Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crinkle Crankle Wall: Our First Year in Andalusia Series: #1 of New Life in Andalusia Author: Sabina Ostrowska Narrator: Jennifer Walden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: December 17, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: In pursuit of their dream of a simpler life amidst the natural beauty of Andalusia, Sabina and Robert embark on a life-changing journey from Abu Dhabi to the rugged landscapes of Spain. Drawn by the allure of whitewashed villages, red geraniums, and endless olive trees, they find their paradise—a quaint stone cottage nestled in a secluded mountain valley. Excited to transform their new abode into a welcoming guest house, the couple dives headfirst into their venture. With scant foresight and an abundance of determination, Sabina and Robert grapple with rogue builders, a lack of electricity, and the unpredictability of Mother Nature. Yet, it is amid these trials that they forge meaningful connections with their neighbors. As they adapt, they discover that life in the sun is far from the carefree utopia they envisioned. This poignant tale follows the duo's rollercoaster of highs and lows. From the monotonous routine of their past to the daily challenges in Andalusia, every moment is an adventure, an opportunity for growth, and a chance to rediscover the true essence of the good life. A perfect read for the fans of Driving Over Lemons, Under the Tuscan Sun, and A Year in Provence

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Essential Bukowski: Poetry Author: Charles Bukowski Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes Release date: December 17, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of poems from an influential writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, and acutely observant writing has left an enduring mark on modern culture. Few writers have so brilliantly and poignantly conjured the desperation and absurdity of ordinary life as Charles Bukowski. Resonant with his powerful, perceptive voice, his visceral, hilarious, and transcendent poetry speaks to us as forcefully today as when it was written. Encompassing a wide range of subjects—from love to death and sex to writing—Bukowski’s unvarnished and self-deprecating verse illuminates the deepest and most enduring concerns of the human condition while remaining sharply aware of the day to day. With his acute eye for the ridiculous and the troubled, Bukowski speaks to the deepest longings and strangest predilections of the human experience. Gloomy yet hopeful, this is tough, unrelenting poetry touched by grace. This is Essential Bukowski.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moonlight Tales of Horror & Suspense Author: Joey Ouellette, Pete Lutz, George Zarr, Edgar Allan Poe, Frank Belknap Long Narrator: a full cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 10, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: This anthology of horror and suspense features seven spine-tingling stories to entice your imagination, including Every Now and Then by George Zarr, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, How to Shed 180 Pounds by Pete Lutz, Personal Delivery by George Zarr, A Visitor from Egypt by Frank Belknap Long Jr, Dark Road to Nowhere by Joey Ouellette, and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. Sound effects and music chillingly enhance each story. Every Now and Then: A sunny day, a quaint antique store, browsing through the artifacts of a bygone time. To some, these are the ingredients for a pleasantly spent afternoon. To Frank, it is the beginning of a journey that will tear his world inside out. Is his puzzling trek down memory lane an actual journey into the past? Or a careening descent into madness? The Tell-Tale Heart: This classic horror tale by Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of a man who murders an older man for his evil eye and is haunted by his guilt. Poe’s narrator reveals his motives, methods, and madness in a chilling confession. How to Shed 180 Pounds: In this tale of suspense, we meet Audrey and Walt Ellis, an unhappy couple who take a secluded vacation to try and patch their marriage up – but it turns out that neither one really ‘digs’ the idea! Personal Delivery: A man asks his dying sibling to deliver a personal message to their mother – and receives her absolute and unexpected final answer! A Visitor from Egypt: A museum guard stands convicted of mass murder, after a mysterious visitor calls upon the curator and asks to see some ancient, Egyptian bones. Dark Road to Nowhere: A young couple cruising on Halloween night found themselves stranded on a desolate country road when something or someone jumped out in front of their car. Was it a Halloween trick, an illusion, or the beginning of a nightmare? The Black Cat: This tale by Edgar Allan Poe tells an unforgettable tale of obsession, murder, and revenge! Poe’s narrator, who admits to horribly mistreating the eponymous house pet, is forced to deal with the bizarre and unexplainable repercussions of his vicious cruelty.