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  • Animal Farm: Penguin Modern Classics by George Orwell

    Animal Farm: Penguin Modern Classics by George Orwell

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361466 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Animal Farm: Penguin Modern ClassicsAuthor: George OrwellNarrator: Adam BuxtonFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 3 hours 23 minutesRelease date: January 7, 2021Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others' When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless Ă©lite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. (P) Penguin Audio 2021

  • Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour by Mikey Robins

    Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour by Mikey Robins

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374877 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad BehaviourAuthor: Mikey RobinsNarrator: Mikey RobinsFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 18 minutesRelease date: August 5, 2020Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: Rollicking and informative, Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour is your guide through some of the most shameful behaviour indulged in by humanity’s most celebrated figures, as told by Mikey Robins, one of Australia’s most loved comedians. It is often said that we live in an era of constant outrage, but we are definitely not the inventors of outrageousness. Let’s be honest, human beings have always been appalling. Not everyone and not all the time, but our history is littered with those whose work and deeds have rendered them . . . reprehensible. Sometimes it’s our most esteemed luminaries who behave the worst. What are we to make of Catherine the Great’s extensive collection of pornographic furniture, Hans Christian Andersen’s too-much-information diary and Karl Marx’s epic pub crawls? Or hall-of-fame huckster William McCloundy, who in 1901 actually ‘sold’ the Brooklyn Bridge to an unsuspecting tourist, and the pharaoh who covered his slaves in honey to keep flies off his meal? Did you know about the royal ticklers of the House of Romanov, and the bizarre coronation rituals of early Irish kings? (Let’s just say that eating a white horse wasn’t the weirdest part of the ceremony.) So sit back and rest your conscience: there will be a host of scoundrels, bounders and reprobates, tales of lust and power aplenty, as we indulge in that sweet spot where history meets outrage, with just a bit of old-school TMZ thrown in for good measure. Praise for Reprehensible: ‘Finally, Mikey Robins has put his vulgar mind to good use, telling history’s lesser known grubby yarns. I love it!’ Tom Gleeson

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  • Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble by Judy Gold

    Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble by Judy Gold

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370558 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in TroubleAuthor: Judy GoldNarrator: Judy GoldFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 32 minutesRelease date: July 28, 2020Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: ''No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about free speech, it would be Judy.'' – Amy Schumer From award-winning comedian Judy Gold, an equal parts thoughtful and hilarious polemic on the current efforts to censor comedians, arguing that they undermine the art—and purpose—of comedy itself. “You can say anything that comes to mind as long as it is funny.” — Richard Pryor The fallout after Michelle Wolf’s roast at the 2018 White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Samantha Bee’s forced apology after calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c*nt,” Kathy Griffin’s being “blacklisted” from Hollywood after posting a photo with what looked like the president’s severed head, all represent a dangerous and growing trend—to censor comedians. In Yes I Can Say That, comedy veteran Judy Gold argues that ''no one has the right to tell comics what they can or cannot joke about
. Laughter is a unifier. It's the best medicine. It's also the most palatable way to bring up seditious, subversive topics.” For Gold, nothing is more insidious than enforcing silence and repressing jokes—the job of a comedian is to expose society's demons, and confront them head-on, no prisoners allowed. In ten impassioned polemics, she frames comedy as a tool of empowerment, a way to reclaim hateful rhetoric and battle the democracy-crushing plight of censorship. Uninhibited and bold, Gold is as skilled at making readers laugh as she is at exposing uncomfortable truths about our culture and society. In this era of partisan politics and gaping inequalities, Yes I Can Say That is the refreshingly candid, wickedly funny and deliciously blunt manifesto we need.

