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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/196762 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flashback - An Actor's Life Author: David S. Barry Narrator: David S. Barry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: February 5, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: David Barry’s autobiography spans almost five decades of theatre, film and television experience. As a 14-year-old he toured Europe with Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, in one of the most prestigious post-war theatre tours. Vivien Leigh took a shine to him and he saw both sides of her complex character first hand. One minute she was sweetness and light, and the next she became a screaming harridan as she publicly berated Sir Laurence. In his early twenties, he starred as Frankie Abbott in Please, Sir! and Fenn Street Gang, and those days are recounted with great humour. Hilarious events unfold as he describes working with dodgy producers and argumentative actors. His is a story that covers everything from the pitfalls of working in live television to performing with hard drinking actors.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Chance: A Memoir Author: Paul Potts Narrator: Matt Addis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 29, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The inspirational memoir by international classical music star Paul Potts, winner of Britain' s GotTalent-- now a major motion picture from The Weinstein Company One Chance is the remarkable true story of Paul Potts, cell phone salesman by day, amateur singer by night, who stepped onto the stage in the premiere season of Britain' s Got Talent, and changed his life. When he opened his mouth to sing Puccini' s ' Nessun Dorma,' judge Simon Cowell and millions of viewers were stunned. Paul went on to win the show' s competition and become a YouTube sensation and multiplatinum artist virtually overnight. Filled with personal recollections not featured in the film, this is the wonderful story of the shy, bullied Welsh store manager who seized his biggest dreams and won audiences around the world. The film One Chance, starring James Corden, Tony-winning star of One Man, Two Guvnors, and Julie Walters, star of Mamma Mia! and Billy Elliot, was directed by David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) and written by Justin Zackham (The Bucket List), and will be released in fall 2013.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/201416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts Author: Nicholas Delbanco Narrator: Jeff Crawford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 19, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Art of Youth is a moving inquiry into the nature of artistic prodigies who did their major work at an early age. Renowned novelist Nicholas Delbanco gives us a triptych of indelible portraits: the American writer Stephen Crane (immortalized by The Red Badge of Courage); British artist Dora Carrington (called “the most neglected serious painter of her time”); and the legendary composer George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess). All three lived colorful, productive lives before dying early, at an average age of thirty-five. In this learned and elegant book, Delbanco discovers what it is we mourn in authors who pass away so young, and muses on his own life—one marked by both early success and longevity.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years Author: Mark Lewisohn Narrator: Clive Mantle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 43 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Tune In is the first volume of All These Years—a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy by the world's leading Beatles historian. Mark Lewisohn uses his unprecedented archival access and hundreds of new interviews to construct the full story of the lives and work of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Ten years in the making, Tune In takes the Beatles from before their childhoods through the final hour of 1962—when, with breakthrough success just days away, they stand on the cusp of a whole new kind of fame and celebrity. They’ve one hit record ('Love Me Do') behind them and the next ('Please Please Me') primed for release, their first album session is booked, and America is clear on the horizon.  This is the lesser-known Beatles story—the pre-Fab years of Liverpool and Hamburg—and in many respects the most absorbing and incredible period of them all. Here is the complete and true account of their family lives, childhoods, teenage years and their infatuation with American music, here is the riveting narrative of their unforgettable days and nights in the Cavern Club, their laughs, larks and adventures when they could move about freely, before fame closed in.   For those who’ve never read a Beatles book before, this is the place to discover the young men behind the icons. For those who think they know John, Paul, George, and Ringo, it’s time to press the Reset button and tune into the real story, the lasting word.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Time in the World: A Book of Hours Author: Jessica Kerwin Jenkins Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 29, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Entertaining, unexpected, and full of charm, the follow-up to Jessica Kerwin Jenkins' Encyclopedia of the Exquisite presents a miscellany of engaging stories, detailing the intriguing customs, traditions, and guilty pleasures pursued throughout the ages. All the Time in the World takes its cue from an iconic component of medieval life, the book of hours, which prescribed certain readings and contemplations for certain parts of the day throughout the year. Divided into more than seventy-five entries, All the Time in the World is brimming with witty bons mots, interesting etymologies, and arresting anecdotes encompassing an array of cultures and eras. Subjects covered include the daylong ceremony of laying a royal Elizabethan tablecloth; the radicalization of sartorial chic in 1890s Paris; Nostradamus' belief in the aphrodisiac power of jam; the sensuous practice of sniffing incense in fifteenth-century Japan; the American fascination with flaming desserts; the short-lived artistic discipline of 'lumia,' or visual music; the evolution of coffee from a religious ritual to a forbidden delight in the Middle East; Henriette d'Angeville's fearless and wine-fueled ascent of Mont Blanc; the elaborate treasure hunts concocted by London's Bright Young Things; and the musical revolution known as bebop. An antidote to the contemporary cult of 'getting things done,' All the Time in the World revives forgotten treasures of the past while inspiring a passion for good living in the present.