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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Escape from Hollywood: Unapologetic, Unfiltered, and Unashamed Author: Maitland Ward Narrator: Maitland Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A celebrity memoir unlike any other, this is an empowering, sex-positive, behind-the-scenes look at both Hollywood and the porn industry. Perfect for fans of Pleasure Activism and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star. Maitland Ward got her start in acting as a teenager when she was cast in The Bold and the Beautiful, but it wasn’t until she joined the later seasons of the sitcom Boy Meets World that she got her first taste of fame. As the loveable co-ed Rachel McGuire, Ward soon found herself being typecast as the good girl next door and was repeatedly denied darker, more intriguing roles. So she made a career change—one that required her to turn away from the Disney universe—and eventually established herself as one of the most-respected actresses in the porn industry today. Now, Ward reveals the ups and downs of her fascinating career, including personal stories from her time on one of the most beloved shows of the 1990s, in this anything but a run-of-the-mill memoir. By showing Hollywood and triple-X stardom in a whole new light, she offers a fresh and stirring perspective on the sex industry and “champions the discovery of freedom in sexuality” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Ultimately a story of hope and triumph, this is a sharp and provocative look at a former Disney princess who found her fairy tale in porn.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555810 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking in My Joy: In These Streets Author: Jenifer Lewis Narrator: Jenifer Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A new offering from the author of the hugely successful Mother of Black Hollywood. Walking in My Joy is a collection of electric stories by the one and only, super hilarious Jenifer Lewis. Her commentary on what’s happening in the world today, told through her outrageous real-life adventures, will have you laughing out loud, while her insightful messages touch your soul. A self-described “traveling fool and nature freak,” Jenifer takes readers with her all over the world, from Cape Town to Bali; Washington, DC, to the Serengeti; Mongolia to St. Petersburg; and Argentina to Antarctica to demonstrate how she walks in her joy by seeking pleasure in everyday encounters. Every step of the way you’ll be doubled over with laughter as she faints at the Obamas’ holiday party; awakens to a swollen face and has to go to the hospital during the height of the Covid pandemic; an alien visitation; a successful takedown of a conman; as well as meeting a handsome Maasai warrior and being chased by a Cape buffalo. An actress, activist, and mental health advocate, Jenifer Lewis imparts ways to love yourself that will allow you to deflect negative energy and keep people who may come to take your joy in check. She stresses the importance of fully living to your greatest ambitions and taking the time to admire the world’s natural gifts. She also encourages embracing each other’s uniqueness as a way of finding societal healing. Walking in My Joy is a riveting and enthralling journey. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fame Game: An Insider's Playbook for Earning Your 15 Minutes Author: Ramon Hervey Ii Narrator: Prentice Onayemi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Legendary Hollywood entertainment manager and publicist Ramon Hervey II shares insightful tales of his remarkable four-decade career plotting and overseeing fame, success, crisis and spinning for seminal talents at the top of their game, from Little Richard, Bette Midler, and the Bee Gees, to Aaliyah, Rick James, and Vanessa Williams—a juicy and addictive retrospective that also traces the origins of fame and how social media is changing the rules. Superstar manager and PR guru Ramon Hervey II has been playing the “fame game” for more than four decades, shaping, protecting, and sometimes rehabilitating the reputations of some of today’s biggest celebrities. Throughout his career, Hervey has mined, molded, and managed, mopped up messes, and mounted major celebrity comebacks. The Fame Game is his uncensored, behind-the-scenes look at rich and famous celebrities as they are rarely seen. Hervey shares the hilarious, the absurd, the disappointing, and the surprising as he recalls how he became a trusted confidant to a Who’s Who in music, comedy, film to A-listers including Richard Pryor, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Don Cornelius, the Bee Gees, Herb Alpert, Andrae Crouch, Vanessa Williams, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Luther Vandross, Rick James, Paul McCartney, Peter Frampton, Andrae Crouch, Nick Nolte, James Caan, and Muhammad Ali. Filled with never-before-told anecdotes, cameos, and unforgettable stories, moving from the legendary disco era of the '70s and post-civil rights era to Hollywood soundstages, and viewed through his acute and trained lens, The Fame Game is an enlightening historical view of the origins of fame, entertainment and media that examines our obsession with fame and the famous, and how social media is cultivating is own fame—an irresistible, addictive and utterly fascinating exploration of our insatiable obsession with celebrity culture.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Fall in Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer's Memoir Author: Alice Feiring Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Nominated for a James Beard Award Named a Best Wine Book of 2022 by The New York Times, Forbes, and The Washington Post From veteran wine writer and James Beard Award winner Alice Feiring, an insightful and entertaining memoir of wine, love, heartbreak, and the never-ending process of coming-of-age. Alice Feiring is a special sort of wine writer—the kind who dares to disagree with wine “experts”, and who believes wholeheartedly that the best wine writing is about life. To Fall in Love, Drink This is both her love letter to wine and a lifelong coming-of-age story. In a series of candid, wise, and humorous personal essays, Feiring tells the story of her parents’ divorce, her first big wine assignment, the end of an eleven-year relationship, the death of her father, a near-fatal brush with a serial killer, pandemic lockdown, and more—and suffuses each with love, romance, pain, joy, and wine. Each essay is “accompanied” by a no-nonsense wine take-away designed to answer the questions everyday wine lovers have about wine—age, price, grapes, vineyards, and vintners. This frank, charismatic work is a refreshingly grounded addition to the genre of wine-writing. Feiring has crafted a timeless, positively unpretentious memoir that will appeal to everyone who has ever enjoyed a glass of wine.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller Author: Alec Nevala-Lee Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and shaped America’s idea of the future. During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist best known for the geodesic dome, he enthralled a vast popular audience, inspired devotion from both the counterculture and the establishment, and was praised as a modern Leonardo da Vinci. To his admirers, he exemplified what one man could accomplish by approaching urgent design problems using a radically unconventional set of strategies, which he based on a mystical conception of the universe’s geometry. His views on sustainability, as embodied in the image of Spaceship Earth, convinced him that it was possible to provide for all humanity through the efficient use of planetary resources. From Epcot Center to the molecule named in his honor as the buckyball, Fuller’s legacy endures to this day, and his belief in the transformative potential of technology profoundly influenced the founders of Silicon Valley. Inventor of the Future is the first authoritative biography to cover all aspects of Fuller’s career. Drawing on meticulous research, dozens of interviews, and thousands of unpublished documents, Nevala-Lee has produced a riveting portrait that transcends the myth of Fuller as an otherworldly generalist. It reconstructs the true origins of his most famous inventions, including the Dymaxion Car, the Wichita House, and the dome itself; his fraught relationships with his students and collaborators; his interactions with Frank Lloyd Wright, Isamu Noguchi, Clare Boothe Luce, John Cage, Steve Jobs, and many others; and his tumultuous private life, in which his determination to succeed on his own terms came at an immense personal cost. In an era of accelerating change, Fuller’s example remains enormously relevant, and his lessons for designers, activists, and innovators are as powerful and essential as ever. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Are The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread Author: Samantha Renke Narrator: Samantha Renke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'A life with a disability is most certainly a life worth living and I wouldn't change who I am for all the Louboutin's in the world. I write this for anyone who is seen to be 'different'. We all have much more in common than we think, no matter who we are.' Growing up with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Sam felt restricted by the labels other people put on to her. After a spinal fusion operation, which almost left her paralysed in her early twenties, she decided to quit her job and move from Lancashire where she'd grown up, to London to start the life she'd always envisioned for herself. In Be Your Own Muse Sam shares how she went from a young girl who was constantly underestimated to succeeding in becoming a strong independent woman who followed her dreams and stopped letting other people hold her back. Frank, heartfelt, inspirational and funny, Sam shares the lessons she has learned, which we can all use in our own lives to have confidence in ourselves, dare to dream and go after what we want in life. © Samantha Renke (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World's Worst Assistant Author: Sona Movsesian Narrator: Sona Movsesian, Conan O'brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.85 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 9 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: From Conan O’Brien’s longtime assistant and cohost of his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, a completely hilarious and irreverent how-to guide for becoming a terrible, yet unfireable employee, spilling her trade secrets for minimizing effort while maximizing the rewards.   Sona Movsesian didn’t wake up one day and decide to become the World’s Worst Assistant. Achieving such greatness is a gradual process--one that starts with long hours and hard work before it eventually descends into sneaking low-dosage edibles into your lunch and napping on your boss’s couch.    With a forward from Conan O’Brien, The World’s Worst Assistant is a mixture of how-tos (like How to Nap at Work and How to Watch TV at Your Desk), tips for becoming untouchable (like memorizing social security and credit card numbers and endearing yourself to friends and family), and incredible personal stories from Sona’s twelve years spent working for Conan that put their adorable closeness and professional dysfunction on display. In this audiobook, Sona will explain her descent from eager, hard-working, ambitious, detail-orientated assistant to self-awarded title-holder for the worst in history. This book is irresistible fun you’ll want to give to every young professional in your life. For readers of heartfelt humor like that of Phoebe Robinson and Colin Jost, The World’s Worst Assistant is a chance for fans, viewers, and listeners of Conan’s shows and podcast to fall in love with Sona and Conan all over again.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America Author: Hugh Eakin Narrator: Mack Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world—and Picasso the most famous artist alive—in the shadow of World War II “[Eakin] has mastered this material. . . . The book soars.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Vanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker In January 1939, Pablo Picasso was renowned in Europe but disdained by many in the United States. One year later, Americans across the country were clamoring to see his art. How did the controversial leader of the Paris avant-garde break through to the heart of American culture? The answer begins a generation earlier, when a renegade Irish American lawyer named John Quinn set out to build the greatest collection of Picassos in existence. His dream of a museum to house them died with him, until it was rediscovered by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., a cultural visionary who, at the age of twenty-seven, became the director of New York’s new Museum of Modern Art. Barr and Quinn’s shared goal would be thwarted in the years to come—by popular hostility, by the Depression, by Parisian intrigues, and by Picasso himself. It would take Hitler’s campaign against Jews and modern art, and Barr’s fraught alliance with Paul Rosenberg, Picasso’s persecuted dealer, to get Picasso’s most important paintings out of Europe. Mounted in the shadow of war, the groundbreaking exhibition Picasso: Forty Years of His Art would launch Picasso in America, define MoMA as we know it, and shift the focus of the art world from Paris to New York. Picasso’s War is the never-before-told story about how a single exhibition, a decade in the making, irrevocably changed American taste, and in doing so saved dozens of the twentieth century’s most enduring artworks from the Nazis. Through a deft combination of new scholarship and vivid storytelling, Hugh Eakin shows how two men and their obsession with Picasso changed the art world forever.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond Author: Chris Blackwell Narrator: Bill Nighy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the vein of Sound Man and The Soundtrack of My Life, a lyrical memoir from the founder of one of the greatest music labels of all time, Island Records, about his astonishing life and career helping to bring reggae music to the world stage and working with Bob Marley, U2, Grace Jones, Cat Stevens, and many other icons. Since its founding in 1959, Island Records has been home to legendary artists representing wildly divergent musical styles, yet who share the same maverick, outsider spirit of its founder, Chris Blackwell. Time and again, Blackwell and his Island cohorts identified and nurtured musicians overlooked by other labels, including Bob Marley, U2, Cat Stevens, Grace Jones, Roxy Music, Traffic, Nick Drake, Tom Waits, Robert Palmer, Free, the B-52’s, John Martyn, and Jimmy Cliff. Like these artists, Blackwell never took the conventional route. After a privileged early childhood in Jamaica—crossing paths with Ian Fleming, Noël Coward, and Errol Flynn—he was expelled from the elite British school Harrow for rebellious behavior at age seventeen. Within five years, he had moved back to Jamaica, and founded Island. Intertwined with the story of Island is that of Bob Marley and the Wailers. After an impromptu meeting with the band in 1972, Blackwell produced the groundbreaking album Catch a Fire, formed a deep bond of mutual trust and friendship with Marley, and became known for helping to bring reggae music to the world stage. He also opened the first Jamaican boutique hotel, on the property of Ian Fleming’s former home, GoldenEye, where all the James Bond books were written. This engaging memoir from one of the great raconteurs of the late 20th century makes for a giddy ride through some of that era’s most cutting-edge, enduring music. As Bono says, Blackwell “is an adventurer, an entrepreneur, a buccaneer, a visionary, and a gentleman.”