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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381696 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Avoid the Day: A New Nonfiction in Two MovementsAuthor: Jay KirkNarrator: Andrew EidenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 23 minutesRelease date: July 28, 2020Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: ''Avoid the Day truly seems to me to push nonfiction memoir as far as it can go without it collapsing into a singularity and I am at a loss for words. You are just going to have to read it.'' –Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk A surreal, high-wire act of narrative nonfiction that redefines the genre, Avoid the Day is part detective story, part memoir, and part meditation on the meaning of life—all told with a dark pulse of existential horror. What emerges is an unforgettable study of mortality and the artist’s journey. Seeking to answer the mystery of a missing manuscript by Béla Bartók, and using the investigation to avoid his father’s deathbed, award-winning magazine writer Jay Kirk heads off to Transylvania, going to the same villages where the “Master,” like a vampire in search of fresh plasma, had found his new material in the folk music of the peasants. With these stolen songs, Bartók redefined music in the 20th Century. Kirk, who is also seeking to renew his writing, finds inspiration in the composer’s unorthodox methods, but begins to lose his tether as he sees himself in Bartók’s darkest and most personal work, the Cantata Profana, which revolves around the curse of fathers and sons. After a near-psychotic episode under the spell of Bartók, the author suddenly finds himself on a posh eco-tourist cruise in the Arctic. There, accompanied by an old friend, now a documentary filmmaker, the two decide to scrap the documentary and make a horror flick instead—shot under the noses of the unsuspecting passengers and crew. Playing one of the main characters who finds himself inexplicably trapped on a ship at the literal end of the world, alone, and under the influence of the midnight sun, Kirk gets lost in his own cerebral maze, struggling to answer his most plaguing question: can we find meaning in experience?
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383338 to listen full audiobooks.Title: [Spanish] - Biografías: Músicos del modernismoAuthor: Heberto Gamero ContínNarrator: Pablo LópezFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 2 hours 49 minutesRelease date: February 7, 2020Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: -Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. ¿A que no sabías que el Primer concierto para violín de Tchaikovsky fue calificado por un importante crítico musical de la época como carente de criterio y gusto? ¿Te podías imaginar que la más grande obra de Maurice Ravel no fuera su conocidísimo bolero? ¿Tienes idea de que es lo que dieron en llamar las 'schubertiadas' de Schubert? Estas pequeñas biografías, son relatos nunca escritos acerca de algunos de los músicos más notables de todos los tiempos. - Heberto Gamero Contín (Venezuela, 1952). Después de una vida dedicada a los negocios, en 2002 y de forma autodidacta, inició su carrera literaria. En 2007 fue finalista en el VI Concurso Nacional de Cuentos de SACVEN con el relato Oportunidad no negociada. Ese mismo año obtuvo la mención honorífica del Premio de Narrativa Salvador Garmendia con el libro Cuentos de pareja y otros relatos. En 2008, con el cuento Los zapatos de mi hermano, ganó la 63° edición del Concurso Anual de Cuentos del diario El Nacional. Y en 2011, en la 66° edición del mismo concurso, obtuvo Mención Especial con el cuento Mi amigo invisible.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381926 to listen full audiobooks.Title: [Spanish] - Biografías: Músicos del romanticismoAuthor: Heberto Gamero ContínNarrator: Pablo LópezFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 2 hours 24 minutesRelease date: February 7, 2020Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: -Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. ¿Sabe usted que Johann Sebastian Bach, en su juventud, caminó cuatrocientos kilómetros solo para conocer a un famoso compositor?¿Sabe usted que Mozart, cuando apenas comenzaba a caminar, al escuchar el chillido de un cerdo lo interpretó como una nota musical?¿Sabe usted que el Primer concierto para violín de Tchaikovsky fue calificado por un importante crítico musical de la época como carente de criterio y gusto? - Heberto Gamero Contín (Venezuela, 1952). Después de una vida dedicada a los negocios, en 2002 y de forma autodidacta, inició su carrera literaria. En 2007 fue finalista en el VI Concurso Nacional de Cuentos de SACVEN con el relato Oportunidad no negociada. Ese mismo año obtuvo la mención honorífica del Premio de Narrativa Salvador Garmendia con el libro Cuentos de pareja y otros relatos. En 2008, con el cuento Los zapatos de mi hermano, ganó la 63° edición del Concurso Anual de Cuentos del diario El Nacional. Y en 2011, en la 66° edición del mismo concurso, obtuvo Mención Especial con el cuento Mi amigo invisible.