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Johnny Cash: The Life Author: Robert Hilburn Narrator: Charles Pittard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The national bestseller celebrated as 'the ultimate Johnny Cash biography . . . Rock writer great Robert Hilburn goes deep.' -- Rolling Stone In this, the definitive biography of an American legend, Robert Hilburn conveys the unvarnished truth about a musical superstar. Johnny Cash's extraordinary career stretched from his days at Sun Records with Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis to the remarkable creative last hurrah, at age 69, that resulted in the brave, moving 'Hurt' video. As music critic for the Los Angeles Times, Hilburn knew Cash throughout his life: he was the only music journalist at the legendary Folsom Prison concert in 1968, and he interviewed both Cash and his wife June Carter just months before their deaths. Drawing upon a trove of never-before-seen material from the singer's inner circle, Hilburn creates an utterly compelling, deeply human portrait of a towering figure in country music, a seminal influence in rock, and an icon of American popular culture. Hilburn's reporting shows the astonishing highs and deep lows that marked the journey of a man of great faith and humbling addiction who throughout his life strove to use his music to lift people's spirits.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200788 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World Series: Part of The Hinges of History Author: Thomas Cahill Narrator: Thomas Cahill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the inimitable bestselling author Thomas Cahill, another popular history—this one focusing on how the innovations of the Renaissance and the Reformation changed the Western world. A truly revolutionary book.   In Volume VI of his acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill guides us through the thrilling period of the Renaissance and the Reformation (the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth century), so full of innovation and cultural change that the Western world would not experience its like again until the twentieth century. Beginning with the continent-wide disaster of the Black Death, Cahill traces the many developments in European thought and experience that served both the new humanism of the Renaissance and the seemingly abrupt religious alterations of the increasingly radical Reformation. This is an age of the most sublime artistic and scientific adventure, but also of newly powerful princes and armies and of newly found courage, as many thousands refuse to bow their heads to the religious pieties of the past.  It is an era of just-discovered continents and previously unknown peoples. More than anything, it is a time of individuality in which a whole culture must achieve a new balance if the West is to continue.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/198516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eminent Hipsters Author: Donald Fagen Narrator: Donald Fagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 22, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A witty, revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the cofounder of Steely Dan Musician and songwriter Donald Fagen presents a group of vivid set pieces in his entertaining debut as an author, from portraits of the cultural figures and currents that shaped him as a youth to an account of his college days and of life on the road. Fagen begins by introducing the “eminent hipsters” that spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s, among them Jean Shepherd, whose manic nightly broadcasts out of WOR-Radio “enthralled a generation of alienated young people”; Henry Mancini, whose swank, noirish soundtracks left their mark on him; and Mort Fega, the laid-back, knowledgeable all-night jazz man at WEVD who was like “the cool uncle you always wished you had.” He writes of how, coming of age during the paranoid Cold War era, one of his primary doors of escape became reading science fiction, and of his invigorating trips into New York City to hear jazz. “Class of ’69” recounts Fagen’s colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, the progressive school north of New York City, where he first met his future musical partner Walter Becker. “With the Dukes of September” offers a cranky, hilarious account of the ups and downs of a recent cross-country tour Fagen made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald, performing a program of old R&B and soul tunes as well as some of their own hits. Acclaimed for the elaborate arrangements and jazz harmonies of his songs, Fagen proves himself a sophisticated writer with a very distinctive voice in this engaging book.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/195373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jim Henson: The Biography Author: Brian Jay Jones Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 24, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters born of his fertile imagination: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were just part of his remarkable story. This extraordinary biography—written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family—covers the full arc of Henson’s all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in America, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Drawing on hundreds of hours of new interviews with Henson's family, friends, and closest collaborators, as well as unprecedented access to private family and company archives, Brian Jay Jones explores the creation of the Muppets, Henson’s contributions to Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live, and his nearly ten-year campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television. Jones provides the imaginative context for Henson’s non-Muppet projects, including the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth—as well as fascinating misfires like Henson’s dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub. An uncommonly intimate portrait, Jim Henson captures all the facets of this American original: the master craftsman who revolutionized the presentation of puppets on television, the savvy businessman whose dealmaking prowess won him a reputation as “the new Walt Disney,” and the creative team leader whose collaborative ethos earned him the undying loyalty of everyone who worked for him. Here also is insight into Henson’s intensely private personal life: his Christian Science upbringing, his love of fast cars and expensive art, and his weakness for women. Though an optimist by nature, Henson was haunted by the notion that he would not have time to do all the things he wanted to do in life—a fear that his heartbreaking final hours would prove all too well founded. An up-close look at the charmed life of a legend, Jim Henson gives the full measure to a man whose joyful genius transcended age, language, geography, and culture—and continues to beguile audiences worldwide. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE “Jim Henson vibrantly delves into the magnificent man and his Muppet methods: It’s an absolute must-read!”—Neil Patrick Harris “An exhaustive work that is never exhausting, a credit both to Jones’s brisk style and to Henson’s exceptional life.”—The New York Times “[A] sweeping portrait that is a mix of humor, mirth and poignancy.”—Washington Independent Review of Books “A meticulously researched tome chock-full of gems about the Muppets and the most thorough portrait of their creator ever crafted.”—Associated Press

