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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564715 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Madonna: A Rebel LifeAuthor: Mary GabrielNarrator: Elise ArsenaultFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 41 hours 43 minutesRelease date: October 10, 2023Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: In this riveting biography, award-winning author Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna. With her arrival on the music scene in the early 1980s, Madonna generated nothing short of an explosionâas great as that of Elvis or the Beatlesâtaking the nation by storm with her liberated politics and breathtaking talent. Within two years of her 1983 debut album, a flagship Macy's store in Manhattan held a Madonna lookalike contest featuring Andy Warhol as a judge, and opened a department called âMadonna-land.â But Madonna was more than just a pop star. Everywhere, fans gravitated to her as an emblem of a new age, one in which feminism could shed the buttoned-down demeanor of the 1970s and feel relevant to a new generation. Amid the scourge of AIDS, she brought queer identities into the mainstream, fiercely defending a person's right to love whomeverâand be whoeverâthey wanted. Despite fierce criticism, she never separated her music from her political activism. And, as an artist, she never stopped experimenting. Madonna existed to push past boundaries by creating provocative, visionary music, videos, films, and live performances that changed culture globally. Deftly tracing Madonnaâs story from her Michigan roots to her rise to super-stardom, master biographer Mary Gabriel captures the dramatic life and achievements of one of the greatest artists of our time.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571468 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008Author: Chris PayneNarrator: Chris Abell, Graham HalsteadFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 54 minutesRelease date: June 6, 2023Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: An explosive oral history of emoâs takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuring MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FALL OUT BOY, PARAMORE, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, JIMMY EAT WORLD, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, AND MANY MORE If Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000âs rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? gives the inside story of the turn-of-the-millennium emo subculture that became bigger than anyone thought possible. There was Pete Wentz, the Fall Out Boy leader who launched a litany of scene-stealing bands and preposterous side-hustles, and Gerard Way, the wizard behind My Chemical Romance and The Black Parade. Panic! At the Disco and Paramore emerged soon afterâa pair of intrepid outsiders who got massive playing by their own rules. As they ascended, MySpace took over the internet and the age of influencers dawned, with emo its choice aesthetic. Music journalist Chris Payne experienced emo's mainstream takeover from sweaty crowds and mosh pits growing up in New Jersey. In Where Are Your Boys Tonight? he offers an authoritative, impassioned, and occasionally absurd account told through interviews with more than 150 people, from the scene's biggest bands, producers, and managers to the teenage fans who helped redefine American music culture. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569526 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Undercooked: How I Let Food Become My Life Navigator and How Maybe That's a Dumb Way to LiveAuthor: Dan AhdootNarrator: Dan AhdootFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 43 minutesRelease date: March 21, 2023Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: A collection of hilarious essays about how food became one manâs obsession and coping mechanism, and how it came to ruleâand sometimes ruinâhis relationships, from the Cobra Kai actor, stand-up comic, and host of Food Networkâs Raid the Fridge âWhen most people say they have an unhealthy relationship with food, they mean they eat too much of it or too little. When I say I have an unhealthy relationship with food, I mean itâs what gives my life meaning. Thatâs a really dumb way to live your life, as the stories in this book will attest to.â Despite an impressive rĂ©sumĂ© as an actor and writer, Dan Ahdoot realized that food has been the through line in the most important moments of his life. Growing up as a middle child, Ahdoot struggled to find his place in the family until he and his father discovered their shared love for la gourmandise. But when the tragic death of his brother pushed his parents to strengthen their Jewish faith and adopt a strictly kosher diet, Ahdoot and his father lost that savored connection. To fill the absence left by his brother and father, Ahdoot began to obsess over food and make it central in all his relationships. This, he admits, is probably crazy, but it makes for good stories. From breaking up with girlfriends over dietary restrictions, to hunting just off the Long Island Expressway, to savoring his grandmotherâs magical food that was his only tactile connection to his familyâs home country of Iran, to jetting off to Italy to dine at the one of the worldâs best restaurants, only to send the risotto back, Ahdootâs droll observations on his unconventional adventures bring an absurdly funny yet heartfelt look at what happens when you let your stomach be your guide.