Escuche este audio libro completo gratis en https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ Título: Autobiografía [Autobiography] Autor: Luis Enrique Narrador: Miguel Borda Formato: Unabridged Duración: 5 hrs and 10 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 11-07-17 Editor: Zondervan Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Resumen del editor: En una historia reveladora y secreta, el cantante salsero Luis Enrique comparte los momentos que dieron forma a su vida, originada en las entrañas de Nicaragua en estado de hervor, en un pueblo llamado Somoto del que salió muy joven con rumbo a Estados Unidos con una maleta llena de sueños. Llegó a la urbe estadounidense solo e indocumentado a enfrentarse a una cultura distinta, a una lengua que no conocía y a las penurias de cualquier inmigrante recién llegado. Indocumentado por años, y ejerciendo trabajos varios, su sueño de ser cantante, se veía muy lejano... casi imposible, ni siquiera existía la posibilidad de llegar a pensar lo logrado hoy en día, con reconocimientos hasta en la Casa Blanca. Luis Enrique relata cómo experimentó por primera vez el miedo, el sufrimiento, el alejamiento de sus seres queridos, el amor y el desamor y el llegar a la cima gracias a al éxito que alguna vez pareció un espejismo.Cada golpe, cada herida llevó a Luis Enrique a fortalecer sus ganas de luchar, cada caída cicatrizaba en enseñanzas que se convirtieron en el arma más importante de su lucha. Sus ángeles y demonios quedan a la intemperie en un relato en el que se desnuda con la palabra y se desahoga con el alma. Momentos también salpicados por el éxito, por la risa, por el estado de shock que produce la fama. Una memoria que hilvana momentos y experiencias de dolor, amor e intensidad extrema nunca antes compartidas, inéditas para quienes hoy lo reconocen como una figura máxima de la música tropical. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ed Catmull's 'Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration' Author: Start Publishing Notes Narrator: Michael Gilboe Format: Unabridged Length: 26 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-17 Publisher: Start Publishing Notes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Please Note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ed Catmull's Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull (with Amy Wallace) takes a close look at the special culture that the author helped establish at Pixar, the computer-generated animation studio that he co-founded. Reflecting on his personal career, his management philosophy and the highs and lows of Pixar's history as a company, Catmull discusses strategies for nurturing creativity and diagnoses common problems faced by creative professionals. In the 1970s, as a graduate student studying computer-generated animation, Catmull was establishing and defining his field even as he studied it. Pursuing computer science had been a second choice, as he felt he lacked the talent to animate by hand. After he received his PhD in 1974, no one wanted to hire him because he was so fixated on the idea of making a computer-generated film a format that did not then exist.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Logical Family Subtitle: A Memoir Author: Armistead Maupin Narrator: Armistead Maupin Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 10-05-17 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Logical Family: A Memoir, written and read by Armistead Maupin. Includes a 30-minute interview between Neil Gaiman and the author. Born in the mid-twentieth century and raised in the heart of conservative North Carolina, Armistead Maupin lost his virginity to another man "on the very spot where the first shots of the Civil War were fired." Realising that the South was too small for him, this son of a traditional lawyer packed his earthly belongings into his Opel GT (including a beloved portrait of a Confederate ancestor) and took to the road in search of adventure. It was a journey that would lead him from a homoerotic Navy initiation ceremony in the jungles of Vietnam to that strangest of strange lands: San Francisco in the early 1970s. Reflecting on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, Maupin shares his candid search for his "logical family", he people he could call his own. "Sooner or later, we have to venture beyond our biological family to find our logical one, the one that actually makes sense for us," he writes. "We have to, if we are to live without squandering our lives." From his loving relationship with his palm-reading Grannie who insisted Maupin was the reincarnation of her artistic bachelor cousin, Curtis, to an awkward conversation about girls with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office, Maupin tells of the extraordinary individuals and situations that shaped him into one of the most influential writers of the last century. Maupin recalls his losses and life-changing experiences with humour and unflinching honesty, and brings to life flesh-and-blood characters as endearing and unforgettable as the vivid, fraught men and women who populate his enchanting novels. What emerges is an illuminating portrait of the man who depicted the liberation and evolution of America's queer community over the last four decades with honesty and compassionand inspired millions to claim their own lives.