Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Van Gogh's Inner Struggle Subtitle: Secrets of Van Gogh, Book 2 Author: Liesbeth Heenk Narrator: Denise Kahn Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 12-06-17 Publisher: Amsterdam Publishers Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: A fascinating look into the life of a tortured genius. Using Van Gogh's letters as a primary source, the author discusses the artist's life, his approach to his work, and his mental illness. The letters vividly show the artist's life was no bed of roses. Whereas Van Gogh perfectly knew what was sellable, he continued to produce what he considered as honest, truthful art, regardless of current taste. He did not expect the art-buying public to understand the rough appearance of his work. Van Gogh acknowledged that being an artist simply involved struggle, but he believed that one would benefit from adversity, both personally and professionally. "No victory without a battle, no battle without suffering." In Van Gogh's case, it seems to have been a never-ending battle against poverty, isolation, and adversity. Given his circumstances - being financially dependent upon his brother Theo, not selling any work, and getting minimal recognition - his achievements are utterly amazing. The Secrets of Van Gogh series:

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mansfield Park Author: Jane Austen Narrator: Alison Larkin Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Alison Larkin Presents Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Award-winning Jane Austen narrator Alison Larkin is back with this hugely entertaining recording of Mansfield Park, followed by fascinating bonus material! Eleven-year-old Fanny Price is "adopted" by wealthy relatives and leaves her life of poverty in Portsmouth for a much better life at Mansfield Park. Dependent, vulnerable, and often ignored, her only true friend in her new family is her cousin Edmund. When the reckless, flirtatious Crawfords arrive at Mansfield Park, Fanny must stand up for her principles in order to protect her heart. Mansfield Park is followed by opinions on the novel by Austen's family and friends, never before heard on audio. Like most writers, Jane Austen was very interested in what her family and friends thought of her books. She wrote down their opinions of Mansfield Park, recording both the bad and the good. These opinions dating from 1814 and 1815 will give solace to any writer whose work has been criticized, and will amuse and delight Austen fans worldwide. "Alison Larkin's narration will captivate listeners from the first sentence. Her delicate voice and perfect English accent sweep the listener back in time, right into the lives of the characters.... Austen's nineteenth-century writing style flows off Larkin's tongue, making the dense passages easy to understand." - AudioFile Magazine

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Life and Legacy of James Joyce Subtitle: Pioneer of Modern Literature Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Mark Norman Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 11-06-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: "His writing is not about something. It is that something itself." (Samuel Beckett, Joyces friend and secretary, about Finnegans Wake) James Joyce is the high priest of modernist writing who lived a life of endless sacrifice to literature, loaded with poverty and petty humiliations. He blazed the path of the writer as resolute individualist, rejecting all conformity and risking everything, even public shaming, in order to "communicate" over the supine body of language with his enthralled readers. He once remarked to his younger brother Stanislaus, Dont you think there is a certain resemblance between the mystery of the Mass and what I am trying to do? I mean that I am trying...to give people some kind of intellectual pleasure or spiritual enjoyment by converting the bread of everyday life into something that has a permanent artistic life of its own...for their mental, moral, and spiritual uplift. Joyce pioneered modern literature through his use of stream of consciousness, a literary technique that lets readers get straight into the mind of the books characters and stands in stark contrast to Ernest Hemingway's "iceberg" style of leaving things to the readers' imaginations. In his masterpiece Ulysses, Joyce explores several topics and thoughts that go through the mind of one man in Dublin for a day, and he also wrote other critically-acclaimed works such as the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). He said of his frequent use of Dublin as a setting, "For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal." The Life and Legacy of James Joyce: Pioneer of Modern Literature profiles the life and career of one of America's most famous entertainers. You will learn about Joyce like you never have before, in no time at all.