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/196599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life Author: Graham Nash Narrator: Graham Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 17, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.72 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 11 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.   Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll—he’s written over 200 songs, including such classic hits as 'Carrie Anne,' “On A Carousel,” 'Simple Man,' 'Our House,' “Marrakesh Express,” and 'Teach Your Children.' From the opening salvos of the British Rock Revolution to the last shudders of Woodstock, he has rocked and rolled wherever music mattered. Now Graham is ready to tell his story: his lower-class childhood in post-war England, his early days in the British Invasion group The Hollies; becoming the lover and muse of Joni Mitchell during the halcyon years, when both produced their most introspective and important work; meeting Stephen Stills and David Crosby and reaching superstardom with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and his enduring career as a solo musician and political activist.  Nash has valuable insights into a world and time many think they know from the outside but few have experienced at its epicenter, and equally wonderful anecdotes about the people around him: the Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, Cass Elliot, Dylan, and other rock luminaries. From London to Laurel Canyon and beyond, Wild Tales is a revealing look back at an extraordinary life—with all the highs and the lows; the love, the sex, and the jealousy; the politics; the drugs; the insanity—and the sanity—of a magical era of music.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/197991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everybody's Brother Author: Ceelo Green Narrator: Big Gipp, Ceelo Green Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 10, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: He inspires awe with his colorful costumes and helps ordinary people find a Voice and without a doubt, CeeLo Green is a superhero of soul-and every superhero has an origin story. This story begins in The Dirty South, where South Atlanta's native son transformed himself into the Abominable SHOWman. Along the way, innocence was lost; farther down the path, his parents passed on. Yet he still found family at the Dungeon with the likes of Goodie Mob, Outkast, L.A. Reid, and Lauryn Hill. Then one day he teamed up with Danger Mouse and everything went 'Crazy.' Everybody's Brother is the untold story of CeeLo Green's rise from the streets of Atlanta to the top of the charts-a story so cool, so complex that his brother-from-another-mother, Big Gipp, couldn't help but chime in. Now CeeLo gives his fans what they've been waiting for: an all-access pass into his perfectly imperfect piece of mind.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/194526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Si-cology 1: Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle Author: Si Robertson Narrator: Jay Stone, Si Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 16 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: You know him from the hit A&E® show Duck Dynasty®—now you can enjoy Uncle Si’s tall tales, crazy exploits, and quirky one-liners in one raucous collection! “These hands are so fast, I can get your wallet before you know it. In a minute, you’ll be standing there buck naked and won’t know what hit you!” “Look here—if it wasn’t for my tripped knee, I’d be playing in the NBA today.” “Hey, Jack!” Any of these sound familiar? If they do—or even if they don’t—you’re in for a good laugh. The brother of patriarch Phil Robertson, Uncle Si has a limitless supply of stories about his childhood, duck hunting adventures, his days in Vietnam, and everything in between. Now the best of those tales are gathered into this roaring book. And as Uncle Si recounts his outlandish tales, he weaves in an up-close look into his personal life. You’ll learn about his childhood as the youngest son in the Robertson family, his college days, and how he came to use a green Tupperware cup for his ever-present tea.. And in many of these never-before-heard tales, Si openly talks about his wife Christine and two children, Scott and Trasa—who are never seen and rarely mentioned on the show. Sure to please die-hard fans and curious newbies alike, Si’s one-liners are presented alongside fun, expressive photographs, as well as photos of his family. As you learn about his behind-the-scenes life, this smattering of zany stories will have you falling over with laughter and retelling them to all your friends.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/190849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Signifying Rappers Author: David Foster Wallace, Mark Costello Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 23, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's exuberant exploration of rap music and culture. Living together in Cambridge in 1989, David Foster Wallace and longtime friend Mark Costello discovered that they shared 'an uncomfortable, somewhat furtive, and distinctively white enthusiasm for a certain music called rap/hip-hop.' The book they wrote together, set against the legendary Boston music scene, mapped the bipolarities of rap and pop, rebellion and acceptance, glitz and gangsterdom. Signifying Rappers issued a fan's challenge to the giants of rock writing, Greil Marcus, Robert Palmer, and Lester Bangs: Could the new street beats of 1989 set us free, as rock had always promised? Back in print at last, Signifying Rappers is a rare record of a city and a summer by two great thinkers, writers, and friends. With a new foreword by Mark Costello on his experience writing with David Foster Wallace, this rerelease cannot be missed.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/193944 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire Author: Kathleen Sharp Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 16, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Ever wonder why so many B actors wind up as A-grade politicians? Or how the casting couch worked? Acclaimed author Kathleen Sharp traces the influence of show business through the lives of its first power couple. Edie and Lew Wasserman built the world’s largest talent agency, MCA, created the multibillion-dollar Universal Studios, and helped shape Washington, DC. Starting from MCA’s birth in gangland Chicago, Lew represented stars such as Jimmy Stewart and Marilyn Monroe; pioneered TV with Leave It to Beaver and Miami Vice; spawned the blockbuster movie model with Psycho and Jaws; and developed a mega–theme park. His savvy wife, Edie, was the daughter of a mob attorney, the queen of A-list parties, and Lew’s secret agent who boosted their status. Yet, the couple was attacked by rivals, federal prosecutors, and their own protégés. Even so, over the course of seven decades they managed to vanquish their enemies and parlay their influence far beyond Sunset Strip into governors’ mansions, Senate chambers, and the White House. At the end, Edie and Lew became diplomats, kingmakers, and philanthropists, who elevated the fortunes of middle-class workers and California itself. Based on some four hundred interviews, this book features Janet Leigh, Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, John Belushi, Jean Stein, and Steven Spielberg along with the Kennedys, the Johnsons, the Reagans, and the Clintons. It’s a fascinating read about how two kids from Cleveland created the largest entertainment conglomerate in the world and wound up ruling twentieth-century America.