  • You're Not Special: A (Sort-of) Memoir by Meghan Rienks

    You're Not Special: A (Sort-of) Memoir by Meghan Rienks

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348941 to listen full audiobooks.Title: You're Not Special: A (Sort-of) MemoirAuthor: Meghan RienksNarrator: Meghan RienksFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 15 minutesRelease date: May 5, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: In her first-ever (sort of) memoir, the beloved actor and YouTube sensation gets personal about everything from mental health to drunken debaucheries with this “brave, behind-the-webcam look at self-discovery” (Kirkus Reviews). As an only child raised in a town of less than 8,000 people and without a Starbucks in sight, Meghan Rienks has always been pretty good at entertaining herself. Then one day—cue the dramatic voiceover—her life changed forever. In 2010, Meghan was diagnosed with mononucleosis. Mono is basically just a really bad case of the flu, right? Wrong. To a party crazed sixteen-year-old, mono is social suicide. More than anything, it’s just plain boring. So, Meghan opened up her MacBook, used the webcam for something other than a bad Andy Warhol–style photobooth session, and recorded her first YouTube video. Since then, Meghan has shared the ups and downs of her life with the internet, documenting her teenage years for the whole world to see. Now that she’s (mostly) through her awkward stage, Meghan’s here to tell you that it gets better. You’re not alone in the thoughts you think. Sometimes a bad hair day feels worse than a punch in the gut and asking a boy out seems about as difficult as achieving that perfect dewy glow. But despite what you’ve been told, your problems are not unique, and somebody else has felt the way you feel right at this very moment. You’re not special. But you’re also not alone on the bumpy road to adulthood.

  • Alex Edelman: Millennial & Peer Group: Two BBC Radio 4 comedy series by Alex Edelman

    Alex Edelman: Millennial & Peer Group: Two BBC Radio 4 comedy series by Alex Edelman

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370542 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Alex Edelman: Millennial & Peer Group: Two BBC Radio 4 comedy seriesAuthor: Alex EdelmanNarrator: Alex EdelmanFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 2 minutesRelease date: April 16, 2020Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: Alex Edelman - Bostonian native and winner of the prestigious Best Newcomer Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Festival - brings his unique wit to an exploration of what it means to be a Millennial today. This collection includes two of his BBC Radio 4 series: Millennial: In this half-hour radio special version of his Edinburgh Award-winning show, Alex Edelman gives his take on how his industrious demographic is both ridiculed and misunderstood, and how he's used his smart-arse wit to bite back. Peer Group: The Complete Series 1 and 2: Alex takes a look at what it means to be an adult in a millennial world, with help from his 'peer group'. From what millennials actually want to own (apart from - obviously - a house) in a world where so much is disposable, to how social media has insinuated its way into his life, and what it means to be political in today's world. Is Alex Edelman an adult yet? When will he feel like one? Is he part of a generation that's increasingly emotionally stunted? And is the internet responsible? Produced by Sam Michell A BBC Studios Production

  • Motherwhelmed by Anniki Sommerville

    Motherwhelmed by Anniki Sommerville

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369801 to listen full audiobooks.Title: MotherwhelmedAuthor: Anniki SommervilleNarrator: Imogen ChurchFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 9 hours 29 minutesRelease date: April 2, 2020Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: ‘Hilarious. Makes me feel like I’m not the only one.’ Cherry Healey Funny and courageous fiction for fans of Dawn O’Porter and Gill Sims. ‘Had me rolling about laughing
I read this in one sitting it was that good’ Chellsandbooks Rebecca is 42, has a beautiful child and a wonderful husband. But she just hasn’t been feeling herself recently
 Rebecca thinks a great night out should involve a packet of Marlboro’s, six double vodkas and snogging a colleague. Not gormlessly drinking a zero-alcohol No-hito while Instagramming a vegan chicken wing. Rebecca wants to ride on a Harley Davidson, to crowd surf till dawn, then collapse in a heap after swigging from a bottle of Jack Daniels . . . not sit in a soul-destroying meeting surrounded by 'blue sky thinking' and men half her age who interrupt all the time. She's had enough of commuting to an office that is so cold people have to wear blankets all day. And she can't help asking herself why her adorable daughter must spend all week in a containment zone for pre-schoolers. Rebecca wants to feel that there's MORE coming her way, rather than less . . . In short – Rebecca wants out. But where to?

