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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art Author: Sue Roe Narrator: Emma Bering Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A lively and deeply researched group biography of the figures who transformed the world of art in bohemian Paris in the first decade of the twentieth century In Montmartre is a colorful history of the birth of Modernist art as it arose from one of the most astonishing collections of artistic talent ever assembled. It begins in October 1900, as a teenage Pablo Picasso, eager for fame and fortune, first makes his way up the hillside of Paris’s famous windmill-topped district. Over the next decade, among the studios, salons, cafés, dance halls, and galleries of Montmartre, the young Spaniard joins the likes of Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Braque, Amedeo Modigliani, Constantin Brancusi, Gertrude Stein, and many more, in revolutionizing artistic expression.Sue Roe has blended exceptional scholarship with graceful prose to write this remarkable group portrait of the men and women who profoundly changed the arts of painting, sculpture, dance, music, literature, and fashion. She describes the origins of movements like Fauvism, Cubism, and Futurism, and reconstructs the stories behind immortal paintings by Picasso and Matisse. Relating the colorful lives and complicated relationships of this dramatic bohemian scene, Roe illuminates the excitement of the moment when these bold experiments in artistic representation and performance began to take shape. A thrilling account, In Montmartre captures an extraordinary group on the cusp of fame and immortality. Through their stories, Roe brings to life one of the key moments in the history of art. Praise for In Montmartre 'Lively and engaging….[Readers] will find a fresh sense of how all these people—the geniuses and the hangers-on, the wealthy collectors and the unworldly painters—related to each other…..In [Roe’s] entertaining, ingeniously structured account Roe brings Montmatre’s hedyday back to life.' —Sunday Times (London)   'With evocative imagery Roe sketches out the intensely visual spectacle on which Montmatre’s artistic community was able to draw…. Roe is particularly good at communicating the extraordinary devotion of Matisse and Picasso to their work.' —Financial Times

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Good Things Come Author: Dave Carley Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 17, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Some say having an open window while you sleep at night is a guarantee of good health. For young Ellen, it was an open invitation to allow all manner of scary things to enter her cozy little bedroom. As she grew older, Ellen discovered an open window wasn't so scary after all. As a child she shivered from fear. But now she shivers with anticipation…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Citizen Keane: The Big Lies behind the Big Eyes Author: Adam Parfrey, Cletus Nelson Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 17, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Teary, big-eyed orphans and a multitude of trashy knockoffs epitomized American kitsch art as they clogged thrift stores for decades. When Adam Parfrey tracked down Walter Keane—the credited artist of the weepy waifs—for a San Diego Reader cover story in 1992, he discovered some shocking facts. Decades of lawsuits and countersuits revealed the reality that Keane was more of a con man than an artist, and that he forced his wife Margaret to sign his name to her own paintings. As a result, those weepy waifs may not have been as capricious an invention as they seemed. Parfrey's story was reprinted in Juxtapoz magazine and inspired a Margaret Keane exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum. Director Tim Burton made a movie about the Keanes called Big Eyes, which came out in 2014. Citizen Keane is a book-length expansion of Parfrey's original article, providing fascinating biographical and sociological details.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness Author: Sasha Martin Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Sasha Martin set herself a rather ambitious goal: to cook—and eat—her way around the world with 196 recipes from 196 countries in 196 weeks. Enter Global Table Adventure, a project that proves to be more than just a culinary challenge as Sasha attempts to navigate the vicissitudes of marriage, motherhood, and life’s failures and successes, all inextricably linked to her troubled past. For Sasha, food and cooking unlock the memories of a difficult childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it. She and her brother lived with their mother in Boston before being placed in foster care with a family in Europe. Among the hard moments of her young life, the most difficult occurred when Sasha was just twelve years old—she witnessed her brother’s suicide. As she mines her past to make sense of her childhood, food allows Sasha to find her own place in the world—and create the home she has been craving her whole life. This is a story about food from around the globe but also about how food can transform us, about being a mother and a wife, about loving the world, and about learning to love ourselves.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Eating of the Gods: An Interpretation of Greek Tragedy Author: Jan Kott Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In The Eating of the Gods the distinguished Polish critic Jan Kott reexamines Greek tragedy from the modern perspective. As in his earlier acclaimed Shakespeare, Our Contemporary, Kott provides startling insights and intuitive leaps which link our world to that of the ancient Greeks. The title refers to the Bacchae of Euripides, that tragedy of lust, revenge, murder, and 'the joy of eating raw flesh' which Kott finds paradigmatic in its violence and bloodshed. Whether reflecting on Prometheus or drawing a modern parallel in Beckett's Happy Days ('the final version of the Prometheus myth'), Kott's vision is brilliant, his method innovative, and his sensibility consistently new. Since this book first appeared, Kott's connections between ancient and modern have become even more compelling in their immediacy.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228958 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Friend Irma, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: Marie Wilson, Cathy Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Some might remember My Friend Irma as the movie that served as the launching pad for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Others recall a television show of the same name. But My Friend Irma actually originated as a radio sitcom that aired on CBS from 1947 to 1954. The show chronicled the daily high jinks of an extremely dim-witted blonde stenographer named Irma Peterson and her screwball friends. One of Irma's best friends was her logical and very dependable roommate, and narrator of the show, Jane Stacy. Irma dated Al, a deadbeat, barely on the right side of the law, who hadn't held a job in years. Jane dated her millionaire boss, Richard Rhinelander, and dreamed of one day marrying him. Created by Cy Howard, My Friend Irma was a top-rated radio comedy that escalated to film, television, and even a comic strip. Episodes include: 'The Reward' 'The Eyes Have It' 'Dancing Fools' 'Double Surprise' 'The Professor's Concerto' 'It's All Relative' 'Fortune Raised' 'Double Troubles' 'Buy or Sell' 'Election Connection' 'Dinner Date' 'Manhattan Magazine'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War Author: Ronald K. Fierstein Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 20 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This riveting biography from the American Bar Association visits the spectacular life of Edwin Land, breakthrough inventor. At the time of his death, he stood third on the list of our most prolific inventors, behind only Thomas Edison and one of Edison's colleagues. Land's most famous achievement was the creation of a revolutionary film-and-camera system that could produce a photographic print moments after the picture was taken. In A Triumph of Genius, you'll learn details of Land's involvement over four decades with top-secret U.S. military intelligence efforts during World War II and through the Cold War in the service of seven American presidents. Additionally, you'll thrill to the compelling first-hand look at one of our nation's most important legal battles over intellectual property—Polaroid versus Kodak. The conflict led to an epic legal battle, a dramatic event for Land who, from the witness stand, personally starred in a compelling courtroom drama.