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573784 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 â 73Author: Adrian Sinclair, Allan KozinnNarrator: Simon VanceFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 29 hours 42 minutesRelease date: December 13, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician. Informed by hundreds of interviews, extensive ground up research, and thousands of never-before-seen documents THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1 is an in depth, revealing exploration of McCartneyâs creative and personal lives beyond the Beatles. When Paul McCartney issued a press release in April 1970 announcing that the worldâs most beloved band, the Beatles, had broken up no one could have predicted that McCartney himself would go on to have one of the most successful solo careers in music history. Yet in the years after the Fab Four disbanded, Paul McCartney became a legend in his own right. Now journalist and world-renowned Beatlesâ historian Allan Kozinn and award-winning documentarian Adrian Sinclair chronicle in technicolor McCartneyâs pivotal years from 1969 to 1973, as he recreated himself in the immediate aftermath of the Beatles breakup â a period when, newly married and with a growing family, he conquered depression and self-doubt, formed a new band, Wings, and recorded five epochal albums culminating in the triumphant smash, Band on the Run. Part 1 of a multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL. 1 documents a pivotal moment in the life of a man whose legacy grows increasingly more relevant as his influence on music and pop culture remains as relevant as ever. It is the first truly comprehensive biography, and the most finely detailed exploration of McCartneyâs creative life beyond the Beatles, ever undertaken. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/570835 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Kick-A** Book of Cobra Kai: An Official Behind-the-Scenes CompanionAuthor: Rachel BertscheNarrator: Grace Capeless, Jesse Vilinsky, James Fouhey, Brian Nishii, Brittany Pressley, Dan Bittner, Fred Berman, Jeff GurnerFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 11 minutesRelease date: November 15, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: Calling all bada**es! The only official guide to the kickin' world of the Emmy-nominated and globally beloved show Cobra Kai is here. The Kick-A** Book of Cobra Kai is a celebration of the superfans â an essential companion to the show acting as a master sensei ready to guide listeners through the karate-crazed San Fernando Valley. The legacy of The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai continues with interviews with Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso), William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence), Martin Kove (John Kreese), Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz), and Mary Mouser (Samantha LaRusso). The showâs creators will give an unprecedented look inside the making of Cobra Kai and the writing, directing, and production of this beloved franchise that has grown from scrappy underdog to a global phenomenon. Hear directly from the showâs crew and get an exclusive behind -he-scenes look into fight choreography from the stunt team; journey with the set designers through the Valley, from the magical retreat of the Miyagi-do dojo to the humble strip mall that houses the Cobra Kai dojo; and learn from the composers how the bada** soundtrack for the show was conceived. And MUCH MORE! Remember: Strike First. Strike Hard. No Mercy.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568886 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to RememberAuthor: Lauren GrahamNarrator: Lauren GrahamFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 23 minutesRelease date: November 15, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 57 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âą From the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and the New York Times bestselling author of Talking as Fast as I Can comes an âinsightful, honest, funny, and moving collection of captivating storiesâ (BuzzFeed). âGraham is fast and furiously funny. . . . Where Graham leads, we will definitely follow.ââE! Online Lauren Graham has graced countless television screens with her quick-witted characters and hilarious talk show appearances, earning a reputation as a pop culture icon who always has something to say. In her latest book, Have I Told You This Already?, Graham combines her signature sense of humor with down-to-earth storytelling. Graham shares personal stories about her life and careerâfrom her early days spent pounding the pavement while waitressing in New York City, to living on her auntâs couch during her first Los Angeles pilot season, to thoughts on aging gracefully in Hollywood. In âR.I.P. Barneys New Yorkâ Graham writes about an early job as a salesperson at the legendary department store (and the time she inadvertently shoplifted from it); in âRyan Gosling Cannot Confirm,â she attempts to navigate the unspoken rules of Hollywood hierarchies; in âBoobs of the â90sâ she worries her bras havenât kept up with the times; and in âActor-y Factoryâ she recounts what a day in the life of an actor looks like (unless youâre Brad Pitt). Filled with surprising anecdotes, sage advice, and laugh-out-loud observations, these all-new, original essays showcase the winning charm and wry humor that have delighted Grahamâs millions of fans.