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/178245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Making of the Godfather Author: Mario Puzo Narrator: Max Casella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: June 25, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this entertaining and insightful essay, Mario Puzo chronicles his rise from struggling writer to overnight success after the publication of The Godfather. With equal parts cynicism and humor, Puzo recounts the book deal and his experiences in Hollywood while writing the screenplay for the movie. Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Evans, Peter Bart, Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino all make appearances-as does Frank Sinatra, in his famous and disastrous encounter with Puzo. First published in 1972, the essay is now available as an ebook for the first time. A must-have for every Godfather fan! Featuring a foreword by Ed Falco, author of The Family Corleone.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/179688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick: The National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream Author: Ellin Stein Narrator: Jim Meskimen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 24, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The untold story behind a revolution in American comedy Labor Day, 1969. Two recent college graduates move to New York to edit a new magazine called the National Lampoon. Over the next decade, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney, along with a loose amalgamation of fellow satirists such as Michael O'Donoghue and P. J. O'Rourke, popularized a smart, caustic, ironic brand of humor that has become the dominant voice of American comedy. Ranging from sophisticated political satire to broad raunchy jokes, the National Lampoon introduced iconoclasm to the mainstream, selling millions of copies to an audience both large and devoted. Its excursions into live shows, records, and radio helped shape the anarchic earthiness of John Belushi, the suave slapstick of Chevy Chase, and the deadpan wit of Bill Murray and brought them together with other talents such as Harold Ramis, Christopher Guest, and Gilda Radner. A new generation of humorists emerged from the crucible of the Lampoon to help create Saturday Night Live and the influential film Animal House, among many other notable comedy landmarks. Journalist Ellin Stein, an observer of the scene since the early 1970s, draws on a wealth of revealing firsthand interviews with the architects and impresarios of this comedy explosion to offer crucial insight into a raucous cultural transformation that still echoes today. Brimming with insider stories and set against the roiling political and cultural landscape of the 1970s, That's Not Funny, That's Sick goes behind the jokes to witness the fights, the parties, the collaborations—and the competition—among this fraternity of the self-consciously disenchanted. Decades later, their brand of subversive humor that provokes, offends, and often illuminates is as relevant and necessary as ever.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outlaw: Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville Author: Michael Streissguth Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 4, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Waylon Jennings. Willie Nelson. Kris Kristofferson. Three renegade musicians. Three unexpected stars. Three men who changed Nashville and country music forever. By the late 1960s, Nashville, Tennessee, was firmly established as the center of the booming country music industry and home to what was known as the Nashville Sound, characterized by slick production and adherence to an increasingly overused formula. But the city was changing. Young people from all over the country were streaming into the bohemian West End and colliding with three trailblazing artists who would soon rock the foundations of Nashville's music business. Surrounded by the street vibes of the West End's burgeoning underground scene and the outlaw protest tradition of Nashville's unlikely civil rights leaders and antiwar protestors, Waylon, Willie, and Kris began resisting the unspoken rules of Nashville's music-making machine and instead forged their own creative paths. Their music, personal and not easily categorized, was more in the vein of rock acts like the Allman Brothers and Bob Dylan, and it communi-cated a stark rawness and honesty that would influence artists of all genres for decades to come. Studded with a diverse secondary cast including Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Kinky Friedman, Billy Joe Shaver, and others, Streissguth's new book brings to life an incredible chapter in musical history and reveals for the first time a surprising outlaw zeitgeist in Nashville. Based on extensive research and probing interviews with key players, what emerges is a fascinating glimpse into three of the most legendary artists of our times and the definitive story of how they changed music in Nashville and everywhere.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kid Stays in the Picture Author: Robert Evans Narrator: Robert Evans Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 4, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Robert Evans' The Kid Stays in the Picture is universally recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, and most unforgettable show business memoir ever written. The basis of an award-winning documentary film, it remains the gold standard of Hollywood storytelling.   With black-and-white photographs from the author's archive and a new introduction by the legendary actor, producer, and Hollywood studio chief Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture is driven by a voice as charming and irresistible as any great novel.   An extraordinary raconteur, Evans spares no one, least of all himself. Filled with starring roles for everyone from Ava Gardner to Marlon Brando to Sharon Stone, The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life is sharp, witty, and self-aggrandizing, and self-lacerating in equal measure. This is a must-read for fans of American cinema and classics of the canon, including The Odd Couple, Rosemary’s Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/177421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drum Workshop Author: Chris Puleston Narrator: Chris Puleston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Top drum workshop teacher Chris Puleston invites listeners to participate in their own home drum workshops. This audiobook program, with music by Chris Puleston, incorporates easy exercises and techniques for both beginners and more advanced students.