Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/681579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goldfinger: A James Bond Novel Author: Ian Fleming Narrator: Adam Godley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: JAMES BOND MUST STOP A GOLD-OBSESSED MILLIONAIRE AND THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY Auric Goldfinger is the richest man in England―though his wealth can’t be found in banks. He’s been hoarding vast stockpiles of his namesake metal, and it has attracted the suspicion of Bond’s superiors at MI6. Sent to investigate, Bond uncovers an ingenious gold-smuggling scheme, as well as Goldfinger’s most daring caper yet: Operation Grand Slam, a heist so audacious it could bring down the world economy and put the fate of the West in the hands of SMERSH. Only 007 can stop the enigmatic millionaire and his murderous mania for gold.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Spy Who Loved Me: A James Bond Novel Series: #10 of James Bond Author: Ian Fleming Narrator: Genevieve Gaunt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: JAMES BOND AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE Unlike the rest of the books in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series, The Spy Who Loved Me is told from the perspective of a woman who fell for 007—and owes him her life. Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, feels like a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine forests of the Adirondacks. After stopping at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court and being coerced into caretaking at the vacant motel for the night, Viv opens the door to two armed mobsters and realizes being a woman alone is no easy task. But when a third stranger arrives―a confident Englishman with a keen sense for sizing things up―the tables are turned. Still reeling in the wake of Operation Thunderball, Bond had planned for his jaunt through the Adirondacks to be a period of rest before his return to Europe. But that all changes when his tire goes flat in front of a certain motel…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amateur Detective Roger Sheringham: The Poisoned Chocolates Case and Jumping Jenny Author: Anthony Berkeley Narrator: Joan Newell, Hamilton Dyce, Jane Wenham, Hugh Burden, Neil Stacy, Michael Bilton, Conrad Phillips, Sheila Manahan, Simon Lack, Trevor Martin, John Scott, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 47 minutes Release date: November 23, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Two BBC Radio full-cast dramas from the master of classic crime Anthony Berkeley was a journalist, novelist, and founding member of the Detection Club - whose members included Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers - and was one of crime fiction's greatest innovators, developing the idea of the psychological crime novel in the 1920s and 30s. One of his recurring and most-beloved characters was Roger Sheringham, a novelist and amateur detective. In these two classic tales, Roger Sheringham must investigate two terrible murders: The Poisoned Chocolates Case, from 1929, sees him taking up the challenge when Scotland Yard admits defeat after months of investigations. How was a woman poisoned by a box of chocolates that weren't even intended for her? Who was the intended victim? And who was the terrible mind behind it? Roger and his amateur detective friends will each have a turn to put forward their own personal theories about the dreadful crime... In Jumping Jenny, written in 1933, Roger attends a party with the questionable theme 'famous murderers and their victims', only to discover that one difficult guest has been deliberately killed on one of the party's props. When Roger suspects one of his close friends may be involved, he decides to meddle in the evidence - but is he putting his own life at risk with this mischievous intervention? Witty, subversive, and fiercely clever, these wonderful crime mysteries by the renowned writer are just the thing for fans of The Lady Detectives, Maigret's Collected Cases, and Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon and other Adventures. Cast and credits The Poisoned Chocolates Case Roger Sheringham - Neil Stacy Mrs Fielder-Flamming - Hilda Schroder Sir Charles Wildman - Conrad Phillips Moresby - Victor Winding Chitterwick - Michael Bilton Bradley / Smithson - Geoffrey Collins Alicia - Jane Wenham Lockwood - William Eedle Bendix - Mark Straker Sir Eustace - Clive Panto Mrs Bendix - Eileen Tully Marguerite - Deborah Cranston Novel by Anthony Berkeley Dramatised by Neville Teller Directed by Brian Miller First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 January 1984 Jumping Jenny Ronald Stratton - Trevor Martin Roger Sheringham - Hugh Burden Colin Nicolson - Simon Lack Dr Philip Chalmers - Hamilton Dyce Laura Chalmers - Judy Bailey Ena Stratton - Joan Newell David Stratton - John Scott Osbert Williams - Philip Cunningham Agatha Lefroy - Monica Kirton Dr Frank Mitchell - David Bird Margot - Sheila Manahan Mrs Williams - Molly Rankin Inspector Crane - Keith Williams Coroner - Richard Williams Novel by Anthony Berkeley Adapted by H. Oldfield Box Produced by David H. Godfrey First broadcast on BBC Home Service, 14 November 1959 NB: Due to the age of this recording, the sound quality may vary. ©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd Cast and credits