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales Author: Clarence Clemons, Don Reo Narrator: Jake Clemons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In this New York Times bestseller, discover the inside story of Clarence 'Big Man' Clemons -- his life before, during, and beyond the E-Street Band, including never-before-told adventures with Bruce Springsteen, the band, and an incredible cast of other famous characters. Here's a glimpse of what's inside: - The truth behind the final hours of making Born To Run - The real story of how the E-Street Band got its name - What happened when Clarence and Ringo Starr were sitting in a hotel room and Clarence got the call that Bruce was breaking up the band - How Bruce and Clarence met that dark, stormy night at the Student Prince - The E-Street band's show at Sing-Sing prison where all of their equipment blows out right as they take the stage - The secret that Robert De Niro told Clarence and Bruce they had to keep for 25 years This is not your average rock book. It is something creative, unique, and new. It is the story of E-Street. It is the story of stories. It is the story of the Big Man.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lux Radio Theatre, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360 Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: February 1, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Hosted by Cecil B. DeMille and starring numerous icons of the screen, this collection of old-time radio classics includes six episodes of The Lux Radio Theatre—one of the longest running, most extravagant shows from radio's golden age. The show featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures, making this lavish production a veritable checklist of many of Hollywood's best films from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. The stars of the movie usually appeared in their audio counterparts, though sometimes contracts or schedules got in the way. The productions were live, with a full orchestra, and many Hollywood legends were not used to performing in public without the benefit of retakes. Just some of the stars that appeared on The Lux Radio Theatre include Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald Colman, Errol Flynn, Robert Young, Mickey Rooney, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, James Stewart, and Loretta Young. Sponsored by Lever Brothers, the makers of Lux Soap, The Lux Radio Theatre came to radio in 1934 and lasted until 1955 for a total of 926 hour-long broadcasts. It transitioned to television in thirty-minute weekly installments in 1950, with James Mason as host. Episodes include 'Kid Galahad,' starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Wayne Morris, with special guest Jack Dempsey'The Perfect Specimen,' starring Errol Flynn and Joan Blondell'The Devil and Miss Jones,' starring Frank 'Wizard of Oz' Morgan and Linda Darnell'Only Yesterday,' starring Ida Lupino and Robert Young'The Petrified Forest,' starring Ronald Colman and Susan Hayward'National Velvet,' starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, and Donald Crisp

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Running to Detroit Author: Dave Carley Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 13, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Meg and her mom Sandra are heading to Detroit to do a little cross-border shopping and take in a Tigers game. But Sandra’s passport has expired, and they are turned back. An odd encounter on the Windsor waterfront leads them into a wild night of time travel, rum smuggling, a near drowning, hijackers, customs officials thirsty for bribes, and a chance encounter with controversial baseball legend Ty Cobb. The sound effects and music in this original radio drama will take you back to the 1920s—a time when “heading for the wild west” meant sneaking into Michigan with a boatload of Canadian contraband.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Not to Make a Short Film: Secrets from a Sundance Programmer Author: Roberta Marie Munroe Narrator: Roberta Marie Munroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Anyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right? Wrong. Roberta Munroe screened short film submissions at Sundance for five years, and is an award-winning short filmmaker in her own right. So she knows a thing or two about how not to make a short film. From the first draft of your script to casting, production, editing, and distribution, this is your one-stop primer for breaking into the business. Featuring interviews with many of today's most talented writers, producers, and directors, as well as revealing stories (e.g., what to do when the skinhead crack addict next door begins screaming obscenities as soon as you call 'action') from the sets of her own short films, Roberta walks you through the minefield of mistakes that an aspiring filmmaker can make--so that you don't have to make them yourself.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/226046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting Author: Rebecca Harrington Narrator: Rebecca Harrington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A hilarious look at the eating habits of the fit and famous--from Gwyneth's goji berry and quail egg concoctions to Jackie Kennedy's baked potato and Beluga caviar regimen--Rebecca Harrington leaves no cabbage soup unstirred in her wickedly funny, wildly absurd quest to diet like the stars.     Elizabeth Taylor mixed cottage cheese and sour cream; Madonna subsisted on 'sea vegetables;' and Marilyn Monroe drank raw eggs whipped with warm milk. Where there is a Hollywood starlet offering nutritional advice, there is a diet Rebecca Harrington is willing to try. Facing a harrowing mix of fainting spells, pimples, and salmonella, Harrington tracks down illegal haggis to imitate Pippa Middleton, paces her apartment until the wee hours drinking ten Diet Cokes à la Karl Lagerfeld, and attempts something forbiddingly known as the 'Salt Water Flush' to channel her inner Beyoncé. Rebecca Harrington risks kitchen fires and mysterious face rashes, all in the name of diet journalism. Taking cues from noted beauty icons like Posh Spice (alkaline!), Dolly Parton (Velveeta!), Sophia Loren (pasta!) and Cameron Diaz (savory oatmeal!), I'll Have What She's Having is completely surprising, occasionally unappetizing, and always outrageously funny.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Van Gogh: A Power Seething Author: Julian Bell Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 6, 2015 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “I believe in the absolute necessity of a new art of colour, of drawing and—of the artistic life,” Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in 1888. “And if we work in that faith, it seems to me that there’s a chance that our hopes won’t be in vain.” His prediction would come true. In his brief and explosively creative life—he committed suicide a few years later at the age of thirty-seven—Van Gogh made us see the world in a new way. His shining landscapes of Provence and somber portraits of workers shattered the relationship between light and dark, and his hallucinatory visions were so bright they nearly blinded the world. He was a great writer as well. In his six hundred–plus letters to Theo he chronicled with heartbreaking urgency his mental breakdowns, acrimonious family relations, and struggles with art dealers, who largely ignored him until the last years of his life. Shading this dark story is the artist’s acquaintance with prostitutes and penury, stormy scenes with his friend Paul Gauguin, and dissipated Parisian nights with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Julian Bell’s passion for his subject brings the painter to life. Bell writes with slashing intensity, at once scholarly and defiantly partisan. “I have written this book out of my love for Vincent van Gogh, the uniquely exciting painter, and Vincent van Gogh, the letter writer of heart-piercing eloquence,” he declares. For Bell, Van Gogh was an artistic genius and more: he was a wonder of the world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shakespeare, Our Contemporary Author: Jan Kott Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Shakespeare, Our Contemporary is a provocative, original study of the major plays of Shakespeare. More than that, it is one of the few critical works to have strongly influenced theatrical productions. Peter Brook and Charles Marowitz are among the many directors who have acknowledged their debt to Jan Kott, finding in his analogies between Shakespearean situations and those in modern life and drama the seeds of vital new stage conceptions. Shakespeare, Our Contemporary has been translated into nineteen languages since it appeared in 1961, and readers all over the world have similarly found their responses to Shakespeare broadened and enriched.