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Best Full Trial Audiobooks in Better in Audio, Audie-Award Winners
by Berta Abernathy
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/343/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you diverse categories such as Biography & Memoir, Spirituality & Religion, and Business & Career Development. Get 3 free audiobooks to experience. You can listen to books on many devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you save time and enhance knowledge. Don't miss this great opportunity! 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 [email protected].
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Exodus: The Shanghai Jews by Kate Mcall
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exodus: The Shanghai Jews Author: Kate Mcall Narrator: Michael Canavan, André Sogliuzzo, Anna Mathias, Shannon Cochran, Alan Shearman, Edita Brychta, Joanne Whalley, Arye Gross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 26 minutes Release date: October 3, 2023 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: As Jews tried to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s, they faced unthinkable roadblocks in obtaining exit visas. And while they were denied entry in one country after another, a bureaucratic oddity enabled some of them to flee to an unlikely destination: Shanghai, China. In this LATW original commission, playwright Kate McAll used the survivors' own words to create a narrative of people starting their lives over in a completely new land. Funding for this presentation is provided in part by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, and The I. Michael Kasser Trust: Michael and Beth Kasser. Special thanks to Prof. Steve Hochstadt for his generosity in sharing his research and recordings to help create this work. Recorded at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in June 2023. Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring: Edyta Brychta as Lisbeth Loewenberg Michael Canavan as Herbert Greening Shannon Cochran as Ilse Greening Arye Gross as Gerard Kohbieter Anna Mathias as Trude Reisman Alan Shearman as Paul Reisman André Sogliuzzo as Ernest Culman Joanne Whalley as Melitta Colland. Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Recording Engineers: Mark Holden and Charles Carroll Sound Design: Mark Holden Editing and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
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Making It So: A Memoir (By Patrick Stewart)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making It So: A Memoir Author: Patrick Stewart Narrator: Patrick Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 3, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Celebrity Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, MAKING IT SO, a revealing portrait of an artist whose astonishing life—from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire, England to the heights of Hollywood and worldwide acclaim—proves a story as exuberant, definitive, and enduring as the author himself.
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This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel by Jenny Laden
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel Author: Jenny Laden Narrator: Gail Shalan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: In this heartbreaking multimedia debut—filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries—author Jenny Laden draws on her own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence, perfect for fans of Francesca Zappia and Jennifer Niven. Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the ’90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV positive. As he sickens, and AIDS starts to claim the lives of his friends, Danielle searches for silver linings while trying to balance paralyzing fear, grief, her social life, and schoolwork—capturing all the feelings as adolescence and some hard facts collide. An Educator’s Guide is available: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.blackstoneaudio.com/docs/This%20Terrible%20True%20Thing_Education%20Guide.pdf
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Tom Lake: A Novel by Ann Patchett
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/640019 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tom Lake: A Novel Author: Ann Patchett Narrator: Meryl Streep Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 1, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 471 Ratings of Narrator: 4.77 of Total 157 Genres: Celebrity Narrators Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • READ BY MERYL STREEP In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. "Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature." —The Guardian In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.
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Audiobook: The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Lifeboat Author: Hazel Gaynor Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: June 8, 2023 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Best Fiction Narrator in the 2024 Audie Awards Liverpool 1940. Alice King stands on the deck of SS Carlisle, waiting to escort a group of children to Canada as overseas evacuees. She is finally doing her bit for the war. In London, as the Blitz bombs rain down and the threat of German invasion looms, Lily Nicholls anxiously counts the days for news of her son and daughter’s safe arrival. But when disaster strikes in the Atlantic, Alice and Lily – one at sea, the other on land – will quickly become one another’s very best hope. The events of one night, and the eight unimaginable days that follow, will bind the two women together in unforgettable ways. Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Last Lifeboat is a gripping and triumphant tale of love, courage and hope against the odds. Praise for The Last Lifeboat ‘A journey into the worst hardships of war for two women … and yet throughout it is bathed in the warmth of love’ GILL PAUL ‘I loved this absorbing, heart-rending story and cared so much about the vivid, courageous characters. Superb storytelling’ TRACY REES ‘Gripping, devastating, tremendously moving … a tale of bravery and remarkable endurance, the kindness of strangers, and the power of hope’ JENNY ASHCROFT ‘I was utterly engaged … the characters brim with life, the plot is elegantly handled and the writing is terrific’ LIZ TRENOW ‘Totally absorbing, heartbreaking and heart-stopping’ CELIA REES ‘Endearing characters, terrific plot, and a superb sense of time and place made this riveting book unputdownable. I loved it’ PATRICIA SCANLAN ‘Historical fiction at it’s best, The Last Lifeboat completely swept me away, leaving me breathless with emotion. A must-read’ CARMEL HARRINGTON ‘A devastatingly beautiful tale of survival and courage’ AMANDA GEARD ‘Broke my heart and then mended it again’ KATE THOMPSON ‘A story of courage and triumph against the odds, this is historical fiction at its best’MY WEEKLY ‘A heart-wrenching read’ ANTONIA SENIOR, THE TIMES ‘This earth-shattering novel is both harrowing and hopeful’ Woman’s Own
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The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time' (Authored by Robert Jordan)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time' Series: #3 of Wheel of Time Author: Robert Jordan Narrator: Rosamund Pike Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 6, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 4.61 of Total 18 Genres: Epic Fantasy Publisher's Summary: The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! In The Dragon Reborn, the third novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor undertakes a journey to prove himself worthy of being the Champion of Light. Winter has stopped the war—almost—yet men are dying, calling out for the Dragon. But where is he? Rand al’Thor has been proclaimed the Dragon Reborn. Traveling to the great fortress known as the Stone of Tear, he plans to find the sword Callandor, which can only be wielded by the Champion of Light, and discover if he truly is destined to battle The Dark One. Following Rand, Moiraine and their friends battle Darkhounds on the hunt, hoping they reach the Heart of the Stone in time for the next great test awaiting the Dragon Reborn. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
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Enjoy Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh from Ann Thwaite
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh Author: Ann Thwaite Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 23, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's Whitbread Award-winning biography of A. A. Milne, one of England's most successful writers. After serving in the First World War, Milne wrote a number of well-received plays, but his greatest triumph came when he created Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, and, of course, Christopher Robin, the adventurous little boy based on his own son. Goodbye Christopher Robin inspired the film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, and Kelly Macdonald. It offers the listener a glimpse into the relationship between Milne and the real-life Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of the Hundred Acre Wood. Goodbye Christopher Robin is a story of celebrity, a story of both the joys and pains of success, and, ultimately, the story of how one man created a series of enchanting tales that brought hope and comfort to an England ravaged by the First World War.