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Invented Life - The Smoking Gun: An autobiographical novel about the Post it sticky notes inventor Alan Amron Author: Alan Amron Narrator: James F Cromwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: Business Publisher's Summary: An Invented Life shares the story of Alan Amron, a visionary inventor. Even as a child, Alan found it fascinating to create new things, always exploring and trying to understand how everything worked. In the book, Alan tells his story and shares snippets from his childhood and youth in Brooklyn, how he always looked at things differently with deeper insight. This is his journey. Alan started his creating and inventing journey at a young age. Many of his inventions were patented and he significantly profited from them as well. Battery-powered water guns, temperature alarms, the digital photo wallet, etc., were among his many creations, yet his most famous and controversial invention was the Post-it sticky notes by 3M. Even though he is the inventor of the Post-it sticky notes, he was ripped off of his invention due to an unfortunate set of events. But accepting defeat is not in his nature, so he kept fighting, and finally, after a lengthy legal battle, he got the rightful claim of his creation. But An Invented Life is not all about inventing. Alan tells us about his successes and how he made his way into Hollywood, getting the chance to meet many legends. Loss was part of his journey, though, and he shares various accounts of it because this is also a story of tenacity and determination. Alan had always been a freethinking person, and the preconceived perceptions of some people never constrained him or his imagination. The book shows how he became a successful inventor, an entrepreneur, and a businessman. He met many difficulties along the way, but he never gave up, and his determination changed his life. Alan gives examples of how some minor mistakes and oversights can significantly impact a person’s life. By sharing his story with the world, he wants the readers to be mindful of their decisions, considering the possible future impact. This compelling story provides some great teaching moments for those determined to change their lives for the better.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/553692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up Author: Selma Blair Narrator: Selma Blair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.73 of Total 11 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Selma Blair has played many roles: Ingenue in Cruel Intentions. Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde. Muse to Karl Lagerfeld. Advocate for the multiple sclerosis community. But before all of that, Selma was known best as … a mean baby. In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth.                'Blair is a rebel, an artist, and it turns out: a writer.' —Glennon Doyle, Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Untamed and Founder of Together Rising The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven, and behaving dramatically so that she would be the center of attention.   Although Selma went on to become a celebrated Hollywood actress and model, she could never quite shake the periods of darkness that overtook her, the certainty that there was a great mystery at the heart of her life. She often felt like her arms might be on fire, a sensation not unlike electric shocks, and she secretly drank to escape.   Over the course of this beautiful and, at times, devasting memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood, and, finally, the surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis.   In a voice that is powerfully original, fiercely intelligent, and full of hard-won wisdom, Selma Blair’s Mean Baby is a deeply human memoir and a true literary achievement.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kubrick's Men Author: Richard Rambuss Narrator: Brian Holden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: The work of Stanley Kubrick amounts to a sustained reflection on the male condition: past, present, and future. The persistent theme of his filmmaking is less violence or sex than it is the pressurized exertion of masculinity in unusual or extreme circumstances, where it may be taxed or exaggerated to various effects, tragic and comic—or metamorphosed, distorted, and even undone. The stories that Kubrick's movies tell range from global nuclear politics to the unpredictable sexual dynamics of a marriage; from a day in the life of a New York City prizefighter preparing for a nighttime bout to the evolution of humankind. These male melodramas center on sociality and asociality. They feature male doubles, pairs, and rivals. They explore the romance of men and their machines, and men as machines. They figure intensely conflicted forms of male sexual desire. And they are also very much about male manners, style, taste, and art. Examining the formal, thematic, and theoretical affiliations between Kubrick's three bodies of work, Kubrick's Men offers new vantages on to the question of gender and sexuality, including the first extended treatment of homosexuality in Kubrick's male-oriented work. Contains mature themes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: First Impressions: Off Screen Conversations with a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness Author: Matt James Narrator: Matt James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Matt James, the first Black bachelor on ABC’s beloved television show, The Bachelor, shares his views on the controversial topics that defined his season and confronts matters of race, opportunity, and his biracial identity head on. When The Bachelor franchise announced Matt James as the first Black lead, it was celebrated as long-overdue progress on the primetime show. America fell in love with Matt—the Christian, former NFL athlete, and nonprofit CEO—who charmed millions of viewers each week. But the off-screen conversations around the show revealed the realities and inescapable challenges of being Black in America and the depth of racism that still exists.   On the show, Matt could only go so far in sharing his own story with America. In First Impressions, Matt shares his views on controversial topics like race and opportunity that defined his season on The Bachelor. Matt lives at the intersection of these important issues and shares the wisdom his experience has granted him.   Matt describes the joys and difficulties of being the youngest of two Black sons, raised by a single, working-class, white mother in Raleigh, North Carolina. He elaborates on the spiritual closeness and sense of duty he felt for his mother, but also the complex relationships he had with the many male figures in his life: his prejudiced, Italian grandfather, who had trouble accepting Matt as his own; his father, whose womanizing and petty crime put strain on the family; and his older brother, who was Matt’s protector in youth, but who struggled with the long shadow of their father’s legacy.   Simultaneously inspirational and informative, First Impressions will leave readers with a deeper understanding of the life experiences that prepared Matt for such a divisive moment in television history.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays Author: Minnie Driver Narrator: Minnie Driver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A charming, poignant, and mesmerizing memoir in essays from beloved actor and natural-born storyteller Minnie Driver, chronicling the way life works out even when it doesn’t. In this intimate, beautifully crafted collection, Driver writes and narrates with disarming charm and candor about her bohemian upbringing between England and Barbados; her post-university travails and triumphs—from being the only student in her acting school not taken on by an agent to being discovered at a rave in a muddy field in the English countryside; shooting to fame in one of the most influential films of the 1990s and being nominated for an Academy Award; and finding the true light of her life, her son. She chronicles her unconventional career path, including the time she gave up on acting to sell jeans in Uruguay, her journey as a single parent, and the heartbreaking loss of her mother.  Like Lena Dunham in Not That Kind of Girl, Gabrielle Union in We’re Going to Need More Wine and Patti Smith in Just Kids, Driver writes with razor-sharp humor and grace as she explores navigating the depths of failure, fighting for success, discovering the unmatched wonder and challenge of motherhood, and wading through immeasurable grief. Effortlessly charming, deeply funny, personal, and honest, Managing Expectations reminds us of the way life works out—even when it doesn’t. Also included at the end of this audiobook is a conversation between Minnie Driver her friend Emma Forrest.