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The 3rd New & Old Time Radio Collection Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: The Simon Studio, Jon Koons, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 16, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This exciting collection of radio comedy from Waterlogg Productions features four must-listens. 1. Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Missing Countess Scotland Yard is puzzled. A young countess has gone missing, and Sherlock Holmes is summoned. Accompanied by the redoubtable Watson, Holmes must juggle the clues. What does he see? Why does he instruct Watson to bring his wife to the circus three days later? And why does Watson keep sneezing? This original Holmes adventure is one of Holmes' more whimsical cases. 2. A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 3 This third collection of audio drama, comedy, biography, and documentary from veteran award-winning radio dramatist Joe Bevilacqua—beautifully produced with a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music—includes We Take You Now to Grover's Mill; War of the Welles; Son of Harpo Speaks, Part 1; Homeland Security Comes to Camp Waterlogg; Akrotiri; The Unlucky Merchant; If We All Talked Like Allen Jenkins; The Village Life; Stench of the City; Huck Goes to the Moon; and If You Find an Opening, Jump In. 3. A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 4 This fourth volume includes Holy Smoke, or The Red-Suite Man; The Christmas That Almost Never Was; Sherlock Holmes' Creepy Christmas; A Pedro Christmas Sampler; A Call from the Storm; Edgarton Voss Steps Out But Not Too Far; Settling In; Uncle Dunkle's Umbrella, Tire, and Jalopy; Son of Harpo Speaks, Part 2; More Teaman and Friends; This Here Is Your Life, Sherlock Holmes; and Perils of the Tiger Barn. 4. Simon Studio Presents, Vol. 1 The Simon Studio is a training and performance theater company where actors, writers, directors, artists, and thinkers freely mix in a workshop environment. This first collection of Simon Studio Presents includes Oedipus Noir by Ralph Tyler, Dancing in the Dark by Vivian Green, The Portrait by Sarah Levine Simon, and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lorie’s Book Nook, with Lorie Kellogg: The Best of BearManor Radio, Vol. 2 Author: Lorie Kellogg Narrator: Bob Colonna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 2, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Actress, comedian, and graphic artist Lorie Kellogg leads a lively discussion with BearManor Media authors in this series produced by Joe Bevilacqua. Participants include Bob Colonna, son of Jerry Colonna and author of Greetings, Gate! The Story of Professor Jerry Colonna; Steve Stoliar, Groucho Marx's personal assistant and author of Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House; Fredrick Tucker, author of Verna Felton's biography; Charles Tranberg, author of I Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead; Jill C. Nelson, coauthor of the biography of John Holmes; and Marilyn Mitchell, author of Walking with the Stars.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Voice Actor Show with Joe Bev: The Best of BearManor Radio, Vol. 1 Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Veteran award-winning radio theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua interviews famous voice actors about their lives and craft. Interviewees include cartoon voice legend June Foray; Fred Frees, voice actor and son of the legendary Paul Frees; Bob Bergen, the current voice of Porky Pig; Phillip Proctor, actor, writer, comedian, and Firesign Theatre founding member; Joe Alaskey, the current voice Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester; and Noel Blanc, son of voice legend Mel Blanc.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The J-OTR Show with Joe Bev: The Best of BearManor Radio, Vol. 3 Author: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 2, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This series of hour long mash-ups of old and new time radio is hosted, written, produced, directed, and voiced by veteran award-winning radio theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua. Episodes include: 'The Green Hornet Meets the Red Hornet''Fibber McGee Meets Fibber McGee''Tom Mix Meets Tom Mix''Proctor & Bergen Meets Proctor & Bev''The Shadow Meets the Silhouette''Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fred Frees Favorites: An Audiobook Sampler: The Best of BearManor Radio, Vol. 4 Author: Pedro Pablo Sacristán, Murray Langston, Fred Frees, Charles Dawson Butler, Robert L. Mills, Alan Reed, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 2, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Trying to decide which audiobook is best for you? Let Fred Frees pick out some samples for you! This series of hour-long programs presents the first chapters of Fred's handpicked favorite BearManor and Waterlogg audiobooks. This collection includes: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors by Nat SegaloffThe Laugh Makers: Bob Hope's Incredible Gag Writers by Bob MillsSon of Harpo Speaks by Bill MarxAn Interview with Arthur MarxDon't Wear Silver in the Winter by Janet Cantor GariJourney thru the Unknown by the Unknown ComicYabba Dabba Doo! The Alan Reed Story by Alan ReedScenes from the Daws Butler Workshop by Daws Butler and Joe Bevilacqua3712 by Ben Ohmart, performed by Fred FreesSons of the Father by Janette Anderson, read by Mike DennisAnother Nice Mess by Raymond Valinoti, narrated by Jack de GoliaPedro's Parodies by Pedro Pablo Sacrist├ín, performed by Joe Bevilacqua

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/225741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind Author: Brian Gari Narrator: Brian Gari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 2, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: For more than fifty years, Brian Gari has been a songwriter. He now has almost nine hundred songs to his credit, including all those in the Broadway musical Late Nite Comic. He has recorded twelve albums and produced all of the CDs and DVDs on his grandfather, Eddie Cantor. During his lifetime, he has had many 'Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind,' and this audiobook, based on the popular BearManor Media book, gives the low-down on many of the people he has met over the years, including Eddie Cantor, Robin Williams, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Rodney Dangerfield, Danny Thomas, Soupy Sales, Jerry Stiller, Katherine Hepburn, Mia Farrow, Georgie Jessel, John Lennon and the Beatles, Little Richard, Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, Neil Sedaka, Jan and Dean, Carole King, the Carpenters, David Cassidy, Glen Campbell, Stephen Sondheim, Bobby Kennedy, and many more! BONUS TRACK: The Joe Bev Experience – Joe Bev talks with guest Brian Gari about his fifty years as a singer-songwriter, his books, his mother, Janet Gari Cantor, and his grandfather, Eddie Cantor. Songs included in the hour include 'Anyone I Don't Want,' 'He's an Old Cat,' 'Late Nite Comic' (Rupert Holmes version), 'If Our Songs Still Make It (Why Can't We),' 'The Coffee Shoppe,' 'Horse of a Different Color,' and 'Mon Oncle.