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It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs | Mary Louise Kelly
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs Author: Mary Louise Kelly Narrator: Mary Louise Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Narration by the Author! This program is read by the author. Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic—about the year before her son goes to college—and the joys, losses and surprises that happen along the way. The time for do-overs is over. Ever since she became a parent, Mary Louise Kelly has said “next year.” Next year will be the year she makes it to her son James’s soccer games (which are on weekdays at 4 p.m., right when she is on the air on NPR’s All Things Considered, talking to millions of listeners). Drive carpool for her son Alexander? Not if she wants to do that story about Ukraine and interview the secretary of state. Like millions of parents who wrestle with raising children while pursuing a career, she has never been cavalier about these decisions. The bargain she has always made with herself is this: this time I’ll get on the plane, and next year I’ll find a way to be there for the mom stuff. Well, James and Alexander are now seventeen and fifteen, and a realization has overtaken Mary Louise: her older son will be leaving soon for college. There used to be years to make good on her promises; now, there are months, weeks, minutes. And with the devastating death of her beloved father, Mary Louise is facing act three of her life head-on. Mary Louise is coming to grips with the reality every parent faces. Childhood has a definite expiration date. You have only so many years with your kids before they leave your house to build their own lives. It’s what every parent is supposed to want, what they raise their children to do. But it is bittersweet. Mary Louise is also dealing with the realities of having aging parents. This pivotal time brings with it the enormous questions of what you did right and what you did wrong. This chronicle of her eldest child’s final year at home, of losing her father, as well as other curve balls thrown at her, is not a definitive answer―not for herself and certainly not for any other parent. But her questions, her issues, will resonate with every parent. And, yes, especially with mothers, who are judged more harshly by society and, more important, judge themselves more harshly. What would she do if she had to decide all over again? Mary Louise’s thoughts as she faces the coming year will speak to anyone who has ever cared about a child or a parent. It. Goes. So. Fast. is honest, funny, poignant, revelatory, and immensely relatable. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.
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Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poverty, by America Author: Matthew Desmond Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. One in seven Americans live below the poverty line, a line which hasn't shifted over the last fifty years, despite the efforts of successive governments and extensive relief programs. Why is there so much scarcity in this land of dollars? In Poverty, by America, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond examines the nature of American poverty today and the stories we tell ourselves about it. Spanning racism, social isolation, mass incarceration, the housing crisis, domestic violence, crack and opioid epidemics, welfare cuts and more, Desmond argues that poverty does not result from a lack of resources or good policy ideas. We already know how to eliminate it. The hard part is getting more of us to care. To do so, we need a new story. As things stand, liberals explain poverty through insurmountable structural issues, whereas conservatives highlight personal failings and poor life choices. Both analyses abdicate responsibility, and ignore the reality that the advantages of the rich only come at the expense of the poor. It is time better-paid citizens put themselves back in the narrative, recognizing that the depth and expanse of poverty in any nation reflects our failure to look out for one another. Poverty must ultimately be met by community: all this suffering and want is our doing, and we can undo it. © Matthew Desmond 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023
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What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened to Rachel Riley? Author: Claire Swinarski Narrator: Karla Serrato, Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, Reena Dutt, Gail Shalan, Andrew Eiden, Caitlin Davies, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: ALA Notable Children's Book Regional Indie Bestseller Audie Award Winner Edgar Award Nominee Cybils Award Nominee YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Amazon Best Book of the Year SLJ Best Book of the Year Texas Lone Star Reading List Capital Choices Noteworthy Book for Children BookPage Best Book of the Year In this engrossing and inventive contemporary middle grade novel that's Where'd You Go, Bernadette with a #MeToo message, an eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly popular girl is now the pariah of her new school. Anna Hunt may be the new girl at East Middle School, but she can already tell there’s something off about her eighth-grade class. Rachel Riley, who just last year was one of the most popular girls in school, has become a social outcast. But no one, including Rachel Riley herself, will tell Anna why. As a die-hard podcast enthusiast, Anna knows there’s always more to a story than meets the eye. So she decides to put her fact-seeking skills to the test and create her own podcast around the question that won’t stop running through her head: What happened to Rachel Riley? With the entire eighth grade working against her, Anna dives headfirst into the evidence. Clue after clue, the mystery widens, painting an even more complex story than Anna could have anticipated. But there’s one thing she’s certain of: If you’re going to ask a complicated question, you better be prepared for the fallout that may come with the answer.
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War and Peace (Unabridged) by Leo Tolstoy
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War and Peace (Unabridged) Author: Leo Tolstoy Narrator: Peter Silverleaf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 59 hours 28 minutes Release date: December 25, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. Greater than a historical chronicle, War and Peace is an affirmation of life itself, `a complete picture', as a contemporary reviewer put it, `of everything in which people find their happiness and greatness, their grief and humiliation'. Tolstoy gave his personal approval to this translation, published here in a new single volume edition, which includes an introduction by Henry Gifford, and Tolstoy's important essay `Some Words about War and Peace'.
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Michelle Obama presents The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times Author: Michelle Obama Narrator: Michelle Obama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.99 of Total 82 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 14 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The powerful, inspiring follow-up to the critically acclaimed, multi-million #1 bestselling memoir Becoming In The Light We Carry, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. She considers the questions many of us wrestle with: How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our differences? What do we do when it all starts to feel like too much? Michelle Obama believes that we can all lean on a set of tools to help us better navigate change and remain steady within flux. The Light We Carry offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully overcome various obstacles-the earned wisdom that helps her continue to 'become.' With trademark humour, candour, and compassion, she also explores issues connected to race, gender, and visibility, encouraging readers to work through fear, find strength in community, and live with boldness. The Light We Carry will inspire readers to examine their own lives, identify their sources of gladness, and connect meaningfully in a turbulent world. Praise for Becoming: 'An inspirational memoir that also rings true' -- Daily Telegraph 'This is a rich, entertaining and candid memoir...it is as beautifully written as any piece of fiction' -- i 'In the best moments of Becoming, the miracle of Michelle Obama arises' -- Vanity Fair 'Intimate, inspiring and set to become hugely influential' -- Sunday Times 'Becoming serenely balances gravity and grace, uplift and anecdote' -- Observer 'What a memoir. What a woman' -- Spectator
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Dark Fall: A Military and Supernatural Warfare Thriller (Authored by Jeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/634290 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Fall: A Military and Supernatural Warfare Thriller Author: Jeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews Narrator: Macleod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 4.42 of Total 12 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: WINNER!!! Audie Awards 2024!!! When a remote Peruvian village is reduced to ash in seconds, the Shepherds face a horrific question: Is this the work of a man-made weapon of unthinkable power, or is God raining down judgment from above, as some believe? As the recently installed leader of the Joshua Bravo team, Jedidiah Johnson shifts into covert operation mode to follow rumors of a new energy-based weapon able to incinerate a target―even a human target―with no warning. With the assistance of the CIA, Jed’s team deploys to Hong Kong to extract the Chinese scientist who helped develop the weapon. What the Shepherds learn from Dr. Zhao confirms their worst fears: The weapon is real and has disappeared from the testing facility where it was held. With help from the Watchers, Jed discovers that Victor, the leader of the Dark Ones, has the weapon and intends to use it to wreak untold damage and destabilize the faith of millions. But as Jed and his team race the clock to find and disable the weapon, Victor begins to unfold secret plans for another attack . . . And this target is much closer to home.