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/572971 to listen full audiobooks.Title: My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and FeelingsAuthor: Zosia MametNarrator: Matt Flanders, Kaley Cuoco, Sian Clifford, Gabourey Sidibe, Busy Philipps, Tony Hale, Katie Holmes, Rosie Perez, Zosia Mamet, Patti Smith, Andrew Rannells, Hamish Linklater, Ted DansonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 4 minutesRelease date: November 1, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: From a spectrum of talented authors, a collection of essays on food, and its entwinement with our emotions and our lives. Of all the essentials for survival: oxygen, water, sleep, and food, only food is a vast treasure trove of memory and of sensory experience. Food is a portal to culture, to times past, to disgust, to comfort, to love: no matter one's feelings about a particular dish, they are hardly ever neutral. In MY FIRST POPSICLE, Zosia Mamet has curated some of the most prominent voices in art and culture to tackle the topic of food in its elegance, its profundity, and its incidental charm. With contributions from Stephanie Danler on vinaigrette and starting over, Anita Lo on the cultural responsibility of dumplings, Tony Hale on his obsession with desserts at chain restaurants, Patti LuPone on childhood memories of seeking out shellfish, Gabourey Sidibe on her connections with her father and the Senegalese dish Poullet Yassa, Andrew Rannells on his nostalgia for Jell-O Cake, Sloane Crosley on the pesto that got her through the early months of the pandemic, Michelle Buteau on her love for all things pasta, Jia Tolentino on the chicken dish she makes to escape reality, and more, MY FIRST POPSICLE is as much an ode to food and emotion as it is to life. After all, the two are inseparable. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of the delicious recipes mentioned within.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/572967 to listen full audiobooks.Title: It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBOAuthor: John Koblin, Felix GilletteNarrator: Steven Jay CohenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 34 minutesRelease date: November 1, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: âA read so riveting, it's not hard to imagine watching it unfold on Sunday nights.â âThe Associated Press âAn incisive account that is more than a rosy victory lap for one of TVâs most influential channels.â âEric Deggans, NPRâs âBooks We Loveâ âItâs Not TV proves to be a lively companion to all these shows.â âAndrew OâHagan, The New York Review of Books The inside story of HBO, the start-up company that reinvented televisionâby two veteran media reporters HBO changed how stories could be told on TV. The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire, Game of Thrones. The networkâs meteoric rise heralded the second golden age of television with serialized shows that examined and reflected American anxieties, fears, and secret passions through complicated characters who were flawed and often unlikable. HBOâs own behind-the-scenes story is as complex, compelling, and innovative as the dramas the network created, driven by unorthodox executives who pushed the boundaries of what viewers understood as television at the turn of the century. Originally conceived by a small upstart group of entrepreneurs to bring Hollywood movies into living rooms across America, the scrappy network grew into one of the most influential and respected players in Hollywood. Itâs Not TV is the deeply reported, definitive story of one of Americaâs most daring and popular cultural institutions, laying bare HBOâs growth, dominance, and vulnerability within the capricious media landscape over the past fifty years. Through the visionary executives, showrunners, and producers who shaped HBO, seasoned journalists Gillette and Koblin bring to life a dynamic cast of characters who drove the companyâs creative innovation in astonishing waysâoutmaneuvering copycat competitors, taming Hollywood studios, transforming 1980s comedians and athletes like Chris Rock and Mike Tyson into superstars, and in the late 1990s and 2000s elevating the commercial-free, serialized drama to a revered art form. But in the midst of all its success, HBO was also defined by misbehaving executives, internal power struggles, and a few crucial miscalculations. As data-driven models like Netflix have taken over streaming, HBOâs artful, instinctual, and humanistic approach to storytelling is in jeopardy. Taking readers into the boardrooms and behind the camera, Itâs Not TV tells the surprising, fascinating story of HBOâs ascent, its groundbreaking influence on American business, technology, and popular culture, and its increasingly precarious position in the very market it created.