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Ackee Tree: A Chef's Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen Author: Suzanne Barr Narrator: Suzanne Barr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 TASTE CANADA AWARDS* NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 HERITAGE TORONTO AWARDS For fans of The Measure of My Powers and Notes from a Young Black Chef, a memoir about food, family, and the recipes that brought one woman home when she needed it the most. Suzanne Barr’s journey to become a chef started when she was 30. Her mother was diagnosed with cancer and she moved home to Florida to take care of her. Suzanne escorted her mother to doctor’s appointments, bathed her, and kept her company, but the hardest part of the experience was that she didn’t know how to cook for her. She didn’t even know where to begin. Fast-forward to the summer of 2017 when Suzanne became the inaugural Chef-in-Residence at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. She wanted to create a menu that represented who she was as a chef and it emerged as a love letter to her mother. Her Rite of Passage Menu, as she called it, changed her. It started her on a journey that has brought her closer to her mother, to her ancestors, and to her Jamaican heritage. But a lot has happened before and since. My Ackee Tree tells the story of a woman who is always on the move, always seeking; who battles the stereotypes of being a Black female cook to become a culinary star in an industry beset by dated practices and landlords with too much power. From the ackee tree in front of her childhood home, through New York City, Atlanta, Hawaii, the Hamptons, and France, Suzanne takes us on her unpredictable journey, and at every turn, she finds light and comfort in the kitchen. Told in a voice as fresh and honest as her cooking, My Ackee Tree is a celebration of creativity, soul searching, and motherhood that asks, “How can I keep the things I love?”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lovers Dreamers Fighters Author: Lo Carmen Narrator: Lo Carmen, Mark Mordue Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 23, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A beautiful and moving memoir about passion, creativity and fearlessness from one of Australia's true creatives, singer/songwriter Lo Carmen, inspired by the lives and careers of other remarkable Australian women - such as Renee Geyer, Chrissy Amphlett, Robyn Archer and Wendy Saddington. 'If you don't know Lo, you don't know sh*t. This is the best music book of the year, a dream-like celebration of women and song. A triumph.' Noah Taylor 'We've all got them, the lighters of the way, those mythological wonders who glow in our dark. These are the ones I got to be close to, whether in a real or allusive sense; these are the ones that got to me in a way that still flows through my veins. I think you'll understand why soon...' Lo Carmen was discovered at sixteen working in a Kings Cross pizza bar and cast as in the seminal Australian film The Year My Voice Broke, for which she was nominated for an AFI award. But even before that, Lo has lived a bigger life than most. From being backstage at Rolling Stones concerts when she was a baby to writing her first song at eight; performing an original song onstage at nine; having a baby while barely out of her teens; forming her first band at twenty one; touring Europe without a manager, funds or a safety net; and all the while making music her life and her art. In all this, Lo has been inspired by a handful of women - all icons, one way or another, of modern Australian life. Lo Carmen weaves her own remarkable story as a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter together with compelling portraits of the women who have influenced her life and career: bold creative visionaries, trailblazers, provocateurs, pioneers, feminists and activists such as Renee Geyer, Chrissy Amphlett, Robyn Archer and Sallie-Anne Huckstepp, exploring the often complex lives of these fascinating women as a way of understanding her own life and choices. A tender, joyous, messy, vibrant and wholly inspiring investigation of creativity, passion, purpose, art and music. 'A hard won account of the mess, glory and risk of making art. Lo tells her story by telling the stories of all those who've lit and tended her flame. She knows that worship is at the heart of creation. And she writes like a river.' Paul Kelly 'Loene has always been unique. Lovers Dreamers Fighters is beautifully written.' Don Walker 'There is an electricity and trueness to Loene's voice you can't fake. It involves her passion for art and music, but also a love for outsiders who have something special to give. Her intense humanity and feel for unexpected intimate detail goes to your core.' Mark Mordue, Boy on Fire 'A little bit country, a little bit rock n roll, Loene Carmen's writing is vivid, sassy and intimate. From the studios of Nashville to the grimy bars of the Cross, Lovers Dreamers Fighters is a memoir about the power of song, family and spiritual connection, but most of all a love letter to the soul-sisters who have shaped Lo's creative spirit, and Australia's cultural history, through the generations.' Kirsten Krauth, Almost a Mirror

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556716 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Vudú Author: Dani Morell, Javier J. Valencia Narrator: Raúl Rodríguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 28, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Fascinante ensayo que recorre, no solo la representación del vudú en el cine, desde cintas emblemáticas como El corazón del ángel a La serpiente y el arco iris, sino también los propios orígenes, evolución, idiosincrasia y prácticas del vudú real, de la mano de uno de los mayores expertos en el tema. El texto principal está aderezado con críticas y ensayos sobre el tema de otros autores emblemáticos de la escena hispanohablante contemporánea. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Dani Morell es un autor español especializado en ensayo sobre cultura popular. Cineasta apasionado, ha dirigido varios cortos de gran recorrido por festivales internacionales. Actualmente desarrolla su carrera como autor y colaborador de diferentes medios. Javier J. Valencia es crítico de cine y cultura popular. Desde la web www.elpajaroburlon.com, lleva años desentrañando todo tipo de obras de la cultura popular tanto española como internacional. Ha colaborado con numerosos medios vinculados al fantástico y escrito varios libros sobre productos culturales emblemáticos como Twin Peaks. José Ángel de Dios es fundador y director de la editorial Dilatando Mentes. Apasionado del terror y el fantástico en todas sus vertientes, compagina su labor de edición con la redacción de ensayos vinculados al género. Óscar Sueiro es un autor español nacido en Barcelona en 1980. Cinéfago desde pequeño y docente de audiovisual a tiempo parcial, compagina su labor profesional con trabajos audiovisuales arriesgados y rompedores. Victor Castillo es un divulgador y podcaster español. Muy vinculado a la literatura popular de terror y al cine en todas sus vertientes, colabora con varios medios y podcasts en los que desarrolla su pasión por el género fantástico. Xavi Torrents es un apasionado del género fantástico en todas sus vertientes. Colabora desde hace años con diferentes medios vinculados al género fantástico en internet, al tiempo que desarrolla su faceta como autor literario.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lighten Up: A Hilarious Memoir and Guide to Reflective Meditation Author: Rodney Laney Narrator: Rodney Laney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 25, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: What's your story? We all have one. But what if the retelling of your story does you more harm than good? Do you understand how your cardinal memories are the keys to your story development? Or how these very same memories may limit your potential? Lighten Up is more than a coming-of-age memoir. It is an in-depth look at Rodney Laney's disengagement from his cardinal memories. The book is humorous and provocative as Laney describes his journey into meditation and spirituality. Once you learn how to release the negative emotions attached to the images in your mind, you'll free yourself from the habitual thoughts and emotions that cause your circular and limiting behavior. And once you release the emotions weighing you down, you'll actually feel lighter. And maybe your stories will be funnier, as well.