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary, Analysis, and Review of Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant's Option B Subtitle: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy Author: Start Publishing Notes Narrator: Michael Gilboe Format: Unabridged Length: 26 mins Language: English Release date: 08-23-17 Publisher: Start Publishing Notes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Please note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the audiobook and not the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant's Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy includes a summary of the audiobook, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section. Preview: Part memoir and part pop psychology presentation, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant is about the struggles that Sandberg faced after her 47-year-old husband's unexpected death in 2015. Option A - the life that Sandberg always thought she would have - was to grow old with her husband. Option B was to figure out how to live her best life without him. Sandberg and her husband Dave Goldberg, were on vacation, celebrating a friend's birthday in Mexico when he died. They'd been married 11 years and had two young children. At the time of his death, the kids were staying back with Sandberg's parents in California. After Dave was missing for a few hours, Sandberg and two other people found him unresponsive. He couldn't be resuscitated, and it was a 30-minute ambulance ride to the nearest hospital. Dave died instantaneously, as it turns out, from a massive cardiac event - but Sandberg wouldn't learn that until later.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Travels with Penny Subtitle: True Travel Tales of a Gay Guy and His Mom Author: David Alan Morrison Narrator: David Alan Morrison Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 08-03-17 Publisher: David Alan Morrison Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Two things flashed through my mind when I opened the door to the sex shop to find my mother standing in front of the display case, talking to a tall salesman wearing a leather harness, jock strap and a dog collar. The first was, "Oh, crap!" The second was, "I hate it when Dad's right." Thus begins David Alan Morrison's hilarious memoir about the evolution of family dynamics. Following the sudden death of his father, a single, middle-aged gay guy struggles with his own mortality by reminiscing about the travels with his gregarious mother. Travels with Penny is a look at the transformation of the baffling, complex relationship between children and their parents.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow Subtitle: The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Marriage Author: Ruth A. Hawkins Narrator: Talmadge Ragan Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 05-18-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: It was the glittering intellectual world of 1920s Paris expatriates in which Pauline Pfeiffer, a writer for Vogue, met Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley among a circle of friends that included Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, and Dorothy Parker. Pauline grew close to Hadley but eventually forged a stronger bond with Hemingway himself; with her stylish looks and dedication to Hemingway's writing, Pauline became the source of "unbelievable happiness" for Hemingway and, by 1927, his second wife. Pauline was her husband's best editor and critic, and her wealthy family provided moral and financial support, including the conversion of an old barn to a dedicated writing studio at the family home in Piggott, Arkansas. The marriage lasted 13 years, some of Hemingway's most productive, and the couple had two children. But the "unbelievable happiness" met with "final sorrow", as Hemingway wrote, and Pauline would be the second of Hemingway's four wives. Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow paints a full picture of Pauline and the role she played in Ernest Hemingway's becoming one of our greatest literary figures. The book is published by The University of Arkansas Press. Critic Reviews: "A major scholarly accomplishment - authoritative, thoroughly researched, pioneering, and ably written...a must for Hemingway scholars, teachers, and aficionados." (Anne Marie Candido in Arkansas Historical Quarterly) "A significant contribution to setting the record straight" (Publishers Weekly) "A riveting portrait of a marriage, and a fascinating biography of Pauline Pfeiffer...introduces us to a new heroine in the Hemingway saga." (Mary Dearborn, author of Mailer: A Biography)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Subtitle: The Life and Buildings of America's Most Famous Architect Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Kenneth Ray Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 05-06-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Perhaps America's most innovative and prolific architect, the works of Frank Lloyd Wright are almost too vast and diverse to list. Recognized for designing unique churches and distinctive commercial buildings, and admired for his geometric style house designs, Wright has been widely imitated, and his work continues to influence architecture not only in the United States but around the world. Laymen often think they know the definition of "a Frank Lloyd Wright", but they probably don't fully understand the brilliant mind of the man, nor the intricacies of his Prairie Style. Yet it endures because he has made it so. In many ways, Wright's architectural career has overshadowed other aspects of his life. In the course of creating innovative kinds of offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums, not to mention furniture and stained glass decorations, Wright wrote over a dozen books and toured America and Europe at large, often giving widely acclaimed speeches. Despite a somewhat hardscrabble start to life in the Midwest, Wright became known for his flamboyant and entertaining lifestyle, which included multiple marriages and scandals like the murders at his Taliesin studio in 1914. But through it all, Wright continued working nearly up until his death, and in 1991 the American Institute of Architects recognized him as "the greatest American architect of all time".

