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Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story by Talib Kweli
Feb 16, 202108:31:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344683to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story Author: Talib Kweli Narrator: Talib Kweli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. From one of the most lyrically gifted, socially conscious rappers of the past twenty years, Vibrate Higher is a firsthand account of hip-hop as a political force Before Talib Kweli became a world-renowned hip hop artist, he was a Brooklyn kid who liked to cut class, spit rhymes, and wander the streets of Greenwich Village with a motley crew of artists, rappers, and DJs who found hip hop more inspiring than their textbooks (much to the chagrin of the educator parents who had given their son an Afrocentric name in hope of securing for him a more traditional sense of pride and purpose). Kweli’s was the first generation to grow up with hip hop as established culture—a genre of music that has expanded to include its own pantheon of heroes, rich history and politics, and distinct worldview. Eventually, childhood friendships turned into collaborations and Kweli gained notoriety as a rapper in his own right. From collaborating with some of hip hop’s greatest—including Mos Def, Common, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Kendrick Lamar—to selling books out of the oldest African-American bookstore in Brooklyn, and ultimately leaving his record label and taking control of his own recording career, Kweli tells the winding, always compelling story of the people and events that shaped his own life as well as the culture of hip hop which informs American culture at large. Vibrate Higher illuminates Talib Kweli’s upbringing and artistic success, but so too does it give life to hip hop as a political force—one that galvanized the Movement for Black Lives, and serves a continual channel for resistance against the rising tide of white nationalism. A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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You're Not Special: A (Sort-of) Memoir by Meghan Rienks
May 5, 202008:15:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348941to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Not Special: A (Sort-of) Memoir Author: Meghan Rienks Narrator: Meghan Rienks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In her first-ever (sort of) memoir, the beloved actor and YouTube sensation gets personal about everything from mental health to drunken debaucheries with this “brave, behind-the-webcam look at self-discovery” (Kirkus Reviews). As an only child raised in a town of less than 8,000 people and without a Starbucks in sight, Meghan Rienks has always been pretty good at entertaining herself. Then one day—cue the dramatic voiceover—her life changed forever. In 2010, Meghan was diagnosed with mononucleosis. Mono is basically just a really bad case of the flu, right? Wrong. To a party crazed sixteen-year-old, mono is social suicide. More than anything, it’s just plain boring. So, Meghan opened up her MacBook, used the webcam for something other than a bad Andy Warhol–style photobooth session, and recorded her first YouTube video. Since then, Meghan has shared the ups and downs of her life with the internet, documenting her teenage years for the whole world to see. Now that she’s (mostly) through her awkward stage, Meghan’s here to tell you that it gets better. You’re not alone in the thoughts you think. Sometimes a bad hair day feels worse than a punch in the gut and asking a boy out seems about as difficult as achieving that perfect dewy glow. But despite what you’ve been told, your problems are not unique, and somebody else has felt the way you feel right at this very moment. You’re not special. But you’re also not alone on the bumpy road to adulthood.
