sweltering inside a furry Ewok costume and filling in for R2-D2 to sliding down a glacier at Mach 2 with Val Kilmer and getting kicked in the face by Ricky Gervais again and again. The book features a foreword by George Lucas, who has been friends with Davis for three decades. Both refreshingly frank and highly entertaining, this book will help you see what life is like when it really is too short.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seven-deadly-sins-by-corey-taylor--65326664https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Deadly Sins Author: Corey Taylor Narrator: Corey Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 6, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so. 1995 was a full 365-day year of drinking, fucking, lying, raging and exploration for me - not a dull one in the bunch. It was a time of self-shit: self-importance, self-absorption, self-indulgence and selfishness. I was the only person in the known galaxy and I wanted what the fuck I wanted sooner rather than later.' The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He has picked fights with douche bags openly brandishing guns. He has set himself on fire at parties and woken up in dumpsters after cocaine binges. He lost his virginity at eleven. He got rich and famous and immersed himself in booze, women, and chaos until one day he realised, suddenly, that he didn't need any of that at all. Candid. Literate. Brilliant. Seven Deadly Sins is a brutally honest look at 'a life that could have gone horribly wrong at any turn', and the soul-searching and self-discovery it took to set it right.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242664Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Deadly Sins Author: Corey Taylor Narrator: Corey Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 6, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Deadly Sins Author: Corey Taylor Narrator: Corey Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 6, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so. 1995 was a full 365-day year of drinking, fucking, lying, raging and exploration for me - not a dull one in the bunch. It was a time of self-shit: self-importance, self-absorption, self-indulgence and selfishness. I was the only person in the known galaxy and I wanted what the fuck I wanted sooner rather than later.' The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He has picked fights with douche bags openly brandishing guns. He has set himself on fire at parties and woken up in dumpsters after cocaine binges. He lost his virginity at eleven. He got rich and famous and immersed himself in booze, women, and chaos until one day he realised, suddenly, that he didn't need any of that at all. Candid. Literate. Brilliant. Seven Deadly Sins is a brutally honest look at 'a life that could have gone horribly wrong at any turn', and the soul-searching and self-discovery it took to set it right.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/may-i-have-your-attention-please-by-james-corden--65326749https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: May I Have Your Attention Please? Author: James Corden Narrator: James Corden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As far back as he can remember James Corden has only ever wanted to be in one place: in front of you, doing something to make you laugh, cry, shout, or giggle uncontrollably. At the age of 4, he grandstanded throughout his baby sister's christening, standing on a chair in front of the whole congregation, pulling faces and cracking everyone up. Despite himself, the vicar was impressed. And from then on he couldn't get enough of the spotlight, even when it always seemed to avoid him. Throughout his teens, he and his Dad trudged up and down towards London, getting closer and closer to landing a gig, only to be told 'No' at the last stage. But he never gave up and soon found his whole life turned upside down and inside out by his experience as one Alan Bennett's History Boys. From that moment forth, he's never looked back. May I Have Your Attention Please? is the warm, cheeky, surprisingly honest and hilarious story of one of our most popular comedy talents. From his antics as one of the founding players of his high-school's first ever rugby team to gaining recognition in the West End, to nationwide fame as the loveably loud Smithy in the award-winning Gavin and Stacey, this is a tenderly told story of what it's like to try, try and try again and - happily - get there in the end.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237105Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: May I Have Your Attention Please? Author: James Corden Narrator: James Corden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: May I Have Your Attention Please? Author: James Corden Narrator: James Corden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As far back as he can remember James Corden has only ever wanted to be in one place: in front of you, doing something to make you laugh, cry, shout, or giggle uncontrollably. At the age of 4, he grandstanded throughout his baby sister's christening, standing on a chair in front of the whole congregation, pulling faces and cracking everyone up. Despite himself, the vicar was impressed. And from then on he couldn't get enough of the spotlight, even when it always seemed to avoid him. Throughout his teens, he and his Dad trudged up and down towards London, getting closer and closer to landing a gig, only to be told 'No' at the last stage. But he never gave up and soon found his whole life turned upside down and inside out by his experience as one Alan Bennett's History Boys. From that moment forth, he's never looked back. May I Have Your Attention Please? is the warm, cheeky, surprisingly honest and hilarious story of one of our most popular comedy talents. From his antics as one of the founding players of his high-school's first ever rugby team to gaining recognition in the West End, to nationwide fame as the loveably loud Smithy in the award-winning Gavin and Stacey, this is a tenderly told story of what it's like to try, try and try again and - happily - get there in the end.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-lee-by-lee-evans--65326726https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Lee Author: Lee Evans Narrator: Lee Evans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of eye. But he was not always such a roaring success. Read unabridged by the man himself, and with the humour (and the voices!) that he brings to the stage, the audiobook edition of The Life of Lee is his utterly hilarious and very moving autobiography. Charting his ups and downs on the way to the top, Lee takes us on a darkly humorous journey through his childhood spent running wild on a Bristol housing estate and his unconventional school days, when he was publicly derided as 'a failure' by a sadistic teacher. In this brilliantly entertaining and engaging tale, he also guides us through a grim teenage period of numerous dead-end jobs. When he was cleaning toilets and plucking turkeys, he could never have imagined that one day he would be playing to thousands of adoring fans at the O2 Arena. The reading also reveals how as a boy Lee got his first taste of showbiz, living out of a suitcase and accompanying his entertainer father around the smoky, rowdy, unforgiving working-men's club and theatre circuit. Desperately struggling to be accepted, this quiet young loner always saw himself as an outsider. But he finally met the love of his life and accidentally discovered the one place where he felt at home: the stage. The Life of Lee is a story that is like its subject: compelling, touching, charming and, above all, fantastically funny.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231025Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Lee Author: Lee Evans Narrator: Lee Evans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Lee Author: Lee Evans Narrator: Lee Evans Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of eye. But he was not always such a roaring success. Read unabridged by the man himself, and with the humour (and the voices!) that he brings to the stage, the audiobook edition of The Life of Lee is his utterly hilarious and very moving autobiography. Charting his ups and downs on the way to the top, Lee takes us on a darkly humorous journey through his childhood spent running wild on a Bristol housing estate and his unconventional school days, when he was publicly derided as 'a failure' by a sadistic teacher. In this brilliantly entertaining and engaging tale, he also guides us through a grim teenage period of numerous dead-end jobs. When he was cleaning toilets and plucking turkeys, he could never have imagined that one day he would be playing to thousands of adoring fans at the O2 Arena. The reading also reveals how as a boy Lee got his first taste of showbiz, living out of a suitcase and accompanying his entertainer father around the smoky, rowdy, unforgiving working-men's club and theatre circuit. Desperately struggling to be accepted, this quiet young loner always saw himself as an outsider. But he finally met the love of his life and accidentally discovered the one place where he felt at home: the stage. The Life of Lee is a story that is like its subject: compelling, touching, charming and, above all, fantastically funny.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brung-up-proper-my-autobiography-by-jason-manford--65326679https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brung Up Proper: My Autobiography Author: Jason Manford Narrator: Jason Manford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Jason Manford is firmly established as one of the country's favourite stand-ups and is up there with the best northern comedy legends. His career began one night in a pub in Chorlton when a comedian didn't arrive for his set and Jason, the 17-year-old glass collector stepped in to fill the gap. From that point on he's never looked back, until now that is... This is the story in his own words of everything that lead up to that fateful moment - a colourful tale of growing up with lots of family and not enough money, of getting by and sticking together. It is a story of his shameless extended clan of wayward uncles and singing nans and a gobby little knobhead at the heart of it all called Jason. Featuring rock-hard great granddads, doting grandparents, pub-crooning nanas, football-mad dads, pet-obsessed mums, more dodgy uncles than you can shake a stick at, failed exams, dead-end jobs, paper rounds, prostitutes, shocked priests, manslaughter, winning goals, sudden losses, replica shirts, chip-fat incidents, scary pubs, pet meat, fighting Gandhis, cancelled Christmases, Sir Oswald Mosley, flooded tents, call centres, circumcision, puppy love, friends for life, difficult girlfriends, gigs from hell, heart break and, finally, true love... With his laugh-out-loud tales of coming of age, Jason shows he's a generous storyteller and as natural an observer as he is on stage.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237106Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brung Up Proper: My Autobiography Author: Jason Manford Narrator: Jason Manford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brung Up Proper: My Autobiography Author: Jason Manford Narrator: Jason Manford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Jason Manford is firmly established as one of the country's favourite stand-ups and is up there with the best northern comedy legends. His career began one night in a pub in Chorlton when a comedian didn't arrive for his set and Jason, the 17-year-old glass collector stepped in to fill the gap. From that point on he's never looked back, until now that is... This is the story in his own words of everything that lead up to that fateful moment - a colourful tale of growing up with lots of family and not enough money, of getting by and sticking together. It is a story of his shameless extended clan of wayward uncles and singing nans and a gobby little knobhead at the heart of it all called Jason. Featuring rock-hard great granddads, doting grandparents, pub-crooning nanas, football-mad dads, pet-obsessed mums, more dodgy uncles than you can shake a stick at, failed exams, dead-end jobs, paper rounds, prostitutes, shocked priests, manslaughter, winning goals, sudden losses, replica shirts, chip-fat incidents, scary pubs, pet meat, fighting Gandhis, cancelled Christmases, Sir Oswald Mosley, flooded tents, call centres, circumcision, puppy love, friends for life, difficult girlfriends, gigs from hell, heart break and, finally, true love... With his laugh-out-loud tales of coming of age, Jason shows he's a generous storyteller and as natural an observer as he is on stage.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/things-i-couldn-t-tell-my-mother-my-autobiography-by-sue-johnston--65326727https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother: My Autobiography Author: Sue Johnston Narrator: Sue Johnston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'There was a lot that we kept from my mother. My dad would say to me as a teenager 'Don't tell your mother.' We couldn't face the disapproval.' Sue Johnston always seemed to be disappointing her mother. As a girl she never stayed clean and tidy like her cousins. As she grew older, she spent all her piano lesson money on drinks for her mates down the pub, and when she discovered The Cavern she was never at home. The final straw was when Sue left her steady job at a St Helen's factory to try her hand at that unsteadiest of jobs: acting. Yet when Sue was bringing up her own child alone, her mother was always there to help. And playing her much-loved characters Sheila Grant and Barbara Royle - although her mum wouldn't say she was proud as such, she certainly seemed to approve. And in her mother's final months, it was Sue she needed by her side. The relationship with your mother is perhaps the most precious and fraught of any woman's life. When she began writing, Sue set out to record 'all the big things, and all the small things. Everything I wanted to tell my mother but felt I never could'. The result is a warm, poignant and often very funny memoir by one of Britain's favourite actresses.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237110Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother: My Autobiography Author: Sue Johnston Narrator: Sue Johnston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother: My Autobiography Author: Sue Johnston Narrator: Sue Johnston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'There was a lot that we kept from my mother. My dad would say to me as a teenager 'Don't tell your mother.' We couldn't face the disapproval.' Sue Johnston always seemed to be disappointing her mother. As a girl she never stayed clean and tidy like her cousins. As she grew older, she spent all her piano lesson money on drinks for her mates down the pub, and when she discovered The Cavern she was never at home. The final straw was when Sue left her steady job at a St Helen's factory to try her hand at that unsteadiest of jobs: acting. Yet when Sue was bringing up her own child alone, her mother was always there to help. And playing her much-loved characters Sheila Grant and Barbara Royle - although her mum wouldn't say she was proud as such, she certainly seemed to approve. And in her mother's final months, it was Sue she needed by her side. The relationship with your mother is perhaps the most precious and fraught of any woman's life. When she began writing, Sue set out to record 'all the big things, and all the small things. Everything I wanted to tell my mother but felt I never could'. The result is a warm, poignant and often very funny memoir by one of Britain's favourite actresses.