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Benson Murder Case Series: #1 of The Philo Vance Series Author: S. S. Van Dine Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “Crimes possess all the basic factors of a work of art—approach, conception, technique, imagination, attack, method, and organization.” The Benson Murder Case introduces S. S. Van Dine’s brilliant and iconic detective to the world in one of the most popular detective novels of the twentieth century, inspired by the real-life murder of a famous bridge player. Alvin Benson is found slumped over an easy chair in a room locked from the inside with a bullet in his head, and Wall Street and the high society of Manhattan are set ablaze with the news of the playboy stockbroker’s death. But when NYPD’s top detectives and ballistics experts can’t solve the mystery, it falls to Philo Vance, an art connoisseur and amateur sleuth, to find the killer. Vance’s intellectual and artistic background helps him uncover a series of odd clues, starting with a missing toupee and false teeth, and soon he is delving deep into the case. In a Holmesian display of deduction, Vance also uses a recreation of the crime scene to determine several details about the killer—even down to their height. But he will have to uncover more than these small but vital details in order to find the real killer, deconstruct their alibi, and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they in fact killed Alvin Benson.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/678205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La Luna Nueva Author: Rabindranath Tagore Narrator: Artur Mas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 10 minutes Release date: October 15, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: 'La luna nueva' es una colección de cuentos escritos por Tagore y publicada en 1913, el mismo año en que recibió el Premio Nobel. La obra es considerada una de las mejores obras de la literatura bengalí y presenta una amplia variedad de historias sobre temas como el amor, la naturaleza, la religión y la vida rural. Los cuentos revelan la intensa espiritualidad de Tagore y reflejan su habilidad para capturar la esencia de la vida y la naturaleza humana en sus escritos. A través de su prosa poética, Tagore presenta imágenes y paisajes detallados de la vida en la India rural, así como personajes complejos y emocionales. En general, es una obra clave de la literatura india y una muestra del talento literario de Tagore.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sleeping Dog Author: Dick Lochte Narrator: Daniela Vanasco, Robert G Slade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 5, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Serendipity Dahlquist is a headstrong roller-blading teenager living in LA who has lost her dog. She asks private investigator Leo Bloodworth to help her find the missing pet. In what proves to have been a moment of madness, Bloodworth agrees to take on the case, unleashing an appalling--but also extremely entertaining--series of extremely homicidal events. Sleeping Dog remains, almost 40 years after its publication, one of the most wonderful crime debuts: by turns charming, hilarious and pathological, Lochte's novel is a great celebration of everything that is most deplorable and hair-raising about California in the 1980s. ©2023 Dick Lochte (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Universal History of Iniquity Author: Jorge Luis Borges Narrator: Castulo Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 22, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals his delight in re-creating (or making up) colorful stories from the Orient, the Islamic world, and the Wild West, as well as his horrified fascination with knife fights, political and personal betrayal, and bloodthirsty revenge. Sparkling with the sheer exuberant pleasure of story-telling, this collection marked the emergence of an utterly distinctive literary voice. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682676 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 8, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.” To the Lighthouse chronicles the lives of the Ramsay family and their close friends, from the tranquil and motherly Mrs. Ramsay to the tragic and eccentric Mr. Ramsay, and their eight children and varied guests. Woolf uses the three movements of the novel to capture their complex family allegiances and the tensions between men and women at the time. Centered around their visits to the Isle of Skye between 1910 and 1920, the novel is an examination of the quiet, seemingly trivial moments of everyday life. As the world changes drastically around the Ramsays, they too must come to terms with, and hopefully face head on, their capacity to change along with it. To the Lighthouse is number fifteen on Modern Library’s list of one hundred best English-language novels of the twentieth century, and it was named as one of the best English-language novels since 1923 by Time magazine.