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380503 to listen full audiobooks.Title: [Spanish] - Biografías: Pintores del siglo XXAuthor: Heberto Gamero ContínNarrator: Pablo LópezFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 2 hours 40 minutesRelease date: February 7, 2020Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: -Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Muchos lo dicen, pero nadie se lo cree. ¿sería posible que Salvador Dalí fue la reencarnación del propio Van Gogh?¿Cuánto le ayudaron a Gauguin para conseguir la originalidad de sus pinturas, las jovencitas de Tahití? - Heberto Gamero Contín (Venezuela, 1952). Después de una vida dedicada a los negocios, en 2002 y de forma autodidacta, inició su carrera literaria. En 2007 fue finalista en el VI Concurso Nacional de Cuentos de SACVEN con el relato Oportunidad no negociada. Ese mismo año obtuvo la mención honorífica del Premio de Narrativa Salvador Garmendia con el libro Cuentos de pareja y otros relatos. En 2008, con el cuento Los zapatos de mi hermano, ganó la 63° edición del Concurso Anual de Cuentos del diario El Nacional. Y en 2011, en la 66° edición del mismo concurso, obtuvo Mención Especial con el cuento Mi amigo invisible.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/376688 to listen full audiobooks.Title: [Spanish] - Biografías: Pintores hasta siglo XXAuthor: Heberto Gamero ContínNarrator: Pablo LópezFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 3 hours 8 minutesRelease date: February 7, 2020Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: -Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Realmente como dicen Leonardo da Vinci era tal clase de genio que siendo solamente un aprendiz fue capaz de superar a su maestro el gran Verroquio?Qué influencia tuvo la pintura de Francisco de Goya la muerte de sus cuatro hijos?El famoso cuadro 'Campos de trigo' de Vincent van Gogh se convirtió realmente en un símbolo para el pintor de su terrible delirio? - Heberto Gamero Contín (Venezuela, 1952). Después de una vida dedicada a los negocios, en 2002 y de forma autodidacta, inició su carrera literaria. En 2007 fue finalista en el VI Concurso Nacional de Cuentos de SACVEN con el relato Oportunidad no negociada. Ese mismo año obtuvo la mención honorífica del Premio de Narrativa Salvador Garmendia con el libro Cuentos de pareja y otros relatos. En 2008, con el cuento Los zapatos de mi hermano, ganó la 63° edición del Concurso Anual de Cuentos del diario El Nacional. Y en 2011, en la 66° edición del mismo concurso, obtuvo Mención Especial con el cuento Mi amigo invisible.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381216 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Old School Love: And Why It WorksAuthor: Joseph 'Rev Run' Simmons, Justine SimmonsNarrator: Joseph 'rev Run' Simmons, Justine SimmonsFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 13 minutesRelease date: January 28, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 3Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: Run DMC’s iconic rapper Joseph ''Reverend Run'' Simmons and his wife, Justine, share their secrets to lasting love and the guiding principles that have kept them together for more than twenty years. Written with Amy Ferris. This is a book about love. The kind of love that will keep you warm at night—that will keep you feeling safe and sound. The kind of love that will get you through some dark times; get you through some hard and yes, some tough times. The kind of love that will make you laugh, that will make you smile, that will make you nod knowingly. The kind of love that is nurtured and watered and grows—from a seedling to a flower. The kind of love that is desperately needed in the world right now, shared and sprinkled everywhere. Old School Love is a book to help you find the kind of soul-filling love you desire, written by a couple who has built a strong and joyful relationship amid the pressures, pitfalls, and temptations of the entertainment industry. Rev Run and his wife, Justine, have been blessed with a devoted partnership that has inspired other famous long-term marriages, including Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith. In this homage to classic courtship, Rev and Justine reveal the secrets to their marriage’s longevity and happiness. Each chapter of Old School Love offers stories, anecdotes, and memories of the Rev and Justine’s marriage, their family, their experiences, their passion, and their deep faith and belief in God. Some will make you laugh, some will make you think, and some will make you cry. Yet all will make you wiser—more beautiful for the wear—and encourage you to be a kinder, more generous, and better human. Their reflections are bookended by a verse or line from scripture, a saying, or a favorite quote and a sampling of personal wisdom they call ''Justine’s Recipe'' and ''Rev’s Rules.'' Over two decades strong, Rev and Justine’s partnership is an inspiration. With Old School Love they are spreading their message of positivity, and creating a legacy for all of us to embrace and share. Powerful and life-changing, this little gem of a book is about magic, and miracles and, yes, the irrefutable power of love.