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prime-time-love-health-sex-fitness-friendship-spirit-making-the-most-of-all-of-your-life-by-jane-fonda--65326738https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit; Making the Most of All of Your Life Author: Jane Fonda Narrator: Jane Fonda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Jane Fonda, no. 1 bestselling author, actress and workout pioneer, is an icon for generations of women. In this inspiring and candid book, she shares her wisdom on making the most of your later years. Combining stories from her own life and from the lives of others with new research, Jane Fonda explores how the critical years from 45 and 50, and especially from 60 and beyond, can be the time when you truly become the energetic, loving, fulfilled person you were meant to be. Covering the 11 key ingredients for vital living, Fonda shows you how to live a more insightful, healthy and fully integrated life - a life lived more profoundly in touch with yourself, your body, mind and spirit, and with your talents, friends and community. Covering health, fitness, sex, love, social growth, self-understanding and your mind, Prime Time offers a vision for successful living and maturing, so you too can ensure that your third act is your own prime time. © Jane Fonda 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2011]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237096Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit; Making the Most of All of Your Life Author: Jane Fonda Narrator: Jane Fonda Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit; Making the Most of All of Your Life Author: Jane Fonda Narrator: Jane Fonda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Jane Fonda, no. 1 bestselling author, actress and workout pioneer, is an icon for generations of women. In this inspiring and candid book, she shares her wisdom on making the most of your later years. Combining stories from her own life and from the lives of others with new research, Jane Fonda explores how the critical years from 45 and 50, and especially from 60 and beyond, can be the time when you truly become the energetic, loving, fulfilled person you were meant to be. Covering the 11 key ingredients for vital living, Fonda shows you how to live a more insightful, healthy and fully integrated life - a life lived more profoundly in touch with yourself, your body, mind and spirit, and with your talents, friends and community. Covering health, fitness, sex, love, social growth, self-understanding and your mind, Prime Time offers a vision for successful living and maturing, so you too can ensure that your third act is your own prime time. © Jane Fonda 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2011]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stories-i-only-tell-my-friends-by-rob-lowe--65326750https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories I Only Tell My Friends Author: Rob Lowe Narrator: Rob Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A wryly funny and moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. Teen idol at fifteen, international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237111Thu, 26 May 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories I Only Tell My Friends Author: Rob Lowe Narrator: Rob Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 26, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories I Only Tell My Friends Author: Rob Lowe Narrator: Rob Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A wryly funny and moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. Teen idol at fifteen, international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-helluva-high-note-surviving-life-love-and-american-idol-by-kara-dioguardi--65326765https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol Author: Kara DioGuardi Narrator: Kara DioGuardi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Kara DioGuardi is an award-winning hitmaker, a savvy record executive, and a successful music publisher whose songs have been recorded by such superstars as Pink, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Santana, Steven Tyler, Céline Dion, and so many others. She was also the feisty fourth judge on American Idol. But success wouldn’t have happened for this songwriter, artist, and producer without the dark times of defeat. Filled with the grace, raw honesty, and haunting emotion of her hit songs, A Helluva High Note is the soundtrack to Kara’s life—an intimate anthem about living, creating, loving, stumbling, picking herself up again, and ultimately succeeding. It is a moving chronicle of the experiences that have inspired her songs and given her the resilience and perspective to become the confidant, accomplished, adventurous warrior she is today. Kara not only writes about what it was like to collaborate with some of our favorite performing artists, she also opens up about everything from her struggles with debilitating stage fright and an equally paralyzing eating disorder, to the most devastating yet profoundly life-altering experience—caring for her mother during her fatal battle with cancer. And, of course, she shares behind-the-scenes stories from her years on American Idol and the real truth about her departure from the show.  A Helluva High Note is filled with memorable and inspirational tales from the heart and trenches of life, business, and the world of entertainment. Passionate, wise, funny, and down-to-earth, it proves that finding, cultivating, and following your own true voice really is possible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231367Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol Author: Kara DioGuardi Narrator: Kara DioGuardi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol Author: Kara DioGuardi Narrator: Kara DioGuardi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Kara DioGuardi is an award-winning hitmaker, a savvy record executive, and a successful music publisher whose songs have been recorded by such superstars as Pink, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Santana, Steven Tyler, Céline Dion, and so many others. She was also the feisty fourth judge on American Idol. But success wouldn’t have happened for this songwriter, artist, and producer without the dark times of defeat. Filled with the grace, raw honesty, and haunting emotion of her hit songs, A Helluva High Note is the soundtrack to Kara’s life—an intimate anthem about living, creating, loving, stumbling, picking herself up again, and ultimately succeeding. It is a moving chronicle of the experiences that have inspired her songs and given her the resilience and perspective to become the confidant, accomplished, adventurous warrior she is today. Kara not only writes about what it was like to collaborate with some of our favorite performing artists, she also opens up about everything from her struggles with debilitating stage fright and an equally paralyzing eating disorder, to the most devastating yet profoundly life-altering experience—caring for her mother during her fatal battle with cancer. And, of course, she shares behind-the-scenes stories from her years on American Idol and the real truth about her departure from the show.  A Helluva High Note is filled with memorable and inspirational tales from the heart and trenches of life, business, and the world of entertainment. Passionate, wise, funny, and down-to-earth, it proves that finding, cultivating, and following your own true voice really is possible.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-life-is-in-your-hands-one-dream-sixty-acres-and-a-family-undone-by-melissa-coleman--65326795https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Author: Melissa Coleman Narrator: Melissa Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 12, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn’t just tell the story of her family’s brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history.” —Tom Perrotta In a work of power and beauty reminiscent of Tobias Wolff, Jeannette Walls, and Dave Eggers, Melissa Coleman delivers a luminous, evocative childhood memoir exploring the hope and struggle behind her family's search for a sustainable lifestyle. With echoes of The Liars’ Club and Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Coleman’s searing chronicle tells the true story of her upbringing on communes and sustainable farms along the rugged Maine coastline in the 1970’s, embedded within a moving, personal quest for truth that her experiences produced.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231369Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Author: Melissa Coleman Narrator: Melissa Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone Author: Melissa Coleman Narrator: Melissa Coleman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 12, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn’t just tell the story of her family’s brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history.” —Tom Perrotta In a work of power and beauty reminiscent of Tobias Wolff, Jeannette Walls, and Dave Eggers, Melissa Coleman delivers a luminous, evocative childhood memoir exploring the hope and struggle behind her family's search for a sustainable lifestyle. With echoes of The Liars’ Club and Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Coleman’s searing chronicle tells the true story of her upbringing on communes and sustainable farms along the rugged Maine coastline in the 1970’s, embedded within a moving, personal quest for truth that her experiences produced.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-my-life-a-memoir-by-susan-lucci--65326723https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Life: A Memoir Author: Susan Lucci Narrator: Susan Lucci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The most famous face in daytime drama history, Susan Lucci has held audiences spellbound for years as Erica Kane on ABC-TV’s All My Children—the sexy, sassy, beautiful “woman you love to hate.” Now, in this long awaited autobiography, she holds readers captive as the feisty, funny, authentic “woman you love to love.” In the tradition of Julie Andrews’ Home, Jane Fonda’s My Life So Far, Barbara Walters’ Audition, and other enthralling autobiographies from female icons of our time, the award-winning soap opera star’s memoir of a life in the spotlight is sure to inspire, uplift, charm and surprise readers as they finally get to know the Susan Lucci her friends, family and colleagues love and know.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231151Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Life: A Memoir Author: Susan Lucci Narrator: Susan Lucci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Life: A Memoir Author: Susan Lucci Narrator: Susan Lucci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The most famous face in daytime drama history, Susan Lucci has held audiences spellbound for years as Erica Kane on ABC-TV’s All My Children—the sexy, sassy, beautiful “woman you love to hate.” Now, in this long awaited autobiography, she holds readers captive as the feisty, funny, authentic “woman you love to love.” In the tradition of Julie Andrews’ Home, Jane Fonda’s My Life So Far, Barbara Walters’ Audition, and other enthralling autobiographies from female icons of our time, the award-winning soap opera star’s memoir of a life in the spotlight is sure to inspire, uplift, charm and surprise readers as they finally get to know the Susan Lucci her friends, family and colleagues love and know.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fred-the-definitive-biography-of-fred-dibnah-by-david-hall--65326731https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fred: The Definitive Biography Of Fred Dibnah Author: David Hall Narrator: Clive Mantle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Fred Dibnah's World celebrates the life and work of Britain's best known steeplejack and national treasure, Fred Dibnah. Before his death in 2004, Fred presented many popular series, including Magnificent Monuments, The Age of Steam and Made in Britain, all of which attracted viewers in their millions. Fred is the companion to the 12-part BBC2 series celebrating the life of this great man, which combines highlights from some of Dibnah's classic programmes with previously unseen footage. The book can of course go much further than the series, including an extraordinarily account of Fred's childhood which evokes a lost England and our great industrial heritage. Fred's passion for the glories of the Victorian age and his fascination with the landscape he grew up in, plus his admiration for the craftsmen and labourers who made it all possible, captivate us on every page. Fred is the personification of everything that made England great in the first place. And this is a glorious tribute to a man whom millions came to love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237112Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fred: The Definitive Biography Of Fred Dibnah Author: David Hall Narrator: Clive Mantle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fred: The Definitive Biography Of Fred Dibnah Author: David Hall Narrator: Clive Mantle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Fred Dibnah's World celebrates the life and work of Britain's best known steeplejack and national treasure, Fred Dibnah. Before his death in 2004, Fred presented many popular series, including Magnificent Monuments, The Age of Steam and Made in Britain, all of which attracted viewers in their millions. Fred is the companion to the 12-part BBC2 series celebrating the life of this great man, which combines highlights from some of Dibnah's classic programmes with previously unseen footage. The book can of course go much further than the series, including an extraordinarily account of Fred's childhood which evokes a lost England and our great industrial heritage. Fred's passion for the glories of the Victorian age and his fascination with the landscape he grew up in, plus his admiration for the craftsmen and labourers who made it all possible, captivate us on every page. Fred is the personification of everything that made England great in the first place. And this is a glorious tribute to a man whom millions came to love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/high-hopes-my-autobiography-by-ronnie-corbett--65326739https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Hopes: My Autobiography Author: Ronnie Corbett Narrator: Ronnie Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A true great of British comedy, Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Corbett, is hailed as one of the finest comedians of his generation. Son of an Edinburgh baker, Ronnie rose to fame as one half of the infamous Two Ronnies alongside Ronnie Barker. Known for his versatility, quick-wit, family-friendly dialogue, and meandering monologues, Corbett was a staple of British television for more than 50 years. In his autobiography, he tells the complete story, from his school technique of estimating the height of a girl before daring to ask her to dance, to his days as a night club barman in London, and finally, to his decades long career as a stand-up and sitcom star. Including tales of how he first met David Frost, John Cleese and Michael Palin, this book is written with all of Ronnie’s trademark warmth and wit. Celebrating his life and career, this is Ronnie’s own honest and definitive account of his truly dramatic journey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237091Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Hopes: My Autobiography Author: Ronnie Corbett Narrator: Ronnie Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Hopes: My Autobiography Author: Ronnie Corbett Narrator: Ronnie Corbett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A true great of British comedy, Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Corbett, is hailed as one of the finest comedians of his generation. Son of an Edinburgh baker, Ronnie rose to fame as one half of the infamous Two Ronnies alongside Ronnie Barker. Known for his versatility, quick-wit, family-friendly dialogue, and meandering monologues, Corbett was a staple of British television for more than 50 years. In his autobiography, he tells the complete story, from his school technique of estimating the height of a girl before daring to ask her to dance, to his days as a night club barman in London, and finally, to his decades long career as a stand-up and sitcom star. Including tales of how he first met David Frost, John Cleese and Michael Palin, this book is written with all of Ronnie’s trademark warmth and wit. Celebrating his life and career, this is Ronnie’s own honest and definitive account of his truly dramatic journey.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nerd-do-well-by-simon-pegg--65326745https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nerd Do Well Author: Simon Pegg Narrator: Simon Pegg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 11, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise: Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times. Having blasted onto the small screens with his now legendary sitcom Spaced, his rise to nation's favourite son status has been mercurial, meteoric, megatronnic, but mostly just plain great. From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with Star Wars, his often passionate friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up which began with his regular Monday morning slot in front of his 12-year-old classmates, this is a joyous tale of a homegrown superstar and a local boy made good.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236428Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nerd Do Well Author: Simon Pegg Narrator: Simon Pegg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 11, 2010 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nerd Do Well Author: Simon Pegg Narrator: Simon Pegg Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 11, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise: Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times. Having blasted onto the small screens with his now legendary sitcom Spaced, his rise to nation's favourite son status has been mercurial, meteoric, megatronnic, but mostly just plain great. From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with Star Wars, his often passionate friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up which began with his regular Monday morning slot in front of his 12-year-old classmates, this is a joyous tale of a homegrown superstar and a local boy made good.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/confessions-of-a-conjuror-by-derren-brown--65326698https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237122 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of a Conjuror Author: Derren Brown Narrator: Derren Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 28, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange and mysterious place. Now you can climb inside and wander around. Find out just how Derren's mind works, see what motivates him and discover what made him the weird and wonderful person he is today. Obsessed with magic and illusions since childhood, Derren's life to date has been an extraordinary journey and here, in Confessions of a Conjuror, he allows us all to join him on a magical mystery tour - to the centre of his brain... Taking as his starting point the various stages of a conjuring trick he's performing in a crowded restaurant, Derren's endlessly engaging narrative wanders through subjects from all points of the compass, from the history of magic and the fundamentals of psychology to the joys of internet shopping and the proper use of Parmesan cheese. Brilliant, hilarious and entirely unlike anything else you have ever read before, Confessions of a Conjuror is a complete and utter joy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237122Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237122 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of a Conjuror Author: Derren Brown Narrator: Derren Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237122 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of a Conjuror Author: Derren Brown Narrator: Derren Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 28, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange and mysterious place. Now you can climb inside and wander around. Find out just how Derren's mind works, see what motivates him and discover what made him the weird and wonderful person he is today. Obsessed with magic and illusions since childhood, Derren's life to date has been an extraordinary journey and here, in Confessions of a Conjuror, he allows us all to join him on a magical mystery tour - to the centre of his brain... Taking as his starting point the various stages of a conjuring trick he's performing in a crowded restaurant, Derren's endlessly engaging narrative wanders through subjects from all points of the compass, from the history of magic and the fundamentals of psychology to the joys of internet shopping and the proper use of Parmesan cheese. Brilliant, hilarious and entirely unlike anything else you have ever read before, Confessions of a Conjuror is a complete and utter joy.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-and-laughing-the-bestselling-first-official-autobiography-from-britain-s-biggest-comedy-star-by-michael-mcintyre--65326778https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and Laughing: The bestselling first official autobiography from Britain’s biggest comedy star Author: Michael McIntyre Narrator: Michael McIntyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 14, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 11 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The riveting, poignant and remarkably honest biography from Britain's biggest comedy star, Michael McIntyre, brought to you by Penguin. His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time. Now he hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and has won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Stand-up. But how did he get there? In his compelling autobiography, Michael McIntyre reveals all. With deeply personal and captivating narration, Michael unveils his incredible journey: from his showbiz roots, to his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, to going from selling just one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival to half a million at his last tour. Written and narrated by Michael himself, Life and Laughing is the hilarious performance and life story from one of the country's most loved comics.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231055Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and Laughing: The bestselling first official autobiography from Britain’s biggest comedy star Author: Michael McIntyre Narrator: Michael McIntyre...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and Laughing: The bestselling first official autobiography from Britain’s biggest comedy star Author: Michael McIntyre Narrator: Michael McIntyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 14, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 11 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The riveting, poignant and remarkably honest biography from Britain's biggest comedy star, Michael McIntyre, brought to you by Penguin. His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time. Now he hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and has won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Stand-up. But how did he get there? In his compelling autobiography, Michael McIntyre reveals all. With deeply personal and captivating narration, Michael unveils his incredible journey: from his showbiz roots, to his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, to going from selling just one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival to half a million at his last tour. Written and narrated by Michael himself, Life and Laughing is the hilarious performance and life story from one of the country's most loved comics.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woman-i-was-born-to-be-by-susan-boyle--65326734https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman I Was Born To Be Author: Susan Boyle Narrator: Elaine C Smith Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 14, 2010 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In April 2009, a modest middle-aged woman from a village in Scotland was catapulted to global fame when the YouTube video of her audition for Britain's Got Talent touched the hearts of millions all over the world. From singing karaoke in local pubs to live performance with an eighty-piece orchestra in Japan's legendary Budokan arena and a record-breaking debut album, Susan Boyle has become an international superstar. This astonishing transformation has not always been easy for Susan, faced with all the trappings of celebrity, but in the whirlwind of attention and expectation, she has always found calm and clarity in music. Susan was born to sing. Now, for the first time, Susan tells the story of her life and the challenges she has struggled to overcome with faith, fortitude and an unfailing sense of humour. 'When I strutted onto the stage for that audition, I was a scared wee lassie, still grieving for my mother, not caring how I looked. I think I've grown up a lot in the last year, become more of a lady, and I'm not so frightened anymore. I'm telling my story to try and show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, that you shouldn't just look at the label - you must look at the whole person, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. I hope that it will show that dreams are not impossible, if you've got courage and a willingness to go on no matter what the circumstances.' ©2010 Susan Boyle (P)2010 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237123Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman I Was Born To Be Author: Susan Boyle Narrator: Elaine C Smith Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman I Was Born To Be Author: Susan Boyle Narrator: Elaine C Smith Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 14, 2010 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In April 2009, a modest middle-aged woman from a village in Scotland was catapulted to global fame when the YouTube video of her audition for Britain's Got Talent touched the hearts of millions all over the world. From singing karaoke in local pubs to live performance with an eighty-piece orchestra in Japan's legendary Budokan arena and a record-breaking debut album, Susan Boyle has become an international superstar. This astonishing transformation has not always been easy for Susan, faced with all the trappings of celebrity, but in the whirlwind of attention and expectation, she has always found calm and clarity in music. Susan was born to sing. Now, for the first time, Susan tells the story of her life and the challenges she has struggled to overcome with faith, fortitude and an unfailing sense of humour. 'When I strutted onto the stage for that audition, I was a scared wee lassie, still grieving for my mother, not caring how I looked. I think I've grown up a lot in the last year, become more of a lady, and I'm not so frightened anymore. I'm telling my story to try and show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, that you shouldn't just look at the label - you must look at the whole person, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. I hope that it will show that dreams are not impossible, if you've got courage and a willingness to go on no matter what the circumstances.' ©2010 Susan Boyle (P)2010 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/through-thick-and-thin-my-autobiography-by-gok-wan--65326728https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through Thick and Thin: My Autobiography Author: Gok Wan Narrator: Gok Wan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 14, 2010 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In a short space of time, Gok Wan's infectious energy and charisma have made him an essential and much-loved part of Britain's TV landscape. He dominates the Channel 4 schedules with no less than three shows: How to Look Good Naked, Gok's Fashion Fix and Miss Naked Beauty, has published bestselling style guides to go with them, and he is also a regular presenter on The TV Book Club. Gok has an amazing ability to make us feel wonderful about ourselves, but it's not until you read his own story that you learn where he got that gift from. Bullied and tormented both at school and on the housing estate where he grew up, Gok bounced back to become first a stylist to the stars and then every woman's best friend. Whether he's telling us about his loving, larger-than-life family or how he reinvented himself at the age of 20 by losing an extraordinary ten stone in nine months, his autobiography contains all the intimacy, wit and warmth we've come to know and love him for.