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Facing the Music Subtitle: My Story Author: Jennifer Knapp Narrator: Jennifer Knapp Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 10-24-17 Publisher: Oasis Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Jennifer Knapp's meteoric rise in the Christian music industry ended abruptly when she walked away and came out publicly as a lesbian. This is her story - of coming to Christ, of building a career, of admitting who she is, and of how her faith remained strong through it all. At the top of her career in the Christian music industry, Jennifer Knapp quit. A few years later, she publicly revealed she is gay. A media frenzy ensued, and many of her former fans were angry with what they saw as turning her back on God. But through it all, she held on to the truth that had guided her from the beginning. In this memoir, she finally tells her story: of her troubled childhood, the love of music that pulled her through, her dramatic conversion to Christianity, her rise to stardom, her abrupt departure from Christian contemporary music, her years of trying to come to terms with her sexual orientation, and her return to music and Nashville in 2010, when she came out publicly for the first time. She also talks about the importance of her faith, and despite the many who claim she can no longer call herself a believer, she maintains that she is both gay and a Christian. Now an advocate for LGBT issues in the church, Jennifer has witnessed heartbreaking struggles as churches wrestle with issues of homosexuality and faith. This engrossing, inspiring memoir will help people understand her story and to believe in their own stories, whatever they may be.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Writing out Loud Subtitle: What a Blind Teacher Learned from Leading a Memoir Class for Seniors Author: Beth Finke Narrator: Robin J. Sitten Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 10-17-17 Publisher: Golden Alley Press Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll write. She's never taught a class in her life. But when the City of Chicago calls on blind writer Beth Finke to teach a memoir-writing class for older adults, she reluctantly agrees. What she learns about her students, their stories, and herself will move and inspire you. Written the way Beth hears life, you will come to know and love Minerva, Wanda, Hannelore, and the whole colorful cast of characters who build a community around Beth's classes. Generously sprinkled with excerpts in her students' own voices, Beth's book will convince you to get your own stories down on paper while there's still time. Critic Reviews: "Honest, lyrical, and funny...a beautifully-felt and deeply moving tribute to the ways sharing life stories can connect us with others, and sometimes, with ourselves." (Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, best-selling author of Strong Women Stay Young)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lou Reed Subtitle: A Life Author: Anthony DeCurtis Narrator: Peter Coleman Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 10-05-17 Publisher: John Murray Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: The essential biography of the Velvet Underground singer and New York legend. As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once the height of sanctity and perversity, transcended a genre, speaking to millions of listeners, inspiring a new generation of musicians and forever changing the way we think of that iconic era of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Throughout his five-decade career, Reed embodied artistic self-awareness and captured the beauty, paranoia and vivacity of his time into an array of hit songs and experimental albums and a larger-than-life persona. With such masterpieces as 'Sweet Jane' and 'Walk on the Wild Side', Reed exerted an influence on popular music rivalled only by the likes of Bob Dylan and The Beatles, and he is recognised to this day as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. Now, just a few years after Reed's death, comes the thrilling, provocative story of his complex life. An acclaimed Rolling Stone contributor, Anthony DeCurtis interviewed Reed extensively and knew him well. With unparalleled access to Reed's friends and family and dozens of other intimate relations, DeCurtis brings Reed's story compellingly alive and deepens our understanding of his indelible music. We travel deep into the underground artist clubs, listen along in the studio as the Velvet Underground record their signature work and revel in Reed's relationship with legends like Andy Warhol, Patti Smith and David Bowie. Insightful, revelatory and intimate, Lou Reed is a gripping tribute to a quintessential American icon. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our desktop site.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 101 Amazing Facts About Eminem Author: Jack Goldstein, Frankie Taylor Narrator: Kent Harris Format: Unabridged Length: 30 mins Language: English Release date: 09-13-17 Publisher: Andrews UK Limited Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Do you know Eminem's real full name? What did he want to do before his career in the music industry took off? What awards has he won? And how does he come up with his rhymes? In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Kent Harris talks us through 101 amazing facts about the world's most famous rapper. Covering subjects such as his background, music, relationships and much more, this is an ideal audiobook for everyone from the casual listener right through to Eminem's biggest fan!