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/572966 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the NightAuthor: Jerry SaltzNarrator: Mark Bramhall, Jerry SaltzFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 16 hours 1 minuteRelease date: November 1, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist: a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent times Jerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists, and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since the 1990s he has been an indispensable cultural voice: witty and provocative, he has attracted contemporary readers to fine art as few critics have. An early champion of forgotten and overlooked women artists, he has also celebrated the pioneering work of African American, LGBTQ+, and other long-marginalized creators. Sotheby's Institute of Art has called him, simply, âthe art critic.â Now, in Art Is Life, Jerry Saltz draws on two decades of work to offer a real-time survey of contemporary art as a barometer of our times. Chronicling a period punctuated by dramatic turning pointsâfrom the cultural reset of 9/11 to the rolling social crises of todayâSaltz traces how visionary artists have both documented and challenged the culture. Art Is Life offers Saltzâs eye-opening appraisals of trailblazers like Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Hilma af Klint, and Jasper Johns; provocateurs like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and Marina AbramoviÄ; and visionaries like Jackson Pollock, Bill Traylor, and Willem de Kooning. Saltz celebrates landmarks like the Obama portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, writes searchingly about disturbing moments such as the Ankara gallery assassination, and offers surprising takes on figures from Thomas Kinkade to Kim Kardashian. And he shares stories of his own haunted childhood, his time as a âfailed artist,â and his epiphanies upon beholding work by Botticelli, Delacroix, and the cave painters of Niaux. With his signature blend of candor and conviction, Jerry Saltz argues in Art Is Life for the importance of the fearless artistâreminding us that art is a kind of channeled voice of human experience, a necessary window onto our times. The result is an openhearted and irresistibly readable appraisal by one of our most important cultural observers.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573540 to listen full audiobooks.Title: My Travels with Mrs. KennedyAuthor: Lisa Mccubbin Hill, Clint HillNarrator: Clint HillFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 11 minutesRelease date: October 25, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Mrs. Kennedy and Me comes another New York Times bestseller, which reveals never-before-told stories of Secret Service Agent Clint Hillâs travels with Jacqueline Kennedy through Europe, Asia, and South America. Featuring more than two hundred rare and never-before-published photographs. While preparing to sell his home in Alexandria, Virginia, retired Secret Service agent Clint Hill uncovers an old steamer trunk in the garage, triggering a floodgate of memories. As he and Lisa McCubbin, his coauthor on three previous books, pry it open for the first time in fifty years, they find forgotten photos, handwritten notes, personal gifts, and treasured mementos from the trips on which Hill accompanied First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy as her Secret Service agentâtrips that took them from Paris to London, through India, Pakistan, Greece, Morocco, Mexico, South America, and âthree glorious weeks on the Amalfi Coast.â During these journeys, Jacqueline Kennedy became one of her husbandâsâand Americaâsâgreatest assets; in Hillâs words and the opinion of many others, âone of the best ambassadors the United States has ever had.â As each newfound treasure sparks long-suppressed memories, Hill provides new insight into the intensely private woman he always called âMrs. Kennedyâ and who always called him âMr. Hill.â For the first time, he reveals the depth of the relationship that developed between them as they traveled around the globe. Now ninety years old, Hill recounts the tender moments, the private laughs, the wild adventures, and the deep affection he shared with one of the worldâs most beautiful and iconic womenâand these memories are brought vividly to life alongside more than two hundred rare photographs, many of them previously unpublished. In addition to the humorous stories and intimate moments, Hill reveals startling details about how traveling helped them both heal during the excruciating weeks and months following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. He also writes of the year he spent protecting Mrs. Kennedy after the assassination, a time in his life he has always been reluctant to speak about. My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy unveils a personal side of history that has never been told before and takes the reader on a breathtaking journey, experiencing what it was like for Clint Hill to travel with Jacqueline Kennedy as the entire world was falling in love with her.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568881 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Martha Graham: When Dance Became ModernAuthor: Neil BaldwinNarrator: Neil Baldwin, Gabrielle De CuirFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 19 hours 13 minutesRelease date: October 25, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: A major biographyâthe first in three decadesâof one of the most important artistic forces of the twentieth century, the legendary American dancer and choreographer who upended dance, propelling the art form into the modern age, and whose profound and pioneering influence is still being felt today. 