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237104Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through Thick and Thin: My Autobiography Author: Gok Wan Narrator: Gok Wan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through Thick and Thin: My Autobiography Author: Gok Wan Narrator: Gok Wan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 14, 2010 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In a short space of time, Gok Wan's infectious energy and charisma have made him an essential and much-loved part of Britain's TV landscape. He dominates the Channel 4 schedules with no less than three shows: How to Look Good Naked, Gok's Fashion Fix and Miss Naked Beauty, has published bestselling style guides to go with them, and he is also a regular presenter on The TV Book Club. Gok has an amazing ability to make us feel wonderful about ourselves, but it's not until you read his own story that you learn where he got that gift from. Bullied and tormented both at school and on the housing estate where he grew up, Gok bounced back to become first a stylist to the stars and then every woman's best friend. Whether he's telling us about his loving, larger-than-life family or how he reinvented himself at the age of 20 by losing an extraordinary ten stone in nine months, his autobiography contains all the intimacy, wit and warmth we've come to know and love him for.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fry-chronicles-by-stephen-fry--65326766https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fry Chronicles Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 13, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.66 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the hugely successful The Fry Chronicles, brilliantly read by Stephen Fry himself. Thirteen years ago, Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry's autobiography of his early years, was published to rave reviews and was a huge bestseller. In those thirteen years since, Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new stratosphere, both as a public figure, and a private man. Now he is not just a multi-award-winning comedian and actor, but also an author, director and presenter. In January 2010, he was awarded the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards. Much loved by the public and his peers, Stephen Fry is one of the most influential cultural forces in the country. This dazzling memoir promises to be a courageously frank, honest and poignant read. It will detail some of the most turbulent and least well known years of his life with a reading that will excite you, make you laugh uproariously, move you, inform you and, above all, surprise you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234228Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fry Chronicles Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 13, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fry Chronicles Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 13, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.66 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the hugely successful The Fry Chronicles, brilliantly read by Stephen Fry himself. Thirteen years ago, Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry's autobiography of his early years, was published to rave reviews and was a huge bestseller. In those thirteen years since, Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new stratosphere, both as a public figure, and a private man. Now he is not just a multi-award-winning comedian and actor, but also an author, director and presenter. In January 2010, he was awarded the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards. Much loved by the public and his peers, Stephen Fry is one of the most influential cultural forces in the country. This dazzling memoir promises to be a courageously frank, honest and poignant read. It will detail some of the most turbulent and least well known years of his life with a reading that will excite you, make you laugh uproariously, move you, inform you and, above all, surprise you.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mustaine-a-heavy-metal-memoir-by-dave-mustaine-joe-layden--65326817https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Author: Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden Narrator: Tom Wayland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From his early, crazy days as a founding member of Metallica, Dave Mustaine has seen and experienced everything in the world of rock n’ roll. From his young triumphs and ignominious ouster from the band for his hard-partying ways to his later rule over Megadeth, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, Mustaine tells it all. Outrageously candid and in-your-face, this is classic rock memoir in the vein of Slash, Motley Crue: The Dirt, and Sound of the Beast—an insider’s look at the loud and sordid world of heavy metal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231397Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Author: Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden Narrator: Tom Wayland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir Author: Dave Mustaine, Joe Layden Narrator: Tom Wayland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From his early, crazy days as a founding member of Metallica, Dave Mustaine has seen and experienced everything in the world of rock n’ roll. From his young triumphs and ignominious ouster from the band for his hard-partying ways to his later rule over Megadeth, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, Mustaine tells it all. Outrageously candid and in-your-face, this is classic rock memoir in the vein of Slash, Motley Crue: The Dirt, and Sound of the Beast—an insider’s look at the loud and sordid world of heavy metal.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jack-nicklaus-my-story-by-jack-nicklaus--65326716https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jack Nicklaus: My Story Author: Jack Nicklaus Narrator: Ian Esmo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: During his more than forty-year career as champion amateur, dominating professional, and senior star, the Golden Bear has won almost one hundred tournaments around the world. Topping that astounding achievement are his record twenty major-championship victories: two US Amateurs, six Masters, four US Opens, three British Opens, and five US PGA Championships. This is Jack Nicklaus’ complete and compelling in-depth account of his legendary major triumphs, along with many other competition highlights—and lowlights—of one of the greatest sports careers of all time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241435Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jack Nicklaus: My Story Author: Jack Nicklaus Narrator: Ian Esmo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 7, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jack Nicklaus: My Story Author: Jack Nicklaus Narrator: Ian Esmo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: During his more than forty-year career as champion amateur, dominating professional, and senior star, the Golden Bear has won almost one hundred tournaments around the world. Topping that astounding achievement are his record twenty major-championship victories: two US Amateurs, six Masters, four US Opens, three British Opens, and five US PGA Championships. This is Jack Nicklaus’ complete and compelling in-depth account of his legendary major triumphs, along with many other competition highlights—and lowlights—of one of the greatest sports careers of all time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ian-fleming-the-man-behind-james-bond-by-andrew-lycett--65326689https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ian Fleming: The Man behind James Bond Author: Andrew Lycett Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sportsman, womanizer, naval commander, world-traveler, and spy, the creator of the Cold War’s archetypal secret agent was infinitely more complex and interesting than his iconic fictional character, Agent 007. Fleming’s wide-ranging and exciting life inevitably provided the plausible backdrop for his Bond novels. Highly regarded in British naval intelligence for his international contacts, he master-minded numerous top secret operations, including “Golden Eye,” which is uncovered here for the first time. He was also fundamental in shaping the prototype CIA. Two months before his wedding to Ann O’Neill, the widow of a friend with whom he’d carried on a passionate affair for fifteen years, Fleming sat down to write his first book, Casino Royale, in order to soothe his nerves. Thus began the long line of Bond novels for which he would earn lasting fame.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241436Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ian Fleming: The Man behind James Bond Author: Andrew Lycett Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ian Fleming: The Man behind James Bond Author: Andrew Lycett Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sportsman, womanizer, naval commander, world-traveler, and spy, the creator of the Cold War’s archetypal secret agent was infinitely more complex and interesting than his iconic fictional character, Agent 007. Fleming’s wide-ranging and exciting life inevitably provided the plausible backdrop for his Bond novels. Highly regarded in British naval intelligence for his international contacts, he master-minded numerous top secret operations, including “Golden Eye,” which is uncovered here for the first time. He was also fundamental in shaping the prototype CIA. Two months before his wedding to Ann O’Neill, the widow of a friend with whom he’d carried on a passionate affair for fifteen years, Fleming sat down to write his first book, Casino Royale, in order to soothe his nerves. Thus began the long line of Bond novels for which he would earn lasting fame.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-and-found-my-story-by-lynda-bellingham--65326718https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Found: My Story Author: Lynda Bellingham Narrator: Lynda Bellingham Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 22, 2010 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Looking back, perhaps the single biggest problem was fear. Fear of failure, fear of other people - but mostly fear of myself. It has taken many years to discover who I really am. It's never too late to find yourself, however lost you may be ...' In Lynda Bellingham's blisteringly honest autobiography, the much-loved actress and Loose Women panellist reveals the truth about her life, including her search for her birth mother, only to lose her again to Alzheimer's, and her many years married to an abusive man while playing the 'nation's mum' in the Oxo adverts. But Lynda never lost her sense of humour, and among the darker moments she recalls hilarious anecdotes from her time on stage and screen. Lost and Found is an inspiring story of getting through the tough times with the strong spirit of a survivor, and finally finding true love. © Lynda Bellingham 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2010]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237113Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Found: My Story Author: Lynda Bellingham Narrator: Lynda Bellingham Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Found: My Story Author: Lynda Bellingham Narrator: Lynda Bellingham Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 22, 2010 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Looking back, perhaps the single biggest problem was fear. Fear of failure, fear of other people - but mostly fear of myself. It has taken many years to discover who I really am. It's never too late to find yourself, however lost you may be ...' In Lynda Bellingham's blisteringly honest autobiography, the much-loved actress and Loose Women panellist reveals the truth about her life, including her search for her birth mother, only to lose her again to Alzheimer's, and her many years married to an abusive man while playing the 'nation's mum' in the Oxo adverts. But Lynda never lost her sense of humour, and among the darker moments she recalls hilarious anecdotes from her time on stage and screen. Lost and Found is an inspiring story of getting through the tough times with the strong spirit of a survivor, and finally finding true love. © Lynda Bellingham 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2010]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/weekends-at-bellevue-by-julie-holland--65326809https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weekends at Bellevue Author: Julie Holland Narrator: Julie Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room. Deciding who gets locked up and who gets talked down would be an awesome responsibility for most people. For her, it was just another day at the office... In an absorbing memoir laced with humor, Holland provides an unvarnished look at life in the Psych ER, recounting stories from her vast case file that are alternately terrifying, tragically comic, and profoundly moving. As Holland comes to understand, the degree to which someone can lose his or her mind is infinite, and each patient's pain leaves a mark on her as well--as does the cancer battle of a fellow doctor who is both her best friend and her most trusted mentor. Writing with uncommon candor about her life both inside and outside the hospital, Holland supplies a fascinating glimpse into the inner lives of doctors, struggling to maintain perspective in a world where sanity is in the eye of the beholder.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231853Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weekends at Bellevue Author: Julie Holland Narrator: Julie Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 6,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231853 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Weekends at Bellevue Author: Julie Holland Narrator: Julie Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room. Deciding who gets locked up and who gets talked down would be an awesome responsibility for most people. For her, it was just another day at the office... In an absorbing memoir laced with humor, Holland provides an unvarnished look at life in the Psych ER, recounting stories from her vast case file that are alternately terrifying, tragically comic, and profoundly moving. As Holland comes to understand, the degree to which someone can lose his or her mind is infinite, and each patient's pain leaves a mark on her as well--as does the cancer battle of a fellow doctor who is both her best friend and her most trusted mentor. Writing with uncommon candor about her life both inside and outside the hospital, Holland supplies a fascinating glimpse into the inner lives of doctors, struggling to maintain perspective in a world where sanity is in the eye of the beholder.