Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/180106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Democracy and Social Ethics Author: Jane Addams Narrator: Rose Itzcovitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 11, 2013 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Unabridged Lectures: Charitable Effort - Filial Relations - Household Adjustment - Industrial Amelioration - Educational Methods - Political Reformvites listeners to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library. In 1889, Jane Addams co-founded Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, the first settlement house in the United States. All of the initial funding came from the $50,000 estate she inherited after her father died. Jane was the first occupant of the house, which would later be the residence of about 25 women. At its height, Hull House was visited each week by around 2000 people. Its facilities included a night school for adults, kindergarten classes, clubs for older children, a public kitchen, an art gallery, a coffeehouse, a gymnasium, a girls club, bathhouse, a book bindery, a music school, a drama group, a library, and labor-related divisions. Her adult night school was a forerunner of the continuing education classes offered by many universities today. In addition to making available services and cultural opportunities for the largely immigrant population of the neighborhood, Hull House afforded an opportunity for young social workers to acquire training. Eventually, the Hull House became a 13-building settlement, which included a playground and a summer camp.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Remarks Author: Neal Stephenson Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: “Neal Stephenson has made a name for himself as a writer whose imagination knows no limits.” —Salon #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson is, quite simply, one of the best and most respected writers alive. He’s taken sf to places it’s never been (Snow Crash, Anathem). He’s reinvented the historical novel (The Baroque Cycle), the international thriller (Reamde), and both at the same time (Cryptonomicon). Now he treats his legion of fans to Some Remarks, an enthralling collection of essays—Stephenson’s first nonfiction work since his long essay on technology, In the Beginning…Was the Command Line, more than a decade ago—as well as new and previously published short writings both fiction and non. Some Remarks is a magnificent showcase of a brilliantly inventive mind and talent, as he discourses on everything from Sir Isaac Newton to Star Wars.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Select Essays Author: Michel De Montaigne Narrator: Clive Chafer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 25, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Michel de Montaigne, one of the foremost writers of the French Renaissance and the originator of the genre of the essay, wrote on subjects ranging from friendship to imagination, from language to conscience. This collection includes twenty-two of Montaigne's essays, including 'Of Prognostications,' 'Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes,' 'Of Pedantry,' and 'Of Friendship.' Throughout Montaigne's writing, he approaches his subject matter with rationality and skepticism, constantly searching for truth and inquiring into the nature of the human character. Montaigne's essays have been widely read since their first publication by such great writers as Shakespeare and Ralph Waldo Emerson and continue to resonate for modern audiences. This edition is the translation by Charles Cotton.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/199116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Critique of Charles Dickens Work Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style. (Summary by Karen Merline)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131702 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Quotations of Mahatma Gandhi Author: Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 12, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 66 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 16 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi, was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. Gandhi was the pioneer of Satyagraha - resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon total non-violence. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, for expanding women's rights, for building religious and ethnic amity, for ending untouchability, for increasing economic self-reliance, but above all for achieving the independence of India from foreign domination. He was imprisoned for many years, on numerous occasions, in both South Africa and India and he undertook long fasts as a means of both self-purification and social protest. He was assassinated in 1948.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Author: Guy De Maupassant, Franz Kafka Narrator: Tom Whitworth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 10, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Throughout his amazing career, Franz Kafka created some of the most haunting, timeless, and enduring images of the nightmare world of everyday life. First published in 1915, 'The Metamorphosis' is one of Kafka's most famous works. The story begins when traveling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes from a series of disturbing dreams to discover that he has transformed overnight into a giant insect. Instead of arousing surprise or horror in his family, however, Gregor's condition is merely despised as an imposition, a burden. In addition to Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis,' this collection includes eight pieces by one of the fathers of the modern short story, Guy de Maupassant: 'The Englishman,' 'The Piece of String,' 'The Necklace,' 'A Crisis,' 'The Will,' 'Love,' 'The Inn,' and 'Was It a Dream?'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Philosopher King: An Exceprt from The Republic Author: Plato Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 16, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Plato's description of what it is like to be a philosopher - a lover of wisdom.