  • Joe Lycett’s Obsessions: Series 2: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy by Joe Lycett

    Joe Lycett’s Obsessions: Series 2: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy by Joe Lycett

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381218 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Joe Lycett’s Obsessions: Series 2: The BBC Radio 4 ComedyAuthor: Joe LycettNarrator: Joe Lycett, Full CastFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 1 hour 50 minutesRelease date: February 20, 2020Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: Joe Lycett returns for a second series of Obsessions, the comedy chat show that celebrates our weird hobbies and eccentric passions. Featuring an exciting array of obsessive celebrity guests and members of the public, Joe uncovers what really makes the great British public tick. Listen to Holly Walsh's obsession with badgers, Clara Amfo's adoration of trainers, and Mary Berry's love of her dog Darcy. Can Nina Wadia spark an interest in driving holidays? Can Chelsea Norris get you into boxing? And what of Carol Kirkwood's obsession with a cat called Donald? Guests in this series include Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo, actress Nina Wadia, BBC Manchester presenter Chelsea Norris, comedians Elis James, Jack Carroll and Holly Walsh, plus national treasure Mary Berry. Joe also welcomes members of the public to share their secret passions as well as inviting a weekly VOP (very obsessed person) to introduce their weird and wonderful collections of curiosities! Written and performed by Joe Lycett, with material from James Kettle and additional material from Catherine Brinkworth and Kat Sadler Producer: Suzy Grant Production coordinator: Damilola Mabadeje A BBC Studios Audio production

  • Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery

    Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374538 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Something That May Shock and Discredit YouAuthor: Daniel M. LaveryNarrator: Daniel M. LaveryFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 6 hours 48 minutesRelease date: February 11, 2020Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: “One of our smartest, most inventive humor writers, Ortberg combines bathos and the devotional into a revelation.” —Jordy Rosenberg, The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Texts From Jane Eyre and Merry Spinster, writer of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column, and cofounder of The Toast comes a hilarious and stirring collection of essays and cultural observations spanning pop culture—from the endearingly popular to the staggeringly obscure. Daniel M. Lavery is known for blending genres, forms, and sources to develop fascinating new hybrids—from lyric rants to horror recipes to pornographic scripture. In his most personal work to date, he turns his attention to the essay, offering vigorous and laugh-out-loud funny accounts of both popular and highbrow culture while mixing in meditations on gender transition, family dynamics, and the many meanings of faith. From a thoughtful analysis of the beauty of William Shatner to a sinister reimagining of HGTV’s House Hunters, and featuring figures as varied as Anne of Green Gables, Columbo, Nora Ephron, Apollo, and the cast of Mean Girls, Something That May Shock and Discredit You is a hilarious and emotionally exhilarating compendium that combines personal history with cultural history to make you see yourself and those around you entirely anew. It further establishes Lavery as one of the most innovative and engaging voices of his generation—and it may just change the way you think about Lord Byron forever.

  • The Alibi Girl by C.J. Skuse

    The Alibi Girl by C.J. Skuse

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374145 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Alibi GirlAuthor: C.J. SkuseNarrator: Emmy Rose, Helen KeeleyFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 14 minutesRelease date: February 6, 2020Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: ‘Brilliantly-written characters, original and engaging. It’s so good!’ BA Paris JOANNE HAYNES HAS A SECRET. THAT IS NOT HER REAL NAME. And there’s more. Her flat isn’t hers. Her cats aren't hers. Even her hair isn’t really hers. Nor is she any of the other women she pretends to be. Not the bestselling romance novelist who gets her morning snack from the doughnut van on the seafront. Nor the pregnant woman in the dental surgery. Nor the chemo patient in the supermarket for whom the cashier feels ever so sorry. They're all just alibis. In fact, the only thing that’s real about Joanne is that nobody can know who she really is. But someone has got too close. It looks like her alibis have begun to run out
. Your favourite authors are loving The Alibi Girl ‘Heart-wrenching, impossible to predict and completely absorbing’ John Marrs ‘The master of dark, sexy psychological suspense’ Suzy K Quinn ‘A dark, addictive read’ Phoebe Morgan