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mockingbird Songs Subtitle: My Friendship with Harper Lee Author: Wayne Flynt Narrator: Rosemary Benson, Mike Ortego Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-02-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: An indelible portrait of one of the most famous and beloved authors in the canon of American literature - a collection of letters between Harper Lee and one of her closest friends that reveals the famously private writer as never before, in her own words. The violent racism of the American South drove Wayne Flynt away from his home state of Alabama, but the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's classic novel about courage, community, and equality, inspired him to return in the early 1960s and craft a career documenting and teaching Alabama history. His writing resonated with many Alabamians, in particular three sisters: Louise, Alice, and Nelle Harper Lee. Beginning with their first meeting in 1983, a mutual respect and affection for the state's history and literature matured into a deep friendship between two families, who can trace their roots there back more than five generations. Flynt and Nelle Harper Lee began writing to one other while she was living in New York - heartfelt, insightful, and humorous letters in which they swapped stories, information, and opinions on topics both personal and professional: their families, books, Alabama history and social values, health concerns, and even their fears and accomplishments. Though their earliest missives began formally - "Dear Dr. Flynt" - as the years passed and their mutual admiration grew, their exchanges became more intimate and emotional, opening with "Dear Friend" and closing with "I love you, Nelle". Through their enduring correspondence, the Lees and the Flynts became completely immersed in each other's lives. Beautifully written, intelligent, and telling, this remarkable compendium of their letters - a correspondence that lasted for a quarter century, from 1992 until Harper Lee's death in February 2016 - offers an incisive and compelling look into the mind, heart, and work of one of the most beloved authors in modern literary history.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary: Born to Run: By Bruce Springsteen Author: Billionaire Mind Publishing Narrator: David Angell Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 04-13-17 Publisher: Billionaire Mind Publishing Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Please note: This is a summary of Born to Run and not the original book. Ever heard of the phrase, "Never give up on your dreams?" If you've heard it before, I am also sure that you know of people who give up on their dreams and decide to live an average life. Bruce Springsteen is one of the most inspirational musicians and singers. Bruce Springsteen is known for his work with his E Street Band, his distinctive voice, and his lengthy and energetic stage performances. Born to Run was originally the name of one of Bruce Springsteen's most successful songs. It was a song which showcased the daily struggles of a daily American life. Having sold more than 120 million records worldwide, Bruce Springsteen remains one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. "More than rich, more than famous, more than happy, I wanted to be great." (Bruce Springsteen) Born to Run is wayyyyyyyyyy more than just a biography. It is a story of a legend. A story of dreams, courage, and greatness. Born to Run is a book for anyone who wants to live beyond their current state. Get your cup of tea or coffee ready as you indulge yourself in the adventures of a legendary rock star's memoir. P.S. If you wish to indulge yourself in the journey of a legendary rock star and get inspired, this book is for you!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The English Daughter Author: Maggie Wadey Narrator: Maureen O'Brien Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 02-24-17 Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: As a child, writer Maggie Wadey was aware her mother was different from her father and his family, and that the difference was do with her Irishness, but she knew nothing of her Tipperary background. Then, before she died, Agnes Kavanagh began to talk about the past. Gradually, Maggie began to piece together her mothers early life. But it was only after Agnes's death that she discovered another story - a life and a secret hidden in layers of silence. Critic Reviews: "A luminous act of love and memory". (Marina Warner) "So perceptively drawn we are taken immediately into the vivid reality of their lives." (Edward Fox) "A historical memoir that unfolds like a mystery -personal, universal and beautifully told." (Sadie Jones)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Roman Polanski & Sharon Tate Subtitle: The Controversial Life of the Director and Notorious Death of the Actress Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Dan Gallagher Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins Language: English Release date: 02-22-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Few figures in Hollywood's history have been as acclaimed and controversial as director Roman Polanski, whose legendary films would stand out if not for the fact that they're often eclipsed by the turbulent life he's led. The son of Polish parents, Polanski survived World War II despite having both parents transferred to concentration camps during the Holocaust, but his mother was killed at Auschwitz. Despite the terrible ordeal and the loss of his mother, Polanski would grow up to become one of Europe's best directors, and over the course of a career spanning about 50 years, his films have been nominated for too many awards to count. Given that background, Polanski would represent one of Hollywood's greatest success stories, but far from having a fairytale ending, more hardships would endure. In 1969, things were looking up for one of Hollywood's most marketable actresses. After appearing as a model in fashion magazines and having bit parts on shows during the early part of the decade, Sharon Tate was a star in the making. That summer, she was pregnant with her first child by director Roman Polanski, who had just recently become her husband, and a few months earlier, she had just finished filming The Thirteen Chairs, co-starring Orson Welles. Tragically, superstardom would never come.