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381455 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Where’s My Guitar?: An Inside Story of British Rock and RollAuthor: Bernie MarsdenNarrator: Richard TrinderFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 13 minutesRelease date: November 28, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: ‘A page turner…and then some!’ Chris Evans ‘An absorbing memoir.’ Classic Rock Magazine ‘A very enjoyable rock-n-roll memoir that is not just for fans, but for anyone interested in this classic era of the British rock scene’ The Afterword A fascinating insight into the golden-age of 1970s and 80s rock and roll told through the eyes of music legend Bernie Marsden and, most notably, his role in establishing one of the world’s most famous rock bands of all time – Whitesnake. ‘A compelling journey in the company of a masterful (and mercifully ego-free) musician. I saved it like a cherished slab of vinyl.’ Ian Rankin Touring with AC/DC. Befriending The Beatles. Writing one of the world’s most iconic rock songs. This is the story of a young boy from a small town who dreamt of one day playing the guitar for a living – and ended up a rock n’ roll legend. It follows Bernie Marsden’s astonishing career in the industry – from tours in Cold War Germany and Franco’s Spain, to meeting and befriending George Harrison and touring Europe with AC/DC. It’s a story of hard graft, of life on the road, of meeting and playing with your heroes, of writing iconic rock songs – most notably the multi-million selling hit ‘Here I Go Again’ – and of being in one of the biggest rock bands of all time. At age 30, Bernie left Whitesnake due to serious conflict with his management, something he explores in this memoir for the very first time. Packed with stories and encounters with the likes of Ringo Starr, Elton John, Cozy Powell, Ozzy Osborne, B.B. King and Jon Lord, this is not just a remarkable look into the highs and lows of being a true music legend, but an intimate account of the revolutionary impact rock and roll music has offered to the world.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381453 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The HeroAuthor: Lee ChildNarrator: Jeff HardingFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 1 hour 17 minutesRelease date: November 26, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: THE ENDURING MYTH THAT MAKES US HUMAN What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child… ‘It’s Lee Child. Why would you not read it?’ Karin Slaughter ‘I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page’ The Times In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world – arguing that we need them now more than ever. From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, we have always had our heroes. The hero is at the centre of formative myths in every culture and persists to this day in world-conquering books, films and TV shows. But why do these characters continue to inspire us, and why are they so central to storytelling? Scalpel-sharp on the roots of storytelling and enlightening on the history and science of myth, The Hero is essential reading for anyone trying to write or understand fiction. Child teaches us how these stories still shape our minds and behaviour in an increasingly confusing modern world, and with his trademark concision and wit, demonstrates that however civilised we get, we’ll always need heroes.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379632 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Bigipedia: The Complete Series 1-2Author: Carey Marx, Matt Kirshen, Nick Doody, Sarah MorganNarrator: Ewan Bailey, Nick Doody, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Full CastFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 3 hours 38 minutesRelease date: November 21, 2019Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: Welcome to Bigipedia - the omniscient friend you know from your computer and laser watch takes over your PC for 30 minutes in a unique experiment in broadwebcasting... This is the complete first and second series. Launched on an unsuspecting public, Bigipedia is a massive mash-up of Google, Microsoft, Apple, Wikipedia, My Space, Yahoo and Amazon, all vying for your attention, love, money and occasionally vital organs. Sponsored by Chianti, the world’s worst-ever beverage with its series of ever more off-putting straplines (“Chianti - legally, wine”). “A stimulating and brilliantly sustained