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Relentless: Unleashing a Life of Purpose, Grit, and Faith by John Tesh
Feb 25, 202007:41:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344177to listen full audiobooks. Title: Relentless: Unleashing a Life of Purpose, Grit, and Faith Author: John Tesh Narrator: John Tesh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: John Tesh has achieved more in life than he ever dreamed possible. But the road to success has been anything but easy—and those challenges have become the secret to his success. Through his story, we can learn how to be relentless, how to achieve what we didn’t think was possible, and how to handle our inevitable discouragements. In this engrossing memoir, Tesh describes how the obstacles that shaped him—including being suspended from college, living homeless for months, and facing a deadly disease—shaped his remarkable life. You’ll hear, in never-before-told stories, how Tesh became the youngest correspondent at WCBS News less than thirty-six months after he was working at a gas station and sleeping in a public park. You’ll go inside the unconventional way he composed the now-iconic theme song for NBC Sports basketball and how he and his wife, Connie Sellecca, created the popular, nationally-syndicated Intelligence for Your Life radio program. From live commentary for two Olympic Games to his decade-long role as co-host of Entertainment Tonight and the outrageous gamble that resulted in one of the most successful Public Television concert specials in history, you’ll learn how Tesh applied his unique process of focused practice, grit, and perseverance while maintaining a single-minded pursuit of his goals. In 2015, he fought and received treatment for a stage-three cancer diagnosis, but when the cancer returned, he and his wife turned to relentless faith and divine healing scriptures to manifest a victory over the disease. Relentless is an astonishing story of how obstacles create opportunity and how faith will lead to triumph. 'Perhaps best known as a musician and cohost of the early years of 'Entertainment Tonight,' John Tesh provides a memorable narration of his thoughtful, candid, and altogether charming memoir. Tesh's performance is carefully articulated, and personally enveloping for listeners. With occasional Bible quotations peppering the text, both Tesh and his wife Connie Sellecca's deeply held faith is evident. Their shared faith helped the pair successfully overcome repeated serious health issues and other family challenges. Tesh's impressive life and career evolution are here, and the audiobook is a marvelous listening treat.' - Audiofile Magazine
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Open Book by Jessica Simpson
Feb 4, 202011:23:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350174to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open Book Author: Jessica Simpson Narrator: Jessica Simpson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 682 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 159 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times Bestseller Includes six new songs by Jessica Simpson, available exclusively in the Open Book audiobook. Performed by the author featuring her music throughout. Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining. This was supposed to be a very different book. Five years ago, Jessica Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer, and nobody understood why. The truth is that she didn’t want to lie. Jessica couldn’t be authentic with her readers if she wasn’t fully honest with herself first. Now America’s Sweetheart, preacher’s daughter, pop phenomenon, reality tv pioneer, and the billion-dollar fashion mogul invites readers on a remarkable journey, examining a life that blessed her with the compassion to help others, but also burdened her with an almost crippling need to please. Open Book is Jessica Simpson using her voice, heart, soul, and humor to share things she’s never shared before. First celebrated for her voice, she became one of the most talked-about women in the world, whether for music and fashion, her relationship struggles, or as a walking blonde joke. But now, instead of being talked about, Jessica is doing the talking. Her book shares the wisdom and inspirations she’s learned and shows the real woman behind all the pop-culture cliché’s — “chicken or fish,” “Daisy Duke,” ''football jinx,'' “mom jeans,” “sexual napalm…” and more. Open Book is an opportunity to laugh and cry with a close friend, one that will inspire you to live your best, most authentic life, now that she is finally living hers. Includes the songs “Heartbeat,” “Practice What You Preach,” “Sweet Temptation,” “Your Fool”(featuring Willie Nelson), “Party of One,” and “Free Will” by Jessica Simpson.
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Bottom: A BBC Collection: Four selected episodes plus Kevin Turvey Investigates by Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall
Jan 16, 202002:33:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/349200to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bottom: A BBC Collection: Four selected episodes plus Kevin Turvey Investigates Author: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall Narrator: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 16, 2020 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Join sad pervie Richard Richard and his masochistic flatmate Eddie Hitler (aka Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson) for some disgusting toilet humour, caustic merriment and charming English pleasantries in these four pungent episodes classic TV episodes of anarchic sitcom Bottom. In addition, we join charismatic ace investigative reporter, Kevin Turvey (Mayall) as he combs the back of his mind to bring us exclusives on such soul-searching subjects as death, sex, and the supernatural in Kevin Turvey Investigates. So, do up your trousers, and settle down to the antics of these head banging morons, whose idea of a good night in is pulling nose hair with a pair of pliers.