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Otto Binder Subtitle: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary Author: Bill Schelly, Richard A. Lupoff - foreword Narrator: Derek Botten Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 08-22-17 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary chronicles the career of Otto Binder, from pulp magazine author to writer of Supergirl, Captain Marvel, and Superman comics. As the originator of the first sentient robot in literature ("I, Robot," published in Amazing Stories in 1939 and predating Isaac Asimov's collection of the same name), Binder's effect on science fiction was profound. Within the world of comic books, he created or cocreated much of the Superman universe, including Smallville; Krypto, Superboy's dog; Supergirl; and the villain Braniac. Binder is also credited with writing many of the first "Bizarro" storylines for DC Comics as well as for being the main writer for the Captain Marvel comics. In later years Binder expanded from comic books into pure science writing, publishing dozens of books and articles on the subject of satellites and space travel as well as UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Comic book historian Bill Schelly tells the tale of Otto Binder through personal letters and interviews with Binder's own family and friends. Schelly weaves together Binder's professional successes and personal tragedies, including the death of Binder's only daughter and his wife's struggle with mental illness. A touching and human story, Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary is a biography that is both meticulously researched and beautifully told, keeping alive Binder's spirit of scientific curiosity and whimsy. Critic Reviews: "Bill Schelly has done an amazing job of capturing Otto and his family and friends, and explaining in an interesting way why his work was so important and precedent-setting." (Michael Uslan, executive producer of The Dark Knight Rises) "Otto Binder was a kind of titan, a precursor of the gods ...because he came up with basic primordial forms that later writers would perhaps polish to a greater luster. But Binder hewed them out of solid rock. He was mining the raw material." (Alan Moore, author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta)

Escuche este audio libro completo gratis en https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ Título: Aquí viven leones [Here Live Lions] Subtitular: Viaje a las guaridas de los grandes escritores [Journey to the Dens of Great Writers] Autor: Fernando Savater, Sara Torres Narrador: German Gijon Formato: Unabridged Duración: 6 hrs and 43 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 08-08-17 Editor: Audible Studios para Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Resumen del editor: Un delicioso recorrido por la obra y los lugares más emblemáticos de ocho escritores fundamentales. El regreso de Savater a su faceta más divulgativa. En Aquí viven leones, Fernando Savater vuelve a una de sus facetas favoritas, la de divulgador de la literatura y el pensamiento. A través de ocho viajes inolvidables, ilustrados magníficamente por Anapurna, nos presenta la obra y la vida de Shakespeare, Valle Inclán, Poe, Leopardi, Agatha Christie, Reyes, Flaubert y Zweig. Son ocho extraordinarias introducciones a sendos autores clave de la literatura universal de muy distintos registros. Un libro maravilloso para entrar en el mundo de estos escritores, conocer su obra y disponer de más claves para poder disfrutarla. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Uncommon People Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994 Author: David Hepworth Narrator: David Hepworth Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 06-29-17 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations. What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent we wished we had. What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs. To stay young forever. No wonder many didn't stay the course. In Uncommon People, David Hepworth zeroes in on defining moments and turning points in the lives of 40 rock stars from 1955 to 1995, taking us on a journey to burst 100 myths and create 100 more. As this tribe of uniquely motivated nobodies went about turning themselves into the ultimate somebodies, they also shaped us, our real lives and our fantasies. Uncommon People isn't just their story. It's ours as well.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Rainer Maria Rilke: A Biography Author: Allison Broadway Narrator: Jonathan Dauermann Format: Unabridged Length: 20 mins Language: English Release date: 06-13-17 Publisher: Allison Broadway Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Rainer Maria Rilke was a Bohemian Austrian poet and novelist, "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets", writing in both verse and highly lyrical prose. Several critics have described Rilke's work as inherently "mystical". His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry, and several volumes of correspondence in which he invokes haunting images that focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety. These deeply existential themes tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist writers. Rilke was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire; travelled extensively throughout Europe, including Russia, Spain, Germany, France, and Italy; and in his later years settled in Switzerland - settings that were key to the genesis and inspiration for many of his poems.