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/555670 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Love from Little House's Ma Author: Karen Grassle Narrator: Karen Grassle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 28, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Karen Grassle, the beloved actress who played Ma on Little House on the Prairie, grew up at the edge of the Pacific Ocean in a family where love was plentiful but alcohol wreaked havoc. In this candid memoir, Grassle reveals her journey to succeed as an actress even as she struggles to overcome depression, combat her own dependence on alcohol, and find true love. With humor and hard-won wisdom, Grassle takes listeners on an inspiring journey through the political turmoil on '60s campuses, on to studies with some of the most celebrated artists at the famed London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and ultimately behind the curtains of Broadway stages and storied Hollywood sets. In these pages, readers meet actors and directors who have captivated us on screen and stage as they fall in love, betray and befriend, and don costumes only to reveal themselves. We know Karen Grassle best as the proud prairie woman Caroline Ingalls, with her quiet strength and devotion to family, but this memoir introduces readers to the complex, funny, rebellious, and soulful woman who, in addition to being the force behind those many strong women she played, fought passionately—as a writer, producer, and activist—on behalf of equal rights for women. Raw, emotional, and tender, Bright Lights celebrates and honors womanhood, in all its complexity.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adickted with Andy Dick Author: Andy Dick Narrator: Andy Dick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: December 14, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This audio original includes ten must-listen podcast episodes from comedian and actor Andy Dick. Contains mature themes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beatles, the Bible, and Bodega Bay: My Long and Winding Road Author: Ken Mansfield Narrator: Gabe Wicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: December 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Beatles, the Bible and Bodega Bay presents two portraits: the young man in London on top of the Apple building (and on top of the world!) as he watches the Beatles perform for the last time, and the older man on a remote Sonoma beach on his knees looking out to sea and into the heart of his Creator. The former Capital Records executive shares his reflections and commentary on the Fab Four, through the lens of his current Christian faith, in a personal and powerful memoir of God's transforming love.. *Because of Ken’s personal relationship, respect and loyalty to Apple and the Beatles he sought all necessary official and personal approvals from Capitol, Apple, and each of the Beatles including Yoko on John’s behalf. At the time of the original release of The Beatles, The Bible and Bodega Bay he was informed that outside of their own Anthology that this was the only book approved by them. Once again, out of that same respect there have been no changes or updates—the content before you is exactly the same as the original book. These are the thoughts and events exactly as they were happening then…a unique insider’s look at a time that will never exist again.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Héroes de leyenda: La historia de una banda de rock mítica: Héroes del Silencio Author: Antonio Cardiel Narrator: Antonio Cardiel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 18, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Por fin la historia jamás contada de uno de los grupos más míticos del pop-rock español. Avalada por los músicos y contada desde dentro por el hermano del bajista, HÉROES DE LEYENDA es la biografía más personal y completa de la mítica banda. Héroes del silencio, una de las bandas de rock más famosas e internacionales de nuestro país, que incluso tras su disolución todavía cuenta con miles y miles de fans acérrimos, tiene por fin el libro que merece. Un grupo obsesionado por la excelencia y quizás esto fue lo que les llevó a ser pioneros en terrenos intransitados entonces en España: 700 conciertos ofrecidos en 30 países entre Europa y América; compañeros de cartel de bandas como Texas, Aerosmith o Iron Maiden, y solistas como Leonard Cohen, Robert Plant o Bryan Adams; asistencia a los festivales de verano más importantes de Europa, como el Rock am Ring y el Rock Insel; decenas de discos piratas que todavía se siguen editando; grabaciones de unplugged para la MTV... Antonio Cardiel ha tenido la oportunidad de entrevistar en exclusiva y detenidamente a sus componentes, relata de forma amena y rigurosa la historia del grupo: su formación, sus comienzos musicales, su escalada hacia el éxito, su época en la cima y su posterior disolución. Además, abunda en revelaciones sobre el proceso creativo de Héroes y la génesis de sus temas más importantes, sobre las giras que hicieron por Europa y América, e incluye muchas anécdotas desconocidas. Una vida al más puro estilo del rock and roll, en cuyo nombre libraron muchas batallas, dentro y fuera de los escenarios.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Guillermo del Toro: Su cine, su vida y sus monstruos Author: Leonardo García Tsao Narrator: Beto Moreno, Sergio Mejía Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 18, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: «La obra singular de Guillermo del Toro lo ha convertido en un cineasta clave de fin del siglo pasado y principios del presente.» -del prólogo de Felipe Cazals En una amena conversación informal junto a su amigo Leonardo García Tsao, crítico de cine con una larga trayectoria , Guillermo del Toro recorre en estas páginas sus tempranas influencias, sus inquietudes infantiles y sus primeras aventuras creativas en Guadalajara; una historia de pasión juvenil que da paso a una de las carreras cinematográficas más celebradas de nuestro tiempo. Desde la odisea que significó la filmación del cortometraje Doña Lupe, para la que él mismo tuvo que conducir, cargar y descargar el camión con el equipo de filmación, hasta la universal celebración de su más reciente filme, La forma del agua, somos testigos de la lucha, los obstáculos, las alegrías y los obsesivos métodos de trabajo que hacen de Guillermo del Toro una de las mentesmás singularmente auténticas del cine internacional, y somos recompensados con las pistas definitivas que unifican el imaginario de su universo fílmico.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Gioconda descodificada: Retrato de la mujer del Renacimiento Author: Christian Gálvez Narrator: Carlos Moreno Palomeque Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 18, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ¿Cuál es la verdadera identidad que se esconde tras el cuadro más famoso del mundo? Existen al menos cinco referencias históricas reales que certifican la existencia de un retrato femenino de manos de Leonardo da Vinci. Un encargo que, al parecer, nunca entregó. Sin embargo, a la hora de identificar a la modelo de la Gioconda, las palabras de Agostino Vespucci, Antonio de Beatis, Giorgio Vasari, Cassiano dal Pozzo y el Anónimo Gaddiano no coinciden. ¿A qué retrato se refieren cada uno de ellos? ¿Al cuadro que exhibe el Museo del Louvre en París y que mundialmente se reconoce como Lisa Gherardini, la esposa de Francesco del Giocondo, o por el contrario al retrato que hoy en día cuelga en las paredes del madrileño Museo del Prado? ¿Son compatibles ambos retratos? ¿Coinciden esas imágenes con el resto del imaginario de la Gioconda, tales como La Mona Lisa de Isleworth o La Monna Vanna? ¿Es Leonardo el creador de cada una de estas representaciones femeninas? ¿Cuáles son los enigmas que esconde la Gioconda y cómo se gestó su ascenso meteórico a la fama? A través de estas páginas examinaremos la situación global del rol femenino en el Renacimiento, descubriremos a mujeres brillantes que la historia eclipsó, pondremos en valor el papel de la mujer en la evolución del retrato en la Historia del Arte y analizaremos todas las teorías que eruditos, historiadores y expertos en arte han elaborado en torno a la representación femenina en la obra Leonardo da Vinci con el propósito de encontrar la verdadera identidad del retrato más conocido de la historia de la humanidad: la Gioconda. Lo que la crítica ha dicho de Leonardo da Vinci -cara a cara-: «Un profundo estudio histórico y artístico en busca del verdadero rostro de Da Vinci.» David Zurdo, Qué Leer «Christian Gálvez tiene algo de hombre del Renacimiento. Su curiosidad innata, el respeto a los clásicos y su capacidad de trabajo le han granjeado no solo una legión de seguidores, sino la consideración de los mayores especialistas de la historia y el arte de ese tiempo.» Alberto Frutos de Dávalos, Revista Historia «Cuando un outsider llama a las puertas de la comunidad científica y estas se abren, será por algo. Una de las mejores mezclas de rigor y pasión que he leído.» Jorge Alcalde, QUO