parody... a radio classic.” - Mail On Sunday “Who imagined the internet could be so wikidly comical?” - The Independent on Sunday “A magnificent new comedy inspired by and spoofing the online info site Wikipedia” - The Sunday Times “If you’re going to steal, the cliché goes, steal from the best and Bigipedia’s influences are solid comedy gold ... the whole project is clearly the project of some very deranged minds” - The Independent “Very clever and ineffably wonderful. But just don’t try and follow it sequentially, especially at this time of night. You’ll do yourself a mischief.'' - Radio Times Over the first series you can pick your own Audio Screensaver from a choice of “Paris By Night”, “Laughing Clowns” or “Duelling Tarzans”, meet Felix Richards, the world’s most petrified ghosthunter, pay extra to hear the show in more than Monovoice, hear the Bigipedia entry on the mysterious world of The Bee Whisperer. And this week’s edition of Bigikids will teach you “How To Be A Spy”!, enjoy the full benefits of having a BigiNanoBot implanted in your brain to fully enhance the sharing experience (or “hive mind”) and, if you’re feeling any sort of pain or death, take advantage of our free BigiMedic software to allow us to allow you to diagnose yourself. And now – you can enjoy the long-awaited release of Bigipedia 2.0 - the infallible, ever-present cyberfriend is back! Now with all errors mistake. In episode 2, we discover how Bigipedia 2.0 is now bigger, better and closer – so it looks bigger twice! Also, the wisdom of crowds, the joy of deregulated advertising and Bigipedia throughout history. In episode 3, Bigipedia 2.0 launches its own social network, BigiBuzz! Find out what's popular so you can be one of them! Also, Britain’s least-haunted House is visited by terrified ghost-hunter Felix Richard and we find out the true meaning of pilk and pleather. And in the final episode, we launch BigiHype - the sure-fire way to raise the profile of a new event or an unpopular charity! Written by Nick Doody, Matt Kirshen & Sarah Morgan with Carey Marx Conceived by Nick Doody Music by Guy Jackson Produced & directed by David Tyler
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379633 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Cowards: The Complete Series 1-2Author: Lloyd Woolf, Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Tom BasdenNarrator: Lloyd Woolf, Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Tom BasdenFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 38 minutesRelease date: November 21, 2019Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: The complete series 1 and 2 of the smart and surreal sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. In this complete collection of BBC Radio 4 series of 'Cowards', a batch of hapless and hopeful nearly-men battle with the challenge of everyday life, doing their very best to meet the demands of the modern world. Bikes start talking, genies appear that force you to guess what your three wishes are, bridges across the channel are built out of Lego, Parky loses it and a young man tries to audition for Barbara Windsor’s part in 'EastEnders'. There are also new creatures made from splicing a cow with an apple, social experiments into squatting while on the pull, wedding proposals in PC World, a sightseeing tour around Guantanamo Bay and a Garden of Eden where it rains chocolate and cows sing. Wry, left-field observations and detailed characterisation make this, their BBC Radio 4 series, a joyous and memorable sketch show experience. ‘Re-inventing the tired art of sketch comedy... these four are brilliant’ - Observer.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382206 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Spice Girls: The Story of the World’s Greatest Girl BandAuthor: Sean SmithNarrator: Katie ScarfeFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 0 minutesRelease date: November 14, 2019Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: ‘Get the inside scoop on all things Spice!’ OK! Magazine 'A compelling new book' Daily Express From the moment they burst into our lives, the Spice Girls have inspired millions around the world. Emma, Geri, Melanie C, Mel B and Victoria were adored and admired in equal measure. Their determination, fierce independence and Girl Power philosophy have motivated generation after generation of young women. Sunday Times bestselling biographer Sean Smith reveals what life was really like for the fab five, before and after they found fame – the ups and downs, personal conflicts, break-ups and controversies, health issues and trials of parenthood. Baby, Ginger, Sporty, Scary and Posh have always been so much more than their iconic image. They conquered a male dominated music industry, raised twelve children between them while, over the years, their reunion tours have led to renewed outpourings of affection and excitement: the story of five ordinary women achieving extraordinary things is as wonderfully resonant and powerful as ever.