  • Zed: A Novel by Joanna Kavenna

    Zed: A Novel by Joanna Kavenna

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380887 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Zed: A NovelAuthor: Joanna KavennaNarrator: Elliot HillFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 14 hours 8 minutesRelease date: January 14, 2020Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: 'Kavenna is a diligent scholar of her form, melding a massively complex plot Ă  la Thomas Pynchon and the wicked social satire of Evelyn Waugh with a healthy dose of Gogol's absurdist dysphoria thrown in for good measure.' Kirkus (starred review) A blistering, satirical novel about life under a global media and tech corporation that knows exactly what we think, what we want, and what we do--before we do. One corporation has made a perfect world based on a perfect algorithm. Now, what to do with all these messy people? Lionel Bigman is dead. Murdered by a robot. Guy Matthias, the philandering founder and CEO of the mega-corporation Beetle, insists it was human error. But was it? Either the predictive algorithms of Beetle's supposedly omniscient 'lifechain' don't work, or, they've been hacked. Both scenarios are impossible to imagine and signal the end of Beetle's technotopia and life as we know it. Dazzlingly original and darkly comic, Zed asks profound questions about who we are, what we owe to one another, and what makes us human. It describes our moment--the ugliness and the beauty--perfectly. Kavenna is a prophet who has seen deeply into the present--and thrown back her head and laughed.

  • Bigipedia: The Complete Series 1-2 by Carey Marx, Matt Kirshen, Nick Doody, Sarah Morgan

    Bigipedia: The Complete Series 1-2 by Carey Marx, Matt Kirshen, Nick Doody, Sarah Morgan

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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: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher'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 clichĂ© 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

  • Cowards: The Complete Series 1-2 by Lloyd Woolf, Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Tom Basden

    Cowards: The Complete Series 1-2 by Lloyd Woolf, Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Tom Basden

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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: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher'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.

  • Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Addiction and Sexuality by Mae Martin

    Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Addiction and Sexuality by Mae Martin

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/373846 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Mae Martin's Guide to 21st Century Addiction and SexualityAuthor: Mae MartinNarrator: Mae MartinFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 1 hour 52 minutesRelease date: November 21, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: Mae Martin is an award-winning Canadian comedian, writer and presenter of podcast GrownUp Land. In these two collected BBC Radio 4 series, she explores her generation's views on addiction and sexuality. Mae Martin’s Guide to 21st Century Addiction Mae draws connections between her obsessive, all-consuming patterns of behaviour and examines why they might occur Mae Martin’s Guide to 21st Century Sexuality Mae explores how millennials are transforming the way society thinks about sex and gender. Produced by Alexandra Smith

  • Man's 4th Best Hospital by Samuel Shem

    Man's 4th Best Hospital by Samuel Shem

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370662 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Man's 4th Best HospitalAuthor: Samuel ShemNarrator: Sean RunnetteFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 15 hours 41 minutesRelease date: November 12, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: The sequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed The House of God Years after the events of The House of God, the Fat Man has been given leadership over a new Future of Medicine Clinic at what is now only Man's 4th Best Hospital, and has persuaded Dr. Roy Basch and some of his intern cohorts to join him to teach a new generation of interns and residents. In a medical landscape dominated by computer screens and corrupted by money, they have one goal: to make medicine humane again. What follows is a mesmerizing, heartbreaking, and hilarious exploration of how the health-care industry, and especially doctors, have evolved over the past thirty years.

  • Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving by Mo Rocca

    Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving by Mo Rocca

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369105 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth RelivingAuthor: Mo RoccaNarrator: Mo RoccaFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 11 hours 46 minutesRelease date: November 5, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 115 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 15Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, a rigorously researched, “funny and smart” (Jon Stewart) book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him. Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries—reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. His quest to right that wrong inspired Mobituaries, his #1 hit podcast. But here, in this “delightful, hilarious romp through history” (Booklist) he has gone much further, with all-new essays on artists, entertainers, sports stars, political pioneers, founding fathers, and more. Even if you know the names, you’ve never understood why they matter...until now. Take Herbert Hoover: before he was president, he was the “Great Humanitarian,” the man who saved tens of millions from starvation. But after less than a year in the White House, the stock market crashed, and all the good he had done seemed to be forgotten. Then there’s Marlene Dietrich, well remembered as a screen goddess, less remembered as a great patriot. Alongside servicemen on the front lines during World War II, she risked her life to help defeat the Nazis of her native Germany. And what about Billy Carter and history’s unruly presidential brothers? Were they ne’er-do-well liabilities
or secret weapons? Plus, Mobits for dead sports teams, dead countries, the dearly departed station wagon, and dragons. Yes, dragons. Rocca is an expert researcher and storyteller who offers “joy for curious minds” (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci), and with his dogged reporting and trademark wit, he brings these men and women back to life like no one else can. “In our fact-challenged times, Rocca’s joyful tour through the didja know’s of history is an unexpected antidote” (The New Yorker).