'Brings together all the elements of Grahamâs colorful life...with wit, verve, critical discernment, and a powerful lyricism.ââMary Dearborn, acclaimed author of Ernest Hemingway Time magazine called her âthe Dancer of the Century.â Her technique, used by dance companies throughout the world, became the first long-lasting alternative to the idiom of classical ballet. Her pioneering movementsâpowerful, dynamic, jagged, edgy, forthrightâcombined with her distinctive system of training, were the epitome of American modernism, performance as art. Her work continued to astonish and inspire for more than sixty years as she choreographed more than 180 works. At the heart of Grahamâs work: movement that could express inner feeling. Neil Baldwin, author of admired biographies of Man Ray (âTruly definitive . . . absolutely fascinatingâ âPatricia Bosworth) and Thomas Edison (âAbsorbing, gripping, a major contribution to our understanding of a remarkable man and a remarkable eraâ âRobert Caro), gives us the artist and performer, the dance monument who led a cult of dance worshippers as well as the woman herself in all of her complexity. Here is Graham, from her nineteenth-century (born in 1894) Allegheny, Pennsylvania, childhood, to becoming the star of the Denishawn exotic ballets, and in 1926, at age thirty-two, founding her own company (now the longest-running dance company in America). Baldwin writes of how the company flourished during the artistic explosion of New York Cityâs midcentury cultural scene; of Erick Hawkins, in 1936, fresh from Balanchineâs School of American Ballet, a handsome Midwesterner fourteen years her junior, becoming Grahamâs muse, lover, and eventual spouse. Graham, inspiring the next generation of dancers, choreographers, and teachers, among them: Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor. Baldwin tells the story of this large, fiercely lived life, a life beset by conflict, competition, and lonelinessâfilled with fire and inspiration, drive, passion, dedication, and sacrifice in work and in dance creation.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573753 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Some New Kind of Kick: A MemoirAuthor: Kid Congo PowersNarrator: Kid Congo Powers, Raphael CorkhillFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 54 minutesRelease date: October 18, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam rock and punk rock scenes. Kid Congo Powers has been described as a âlegendary guitarist and paragon of coolâ with âthe greatest resume ever of anyone in rock music." That unique imprint on rock history stems from being a member of not one but three beloved, groundbreaking, and influential groupsâNick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Cramps, and last but not least, The Gun Club, the wildly inventive punk-blues band he co-founded. Some New Kind of Kick begins as an intimate coming of age tale, of a young, queer, Chicano kid, growing up in a suburb east of East LA, in the mid-â70s, exploring his sexual identity through glam rock. When a devastating personal tragedy crushes his teenage dreams, he finds solace and community through fandom, as founder (âThe Prezâ) of the Ramones West Coast fan club, and immerses himself in the delinquent chaos of the early LA punk scene. A chance encounter with another superfan, in the line outside the Whiskey-A-Go-Go to get into a Pere Ubu concert, changes the course of his life entirely. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, a misfit Chicano punk who runs the Blondie fan club, proposes they form a band. The Gun Club is born. So begins an unlikely transition from adoring fan to lauded performer. In Pierce, he finds brotherhood, a creative voice, and a common cause, but also a shared appetite for self-destruction that threatens to overwhelm them both. Quirky, droll, and heartfelt, with a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place, and a wealth of richly-drawn supporting characters, Some New Kind of Kick is a memoir of personal transformation, addiction and recovery, friendship and belonging, set against the relentless creativity and excess of the â70s and â80s underground music scenes.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/572976 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A MemoirAuthor: Paul NewmanNarrator: Emily Wachtel, Clea Newman Soderlund, Melissa Newman, Ari Fliakos, January LaVoy, Jeff Daniels, John RubinsteinFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 46 minutesRelease date: October 18, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions and joys. With thoughts/comments throughout from Joanne Woodward, George Roy Hill, Tom Cruise, Elia Kazan and many others. In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history, to have Newmanâs family and friends and those who worked closely with him, talk about the actorâs life. And then Newman would work with Stewart and give his side of the story. The only stipulation was that anyone who spoke on the record had to be completely honest. That same stipulation applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years. The result is an extraordinary memoir, culled from thousands of pages of transcripts. The book is insightful, revealing, surprising. Newmanâs