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382180 to listen full audiobooks.Title: How to Grow Old: A middle-aged man moaningAuthor: John BishopNarrator: John BishopFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 7 hours 1 minuteRelease date: November 14, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How to Grow Old by John Bishop. Whether he likes it or not, John is getting older. His hair is greying, it’s getting that much harder to stay fit, and the potential to become something of an embarrassment is ever increasing. But hope is not lost. How to Grow Old is John’s offering to the world. With sage advice on how to avoid the common pitfalls of age, intimate confessions and spit-your-dentures-out hilarious commentary on his own advancing years, this is his observational comic writing at its very best. If you were concerned about how not to be boring or how to get rid of your should-be-old-enough-to-manage kids, this the book has the answers.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379986 to listen full audiobooks.Title: A Song for You: My Life with Whitney HoustonAuthor: Robyn CrawfordNarrator: Robyn CrawfordFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 10 hours 25 minutesRelease date: November 12, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 109 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 36Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: The New York Times Bestseller! After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story. Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent the next two decades dominating the charts and capturing the hearts of fans around the world. One person was there by her side through it all—her best friend, Robyn Crawford. Since Whitney’s death in 2012, Robyn has stayed out of the limelight and held the great joys, wild adventures, and hard truths of her life with Whitney close to her heart. Now, for the first time ever, Crawford opens up in her memoir, A Song for You. With warmth, candor, and an impressive recall of detail, Robyn describes the two meeting as teenagers in the 1980s, and how their lives and friendship evolved as Whitney recorded her first album and Robyn pursued her promising Division I basketball career. Together during countless sold-out world tours, behind the scenes as hit after hit was recorded, through Whitney’s marriage and the birth of her daughter, the two navigated often challenging families, great loves, and painful losses, always supporting each other with laughter and friendship. Deeply personal and heartfelt, A Song for You is the vital, honest, and previously untold story that provides an understanding of the complex life of Whitney Houston. Finally, the person who knew her best sets the record straight.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374721 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Love Unknown: The Life and Worlds of Elizabeth BishopAuthor: Thomas TravisanoNarrator: Bronson PinchotFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 15 hours 39 minutesRelease date: November 5, 2019Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: An illuminating new biography of one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop's friend James Merrill once observed that 'Elizabeth had more talent for life—and for poetry—than anyone else I've known.' This new biography reveals just how she learned to marry her talent for life with her talent for writing in order to create a brilliant array of poems, prose, and letters—a remarkable body of work that would make her one of America's most beloved and celebrated poets. In Love Unknown, Thomas Travisano, founding president of the Elizabeth Bishop Society, tells the story of the famous poet and traveler's life. Bishop moved through extraordinary mid-twentieth century worlds with relationships among an extensive international array of literati, visual artists, musicians, scholars, and politicians—along with a cosmopolitan gay underground that was then nearly invisible to the dominant culture. Drawing on fresh interviews and newly discovered manuscript materials, Travisano illuminates that the 'art of losing' that Bishop celebrated with such poignant irony in her poem, 'One Art,' perhaps her most famous, was linked in equal part to an 'art of finding,' that Bishop's art and life was devoted to the sort of encounters and epiphanies that so often appear in her work. Cover photograph: courtesy of Elizabeth Bishop Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382946 to listen full audiobooks.Title: I Love the Bones of You: My Father And The Making Of MeAuthor: Christopher EcclestonNarrator: Christopher EcclestonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 17 minutesRelease date: October 31, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: ‘A beautiful book’ Zoë Ball ‘My father was an “ordinary man”, which of course means he was