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Surrender: Bono Autobiography: 40 Songs, One Story (Authored by Bono)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surrender: Bono Autobiography: 40 Songs, One Story Author: Bono Narrator: Bono Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 14 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written his autobiography: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. Narrated by the author, SURRENDER is an intimate, immersive listening experience, telling stories from Bono's early days in Dublin, to joining a band and playing sold out stadiums around the world with U2, plus his more than 20 years of activism. Throughout a remarkable life, music has always been a constant for Bono and in the audiobook, his distinctive voice is interwoven with a very personal soundtrack adding atmosphere and texture to each and every scene. From moments of classic U2 hits to snippets by The Clash, Patti Smith, Verdi, Johnny Cash and Mozart, SURRENDER also exclusively features clips of newly recorded reimagined versions of U2 songs including 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', 'With Or Without You', 'One', 'Beautiful Day' and more, glimpsed for the first time on 'SURRENDER: 40 Songs, One Story'. As one of the music world's most iconic artists and the cofounder of organizations ONE and (RED), Bono's career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it's Bono who picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was 14, to U2's unlikely journey to become one of the world's most influential rock bands, to his more than 20 years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candour, self-reflection, and humour, Bono opens the aperture on his life - and the family, friends and faith that have sustained, challenged and shaped him. Surrender's subtitle, '40 Songs, One Story,' is a nod to the book's 40 chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. 'Bono's new memoir, Surrender, elevates the audiobook into an art form.' The Times 'It is such an incredible listen.' Zoe Ball 'If ever a memoir was designed for audio this is it' Financial Times © Bono 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime by Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime Author: Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden Narrator: Bd Wong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 25, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: A 2023 Audie Award winner! 'Ever careful in his pacing, BD Wong narrates this cybersecurity tale as if he's pitching the story for a movie.'- AudioFile A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time. 'What Michael Lewis did for baseball in Moneyball, Dudley and Golden do brilliantly for the world of ransomware and hackers. Cinematic, big in scope, and meticulously reported, this book is impossible to put down.' —Doug Stanton, New York Times bestselling author of In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers Scattered across the world, an elite team of code crackers is working tirelessly to thwart the defining cyber scourge of our time. You’ve probably never heard of them. But if you work for a school, a business, a hospital, or a municipal government, or simply cherish your digital data, you may be painfully familiar with the team’s sworn enemy: ransomware. Again and again, an unlikely band of misfits, mostly self-taught and often struggling to make ends meet, have outwitted the underworld of hackers who lock computer networks and demand huge payments in return for the keys. The Ransomware Hunting Team traces the adventures of these unassuming heroes and how they have used their skills to save millions of ransomware victims from paying billions of dollars to criminals. Working tirelessly from bedrooms and back offices, and refusing payment, they’ve rescued those whom the often hapless FBI has been unwilling or unable to help. Foremost among them is Michael Gillespie, a cancer survivor and cat lover who got his start cracking ransomware while working at a Nerds on Call store in the town of Normal, Illinois. Other teammates include the brilliant, reclusive Fabian Wosar, a high school dropout from Germany who enjoys bantering with the attackers he foils, and his protégé, the British computer science prodigy Sarah White. Together, they have established themselves as the most effective force against an escalating global threat. This book follows them as they put their health, personal relationships, and financial security on the line to navigate the technological and moral challenges of combating digital hostage taking. Urgent, uplifting, and entertaining, Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden’s The Ransomware Hunting Team is a real-life technological thriller that illuminates a dangerous new era of cybercrime. A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel Author: Leigh Bardugo Narrator: Sean Gormley, Salli Saffioti, Mary Mccartney, Benjamin Valic, Matt Leisy, Ben Barnes, Tom Bromhead, James Fouhey, Eason Rytter, Cassandra Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 4 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: A 2023 Audie Award winner! A 2023 Odyssey Honors title! “This is no ordinary audiobook, but rather a graphic novel for the ears. Readers will be delighted by the auditory magic of this book.” —Booklist 'A full cast of talented narrators taps into the darkly magical atmosphere of Bardugo's graphic novel prequel to the Shadow and Bone trilogy. Primary narrator Ben Barnes depicts the villainous Darkling when he was known as Eryk, a young teen who hungered for companionship and stability. An evocative soundscape, incorporating everything from the clip-clopping of horses' hooves to the sounds of the night, further enhances this spellbinding audio.' - AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner) See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone—Season 2 premiering March 16, 2023! Discover the origin story of the Darkling in this first-ever Grishaverse graphic novel. Discover the origin story of the Darkling in this full-cast, first-ever Grishaverse graphic audiobook. Before he led Ravka’s Second Army, before he created the Fold, and long before he became the Darkling, he was just a lonely boy burdened by an extraordinary power. Eryk and his mother, Lena, have spent their lives on the run. But they will never find a safe haven. They are not only Grisha—they are the deadliest and rarest of their kind. Feared by those who wish to destroy them and hunted by those who would exploit their gifts, they must hide their true abilities wherever they go. But sometimes deadly secrets have a way of revealing themselves. A Macmillan Audio production.
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A Door Made for Me (Written by Tyler Merritt)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603102 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Door Made for Me Author: Tyler Merritt Narrator: Tyler Merritt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: This emotional and honest book explores a racist encounter from the perspective of a young Black boy, while offering a message of unconditional love and acceptance to soothe the pain of blind prejudice. In this story based on the author's childhood, a young Black boy confronts his first experience of overt racism. In recounting the events to his grandfather, the young narrator asks: “How can she hate me when she doesn’t know me?” Grandpa offers wisdom and encouragement to the child, reminding him that another person’s hate does not change the fact that he is loved and that he matters. While offering an unflinching look at the emotional impact of the encounter, Tyler Merritt presents a message of love and acceptance that will resonate with young readers and offer a starting point for conversations about racial equality between parent or caregiver and child.