voice is powerful, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always meeting that high standard of searing honesty. The additional voicesâfrom childhood friends and Navy buddies, from family members and film and theater collaborators such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt, and John Hustonâthat run throughout add richness and color and context to the story Newman is telling. Newmanâs often traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed. He talks about his teenage insecurities, his early failures with women, his rise to stardom, his early rivals (Marlon Brando and James Dean), his first marriage, his drinking, his philanthropy, the death of his son Scott, his strong desire for his daughters to know and understand the truth about their father. Perhaps the most moving material in the book centers around his relationship with Joanne Woodwardâtheir love for each other, his dependence on her, the way she shaped him intellectually, emotionally and sexually. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is revelatory and introspective, personal and analytical, loving and tender in some places, always complex and profound. *Includes a downloadable PDF of all the photographs from the printed book
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569496 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Waxing On: The Karate Kid and MeAuthor: Ralph MacchioNarrator: Ralph MacchioFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 13 minutesRelease date: October 18, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: An instant New York Times Bestseller! Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, there hasnât been a week Ralph Macchio hasnât heard friendly shouts of âWax on, wax offâ or âSweep the leg!â Now, with Macchio reprising his role as Daniel LaRusso in the #1 ranked Netflix show Cobra Kai, he is finally ready to look back and cele-brate the legacy of The Karate Kid in cinema, pop culture, and his own life. The result, Waxing On, is a comprehensive look at the film that shaped Macchio as much as it influenced the world. He shares an insiderâs perspective of the untold story behind the scenesâthe innocence of the early days; the audition process; his experiences working with Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, and William Zabka; and so much more. He also takes readers through the birth of some of the filmâs most iconic moments, including the creation of the famous crane kick and the touching scenes that revealed Mr. Miyagiâs intriguing backstory. Ultimately, the book centers on Ralphâs indelible connection to the film itself, focusing on the reason that the characters and themes have endured in such a powerful way, and how these personal experiences have impacted Macchioâs life as well. It brings readers back to the day they met Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Miyagi for the first time, but also provides a fascinating lens into how our pasts shape all of us, and how they can come back to enrich our lives in surprising and wonderful ways.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/570357 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Twelve Dels of Christmas: My Festive Tales from Life and Only FoolsAuthor: David JasonNarrator: David JasonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 33 minutesRelease date: October 13, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'It is at Christmas time that want is most keenly felt, and abundance rejoices.' Charles Dickens, 'A Christmas Carol' 1843 'Yeah, and a partridge up your pear tree, an' all.' Derek Trotter, 'Christmas Crackers', 1981 'Think of this memoir as a Christmas special in book form, from someone who has been involved in a few of those and understands a bit about the concept. But a Christmas special very much like Only Fools and Horses, in the sense that the stories will be always heading outwards, ranging far and wide and well beyond the traditional festive gags involving giblets left in turkeys. As I sift through various festive-related episodes in my career, loosening the ribbons, parting the wrapping paper, I'll be doing my best to reach any relevant conclusions about life, work and the meaning of it all that I can usefully pass on to you - baubles of wisdom if you like. Or certainly baubles. You'll learn why I have the perfect face to play Scrooge. And if you're lucky I'll also share what it's like to fly in a helicopter with my old mucker Tom Cruise. Merry Christmas, you plonkers.' © David Jason 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565538 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony BourdainAuthor: Charles LeerhsenNarrator: Vikas AdamFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 40 minutesRelease date: October 11, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: The bestselling, âunvarnishedâ (The New York Times), âengrossingâ (The Guardian), âgritty, well-researchedâ (The Economist)âand definitely unauthorizedâbiography of the celebrity chef and TV star Anthony Bourdain, based on extensive interviews with those who knew the real story. Anthony Bourdainâs death by suicide in June 2018 shocked people around the world. Bourdain seemed to have it all: an irresistible personality, a dream job, a beautiful family, and international fame. The reality, though, was more complicated than it seemed. Bourdain became