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/785114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Older Woman: The Complete Series 1 and 2: A BBC Radio Sitcom Author: Tony Bagley Narrator: Zoë Wanamaker, Alistair Mcgowan, Rebecca Front, Nicky Henson, Martin Clunes, David Troughton, Geraldine James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 14, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: All twelve episodes of the rom-com serial with a twist, starring Martin Clunes, Zoë Wanamaker and Geraldine James Roy Hitchcock is a provincial hack journalist and inveterate daydreamer. When he meets his former English teacher at his old school’s prize-giving ceremony, his private fantasies run wild and he sets out to capture her heart. Unfortunately, his attempts to get in Miss Callaghan’s good books constantly backfire – and the more he apologises, the less impressed she is. There’s also another major obstacle in his path, in the macho form of Jane’s current lover, media hero Chad Mann. As Roy battles on against the odds, things go from bad to worse, and he finds himself jobless, rejected and about to have his house repossessed. But when his video diary is transmitted by a TV company, his emotional turmoil is revealed to the world. Will it finally win Jane over? Created by Tony Bagley (Married, Rubbish) and based on his own real-life experiences, this romantic comedy drama with a touch of the surreal stars Martin Clunes as Roy and Zoë Wanamaker and Geraldine James as Jane. Among the supporting cast are Toyah Willcox, David Troughton, Nicky Henson, Rebecca Front and Alistair McGowan, and Paul Vaughan and Dr Anthony Clare make special guest appearances as themselves. Production credits Written by Tony Bagley Produced by Paul Schlesinger Music composed by Julian Wastall Theme sung by Toyah Willcox Cast Jane Callaghan – Zoë Wanamaker/Geraldine James Roy Hitchcock – Martin Clunes Various roles played by Toyah Wilcox, David Troughton, Nicky Henson, Keith Drinkel, Sue Roderick, Melanie Hudson, Susannah Corbett, David Holt, Geoff McGivern, Steve Hodson/Simon Treves, John Baddeley, Peter Serafinowicz, Rebecca Front, Alistair McGowan, Paul Panting, Matthew Morgan, Jonathan Adams, Bryan Dick, Linda Polan, Philip Anthony, Tilly Vosburgh Also featuring Paul Vaughan and Dr Anthony Clare as themselves First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 12 Jan-16 Feb 1993 (Series 1), 16 Aug-20 Sep 1994 (Series 2) © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/777471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow Lab: A Blackstone Publishing Anthology Series: #1 of Shadow Lab Anthologies Author: Brendan Deneen Narrator: Tim Lounibos, Zura Johnson, Gary Tiedemann, Natalie Naudus, January LaVoy, Soneela Nankani, Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: In Shadow Lab, a brilliant roster of speculative fiction writers pulls listeners into a diverse and genre-bending collection of stories, each as irresistible as the last. From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes Hell Divers: The Lost Years. In the radioactive wastes of what was once known as Earth, a man and his dog fight nightmarish creatures in order to return to their home in the sky. In Clouds by Brian Francis Slattery, a happily married couple finds their relationship strained when they end up on opposite sides of a brewing conflict in the aftermath of the arrival of an alien species. In Her Eyes by Rebecca Webb tells the story of Addie, a woman who discovers a pair of eyeglasses that offer a portal into the minds of their previous owners. Soon her obsession with a reckless woman named Nima begins to change everything … These stories and more await the curious reader in Shadow Lab, a brand-new anthology from Blackstone Publishing.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret War of Julia Child: A Novel Author: Diana R. Chambers Narrator: Candace Joice Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of America's most beloved chef, revealing how the war made her into the icon we know now. Single, six foot two, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General 'Wild Bill' Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services. The wartime journey takes her to South Asia's remote front lines of then-Ceylon, India, and China, where she finds purpose, adventure, self-knowledge—and love with mapmaker Paul Child. The spotlight has rarely shone on this fascinating period of time in the life of ('I'm not a spy') Julia Child, and this lyrical story allows us to explore the unlikely world of a woman in a World War II spy station who has no idea of the impact she'll eventually impart.