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Professor Whatchamacallit’s Interstitials: The Best of BearManor Radio, Vol. 5 Author: Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Fred Frees Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 56 minutes Release date: December 2, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: These hilarious radio theater comedy moments, complete with sound effects and music, were originally intended as introductions and closings to the BearManor Radio Network programming. But now you enjoy them anytime. This audio production was written, produced, and directed by veteran award-winning radio theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua and voiced by Fred Frees in honor of the character Ludwig Von Drake, originally voice by his dad, Paul Frees, and Sid Caesar, who's Professor character inspired both. Tracks include: An Introduction to Professor WhatchamacallitProfessor Whatchamacallit's Second ComingProfessor Whatchamacallit's RenovationsProfessor Whatchamacallit Locked OutProfessor Whatchamacallit's ElevatorProfessor Whatchamacallit's Time Machine

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncle Dunkle and Donnie, Vol. 3: The Master’s Tapes Author: Charles Dawson Butler Narrator: Daws Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A must-have for collectors, these recently discovered master reels of cartoon-voice legend Daws Butler performing all the voices for twenty-one of his hilarious fractured fairy tales have been digitally remastered by Butler prot├®g├® Joe Bevilacqua. Titles include The Tardy Wedding Guest, Sticky Wicket, Jack and the Beans Talk, The Green Cow, Alexander Remembers, The Big Wind, Murray the Magpie, The Talking Violin, The Cherry Tree Caper, Johnny the Giraffe, Britty the Star Fish, Pennie and Guinnie, Little Red Who?, Donnie and the Piggy Bank, Punky Possum's Mud Bath, Theodore the Turtle, Pete the Pelican, Humpty-Dumpty's Friend, The Lonesome Umbrella, and Perky the Pig. Bonus tracks include a Dunkle prototype of Peppy Possum, early workshop readings of Sticky Wicket and Punky Possum, and a live performance of Punky Possum.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/224305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Joe Bev Live Tribute to Daws Butler Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Charles Dawson Butler, Corey Burton, Nancy Cartwright Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 15 minutes Release date: November 25, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In July 2003 the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, invited members to discover the many talents of a person who became an icon in animation and inspired an entire generation of voice actors: Daws Butler. Hosted by Butler prot├®g├® Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev), the event included special guests June Foray (Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Witch Hazel, and Granny), Corey Burton (Justice League, Captain Hook), and Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Rugrats). The entire panel shared their stories of Daws and performed several of Daws' workshop scripts live. Also played at the event was the rare sound of Daws performing one of his own scripts. At the end, Corey Burton and Joe Bevilacqua signed copies of Scenes for Actors and Voices by Daws Butler. ASIFA-Hollywood is a California-based nonprofit organization established over thirty-five years ago to promote and encourage the art and craft of animation.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 3 Author: J. C. De La Torre, Bill Marx, William Melillo, Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Roger Hendricks Simon, Jim Folly, Alison Nead, James Patrick Cronin, Kenny Savoy, Robert L. Mills, John Houseman, Cathi Tully, Lorie Kellogg, Rick Ramos, Orson Welles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: November 25, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This collection offers more audio drama, comedy, biography, and documentary from veteran award-winning radio dramatist Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev). Together with his wife, Lorie Kellogg, Bevilacqua has amassed thousands of hours of audio entertainment through his Waterlogg Productions and Blackstone Audio. Each half hour is beautifully produced with an original cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music. Volume three includes 'We Take You Now to Grover's Mill' by Joe Bevilacqua'War of the Welles' by William Melillo'Son of Harpo Speaks, Part 1' by Bill Marx'Homeland Security Comes to Camp Waterlogg' by Joe Bevilacqua'Akrotiri' by J. C. De La Torre'My Dinner at Baker Street' by Joe Bevilacqua'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Part One'If We All Talked like Allen Jenkins' by Joe Bevilacqua'The Village Life' by Alan Reed'Stench of the City' conclusion by Victor Gates'The Japanese Sandman' by Jack French'Huckleberry Hound Goes to the Moon' by Carl Memling'The Laugh Makers' by Bob Mills

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Prairie Home Companion: Duets 2 Author: Garrison Keillor Narrator: Various Performers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: November 25, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Singing greats celebrate the art of the duet from live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion Duet singing continues to be one of the hallmarks of A Prairie Home Companion, America's favorite live radio variety show. Following in the grand tradition of the original A Prairie Home Companion Duets collection, Duets 2 gathers even more outstanding performances from the show's archives, revealing the magic that occurs when two voices meet in front of a live audience. Duets 2 features performances from some of the greatest names in the music world, including Garrison Keillor and Sara Watkins, The Every Brothers, Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler, Robin and Linda Williams, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, Suzy Bogguss and Steve Wariner, The Civil Wars, The Cactus Blossoms, Storyhill, Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur, Heather Masse and Aoife O'Donovan, and many more!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Yogi Comes to Camp Waterlogg: A Comedy-O-Rama Special Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Charles Dawson Butler, Lorie Kellogg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: November 25, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: When a bear gets in the Camp Waterlogg chicken coop, young Squeaky Lkie dreams that it's Yogi Bear. Joe Bevilacqua, prot├®g├® of renowned voice-actor Daws Butler, uncovered rare recordings of Butler as Yogi Bear and, along with his wife, Lorie Kellogg, improvised this hour-long story. This special edition of Bevilacqua's Comedy-O-Rama Hour has aired on Sirius-XM, NPR stations, and podcasts throughout the world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Author: Amanda Palmer Narrator: Jamy Ian Swiss, Amanda Palmer, Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 10 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of The Art of Asking. Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. The Art of Asking will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words Author: Malka Marom Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 5, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni Mitchell in 1973, she was eager to reconnect with the performer that she'd first met late one night in 1966 at a Yorkville coffeehouse. More conversations followed over the next four decades of friendship, and it was only after Joni and Malka completed their last recorded interview, in 2012, that Malka discovered the heart of their discussions: the creative process. In Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words, Joni and Malka follow this thread through seven decades of life and art, discussing the influence of Joni’s childhood, love and loss, playing dives and huge festivals, acclaim and criticism, poverty and affluence, glamorous triumphs and tragic mistakes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier, Architect of Tomorrow Author: Anthony Flint Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the award-winning author of Wrestling with Moses comes a fascinating, accessible biography of the most important architect of the twentieth century. Modern Man is a riveting biography of Le Corbusier—a man who invented new ways of building and thinking. Modern Man is a penetrating psychological portrait of a true genius and constant self-inventor, as well as a sweeping tale filled with exotic locales, sex and celebrity (he was a lover of Josephine Baker), and high-stakes projects. In Flint’s telling, Corbusier isn’t just the grandfather of modern architecture but a man who sought to remake the world according to his vision, dispelling the Victorian style and replacing it with something never seen before. His legacy remains controversial today, as the world grapples with how to house its skyrocketing urban population and the cult of the “starchitect” continues to grow. Modern Man is for readers fascinated by the complex personal lives and outsized visions of both groundbreaking artists and dazzling, charismatic innovators like Steve Jobs.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Titan: Searching for John Wayne Author: Marc Eliot Narrator: Pete Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: From the veteran New York Times bestselling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, “the Duke,” John Wayne. As he did in his bestselling biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood, acclaimed Hollywood biographer Marc Eliot digs deep beneath the myth in this revealing look at the most legendary Western film hero of all time; the man with the distinctive voice, walk, and demeanor who was an inspiration to many and a symbol of American masculinity, power, and patriotism. Eliot pays tribute to the man and the myth, identifying and analyzing the many interesting contradictions that made John Wayne who he was: an Academy Award-winning actor associated with cowboys and soldiers who didn’t like horses and never served in a war; a Republican icon who voted for Democrats Roosevelt and Truman; a white man often accused of racism who married three Mexican wives. Here are stories of the movies he made famous as well as numerous friends and legendary colleagues such as John Ford, Maureen O’Hara, Natalie Wood, and Dean Martin. A top box-office draw for more than three decades—starring in 142 films from Stagecoach and True Grit, for which he won the Oscar to The Quiet Man and The Green Berets—John Wayne’s life and career paralleled nearly the entire twentieth century, from the Depression through World War II to the upheavals of the 1960s. Setting his life within the sweeping political and social transformations that defined the nation, Eliot’s masterful portrait of the man they called Duke is a remarkable in depth look at a life and the “American Century” itself.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/223720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica, 1991–2014 Author: Paul Brannigan, Ian Winwood Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The final chapter of Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood's in-depth coverage of Metallica details the latter half of the band's extraordinary, decades-long career. The second volume of Metallica's definitive biography opens as the band breaks through to mainstream with its fifth album, Metallica (a.k.a. The Black Album), topping the Billboard charts and its hit single 'Enter Sandman' dominating the airwaves. By 1993, after a two-year tour, Metallica had become the biggest hard-rock band in the world. Success naturally brought new challenges, and the band ran the risk of alienating its original fans. It was beset by controversy over stylistic shifts, concessions to the mainstream, its stance on file sharing (in Metallica v. Napster), even the band members' haircut decisions. By the end of the century, they were a band teetering on the brink of self-destruction. A stunning return to form awaited, however. Brilliantly chronicled by top UK music writers Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood, this is a masterful conclusion to an epic rock tome.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light Author: Carlos Santana Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 4, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The intimate and long-awaited autobiography of a legend. In 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of Love, a young Mexican guitarist took the stage at the Fillmore Auditorium and played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years later -- after he played a historic set at Woodstock -- the world came to know the name Carlos Santana, his sensual and instantly recognizable guitar sound, and the legendary band that blended electric blues, psychedelic rock, Latin rhythms, and modern jazz, and that still bears his name. Carlos Santana's unforgettable memoir offers a page-turning tale of musical self-determination and inner self-discovery, with personal stories filled with colorful detail and life-affirming lessons. The Universal Tone traces his journey from his earliest days playing the strip bars in Tijuana while barely in his teens and brings to light the establishment of his signature guitar sound; his roles as husband, father, recording legend, and rock guitar star; his indebtedness to musical and spiritual influences -- from John Coltrane and John Lee Hooker to Miles Davis and Harry Belafonte; and his deep, lifelong dedication to a spiritual path that he developed from his Catholic upbringing, Eastern philosophies, and other mystical sources. It includes his recording some of the most popular and influential rock albums of all time, up to and beyond the 1999 sensation Supernatural, which garnered nine Grammy Awards and stands as arguably the most amazing career comeback in popular music history. It's a profoundly inspiring tale of divine inspiration and musical fearlessness that does not balk at finding the humor in the world of high-flying fame, or at speaking plainly of Santana's personal revelations and the infinite possibility he sees in each person he meets. 'Love is the light that is inside of all of us, everyone,' he writes. 'I salute the light that you are and that is inside your heart.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/222273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: De Niro: A Life Author: Shawn Levy Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: REMARKABLE BIOGRAPHY OF AN ICON There's little debate that Robert De Niro is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, screen actors of his generation, perhaps of all time. His work, particularly in the first 20 years of his career, is unparalleled. Mean Streets, the Godfather Part II, Taxi Driver, the Deer Hunter, and Raging Bull all dazzled moviegoers and critics alike, displaying a talent the likes of which had rarely--if ever--been seen. De Niro become known for his deep involvement in his characters, assuming that role completely into his own life, resulting in extraordinary, chameleonic performances.          Yet little is known about the off-screen De Niro--he is an intensely private man, whose rare public appearances are often marked by inarticulateness and palpable awkwardness. It can be almost painful to watch at times, in powerful contrast to his confident movie personae. In this elegant and compelling biography, bestselling writer Shawn Levy writes of these many De Niros--the characters and the man--seeking to understand the evolution of an actor who once dove deeply into his roles as if to hide his inner nature, and who now seemingly avoids acting challenges, taking roles which make few apparent demands on his overwhelming talent. Following De Niro's roots as the child of artists (his father, the abstract painter Robert De Niro Sr., was widely celebrated) who encouraged him from an early age to be independent of vision and spirit, to his intense schooling as an actor, the rise of his career, his marriages, his life as a father, restauranteur, and businessman, and, of course, his current movie career, Levy has written a biography that reads like a novel about  a character whose inner turmoil takes him to heights of artistry. His many friendships with the likes of Martin Scorsese,  Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Shelley Winters, Francis Ford Coppola, among many others, are woven into this extraordinary portrait of DeNiro the man and the artist, also adding a depth of understanding not before seen.         