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: How I Became a Writer Author: Gloria Steinem Narrator: Marianne Fraulo Format: Unabridged Length: 18 mins Language: English Release date: 01-30-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: "My one writerly habit was describing everything I did, no matter how absorbing or how trivial, as if I were standing outside myself and watching. That is, I would get up in the morning and look out the window, all the time thinking, 'She slid from the rumpled bed, yawned, and looked out at the pale...no, thin winter light. It was going to be another one of those days....' That kind of thing; very corny." Every writer's origin story is different. In How I Became a Writer, Gloria Steinem charts her unlikely journey from restless teen in Toledo, Ohio, to professional magazine writer in Manhattan - with sage advice and "random directives" for getting started. How I Became a Writer was originally published in Glamour, October 1965.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Feud Subtitle: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship Author: Alex Beam Narrator: Douglas Pullar Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 12-06-16 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: In 1940 Edmund Wilson was the undisputed big dog of American letters. Vladimir Nabokov was a near-penniless Russian exile seeking asylum in the States. Wilson became a mentor to Nabokov, introducing him to every editor of note, assigning to him book reviews for the New Republic, engineering a Guggenheim. Their intimate friendship blossomed over a shared interest in all things Russian, ruffled a bit by political disagreements. But then came Lolita, and suddenly Nabokov was the big (and very rich) dog. Finally the feud erupted in full when Nabokov published his hugely footnoted and virtually unreadable literal translation of Pushkin's famously untranslatable verse novel Eugene Onegin. Wilson attacked his friend's translation with hammer and tong in The New York Review of Books. Nabokov counterattacked in the same publication. Back and forth the increasingly aggressive letters volleyed until their friendship was reduced to ashes by the narcissism of small differences. Critic Reviews: "A fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse, full of anecdotal ephemera, of how Wilson and Nabokov interacted and why." (Publishers Weekly)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: I Am Brian Wilson Subtitle: The genius behind the Beach Boys Author: Brian Wilson, Ben Greenman - contributor Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 11-11-16 Publisher: Coronet Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing. As cofounder of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever recorded. With intricate harmonies, symphonic structures, and wide-eyed lyrics that explored life's most transcendent joys and deepest sorrows, songs like 'In My Room', 'God Only Knows' and 'Good Vibrations' forever expanded the possibilities of pop songwriting. Derailed in the 1970s by mental illness, drug use, and the shifting fortunes of the band, Wilson came back again and again over the next few decades, surviving and - finally - thriving. Now, for the first time, he weighs in on the sources of his creative inspiration and on his struggles, the exhilarating highs and the debilitating lows. I Am Brian Wilson reveals as never before the man who fought his way back to stability and creative relevance, who became a mesmerizing live artist, who forced himself to reckon with his own complex legacy and completed 'Smile', the legendary unfinished Beach Boys record that had become synonymous with both his genius and its destabilization. Today Brian Wilson is older, calmer, filled with perspective and forgiveness. Whether he's talking about his childhood, his bandmates, or his own inner demons, Wilson's story, told in his own voice and in his own way, unforgettably illuminates the man behind the music, working through the turbulence and discord to achieve, at last, a new harmony.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Walk Through Walls Subtitle: A Memoir Author: Marina Abramovic Narrator: Marina Abramovic Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 10-27-16 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Walk Through Walls, written and read by Marina Abramovic. This memoir spans Marina Abramovic's five-decade career and tells a life story that is almost as exhilarating and extraordinary as her groundbreaking performance art. Taking us from her early life in communist ex-Yugoslavia to her time as an a young art student in Belgrade in the 1970s, where she first made her mark with a series of pieces that used the body as a canvas, the audiobook also describes her relationship with the West German performance artist named Ulay who was her lover and sole collaborator for 12 years. Abramovic has collaborated with stars from Lady Gaga to Jay-Z, James Franco and Willem Dafoe and is best known for her recent pieces 'The Artist Is Present' and '512 Hours'. This audiobook is a fascinating insight into the life of one of the most important artists working today and the woman who has been described as 'the grandmother of performance art'.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Moose Subtitle: Chapters from My Life Author: Robert B. Sherman Narrator: Robert J. Sherman Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 10-05-16 Publisher: Orchard Hill Press Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Robert B. Sherman has forged a phenomenal career as a songwriter, screenwriter and painter. Along with his brother, Richard, he is responsible for the iconic scores of Mary Poppins, Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Charlotte's Web and The Tigger Movie, to name just a few. But to fully appreciate the impact of his songs, one has to get to know the man behind them first. Finally, in his own words and inimitable writing style, comes his long awaited, definitive autobiography: Moose, the delightful and unconventional story of a creative giant who changed the fabric of the family musical forever.