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Secret Sisterhood Subtitle: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Brontë, Eliot and Woolf Author: Emma Claire Sweeney, Emily Midorikawa, Margaret Atwood - foreword Narrator: Maggie Mash Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 06-01-17 Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Drawing on letters and diaries, some of which have never been published before, this book will reveal Jane Austen's bond with a family servant; the amateur playwright Anne Sharp; how Charlotte Brontë was inspired by the daring feminist Mary Taylor; the transatlantic relationship between George Eliot and the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe; and the underlying erotic charge that lit the friendship of Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield - a pair too often dismissed as bitter foes. With a foreword by Margaret Atwood. Critic Reviews: .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Scratch Subtitle: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living Author: Manjula Martin Narrator: Sean Crisden, Robin Eller Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 05-09-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: In the literary world, the debate around writing and commerce often begs us to take sides: either writers should be paid for everything they do or writers should just pay their dues and count themselves lucky to be published. You should never quit your day job, but your ultimate goal should be to quit your day job. It's an endless, confusing, and often controversial conversation that, despite our bare-it-all culture, still remains taboo. In Scratch, Manjula Martin has gathered interviews and essays from established and rising authors to confront the age-old question: how do creative people make money? As contributors including Jonathan Franzen, Cheryl Strayed, Roxane Gay, Nick Hornby, Susan Orlean, Alexander Chee, Daniel Jose Older, Jennifer Weiner, and Yiyun Li candidly and emotionally discuss money, MFA programs, teaching fellowships, finally getting published, and what success really means to them, Scratch honestly addresses the tensions between writing and money, work and life, literature and commerce. The result is an entertaining and inspiring book that helps listeners and writers understand what it's really like to make art in a world that runs on money - and why it matters.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Remembering Peter Sellers Author: Graham Stark Narrator: Graham Stark Format: Abridged Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 04-27-17 Publisher: Right Recordings Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: As Peter Sellers' close friend and confidant over many years, actor Graham Stark is in the unique position to record the real story of the man as well as the actor. Graham Stark appeared in 13 films with Peter Sellers, including all the legendary Pink Panther movies, and their close personal and professional relationship led to the many extraordinary adventures chronicled in this lively and entertaining recording. From the public house in London, where the Goon Shows were born, to the exclusive Sardi's restaurant in New York, where Sellers was the toast of the town; from the golden days of radio and variety to the truth behind his involvements with some of the world's most glamourous women, this warm and intimate memoir is packed with personal anecdotes which reveal the many and often surprising sides of the chameleon Sellers, whose own character was as complex and diverse as the legendary scene characters he created. Now available in an abridged form, this candid account of a friendship which lasted from their first meeting in the RAF in 1945 to Sellers' death in 1980 documents the life and times of a true comic genius.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Gone Subtitle: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung Author: Min Kym Narrator: Rebecca Yeo Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: The spellbinding memoir of a violin virtuoso who loses the instrument that had defined her both on stage and off - and who discovers, beyond the violin, the music of her own voice. Her first violin was tiny, harsh, factory-made; her first piece was "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star". But from the very beginning, Min Kym knew that music was the element in which she could swim and dive and soar. At seven years old, she was a prodigy, the youngest ever student at the famed Purcell School. At 11, she won her first international prize; at 18, violinist great Ruggiero Ricci called her "the most talented violinist I've ever taught". And at 21, she found "the one", the violin she would play as a soloist: a rare 1696 Stradivarius. Her career took off. She recorded the Brahms concerto and a world tour was planned. Then, in a London café, her violin was stolen. She felt as though she had lost her soulmate, and with it her sense of who she was. Overnight she became unable to play or function, stunned into silence. In this lucid and transfixing memoir, Kym reckons with the space left by her violin's absence. She sees with new eyes her past as a child prodigy, with its isolation and crushing expectations; her combustible relationships with teachers and with a domineering boyfriend; and her navigation of two very different worlds, her traditional Korean family and her music. And in the stark yet clarifying light of her loss, she rediscovers her voice and herself.