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/170658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let Me Tell You Something Author: Caroline Manzo Narrator: Caroline Manzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 26, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Red-hot advice from the redhead who doesn't pull any punches Mother, wife, and fan favorite Caroline Manzo has been through it all as one of the original breakout stars of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New Jersey. The explosive and addicting reality series has seen some of the craziest moments in Real Housewives history, but Caroline has managed to set herself apart as the levelheaded, fiercely loyal, and down-to-earth member of the cast. Now for the first time, Caroline, who is known for her no-nonsense advice, "tells you something" about what it really takes to juggle three kids and a husband (and still maintain your sanity), all while living in the spotlight. Her wisdom on family, life, and love, and her shockingly honest confessions about beauty, body image, and even plastic surgery, resonate with women of every generation. Equal parts funny, sincere, and revealing, Caroline exposes the sweeter, more reflective side of herself that fans of the show might not always see. Filled with personal stories, family photos, and Caroline's characteristic humor, Let Me Tell You Something gives fans and readers an all-access, behind-the-scenes pass into the lives of this real New Jersey housewife and her family, where honest advice and practical life lessons are served up as only Caroline can. With her contagious, positive attitude and tips for success sprinkled throughout the book, readers will fall in love with their favor- ite housewife all over again.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/167062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream Author: Tom Folsom Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 5, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: James Dean to Hopper "I saw what you did today. Today you were great." Jack Nicholson to Hopper "We're geniuses, you know that? Isn't it great to be a genius?" The chopper-riding hippie outlaw in Easy Rider. The prophetic madman in the jungle in Apocalypse Now. The terrifying psychopath in Blue Velvet. The kid gone wrong in Rebel Without a Cause. The actor taken under the wing of James Dean who longed to be the next Orson Welles. The hell-raising director who revolutionized Hollywood. An enigmatic man from Dodge City, Kansas, on an endless quest to realize the American Dream. Dennis Hopper has been described as a rebel, an icon, an addict plagued by demons, and one of the most important champions of the pop-art movement. Friend to Warhol, muse to David Lynch, mentor to Sean Penn, champion of Ice-T, Dennis Hopper built a career that was a half-century of rebellion waged at the edge of American popular culture. Tom Folsom's Hopper is a wild ride through Dennis's many lives. Featuring hundreds of interviews with Hopper's fellow actors, artists, musicians, and residents of Taos, New Mexico (where he spent much of his most manic time), as well as his ex-wives and many other people who knew him, Hopper takes you on an extraordinary—and sometimes troubling—journey. From Dennis's early days with his grandparents on a dusty farm in Kansas, where he watched trains go by on their way to Los Angeles, to his formative time in Hollywood as one of a bright new crop of actors straddling the edge of the studio system, to the rebellious 1960s and the start of the independent film movement, to the drug-addled 1970s and beyond, when Hopper staged one of the greatest Hollywood comebacks of all time—Tom Folsom has crafted a biography as unconventional as Dennis Hopper himself.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/167641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Be a Donkey: Lessons Learned from Chef Gordon Ramsey Author: Chadd McArthur Narrator: Chadd McArthur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: February 19, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'Don't be a Donkey is a true story about the life and career of Chef Chadd McArthur. It is about the lessons, about both kitchen and life, that he learned while working for Gordon Ramsay. Eighteen hours a day, five days a week... when you work with a great chef and leader that much, his wisdom will rub off on you, and at times traumatize you. The lessons learned will stick with Chef McArthur for the rest of his life, and now, with funny stories and clever insights into working with one of the world's most well-known chefs, he's sharing them in this very audiobook. From having Chef Gordon Ramsay himself fling a ravioli at him, to the integrity with which Ramsay dealt with the death of a colleague, Chef McArthur has a lot to tell about his three years spent working in Ramsay's flagship restaurant in London, sometimes directly under the man himself. Each chapter also includes a recipe, some created wholly by the author,and some influenced by Chef Ramsay's own signature dishes. Enjoy this fresh new take on Gordon Ramsay, and the challenges of a chef who survived Ramsay's kitchen for years.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/161935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped Author: Cissy Houston Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The definitive account of Whitney Houston’s astonishing life, ground-breaking career, and tragic death — complete with never-before-seen photographs — from the only one who truly knows the story behind the headlines: her mother, Cissy Houston. Cissy has said little publicly about Whitney’s heart-breaking death. Now, for the first time, she opens up and shares the unbelievable story of her daughter’s life, as well as her own, and addresses Whitney’s brightest and darkest moments. A legendary Grammy Award–winning gospel singer in her own right, Cissy Houston shows how the lessons from her own musical journey helped to shape Whitney’s career — from teaching Whitney to use her voice, to keeping her level-headed throughout her meteoric rise to fame. With candor and respect, she sets the record straight about Whitney, exploring both her turbulent marriage and her misunderstood struggles with drug abuse. Cissy goes behind the tabloid headlines to show fans around the world the true, human side of a strong, successful — yet flawed — musical icon who died much too young.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/158405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life Author: Michael Bolton Narrator: Michael Bolton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: After four decades in the music industry, Michael Bolton has become one the most successful musicians of our time. THE SOUL OF IT ALL is his backstage pass into his life lived thus far-into the venues, busses, limos, and hotel rooms of stardom, and finally into his home and heart. His story will go long and dive deep, not only into his self-proclaimed 'vagabond vampire' life, but also into the belly of the beast that is the music industry, with its joys, follies, and torments. From a 14 year old kid performing in dive bars in his hometown of New Haven, CT, to struggling to provide for his wife and kids, to finally breaking through with the Soul Provider album, and going on to sell more than 53 million albums and singles worldwide, Bolton has fought for and earned a life most just dream of. THE SOUL OF IT ALL is his life, chock-full of all the incredible stories, and the star-studded cast you'd expect, including: Luciano Pavarotti, Paula Abdul, Cher, Bob Dylan, Barbara Streisand, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming, Bon Jovi, Wynonna Judd, BB King, Patti LaBelle, Carlos Santana, Nicolette Sheridan, Teri Hatcher and others...