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Pipeline (By Dominique Morisseau)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pipeline Author: Dominique Morisseau Narrator: Uyoata Udi, X Mayo, Sharon Lawrence, Demetrius Grosse, Eugene Byrd, Sophina Brown, Karen Malina White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 13 minutes Release date: May 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Nya, a dedicated teacher at an inner-city school, is desperate to give her only son opportunities that her own public high school students will never have. When a controversial incident at his private school threatens to get Omari expelled, Nya must confront her own deepest fears to give her son a future. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in February 2022. Directed by Larry Powell Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring: Sophina Brown as Nya Eugene Byrd as Dun Demetrius Grosse as Xavier Sharon Lawrence as Laurie X Mayo as Jasmine Uyoata Udi as Omari Karen Malina White as P.A. Announcer Student Voices (Olathe East High School, Olathe, Kansas): Rabiatu Amadu, Calista Wanjiku, Damarion Green-Burk, William Kalihamwe, and Coach Jason Peete Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Recording Engineer, Sound Designer, Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner Music by Jimmy Keys, AKA "J. Keys." Copyright ©2017 Dominique Morisseau. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Originally Produced by Lincoln Center Theater in 2017, New York City. Pipeline was commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago; Martha Lavey, Artistic Director, David Hawkanson, Executive Director.
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Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Me: A Memoir Author: Viola Davis Narrator: Viola Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 897 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 275 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2023 Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording! Audie Award Winner for Audiobook of the Year! Narrated by Viola Davis In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me. As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get to some form of self-love. For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be . . . you. Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you.
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Tough: My Journey to True Power by Terry Crews
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/536689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough: My Journey to True Power Author: Terry Crews Narrator: Terry Crews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: From Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews, the deeply personal story of his lifelong obsession with strength—and how, after looking for it in all the wrong places, he finally found it Terry Crews spent decades cultivating his bodybuilder physique and bravado. On the outside, he seemed invincible: he escaped his abusive father, went pro in the NFL, and broke into the glamorous world of Hollywood. But his fixation with appearing outwardly tough eventually turned into an exhausting performance in which repressing his emotions let them get the better of him—leading him into addiction and threatening the most important relationships in his life. Now Crews is sharing the raw, never-before-told story of his quest to find the true meaning of toughness. In Tough, he examines arenas of life where he desperately sought control—masculinity, shame, sex, experiences with racism, and relationships—and recounts the setbacks and victories he faced while uprooting deeply ingrained toxic masculinity and finally confronting his insecurities, painful memories, and limiting beliefs. The result is not only the gripping story of a man's struggle against himself and how he finally got his mind right, but a bold indictment of the cultural norms and taboos that ask men to be outwardly tough while leaving them inwardly weak. With Tough, Crews's journey of transformation offers a model for anyone who considers themselves a “tough guy” but feels unfulfilled; anyone struggling with procrastination or self-sabotage; and anyone ready to achieve true, lasting self-mastery.
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Dark Angel: A Military Action and Supernatural Warfare Thriller by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576284 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Angel: A Military Action and Supernatural Warfare Thriller Series: #2 of The Shepherds Series Author: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson Narrator: Macleod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 9 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Audie Award - Finalist 2023!! Former Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson returns to Nashville ready to begin his training with the elite warriors known as the Shepherds. He thinks he knows what to expect when he arrives on the sprawling, state-of-the-art facility but quickly realizes he’ll have to find his place as the rookie leader of a new team. Then he starts having visions of an imminent attack overseas, and with the clock ticking, Jed and his team are dispatched to neutralize the threat. All the while, Jed hears whispers of another threat . . . a name that raises unexplained fear and anger throughout the Shepherds organization. Once a military man, Nicholas Woland betrayed the Shepherds and all they stood for when he joined their enemies. After years in prison, Woland is eager to get back in action spreading chaos and death. And he has been freed for a purpose: a sinister plot that will result in hundreds of casualties and incite worldwide religious warfare for years to come. As Woland and the Shepherds race toward a collision, Jed must rely on his gifts, his training, and his untested team to make critical decisions on a global stage―never realizing that a secret servant of the enemy is growing closer and closer to him.
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Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/524638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unprotected: A Memoir Author: Billy Porter Narrator: Billy Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 14, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 4.95 of Total 22 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: “This is not a coming-out story. It’s not a down-low story either. I never could have passed for straight, even if I’d wanted to, and so I never had the dubious luxury of living a lie.” From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing It’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Before Billy Porter was slaying red carpets and giving an iconic Emmy-winning performance in the celebrated TV show Pose; before he was the groundbreaking Tony and Grammy Award–winning star of Broadway’s Kinky Boots; and before he was an acclaimed recording artist, actor, playwright, director, and all-around legend, Porter was a young boy in Pittsburgh who was seen as different, who didn’t fit in. At five years old, Porter was sent to therapy to “fix” his effeminacy. He was endlessly bullied at school, sexually abused by his stepfather, and criticized at his church. Porter came of age in a world where simply being himself was a constant struggle. Billy Porter’s Unprotected is the life story of a singular artist and survivor in his own words. It is the story of a boy whose talent and courage opened doors for him, but only a crack. It is the story of a teenager discovering himself, learning his voice and his craft amid deep trauma. And it is the story of a young man whose unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now; a proud icon who refuses to back down or hide. Porter is a multitalented, multifaceted treasure at the top of his game, and Unprotected is a resonant, inspirational story of trauma and healing, shot through with his singular voice.
