Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Phil: The Adventures of Two Undercover Agents with the World's Most Charming Con Man Author: David Howard Narrator: Joe Ochman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: A thrilling true crime caper, bursting with colorful characters and awash in ‘70s glamour, that spotlights the FBI's first white-collar undercover sting   1977, the Thunderbird Motel. J.J. Wedick and Jack Brennan—two fresh-faced, maverick FBI agents—were about to embark on one of their agency's first wire-wearing undercover missions. Their target? Charismatic, globetrotting con man Phil Kitzer, whom some called the world's greatest swindler. From the Thunderbird, the three men took off to Cleveland, to Miami, to Hawaii, to Frankfurt, to the Bahamas—meeting other members of Kitzer's crime syndicate and powerful politicians and businessmen he fooled at each stop. But as the young agents, playing the role of proteges and co-conspirators, became further entangled in Phil's outrageous schemes over their months on the road, they also grew to respect him—even care for him. Meanwhile, Phil began to think of Jack and J.J. as best friends, sharing hotel rooms and inside jokes with them and even competing with J.J. in picking up women.   Phil Kitzer was at the center of dozens of scams in which he swindled millions of dollars, but the FBI was mired in a post-Watergate malaise and slow to pivot toward a new type of financial crime that is now all too familiar. Plunging into the field with no undercover training, the agents battled a creaky bureaucracy on their adventures with Phil, hoping the FBI would recognize the importance of their mission. Even as they grew closer to Phil, they recognized that their endgame—the swindler's arrest—was drawing near…    Anchored by larger-than-life characters, framed by exotic locales and an irresistible era, Chasing Phil is high drama and propulsive reading, delivered by an effortless storyteller.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Katrina, Mississippi: Voices from Ground Zero Author: NancyKay Wessman Narrator: Gwen Hughes, Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: For twelve years, Katrina held all the 'most horrible, most expensive' titles for U.S. hurricanes. When the monster storm slammed into Mississippi's Gulf Coast in 2005, public health physician Dr. Robert Travnicek firmly faced the disaster. In Katrina, Mississippi: Voices from Ground Zero, Dr. Travnicek and other first responders reveal what really happened during Katrina: what they did to get ready, how they managed from inside the emergency operations centers in Hancock and Harrison Counties, and the catastrophic destruction they dealt with for several years to come. Lessons they learned help prepare current and future first responders to strengthen emergency management planning and response, from extreme heat and ice storms to terrorism and tornadoes. One of many five-star reviewers proclaims Katrina, Mississippi, to be 'written so well you can smell the odor of rotting fish, rancid pork bellies, raw sewage and more. . . This is a page-turner.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Series: Part of Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series Author: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 213 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 36 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: This program features an introduction read by Bill O'Reilly. The Revolutionary War as never told before. The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s mega-bestselling Killing series transports listeners to the most important era in our nation’s history, the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain’s King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the listener from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. What started as protest and unrest in the colonies soon escalated to a world war with devastating casualties. O’Reilly and Dugard recreate the war’s landmark battles, including Bunker Hill, Long Island, Saratoga, and Yorktown, revealing the savagery of hand-to-hand combat and the often brutal conditions under which these brave American soldiers lived and fought. Also here is the reckless treachery of Benedict Arnold and the daring guerilla tactics of the “Swamp Fox” Frances Marion. A must listen, Killing England reminds one and all how the course of history can be changed through the courage and determination of those intent on doing the impossible.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Vietnam War: An Intimate History Author: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns Narrator: Brian Corrigan, Fred Sanders, Ken Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 31 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 77 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart--the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017. More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. The book plunges us into the chaos and intensity of combat, even as it explains the rationale that got us into Vietnam and kept us there for so many years. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, this is a tour de force that is certain to launch a new national conversation. Read by Brian Corrigan with Fred Sanders, and with an introduction read by Ken Burns