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/157813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I, Rhoda Author: Valerie Harper Narrator: Valerie Harper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 15, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 2014 Audie Award Finalist for Narration by the Author The heartwarming memoir of beloved television actress Valerie Harper, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and on Rhoda. Valerie Harper was an unknown actress when she won the groundbreaking role of Rhoda Morgenstern, Mary Tyler Moore’s lovable and self-deprecating on-screen best friend. Bold and hilarious, the native New Yorker and struggling working girl was unlucky in love and insecure about her weight—in other words, every woman’s best friend. Harper represented a self-reliant new identity for women of the 1970s. She fought for equal rights alongside feminists Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug; and her incredible showbiz journey, which began on Broadway with Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason, led her to four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. Harper is upbeat and funny, and her inspiring life story is laced with triumphs and transformative obstacles. This beloved actress’s incredible pluck, indomitable spirit, and warm and generous heart have touched our lives and kept us entertained for decades.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/151715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett Author: Tony Bennett Narrator: Joe Mantegna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this beautiful and rich New York Times bestselling retrospective, the entertainment icon shares with his fans the life lessons he has learned throughout a career that spanned six decades. Illustrated with Bennett’s own hand-drawn artwork, Life Is a Gift is a work that will captivate, delight, and be cherished by fans and music lovers of all ages. “Writing in the same style as he sings. . . Tony Bennett shares countless tales about showbiz, his famous friends, his family, and his artistic career. . . . [His] tips for happiness, success, and longevity are like music to the ears.” — Publishers Weekly Legendary singer, artist, and performer Tony Bennett was one of the world's most beloved entertainers for more than six decades. From the 78 to the LP to the digital age, Tony did it all. Decade after decade, this artistic icon—who won twenty Grammys, sung for ten presidents, and performed for royalty—refused to compromise his vision or values. Even now, Bennett's popularity grows as new generations discover his timeless songs and incredible voice. In this entertaining and thoughtful memoir, Bennett shares stories of friends and family and the essential lessons they taught him: of the value of hard work and of creating art that continues to inspire; of perseverance and a dedication to excellence; of the necessity of humility, love, respect, and, most important, gratitude. He pays tribute to all the remarkable talents he has had the honor to work with and to learn from, including Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, and others.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/150961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grace: A Memoir Author: Grace Coddington Narrator: Grace Coddington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Beautiful. Willful. Charming. Blunt. Grace Coddington’s extraordinary talent and fierce dedication to her work as creative director of Vogue have made her an international icon. Known through much of her career only to those behind the scenes, she might have remained fashion’s best-kept secret were it not for The September Issue, the acclaimed 2009 documentary that turned publicity-averse Grace into a sudden, reluctant celebrity. Grace’s palpable engagement with her work brought a rare insight into the passion that produces many of the magazine’s most memorable shoots.   With the witty, forthright voice that has endeared her to her colleagues and peers for more than forty years, Grace now creatively directs the listener through the storied narrative of her life so far. Evoking the time when models had to tote their own bags and props to shoots, Grace describes her early career as a model, working with such world-class photographers as David Bailey and Norman Parkinson, before she stepped behind the camera to become a fashion editor at British Vogue in the late 1960s. Here she began creating the fantasy “travelogues” that would become her trademark. In 1988 she joined American Vogue, where her breathtakingly romantic and imaginative fashion features, a sampling of which appear in this book, have become instant classics.   Grace will introduce listeners to the colorful designers, hairstylists, makeup artists, photographers, models, and celebrities with whom Grace has created her signature images. Grace reveals her private world with equal candor—the car accident that almost derailed her modeling career, her two marriages, the untimely death of her sister, Rosemary, her friendship with Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Liz Tilberis, and her thirty-year romance with Didier Malige. Finally, Grace describes her abiding relationship with Anna Wintour, and the evolving mastery by which she has come to define the height of fashion.   Includes a bonus PDF of photos from the book. “If Wintour is the Pope . . . Coddington is Michelangelo, trying to paint a fresh version of the Sistine Chapel twelve times a year.”—Time

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Musical Sound Portrait Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: November 13, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others, on the origins of jazz, and the life and music and legendary trumpeter, Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career, and rare recordings, including rare audio from a 1957 CBS TV documentary, with Edward R. Murrow.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/153934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Release date: November 13, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio A collection of 16 short audio features created for public radio by veteran Award-Winning producer Joe Bevilacqua (AKA Joe Bev). 1. "A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua" - Joe Bevilacqua goes on a search for other people with his name and discovers some uncanny coincidences. 2. "Father's Day" - Joe Bevilacqua recounts how a volatile father's gift led him to another father figure and an eventual career. 3. "Losing a Best Friend" - Joe Bevilacqua chronicles the rise and fall of a longtime friendship. 4. "Lessons from Daws Butler" - Joe Bevilacqua's book passes on cartoon legend's tricks of the trade. 5. "A Tribute to Joe Barbera" - Joe Bevilacqua, Leonard Maltin and Joe Barbera himself talk about the start of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio. 6. "Archiving Classic Animated Films and Cartoons" - Joe Bevilacqua reports on how some members of America's animated film industry are building a new digital archive to preserve classic cartoon footage. 7. "The Kerrville Folk Festival" - Joe Bevilacqua reports on one of the longest-running open-air music events in North America. 8. "Threadgill's Turns 70"- Joe Bevilacqua reports on the 70th anniversary of Threadgill's in Austin, Texas, the musical landmark that helped launch the career of many country and rock stars, including Janis Joplin. 9. "Artist Colony Celebrates its Centennial" - Joe Bevilacqua profiles the one hundred year old Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, nestled deep in the forest of Woodstock, N.Y. 10. "Math + Love" - Joe Bevilacqua tracks down his former math professor Ron Reummler to hear how math can explain lost love. 11. "A Valentine From Graham Nash's MAC" - Joe Bevilacqua recounts how on February 12, 1996, an e-mail from rock legend Graham Nash's MAC laptop triggered a series of bizarre coincidences, which led to the meeting of his future wife Lorie Kellogg. 12. "Living Within Your Means as a Choice" - When Joe Bevilacqua lost his job, he made some drastic changes to his lifestyle that turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to him. 13. "The Christmas I Saved Macy's" - The story of how a five year old Joe Bevilacqua stamped out a fire in the ladies lounge of Bamberger's department store in Newark, New Jersey in December of 1964. 