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821791 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror Author: Thomas Ligotti Narrator: Jon Padgett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality. 'There is a signature motif discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural horror. It may be stated thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our world.' His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy. At once a guidebook to pessimistic thought and a relentless critique of humanity's employment of self-deception to cope with the pervasive suffering of their existence, The Conspiracy against the Human Race may just convince listeners that there is more than a measure of truth in the despairing yet unexpectedly liberating negativity that is widely considered a hallmark of Ligotti's work.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/819469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein anderes Leben (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung) Author: Caroline Peters Narrator: Caroline Peters Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Wer war Hanna? Diese Frau, die so oft aus der Rolle fiel, immer mit Gedichten im Kopf, über die sie den Haushalt vergaß, die ihren Platz suchte zwischen Familie, den Erwartungen an sie und dem Wunsch, Dichterin zu werden - und nur selten für sich sein konnte? Viele Jahre nach Hannas Tod blickt die Tochter zurück auf das Leben ihrer Mutter, auf die eigene Kindheit im Rheinland der Siebziger und Achtziger, in der Hanna dafür sorgt, dass der Alltag immer etwas anders ist als üblich. Ein Leben zwischen Bürgerlichkeit und Boheme: mit Champagner und Puschkin am Sonntagmorgen im Bett, Besuche nach der Schule in der Institutsbibliothek, wo die Mutter arbeitet und mit verschüchterten Studenten flirtet, Pokern unterm Weihnachtsbaum, abenteuerliche Fahrten in der Ente - bis sich Hanna eines Tages entscheidet, Mann und Tochter zu verlassen und ihr Leben allein von vorn zu beginnen. Mit großer Einfühlsamkeit und Leichtigkeit erzählt Caroline Peters von den Fragen einer Tochter an die verstorbene Mutter und an sich selbst - und davon, was es heißt, eigene Wege zu gehen. Ein sehr persönliches Buch, kraftvoll, berührend und von hinreißendem Humor.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Mitford-Schwestern - Starke Frauen im Schatten der Weltgeschichte, Band 6 (ungekürzt) Author: Marie Benedict Narrator: Sabine Arnhold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Der neue Roman der Bestsellerautorin widmet sich den berühmt-berüchtigten Mitford-Schwestern. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die tapferen Bemühungen der Schriftstellerin Nancy Mitford, die Nazis daran zu hindern, Großbritannien einzunehmen. Sie muss sich entscheiden, was ihr wichtiger ist: ihre eigene Familie oder das Weltgeschehen? Zwischen den Weltkriegen dominieren die sechs Mitford-Schwestern die politische, literarische und gesellschaftliche Szene Englands - eine schöner, brillanter und exzentrischer als die andere. Als Diana sich von ihrem wohlhabenden Ehemann scheiden lässt, um einen faschistischen Führer zu heiraten, und ihre Schwester Unity ihr bis nach München folgt, gerät das Familiengerüst ins Wanken. Es geht das Gerücht um, dass Unity Mitford Hitlers Geliebte sei. Während die Nazis an Macht gewinnen, wird die Schriftstellerin Nancy Mitford misstrauisch gegenüber den ständigen Besuchen ihrer Schwestern in Deutschland. Als sie beunruhigende Gespräche belauscht und verräterische Dokumente entdeckt, muss Nancy eine schwere Entscheidung treffen, während Großbritannien in den Krieg gegen Deutschland zieht.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It's a Lie: A Memoir in Essays Author: Steve Wasserman Narrator: Steve Wasserman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating journey through the world of books, featuring personal reflections on Susan Sontag, Huey Newton, Barbra Streisand, W. G. Sebald, and Christopher Hitchens. Born on the West Coast, the son of Bronx-born parents, Steve Wasserman is a generalist and public intellectual but is perhaps less well known as a cultural essayist and social critic of the first rank. In thirty splendid essays, originally published in such diverse publications as The New Republic and The Nation, The American Conservative and The Progressive, The Village Voice and The Economist, Wasserman delivers a riveting account of the awakening of an empathetic sensibility and a lively mind. Taken together, they reveal the depth and breadth of his enthusiasms and range over politics, literature, and the tumults of a world in upheaval. These essays include the remarkable tale of a bookstore owner who wouldn't let him buy the books he wanted, to his brave against-the-grain take on the Black Panthers, to his shrewd assessment of the fast-changing world of publishing. Here is, as Joyce Carol Oates notes, 'arguably the very best concise history of Cuba and the legendary Fidel Castro; beautifully composed eulogies for two close friends, Susan Sontag and Christopher Hitchens; sharply perceptive commentary on Daniel Ellsberg; a thrillingly candid interview with W. G. Sebald.