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Scientists of Sound, Vol. 1: Rock & Roll’s Most Legendary Record Producers Speak! by Jake Brown
Dec 17, 201904:43:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350985to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scientists of Sound, Vol. 1: Rock & Roll’s Most Legendary Record Producers Speak! Author: Jake Brown Narrator: Various Entertainers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: December 17, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The recording studio has long been referred to as “the lab” in record-producer slang, and the Scientists of Sound for the first time takes rock and roll fans of every genre and generation on a first-of-its-kind behind-the-scenes tour of the record-making process, from analog to the digital era. Many of the most famous hits of all time are chronicled here, including “Start Me Up” by the Rolling Stones, every Eagles hit from “Hotel California” through “Life in the Fastlane,” Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good to Me So Far,” “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd, “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” by Rick Derringer, “Black Dog” and “Rock & Roll” by Led Zeppelin, “Rocket Man” and “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John, “Starman,” “Ziggy Stardust,” and “Changes” by David Bowie, “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” and “Crazy on You” by Heart, Tom Waits’ entire 70s catalog from “Heart of Saturday Night” through “Heart Attack and Vine,” Aerosmith’s Toys in the Attic LP, and other 70s greatest hits, Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland LP, and on and on through hundreds more of rock and roll’s most timeless hits! Giving fans a front-row studio seat as they recount the stories behind the creation of these hits are fifty of the most legendary record producers of all time, including Bob Ezrin, Bones Howe, Jack Douglas, Chris Kimsey, Andy Johns, Bill Szymczyk, Eddie Kramer, Mike Flicker, Ken Scott, and Nigel Grey.
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Tracks: Series 3 and 4: Two BBC Radio 4 full-cast thrillers by Timothy X Atack, Caroline Horton, Matt Hartley, Lucy Catherine, Matthew Broughton
Nov 21, 201908:48:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346278to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tracks: Series 3 and 4: Two BBC Radio 4 full-cast thrillers Author: Timothy X Atack, Caroline Horton, Matt Hartley, Lucy Catherine, Matthew Broughton Narrator: Jonathan Forbes, Romola Garai, Hattie Morahan, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 'One of the best dramas - on television or radio - currently on offer' Radio Times 'The most brilliant drama' and 'really, really well produced' Dolly Alderton Tracks: Chimera A tower block collapses in London. Hundreds are killed. Except a man standing alone on the roof, who walks out of the rubble unscathed. And things are about to get stranger, because Dr Helen Ash is pregnant. But she hasn't had sex since her husband died 18 months ago. What connects her unexplained pregnancy, a mysterious phone message from a woman who died in the building collapse, and the man on the roof of the high-rise? The gripping conspiracy thriller and winner of Best Sound (BBC Audio Drama Awards) and Best Fiction (British Podcast Awards) returns for a third series. Tracks: Indigo Dr Helen Ash is involved in a road accident. But where was she going in such a hurry? And why can't she remember? The answer lies in the riddle of Helen's daughter, Frances, who's older than she should be. And a mysterious 'child-mother', who's younger than she should be... Romola Garai returns as Helen Ash in the compelling fourth series of Tracks. Cast of Tracks: Chimera Helen.... Hattie Morahan Freddy..... Jonathan Forbes Rachel.... Fiona O'Shaughnessy Other parts played by Rhodri Meilir, Eiry Thomas, Zahra Ahmadi, Clare Cage, Marc Danbury, Stewart Wright, Richard Elfyn, Kerry Shale, Elina Alminas, Carys Eleri, Morgan Watkins, Jeanette Percival, Matthew Gravelle, Richard Nichols, Amerah Saleh, Adam Deacon, Bijan Daneshmand, Emma Handy, Lea Mornar, Francois Pandolfo, Simon Armstrong, Saffron Coomber and Sean Murray Lead writer.... Matthew Broughton Episodes written by Matthew Broughton, Matt Hartley, Lucy Catherine, Caroline Horton and Timothy X Atack Directed by James Robinson, Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Carl Prekopp Produced by James Robinson A BBC Cymru Wales Production Cast of Tracks: Indigo Helen.... Romola Garai Freddy.... Jonathan Forbes Other parts played by Andrew Gower, Georgia Henshaw, Sally Orrock, Carys Eleri, Sion Pritchard, Joanna van Kampen, Scarlett Courtney, Adam Courting, Lucy Reynolds, Ashleigh Hadadd, David Hounslow, Sinead MacInnes, Juliet Cowan and Marc Danbury Written by Matthew Broughton Produced and Directed by James Robinson A BBC Cymru Wales Production
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The Contender by William J. Mann