14. "A Rockabilly Christmas" - Joe Bevilacqua presents rockabilly pioneer guitarist Ray Campi. 15. "An Old Hollywood Story" - In a two-part story, Joe Bevilacqua reports on an extensive archive of interviews with early Hollywood stars conducted by California schoolteacher and rockabilly pioneer Ray Campi. 16. "An Old Hollywood Story" - Part two of Joe Bevilacqua's story on Ray's Campi's celebrity interviews.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/151949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kitchen Round Table Author: Marja Samsom Narrator: Lidia Bastianich, Madhur Jaffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: November 1, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Join us in this exclusive audio program for candid conversations with luminaries in the food world. Kitchen Round Table brings you inside the homes and hearts of Lidia Bastianich, Madhur Jaffrey, Judith Jones, Betty Fussell, and Deb Perelman. We hear about their earliest food memories and how each slowly made their way into the kitchen and ultimately inspired generation upon generation of home cooks. We'll learn how complicated recipes are translated for those of us who don't dice and julienne in our sleep, but we'll also hear about memorable gourmet feats and culinary fireworks, and unforgettable meals. All the while, Kitchen Round Table never strays far from home, with intimate and loving details of recipes passed down through families and new recipes introduced to successive generations. After a long day at work, what do these renowned cooks prepare at home? It is at home that some of the best food is created. With frugal sensibilities, these gourmet greats tells us some of their favorite dishes created on a budget and entice you to explore your own. Hosted by Marja Samsom, owner of the iconic Kitchen Club restaurant, a downtown New York City destination for twenty years, Marja prepares for us one of her loved family recipes as a dessert for this delicious audio feast.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/152191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Write Songs Right Now Author: Alex Forbes Narrator: Alex Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Write Songs Right Now is a hands-on, step-by-step guide to creating original pop songs—an approach that has been road-tested by thousands of Alex's students and coaching clients in New York City, some of whom have gone on to achieve great success. With insight, enthusiasm, and humor, Alex guides listeners through the process of brainstorming for ideas, crafting effective lyrics, and putting those lyrics to music. Whether you've written one song or one hundred, this audiobook will show you how to take your songwriting to new levels. Each chapter lays out the basics of a different element of songwriting, including song form, lyrics, melodies, chord construction, song dynamics, and the essential ingredients of a killer hook. There are lots of fun exercises to strengthen your songwriting muscles and increase your confidence. Alex also encourages up-and-coming writers to participate in songwriting communities locally and online, and makes a strong case for collaborating as a way to generate even better material.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/151716 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Author: Stephen Rebello Narrator: Richard Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Here is a gripping, behind-the-scenes look inside the classic suspense shocker Psycho—and the creative genius who revolutionized filmmaking. First released in June 1960, Psycho altered the landscape of horror films forever. But just as compelling as the movie itself is the story behind it. Stephen Rebello brings to life the creation of one of Hollywood's most iconic films, from the story of Wisconsin murderer Ed Gein, the real-life inspiration for the character of Norman Bates, to Hitchcock's groundbreaking achievements in cinematography, sound, editing, and promotion. Packed with captivating insights from the film's stars, writers, and crew members, this book is a riveting and definitive history of a signature Hitchcock cinematic masterpiece.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/149294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley Author: Peter Guralnick Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 31 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.78 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Hailed as 'a masterwork' by the Wall Street Journal, Careless Loveis the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley's last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume of Peter Guralnick's masterful two-part biography. Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick's two-volume life of Elvis Presley, was acclaimed by the New York Times as 'a triumph of biographical art.' This concluding volume recounts the second half of Elvis' life in rich and previously unimagined detail, and confirms Guralnick's status as one of the great biographers of our time. Beginning with Presley's army service in Germany in 1958 and ending with his death in Memphis in 1977, Careless Love chronicles the unravelling of the dream that once shone so brightly, homing in on the complex playing-out of Elvis' relationship with his Machiavellian manager, Colonel Tom Parker. It's a breathtaking revelatory drama that for the first time places the events of a too-often mistold tale in a fresh, believable, and understandable context. Elvis' changes during these years form a tragic mystery that Careless Love unlocks for the first time. This is the quintessential American story, encompassing elements of race, class, wealth, sex, music, religion, and personal transformation. Written with grace, sensitivity, and passion, Careless Love is a unique contribution to our understanding of American popular culture and the nature of success, giving us true insight at last into one of the most misunderstood public figures of our times.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/150228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley Author: Peter Guralnick Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Written with grace, humor, and affection, Last Train to Memphis has been hailed as the definitive biography of Elvis Presley. It is the first to set aside the myths and focus on Elvis' humanity in a way that has yet to be duplicated. A New York Times Notable BookWinner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award 'Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe. This book cancels out all others.' --Bob Dylan From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend. Based on hundreds of interviews and nearly a decade of research, it traces the evolution not just of the man but of the music and of the culture he left utterly transformed, creating a completely fresh portrait of Elvis and his world. This volume tracks the first twenty-four years of Elvis' life, covering his childhood, the stunning first recordings at Sun Records ('That's All Right,' 'Mystery Train'), and the early RCA hits ('Heartbreak Hotel,' 'Hound Dog,' 'Don't Be Cruel'). These were the years of his improbable self-invention and unprecedented triumphs, when it seemed that everything that Elvis tried succeeded wildly. There was scarcely a cloud in sight through this period until, in 1958, he was drafted into the army and his mother died shortly thereafter. The book closes on that somber and poignant note. Last Train to Memphis takes us deep inside Elvis' life, exploring his lifelong passion for music of every sort (from blues and gospel to Bing Crosby and Mario Lanza), his compelling affection for his family, and his intimate relationships with girlfriends, mentors, band members, professional associates, and friends. It shows us the loneliness, the trustfulness, the voracious appetite for experience, and above all the unshakable, almost mystical faith that Elvis had in himself and his music. Drawing frequently on Elvis' own words and on the recollections of those closest to him, the book offers an emotional, complex portrait of young Elvis Presley with a depth and dimension that for the first time allow his extraordinary accomplishments to ring true. Peter Guralnick has given us a previously unseen world, a rich panoply of people and events that illuminate an achievement, a place, and a time as never revealed before.