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/822092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Folk Punk, Literary Style: The Poetry of Pat ‘The Bunny’ Schneeweis AKA Johnny Hobo Author: Patrick Schneeweis Narrator: Charles Featherstone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 7, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: There are artists out there able to lift the spirits of the downtrodden, who point towards a better world with all they are. Sometimes, they do this in DIY punk style: raw, unplugged, and deeply human. Patrick Schneeweis, better known as Pat the Bunny, is an artist who chose the road less travelled, instinctively deeming it more honest and less controlling. Freer. He grew up in Vermont, where he found people liked his voice and the controversial topics he tackled, and by 16 years old, he had released his first album ‘Fire Hazard’. Pat had the courage to test his reality, and then nakedly vocalise it (in both the metaphorical and literal senses). His lyrics saw conflicting ideologies meet and fight to the death, in outlooks that were as captivating as his personal anecdotes were relatable. Pat’s journey offers direction to the lost, if only in the promise that so is he; and for all his youthful anarchism and burn-it-to-the-ground spiritedness, his commentary of the world is ironically sobering. Pat’s music career only spanned thirteen years, from 2003-2016. He reincarnated several times in different bands of his own making, and split albums with other folk-punk artists equally hungry to change the world. He fought like hell for a vision of peace, and made the battlegrounds his own state of consciousness. Like a flashfire burning everything in its wake, towards the end of his career, Pat’s had simmered down, but shoots of new life had sprung up from the ashes, a new direction for which his life could take. This book paints the picture of Pat’s fallings and risings, a final cadence before he left the punk scene behind him for good.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children Author: Jamaica Kincaid, Kara Walker Narrator: Channie Waites Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 1, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: A unique collaboration from two of America’s leading artists that explores the fascinating and hidden history of the plant world.In this witty, deeply original book, the renowned novelist Jamaica Kincaid offers an ABC of the plants that define our world and reveals the often brutal history behind them.Kara Walker, one of America’s greatest visual artists, illustrates each entry with provocative, brilliant, enthralling, many-layered watercolors.There has never been a book like An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children—so inventive and surprising about what our gardens reveal.This audiobook contains a supplemental PDF.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/792847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom Author: Johanna Hedva Narrator: Johanna Hedva Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 24, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness, showing us that sickness is a fact of life.   In the wake of the 2014 Ferguson riots, and sick with a chronic condition that rendered them housebound, Johanna Hedva turned to the page to ask: How do you throw a brick through the window of a bank if you can’t get out of bed? It was not long before this essay, “Sick Woman Theory”, became a seminal work on disability, because in reframing illness as not just a biological experience but a social one, Hedva argues that under capitalism?a system that limits our worth to the productivity of our bodies?we must reach for the revolutionary act of caring for ourselves and others.   How to Tell When We Will Die expands upon Hedva’s paradigm-shifting perspective in a series of slyly subversive and razor-sharp essays that range from the theoretical to the personal?from Deborah Levy and Susan Sontag to wrestling, kink, mysticism, death, and the color yellow. Drawing from their experiences with America’s byzantine healthcare system, and considering archetypes they call The Psychotic Woman, The Freak, and The Hag in Charge, Hedva offers a bracing indictment of the politics that exploit sickness?relying on and fueling ableism?to the detriment of us all.   