a celebrity with his bestselling book Kitchen Confidential. He parlayed it into a series of hit television shows, including the Food Channelâs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and CNNâs Parts Unknown. But his bad boy charisma belied a troubled spirit. Addiction and an obsession with perfection and personal integrity ruined two marriages and turned him into a boss from hell, even as millions of fans became enamored of the quick-witted and genuinely empathetic traveler they saw on TV. At the height of his success Bourdain was already running out of steam, physically and emotionally, when he fell hard for an Italian actress who could be even colder to him than he sometimes was to others, and who effectively drove a wedge between him and his young daughter. Down and Out in Paradise is the first book to tell the full Bourdain story, and to show how Bourdainâs never-before-reported childhood traumas fueled both the creativity and insecurities that would lead him to a place of despair. âFilled with fresh, intimate detailsâ (The New York Times), this is the real story behind an extraordinary life.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573749 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit SeriesAuthor: Jessica RadloffNarrator: Suehyla Young, Jessica Radloff, Abhay Ahluwalia, Anna Williford, Allan Robertson, Fleet CooperFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 17 hours 53 minutesRelease date: October 11, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, The Big Bang Theory, packed with all-new, exclusive interviews with the producers and the entire cast. The Big Bang Theory is a television phenomenon. To the casual viewer, itâs a seemingly effortless comedy, with relatable characters tackling real-life issues, offering a kind of visual comfort food to its millions of dedicated fans. But the behind-the-scenes journey of the show from a failed pilot to a global sensation is a fascinating story that even the most die-hard fans donât know in its entirety. The Big Bang Theory:The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series is a riveting, entertaining look at the sitcom sensation, with the blessing and participation of co-creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, executive producers Steve Molaro and Steve Holland, as well as Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik, and more. Glamour senior editor Jessica Radloff, who has written over 150 articles on the series (and even had a cameo in the finale!), gives readers an all-access pass to its intrepid producing and writing team and beloved cast. Itâs a story of on-and-off screen romance told in hilarious and emotional detail, of casting choices that nearly changed everything (which even some of the actors didnât know until now), of cast members bravely powering through personal tragedies, and when it came time to announce the 12th season would be its last, the complicated reasons why it was more difficult than anyone ever led on. Through hundreds of hours of interviews with the sitcomâs major players, Radloff dives into all this and much more. The book is the ultimate celebration of this once-in-a-generation show and a must-have for all fans. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY GLAMOUR "Talking with Jessica, I realized how easy it had been for me to kind of put all 12 years of my time on Big Bang Theory under one general umbrella, as it were. The questions she asked and the information sheâd reveal to me from someone else sheâd interviewed forced me into a frame of mind where each season - and sometimes each episode - became itâs own, separate entity again. . . Frankly, it turned into a version of therapy I hadnât realized Iâd needed and couldnât have known how much Iâd enjoy." âJim Parsons
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573531 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of TriumphAuthor: Richard LacayoNarrator: Mack SandersonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 13 hours 12 minutesRelease date: October 11, 2022Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: One of the nationâs top art critics shows how six great artists made old age a time of triumph by producing some of the greatest work of their long careersâand, in some cases, changing the course of art history. Ordinarily, we think of young artists as the bomb throwers. Monet and Renoir were still in their twenties when they embarked on what would soon be called Impressionism, as were Picasso and Braque when they ventured into Cubism. But your sixties and the decades that follow can be no less liberating if they too bring the confidence to attempt new things. Young artists may experiment because they have nothing to lose; older ones because they have nothing to fear. With their legacies secure, theyâre free to reinvent themselvesâŠsometimes with revolutionary results. Titianâs late style offered a way for pigment itselfânot just the things it depictedâto express feelings on the canvas, foreshadowing Rubens, Frans Hals, 19th-century Impressionists, and 20th-century Expressionists. Goyaâs late work enlarged the psychological territory that artists could enter. Monetâs late waterlily paintings were eventually recognized as prophetic for the centerless, diaphanous space developed after World War II by abstract expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Phillip Guston. In his seventies, Matisse began to produce some of the most joyful art of the 20th century, especially his famous cutouts that brought an ancient craft into the realm of High Modernism. Hopper, the ultimate realist, used old age on occasion to depart into the surreal. And Nevelson, the patron saint of late bloomers, pioneered a new kind of sculpture: wall-sized wooden assemblages made from odds and ends she scavenged from the streets of Manhattan. Though these six artists differed in many respects, they shared one thing: a determination to go on creating, driven not by the bounding energies of youth but by the ticking clock that would inspire them to produce some of their greatest masterpieces.