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Graeme Edge The Moody Blues A Tribute 1941-2021 Author: Geoffrey Giuliano Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 14, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Graeme Edge was born on 30th March 1941 in Rochester, Staffordshire. His mother was a pianist for the silent movies and his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all music-hall singers. Edge trained as a draughtsman but soon went into music full time. He never started out to be a drummer, he was, in fact the manager of a group called the Blue Rhythm Band. Graeme always watched the drummer in the group and fooled around on the drums, but never really drummed professionally until that drummer quit and he had to fill in. He then bought his first drum kit. The first band he formed was the Silhouettes followed by The Blue Rhythm Band. He then helped to form Gerry Levene and the Avengers, who recorded a single for Decca, and appeared on TV in 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'. Following the collapse of this group in April 1964 Edge formed The R & B Preachers, which included Denny Laine and Clint Warwick. When that group disbanded the three of them linked up with Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder to form The M & B 5, which later changed its name to The Moody Blues. During the Moodies' break in recording and touring, Graeme released his first solo album KICK OFF YOUR MUDDY BOOTS in 1975. He became particularly enamored with the salsa, calypso, samba, and reggae beats when he visited the Caribbean during his ocean-going voyage round the world in his 70ft yacht. Graeme drums with a precision beat while spicing the Moodies' sound with a wide range of percussion instruments. When away from the spotlight he lists his hobbies as sailing, golf, war films and sci-fi - Edge was a confirmed Trekkie Produced by Macc Kay Production executive Avalon Giuliano ICON Intern Eden Garret Giuliano ©2021 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) 2021 Eden Garret Giuliano Geoffrey Giuliano is the author of over thirty internationally bestselling biographies, including the London Sunday Times bestseller 'Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney' and 'Dark Horse:

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Graeme Edge The Moody Blues A Celebration Author: Geoffrey Giuliano Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: November 12, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Graeme Edge was born on 30th March 1941 in Rochester, Staffordshire. His mother was a pianist for the silent movies and his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all music-hall singers. Edge trained as a draughtsman but soon went into music full time. He never started out to be a drummer, he was, in fact the manager of a group called the Blue Rhythm Band. Graeme always watched the drummer in the group and fooled around on the drums, but never really drummed professionally until that drummer quit and he had to fill in. He then bought his first drum kit. The first band he formed was the Silhouettes followed by The Blue Rhythm Band. He then helped to form Gerry Levene and the Avengers, who recorded a single for Decca, and appeared on TV in 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'. Following the collapse of this group in April 1964 Edge formed The R & B Preachers, which included Denny Laine and Clint Warwick. When that group disbanded the three of them linked up with Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder to form The M & B 5, which later changed its name to The Moody Blues. During the Moodies' break in recording and touring, Graeme released his first solo album KICK OFF YOUR MUDDY BOOTS in 1975. He became particularly enamored with the salsa, calypso, samba, and reggae beats when he visited the Caribbean during his ocean-going voyage round the world in his 70ft yacht. Graeme drums with a precision beat while spicing the Moodies' sound with a wide range of percussion instruments. When away from the spotlight he lists his hobbies as sailing, golf, war films and sci-fi - Edge was a confirmed Trekkie Produced by Macc Kay Production executive Avalon Giuliano ICON Intern Eden Garret Giuliano ©2021 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) 2021 Eden Garret Giuliano Geoffrey Giuliano is the author of over thirty internationally bestselling biographies, including the London Sunday Times bestseller 'Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney' and 'Dark Horse:

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of a Transylvanian: A Story of Sex, Drugs and Rocky Horror Author: Kevin Theis And Ron Fox Narrator: Kevin Theis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 11, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Confessions of a Transylvanian is a one-of-a-kind, backstage look at the greatest cult movie phenomenon of all time - the live Rocky Horror Picture Show - told by those who lived it. The highest-rated Rocky Horror book on the market, Confessions is a moving snapshot of life in a Rocky Horror cast that captures the grit, language and teenage angst of a group of fishnet-clad performers as they explore a world where the only rule was: Don't dream it. Be it.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/557809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charlie Watts Ode To A Rolling Stone - The Power Behind The Throne Author: Geoffrey Giuliano Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 36 minutes Release date: November 9, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Charlie Watts June 2, 1941- August 24, 2021 LIFE ON THE BACK BEAT A TRIBUTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'PAINT IT BLACK THE MURDER OF BRIAN JONES' AND 'THE ROLLING STONES ALBUM', SQUID GAME STAR GEOFFREY GIULIANO 'I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.' 'I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.' 'It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge.' 'I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.' Charlie Watts Charlie Watts provided the foundation that underpinned the music of the Rolling Stones. The band became a by-word for rock 'n' roll excess but for Watts, playing with the Stones did not become the ego trip that drove Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A jazz aficionado, Watts vied with Bill Wyman for the title of least charismatic member of the band; he eschewed the limelight and rarely gave interviews. And he famously described life with the Stones as five years of playing, 20 years of hanging around. Charles Robert Watts was born on 2 June 1941 at the University College Hospital in London and was raised in Kingsbury, now part of the London Borough of Brent. His father was a lorry driver and Watts was brought up in a prefabricated house to which the family had moved after German bombs destroyed hundreds of houses in the area. A childhood friend once described how Watts had an early interest in jazz and recalled listening to 78s in Charlie's bedroom by artists such as Jelly Roll Morton and Charlie Parker.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rock Hard! Charlie Watts The Rolling Stones Remembering A Legend Author: Geoffrey Giuliano Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 6, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A TRIBUTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'PAINT IT BLACK THE MURDER OF BRIAN JONES' AND 'THE ROLLING STONES ALBUM', SQUID GAME STAR GEOFFREY GIULIANO 'I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.' 'I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.' 'It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge.' 'I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.' Charlie Watts Charlie Watts provided the foundation that underpinned the music of the Rolling Stones. The band became a by-word for rock 'n' roll excess but for Watts, playing with the Stones did not become the ego trip that drove Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A jazz aficionado, Watts vied with Bill Wyman for the title of least charismatic member of the band; he eschewed the limelight and rarely gave interviews. And he famously described life with the Stones as five years of playing, 20 years of hanging around. Charles Robert Watts was born on 2 June 1941 at the University College Hospital in London and was raised in Kingsbury, now part of the London Borough of Brent. His father was a lorry driver and Watts was brought up in a prefabricated house to which the family had moved after German bombs destroyed hundreds of houses in the area. A childhood friend once described how Watts had an early interest in jazz and recalled listening to 78s in Charlie's bedroom by artists such as Jelly Roll Morton and Charlie Parker. ©2021 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) 2021 Eden Garret Giuliano