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The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time Series: #1 of Wheel of Time Author: Robert Jordan Narrator: Rosamund Pike Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 437 Ratings of Narrator: 4.69 of Total 71 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: 'Rosamund Pike brings a fresh narration to the first book in the beloved Wheel of Time series. At 33 hours, this audiobook is no small undertaking, but Pike's impressive performance leaves listeners wanting more.' —AudioFile (Earphones Award winner) “Through her smooth, dramatic performance, award-winning actor Rosamund Pike amplifies the new audiobook of book one in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series.” —BookPage A #1 New York Times bestselling audiobook! The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! This program is read by narrator Rosamund Pike, star of the hit Prime Video original series. The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, follows Moiraine Damodred as she arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the Two Rivers seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of fans around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
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Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heresy Author: Melissa Lenhardt Narrator: Nikki Massoud, Imani Jade Powers, Ella Turenne, Natalie Naudus, Bailey Carr, James Fouhey, Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: 'An all-out women-driven, queer, transgender, multiracial takeover of the Old West . . . and that's exactly what Melissa Lenhardt delivers in her unapologetically badass western, Heresy.' - New York Times 'Lenhardt has created a bold new story where women have taken their rightful place in the narrative of the Outlaw Western genre; where wit, wisdom and wiles could mean the difference between life and death, and where the fellowship of women bested every challenge.' -- Kathleen Kent Margaret Parker and Hattie LaCour never intended to turn outlaw. After being run off their ranch by a greedy cattleman, their family is left destitute. As women alone they have few choices: marriage, lying on their backs for money, or holding a gun. For Margaret and Hattie the choice is simple. With their small makeshift family, the gang pulls off a series of heists across the West. Though the newspapers refuse to give the female gang credit, their exploits don't go unnoticed. Pinkertons are on their trail, a rival male gang is determined to destroy them, and secrets among the group threaten to tear them apart. Now, Margaret and Hattie must find a way to protect their family, finish one last job, and avoid the hangman's noose. 'Readers who relish an unusual narrative structure will enjoy this unique take on the traditional western.' -- Booklist
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Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World: The highly anticipated sequel to the multi-award-winning international bestseller Ari
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World: The highly anticipated sequel to the multi-award-winning international bestseller Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Narrator: Lin-Manuel Miranda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE PRODUCED BY LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved cult classic about family, friendship and first love, from award-winning author Benjamin Alire Sáenz. This lyrical novel will enrapture readers of John Green, Love, Simon and Call me by your Name. A love story like no other. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys fell in love. Now they must discover what it means to stay in love and build a relationship in a world that seems to challenge their very existence. Ari has spent all of high school hiding who he really is, staying silent and invisible. He expected his senior year to be the same. But something in him cracked open when he fell in love with Dante, and he can’t go back. Suddenly he finds himself reaching out to new friends, standing up to bullies and making his voice heard. And, always, there is Dante – dreamy, witty Dante – who can get on Ari’s nerves and fill him with desire all at once. The boys are determined to forge a path for themselves in a world that doesn’t understand them. But when Ari is faced with a shocking loss, he’ll have to fight like never before to create a life that is truthfully, joyfully his own. GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATED AUDIOBOOK NARRATED BY SUPERSTAR LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!
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[German] - Clanlands - Zwei Männer, Kilts und jede Menge Whisky (Ungekürzt) by Sam Heughan, Graham Mctavish
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Clanlands - Zwei Männer, Kilts und jede Menge Whisky (Ungekürzt) Author: Sam Heughan, Graham Mctavish Narrator: Ulrike Kapfer, Gudo Hoegel, Johannes Raspe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Zwei Männer auf einem epischem Roadtrip durch Schottland Die beiden 'Outlander'-Stars und langjährigen Freunde Sam Heughan und Graham McTavish begeben sich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise, um ihre Heimat Schottland neu zu entdecken. 'Clanlands' erzählt davon, wie die beiden Schauspieler mit dem Wohnmobil, dem Kajak, Fahrrad und Motorrad von der Küste bis zu den Seen und von den Gipfeln bis zu den Tälern reisen und dabei tief in die Geschichte und Kultur des Landes eintauchen. Auf ihrer Fahrt reift die Freundschaft von Graham und Sam wie ein guter Scotch, und die beiden Männer finden dabei nicht nur neuen Respekt für die majestätische Schönheit Schottlands, sondern auch, wie bei jedem guten Roadtrip, ein Stück weit zu sich selbst. Die abenteuerliche Reise zweier Vollblut-Schotten durch ihr Heimatland wird authentisch und humorvoll gelesen von den unverwechselbaren Synchronstimmen der Schauspieler. Mit einem Vorwort von Diana Gabaldon. Für alle Fans des Welt-Bestsellers 'Outlander' und alle, die die raue Schönheit Schottlands lieben.
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Machiavelli For Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace by Stacey Vanek Smith
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Machiavelli For Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace Author: Stacey Vanek Smith Narrator: Stacey Vanek Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: 2022 BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AUDIE AWARD WINNER! From the NPR host of The Indicator and correspondent for Planet Money comes an “accessible, funny, clear-eyed, and practical” (Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author) guide for how women can apply the principles of 16th-century philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli to their work lives and finally shatter the glass ceiling—perfect for fans of Feminist Fight Club, Lean In, and Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office. Women have been making strides towards equality for decades, or so we’re often told. They’ve been increasingly entering male-dominated areas of the workforce and consistently surpassing their male peers in grades, university attendance, and degrees. They’ve recently stormed the political arena with a vengeance. But despite all of this, the payoff is—quite literally—not there: the gender pay gap has held steady at about 20% since 2000. And the number of female CEOs for Fortune 500 companies has actually been declining. So why, in the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp, is the glass ceiling still holding strong? And how can we shatter it for once and for all? Stacy Vanek Smith’s advice: ask Machiavelli “with this delicious look at what we have to gain by examining our relationship to power” (Sally Helgesen, New York Times bestselling author). Using The Prince as a guide and with charm and wit, Smith applies Renaissance politics to the 21st century, and demonstrates how women can take and maintain power in careers where they have long been cast as second-best. “Machiavelli For Women is the ultimate battle guide for our times. Brimming with hard-boiled strategies, laced with wit, it’s a must-read for every woman ready to wield power unapologetically” (Claire Shipman, coauthor of The Confidence Code).
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The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration by Sarah Everts
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504915 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration Author: Sarah Everts Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: An Outside Magazine 2021 Science book pick One of Smithsonian's 10 Best Science Books of 2021 A taboo-busting romp through the shame, stink, and strange science of sweating. Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it’s also one of our most vital and least understood. In The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body—and in human history. Why is sweat salty? Why do we sweat when stressed? Why do some people produce colorful sweat? And should you worry about Big Brother tracking the hundreds of molecules that leak out in your sweat—not just the stinky ones or alleged pheromones—but the ones that reveal secrets about your health and vices? Everts’s entertaining investigation takes readers around the world—from Moscow, where she participates in a dating event in which people sniff sweat in search of love, to New Jersey, where companies hire trained armpit sniffers to assess the efficacy of their anti-sweat products. In Finland, Everts explores the delights of the legendary smoke sauna and the purported health benefits of good sweat, while in the Netherlands she slips into the sauna theater scene, replete with costumes, special effects, and towel dancing. Along the way, Everts traces humanity’s long quest to control sweat, culminating in the multibillion-dollar industry for deodorants and antiperspirants. And she shows that while sweating can be annoying, our sophisticated temperature control strategy is one of humanity’s most powerful biological traits. Deeply researched and written with great zest, The Joy of Sweat is a fresh take on a gross but engrossing fact of human life.