  • I Am the Border, So I Am by @borderirish

    I Am the Border, So I Am by @borderirish

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380492 to listen full audiobooks.Title: I Am the Border, So I AmAuthor: @borderirishNarrator: Adam BestFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 4 hours 3 minutesRelease date: October 31, 2019Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: ‘Channelling the spirit of Monty Python, Father Ted and Oscar Wilde, [@BorderIrish] trolls the Brexit process with a tone that is whimsical, sometimes surreal and always pointed.’ – Guardian ‘I was living the quiet life, watching the traffic and the sheep go by and then Brexit came along and I listened to people dismissing my importance. I could see the danger coming in the distance, like a cold front on the Tyrone skyline. So I thought, how can an invisible border be heard?’ 97 years young, the Irish Border may be a late adopter of Twitter, but with almost 80k followers including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Piers Morgan and Alastair Campbell, the Border isn’t so invisible anymore.

  • In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders

    In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360947 to listen full audiobooks.Title: In Persuasion NationAuthor: George SaundersNarrator: George SaundersFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 5 hours 31 minutesRelease date: October 29, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables—all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon. 'The first thing you ought to know is that Saunders is the funniest writer in America... [But] Saunders's laughs are a cover, a diversion, beneath which reside some profoundly serious intentions regarding the morality of how we live and the power of love and immanent death to transform us into vastly better creatures... I can't think of another writer who would try to do what Saunders is doing, or anything close to it. This is an important book.'—The Nation 'Saunders is a hilarious, wicked, and pitch-perfect satirist of our times, of course, but for a satirist he has a whole lot of heart.'—Esquire This audiobook includes an original song by the author. “In Persuasion Nation” was written and performed by George Saunders, and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Peter Coleman at 365 Producer in Santa Cruz, California.

  • My Drunk Kitchen Holidays!: How to Savor and Celebrate the Year by Hannah Hart

    My Drunk Kitchen Holidays!: How to Savor and Celebrate the Year by Hannah Hart

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374700 to listen full audiobooks.Title: My Drunk Kitchen Holidays!: How to Savor and Celebrate the YearAuthor: Hannah HartNarrator: Hannah HartFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 3 hours 54 minutesRelease date: October 22, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author and Food Network star Hannah Hart is back with her biggest book ever: a humorous holiday cookbook celebrating year-round festivities with food, drink, and friends. In a world where everyone is looking for some good news and something to celebrate, Hannah Hart is there with almost fifty ideas, arranged into twelve months of themes and recipes for how to celebrate with family and friends. A collection of recipes, activities, and suggestions about hilarious and joyous ways to celebrate with family, friends, pets, and your entire community, My Drunk Kitchen Holidays! will commemorate holidays from Valentine's Day to Graduation, Pride Month and International Left-Handers’ Day (really!). The book will culminate with the fall holidays that get much deserved attention: recipes for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and a celebration of Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Christmas that is festive, inclusive, and incredibly hilarious.