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights Author: Steven Levingston Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick 'Kennedy and King is an unqualified masterpiece of historical narrative . . . A landmark achievement.' -- Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Rosa Parks Kennedy and King traces the emergence of two of the twentieth century's greatest leaders, their powerful impact on each other and on the shape of the civil rights battle between 1960 and 1963. These two men from starkly different worlds profoundly influenced each other's personal development. Kennedy's hesitation on civil rights spurred King to greater acts of courage, and King inspired Kennedy to finally make a moral commitment to equality. As America still grapples with the legacy of slavery and the persistence of discrimination, Kennedy and King is a vital, vivid contribution to the literature of the Civil Rights Movement.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290522 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zora Hurston and the Strange Case of Ruby McCollum Author: C. Arthur Ellis, Jr. PhD Narrator: Trei Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: In the timber camps of North Florida in the 1930s, Zora Neale Hurston, a famous African-American anthropologist and author, discovered the unwritten segregationist law allowing a white man to force a white woman to have his children. Dr. Ellis coined the term "paramour rights" and attributed it to Hurston's character in this novel. Twenty years later, she received an assignment from the Pittsburgh Courier to cover the murder trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy colored woman accused of slaying a white physician who had recently been elected to the Florida state senate--and rumored to be her lover and father of one of her children. Intrigued by what she considered a case of paramour rights, Hurston accepted the Courier assignment. What she discovered in the small town of Live Oak was a sordid tale of interracial sex, greed, drugs and murder, concealed by the guilty silence of its fearful citizens who did not want their secret involvement in the subterranean world of illegal gambling and liquor sales to be revealed. To paraphrase Hurston, she felt that the story played itself out in a conspiracy of silence, behind a curtain of secrecy. The audio version of the story contains a new Introduction and Afterword read by the author, while the novel itself is read by the talented Trei Taylor, who brings a unique depth of character to Zora Neale Hurston.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of Billy the Kid Author: Charles A. Siringo Narrator: Roger Melin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.02 of Total 265 Ratings of Narrator: 4.1 of Total 77 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history. When a bullet pierced his heart he was less than twenty-two years of age, and had killed twenty-one men, Indians not included. The author feels that he is capable of writing a true and unvarnished history of "Billy the Kid," as he was personally acquainted with him, and assisted in his capture, by furnishing Sheriff Pat Garrett with three of his fighting cowboys--Jas. H. East, Lee Hall and Lon Chambers. The facts set down in this narrative were gotten from the lips of "Billy the Kid," himself, and from such men as Pat Garrett, John W. Poe, Kip McKinnie, Charlie Wall, the Coe Brothers, Tom O'Phalliard, Henry Brown, John Middleton, Martin Chavez, and Ash Upson. All these men took an active part, for or against, the "Kid." Ash Upson had known him from childhood, and was considered one of the family, for several years, in his mother's home. Other facts were gained from the lips of Mrs. Charlie Bowdre, who kept "Billy the Kid," hid out at her home in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, after he had killed his two guards and escaped. (Introduction by the author)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chronicles of Canada Volume 23 - The Cariboo Trail: A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia Author: Agnes C. Laut Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: Between the California and Yukon/Klondike gold rushes was the Cariboo Gold Rush in what would become northern British Columbia. The first discovery was made in 1859, but the rush didn't get underway in earnest until 1861. This short work documents the story of this lesser-known era and how it directly affected the development of British Columbia. (Summary by TriciaG)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ascent of Mount St. Elias, Alaska Author: Filippo De Filippi Narrator: Phil Schempf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: Although Mount St. Elias had been known to native Americans for thousands of years and to Europeans since 1741 when Vitus Bering saw the peak and gave it its current name, it was not successfully climbed until 1897 by a party lead by Prince Luigi Amadeo di Savoia, Duke of the Abruzzi. This is the story of that expedition. Mount St. Elias was not climbed again for another 50 years when the advent of air support made the logistics of the climb less daunting. - Summary by Fritz

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chronicles of Canada Volume 32 - The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways Author: Oscar D. Skelton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: When the pace of railroad construction slackened in 1914, Canada had achieved a remarkable position in the railway world. Only five other countries—the United States, Russia, Germany, India, and, by a small margin, France—possessed a greater mileage; and, relatively to population, none came anywhere near her. This is the story of how Canada became a country stitched together by rail. - Summary by TriciaG

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chronicles of Canada Volume 06 - The Great Intendant: A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672 Author: Thomas Chapais Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: Talon worked closely with lieutenant-general Prouville de Tracy to achieve the surrender of the Iroquois in 1627, thereby ending the threat that had hung over the colony for 20 years. Although Talon did not join the troops in the field, at Tracy's request, he had a very large share in the success of the French arms through his constant and meticulous care in placing at the disposition of the army everything that was necessary for the war, despite the poverty of the colony, the lack of roads, and the distances. Summary by Wikipedia.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty Author: Kitty Kelley Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 27, 2004 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: They have wielded enormous financial power and dominated world politics for more than half a century. They have been appointed to positions of great power and have been elected as governors, congressmen, senators and presidents. They have shaped our past and, with our country at war under the leadership of their number one son, they are, more critically than ever, shaping our future. As the Bush family has risen to dominance, so too they have been master orchestrators of their own public image, acting and operating under the shield of privacy their money and status have always afforded them. Until now. Number One bestselling author and investigative biographer Kitty Kelley has closely examined the lives of Jacqueline Onassis, Nancy Reagan, Frank Sinatra, and the British Royal family. Now the First Lady of unauthorized biography reckons with the first family of the United States—and the result is at once a rich and shocking history and a very human portrait of the world’s most powerful dynasty. An important work on wealth, power, and class in America, The Family is rich in texture, probing in its psychological insight, revealing in its political and financial detail, and stunning in the patterns that emerge and expose the Bush dynasty as it has never before been exposed. Ms. Kelley takes us back to the origins of the family fortune in the Ohio steel industry at the turn of the last century, through the oil deals and international business associations that have maintained and increased their wealth over the past hundred years. The book leads us through Prescott Bush’s first entrée into government at the state level in 1950s’ Connecticut, to George Herbert Walker Bush’s long and winding road to the White House, to his son’s quick sweep into the same office. Along the way, we see the complex relationships the Bushes have had with the giants of the century—Eisenhower, Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, Kissinger, Reagan, Clinton—as well as the often ruthless methods used to realize their goals. Perhaps most impressive—and surprising—is the way the book delves behind the obsessively protected public image into the family’s intimate private lives: the matriarchs, the mistresses, the marriages, the divorces, the jealousies, the hypocrisies, the golden children, and the black sheep. At a crucial point in American history, Kitty Kelley is the one person to finally tell all about the family that has, perhaps more than any other, defined our role in the modern world. This is the book the Bushes don’t want you to read. This is The Family.