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Blackout by Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk, Angie Thomas, Tiffany D. Jackson, Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blackout Author: Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk, Angie Thomas, Tiffany D. Jackson, Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Imani Parks, Bahni Turpin, Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 24, 2021 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: The irresistible blockbuster YA romance of summer 2021 by six of the biggest voices in YA, as featured on ITV News. Soon to be a major film & TV franchise for Netflix and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama! Perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Netflix's Let it Snow and Bolu Babalola's Love in Colour ‘Perfect summer reading’ – The Stylist ‘Six top authors, including Angie Thomas who wrote The Hate U Give, come together to write a moving story of black teenage love. Perfect for bringing a taste of romance and American city life to your staycation’ – The Times 'BLACKOUT is our love letter to love, to New York City, and to Black teens. Our reminder to them that their stories, their joy, their love is valid and worthy of being spotlighted.' Dhonielle Clayton. When a heatwave plunges New York City into darkness, sparks fly for thirteen teenagers caught up in the blackout. A first meeting. Long-time friends. Bitter exes. And maybe the beginning of something new… When the lights go out, people reveal hidden truths, love blossoms, friendship transforms and new possibilities take flight. Six of today’s biggest stars of the YA world, Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon, bring all the electricity of love to a collection of charming, hilarious and heartbreaking tales that shine the brightest light through the dark.
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Blackout: A Novel by Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk, Angie Thomas, Tiffany D. Jackson, Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blackout: A Novel Author: Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk, Angie Thomas, Tiffany D. Jackson, Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon Narrator: A.J Beckles, Jordan Cobb, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Imani Parks, Shayna Small, Bahni Turpin, Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 22, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: 2022 Audie Award Winner! Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark. This full-cast audio edition is performed by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J Beckles, and Audible Hall-of-Famer Bahni Turpin. A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion, a different kind of electricity sparks… A first meeting. Long-time friends. Bitter exes. And maybe the beginning of something new. When the lights go out, people reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms, friendship transforms, and new possibilities take flight. Beloved authors—Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon—celebrate the beauty of six couples and the unforgettable magic that can be found on a sweltering starry night in the city.
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Somebody's Daughter: The International Bestseller and an Amazon.com book of 2021 by Ashley C. Ford
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/517468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somebody's Daughter: The International Bestseller and an Amazon.com book of 2021 Author: Ashley C. Ford Narrator: Ashley C. Ford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Audie Awards 2022 Finalist in the Autobiography/Memoir category 'Beautifully written, searingly honest, and deeply affecting ... when the book ended, I only wanted more' - Roxane Gay 'Ford is a writer for the ages, and Somebody's Daughter will be a book of the year' - Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed 'Truly a classic in the making' - John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars An Oprah book Throughout her adolescence, Ashley Ford doesn't know how to deal with the worries that keep her up at night. If only she could turn to her father for his advice and support. But he's in prison, and she doesn't know what he did to end up there. After being raped by her ex-boyfriend, Ashley desperately searches for her sense of self. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father's incarceration... and Ashley's world is turned upside down. Ashley embarks on a powerful journey to find the connections between who she is and what she was born into, discovering that, however much we might try to untether ourselves from a painful past, the ties that bind families together are the strongest ones of all. 'Sure to be one of the best memoirs of 2021' - Kirkus Reviews 'A heart-wrenching coming-of age story' - Time 'Her coming-of-age story gets at how to both acknowledge and break away from what we're born into' - Cosmopolitan 'A beautiful, delicate memoir... a journey toward true and powerful selfhood' - Elle
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Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica, Jesse Vilinsky
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Local Woman Missing Author: Mary Kubica, Jesse Vilinsky Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 8 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: ‘DARK AND TWISTY’ Riley Sager ‘LOVED EVERY MINUTE’ Joshilyn Jackson You’ll never find her. Don’t even try. When a local mother and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, suddenly vanish, their close-knit suburban community is rocked by fear and suspicion. How could such a terrible thing have happened in their small town? Then, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly reappears. Everyone wants to know what really happened to her. But there are secrets hidden deep in the past – and when the truth about those missing years begins to surface, no one is prepared for what they’re about to find out. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Claire Douglas and Freida McFadden ‘Strap in tight as this is one hell of a ride’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A taut, twisty thriller that kept me turning the pages’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Highly recommended’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Had me hooked’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Praise for Mary Kubica ‘Kubica’s salacious, thoroughly mysterious characters bear the qualities we all crave in a thriller’ Karin Slaughter ‘A page-turning whodunit’ Ruth Ware ‘Brilliantly propulsive and engrossing, with twists you won’t see coming’ JP Delaney
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How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived Author: Leslie Jordan Narrator: Leslie Jordan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 27, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 123 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 25 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Audie Award Winner, Humor Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about the odd, funny, and unforgettable events in his life in this unmissable essay collection that echoes his droll, irreverent voice. When actor Leslie Jordan learned he had “gone viral,” he had no idea what that meant or how much his life was about to change. On Instagram, his uproarious videos have entertained millions and have made him a global celebrity. Now, he brings his bon vivance to the page with this collection of intimate and sassy essays. Bursting with color and life, dripping with his puckish Southern charm, How Y’all Doing? is Leslie doing what Leslie does best: telling stories that make us laugh and lift our spirits even in the darkest days. Whether he’s writing about his brush with a group of ruffians in a West Hollywood Starbucks, or an unexpected phone call from legendary Hollywood start Debbie Reynolds, Leslie infuses each story with his fresh and saucy humor and pure heart. How Y’all Doing? is an authentic, warm, and joyful portrait of an American Sweetheart— a Southern Baptist celebutante, first-rate raconteur, and keen observer of the odd side of life whose quirky wit rivals the likes of Amy Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, David Rakoff, and Sarah Vowell.
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Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Dazzled Author: Ryan La Sala Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern making-for creation. He's always chosen his art over everything-and everyone-else and is determined to make his mark at this year's biggest cosplay competition. If he can wow there, it could lead to sponsorship, then art school, and finally earning real respect for his work. There's only one small problem...Raffy's ex-boyfriend, Luca, is his main competition. Raffy tried to make it work with Luca. They almost made the perfect team last year after serendipitously meeting in the rhinestone aisle at the local craft store-or at least Raffy thought they did. But Luca's insecurities and Raffy's insistence on crafting perfection caused their relationship to crash and burn. Now, Raffy is after the perfect comeback, one that Luca can't ruin. But when Raffy is forced to partner with Luca on his most ambitious build yet, he'll have to juggle unresolved feelings for the boy who broke his heart, and his own intense self-doubt, to get everything he's ever wanted: choosing his art, his way.