Levy has had unprecedented access to De Niro's personal research and production materials, creating a new impression of the effort that went into the actor's legendary performances. The insights gained from DeNiro’s intense working habits shed new perspective on DeNiro’s thinking and portrayals and are wonderful to read.  Levy also spoke to De Niro's collaborators and friends to depict De Niro's transition from an ambitious young man to a transfixing and enigmatic artist and cultural figure. Shawn Levy has written a truly engaging, insightful, and entertaining portrait of one of the most wonderful film artists of our time, a book that is worthy of such a great talent.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography Author: Anthony Bozza, Mick Fleetwood Narrator: Martin Dew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that has meant everything to me came to define me. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you.' Mick Fleetwood has been a member of the ever-evolving Fleetwood Mac, one of the world's most successful and adored bands, for over four decades. Here he tells the full and candid story of his life as one of music's greatest drummers and bandleaders, the cofounder of the deeply loved supergroup that bears his name and that of his bandmate and lifelong friend John McVie. In this intimate portrait of a life lived in music, Fleetwood vividly recalls his upbringing tapping along to every song playing on the radio, his experiences as a musician in '60s London, and the earliest permutation of the band featuring Peter Green. Play On sheds new light on Fleetwood Mac's raucous history, describing the highs and lows of being in the band that Fleetwood was determined to keep together. Here he reflects on the creation of landmark albums such as Rumours and Tusk, the great loves of his life, and the many incredible and outrageous moments of recording, touring, and living with Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood describes these moments with honesty and immediacy, taking us to the very heart of this multilayered journey that has always been anchored in music. Through it all, from intense love to plaintive heartaches, from collaborations to confrontations, it's been the drive to play on that has prevailed. Now, then, and always, it's Fleetwood Mac.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story Author: Rick Bragg Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 28, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: New York Times Bestseller The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis—and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time. A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi; galvanized the world with hit records like “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” that gave rock and roll its devil’s edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousin—his third wife of seven; ran a decades-long marathon of drugs, drinking, and women; nearly met his maker, twice; suffered the deaths of two sons and two wives, and the indignity of an IRS raid that left him with nothing but the broken-down piano he started with; performed with everyone from Elvis Presley to Keith Richards to Bruce Springsteen to Kid Rock—and survived it all to be hailed as “one of the most creative and important figures in American popular culture and a paradigm of the Southern experience.” Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story is the Killer’s life as he lived it, and as he shared it over two years with our greatest bard of Southern life: Rick Bragg. Rich with Lewis’s own words, framed by Bragg’s richly atmospheric narrative, this is the last great untold rock-and-roll story, come to life on the page.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Even This I Get to Experience Author: Norman Lear Narrator: Norman Lear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling memoir from the creator of some of the most iconic television programs ever, including All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. “Charming, candid, and copious . . . There is still a lot of zest, passion, and whimsy in the man who taught Americans to laugh at their failings.” —The New York Times Norman Lear’s iconic television programs—most memorably All in the Family—drew in as many as 120 million viewers each week. These shows dealt with the most serious issues of the day—racism, poverty, abortion—yet still left audiences howling with laughter. But TV is only a fraction of Lear’s tale. The renowned producer came of age during the Great Depression and fought in World War II, staging variety shows for his fellow airmen in addition to flying fifty-two bombing missions. After the war he caught his break as a comedy writer in Hollywood, soon working with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Movies with Frank Sinatra, Dick Van Dyke, and Jason Robards followed. Then came the ’70s and Lear’s legendary string of TV hits. Filled with moving insights and behind-the-scenes stories from the shows that redefined the medium, Even This I Get to Experience is a memoir as touching, funny, and remarkable as any of Lear’s unforgettable creations. 'Lear is one of the great storytellers of our time...This book should be required reading for everyone working in Hollywood.' —James Patterson “One of the best Hollywood memoirs ever written . . . an absolute treasure.” —Booklist, starred review

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith Author: Joe Perry Narrator: Joe Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Joe Perry’s New York Times bestselling memoir of life in the rock-and-roll band Aerosmith: “An insightful and harrowing roller coaster ride through the career of one of rock and roll’s greatest guitarists. Strap yourself in” (Slash). Before the platinum records or the Super Bowl half-time show or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Joe Perry was a boy growing up in small-town Massachusetts. He idolized Jacques Cousteau and built his own diving rig that he used to explore a local lake. He dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. But Perry’s neighbors had teenage sons, and those sons had electric guitars, and the noise he heard when they started playing would change his life. The guitar became his passion, an object of lust, an outlet for his restlessness and his rebellious soul. That passion quickly blossomed into an obsession, and he got a band together. One night after a performance he met a brash young musician named Steven Tyler; before long, Aerosmith was born. What happened over the next forty-five years has become the stuff of legend: the knockdown, drag-out, band-splintering fights; the drugs, the booze, the rehab; the packed arenas and timeless hits; the reconciliations and the comebacks. Rocks is an unusually searching memoir of a life that spans from the top of the world to the bottom of the barrel—several times. It is a study of endurance and brotherhood, with Perry providing remarkable candor about Tyler, as well as new insights into their powerful but troubled relationship. It is an insider’s portrait of the rock and roll family, featuring everyone from Jimmy Page to Alice Cooper, Bette Midler to Chuck Berry, John Belushi to Al Hirschfeld. It takes us behind the scenes at unbelievable moments such as Joe and Steven’s appearance in the movie of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (they act out the murders of Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees). Full of humor, insight, and brutal honesty about life in and out of one of the biggest bands in the world, Rocks is “well-paced, well-plotted…a mini-masterpiece” (The Boston Globe).