Escuche este audio libro completo gratis en https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ Título: Su nombre era Dolores [Her Name Was Dolores] Subtitular: La Jenn que yo conocí [The Jenn I Knew] Autor: Gabriel Vázquez Aguayo, Pete Salgado Narrador: Yareli Arizmendi, Eduardo Blancas Formato: Unabridged Duración: 9 hrs and 22 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 04-25-17 Editor: HarperCollins Español Calificaciones: 3.5 de 5 de 3 votos Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Resumen del editor: La historia jamás contada del ícono musical, Jenni Rivera, relatada a través de la perspectiva de dos exmánagers, Pete Salgado y Gabriel Vazquez, y es la base para la serie de televisión que se transmitirá en Univision.Este libro nos lleva al ojo del huracán y ofrece una perspectiva a las estrategias y momentos que llevaron a Jenni a los titulares nacionales. Pete Salgado fue un apoyo fundamental en la carrera de Jenni, y lo considerado como su quinto hermano. Salgado trabajó con ella casi una década y ayudó a negociar muchos de sus contratos. Jenni compartió cosas con él, que no compartió con nadie más, y llegó a conocerla en formas que nadie más lo hizo. Los meses previos a la muerte de Jenni estuvieron llenos de traiciones y desilusiones de las personas que ella más amaba y en quienes confiaba. Salgado aborda el tema y lleva a los lectores a descifrar algunos de los tuits publicados por Jenni, así como también esclarece asuntos tales como: ¿Chiquis tuvo un romance con el esposo de Jenni, Esteban? ¿Quién era realmente El Pelón, acerca del que Jenni tuiteaba y qué significaba para ella? ¿Estuvo Jenni involucrada con el cartel de la droga? ¿El narco llamado El Barbie la maltrataba? ¿Iba Jenni a comprar un avión? ¿Fue la muerte de Jenni realmente un accidente? Este libro describe todo lo que pasó hasta ese momento final y, por primera vez, ofrece detalles sobre la belleza, el amor, la complejidad y el dolor de la relación de Jenni con Chiquis, la cual fue muy diferente y mucho más allá de la relación tradicional de madre e hija. Salgado comparte quién era Dolores realmente, la que sus seguidores no conocían y nunca vieron en el escenario...Salgado y Vazquez ofrecen una mejor perspectiva de la vida de la diva de la banda por las dos personas involucradas más profundamente en su carrera y que la conocían como nadie más. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Way of the Writer Subtitle: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling Author: Charles Johnson Narrator: Mirron Willis Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 04-18-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: An award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist, screenwriter, professor, and cartoonist, Charles Johnson has devoted his life to creative pursuit. His 1990 National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage is a modern classic, revered as much for its daring plot as its philosophical underpinnings. For 33 years Johnson taught and mentored students in the art and craft of creative writing. The Way of the Writer is his record of those years and the coda to a kaleidoscopic, boundary-shattering career. Organized into six accessible, easy-to-navigate sections, The Way of the Writer is both a literary reflection on the creative impulse and a utilitarian guide to the writing process. Johnson shares his lessons and exercises from the classroom, starting with word choice, sentence structure, and narrative voice and delving into the mechanics of scene, dialogue, plot, and storytelling before exploring the larger questions at stake for the serious writer: What separates literature from industrial fiction? What lies at the heart of the creative impulse? How does one navigate the literary world? And how are philosophy and fiction concomitant? Critic Reviews: "A meditation on the daily routines and mental habits of a writer...the book radiates warmth...a writer's true education might start in institutions, it seems, but for Johnson it is more a lineage of good, memorable talk." ( New York Times)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ambulance Drivers Subtitle: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War Author: James McGrath Morris Narrator: Dean Temple Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 03-28-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: After meeting for the first time on the front lines of World War I, two aspiring writers forge an intense 20-year friendship and write some of America's greatest novels, giving voice to a "lost generation" shaken by war. Eager to find his way in life and words, John Dos Passos first