Oct 15, 201922:00:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355095to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Contender Author: William J. Mann Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Based on new and revelatory material from Brando’s own private archives, an award-winning film biographer presents a deeply-textured, ambitious, and definitive portrait of the greatest movie actor of the twentieth century, the elusive Marlon Brando, bringing his extraordinarily complex life into view as never before. The most influential movie actor of his era, Marlon Brando changed the way other actors perceived their craft. His approach was natural, honest, and deeply personal, resulting in performances—most notably in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront—that are without parallel. Brando was heralded as the American Hamlet—the Yank who surpassed British stage royalty Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, and Ralph Richardson as the standard of greatness in the mid-twentieth century. Brando’s impact on American culture matches his professional significance; he both challenged and codified our ideas of masculinity and sexuality. Brando was also one of the first stars to use his fame as a platform to address social, political, and moral issues, courageously calling out America’s deeply rooted racism. William Mann’s brilliant biography of the Hollywood legend illuminates this culture icon for a new age. Mann astutely argues that Brando was not only a great actor but also a cultural soothsayer, a Cassandra warning us about the challenges to come. Brando’s admonitions against the monetization of nearly every aspect of the culture were prescient. His public protests against racial segregation and discrimination at the height of the Civil Rights movement—getting himself arrested at least once—were criticized as being needlessly provocative. Yet those actions of fifty years ago have become a model many actors follow today. Psychologically astute and masterfully researched, based on new and revelatory material, The Contender explores the star and the man in full, including the childhood traumas that reverberated through his professional and personal life. It is a dazzling biography of our nation’s greatest actor that is sure to become an instant classic. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash by Laura Clery
Sep 24, 201907:16:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355050to listen full audiobooks. Title: Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash Author: Laura Clery Narrator: Laura Clery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 607 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 108 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A 2020 Audie Award Finalist From YouTube star and Facebook Video sensation Laura Clery comes a collection of comedic essays in the vein of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby and You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein. Laura Clery makes a living by sharing inappropriate comedy sketches with millions of strangers on the Internet. She writes songs about her anatomy, talks trash about her one-eyed rescue pug, and sexually harasses her husband, Stephen. And it pays the bills! Now, in her first-ever book, Laura recounts how she went from being a dangerously impulsive, broke, unemployable, suicidal, cocaine-addicted narcissist, crippled by fear and hopping from one toxic romance to the next…to a more-happy-than-not, somewhat rational, meditating, vegan yogi with good credit, a great marriage, a fantastic career, and four unfortunate-looking rescue animals. Still, above all, Laura remains an amazingly talented, adorable, and vulnerable, self-described…Idiot. With her signature brand of offbeat, no-holds-barred humor, Idiot introduces you to a wildly original—and undeniably relatable—new voice.
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Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection by Brian Grazer
Sep 17, 201904:43:00Tap to summarizePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356889to listen full audiobooks. Title: Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection Author: Brian Grazer Narrator: Steven Weber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: September 17, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Featured on CBS This Morning, Squawk Box, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, and more. “Reading Face to Face is like being a fly on the wall, watching Brian Grazer work his magic. Utterly entertaining, this is how you become Hollywood’s best producer.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to Strangers Legendary Hollywood producer and author of the bestselling A Curious Mind, Brian Grazer is back with a captivating new book about the life-changing ways we can connect with one another. Much of Brian Grazer’s success—as a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Academy Award–winning producer, father, and husband—comes from his ability to establish genuine connections with almost anyone. In Face to Face, he takes you around the world and behind the scenes of some of his most iconic movies and television shows, like A Beautiful Mind, Empire, Arrested Development, American Gangster, and 8 Mile, to show just how much in-person encounters have revolutionized his life—and how they have the power to change yours. With his flair for intriguing stories, Grazer reveals what he’s learned through interactions with people like Bill Gates, Taraji P. Henson, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Eminem, Prince, Spike Lee, and the Afghani rapper activist Sonita: that the secret to a bigger life lies in personal connection. In a world where our attention is too often focused downward at our devices, Grazer argues that we are missing an essential piece of the human experience. Only when we are face to face, able to look one another in the eyes, can we form the kinds of connections that expand our world views, deepen our self-awareness, and ultimately lead to our greatest achievements and most meaningful moments. When we lift our eyes to look at the person in front of us, we open the door to infinite possibility.
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