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty Author: Alexander Lee Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 7, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A fascinating and counterintuitive portrait of the sordid, hidden world behind the dazzling artwork of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and more  Renowned as a period of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation, the Renaissance is cloaked in a unique aura of beauty and brilliance. Its very name conjures up awe-inspiring images of an age of lofty ideals in which life imitated the fantastic artworks for which it has become famous. But behind the vast explosion of new art and culture lurked a seamy, vicious world of power politics, perversity, and corruption that has more in common with the present day than anyone dares to admit. In this lively and meticulously researched portrait, Renaissance scholar Alexander Lee illuminates the dark and titillating contradictions that were hidden beneath the surface of the period’s best-known artworks. Rife with tales of scheming bankers, greedy politicians, sex-crazed priests, bloody rivalries, vicious intolerance, rampant disease, and lives of extravagance and excess, this gripping exploration of the underbelly of Renaissance Italy shows that, far from being the product of high-minded ideals, the sublime monuments of the Renaissance were created by flawed and tormented artists who lived in an ever-expanding world of inequality, dark sexuality, bigotry, and hatred. The Ugly Renaissance is a delightfully debauched journey through the surprising contradictions of Italy’s past and shows that were it not for the profusion of depravity and degradation, history’s greatest masterpieces might never have come into being. Includes a bonus PDF of art and images referenced in the audiobook

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/220804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Favorite Husband, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: Richard Denning, Lucille Ball Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 1, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: My Favorite Husband hit the CBS Radio airwaves in 1948, starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning as Liz and George Cugat—who later became Liz and George Cooper when confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change. Set in the fictitious town of Sheridan Falls, the show follows the happily married couple, residents of 321 Bundy Drive, through mischief and various predicaments, from faked illnesses to trouble with exes. George, a banker, and Liz, a housewife, were billed as 'two people who live together and like it.' The beloved series eventually transitioned to television in 1953, recast with Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson, as Lucille Ball was busy filming the megahit I Love Lucy with her real-life husband Desi Arnaz. Episodes include 'The Quiz Show,' 'Katy and Roscoe,' 'Piano and Violin Lessons,' 'April Fool's Day,' 'Liz and George Reminisce,' 'The Surprise Halloween Party,' 'Vacation Time,' 'Learning to Drive,' 'Selling Dresses,' and 'George Is Messy.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/221065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise Author: Chris Taylor Narrator: Nick Podehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 30, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In 1973, a young filmmaker named George Lucas scribbled some notes for a far-fetched space-fantasy epic. More than forty years and $37 billion later, Star Wars–related products outnumber human beings, a stormtrooper army spans the globe, and “Jediism” has become a religion in its own right. Lucas’s creation has grown into far more than a cinematic classic; it is, quite simply, one of the most lucrative, influential, and interactive franchises of all time. Yet until now the complete history of Star Wars—its influences and impact, the controversies it has spawned, its financial growth and long-term prospects—has never been told.In How Star Wars Conquered the Universe, veteran journalist Chris Taylor traces the series from the difficult birth of the original film through its sequels, the franchise’s death and rebirth, the prequels, and the preparations for a new trilogy. Taylor provides portraits of the friends, writers, artists, producers, and marketers who labored behind the scenes to turn Lucas’s idea into a legend. He also jousts with modern-day Jedi, tinkers with droid builders, and gets inside Boba Fett’s helmet, all to find out how Star Wars has attracted and inspired so many fans for so long.Since the first film’s release in 1977, Taylor shows, Star Wars has conquered our culture with a sense of lightness and exuberance, while remaining serious enough to influence politics around the world and spread a spirituality that appeals to religious groups and atheists alike. Controversial digital upgrades and critically savaged prequels have actually made the franchise stronger than ever. Now, with a new set of savvy bosses holding the reins and Episode VII on the horizon, it looks like Star Wars is just getting started.An energetic, fast-moving account of this creative and commercial phenomenon, How Star Wars Conquered the Universe explains how a filmmaker’s fragile dream beat out a surprising number of rivals and gained a die-hard, multigenerational fan base—and why it will be galvanizing our imaginations and minting money for generations to come.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Easy Street (the Hard Way): A Memoir Author: Ron Perlman Narrator: Ron Perlman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 30, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The candid, hilarious, and inspiring memoir of the iconic star of Beauty and the Beast, the Hellboy movies, and Sons of Anarchy A classically trained actor who cut his teeth in the East Village's off-Broadway scene, Ron Perlman—a Golden Globe winner with starring roles in the Hellboy movies, Drive, Pacific Rim, and Sons of Anarchy—has traveled an offbeat path to showbiz success. His story involves rising from New York's tough Washington Heights neighborhood, enduring incredible hardships, and ignoring the naysayers who taunted him for his distinctive looks. It's a tale that demonstrates the power of persistence. With a filmography of nearly two hundred credits working alongside countless stars during his forty-year career, Perlman knows the ins and outs of filmmaking. In Easy Street (the Hard Way), he shares his inspiring story for the next generation of performers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart Author: Lisa Rogak Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Since his arrival at The Daily Show in 1999, Jon Stewart has become one of the major players in comedy as well as one of the most significant liberal voices in the media and on television today. In Angry Optimist, Lisa Rogak charts his unlikely rise to political stardom, from his early stand-up days to the short-lived but acclaimed Jon Stewart Show. Drawing on interviews with current and former colleagues, she reveals how things work behind the scenes at The Daily Show. With speculation simmering about Stewart's possible retirement from The Daily Show and a contentious midterm election in 2014, this biography may come to serve as a capstone for a comedian who has wielded incredible power in American politics.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: unPHILtered: The Way I See It Author: Phil Robertson Narrator: Al Robertson, Phil Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.87 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The beloved patriarch of A&E’s® Duck Dynasty® series, Phil Robertson, shares his thoughtful—and opinionated—philosophy on life. In Phil Robertson’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Happy, Happy, Happy, we learned about Phil’s colorful past and the wild road to becoming the beloved patriarch of A&E’s smash hit show, Duck Dynasty. Now, he returns to share his philosophy on life, which can be summed up in five short words. Love God, love your neighbor. In this inspirational and entertaining book, you will learn what makes Phil Robertson tick. Robertson shares his views on faith—and how it has totally changed his way of life and how he treats others; family—how he raised his kids and is raising grandkids while teaching them the life principles he lives by; ducks—and the business principles that started the Duck Commander empire; marriage—including what he’s learned from his own marriage; and of course, his opinions on controversial topics like gun control, taxes, prayer in school, and the government. unPHILtered is the ultimate guide to everything Phil Robertson believes in. Balancing his sometimes off-the-wall comments with his strong focus on home and family life, it is sure to spark discussion, laughs, and a sincere appreciation for Phil’s unique approach to life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Miss Brooks, Vol. 1 Series: Part of The Classic Radio Collection Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: Gale Gordon, Eve Arden, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 1, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Our Miss Brooks was a highly popular radio sitcom that was eventually adapted for both television and film. It starred Hollywood film and New York stage veteran Eve Arden, who specialized in playing the wisecracking friend. She often did it better than anyone else, receiving an Oscar nomination for the 1945 film Mildred Pierce. Since her skill with the wicked one-liner was beginning to lead to typecasting, Arden signed on for the lead in radio's Our Miss Brooks to find a new image. The series centers on Connie Brooks, a sharp-witted, lovable English teacher at fictional Madison High School. Between gentle wisecracks, Miss Brooks dotes on nerdish student Walter Denton, played by Richard Crenna, and frequently locks horns with crusty, cranky principal Osgood Conklin, played by Gale Gordon. Many plot lines revolve around Miss Brooks' longing for Philip Boynton, the school's bashful biology teacher. The radio series lasted until 1957, having already made a successful jump to television in 1952 where Arden won a Primetime Emmy for Best Female Star in a Regular Series. Episodes include 'Snap Magazine's Model American Teacher'; 'Stretch Snodgrass and the English Exam'; 'Peanuts, the Great Dane'; 'Arguments, Arguments'; 'Christmas in July'; 'Mrs. Davis' Pensacola Popovers'; 'Miss Brooks Takes the Blame'; 'Chaperone for the Cereal Bowl Game'; 'Connie's Letter to 'Sandy Clawsss''; 'Babysitting for New Year's Eve'; 'Professorship at State U'; and 'Making Dinner for Mr. Boynton.