With the insight of Anne Boyer’s The Undying and Leslie Jamison’s The Empathy Exams, and the wit of Samantha Irby, Hedva’s debut collection upends our collective understanding of disability. In their radical reimagining of a world where care and pain are symbiotic, and our bodies are allowed to live free and well, Hedva implores us to remember that illness is neither an inconvenience or inevitability, but an enlivening and elemental part of being alive.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/820995 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - L’Immoraliste Author: André Gide Narrator: Jason Jegu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 24, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: L'Immoraliste : Un voyage au cœur de l'âme André Gide, dans son roman L'Immoraliste, nous invite à suivre le parcours tumultueux de Michel, un jeune homme bourgeois confronté à une crise existentielle. Atteint de tuberculose, il se retrouve face à sa propre mortalité et décide de fuir vers l'Afrique du Nord, en quête d'une nouvelle vie. Loin des conventions sociales et des regards jugés, il se laisse emporter par l'appel de la liberté et des sens. Au cœur de ce récit, se trouve une véritable quête identitaire. Michel, enfermé dans une vie ordonnée et prévisible, découvre en Afrique une nouvelle facette de lui-même. La maladie, loin de l'anéantir, lui offre l'opportunité d'une renaissance. Il se libère des carcans de la morale et des attentes de la société pour embrasser une philosophie de vie hédoniste. Le choix de l'Afrique n'est pas anodin. Ce continent, perçu à l'époque comme exotique et sauvage, symbolise pour Michel la possibilité d'une transgression et d'une réinvention de soi. Les paysages désertiques et les rencontres avec les populations locales l'amènent à remettre en question ses certitudes et à redécouvrir la beauté du monde. Cependant, cette quête de liberté absolue a un prix. Michel, en se laissant guider par ses instincts, blesse ceux qui l'entourent, notamment sa femme Marceline. Son égoïsme et son insouciance ont des conséquences dramatiques sur leur relation et sur la vie de celle qu'il aime. L'Immoraliste est bien plus qu'un simple récit de voyage. C'est une exploration profonde de la psyché humaine, de ses contradictions et de ses tourments. Gide interroge les fondements de la morale, la nature du bonheur et la quête du sens de la vie. Il met en lumière les dangers de l'égoïsme et les limites de l'individualisme.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love and Light Author: Brenda Monteith Smith Narrator: Steven Floyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 18, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Love and Light: By Brenda Monteith Smith has achieved a remarkable feat by being as Top #50 best seller in one of Amazon's categories. #45 Best Seller ★ in Love Triangle Romance (June 4, 2024) 'Love and Light' by Brenda Monteith Smith is an uplifting journey into the boundless power of love in our lives. With unwavering positivity and boundless enthusiasm, Smith invites readers to embrace love as the ultimate solution to life's challenges. Through heartfelt anecdotes, insightful reflections, and practical advice, she illuminates the myriad ways love manifests itself from the profound bonds of friendship to the healing embrace of self-acceptance. This book is not merely a call to arms but a gentle reminder that love is a feeling and a transformative force that can guide us through even the darkest times. With every turn of the page, readers are encouraged to tap into the wellspring of love within themselves to cultivate compassion, understanding, and forgiveness in their daily lives. Smith's message is clear: love is not a passive emotion but an active choice that can light up even the darkest corners of our world. Her inspiring words empower readers to embrace love as both a shield against adversity and a catalyst for personal growth. 'Love and Light' is a roadmap to a brighter, more compassionate world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/811188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die geteilten Jahre (ungekürzt) Author: Matthias Lisse Narrator: Peter Lontzek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 16, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Der Roman über eine abenteuerliche Flucht, der auf der wahren Geschichte des Autors Matthias Lisse - bekannt als Autor spannender und erfolgreicher historischer Romane unter dem Pseudonym Mac P. Lorne - basiert, und gleichermaßen eine anrührende Familiengeschichte: Berlin 13. August 1961. Der Traum vom 'Arbeiter- und Bauernparadies' ist ausgeträumt, und wie viele andere haben Wolfgang Leipold und seine Frau nur ein Ziel: die DDR, zusammen mit ihrem kleinen Sohn Marcus, so schnell wie möglich zu verlassen. Doch ihr Entschluss kommt zu spät, denn mit der Errichtung der Mauer ist ihnen der Weg in die Freiheit versperrt und jeder