extraordinary.' Be it as Nicky Hutchinson in Our Friends In The North, Maurice in The A Word, or his reinvention of Doctor Who, One man, in life and death, has accompanied Christopher Eccleston every step of the way – his father, Ronnie. In I Love the Bones of You, Eccleston unveils a vivid portrait of a relationship that has shaped his entire career trajectory – mirroring and defining his own highs and lows, from stage and screen triumph to breakdown, anorexia and self-doubt. Eccleston describes how the tightening grip of dementia on his father slowly blinded him to his son’s existence, forcing a new and final chapter in their connection. Told with trademark honesty and openness, I Love the Bones of You is a celebration of those on whom the spotlight so rarely shines, as told by a man who found his voice in its glare. A love letter to one man, and a paean to many.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381677 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Beautiful OnesAuthor: PrinceNarrator: Dan Piepenbring, Esperanza Spalding, Adepero OduyeFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 3 hours 5 minutesRelease date: October 29, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: The brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time, in his own words—featuring the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death Prince was a musical genius, one of the most beloved, accomplished, and acclaimed musicians of our time. He was a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of “Uptown” to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of “Paisley Park.” But his most ambitious creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, one of the greatest pop stars of any era. The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Prince—a first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The audiobook is told in four parts. The first is the memoir Prince was writing before his tragic death, pages that bring us into his childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us through Prince’s early years as a musician, before his first album was released, via an evocative scrapbook of writing. The third section shows us Prince’s evolution, going up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the audiobook’s fourth section: his original treatment for Purple Rain—the final stage in Prince’s self-creation, where he retells the autobiography of the first three parts as a heroic journey. The audiobook is framed by editor Dan Piepenbring’s riveting and moving introduction about his profound collaboration with Prince in his final months—a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he’d so carefully cultivated. This work is not just a tribute to an icon, but an original and energizing literary work in its own right, full of Prince’s ideas and vision, his voice and image—his undying gift to the world. Includes a bonus PDF featuring never-before-seen photos and original scrapbooks & lyric sheets
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/376584 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery TourAuthor: Peter AsherNarrator: Peter AsherFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 2 minutesRelease date: October 29, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. A legendary record producer and performer takes listeners on an alphabetical journey of insights into the music of the Beatles and individual reminiscences of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Peter Asher met the Beatles in the spring of 1963, the start of a lifelong association with the band and its members. He had a front-row seat as they elevated pop music into an art form, and he was present at the creation of some of the most iconic music of our times. But Asher was also a talented musician in his own right, with a great ear for what was new and fresh. Once, when Paul McCartney wrote a song that John Lennon didn’t think was right for the Beatles, Asher asked if he could record it. “A World Without Love” became a global number-one hit for his duo, Peter and Gordon. A few years later Asher was asked by Paul McCartney to help start Apple Records and the first artist Asher discovered and signed up was a young American singer-songwriter named James Taylor. Before long he would be not only managing and producing Taylor but also (having left Apple and moved to Los Angeles) working with Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, Robin Williams, Joni Mitchell and Cher, among others. In The Beatles from A to Zed, based upon twenty-six episodes of his current and highly popular radio show “From Me to You” on the Beatles Channel of SiriusXM, Peter Asher shares his memories and insights about the Fab Four, weaving his reflections into a whimsical alphabetical journey that focuses not only on songs whose titles start with each letter, but also on recurrent themes in the Beatles’ music, the instruments they played, the innovations they pioneered, the artists who influenced them, the key people in their lives, and the cultural events of the time.