witnessed the horror of trench warfare in France as a volunteer ambulance driver retrieving the dead and seriously wounded from the front line. Later in the war, he briefly met another young writer, Ernest Hemingway, who was just arriving for his service in the ambulance corps. When the war was over, both men knew they had to write about it; they had to give voice to what they felt about war and life. Their friendship and collaboration developed through the peace of the 1920s and 1930s, as Hemingway's novels soared to success while Dos Passos penned the greatest antiwar novel of his generation, Three Soldiers. In war Hemingway found adventure, women, and a cause. Dos Passos saw only oppression and futility. Their different visions eventually turned their private friendship into a bitter public fight fueled by money, jealousy, and lust. Rich in evocative detail - from Paris cafés to the Austrian Alps, from the streets of Pamplona to the waters of Key West - The Ambulance Drivers is a biography of a turbulent friendship between two of the century's greatest writers and an illustration of how war both inspires and destroys, unites and divides. Critic Reviews: "The story of the close yet volatile friendship between John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway.... [A] lively biography of their relationship.... A welcome new look at Dos Passos and another sad chapter in the life of Hemingway." (Kirkus Reviews) "Two of the most significant writers of their generation, John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway, are described by Morris in his evocative, lively volume about how differently they emerged from the crucible of WWI.... Morris's narrative demonstrates how, despite jealousies and differences, the two men found common ground.... Dos Passos will be the less recognizable name to most readers, and Morris does a great service by reinserting him into the picture of post-WWI American writers." (Publishers Weekly)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: This Long Pursuit Subtitle: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer Author: Sir Richard Holmes Narrator: Charles Armstrong Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins Language: English Release date: 03-28-17 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: In this chronicle of his lifelong obsession with recreating the lives of writers and scientists, Richard Holmes here casts a new eye not only on the Romantic poets and lost women of Romantic science he has long studied, but on their biographers, as well. He examines the evolution of the myths that have overshadowed certain lives (Percy Shelley's death at sea, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's opium-fueled lectures), and reveals how the manner in which each generation tells the stories of the lives that came before it shapes and is shaped by a contemporary understanding of human nature. These portraits are deftly woven with Holmes' own experience as a biographer. A spellbinding examination of the nature of biographical knowledge, brimming with the infectious curiosity of Holmes' catalog.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1007/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Instrumental Subtitle: A Memoir of Madness, Medication, and Music Author: James Rhodes Narrator: Mark Meadows Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 03-23-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: James Rhodes' passion for music has been his absolute lifeline. It has been the thread that has held him together through a life that has encompassed pain, conflict and turmoil. Listening to Rachmaninov on a loop as a traumatised teenager or discovering an adagio by Bach while in a hospital ward - such exquisite miracles of musical genius have helped him survive his demons and, along with a chance encounter with a stranger, inspired him to become the renowned concert pianist he is today. This is a memoir like no other: unapologetically candid, boldly outspoken and surprisingly funny - James' prose is shot through with an unexpectedly mordant wit, even at the darkest of moments. An impassioned tribute to the therapeutic powers of music, Instrumental also weaves in fascinating facts about how classical music actually works and about the extraordinary lives of some of the great composers. It explains why and how music has the potential to transform all of our lives. Critic Reviews: "The publishing sensation of the year." (Mail on Sunday) "Thrilling and harrowing.... Unsurpassed and unsurpassable" (Sunday Times) "There is an insight, often startling but always valuable, on almost every page...a tough, riveting read." (The Times)