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/676598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Molière: Don Juan, The Miser and more: Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions Author: Molière Narrator: Matthew Baynton, Maurice Denham, Holli Dempsey, Toby Jones, Simon Russell Beale, Brenda Blethyn, Hadyn Gwynne, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 3, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A collection of Molière's finest comedies, farces and tragicomedies Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin, better known by his pen-name Molière, was France's greatest satirical dramatist. Such was his influence on the French language that it is often referred to as 'the language of Molière', and he has been dubbed 'the French Shakespeare'. A leading 17th Century comic actor and director, his genius encompassed all aspects of stage comedy, and his plays continue to appeal to audiences today. Included here are six of his masterpieces, as heard on BBC Radio. The Miser - The tale of selfish miser Harpagon, his scheming children and their desperate pursuit of love, marriage and money. Toby Jones, Holli Dempsey and Mathew Baynton star in this rumbustious adaptation of Molière's classic comedy of secrets, lies and obsessive greed. Don Juan - Discarding his new bride, legendary womaniser Don Juan sets out in search of more romantic conquests. But eternal damnation awaits him if he does not repent his sins... Kenneth Haigh stars in this famous tragicomedy. The Misanthrope - Disgusted with the hypocrisy of French society, poet Alceste embarks on a crusade against fakery, frippery and forked tongues. But could the woman he adores be the worst culprit of them all? Colin Tierney stars in Molière's comedy of manners and morals. The School for Wives - Middle-aged Arnolphe plans to wed his innocent young ward, Agnes - but handsome Horace is also smitten with her, and proceeds to teach her the art of love... Starring Geoffrey Bayldon, Rosalind Shanks and Nicholas Pennell. The Sisterhood - Henriette's engagement is threatened as her bluestocking mother Philaminte tries to marry her off to the foppish poet Trissotin. Can true love triumph over pretentiousness? Benjamin Whitrow, Brenda Blethyn and Simon Russell Beale star in this sparkling assault on pseudo-intellectualism. The Imaginary Invalid - Elderly hypochondriac Argan plans to marry his daughter to a doctor to save on medical bills. There's just one problem - she is in love with someone else... Starring Maurice Denham and Jane Lapotaire. First published 1662 (The School for Wives), 1665 (Don Juan), 1666 (The Misanthrope), 1668 (The Miser, Amphitryon), 1672 (The Sisterhood), 1673 (The Imaginary Invalid) NB: Due to the age of the source material, the sound quality of The School for Wives may vary Cast and credits Written by Molière The Miser Cast: Toby Jones, Holli Dempsey, François Pandolfo, Mathew Baynton, Keiron Self, Cecilia Noble, Grace Cooper Milton, Don Gilet, Jasmine Hyde, Michael Begley, Neil McCaul First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 16th Jan 2022 Don Juan Cast: Kenneth Haigh, Bill Fraser, Sheila Grant, Patrick Tull, David Bailie, John Rye, Rolf Lefebvre, Kate Binchy, Penelope Lee, Brian Hewlett, Geoffrey Wincott, David Timson, James Thomason, Patrick Tull, Leslie Heritage, Penelope Lee First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 2nd Jan 1972 The Misanthrope Cast: Neil Caple, Simon Coates, Leander Deeny, Daniel Goode, Alison Pargeter, George Potts Zara Tempest-Walters, Colin Tierney, Harvey Virdi First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 10th Mar 2013 The School for Wives Cast: Geoffrey Bayldon, Haydn Jones, Terry Scully, Jane Knowles, Rosalind Shanks, Nicholas Pennell, Peter France, Alba, Rolf Lefebvre First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 21st Jan 1973 The Sisterhood Cast: Benjamin Whitrow, Jean Both, Haydn Gwynne, Judy Parfitt, Brenda Blethyn, Simon Russell Beale, Christopher Scott, James Greene, Jane Whittenshaw, Nicholas Boulton First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 26th May 1996 The Imaginary Invalid Cast: Maurice Denham, Jane Lapotaire, Tina Marian, Charlotte Attenborough, Norman Rodway Stratford Johns, John Moffatt, Philip Sully, Peter Craze, Cara Kelly, John Warner, Michael Graham Cox First broadcast BBC Radio 3, 29th Dec 1988 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La invención de Morel Author: Adolfo Bioy Casares Narrator: Andrés Neuman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: ALFAGUARA RECUPERA LA OBRA MAESTRA DEL GÉNERO FANTÁSTICO EN ESPAÑOL «He discutido con su autor los pormenores de su trama, la he releído; no me parece una imprecisión o una hipérbole calificarla de perfecta». Jorge Luis Borges Un misterioso edificio construido