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Heroine by Mary Jane Wells
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/491314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heroine Author: Mary Jane Wells Narrator: Mary Jane Wells Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 34 minutes Release date: December 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 67 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Heroine is based on the true story of Danna Davis and her 10 years in the US Army. A survivor of military sexual trauma, hers is a human story exploring healing, forgiveness and what speaking your truth really means - with grit, lyricism and necessary black humour. On a dangerous mission inside a combat zone, Sgt Davis must work with the perpetrator of her sexual attack to get her squad home safely. Is peace possible? This audiobook is more of a fully realised radio drama, with FULLY IMMERSIVE SOUND DESIGN from sound designer and foley artist Heather Andrews, and narration from Audie Award Winning narration Mary Jane Wells. Heroine began as Wells' award-winning solo performance, winning a Scottish Theatre Arts Trust Award and a Made in Scotland Award on its World Premiere at Assembly Rooms, in The Edinburgh Festival 2018. Heroine's USA debut was at The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, in February 2020. More details are at www.heroinetheplay.com, including reviews and press. This story contains triggers, strong language, depictions of sexual violence and graphic content. It is a fully realised story, but not without the humour that makes Danna a fully rounded person, who refuses to be a figure of tragedy. Its intention is to bring listeners into the heart of Danna's full experience frankly and responsibly to give her account the honesty and dignity it deserves, and the intention is to tell her story in all its colours. Woven deep into the fabric of Heroine is the rubric that 'It is not the event that has the power to define your life, but the story you choose to tell about it.'
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A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Promised Land Author: Barack Obama Narrator: Barack Obama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 332 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 51 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES AND AUDIBLE BESTSELLER A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency-a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil. Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune's Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden. A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective-the story of one man's bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of 'hope and change,' and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible. This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day. WINNER OF BEST NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR - AUDIE AWARDS 2022 'What is unexpected in A Promised Land is the former president's candour' David Olusoga, Observer 'Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming' Justin Webb, Mail on Sunday © 2020 Barack Obama (P) 2020 Penguin Audio
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Candacy Taylor's Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434711 to listen full audiobooks. Publisher's Summary: The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists Published from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the 'black travel guide to America.' At that time, it was very dangerous and difficult for African-Americans to travel because black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and other businesses that were safe for black travelers. It was a resourceful and innovative solution to a horrific problem. It took courage to be listed in the Green Book, and Overground Railroad celebrates the stories of those who put their names in the book and stood up against segregation. It shows the history of the Green Book, how we arrived at our present historical moment, and how far we still have to go when it comes to race relations in America. Title: Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America Author: Candacy Taylor Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 29, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.96 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: World
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The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life (Written by Edith Eger)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life Author: Edith Eger Narrator: Tovah Feldshuh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 15, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the bestselling author of The Choice shows us how to release your self-limiting beliefs and embrace your potential. The prison is in your mind. The key is in your pocket. In the end, it's not what happens to us that matters most - it's what we choose to do with it. We all face suffering - sadness, loss, despair, fear, anxiety, failure. But we also have a choice; to give in and give up in the face of trauma or difficulties, or to live every moment as a gift. Celebrated therapist and Holocaust survivor, Dr Edith Eger, provides a hands-on guide that gently encourages us to change the imprisoning thoughts and destructive behaviours that may be holding us back. Accompanied by stories from Eger's own life and the lives of her patients her empowering lessons help you to see your darkest moments as your greatest teachers and find freedom through the strength that lies within. 'I will be forever changed by Dr Eger's story' Oprah © Edith Eger 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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Alyssa Cole presents When No One Is Watching: A Thriller
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When No One Is Watching: A Thriller Author: Alyssa Cole Narrator: Susan Dalian, Jay Aaseng Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.99 of Total 99 Ratings of Narrator: 4.04 of Total 27 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: ''I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesn’t let go until the final page. This is a terrific read.'' – Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning… Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she’s known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community’s past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block—her neighbor Theo. But Sydney and Theo’s deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear. Their neighbors may not have moved to the suburbs after all, and the push to revitalize the community may be more deadly than advertised. When does coincidence become conspiracy? Where do people go when gentrification pushes them out? Can Sydney and Theo trust each other—or themselves—long enough to find out before they too disappear?
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Audiobook: His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Author: Jon Meacham Narrator: Jd Jackson, Jon Meacham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Soul of America John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma, Alabama, and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, was a visionary and a man of faith. Drawing on decades of wide-ranging interviews with Lewis, Jon Meacham writes of how this great-grandson of a slave and son of an Alabama tenant farmer was inspired by the Bible and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson and Martin Luther King, Jr., to put his life on the line in the service of what Abraham Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature.” From an early age, Lewis learned that nonviolence was not only a tactic but a philosophy, a biblical imperative, and a transforming reality. At the age of four, Lewis, ambitious to become a minister, practiced by preaching to his family’s chickens. When his mother cooked one of the chickens, the boy refused to eat it—his first act, he wryly recalled, of nonviolent protest. Integral to Lewis’s commitment to bettering the nation was his faith in humanity and in God—and an unshakable belief in the power of hope. Meacham calls Lewis “as important to the founding of a modern and multiethnic twentieth- and twenty-first-century America as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Samuel Adams were to the initial creation of the Republic itself in the eighteenth century.” A believer in the injunction that one should love one's neighbor as oneself, Lewis was arguably a saint in our time, risking limb and life to bear witness for the powerless in the face of the powerful. In many ways he brought a still-evolving nation closer to realizing its ideals, and his story offers inspiration and illumination for Americans today who are working for social and political change. This audiobook includes a PDF of the book’s Appendix.
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A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir | Colin Jost
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir Author: Colin Jost Narrator: Colin Jost Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 208 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 30 Genres: Comedic Voices Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating. “I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.”—Larry David NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Cosmopolitan • Vulture • Parade If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—metaphorically and, occasionally, physically. From growing up in a family of firefighters on Staten Island to commuting three hours a day to high school and “seeing the sights” (like watching a Russian woman throw a stroller off the back of a ferry), to attending Harvard while Facebook was created, Jost shares how he has navigated the world like a slightly smarter Forrest Gump. You’ll also discover things about Jost that will surprise and confuse you, like how Jimmy Buffett saved his life, how Czech teenagers attacked him with potato salad, how an insect laid eggs inside his legs, and how he competed in a twenty-five-man match at WrestleMania (and almost won). You'll go behind the scenes at SNL and Weekend Update (where he's written some of the most memorable sketches and jokes of the past fifteen years). And you’ll experience the life of a touring stand-up comedian—from performing in rural college cafeterias at noon to opening for Dave Chappelle at Radio City Music Hall. For every accomplishment (hosting the Emmys), there is a setback (hosting the Emmys). And for every absurd moment (watching paramedics give CPR to a raccoon), there is an honest, emotional one (recounting his mother’s experience on the scene of the Twin Towers’ collapse on 9/11). Told with a healthy dose of self-deprecation, A Very Punchable Face reveals the brilliant mind behind some of the dumbest sketches on television, and lays bare the heart and humor of a hardworking guy—with a face you can’t help but want to punch.