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/148000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bruce Author: Peter Ames Carlin Narrator: Bobby Cannavale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 30, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Peter Ames Carlin’s New York Times bestselling biography of one America’s greatest musicians is the first in twenty-five years to be written with the cooperation of Bruce Springsteen himself; “Carlin gets across why Mr. Springsteen has meant so much, for so long, to so many people” (The New York Times). In Bruce, acclaimed music writer Peter Ames Carlin presents a startlingly intimate and vivid portrait of a rock icon. For more than four decades, Bruce Springsteen has reflected the heart and soul of America with a career that includes twenty Grammy Awards, more than 120 million albums sold, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award. Peter Ames Carlin masterfully encompasses the breadth of Springsteen’s astonishing career and explores the inner workings of a man who managed to redefine generations of music. A must read for fans, Bruce is a meticulously researched, compulsively readable biography of a man laden with family tragedy, a tremendous dedication to his artistry, and an all-consuming passion for fame and influence.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/150600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rod: The Autobiography Author: Rod Stewart Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 23, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The extraordinary life and career of music legend Rod Stewart, in his own words for the first time.   With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting, and passionate live performances Rod Stewart has paved one of the most iconic and successful music careers of all time. He was the charismatic lead singer for the trailblazing rock and roll bands The Jeff Beck Group and The Faces, and as a solo artist, the author of such beloved songs as 'Maggie May,' 'Tonight’s the Night,' 'Hot Legs,' 'Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?,' 'Young Turks,' 'Forever Young,' and 'You Wear It Well.'  Now after more than five decades in the spotlight, he is finally ready to take a candid and romping look back at his life both on and off the stage. From his humble British roots to his hell-raising years on tour with his bandmates, not forgetting his great loves (including three marriages and eight children) and decades touring the world, Rod delivers a riveting ride through one of rock's most remarkable lives.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/198281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wait Album Author: Npr Narrator: Carl Kasell, Peter Sagal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 59 minutes Release date: August 28, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Each week, more than three million listeners tune into Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! to test their knowledge of the week’s news. In the popular “Not My Job” segment, a celebrity guest must answer three questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise. The topic seems random but is thoughtfully skewed.   Because Henry Winkler played Fonzie on Happy Days, host Peter Sagal asks him about Ponzi schemes. For indie rock singer Neko Case, the questions are about Necco Wafers. Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. holds the record for most consecutive games played; the Wait Wait team pitches him stumpers about sports’ real streakers—those without clothes. Jane Goodall, who studies wild chimpanzees, is met with questions about actor Nicolas Cage. And so on. Twisted and tricky, it’s all in good fun for panelists, celebrities, and especially the audience.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/174990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House Author: Elizabeth Keckley Narrator: Bobbie Frohman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 9, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A former slave who became a successful dressmaker with her own business, became the dresser, dressmaker and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln during Abraham Lincoln's presidential adminstration. Behind the Scenes tells the story of the rise of Elizabeth Keckley from abused slave to independent business woman to friend of the First Lady of the Land during the Civil War. Table of Contents Preface Chapter I. Where I was Born Chapter II. Girlhood and its Sorrows Chapter III. How I Gained My Freedom Chapter IV. In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis Chapter V. My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln Chapter VI. Willie Lincoln's Death-bed Chapter VII. Washington in 1862-3 Chapter VIII. Candid Opinions Chapter IX. Behind the Scenes Chapter X. The Second Inauguration Chapter XI. The Assassination of President Lincoln Chapter XII. Mrs. Lincoln Leaves the White House Chapter XIII. The Origin of the Rivalry between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln Chapter XIV. Old Friends Chapter XV. The Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York Appendix--Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley AUTHOR Elizabeth Keckley Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907) was a slave for more than 40 years and became a reknown seamstress, activist and author. The daughter of a house slave and her master, Keckley was taught to read and write, which was illegal and a rare priviledge. But her status did not protect her from a life of work that began at four years old and included severe abuse from her master's wife. After purchasing her freedom as an adult, Keckley moved to Washington DC and her sewing talents soon garnered an impressive clientele of affluent legislators. Keckley's reknown brought her to the attention of Mary Todd Lincoln, and they immediately formed a strong bond. Keckley met Mary Todd Lincoln on the day of Abraham's first inauguration and spent the next 6 years as the personal dressmaker and dresser for the First Lady. They remained close after the Lincolns left Washington. In an unfortunate attempt to help the nearly destitute former first lady, Keckley published her memoirs detailing the private lives of her owners and later the Lincolns. The immediate reaction to Behind the Scenes was catastrophic for Keckley, Mary Todd Lincoln felt betrayed and attacked and refused to speak to her, her elite dressmaking clientele left her and critics everywhere exorciated Keckley for her ""honesty"". Keckley never fully recovered from the scandal and died alone and destitute. "

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fred Allen Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fiorello Laquardia Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knute Rockne Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John L Lewis Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Performers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200561 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Salute To Radio Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ethel Barrymore Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Performers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: George M Cohan Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fiorello Laguardia Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thornton Wilder Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: H.L. Mencken Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stan Kenton Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Participants Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/200533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carl Sandburg Author: Joseph O. Meyer Narrator: Various Performers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the first shows was on the life of Winston Churchill that featured sound clips of his friends and enemies produced by Joseph O. Meyers. It was such a success that Meyers was requested to produce more shows on other famous people that included, W.C. Fields, Babe Ruth, Red Allen and more. Each Biography In Sound show introduces the life story of a well-known historical figure. It includes a fine mixture of anecdotes, interviews, critical reviews, and sound clips of the subject's voice.