Gedanke an eine Flucht aus der DDR so gut wie unmöglich. Jahre später verzweifelt Marcus, inzwischen verheiratet und Vater einer Tochter, schier an dem verknöcherten und jede Eigeninitiative unterdrückenden Regime der DDR. Bevor er mit dem Staat in Konflikt gerät und die Stasi zuschlagen kann, drängt ihn seine Frau Imke zur Flucht in die Bundesrepublik. Von diesem Moment an unternimmt er alles, um sie und seine kleine Tochter Jessica zu sich zu holen. Bei einem der Versuche, seiner Familie den Weg in den Westen zu ermöglichen, wird Marcus festgenommen. Doch die spektakuläre und einzigartige Flucht von Imke und Jessica in die Bundesdeutsche Botschaft in Prag lässt neue Hoffnung aufkeimen... Ein beeindruckender und authentischer Roman, grandios interpretiert von Peter Lontzek. 'Ein beeindruckender und authentischer Roman.' ― Bayerische Rundschau

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Italian] - Vento Di Mare Author: Andrea Penna Narrator: Gio DeCaprio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 16, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Guido e Giuseppe sono due fratelli che hanno in comune la passione per l'avventura e la scoperta del mondo che li porterà lontani uno dall'altro. Maria è una ragazza volitiva e determinata. Giancarlo ha un grande talento per il disegno. Amori, avventure, malattie, sullo sfondo di un'Ancona che vuole rinascere dopo la guerra. Come ne usciranno i nostri protagonisti? Riusciranno a coltivare le loro ambizioni? E il vento di Ancona che spira dal mare li farà rotolare lontani o intreccerà le loro storie in un destino comune?Guido e Giuseppe sono due fratelli che hanno in comune la passione per l'avventura e la scoperta del mondo che li porterà lontani uno dall'altro. Maria è una ragazza volitiva e determinata. Giancarlo ha un grande talento per il disegno. Amori, avventure, malattie, sullo sfondo di un'Ancona che vuole rinascere dopo la guerra. Come ne usciranno i nostri protagonisti? Riusciranno a coltivare le loro ambizioni? E il vento di Ancona che spira dal mare li farà rotolare lontani o intreccerà le loro storie in un destino comune? PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Le Portrait de Dorian Gray: (contient la biographie de l'auteur) Author: Oscar Wilde Narrator: Iliana Chiali Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 16, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Le Portrait de Dorian Gray est un roman gothique qui plonge le lecteur dans un univers sombre et fascinant. Au cœur de l'intrigue, nous retrouvons Dorian Gray, un jeune homme d'une beauté saisissante, qui fait l'objet d'une admiration sans borne. Lors d'une soirée, un peintre, Basil Hallward, réalise son portrait, une œuvre d'art qui capture toute la jeunesse et l'innocence de Dorian. Fasciné par la beauté de son reflet, Dorian émet un vœu macabre : que le portrait vieillisse à sa place, tandis qu'il conserverait éternellement sa jeunesse. Ce vœu se réalise de manière surnaturelle. Tandis que Dorian s'adonne à une vie de plaisirs et de débauche, son portrait se dégrade, reflétant les conséquences de ses actes immoraux. Les traits autrefois purs et innocents se tordent et se déforment, révélant la corruption qui ronge son âme. Le Portrait de Dorian Gray est bien plus qu'une simple histoire d'horreur. C'est une réflexion profonde sur la nature humaine, sur les conséquences de nos choix et sur le prix de l'éternelle jeunesse. Le roman a suscité de nombreuses controverses à sa parution en raison de ses thèmes audacieux et de son style provocateur. Il reste aujourd'hui un classique de la littérature, fascinant les lecteurs par son atmosphère sombre et son exploration des p

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Manon lescaut + La peau de chagrin: Bundle (2 livres audios) Author: Abbé Prévost, Honoré de Balzac Narrator: Chloé Bauchet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 13, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Manon Lescaut est bien plus qu'une simple histoire d'amour passionné ; c'est une plongée profonde dans la psychologie de deux êtres aux prises avec leurs démons intérieurs. Le chevalier des Grieux, jeune homme idéaliste et romantique, est aveuglé par son amour pour Manon, une femme complexe et énigmatique. Leur relation, aussi intense que destructrice, révèle la fragilité de l'âme humaine face aux passions dévorantes. Prévost nous offre un portrait nuancé de Manon, souvent décriée comme une femme légère et opportuniste. Mais derrière cette façade, se cache une femme blessée par la société, en quête d'une affection sincère. Leur histoire d'amour, loin d'être manichéenne, nous invite à une réflexion sur la nature de l'amour, sur les choix que nous faisons et sur les conséquences de nos actes. 