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hit-hard-by-joey-kramer--65326821https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hit Hard Author: Joey Kramer Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: June 30, 2009 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “If ‘sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll’ is what you want, it’s what you’ll get in these photo-laden pages. Kramer’s style is honest, straightforward and pulls no punches.” — Publishers Weekly Cash meets The Heroin Diaries in Hit Hard: Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer’s moving and inspiring story of fighting personal demons, as well as a wildly glamorous, crazy, drug-addled, behind-the-drum-set look at one of the greatest bands in rock n’ roll history. From never-before-told Aerosmith war stories across their entire 40 year career to Joey’s own struggles with addiction and depression, Hit Hard is only the second authorized biography of the band—following the New York Times bestseller Walk This Way—and the first autobiography from any Aerosmith band member.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231861Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hit Hard Author: Joey Kramer Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: June 30, 2009 Genres: Arts...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hit Hard Author: Joey Kramer Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: June 30, 2009 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “If ‘sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll’ is what you want, it’s what you’ll get in these photo-laden pages. Kramer’s style is honest, straightforward and pulls no punches.” — Publishers Weekly Cash meets The Heroin Diaries in Hit Hard: Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer’s moving and inspiring story of fighting personal demons, as well as a wildly glamorous, crazy, drug-addled, behind-the-drum-set look at one of the greatest bands in rock n’ roll history. From never-before-told Aerosmith war stories across their entire 40 year career to Joey’s own struggles with addiction and depression, Hit Hard is only the second authorized biography of the band—following the New York Times bestseller Walk This Way—and the first autobiography from any Aerosmith band member.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fern-my-story-by-fern-britton--65326769https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fern: My Story Author: Fern Britton Narrator: Fern Britton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 4, 2009 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Fern Britton, the much-loved presenter of This Morning reads her inspirational story in the abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of her best-selling autobiography. For years now, Fern Britton has been widely loved as the presenter of Ready Steady Cook, and, more recently, co-presenter of This Morning with Philip Schofield. Never one to shy away from a good laugh or cry on national TV, she has none-the-less never talked about herself to the public, preferring to keep her private life private. Her warmth and humour, empathy and compassion, have made her feel like a best friend to millions on a daily basis, but no one knows the woman behind the sparkling smile. Now, for the first time, she is going to tell her story, in her own voice. And it is one that will strike a chord with women everywhere. Life as a child was not always easy, and she faced private and public challenges with her personal life, appearance and her career as she climbed the ladder to fame. Now a full-time working mum, with a very happy marriage to her second husband Phil Vickery, she is at the top of her game, and ready to tell it like it is. So put your feet up and get ready for a great listen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234218Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fern: My Story Author: Fern Britton Narrator: Fern Britton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 4, 2009 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fern: My Story Author: Fern Britton Narrator: Fern Britton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 4, 2009 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Fern Britton, the much-loved presenter of This Morning reads her inspirational story in the abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of her best-selling autobiography. For years now, Fern Britton has been widely loved as the presenter of Ready Steady Cook, and, more recently, co-presenter of This Morning with Philip Schofield. Never one to shy away from a good laugh or cry on national TV, she has none-the-less never talked about herself to the public, preferring to keep her private life private. Her warmth and humour, empathy and compassion, have made her feel like a best friend to millions on a daily basis, but no one knows the woman behind the sparkling smile. Now, for the first time, she is going to tell her story, in her own voice. And it is one that will strike a chord with women everywhere. Life as a child was not always easy, and she faced private and public challenges with her personal life, appearance and her career as she climbed the ladder to fame. Now a full-time working mum, with a very happy marriage to her second husband Phil Vickery, she is at the top of her game, and ready to tell it like it is. So put your feet up and get ready for a great listen.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-rod-by-selena-roberts--65326694https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A-Rod Author: Selena Roberts Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 4, 2009 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.”  —New York magazine   The New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.” A columnist for Sports Illustrated, Roberts pulls no punches in her tough and brilliant New York Times bestseller, an exploration of the multi-million-dollar Yankees slugger’s checkered life and career. A-Rod is an eye-opening, unputdownable look at one of the greatest—and most flawed—players in today’s game.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231873Mon, 04 May 2009 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A-Rod Author: Selena Roberts Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 4, 2009 Genres: Arts &...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A-Rod Author: Selena Roberts Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 4, 2009 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.”  —New York magazine   The New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.” A columnist for Sports Illustrated, Roberts pulls no punches in her tough and brilliant New York Times bestseller, an exploration of the multi-million-dollar Yankees slugger’s checkered life and career. A-Rod is an eye-opening, unputdownable look at one of the greatest—and most flawed—players in today’s game.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-legs-are-the-last-to-go-by-diahann-carroll--65326819https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legs Are the Last to Go Author: Diahann Carroll Narrator: Diahann Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 30, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The actress who broke through television’s color bar, entertainment legend Diahann Carroll tells all in her candid memoir The Legs Are the Last to Go. The first black woman to star in her own TV series—NBC’s Julia—Carroll displays all the grace, wit, style, and honesty that carried her to the top as she reveals intimate details about her career, her life, and her loves, including her marriage to Vic Damone and her torrid relationship with Sidney Poitier. The Legs Are the Last to Go is an unforgettable self-portrait and revealing Hollywood memoir at its finest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233125Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legs Are the Last to Go Author: Diahann Carroll Narrator: Diahann Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legs Are the Last to Go Author: Diahann Carroll Narrator: Diahann Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 30, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The actress who broke through television’s color bar, entertainment legend Diahann Carroll tells all in her candid memoir The Legs Are the Last to Go. The first black woman to star in her own TV series—NBC’s Julia—Carroll displays all the grace, wit, style, and honesty that carried her to the top as she reveals intimate details about her career, her life, and her loves, including her marriage to Vic Damone and her torrid relationship with Sidney Poitier. The Legs Are the Last to Go is an unforgettable self-portrait and revealing Hollywood memoir at its finest.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/schulz-and-peanuts-by-david-michaelis--65326812https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Schulz and Peanuts Author: David Michaelis Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 16, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us an in-depth biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts. It is the most American of stories: How a barber's son grew up from modest beginnings to realize his dream of creating a newspaper comic strip. How he daringly chose themes never before attempted in mainstream cartoons—loneliness, isolation, melancholy, the unending search for love—always lightening the darker side with laughter and mingling the old-fashioned sweetness of childhood with a very adult and modern awareness of the bitterness of life. And how, using a lighthearted, loving touch, and a cast of memorable characters, he portrayed the struggles that come with being awkward, imperfect, human. Based on years of research, Schulz and Peanuts is the definitive epic biography of an American icon and the unforgettable characters he created.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233184Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Schulz and Peanuts Author: David Michaelis Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Schulz and Peanuts Author: David Michaelis Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 16, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us an in-depth biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts. It is the most American of stories: How a barber's son grew up from modest beginnings to realize his dream of creating a newspaper comic strip. How he daringly chose themes never before attempted in mainstream cartoons—loneliness, isolation, melancholy, the unending search for love—always lightening the darker side with laughter and mingling the old-fashioned sweetness of childhood with a very adult and modern awareness of the bitterness of life. And how, using a lighthearted, loving touch, and a cast of memorable characters, he portrayed the struggles that come with being awkward, imperfect, human. Based on years of research, Schulz and Peanuts is the definitive epic biography of an American icon and the unforgettable characters he created.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-by-johnnie-walker--65326762https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography Author: Johnnie Walker Narrator: Johnnie Walker Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 31, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Johnnie Walker's fantastic autobiography, read by the man himself. Johnnie Walker is an inspiration. One of the best-known and most beloved broadcasters in Britain, the charismatic BBC Radio 2 Drivetime DJ has achieved legendary status with a hugely loyal following thanks to his tireless pioneering of new music, his warm and passionate personality and his soothing voice. Having thrown away the rule book as a teenager, Johnnie has always made decisions from the heart. As a result, he has had a brilliantly colourful life, with more ups and downs than a rollercoaster ride. In this memoir, he reveals all about his time with Radio Caroline, his drug addiction, his fight against cancer and his spiritual awakening. Honest, passionate and humorous, his autobiography will provide inspiring and entertaining listening to his millions of fans.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234051Thu, 31 May 2007 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography Author: Johnnie Walker Narrator: Johnnie Walker Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 31, 2007...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography Author: Johnnie Walker Narrator: Johnnie Walker Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 31, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Johnnie Walker's fantastic autobiography, read by the man himself. Johnnie Walker is an inspiration. One of the best-known and most beloved broadcasters in Britain, the charismatic BBC Radio 2 Drivetime DJ has achieved legendary status with a hugely loyal following thanks to his tireless pioneering of new music, his warm and passionate personality and his soothing voice. Having thrown away the rule book as a teenager, Johnnie has always made decisions from the heart. As a result, he has had a brilliantly colourful life, with more ups and downs than a rollercoaster ride. In this memoir, he reveals all about his time with Radio Caroline, his drug addiction, his fight against cancer and his spiritual awakening. Honest, passionate and humorous, his autobiography will provide inspiring and entertaining listening to his millions of fans.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/essential-vonnegut-interviews-by-kurt-vonnegut--65326820https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Essential Vonnegut Interviews Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: Kurt Vonnegut Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date: November 28, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Over the course of Kurt Vonnegut's career as a writer, he sat down many times with radio host and interviewer Walter James Miller to conduct in-depth discussions of his work and the world. Now Caedmon has collected the best of these interviews on CD for the first time. This is the perfect audio collection for the Vonnegut fan who wants to understand the writer as he was, is, and will be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231361Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Essential Vonnegut Interviews Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: Kurt Vonnegut Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Essential Vonnegut Interviews Author: Kurt Vonnegut Narrator: Kurt Vonnegut Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date: November 28, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Over the course of Kurt Vonnegut's career as a writer, he sat down many times with radio host and interviewer Walter James Miller to conduct in-depth discussions of his work and the world. Now Caedmon has collected the best of these interviews on CD for the first time. This is the perfect audio collection for the Vonnegut fan who wants to understand the writer as he was, is, and will be.