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383265 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing: The Complete Series 1-3Author: Additional Material By Ola And Maff Brown, Nathan CatonNarrator: Nathan Caton, Don Gilet, Adjoa Andoh, Full CastFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 39 minutesRelease date: October 17, 2019Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing tells the story of young, up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who becomes the first in his family to graduate from University - only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance who want him to get a 'proper job' using his architecture degree. Can Nathan persuade his family to support his career choice? Janet a.k.a. Mum is probably the kindest and most lenient of the disappointed family members. At the end of the day she just wants the best for her son. However, she'd also love to brag and show her son off to her friends, but with Nathan only telling jokes for a living that's kind of hard to do. Martin a.k.a. Dad works in the construction industry and was looking forward to his son joining him to work together in the same field. But now Nathan has blown that dream out of the window Martin feels he has to get Nathan back into getting a real job. Grandma cannot believe Nathan turned down architecture for comedy. She didn't leave the paradise in the West Indies and came to the freezing United Kingdom for a better life so that her grandson could 'tell jokes!' How can her grandson go on stage and use foul language and filthy material... it's not the good Christian way! So with all this going on in the household what will Nathan do? Will he persevere and follow his dreams? Or will he give in to his family's interference? Or will he finally leave home?! This is the complete collection containing all three series - each episode is designed to show the criticism, interference and rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his family as he pursues his career against their wishes. The series is a mix of Nathan's stand-up intercut with scenes from his family life. Starring Nathan Caton as Nathan, Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing also stars Mona Hammond, Adjoa Andoh, Curtis Walker and Don Gilét. Written by: Nathan Caton Additional material by: Ola and Maff Brown Script Editor: James Kettle Producer: Katie Tyrrell.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383229 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Barefoot PilgrimageAuthor: Andrea CorrNarrator: Andrea CorrFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 46 minutesRelease date: October 17, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: Andrea Corr’s Barefoot Pilgrimage is a compelling and honest memoir. In part, an exercise in coming to terms with and making sense of life and mortality following the loss of a beloved father; in part, a reflection on an unlikely journey with her siblings through the music industry; in part, a meditation on family, on music, and on creativity; and, in part, a shout-out for love and for hope. Illustrated with personal photographs and with original poems interspersed throughout the text, this is a very personal – at times very funny, at times deeply moving – book from an iconic figure in popular music.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383452 to listen full audiobooks.Title: That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward HugAuthor: Emily FlakeNarrator: Peter Stray, Amanda Duarte, Emily FlakeFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 1 hour 8 minutesRelease date: October 15, 2019Genres: Arts & EntertainmentPublisher's Summary: A Lit Hub 'Most Anticipated Books of 2019' From New Yorker humorist Emily Flake, a hilarious, oddly enlightening book of observations and advice that embraces the inescapable awkwardness of two human beings attempting to make physical contact with each other We've all been there. You encounter the mother of your recent ex. That guy your best friend dated sophomore year. That friend-of-a-friend who you've met once but keeps popping up in your 'People You May Know' feed. Do you shake hands? Do you hug? Do you--horrors--kiss on the cheek? And then the inevitable: The awkward hug. That cultural blight we've all experienced. Emily Flake--keen observer of human behavior and life's less-than-triumphant moments--codifies the most common awkward hugs that have plagued us all. Filled with laugh-out-loud anecdotes, astute observations, and wise advice, That Was Awkward is a heartwarming reminder that we're all in this together, grasping hastily at each other in an attempt to say: let's embrace to remind ourselves of our essential and connecting humanity, but also, please don't touch me for more than three seconds.
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