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Elizabeth Jane Howard Subtitle: A Dangerous Innocence Author: Artemis Cooper Narrator: Eleanor Bron Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 09-22-16 Publisher: John Murray Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923-2014) wrote brilliant novels about what love can do to people, but in her own life the lasting relationship she sought so ardently always eluded her. She grew up yearning to be an actress, but when that ambition was thwarted by marriage and the war, she turned to fiction. Her first novel, The Beautiful Visit, won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize - she went on to write 14 more, of which the best-loved were the five volumes of The Cazalet Chronicle. Following her divorce from her first husband, the celebrated naturalist Peter Scott, Jane embarked on a string of high-profile affairs with Cecil Day-Lewis, Arthur Koestler and Laurie Lee, which turned her into a literary femme fatale. Yet the image of a sophisticated woman hid a romantic innocence which clouded her emotional judgment. She was nearing the end of a disastrous second marriage when she met Kingsley Amis, and for a few years they were a brilliant and glamorous couple - until that marriage too disintegrated. She settled in Suffolk, where she wrote and entertained friends, but her turbulent love life was not over yet. In her early 70s, Jane fell for a con man. His unmasking was the final disillusion and inspired one of her most powerful novels, Falling. Artemis Cooper interviewed Jane several times in Suffolk. She also talked extensively to her family, friends and contemporaries and had access to all her papers. Her biography explores a woman trying to make sense of her life through her writing as well as illuminating the literary world in which she lived.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Elizabeth and Michael Subtitle: The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Pop - A Love Story Author: Donald Bogle Narrator: Michael Early Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 09-16-16 Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: From the moment Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson met, they were hooked on each other. Soon a deep friendship blossomed unexpectedly, unlike anything either had ever experienced. Through thick and thin, through their various emotional upheavals, through the peaks and valleys of their careers, through their personal traumas and heartaches, through the unending health issues and extreme physical pain that each experienced, and through the glare of the often merciless public spotlight, their bond held them together, and their love for each other endured. Donald Bogle skillfully re-creates the moving narrative of Taylor and Jackson's experiences together and their intense emotional connection, without shying away from the controversies that swirled around them. Through interviews with friends and acquaintances of the two stars as well as anonymous but credible sources, Elizabeth and Michael emerges as a tender, intimate look at this famous odd couple and a treasure to their millions of fans.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Lime Street at Two Author: Helen Forrester Narrator: Liane-Rose Bunce Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 09-15-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: In this audiobook, Helen Forrester continues the moving story of her early life with an account of the war years in blitz-torn Liverpool, and the happiness which she so nearly captured, but which was to elude her twice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1581/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Huntress Subtitle: The Adventures, Escapades, and Triumphs of Alicia Patterson: Aviatrix, Sportswoman, Journalist, Publisher Author: Alice Arlen, Michael J. Arlen Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 08-23-16 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians Publisher's Summary: From National Book Awardwinner Michael J. Arlen and screenwriter Alice Arlen, here is the fascinating, adventurous life of Alicia Patterson, who became, at age thirty-four, one of the youngest and most successful newspaper publishers in America when she founded Newsday. With The Huntress, the Arlens give us a revealing picture of the lifestyle and traditions of the Patterson-Medill publishing dynastyone of the country's most powerful and influential newspaper familiesbut also Alicia's rebellious early years and her dominating father, Joseph Patterson. Founder and editor of the New York Daily News, Patterson was a complicated and glamorous figure who in his youth had reported on Pancho Villa in Mexico and had outraged his conservative Chicago family by briefly espousing socialism. Not once but twice, first at age twenty, Alicia agreed to marry men her father chose, despite having her own more interesting suitors. He encouraged her to do the difficult training required for an aviation transport license; in 1934 she became only the tenth woman in America to receive one. Patterson brought her along to London to meet with Lord Beaverbrook, to Rome to meet Mussolini, and to Moscow in 1937, at the time of Stalin's "show trials," where a young George Kennan took her under his wing. Alicia caught the journalism bug writing for Liberty magazine, an offshoot of the Daily News. A trip to French Indochina highlighted her hunting skills and made the sultan of Johor an ardent admirer; another trip would involve India, the dangerous sport of pigsticking, several maharajas, and a tiger hunt. A third marriage, to Harry Guggenheim, blew hot and cold but it did last; it was with him that she started Newsday in a former car dealership on Long Island. Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, two-time Democratic candidate for president, would be one of her last admirers. With access to family archives of journals and letters, Michael and Alice Arlen have written an astonishing portrait of a maverick newspaperwoman and an intrepid adventurer, told with humor, compassion, and a profound understanding of a time and place. Cover image reproduced from Hofstra University Special Collections.