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charlie Watts Life On The Backbeat 1941-2021 Author: Geoffrey Giuliano Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: November 5, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Charlie Watts June 2, 1941- August 24, 2021 LIFE ON THE BACK BEAT A TRIBUTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'PAINT IT BLACK THE MURDER OF BRIAN JONES' AND 'THE ROLLING STONES ALBUM', SQUID GAME STAR GEOFFREY GIULIANO 'I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.' 'I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.' 'It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge.' 'I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.' Charlie Watts Charlie Watts provided the foundation that underpinned the music of the Rolling Stones. The band became a by-word for rock 'n' roll excess but for Watts, playing with the Stones did not become the ego trip that drove Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A jazz aficionado, Watts vied with Bill Wyman for the title of least charismatic member of the band; he eschewed the limelight and rarely gave interviews. And he famously described life with the Stones as five years of playing, 20 years of hanging around. Charles Robert Watts was born on 2 June 1941 at the University College Hospital in London and was raised in Kingsbury, now part of the London Borough of Brent. His father was a lorry driver and Watts was brought up in a prefabricated house to which the family had moved after German bombs destroyed hundreds of houses in the area. A childhood friend once described how Watts had an early interest in jazz and recalled listening to 78s in Charlie's bedroom by artists such as Jelly Roll Morton and Charlie Parker. ©2021 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) 2021 Eden Garret Giuliano

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Milkcrate Monologues Author: Ron Johnson Jr. Narrator: Ron Johnson Jr. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 10 minutes Release date: November 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In the Fall of 2013, the School of Arts and Culture in California debuted a new course—Hiphop Theatre. The students were surprised to find parallels between modern Hiphop music and classic theatre plays by William Shakespeare. Rap and Hiphop music, just like any other music, is a form of art. It is also the go-to form of expression for the marginalized members of our society. 'The Milkcrate Monologues' is an exercise in expertly blending Hiphop and theatre, turning the trademark milkcrate of vinyl records on its head and converting it to a platform for young people to find their own voices. This book contains a set of Hiphop monologues for theatre written by recording artist, performer, and producer, Ron Johnson Jr., known in the music scene as PHILASIFER. The powerful monologues are meant for auditions, arts education, and performance, giving actors an understanding of the themes, emotion, circumstance, and vibes that create Hiphop. The flexibility of these speeches is that they can be done solo or with a few actors. This gives dramatists and performers alike the opportunity to incorporate vignettes and push the envelope theatrically. Conversely, that flexibility also creates the opportunity to be performed as stand-alone pieces. The 'The Milkcrate Monologues' are all about the WORD and the experience that is Hiphop culture. However they are practiced or performed, their ultimate goal is to move past the concept of rap in theatre, instead, creating something all its own.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/554395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music Author: Greg Prato Narrator: Greg Prato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 55 minutes Release date: November 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Grunge Is Dead weaves together the definitive story of the Seattle music scene through a series of interviews with the people who were there. Taking the form of an "oral" history, this books contains over 130 interviews, along with essential background information from acclaimed music writer Greg Prato. The early '90s grunge movement may have last only a few years, but it spawned some of the greatest rock music of all time: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden. This book contains the first-ever interview in which Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder was willing to discuss the group's history in great detail; Alice in Chains' band members and Layne Staley's mom on Staley's drug addiction and death; insights into the Riot Grrrl movement and oft-overlooked but highly influential Seattle bands like Mother Love Bone/Andy Wood, the Melvins, Screaming Trees, and Mudhoney; and much more. Grunge Is Dead digs deeper than the average grunge history, starting in the early '60s, and explaining the chain of events that gave way to the grunge movement. The end result is a book that includes a wealth of previously untold stories and insight for the longtime fan, as well as its renowned story for the newcomer. Grunge Is Dead collects the whole truth of grunge music in one comprehensive volume.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556765 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - TITANIC Starbooks, Folge 2: Bettina Wulff - Jenseits des Protokolls Author: Oliver Nagel Narrator: Oliver Nagel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 30, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Folge 2 Bettina Wulff, First Lady aus Leidenschaft, schafft es in 'Jenseits des Protokolls' (2012), Phrasen mit Anglizismen, falscher Grammatik und Bürokratiedeutsch zu einem wunderbaren Auflauf zusammenzupritscheln, der einem noch lange schwer im Magen liegt. Besser die Finger davonlassen, außer man will mal wieder richtig lachen! 'Inhaltlich und stilistisch grauenhaft!' (Leserrezension)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My life as an animal: A Memoir – Adventures, Music, Animal Rights Author: Andrew Tyler Narrator: Jim Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 25, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Working as a respected investigative journalist for the Observer and Guardian, with star-studded spells at the New Musical Express and Time Out and dedicating the last 20 years of his life completely to Animal Rights, Andrew Tyler has recorded his own ‘great life’ - from his early days in a Jewish orphanage in London to his final day in a clinic in Switzerland. In his youth Andrew was in San Francisco in 1967 to enjoy firsthand the now legendary Summer of Love, a rare experience whichever way you look at it. He dedicated the last 20 years of his life totally to Animal Rights, leaving the rock and roll values behind him. He became a vegan and ran Animal Aid as its Director until Parkinson’s Disease made that no longer possible. Andrew Tyler, took his own life in a small village in the canton of Zurich, accompanied by officials from Dignitas in on April 28, 2017.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - TITANIC Starbooks, Folge 1: Lothar Matthäus - Mein Tagebuch Author: Oliver Nagel Narrator: Oliver Nagel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 23, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Folge 1 Lothar Matthäus schreibt in 'Mein Tagebuch' (1997) über die wichtigen Dinge im Leben eines Fußballers: Autofahren, Musikhören und Telefonieren. Am liebsten tut er natürlich alles drei gleichzeitig! Ein frühes Meisterwerk des Inneneinrichtungs-Gottes aus Herzogenaurach, das in keiner Promibücher-Sammlung fehlen sollte. 