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Decay of the Art of Lying Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 12, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: This humorous short essay is written with all the wit and biting sarcasm that is one of the trademarks of Mark Twain. The Decay of the Art of Lying does not reveal why one should not lie, but the proper way to lie - told from a true expert.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A I've Been to the Mountaintop: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Author: Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard Narrator: Hachette Assorted Authors Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: November 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 19 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: A powerful collection of the most essential speeches from famed social activist and key civil rights figure Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This companion volume to A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. includes the text of his most well-known oration, 'I Have a Dream', his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, and Beyond Vietnam, a powerful plea to end the ongoing conflict. Includes contributions from Rosa Parks, Aretha Franklin, the Dalai Lama, and many others.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great American Indian Stories - Part I - II Author: Ohiyesa Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 30, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.96 of Total 166 Ratings of Narrator: 4.09 of Total 32 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: The lives of the American Indian, as written by Charles Eastman, come to life as they wrestle with the intrusion of the "White Man" and their own survival. You will enjoy this glimpse into the Old West from the perspective of the 19th Century American Indian. VOLUME ONE The Grave of the Dog The Famine The Chief Soldier VOLUME TWO The Singing Spirit The White Man's Errand The Madness of Bald Eagle

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome Author: William Murray Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: December 16, 2003 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: “One lifetime is not enough for Rome,” the famous saying goes, and anyone who’s ever been there knows these words to be true. In City of the Soul, William Murray begins to show us why. Growing up in Rome and spending much of his life in the city, William Murray is an expert guide as he takes us on an intimate walking tour of some of Rome’s most glorious achievements, illuminating the history and the mythology that define the city. Murray leads us through the centro, the city’s historic downtown center. He writes about the Villa Borghese, the Piazza di Spagna, and the Trevi Fountain and describes such singular attractions as the Capuchin Church of Santa Maria della Concezione, whose macabre crypt has impressed visitors from Mark Twain to the Marquis de Sade. As he walks, he reveals stories that only a longtime resident would know, capturing the sights, sounds, and flavors that make Rome a combination of the deep past and the ever-sensual present.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/133440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1,000 Years of Laughter Author: David Timson Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 12, 2002 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Laughter is unique to man. This delightful anthology presents some of the funniest extracts in English literature. David Timson starts with Anglo-Saxon riddles and continues with medieval memories, Tudor comic turns and Restoration buffoonery. The rise of the novel in the eighteenth century brought classic humour from Swift, Sterne and Smollet, passing the mantle to Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Included here are rarities as well, from the antiquarian's cupboard. There are also excerpts from children's literature and twentieth-century classics as diverse as Dorothy Parker and P. G. Wodehouse. An entertainment from start to finish.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/154297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wavedancer Benefit Author: Stephen King Narrator: n/a, Pat Conroy, Peter Straub Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 1, 2002 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/151636 to listen full audiobooks. Title: River Horse: A Voyage Across America Author: William Least Heat-Moon, William Heat-Moon Narrator: Jay O. Sanders Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 1, 1999 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: In this abridgement of River-Horse, the pre-eminent chronicler of American back roads -- who has given us the classics Blue Highways and Prairyerth -- recounts his singular voyage through American waters from sea to sea. Along the route, he offers a lyrical and ceaselessly fascinating shipboard perspective on the country and its rivers, lakes, canals, and landscapes. Brimming with history, drama, and wisdom, River-Horse belongs in the pantheon of American travel literature. In his most ambitious journey ever, Heat-Moon sets off aboard a small boat he named Nikawa ('river horse' in Osage) from the Atlantic at New York Harbor in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon. He and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover some five thousand watery miles -- more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed -- often following in the wakes of our most famous explores, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark. En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, submerged rocks, dangerous weather, and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield up incomparable pleasures: strangers generous with help and eccentric tales, landscapes unchanged since Sacagawea saw them, riverscapes flowing with a lively past, and the growing belief that efforts to protect our lands and waters are beginning to pay off. And, throughout its course, the expedition enjoys coincidences so breathtaking as to suggest the intervention of a divine and witty Providence. Teeming with humanity and high adventure, Heat-Moon's account is an unsentimental and original arteriogram of our nation at the edge of the Millennium.