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gimp-by-mark-zupan--65326785https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: GIMP Author: Mark Zupan Narrator: Mark Zupan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 17, 2006 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from the game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. Still asleep when the pickup started and drove away, he was suddenly jolted awake when the truck crashed. Mark was thrown into a canal and stuck for fourteen hours. When he was finally rescued, Mark discovered the terrible truth—he'd broken his neck and was likely a quadriplegic, facing life in a wheelchair and only limited use of all four limbs. At first Mark's only goal was to walk again, and when that proved impossible he fell into a terrible despair, furious with himself and increasingly bitter. But through love, friendship, and an introduction to a new sport, Mark has gone on to create an existence that's truly exceptional. Now a Paralymic athlete (playing Quad Rubgy, aka ''murderball''), Mark's memoir explains that in a way getting hurt was the best thing that ever could have happened to him. Inspiring, defiant, and revealing, GIMP will appeal not only to fans of Murderball, but also to anyone ready to be motivated by a story about triumphing over the odds. Read by Mark Zupan]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233874Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: GIMP Author: Mark Zupan Narrator: Mark Zupan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 17, 2006 Genres: Arts &...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: GIMP Author: Mark Zupan Narrator: Mark Zupan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 17, 2006 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Mark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from the game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. Still asleep when the pickup started and drove away, he was suddenly jolted awake when the truck crashed. Mark was thrown into a canal and stuck for fourteen hours. When he was finally rescued, Mark discovered the terrible truth—he'd broken his neck and was likely a quadriplegic, facing life in a wheelchair and only limited use of all four limbs. At first Mark's only goal was to walk again, and when that proved impossible he fell into a terrible despair, furious with himself and increasingly bitter. But through love, friendship, and an introduction to a new sport, Mark has gone on to create an existence that's truly exceptional. Now a Paralymic athlete (playing Quad Rubgy, aka ''murderball''), Mark's memoir explains that in a way getting hurt was the best thing that ever could have happened to him. Inspiring, defiant, and revealing, GIMP will appeal not only to fans of Murderball, but also to anyone ready to be motivated by a story about triumphing over the odds. Read by Mark Zupan]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/setting-the-table-by-danny-meyer--65326677https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Setting the Table Author: Danny Meyer Narrator: Danny Meyer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 3, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is now the co-owner of a restaurant empire. How did he do it? How did he beat the odds in one of the toughest trades around? In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he learned developing the dynamic philosophy he calls Enlightened Hospitality. The tenets of that philosophy, which emphasize strong in-house relationships as well as customer satisfaction, are applicable to anyone who works in any business. Whether you are a manager, an executive, or a waiter, Danny’s story and philosophy will help you become more effective and productive, while deepening your understanding and appreciation of a job well done.  Setting the Table is landmark a motivational work from one of our era’s most gifted and insightful business leaders.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233865Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Setting the Table Author: Danny Meyer Narrator: Danny Meyer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 3, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Setting the Table Author: Danny Meyer Narrator: Danny Meyer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 3, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is now the co-owner of a restaurant empire. How did he do it? How did he beat the odds in one of the toughest trades around? In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he learned developing the dynamic philosophy he calls Enlightened Hospitality. The tenets of that philosophy, which emphasize strong in-house relationships as well as customer satisfaction, are applicable to anyone who works in any business. Whether you are a manager, an executive, or a waiter, Danny’s story and philosophy will help you become more effective and productive, while deepening your understanding and appreciation of a job well done.  Setting the Table is landmark a motivational work from one of our era’s most gifted and insightful business leaders.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-stroke-of-luck-by-kirk-douglas--65326776https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Stroke of Luck Author: Kirk Douglas Narrator: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 6, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the six decades since he took to the stage and screen, Kirk Douglas has starred in eighty-three films, nine plays, written seven books, and made a remarkable commitment to humanitarian causes world-wide. Now in My Stroke of Luck, his vivid and very personal reflection upon his extraordinary life, Kirk Douglas finally completes his story by offering a candid and heartfelt memoir of where it all went right. Written in his own words, Kirk offers tender vignettes of his childhood, family, and the seminal event that changed his life for the better. Kirk offers the lessons that saved him and helped him to heal; he also shares warm memories of some of the most famous figures of our time -- including Burt Lancaster, Michael J. Fox and Gary Cooper. Filled with personal insights and read by Kirk Douglas and his son Michael, My Stroke of Luck is an audio sure to inspire all who hear it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233890Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Stroke of Luck Author: Kirk Douglas Narrator: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 44 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Stroke of Luck Author: Kirk Douglas Narrator: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 6, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the six decades since he took to the stage and screen, Kirk Douglas has starred in eighty-three films, nine plays, written seven books, and made a remarkable commitment to humanitarian causes world-wide. Now in My Stroke of Luck, his vivid and very personal reflection upon his extraordinary life, Kirk Douglas finally completes his story by offering a candid and heartfelt memoir of where it all went right. Written in his own words, Kirk offers tender vignettes of his childhood, family, and the seminal event that changed his life for the better. Kirk offers the lessons that saved him and helped him to heal; he also shares warm memories of some of the most famous figures of our time -- including Burt Lancaster, Michael J. Fox and Gary Cooper. Filled with personal insights and read by Kirk Douglas and his son Michael, My Stroke of Luck is an audio sure to inspire all who hear it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chasing-down-the-dawn-by-jewel--65326771https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Down the Dawn Author: Jewel Narrator: Jewel Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 1 minute Release date: May 30, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Welcome to a world set to the ever-changing rhythms of an artist's life In Chasing Down the Dawn, recording artist, actress, and bestselling author jewel opens her intimate journals to create a vivid montage of the people, places, and relationships that colored the life she came from and have marked this past magical, turbulent, and ultimately transformational year of her life. Drawn from her remarkable chronicle of life on the road during the Spirit World Tour, this unforgettable collection of freeze-frames captures unusual images from jewel's childhood in Alaska, her beginnings as a struggling artist, and her challenges as a daughter, sister and woman. jewel paints an unblinkingly honest picture of the exceptional journey that carried her to the world's stage. With acutely observed, elegantly written depictions of the musicians, lovers, strangers, celebrities and other characters that inhabit the singer/songwriter's world, Chasing Down the Dawn is more than a collection of, vignettes, observations and stories. It is a finely wrought mosaic in prose and poetry, set to the rhythm of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233896Tue, 30 May 2006 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Down the Dawn Author: Jewel Narrator: Jewel Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 1 minute Release date: May 30, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Down the Dawn Author: Jewel Narrator: Jewel Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 1 minute Release date: May 30, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Welcome to a world set to the ever-changing rhythms of an artist's life In Chasing Down the Dawn, recording artist, actress, and bestselling author jewel opens her intimate journals to create a vivid montage of the people, places, and relationships that colored the life she came from and have marked this past magical, turbulent, and ultimately transformational year of her life. Drawn from her remarkable chronicle of life on the road during the Spirit World Tour, this unforgettable collection of freeze-frames captures unusual images from jewel's childhood in Alaska, her beginnings as a struggling artist, and her challenges as a daughter, sister and woman. jewel paints an unblinkingly honest picture of the exceptional journey that carried her to the world's stage. With acutely observed, elegantly written depictions of the musicians, lovers, strangers, celebrities and other characters that inhabit the singer/songwriter's world, Chasing Down the Dawn is more than a collection of, vignettes, observations and stories. It is a finely wrought mosaic in prose and poetry, set to the rhythm of life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kennedy-men-by-laurence-leamer--65326685https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kennedy Men Author: Laurence Leamer Narrator: Laurence Leamer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 30, 2005 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this triumphant new work already hailed as a powerful American epic, Laurence Leamer chronicles the Kennedy men and their struggle to become the most powerful family in the United States. The Kennedy Men brings to life five bold, ambitious men. The Kennedy patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was one of the richest, strongest men in America's history. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was a handsome, gregarious youth who died a hero's death. John F. Kennedy picked up his brother's fallen mantle and carried it all the way to the White House. Robert F. Kennedy was an attorney general of unprecedented power. Edward M. Kennedy was a fun-loving athlete who reluctantly headed up the hard road to power. Combining powerful dramatic narrative with impeccably researched detail, The Kennedy Men illuminates their aspirations and love of family, their accomplishments and failures, their heroism and frailty, their loves and passions, and their patriotism and selfishness. Filled with startling revelations, it is a spellbinding personal history of individuals and a journey of character through time. Audio includes excerpts from President Kennedy's secret White House recordings of phone conversations and private meetings. Read by the author.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240426Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kennedy Men Author: Laurence Leamer Narrator: Laurence Leamer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 30, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kennedy Men Author: Laurence Leamer Narrator: Laurence Leamer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 30, 2005 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this triumphant new work already hailed as a powerful American epic, Laurence Leamer chronicles the Kennedy men and their struggle to become the most powerful family in the United States. The Kennedy Men brings to life five bold, ambitious men. The Kennedy patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was one of the richest, strongest men in America's history. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was a handsome, gregarious youth who died a hero's death. John F. Kennedy picked up his brother's fallen mantle and carried it all the way to the White House. Robert F. Kennedy was an attorney general of unprecedented power. Edward M. Kennedy was a fun-loving athlete who reluctantly headed up the hard road to power. Combining powerful dramatic narrative with impeccably researched detail, The Kennedy Men illuminates their aspirations and love of family, their accomplishments and failures, their heroism and frailty, their loves and passions, and their patriotism and selfishness. Filled with startling revelations, it is a spellbinding personal history of individuals and a journey of character through time. Audio includes excerpts from President Kennedy's secret White House recordings of phone conversations and private meetings. Read by the author.