en una isla en 1924, un diario escrito por un fugitivo encerrado en sí mismo que se enamora de una mujer impasible, y un comentarista que lo desautoriza en distintas notas al pie. Para la mayoría de los lectores —y qué difícil sería desmentirlos—, La invención de Morel es la obra maestra de Adolfo Bioy Casares, una novela con componentes filosóficos tan potente que llegó a influir, especialmente por medio de Lost, sobre el universo aún en boga de las series. Una trama con aparecidos tan adelantada a su tiempo que su lectura es capaz de resignificar, incluso, episodios traumáticos de la historia de Argentina que, al momento de su publicación, ni siquiera podían sospecharse. «La gran novela argentina en lo que hace a su forma y a su fondo donde, además, apenas se esconde el olvido inolvidable de un cuento perfecto». Rodrigo Fresán «Adolfo Bioy Casares fue un escritor que no se parece a nadie, de un talento sui generis». Carlos Fuentes «Me gustaría ser Adolfo Bioy Casares. Quisiera ser Bioy porque siempre lo admiré como escritor y lo estimé como persona». Julio Cortázar «En el mundo narrativo de Bioy hay siempre algo inconcluso, hilos sueltos, fatalidades que no se desencadenan, felicidades que se viven a medias. Esos misterios, que son la estructura invisible de sus obras, permiten también entender lo que podría llamarse, sin paradoja alguna, su modesta grandeza». Tomás Eloy Martínez «Brillante parábola en clave sobre el amor y la identidad personal, Dormir al sol, es uno de los libros fundamentales de la literatura argentina». Claudia Piñeiro «Diario de la guerra del cerdo es la más política de las novelas de Bioy, y también la más alegórica». Matilde Sánchez «El envidiable rigor sin énfasis de un elegante maestro distraído». Juan Sasturián «Bioy es un genio, que entendió que la buena literatura puede ser, al mismo tiempo, un gesto de inteligencia, de elegancia y de buen humor». Eduardo Sacheri «Escueta y brillante». Rafael Narbona, Revista de Libros «Una grandísima historia, una idea genial. [...] Pocas cosas nos ofrecen y regalan de una forma tan fácil abrir un objeto en casa y entrar en la mente genial de alguien que parece, como los habitantes de la isla, que no está pero sí. Bioy Casares, Borges, tantos otros, siempre están. Y estarán. Como pasa con La invención de Morel». Víctor González, Libros y Literatura

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Alexander Pushkin BBC Radio Collection: Including Eugene Onegin, Boris Godunov & The Queen of Spades Author: Alexander Pushkin Narrator: Max Irons, Moira Lister, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Linus Roache, Alison Pettitt, Hattie Morahan, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Howard, Paul Scofield, Bill Nighy, Full Cast, Greg Wise, Simon Callow, Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Dramatisations and readings of Pushkin's most famous works - plus biographical programmes and an original play based on his life One of Russia's most iconic poets, Alexander Pushkin is often described as the 'father of Russian literature'. A gambler, playboy and social reformer, he was exiled by the Tsar for his controversial poetry and died aged 37 in a duel defending his wife's honour. This BBC Radio anthology opens with full-cast dramatisations of his two masterpieces, Eugene Onegin and The Bronze Horseman, both set against the backdrop of his turbulent life. The former, set the night before the fateful duel, sees Pushkin (Geoffrey Streitfeild) telling his wife the story of St Petersburg socialite Onegin, his best friend, and the woman who loves him. In the latter, starring Max Irons, Pushkin's epic poem symbolising the battle between Tsar and citizen is interspersed with scenes depicting his own parallel struggles with state power. The inspiration for Rachmaninov's opera Aleko, The Gypsies is a powerful exploration in narrative verse of the conflict between freedom and love. Zemfira brings Aleko, a man running from the law, home to meet her father, but life in a gypsy camp is more challenging than he imagined. Read by Ralph Fiennes, Alex Jennings and Gabrielle Glaister. Set during the 'Time of Troubles' in the early 1600s, Pushkin's only full-length play, Boris Godunov, is a historical drama about the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who was Tsar from 1598 to 1605. It features a stellar cast including Alan Howard, Bill Nighy and Jane Lapotaire. His 'little tragedy', Mozart and Salieri, tells of the rivalry between Mozart and Antonio Salieri, who was rumoured to have been behind Mozart's early death. Starring Paul Scofield as Salieri and Simon Callow as Mozart. Also included are four superb short stories - 'The Snowstorm', starring Janet Maw and Michael Maloney, 'The Squire's Daughter', read by Hattie Morahan, 'The Queen of Spades', featuring Moira Lister, Greg Wise and Amanda Root, and 'The Golden Cockerel', read by Alec McCowen. Finally, two bonus features chart Pushkin's extraordinary life and legacy. Soul of Fire: Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837 comprises three hours of music, drama and biography, as