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! More Famous People Play 'Not My Job' Author: Peter Sagal Narrator: Carl Kasell, Peter Sagal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 12, 2014 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: Billy Collins, U.S. poet laureate from 2001 to 2003, plays a game called, “I can feel it coming in the air tonight,” in which he responds to questions about musician Phil Collins. Al Gore tries to match his former boss’ mastery of the My Little Pony children’s show in a game called “Maybe you can beat Bill Clinton at this.” Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee rhymes with “cursy,” so she is invited to play a game called “May Thunder Blast Your Head!” about curses from around the world. Of course. Also featuring Eryka Badu, Tony Danza, Jack Gantos, and Jeff Garlin Panelists Alonzo Bodden, Tom Bodett, Brian Babylon, Luke Burbank, Amy Dickinson, Adam Felber, Peter Grosz, Kyrie O’Connor, P.J. O’Rourke, Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca, and Faith Salie offer plenty of comic highlights as host Peter Sagal and “official scorekeeper” Carl Kasell guide their esteemed guests through unpredictable moments under the intense heat of public radio’s glorious spotlight.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/218732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Travels With My Opera Glasses Author: Anthony Ogus Narrator: Anthony Ogus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 11, 2014 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: The book contrasts opera-going in different countries and over time, from the 1960s to the present day. It covers not only such main themes as music, singers, productions, opera houses and their audiences; it also deals with peripheral matters including the obtaining of tickets, operatic excursions, and “calamities” which may occur. It is anecdotal and personal, discursive, and amusing, but also informative.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Politics and Performance: Theater in the 20th Century Author: Megan Lewis Narrator: Megan Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 1, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: For most theatregoers today, Realism is the standard. We are accustomed to seeing characters on stage who walk, talk, and sound just like real people. Everyday speech is commonplace in theatrical scripts, as are stage sets that look and feel and smell like real places - complete with running water and electric lights that work exactly as if we were in a real apartment, or office, or kitchen. But it wasn't always this way. In fact, Realism was once an Avant-garde movement, a cutting edge revolutionary idea that disrupted the way theatre had always been done up until the dawn of the 20th century. It was at this time that a number of social, political, and artistic movements began to influence theater artists and lead them to create the theater most of us recognize today. In this enlightening series of lectures, Professor Megan Lewis of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst takes us on an engaging journey through the history of theater in the 20th century. She explores some of the century's early movements such as Symbolism, Expressionism, and Dada, which arose amid political turmoil and quickly began to fuel rapid change in the way playwrights, directors, and actors where approaching theater. In subsequent lectures, Professor Lewis also explores how currents such as politics, race relations, and the women's movement also began to influence theater and use it as a force for social change. Her analysis takes us to the dawn of the 21st century as theatre artists continue to re-envision and expand the definition of theatre itself. She discusses topics such as Performance Studies, which expands the idea of performance beyond the theater; Sports as Theatre, which radically reimagines the role of the audience; creative ways of trying to reach underrepresented audiences; and new ways of making theatre for a new century.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Vol. 1 Author: Hollywood 360, CBS Radio Narrator: A Full Cast, Orson Welles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 1, 2014 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer John Houseman, who is best known for his Oscar-winning performance as Professor Charles Kingsfield in the The Paper Chase. After a series of acclaimed stage productions, Welles and his Mercury Theatre were offered their own weekly hour-long radio program over the CBS radio network. Here Welles—along with Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten, Alice Frost, Martin Gabel, and others—presented powerful adaptations of literary classics with Bernard Herrman as composer and conductor. Considered by many critics as the finest dramatic hour on radio, The Mercury Theatre on the Air was without a sponsor until a single broadcast changed all that: The War of the Worlds. Episodes include 'Dracula,' starring Martin Gabel, Agnes Moorehead, George Coulouris, Ray Collins, and Karl Swenson; 'A Tale of Two Cities,' starring Martin Gabel, Ray Collins, Edgar Barrier, Frank Readick, and Kenny Delmar; 'Abraham Lincoln,' starring Orson Welles as Lincoln, plus Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Karl Swenson, Agnes Moorehead, Carl Frank, and William Allen; 'The Count of Monte Cristo,' starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Eustace Wyatt, George Coulouris, and Edgar Barrier; 'The Immortal Sherlock Holmes,' starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Edgar Barrier, Alfred Shirley, William Allen, and Arthur Anderson; 'Around the World in Eighty Days,' starring Orson Welles, Al Swenson, Arlene Francis, Edgar Barrier, Frank Readick, and Ray Collins.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/217175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paris Letters Author: Janice MacLeod Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 92 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 25 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: How much money does it take to quit your job? Exhausted and on the verge of burnout, Janice poses this question to herself as she doodles on a notepad at her desk. Surprisingly, the answer isn't as daunting as she expected. With a little math and a lot of determination, Janice cuts back, saves up, and buys herself two years of freedom in Europe. A few days into her stop in Paris, Janice meets Christophe, the cute butcher down the street—who doesn't speak English. Through a combination of sign language and franglais, they embark on a whirlwind Paris romance. She soon realizes that she can never return to the world of twelve-hour workdays and greasy corporate lingo. But her dwindling savings force her to find a way to fund her dreams again. So Janice turns to her three loves—words, art, and Christophe—to figure out a way to make her happily-ever-after in Paris last forever.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brunette Ambition Author: Lea Michele Narrator: Lea Michele Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 20, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The star of the hit show Glee shares her experiences and insider tips on beauty, fashion, inner strength, and more in an illustrated book that’s part memoir, part how-to, and part style guide.   Lea Michele is one of the hardest working performers in show business.  Whether she’s starring as Rachel Berry on Glee, rocking a glamorous look on the red carpet, recording her solo album, or acting as the spokesperson for L’Oreal, Lea is the ultimate multi-tasker.  She knows better than anyone that it is difficult to be your best self and keep things in perspective when your to-do list is overflowing and you are faced with challenges, so she’s developed a foolproof system for remaining healthy and centered.  In Brunette Ambition, she reveals the lessons and advice that have worked for her--from beauty and fashion secrets to fitness tips, and career insights.  Supplemented with never-before-seen photos and revealing anecdotes, it’s the book Lea wishes she’d had in her teens and early twenties: A practical and inspirational guide to harnessing tenacity and passion and living the fullest life, no matter what obstacles life puts in your way. Includes a PDF of recipes, beauty looks, and workouts.