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-camelot-by-laurence-leamer--65326682https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sons of Camelot Author: Laurence Leamer Narrator: Laurence Leamer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 16, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women and The Kennedy Men comes THE SONS OF CAMELOT, the second volume in a multi-generational history bound to be considered an American epic. Almost a year before publication, THE SONS OF CAMELOT: The Fate of an American Dynasty was already being widely discussed and debated in the media. Based on exclusive interviews with many Kennedy family members, their closest friends and associates, and five years of research, THE SONS OF CAMELOT is neither tabloid fodder nor a sanitized authorized biography but a stunningly revealing, deeply truthful account with intimate new information on every page. In this outstanding continuation of The Kennedy Men, his powerful American epic of the Kennedy family, Laurence Leamer chronicles the lives of the Kennedy sons and grandsons after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and their struggle to fulfill the family legacy. These lives make for a book of overwhelming drama full of exalted aspirations, notable achievements and the most spectacular mishaps, excesses and tragedies. For the most part, these Kennedy men fell far short of the great vision that Joseph P. Kennedy had for his sons and grandsons. Their lives have been a bewildering juxtaposition of the most notable achievements and the most spectacular failures. There have been needless deaths, crippling accidents, drug addiction, alcoholism and allegations of rape. Their pratfalls, mishaps, excesses and tragedies have been one of the most certain forms of American popular entertainment for the last four decades. Yet among them are those who have helped Americans to have better health care, to sail on clean waters, to raise the rights and lives of those with mental retardation, to assist the poorest of African nations, to enable those with disabilities to lead normal lives, and to give health care givers opportunities. In Leamer’s passionate narrative, each Kennedy man becomes not the passive victim of the happenstance of birth and upbringing, but a full participant in his own fate. The good that the Kennedy sons have done is amply chronicled, and so is the bad and the tragic. John F. Kennedy Jr.’s life is a thread running through the pages of THE SONS OF CAMELOT. Some may be drawn to the book largely to read the definitive portrait based largely on the full cooperation of his eight closest friends. Others may come intrigued to read the intimate story of Senator Edward Kennedy or the stirring tale of Timmy Kennedy Shriver’s rise to the head of Special Olympics International. But whatever draws the readers, they will read on driven by the powerful dramatic narrative with its impeccably researched details. Some of these pages are inspiring, some are shocking, but all the pages are truthful. THE SONS OF CAMELOT is a spellbinding history of individuals and a family, a journey of character through time told by a brilliant, masterful writer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240629Tue, 16 Mar 2004 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sons of Camelot Author: Laurence Leamer Narrator: Laurence Leamer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 16, 2004...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sons of Camelot Author: Laurence Leamer Narrator: Laurence Leamer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 16, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From renowned biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women and The Kennedy Men comes THE SONS OF CAMELOT, the second volume in a multi-generational history bound to be considered an American epic. Almost a year before publication, THE SONS OF CAMELOT: The Fate of an American Dynasty was already being widely discussed and debated in the media. Based on exclusive interviews with many Kennedy family members, their closest friends and associates, and five years of research, THE SONS OF CAMELOT is neither tabloid fodder nor a sanitized authorized biography but a stunningly revealing, deeply truthful account with intimate new information on every page. In this outstanding continuation of The Kennedy Men, his powerful American epic of the Kennedy family, Laurence Leamer chronicles the lives of the Kennedy sons and grandsons after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and their struggle to fulfill the family legacy. These lives make for a book of overwhelming drama full of exalted aspirations, notable achievements and the most spectacular mishaps, excesses and tragedies. For the most part, these Kennedy men fell far short of the great vision that Joseph P. Kennedy had for his sons and grandsons. Their lives have been a bewildering juxtaposition of the most notable achievements and the most spectacular failures. There have been needless deaths, crippling accidents, drug addiction, alcoholism and allegations of rape. Their pratfalls, mishaps, excesses and tragedies have been one of the most certain forms of American popular entertainment for the last four decades. Yet among them are those who have helped Americans to have better health care, to sail on clean waters, to raise the rights and lives of those with mental retardation, to assist the poorest of African nations, to enable those with disabilities to lead normal lives, and to give health care givers opportunities. In Leamer’s passionate narrative, each Kennedy man becomes not the passive victim of the happenstance of birth and upbringing, but a full participant in his own fate. The good that the Kennedy sons have done is amply chronicled, and so is the bad and the tragic. John F. Kennedy Jr.’s life is a thread running through the pages of THE SONS OF CAMELOT. Some may be drawn to the book largely to read the definitive portrait based largely on the full cooperation of his eight closest friends. Others may come intrigued to read the intimate story of Senator Edward Kennedy or the stirring tale of Timmy Kennedy Shriver’s rise to the head of Special Olympics International. But whatever draws the readers, they will read on driven by the powerful dramatic narrative with its impeccably researched details. Some of these pages are inspiring, some are shocking, but all the pages are truthful. THE SONS OF CAMELOT is a spellbinding history of individuals and a family, a journey of character through time told by a brilliant, masterful writer.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mountain-of-the-women-memoirs-of-an-irish-troubadour-by-liam-clancy--65326740https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour Author: Liam Clancy Narrator: Liam Clancy Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 19, 2002 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In an irresistible tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy, of the legendary Irish group the Clancy Brothers, describes his eventful journey from a small town in Ireland in the 1930s into the heart of the New York music scene in the 1950s and ’60s. Following in the grand tradition of such Irish memoirs as Angela’s Ashes and Are You Somebody?, Liam Clancy relates his life’s story in a raucously funny and star-studded account of moving from provincial Ireland to the bars and clubs of New York City, to the cusp of fame as a member of Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers. Born in 1935, the eleventh out of as many children, young Liam was a naive and innocent lad of the Old Country. His memories of childhood include bounding over hills, streams, and the occasional mountain, getting lost, and eventually found, and making mischief in the way of a typical Irish boy. As an aimless nineteen-year-old, Clancy met a strange and wonderfully energetic lover of music, Ms. Diane Guggenheim, an American heiress. She and a colleague from America had set out to record regional Irish folk music, and their undertaking led them to Carrick-on-Suir in the shadow of Slievenamon, "The Mountain of the Women," where Mammie Clancy had been known to carry a tune or two in her kitchen. Guggenheim fell for young Liam and swept him along on her travels through the British Isles, the American Appalachians, and finally Greenwich Village, the undisputed Mecca for aspiring artists of every ilk in the late 1950s. Clancy was in New York to become an actor. But on the side, he played and sang with his brothers, Paddy and Tom, and fellow countryman Tommy Makem, in pubs like the legendary White Horse Tavern. In the heady atmosphere of the Village, Clancy’s life was a party filled with music, sex, and McSorley’s. His friendships with then-unknown artists such as Bob Dylan, Maya Angelou, Robert Redford, Lenny Bruce, Pete Seeger and Barbra Streisand form the backdrop of the charming adventures of a small-town boy making it big in the biggest of cities. In music circles, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem are known as the Beatles of Irish music. The band’s music continues to play on jukeboxes in pubs and bars, in living rooms of folk music fans, and in Irish American homes throughout the country. Liam Clancy’s lively memoir captures their wild adventures on the road to fame and fortune, and brings to life a man who never lets himself off the hook for his sins, and happily views his success as a blessing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240748Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour Author: Liam Clancy Narrator: Liam Clancy Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour Author: Liam Clancy Narrator: Liam Clancy Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 19, 2002 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In an irresistible tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy, of the legendary Irish group the Clancy Brothers, describes his eventful journey from a small town in Ireland in the 1930s into the heart of the New York music scene in the 1950s and ’60s. Following in the grand tradition of such Irish memoirs as Angela’s Ashes and Are You Somebody?, Liam Clancy relates his life’s story in a raucously funny and star-studded account of moving from provincial Ireland to the bars and clubs of New York City, to the cusp of fame as a member of Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers. Born in 1935, the eleventh out of as many children, young Liam was a naive and innocent lad of the Old Country. His memories of childhood include bounding over hills, streams, and the occasional mountain, getting lost, and eventually found, and making mischief in the way of a typical Irish boy. As an aimless nineteen-year-old, Clancy met a strange and wonderfully energetic lover of music, Ms. Diane Guggenheim, an American heiress. She and a colleague from America had set out to record regional Irish folk music, and their undertaking led them to Carrick-on-Suir in the shadow of Slievenamon, "The Mountain of the Women," where Mammie Clancy had been known to carry a tune or two in her kitchen. Guggenheim fell for young Liam and swept him along on her travels through the British Isles, the American Appalachians, and finally Greenwich Village, the undisputed Mecca for aspiring artists of every ilk in the late 1950s. Clancy was in New York to become an actor. But on the side, he played and sang with his brothers, Paddy and Tom, and fellow countryman Tommy Makem, in pubs like the legendary White Horse Tavern. In the heady atmosphere of the Village, Clancy’s life was a party filled with music, sex, and McSorley’s. His friendships with then-unknown artists such as Bob Dylan, Maya Angelou, Robert Redford, Lenny Bruce, Pete Seeger and Barbra Streisand form the backdrop of the charming adventures of a small-town boy making it big in the biggest of cities. In music circles, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem are known as the Beatles of Irish music. The band’s music continues to play on jukeboxes in pubs and bars, in living rooms of folk music fans, and in Irish American homes throughout the country. Liam Clancy’s lively memoir captures their wild adventures on the road to fame and fortune, and brings to life a man who never lets himself off the hook for his sins, and happily views his success as a blessing.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/comfort-me-with-apples-more-adventures-at-the-table-by-ruth-reichl--65326737https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 10, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In Ruth Reichl’s latest book — one that will delight her fans and convert those as yet uninitiated to her charming tales — the author brings to life her adventures in pursuit of good meals and good company. Picking up where Tender at the Bone leaves off, Comfort Me with Apples recounts Reichl’s transformation from chef to food writer, a process that led her through restaurants from Bangkok to Paris to Los Angeles and brought lessons in life, love, and food. It is an apprenticeship by turns delightful and daunting, one told in the most winning and engaging of voices. Reichl’s anecdotes from a summer lunch with M.F.K. Fisher, a mad dash through the produce market with Wolfgang Puck, and a garlic feast with Alice Waters are priceless. She is unafraid — even eager — to poke holes in the pretensions of food critics, making each meal a hilarious and instructive occasion for novices and experts alike. The New York Times has said, “While all good food critics are humorous .. few are so riotously, effortlessly entertaining as Ruth Reichl.” In Comfort Me with Apples, Reichl once again demonstrates her inimitable ability to combine food writing, humor, and memoir into an art form.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240563Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table Author: Ruth Reichl Narrator: Ruth Reichl Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 10, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In Ruth Reichl’s latest book — one that will delight her fans and convert those as yet uninitiated to her charming tales — the author brings to life her adventures in pursuit of good meals and good company. Picking up where Tender at the Bone leaves off, Comfort Me with Apples recounts Reichl’s transformation from chef to food writer, a process that led her through restaurants from Bangkok to Paris to Los Angeles and brought lessons in life, love, and food. It is an apprenticeship by turns delightful and daunting, one told in the most winning and engaging of voices. Reichl’s anecdotes from a summer lunch with M.F.K. Fisher, a mad dash through the produce market with Wolfgang Puck, and a garlic feast with Alice Waters are priceless. She is unafraid — even eager — to poke holes in the pretensions of food critics, making each meal a hilarious and instructive occasion for novices and experts alike. The New York Times has said, “While all good food critics are humorous .. few are so riotously, effortlessly entertaining as Ruth Reichl.” In Comfort Me with Apples, Reichl once again demonstrates her inimitable ability to combine food writing, humor, and memoir into an art form.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jazz-a-history-of-america-s-music-by-geoffrey-c-ward-ken-burns--65326720https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jazz: A History of America's Music Author: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns Narrator: LeVar Burton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 7, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best. Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius helped turn jazz into a soloist's art and influenced every singer, every instrumentalist who came after him; Duke Ellington, the pampered son of middle-class parents who turned a whole orchestra into his personal instrument, wrote nearly two thousand pieces for it, and captured more of American life than any other composer. Bix Beiderbecke, the doomed cornet prodigy who showed white musicians that they too could make an important contribution to the music; Benny Goodman, the immigrants' son who learned the clarinet to help feed his family, but who grew up to teach a whole country how to dance; Billie Holiday, whose distinctive style routinely transformed mediocre music into great art; Charlie Parker, who helped lead a musical revolution, only to destroy himself at thirty-four; and Miles Davis, whose search for fresh ways to sound made him the most influential jazz musician of his generation, and then led him to abandon jazz altogether. Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Artie Shaw, and Ella Fitzgerald are all here; so are Sidney Bechet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and a host of others. But Jazz is more than mere biography. The history of the music echoes the history of twentieth-century America. Jazz provided the background for the giddy era that F. Scott Fitzgerald called the Jazz Age. The irresistible pulse of big-band swing lifted the spirits and boosted American morale during the Great Depression and World War II. The virtuosic, demanding style called bebop mirrored the stepped-up pace and dislocation that came with peace. During the Cold War era, jazz served as a propaganda weapon—and forged links with the burgeoning counterculture. The story of jazz encompasses the story of American courtship and show business; the epic growth of great cities—New Orleans and Chicago, Kansas City and New York—and the struggle for civil rights and simple justice that continues into the new millennium.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240505Tue, 07 Nov 2000 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jazz: A History of America's Music Author: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns Narrator: LeVar Burton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jazz: A History of America's Music Author: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns Narrator: LeVar Burton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 7, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best. Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius helped turn jazz into a soloist's art and influenced every singer, every instrumentalist who came after him; Duke Ellington, the pampered son of middle-class parents who turned a whole orchestra into his personal instrument, wrote nearly two thousand pieces for it, and captured more of American life than any other composer. Bix Beiderbecke, the doomed cornet prodigy who showed white musicians that they too could make an important contribution to the music; Benny Goodman, the immigrants' son who learned the clarinet to help feed his family, but who grew up to teach a whole country how to dance; Billie Holiday, whose distinctive style routinely transformed mediocre music into great art; Charlie Parker, who helped lead a musical revolution, only to destroy himself at thirty-four; and Miles Davis, whose search for fresh ways to sound made him the most influential jazz musician of his generation, and then led him to abandon jazz altogether. Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Artie Shaw, and Ella Fitzgerald are all here; so are Sidney Bechet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and a host of others. But Jazz is more than mere biography. The history of the music echoes the history of twentieth-century America. Jazz provided the background for the giddy era that F. Scott Fitzgerald called the Jazz Age. The irresistible pulse of big-band swing lifted the spirits and boosted American morale during the Great Depression and World War II. The virtuosic, demanding style called bebop mirrored the stepped-up pace and dislocation that came with peace. During the Cold War era, jazz served as a propaganda weapon—and forged links with the burgeoning counterculture. The story of jazz encompasses the story of American courtship and show business; the epic growth of great cities—New Orleans and Chicago, Kansas City and New York—and the struggle for civil rights and simple justice that continues into the new millennium.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/married-to-laughter-a-love-story-featuring-anne-mora-by-jerry-stiller--65326722https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Mora Author: Jerry Stiller Narrator: Jerry Stiller Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 8, 2000 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara began performing together in coffehouses in Greenwich Village in the 1960's, and then as frequent guests on The Ed Sullivan Show. They based their standup characters on exaggerated vrsions of themselves, especially in the irrepressible commercials for Blue Nun wine. Offstage they raised two children, Amy and Ben. After years of memorable work on stage and in radio, television, and films, Jerry Stiller found himself wondering what had happened to his once-flourishing career. Then a call came from Seinfeld, a television show he'd never watched. On Seinfeld he created the unforgettable character of Frank Costanza, which won him an Emmy nomination and an American Comedy Award. Meanwhile, Anne Meara became an acclaimed Off-Broadway playwright. Married to Laughter is a love story about two showbiz-minded people who fell in love, discovered that they fell in love, discovered that they were their own greatest roles, enjoyed thriving careers that diverged and converged many times, and who take complete satisfaction form their individual accomplishments while maintaining a dedicated marriage. With a wealth of anecdotes about other famous actors and comedians, this is a funny and tender narrative, told as only Jerry Stiller could.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238197Tue, 08 Aug 2000 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Mora Author: Jerry Stiller Narrator: Jerry Stiller Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Mora Author: Jerry Stiller Narrator: Jerry Stiller Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 8, 2000 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara began performing together in coffehouses in Greenwich Village in the 1960's, and then as frequent guests on The Ed Sullivan Show. They based their standup characters on exaggerated vrsions of themselves, especially in the irrepressible commercials for Blue Nun wine. Offstage they raised two children, Amy and Ben. After years of memorable work on stage and in radio, television, and films, Jerry Stiller found himself wondering what had happened to his once-flourishing career. Then a call came from Seinfeld, a television show he'd never watched. On Seinfeld he created the unforgettable character of Frank Costanza, which won him an Emmy nomination and an American Comedy Award. Meanwhile, Anne Meara became an acclaimed Off-Broadway playwright. Married to Laughter is a love story about two showbiz-minded people who fell in love, discovered that they fell in love, discovered that they were their own greatest roles, enjoyed thriving careers that diverged and converged many times, and who take complete satisfaction form their individual accomplishments while maintaining a dedicated marriage. With a wealth of anecdotes about other famous actors and comedians, this is a funny and tender narrative, told as only Jerry Stiller could.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sinbad-s-guide-to-life-by-sinbad--65326724https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinbad's Guide to Life Author: Sinbad Narrator: Sinbad Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A hilarious guide to life from a man who has "lived large and fallen hard--lost every job I ever had, messed up everybody I've ever dated, been kicked out of every institution I've ever been in"--and still survived; offering observations on courage ("Lots of guys brag they'd fight off anything to save their woman. Yeah, right--there is no sense in both us dying"), discipline ("If you've got to get whupped, your father is the man. Mothers don't stop until you're bleeding to death"), money ("Before computers, checks were great...local ones took fourteen days to clear"), men and women ("If there were no women in the world, men would be naked, driving trucks, living in dirt"), underwear ("Women, do not buy your men bikini underpants"), love ("If you can get a car with no money down, you can get a boyfriend or girlfriend"), marriage ("There is no compromise, you either go to the basketball game or you go to a movie you hate"), divorce ("there are no Betty Ford clinics for strung-out lovers. You have to go cold turkey"), dieting ("I would be hanging out at McDonald's, tapping on the window: 'Don't throw out those fries!'"), parenting ("When they caught Jeffrey Dahmer, his mom was protective: 'He always had a healthy appetite...'"), technology, and much more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238046Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinbad's Guide to Life Author: Sinbad Narrator: Sinbad Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Arts...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinbad's Guide to Life Author: Sinbad Narrator: Sinbad Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A hilarious guide to life from a man who has "lived large and fallen hard--lost every job I ever had, messed up everybody I've ever dated, been kicked out of every institution I've ever been in"--and still survived; offering observations on courage ("Lots of guys brag they'd fight off anything to save their woman. Yeah, right--there is no sense in both us dying"), discipline ("If you've got to get whupped, your father is the man. Mothers don't stop until you're bleeding to death"), money ("Before computers, checks were great...local ones took fourteen days to clear"), men and women ("If there were no women in the world, men would be naked, driving trucks, living in dirt"), underwear ("Women, do not buy your men bikini underpants"), love ("If you can get a car with no money down, you can get a boyfriend or girlfriend"), marriage ("There is no compromise, you either go to the basketball game or you go to a movie you hate"), divorce ("there are no Betty Ford clinics for strung-out lovers. You have to go cold turkey"), dieting ("I would be hanging out at McDonald's, tapping on the window: 'Don't throw out those fries!'"), parenting ("When they caught Jeffrey Dahmer, his mom was protective: 'He always had a healthy appetite...'"), technology, and much more.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-rant-therefore-i-am-by-dennis-miller--65326686https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238001 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Rant, Therefore I Am Author: Dennis Miller Narrator: Dennis Miller Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Once again there's good news for those of us who rage at the evening news, shake our heads at Washington's business-as-usual, or watch as politicians carom helplessly between political crises and sex scandals: Dennis Miller is back with his third installment of hilarious observations, I Rant, Therefore I Am. Dennis Miller first gained national acclaim as the wise-guy anchor of "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live." When HBO premiered his weekly talk show in April 1994, both critics and fans enthusiastically agreed: "Dennis Miller Live" was the most refreshing talk show on television. The accolades have continued to pour in. In September 1994, Dennis and his staff won an Emmy Award for writing and have been regularly nominated since. When he takes the stage, the audience demands, "The rants, the rants, the rants," and once again, Dennis Miller delivers the goods. Fans of his smart, quirky, irreverent style of humor are in for another treat-this set of rants is even funnier than the last two rounds. Dennis Miller keeps on ranting in I Rant, Therefore I Am, and speaks his mind on topics like: MODELS-"How ironic that the most exquisite-looking people in the world should end up choosing the profession that requires them to spend all day by the phone waiting for the most hideous people to call them." COLLEGE-"I don't think you should have to pay back college loans unless you get a job in your field. Put some pressure on the school. If I can't pay my bills, I'm not paying yours." CONSUMERS-"You know how to tell when you've got a shopping problem? When the lights in the department store momentarily dim after they slide your credit card through the thing." FAITH-"I envy people who can just let go and totally commit. I, on the other hand, can't even hear the title of the show 'Touched by an Angel' without thinking that a professional baseball player is being sued for sexual harassment." ASTRONAUTS-"Anybody who would strap themselves onto a giant deodorant spray can, set off a series of explosions under their ass until they've been blasted into the icy vacuum of deep space, and then step outside to take a walk must have more balls than a twenty-four-hour Tokyo driving range."]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238001Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:36:06 +0000Maureen SporerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238001 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Rant, Therefore I Am Author: Dennis Miller Narrator: Dennis Miller Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238001 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Rant, Therefore I Am Author: Dennis Miller Narrator: Dennis Miller Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Once again there's good news for those of us who rage at the evening news, shake our heads at Washington's business-as-usual, or watch as politicians carom helplessly between political crises and sex scandals: Dennis Miller is back with his third installment of hilarious observations, I Rant, Therefore I Am. Dennis Miller first gained national acclaim as the wise-guy anchor of "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live." When HBO premiered his weekly talk show in April 1994, both critics and fans enthusiastically agreed: "Dennis Miller Live" was the most refreshing talk show on television. The accolades have continued to pour in. In September 1994, Dennis and his staff won an Emmy Award for writing and have been regularly nominated since. When he takes the stage, the audience demands, "The rants, the rants, the rants," and once again, Dennis Miller delivers the goods. Fans of his smart, quirky, irreverent style of humor are in for another treat-this set of rants is even funnier than the last two rounds. Dennis Miller keeps on ranting in I Rant, Therefore I Am, and speaks his mind on topics like: MODELS-"How ironic that the most exquisite-looking people in the world should end up choosing the profession that requires them to spend all day by the phone waiting for the most hideous people to call them." COLLEGE-"I don't think you should have to pay back college loans unless you get a job in your field. Put some pressure on the school. If I can't pay my bills, I'm not paying yours." CONSUMERS-"You know how to tell when you've got a shopping problem? When the lights in the department store momentarily dim after they slide your credit card through the thing." FAITH-"I envy people who can just let go and totally commit. I, on the other hand, can't even hear the title of the show 'Touched by an Angel' without thinking that a professional baseball player is being sued for sexual harassment." ASTRONAUTS-"Anybody who would strap themselves onto a giant deodorant spray can, set off a series of explosions under their ass until they've been blasted into the icy vacuum of deep space, and then step outside to take a walk must have more balls than a twenty-four-hour Tokyo driving range."]]>605cleanfull