presenter Gerard McBurney visits the places that were formative influences on Pushkin, and introduces dramatised excerpts from his work and operatic adaptations by Tchaikovsky, Glinka and Mussorgsky. And in the original drama Cloudberries, starring Linus Roache as Pushkin, poet Elaine Feinstein tells the story of the great Russian author, from his unhappy childhood to his untimely death. Contents Eugene Onegin The Bronze Horseman The Gypsies Boris Godunov Mozart and Salieri 'The Snowstorm' 'The Squire's Daughter' 'The Queen of Spades' 'The Golden Cockerel' Soul of Fire: Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837 Cloudberries First published 1824 (The Gypsies), 1825 (Boris Godunov), 1830 (Mozart and Salieri), 1831 ('The Snowstorm', 'The Squire's Daughter'), 1833 (Eugene Onegin, The Bronze Horseman), 1834 ('The Queen of Spades', 'The Golden Cockerel') © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Night of the Hunter Author: Davis Grubb Narrator: Nick Landrum Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: July 13, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'What kind of a man would have his fingers tattooed that way? ... What kind of a man? What kind of a preacher?' One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter centres on the ferocious, unforgettable figure of Preacher, a psychopath who relentlessly pursues two children who may or may not know the secret of where the money from a bank raid is hidden. Set in a brilliantly rendered Depression-era American river town, Grubb's novel is both a study of innocence and evil and a savage picture of human failings as, one by one, the adults who have it in their power to protect the children fall for Preacher's wiles. ©2023 Davis Grubb (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quest of the Silver Fleece Author: W. E. B. Du Bois Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: In The Quest of the Silver Fleece there is little, I ween, divine or ingenious; but, at least, I have been honest. In no fact or picture have I consciously set down aught the counterpart of which I have not seen or known; and whatever the finished picture may lack of completeness, this lack is due now to the story-teller, now to the artist, but never to the herald of the Truth. —Author’s Note from The Quest of the Silver Fleece W. E. B. Du Bois considered his first novel, The Quest of the Silver Fleece, to be an “economic study” of the post-Reconstruction relationship between the North and the South, but this first foray into fiction proves itself to be much more than that. Filled with literary realism, social commentary, and romance, Silver Fleece chronicles the love story between Zora, a free-spirited Black girl from a Southern swamp, and Bles, a Black man educated in the North. The couple must find a way to unite and overcome the racist Alabama town in which they live and, through working with the titular silver fleece (cotton), create an economic community that would help the rural Black community become self-sufficient. Controversial and provocative at the time of its publication, Du Bois’s debut novel is a cutting and thorough examination, and condemnation, of America’s views on race both at the time of the novel’s publication and the time in which it is set. As a sociologist and civil-rights leader, Du Bois was uniquely positioned to bring the themes of racism, prejudice, and racial equality found in The Souls of Black Folk, which he had published just before Silver Fleece, to a larger audience that had not read his nonfiction titles. The Quest of the Silver Fleece is a rousing and beautiful work of fiction from one of America’s most important intellects, and it continues to inspire conversation and debate around systemic racism in America today.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der stumme Prophet (Ungekürzt) Author: Joseph Roth Narrator: Claudia Rohnefeld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 12, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Der Radetzkymarsch von Joseph Roth, jener großartige Roman, in dem eine Gestalt der Geschichte, die österreichische Monarchie, durch die Sprache des Dichters der Vergänglichkeit entrissen ist, erfährt durch den Roman Der stumme Prophet eine seltsame Ergänzung: der Abgesang nicht auf eine gewesene Gestalt der Geschichte, sondern melancholische Resignation, gegenüber einer mächtigen, in die Erscheinung der Geschichte getretenen Utopie von dem Reich der Gerechtigkeit, in dem alle Menschen Brüder sind. 1929 ist Der stumme Prophet geschrieben.Schon zu diesem Zeitpunkt ist für Roth der Traum vom Aufgang des Reiches des großen Friedens erloschen. Das, was Friedrich Kargan, die Hauptfigur des Romans, erfährt, ist nicht die normale Tragik des Revolutionärs, der als ein Kind der Revolution ihr Opfer wird, sondern die resignierende Einsicht in die Unmöglichkeit, durch die gewissenlose Anwendung revolutionärer Macht eine Welt zu schaffen, die schöner, edler und gerechter werden kann, als die alte war. Der Schlüssel zum Paradies paßt nicht in schmutzige Hände. Die historische Notwendigkeit, die Friedrich Kargan angebetet hat, enthüllt sich als ein historisches Verbrechen am Humanen.