  • Do You Mind If I Cancel?: (Things That Still Annoy Me) by Gary Janetti

    Do You Mind If I Cancel?: (Things That Still Annoy Me) by Gary Janetti

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366609 to listen full audiobooks.Title: Do You Mind If I Cancel?: (Things That Still Annoy Me)Author: Gary JanettiNarrator: Gary JanettiFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 3 hours 41 minutesRelease date: October 22, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.05 of Total 40 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: 'If you love storytelling in the style of David Sedaris, this audiobook—narrated by Janetti himself—is for you.' — Yahoo Lifestyle This program is read by the author. Fans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey
 meet your new friend Gary Janetti. Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram accounts there is, now turns his skills into a hilarious, and poignant audiobook chronicling the pains and indignities of everyday life. Gary spends his twenties in New York, dreaming of starring on soap operas while in reality working at a hotel where he lusts after an unattainable colleague and battles a bellman who despises it when people actually use a bell to call him. He chronicles the torture of finding a job before the internet when you had to talk on the phone all the time, and fantasizes, as we all do, about who to tell off when he finally wins an Oscar. As Gary himself says, “These are essays from my childhood and young adulthood about things that still annoy me.” Original, brazen, and laugh out loud funny, Do You Mind if I Cancel? is something not to be missed. Praise for Do You Mind If I Cancel?: 'Gary Janetti's book is so rolling-on-the-floor funny, so brilliantly observant, and so full of heart.” — Kevin Kwan 'The writing of Gary Janetti, whether televised or tweeted, is famously incisive and sharp-tongued. What a revelation it was, therefore, to discover in these revealing personal essays an artist of great tenderness and vulnerability. And he's still funny as hell.' — Armistead Maupin “It’s no surprise that Gary Janetti's book is laugh-out-loud funny. It is just as cutting, wild, and droll as I hoped.” - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six

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    The Pretty Delicious Cafe by Danielle Hawkins

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    Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380293 to listen full audiobooks.Title: The Pretty Delicious CafeAuthor: Danielle HawkinsNarrator: Jessica Grace-SmithFormat: Unabridged AudiobookLength: 8 hours 18 minutesRelease date: October 21, 2019Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3Genres: Comedy, Satire & ParodyPublisher's Summary: One flaky family. One ex-boyfriend who won't go away. And one handsome stranger who probably will ... For fans of Doc Martin and Monica McInerney, a warm, witty novel, brimming with the trademark romance, friendship and eccentricity that Danielle Hawkins's readers love. On the outskirts of a small seaside town, Lia and her friend Anna work serious hours running their restored cafe. The summer season is upon them, they have Anna's wedding to plan and Lia's ex-boyfriend seems not to understand it's over. When a gorgeous stranger taps on Lia's window near midnight and turns out not to be a serial killer, she feels it's a promising sign. But no one comes without a past, and his arrives in the form of a four-year-old son. Just as Lia decides to give things a try, problems from her own past rear up. The Pretty Delicious Cafe reminds us of the joy -- and hazards -- to be found in family, friends and good food -- and that being a little bit weird isn't necessarily a bad thing. PRAISE FOR DANIELLE HAWKINS The Pretty Delicious Cafe 'everything a summer read should be - warm and witty' Who Weekly 'Incredibly fast paced with effortlessly flowing witty dialogue, it's hard to believe The Pretty Delicious Cafe is a book and not a television series -- this is a book fans of Bridget Jones' Diary and Offspring will love to sink their teeth into' Better Reading 'A sweet, tasty treat of a tale, sprinkled with wry humour and sparkling dialogue, dusted with a touch of the bitter-sweet' The Reader booksellers' blog 'The Pretty Delicious Cafe, offers more meat and bones than fluff' Otago Daily Times Dinner at Rose's 'A cross between All Creatures Great and Small, Bridget Jones's Diary and something the Topp Twins would write if there was only one of them and she was straight, this is a very funny book' Next Book Club 'What really carries it is the quality of the writing. The dialogue is absolutely spot on. You would almost believe the author wrote for TV or writes sitcoms. It's very, very funny' Paper Plus, Winter Reads 'It's so good that it's hard to believe it's a first novel. It had better not be her last. Please, Danielle' Lee Matthews, Manawatu Standard 'Reading this is better than sleeping!' Sunday Star Times Chocolate Cake for Breakfast 'Another sweet, gently funny depiction of life in the back blocks of New Zealand' Next 'Helen is frankly delightful - intelligent but oh-so-human ... a plausible, relatable storyline and hugely appealing characters. A charming summer read, and a giggling good time' Australian Women's Weekly 'The only problem I could see in the book was the Wallabies did not win often enough' Jodie, GoodReads 'This is a delightful, contemporary romance' Herald Sun

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