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Clap When You Land : Elizabeth Acevedo
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clap When You Land Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Narrator: Melania-Luisa Marte, Elizabeth Acevedo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of Best Narration by the Author at the Audie Awards 2020 for WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH Finalist in Best Young Adult Audiobook at the Audie Awards 2020 for WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH The stunning new novel in verse from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning and Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X. 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Winner of CLAP WHEN YOU LAND. Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance - and Papi's secrets - the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other. In a dual narrative novel in verse that brims with both grief and love, award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.
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Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You (Authored by Jen Hatmaker)
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386602 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You Author: Jen Hatmaker Narrator: Jen Hatmaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Counseling & Inspirational Publisher's Summary: This audiobook includes bonus tracks with interviews from Shauna Niequist (Present Over Perfect), Hillary McBride (Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image), Pete Enns (How the Bible Actually Works), and more from Jen's podcast, For the Love! No more hiding or people-pleasing up in here, sisters. No more being sidelined in your own life. It is time for us to be brave, to claim our gifts and quirks and emotions. You are set free and set up and set on fire. NOW you can get busy doing what you were placed on this planet to do. NOW you can be honest, honest, honest about all of it, even the hard stuff, even the humiliating stuff, even the secret stuff. NOW you can walk in your convictions of faith and ask new questions unafraid. NOW you can be so free, because you are not searching for value from any source other than your own beautiful soul made piece by piece by God who adores you and is ready to get on with the business of unleashing you into this world. In this audiobook, I break it down into five self-reflective categories—who I am, what I need, what I want, what I believe, and how I connect—and by working your way through them, you will learn to - own your space, ground, and gifts (they are YOURS, sister); - be strong in your relationships and lay down passive aggression, resentment, drama, and compliance; - say GUILT-FREE what you want and what you need; and - welcome spiritual curiosity and all the fantastic change that doing so creates. You with me, beloveds? If we do this work on our own selves now, not only will we discover a life truly worth living, but we will free our daughters to rise up behind us, with spines straight, heads up, and coated in our strength.
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The Good Hawk [Written by Joseph Elliott]
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Hawk Series: #1 of Shadow Skye Author: Joseph Elliott Narrator: Gary Furlong, Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Genres: Fantasy Publisher's Summary: If everything was taken from you, what would you do to get it back? Agatha patrols the sea wall with pride, despite those in her clan who question her right to be there, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime is a reluctant Angler, full of self-doubt and afraid of the sea. When disaster strikes, the pair must embark on a terrifying journey to a land where forgotten magic and dark secrets lurk in every shadow... Thrilling and dark, yet rich with humour and compassion, this novel marks the debut of a wonderful new voice in fantasy and a welcome new kind of protagonist - perfect for fans of The Girl of Ink and Stars, Garth Nix and Michelle Paver. 'A brave new voice in fantasy fiction.' Sally Green, author of Half Bad 'A sublimely plotted, windswept adventure ... told with heart and humour, in beautifully sparse prose, this book made me laugh with delight and gasp with surprise.' Cerrie Burnell 'This book is a triumph.' Katya Balen, author of The Space We're In
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[Spanish] - La casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423615 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La casa de Bernarda Alba Author: Federico García Lorca Narrator: Joan Mora Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 27 minutes Release date: March 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Recent Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Bernarda Alba, viuda de dos matrimonios, es de un carácter intransigente que no permite la mínima separación de sus órdenes. La acción comienza el día de los funerales por el segundo marido de Bernarda: tras el desfile de las vecinas del pueblo, la madre anuncia a sus hijas que en ocho años que dure el luto no entrará en la casa ni el viento de la calle. En las muchachas hay una inquietud especial que viene dada por su estado de solteras y con calor en la sangre, están olvidadas de los mozos del pueblo. Solo la mayor, doña Angustias, única hija del primer matrimonio, es rondada por Pepe el Romano, que va tras el dinero dejado por el primer marido de Bernarda que corresponde a Angustias. - Federico García Lorca es uno de los poetas españolas más reconocidos. Nació el 5 de Junio de 1898. Además de poesía escribió obras de teatro y también fue director de teatro. Viajó a Nueva York donde escribió sus poemas más conocidos.
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[Spanish] - El laberinto del fauno - Cornelia Funke, Guillermo Del Toro
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El laberinto del fauno Author: Cornelia Funke, Guillermo Del Toro Narrator: Kerygma Flores, Luis ávila Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 31, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: Una novela oscura y mágica, una inolvidable colaboración entre dos de los narradores más renombrados de nuestros días. GANADOR AL MEJOR AUDIOLIBRO EN ESPAÑOL EN LOS AUDIE AWARDS 2021 Tras un largo recorrido entre pantanos, Ofelia conoce al hombre que será su padrastro, un despiadado capitán del ejército español. Para él, el inquietante y oscuro bosque donde viven es como una jaula, que tan solo sirve de escondite para los combatientes de la resistencia en la interminable y sangrienta guerra civil. Pero Ofelia está embelesada con su mágico hogar. Obsesionada con los cuentos de hadas, descubre un laberinto que la conduce cada vez más profundamente por los caminos de un mundo mítico y misterioso acechado por el peligro, cruel y amable a la vez, benigno y mortífero. En el laberinto, nada es como parece en un principio. Es un lugar donde lo monstruoso y lo humano se confunden, donde resulta imposible distinguir la realidad de la fantasía y donde los mitos se encuentran con el devastador horror de una nación asolada por la guerra. Atmosférica y absorbente, inspirada por la cinta ganadora del Oscar, y con material original que amplía la historia, esta arrebatadora novela ilustra espléndidamente que la fantasía es el artilugio más sagaz para develar los milagros y los terrores de la realidad.
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Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward presents Dirty Letters
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirty Letters Author: Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward Narrator: Jacob Morgan, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 23 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. From New York Times bestselling authors Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward comes an unexpected love story that started with a boy and girl and heats up when the man and woman reconnect. I’d never forgotten him—a man I’d yet to meet. Griffin Quinn was my childhood pen pal, the British boy who couldn’t have been more different from me. Over the years, through hundreds of letters, we became best friends, sharing our deepest, darkest secrets and forming a connection I never thought could break. Until one day it did. Then, out of the blue, a new letter arrived. A scathing one—one with eight years of pent-up anger. I had no choice but to finally come clean as to why I stopped writing. Griffin forgave me, and somehow we were able to rekindle our childhood connection. Only now we were adults, and that connection had grown to a spark. Our letters quickly went from fun to flirty to downright dirty, revealing our wildest fantasies. So it only made sense that we would take our relationship to the next level and see each other in person. Only Griff didn’t want to meet. He asked that I trust him and said it was for the best. But I wanted more—more Griff, in the flesh—so I took a big chance and went looking for him. People have done crazier things for love. But what I found could change everything.
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