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Briar Rose and Other Stories Author: The Brothers Grimm Narrator: Morgan Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 6, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: This charming collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales includes 'Briar Rose', 'Fundevogel', 'The Fox & the Cat' and 'The Fox & the Horse'. Grimms' Fairy Tales was first published in Germany in 1812 as 'Kinder und Hausmärchen'. This series of recordings is based on the original 1823 English translation by Edgar Taylor, with subsequent editing by Marian Edwardes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Unabridged) Author: Ambrose Bierce Narrator: Elise Sauer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 5, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Described as 'one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature', it was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). The story, which is set during the American Civil War, is known for its irregular time sequence and twist ending. Bierce's abandonment of strict linear narration in favor of the internal mind of the protagonist is an early example of the stream of consciousness narrative mode. Plot: Peyton Farquhar, a civilian who is also a wealthy planter and slave owner, is being prepared for execution by hanging from an Alabama railroad bridge during the American Civil War. Six military men and a company of infantrymen are present, guarding the bridge and carrying out the sentence. Farquhar thinks of his wife and children and is then distracted by a noise that, to him, sounds like an unbearably loud clanging; it is actually the ticking of his watch. He considers the possibility of jumping off the bridge and swimming to safety if he can free his tied hands, but the soldiers drop him from the bridge before he can act on the idea. In a flashback, Farquhar and his wife are relaxing at home one evening when a soldier dressed in Confederate gray rides up to the gate. Farquhar, a supporter of the Confederacy, learns from him that Union troops have seized the Owl Creek railroad bridge and repaired it. The soldier suggests that Farquhar might be able to burn the bridge down if he can slip past its guards. He then leaves, but doubles back after nightfall to return north the way he came. The soldier is actually a disguised Union scout who has lured Farquhar into a trap, as any civilian caught interfering with the railroads will be hanged. The story returns to the present, and the rope around Farquhar's neck breaks when he falls from the bridge into the creek. He frees his hands, pulls the noose away, and rises to the surface to begin his escape. His senses now greatly sharpened, he dives and swims downstream to avoid rifle and cannon fire. Once he is out of range, he leaves the creek to begin the journey to his home, 30 miles (48 km) away. Farquhar walks all day long through a seemingly endless forest, and that night he begins to hallucinate, seeing strange constellations and hearing whispered voices in an unknown language. He travels on, urged by the thought of his wife and children despite the pains caused by his ordeal. The next morning, after having apparently fallen asleep while walking, he finds himself at the gate to his plantation.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The War Prayer (Unabridged) Author: Mark Twain Narrator: John Greenman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 9 minutes Release date: May 5, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: The War Prayer by Mark Twain a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war. The structure of the work is simple: an unnamed country goes to war, and patriotic citizens attend a church service for soldiers who have been called up. The people call upon God to grant them victory and protect their troops. Suddenly, an 'aged stranger' appears and announces that he is God's messenger. He explains to them that he is there to speak aloud the second part of their prayer for victory, the part which they have implicitly wished for but have not spoken aloud themselves: the prayer for the suffering and destruction of their enemies. What follows is a grisly depiction of hardships inflicted on war-torn nations by their conquerors. The story ends with the man being ignored. History: 'The War Prayer' was written in 1905, and is believed to be a response to both the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War. It was left unpublished by Mark Twain at his death in April 1910, largely due to pressure from his family, who feared that the story would be considered sacrilegious. Twain's publisher and other friends also discouraged him from publishing it. According to one account, his illustrator Dan Beard asked him if he would publish it anyway, and Twain replied, 'No, I have told the whole truth in that, and only dead men can tell the truth in this world. It can be published after I am dead.' Mindful of public reaction, he considered that he had a family to support and did not want to be seen as a lunatic or fanatic. 