'Quitteriez-vous tout ce que vous possédez en échange de l'éternité ? C'est la question existentielle que pose Balzac dans son roman sulfureux, 'La Peau de chagrin'. Raphaël de Valentin, un jeune homme désabusé, découvre un étrange objet : une peau d'animal capable d'exaucer tous ses désirs. Mais à chaque vœu réalisé, la peau rétrécit inexorablement, raccourcissant ainsi la vie de son propriétaire. Balzac nous entraîne dans une course effrénée où l'ambition dévore Raphaël. Il goûte aux plaisirs de la richesse, de l'amour et du pouvoir, mais chaque instant de bonheur le rapproche inexorablement de sa fin. Le roman devient alors une véritable enquête sur la nature humaine : jusqu'où l'homme est-il prêt à aller pour assouvir ses désirs les plus fous ? Quels sont les véritables prix de l'immortalité et du bonheur ? 'La Peau de chagrin' est bien plus qu'un simple conte fantastique. C'est une réflexion profonde sur la condition humaine, sur le passage du temps et sur la quête du bonheur. Balzac dresse un portrait sans concession de la société parisienne du XIXe siècle, où l'apparence et le paraître priment sur l'authenticité. Le roman nous invite à questionner nos propres désirs et à

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/807878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Presentes Author: Paco Cerdà Narrator: Javier Portugués (Portu) Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 12, 2024 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: VUELVE EL AUTOR DE 14 DE ABRIL Y EL PEÓN, PREMIO CÁLAMO, NOMINADO AL MEJOR LIBRO EXTRANJERO DE FRANCIA Y UNO DE LOS 50 MEJORES LIBROS DE 2024 SEGÚN BABELIA. España, 1939. Once días y sus diez noches. Un viaje al corazón de nuestras tinieblas. «Un retrato coral, riguroso, hiperliterario y distinto -por momentos aterrador, por momentos emocionante- de una España en harapos: así empezó una dictadura eterna. Un libro excelente». Javier Cercas La guerra ha terminado. España está en ruinas. En el cementerio de Alicante exhuman los restos de José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Sus camaradas falangistas van a llevarlo a hombros hasta enterrarlo en El Escorial, morada de reyes, sepulcro imperial. Durante once días y diez noches, el cortejo fantasmagórico avanzará por pueblos y ciudades entre hogueras, escarcha, brazos enhiestos y propaganda: una epopeya fascista de 467 kilómetros para demostrar quién manda en la nueva España. Sin embargo, la guerra no ha terminado. Una memoria se está construyendo y otra memoria se quiere borrar. En esos días crudos del otoño de 1939, miles de vidas humildes sufren la zarpa de la represión. Presos, fusilados, exiliados, trabajadores forzados, internos en campos de concentración, maestros depurados, vencedores desgraciados para siempre. El régimen trata de esconderlos. Pero ahí están: presentes. Paco Cerdà, que trazó el rostro humano del 14 de abril, compone una vibrante sinfonía de posguerra. Con un coro de voces olvidadas por la Historia. Con el delirio megalómano de un mito –José Antonio– al servicio de su amo: Franco. Presentes es un viaje al corazón de nuestras tinieblas. El conmovedor relato de quienes soñaron unos ideales jamás enterrados. La crítica ha dicho: «No hace falta inventar nada para levantar un mundo. En Presentes, con erudición y vehemencia, Paco Cerdà convoca una galería de fantasmas reales que habitan en la negrura de la primera postguerra». Antonio Muñoz Molina «Pocos acontecimientos en la historia contemporánea de España superan en majestuosidad al que nos cuenta este libro. Paco Cerdà es el maestro relojero de la Memoria: disecciona el tiempo, lo expande. Nos otorga el don de la ubicuidad para jalonar el más épico y siniestro de los cortejos con las voces íntimas de esa otra España condenada a sobrevivir entre las sombras». Paco Roca «En el centro del proyecto cívico y literario de Paco Cerdà están los peones: gentes anónimas que desaparecen de la historia en minúscula porque la Historia en mayúscula los fagocita.[…] Su obra formalmente más arriesgada». Ferran Bono, Babelia «No hablo de historiografía: se trata de un autor dominando lenguajes, hablas, ritmos, perspectivas. Lo de Cerdá, como mínimo, asombra». Edu Galán, ABC «Cerdà se consagra como un maestro de la no ficción [...] con una poderosa prosa escoltada por un exhaustivo trabajo de documentación, al modo de Antonio Scurati con Mussolini o de Éric Vuillard». Raúl Conde, El Mundo «Absolutamente extraordinario. Aterrador, emocionante, conmovedor y necesario. Este es uno de los libros del año». Antonio Martínez Asensio, Cadena Ser «Lo sabe el lector que haya leído El peón y 14 de abril. El motor ético de su no ficción es construir un espacio literario donde sea posible recuperar la dignidad de los olvidados». Jordi Amat, Babelia «Cerdà se sirve de un lenguaje a veces evocador y a veces crudo, en todo caso pretendidamente literario —por momentos, a la telegráfica manera de Hemingway—». Jaime Cedillo, El Cultural