'Die 5 Euro tun mir jetzt noch weh - Langeweile pur' (Leserrezension)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556764 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - TITANIC - Das endgültige Hörmagazin, Staffel 2, Folge 1: Irrwege zu TITANIC Author: Julia Mateus, Torsten Gaitzsch, Moritz Hürtgen Narrator: Julia Mateus, Torsten Gaitzsch, Moritz Hürtgen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 19, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Staffel 2 Staffel 2, Folge 1: Irrwege zu TITANIC Zum Auftakt der zweiten Staffel besprechen Torsten Gaitzsch und Moritz Hürtgen mit ihrer Kollegin Julia Mateus, auf welchen verworrenen Wegen sie zum Heft gelangten. Mit heißen Leaks zu den Abläufen bei Spiegel online und der Süddeutschen Zeitung.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Wahrheit über Deutschland, Klassiker aus 25 Jahren (Live) Author: René Sydow, Anny Hartmann, Friedemann Weise, Christoph Sieber, Katie Freudenschuss, Sebastian Pufpaff, Ingo Appelt, Max Uthoff, Bülent Ceylan, Serdar Somuncu, Andreas Rebers, Philip Simon, Horst Schroth, Urban Priol, Hagen Rether, Claus Von Wagner, Wilfri Narrator: René Sydow, Anny Hartmann, Friedemann Weise, Christoph Sieber, Katie Freudenschuss, Sebastian Pufpaff, Ingo Appelt, Max Uthoff, Bülent Ceylan, Serdar Somuncu, Andreas Rebers, Philip Simon, Horst Schroth, Urban Priol, Hagen Rether, Claus Von Wagner, Wilfri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 48 minutes Release date: October 1, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In der Reihe 'Die Wahrheit über Deutschland' werden in regelmäßigen Abständen Highlights der neuesten Kabarett- und Comedy-Produktionen von WortArt auf einer Veröffentlichung zusammengefasst. Neben den namhaften Speerspitzen der Szene findet sich hier auch immer Platz für den Nachwuchs. In rund 25 Jahren hat sich eine beachtliche Anzahl an Künstlern und Tracks ergeben. Diese Compilation stellt eine Essenz der Reihe dar und bietet jedem Kabarett- und Comedy-Fan ein vergnügliches Hörerlebnis.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Solfegettio (CPE Bach): Intermediate Level Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 7 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this lesson you will learn the original version of “Solfeggietto” without using music, print, or video. A demonstration recording of the song is given at the beginning of the lesson and then the song is taught note-by-note, completely “by ear.”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nocturne 8 in Db Op 27 no 2 (Chopin): Advanced Level Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: By Chopin. This arrangement was taken from the International Library of Piano Music so it is the original advanced version of this passionate Chopin nocturne. Because of the complexity of this nocturne the lesson spans four CDs giving the student easily four hours of detailed instruction on how to play this piece. A full demonstration of the nocturne is provided followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson in two- to four-measure increments. Learning this piece has never been easier than this.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Larghetto in F (Mozart): Late Beginner Level Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Learn this well-known piece by Mozart completely by ear. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed all-audio lesson describing every note for each hand and its fingering.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arabesque (Burgmuller): Intermediate Level Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The energy of this piano piece is as infectious as it is exciting! This is an intermediate level piano piece from the Romantic Period. The arrangement is played in its entirety and then taught in two to four measure sections completely “by ear.”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Time for Love: Intermediate Level Solo Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this lesson you will learn an intermediate level piano solo of “A Time For Love” made famous in the 1966 movie An American Dream and by several Jazz artists since. The lesson starts off with a full demonstration of the arrangement which is then taught in two to four measure sections completely “by ear.” Learning this way makes the song quick and easy to memorize and sharpens the brain’s skill to pick out other songs “by ear.” At the end of the lesson there are backing tracks to practice and perform with.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battle Hymn of the Republic: Intermediate Level Piano Solo Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this lesson you will learn an intermediate level arrangement of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” completely “by ear.” The arrangement is played in its entirety and then taught in two measure sections using no print or music. This arrangement is suitable for students who have been playing for about two years.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beauty and the Beast: Intermediate Level Piano Solo Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 1 minute Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Capture a little Disney magic with this timeless tune from Beauty and the Beast! This intermediate level arrangement is fast and fun to learn and in this lesson you will learn it completely “by ear,” without video or music. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song which is then taught in two to four measure sections, describing every note and finger used.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White: Late Beginner Level Piano Solo Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this lesson you will learn a late beginner level solo of “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” without reading music or print. At the beginning of the lesson the song is demonstrated and then taught in small, two- to four-measure sections completely “by ear.” At the end of the lesson you are given the backing tracks to the song to practice and perform with. There are several other standards in the Piano by Ear library arranged at this level with backing tracks that you may want to consider as well.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way We Were: Late Beginner Level Piano Solo Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This Streisand hit makes a great late beginner piano solo and it comes with backing tracks to play along with. The song is demonstrated in its entirety and then taught in two to four measure sections completely “by ear.” Backing tracks are provided at the end of the lesson for your live performance!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mona Lisa: Late Beginner Level Piano Solo Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: You can learn this famous standard quickly because it is taught completely “by ear.” This late beginner level arrangement is played in its entirety and then taught in small sections using no print or music. Backing tracks are included for you to play along with.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: People: Late Beginner Level Piano Solo Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this lesson you learn a beautiful and easy to learn solo of “People,” from the movie Funny Girl, without using music or print. The arrangement is performed for you and then taught in two to four measure pieces completely “by ear.” Backing tracks are included for you to practice and play along with.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Romeo and Juliet Love Theme (Tchaichovsky): Late Intermediate Level Arrangement Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this lesson you will learn a late intermediate level arrangement of this timeless classical piece by Tchaichovsky. The arrangement is demonstrated at the beginning of the lesson and then taught in two- to four-measure sections completely “by ear.” This is the fastest way to learn and memorize your favorite classical pieces.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558165 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It All Depends On You: Early Intermediate Level Solo Series: Part of The Piano by Ear Series Author: Bill Brown Narrator: Bill Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 14 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Learn this 20s hit quickly and easily in this “by ear” lesson. At the beginning of the lesson there is a full demonstration of the arrangement followed by a detailed lesson in two- to four-measure sections. The lesson is taught using no music, print, video, or notation of any kind. Learning this way let’s you memorize as you go and develop your ability to pick out other songs “by ear.”