'The War Prayer' was first published in Harper's Magazine in November 1916, and was included in Europe and Elsewhere, a collection of Twain's essays edited by Albert Bigelow Paine, Twain's literary estate agent and biographer.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/679791 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Elementargeist (Ungekürzt) Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann Narrator: Rebecca Soumagné Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 5, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Der Elementargeist' ist eine Erzählung von E. T. A. Hoffmann, die 1821 in Leipzig erschien. Der Autor führt den Leser in die Welt der Bücher - in eine Welt des schönen Scheins. Der Titel gebende Elementargeist ist der das Element Feuer repräsentierende Salamander. Folglich ist sein Erscheinen mit züngelnden Flammen verbunden. Direkt aus diesem Salamander-Feuer-Geist strahlt herrlich, wie gemalt die Aurora - eine betörende Frau. Der poetisch veranlagte Held Viktor, ein Mann von schwacher Gesundheit, kann sich von dem wundervollen Bilde der selbstgeschaffenen Geliebten lebenslang nicht lösen.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/682680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kid Wolf of Texas Author: Ward M. Stevens Narrator: John Rayburn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: “Oh, I want to go back to the Rio Grande! The Rio! That’s where I long to be!” The words, sung in a soft and musical tenor, died away and changed to a plaintive whistle, leaving the scene more lonely than ever. For a few moments nothing was to be seen except the endless expanse of wilderness, and nothing was to be heard save the mournful warble of the singer. Then a horse and rider were suddenly framed where the sparse timber opened out upon the plain. Together, man and mount made a striking picture; yet it would have been hard to say which was the more picturesque—the rider or the horse. The latter was a splendid beast, and its spotless hide of snowy white glowed in the rays of the afternoon sun. The rider, still whistling his Texas tune, swung in the concha-decorated California stock saddle as if he were a part of his horse. He was a lithe young figure, dressed in fringed buckskin, touched here and there with the gay colors of the Southwest and of Mexico. Two six-guns, wooden-handled, were suspended from a cartridge belt of carved leather, and hung low on each hip. “Reckon we-all bettah cut south, Blizzahd,” he drawled to his horse. “We haven’t got any business on the Llano.” By listening we’ll find out where he’s headed next.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/684358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Selected Short Stories Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Narrator: The Arc, Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 1, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Selected Short Stories is a collection of some of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most memorable and thought-provoking works. Published in 1931, the collection includes several of his best-known stories, such as 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,' 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair,' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' These stories explore themes of social class, love, loss, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. Fitzgerald's writing style is characterized by its elegance, wit, and poetic language, making his stories both engaging and thought-provoking. One of the recurring themes in Fitzgerald's stories is the tension between the individual and society. In many of his stories, the characters are struggling to find their place in a society that values wealth, status, and conformity. This is particularly evident in 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair,' in which the protagonist, Bernice, must decide whether to conform to the expectations of her wealthy cousin or to follow her own desires. Similarly, in 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' the protagonist must come to terms with his unusual condition, which sets him apart from the rest of society. Another important theme in Fitzgerald's stories is the fleeting nature of happiness and the inevitability of change. Many of his characters are searching for love, success, or fulfillment, but find that these things are elusive and ultimately fleeting. This is particularly evident in 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,' in which the protagonist discovers a hidden mountain of diamonds, only to realize that his wealth is meaningless in the face of the vastness of the universe. Fitzgerald's stories remind us that life is both beautiful and fragile and that the pursuit of happiness can be both exhilarating and heartbreaking. Overall, Selected Short Stories is a testament to Fitzgerald's talent as a writer and his ability to capture the spirit of his time.