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569517 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Savor: A Chef's Hunger for MoreAuthor: Tarajia Morrell, Fatima AliNarrator: Nikhaar Kishnani, Deepa SamuelFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 17 minutesRelease date: October 11, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER âą A young chef whose dreams were cut short savors every last minute as she explores food and adventure, illness and mortality in Savor, an âinspiringâ (The New York Times Book Review) memoir and family story that sweeps from Pakistan to Manhattan and beyond. âAliâs strength and passion for food and her culture shines through. . . . This memoir is a tribute to the extraordinary life and impact she made in twenty-nine years.ââOprah Daily (Best Books of the Year) Fatima Ali won the hearts of viewers as the Fan Favorite of Bravoâs Top Chef in season fifteen. Twenty-nine years old, she was a dynamic, boundary-breaking chef and a bright new voice for change in the food world. After the taping wrapped and before the show aired, Fati was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. Not one to ever slow down or admit defeat, the star chef vowed to spend her final year traveling the world, eating delicious food, and making memories with her loved ones. But when her condition abruptly worsened, her plans were sidelined. She pivoted, determined to make her final days count as she worked to tell the story of a brown girl chef who set out to make a name for herself, her food, and her culture. Including writing from Fatima during her last months and contributions by her mother, Farezeh, and her collaborator, Tarajia Morrell, Savor is a deftly woven account and an inspiring ode to the food, family, and countries Fatima loved so much. Alternating between past and present, readers are transported back to Pakistan and the childhoods of both Fatima and Farezeh, each deeply affected by cultural barriers that shaped the course of their lives. From the rustic stalls of the outdoor markets of Karachi to the kitchen and dining room of Meadowood, the acclaimed three-star Michelin restaurant where she apprenticed, Fati reflects on her life and her identity as a chef, a daughter, and a queer woman butting up against traditional views. Savor is a triumphant memoir, at once an exploration of the sense of wonder that made Fatima so special and a shining testament to the resilience of the human spirit. At its core, it is a story about what it means to truly live, a profound and exquisite portrait of savoring every moment.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568863 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Declassified: A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical MusicAuthor: Arianna Warsaw-Fan RauchNarrator: Arianna Warsaw-Fan RauchFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 48 minutesRelease date: October 11, 2022Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: The best masterclass in classical music you never knew you needed. Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauchâs life-long fascination with classical music has taken her through Juilliard and into the shiny world of symphony halls and international concert tours. Sheâs loved classical music her whole life. But sheâs also hated classical music her whole life. After all, if you can like BeyoncĂ© without liking Bieber, you can certainly like Brahms without liking Bachâespecially since they were born 148 years apart and the thing we call âclassical musicâ is really just centuries of compositions shoved into one hodge-podge of a genre. In Declassified, Warsaw-Fan Rauch blows through the cobwebs of elitism and exclusion and invites everyone to love and hate this music as much as she does. She offers a backstage tour of the industry and equips you for every listening scenario, covering: the 7 main compositional periods (even the soul-crushingly depressing Medieval period), a breakdown of the instruments and their associated personality types (apologies to violists and conductors), what itâs like to be a musician at the highest level (itâs hard), how to steal a Stradivarius (and make no money in the process), and when to clap during a live performance (also: when not to). Declassified cheekily demystifies the world of High Art while making the case that classical music matters, perhaps now more than ever. * This audiobook edition comes with an awesome downloadable bonus PDF containing listening lists, lists of notable composers, a comically disturbing poem by Mozart (in the original German), and other resources from the book.
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