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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/736083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales from the Dancefloor: Manchester / The Warehouse Project / Parklife / Sankeys / The Haçienda Author: Sacha Lord Narrator: Sacha Lord Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 11, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter. Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene that influenced a generation. Working with iconic acts including the Prodigy, New Order, the Chemical Brothers, Snoop Dogg, Fat Boy Slim, Andrew Weatherall, Aphex Twin, Four Tet, the Gallagher brothers and Jamie XX, he has thrown some of the biggest parties that the UK has ever seen. But it wasn’t an easy road to get there. As this no-holds-barred account makes clear, Manchester’s music revolution was fuelled by raw energy, creativity, enterprise and a number of other unidentified substances. From drive-by shootings to gang turf wars and nights out that never ended, Sacha Lord reveals, at 130bpm, the highs – and lows – of life bringing some of the planet’s biggest stars to the world’s greatest city. Featuring makeshift helipads, oysters with Grace Jones and more drugged-up rats than you could shake a big stick at, Tales From the Dance Floor is an absolute banger of a book.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756974 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Not That I'm Bitter Author: Helen Lederer Narrator: Helen Lederer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 11, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ‘Helen Lederer is the third funniest woman in the world' – Dawn French What was it like as one of a handful of women at the heart of the right-on alternative comedy scene in the 1980s? Piece of cake? Bit of a laugh? Well, yes, and no. It had its ups – but also its downs. Helen Lederer was a regular on the stand-up circuit and new-wave sketch shows in the decade that launched the careers of today's comedy household names and national treasures. She shared stages with comedy pioneers like Ben Elton and John Hegley, and TV screens with Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Harry Enfield, and many others. From the iconic Absolutely Fabulous, to Bottom, Happy Families, Naked Video, French and Saunders and Girls on Top, it is difficult to think of a comedy show that Helen wasn't a part of. From writing radio shows, to performing on the West End, her wry, witty perspectives, and her face, are unforgettable. So, plain sailing then? Well, not really. Not That I'm Bitter, her powerful, frank, moving and characteristically funny memoir, reveals exactly how choppy the waters could be. Even in those ground-breaking, anti-Thatcher days, there was only room at top for so many women. For the rest, it was as much a struggle to be seen and heard in the world of comedy as in any boardroom or workplace, and just as difficult to avoid the predators. This is more than the story of one decade, however. The child of a Jewish-Czech wartime refugee, Helen Lederer was never part of the mainstream. How do you make humour from a lifelong battle against problems with weight and low-self-esteem? Where are the jokes in addictions to diet-pills and steroid injections? How can laughter defeat the darker moments, like a child's anorexia or PTSD? How do you cope with constant self-sabotage when, despite enormous success, you still feel like a failure? Helen raises an important and open discussion around mental health alongside the evolved attitudes to women today. There's something in Helen Lederer's life-story that everyone, can relate to. A genuinely funny memoir with lots of heart (and just the right amount of bitterness!), she pulls no punches, but every blow is wrapped in a laugh of recognition. Revealing, and moving, Not That I'm Bitter is sweet, sour, laugh out loud, and addictive.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/735716 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises Author: Lesley M. M. Blume Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 9, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: “Brimming, addictive . . . In Everybody Behaves Badly, the party has just begun and the taste of fame is still ripe . . . The Lost Generation [is] restored to reckless youth in living black and white.” — James Wolcott, Vanity Fair   “An essential book . . . a page-turner. Blume combines the best aspects of critic, biographer and storyteller . . . and puts the results together with the skill of an accomplished novelist. [This is] a complicated story, told masterfully.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune   “Magnificently reported.” — Gay Talese In the summer of 1925, Ernest Hemingway traveled to Pamplona for the infamous running of the bulls. He then channeled that trip’s drunken brawls, sexual rivalry, midnight betrayals, and midday hangovers into a novel that redefined modern literature. Lesley Blume tells the full story behind Hemingway’s legendary rise for the first time, revealing how he created his own image as the bull-fighting aficionado, hard-drinking literary genius, and expatriate bon vivant. In all its youth, lust, and rivalry, the Lost Generation is illuminated here as never before.   “Engrossing . . . Drawing on journals, letters, and autobiographies of many members of the artistic circles in which Hemingway moved in the early 1920s, Blume shows how ruthlessly Hemingway betrayed his mentors, skewered his friends in his fiction, and sought to advance his career at all costs.” — Boston Globe    “Fascinating . . . compulsively readable.” — Houston Chronicle

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God and the Devil: The Life and Work of Ingmar Bergman Author: Peter Cowie Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 9, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Peter Cowie's book chronicles the life and the sixty-year film and stage career of Ingmar Bergman as he wrestles of themes of love, sex, and betrayal with the figure of Death hovering overhead. Blending biographical information with critical comment, Cowie presents a man whose life and work were intimately fused.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/755157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Punk to Monk: A Memoir Author: Foreword By Moby, Ray Raghunath Cappo Narrator: Ray Raghunath Cappo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 9, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The heartfelt memoir of Ray Raghunath Cappo, a legendary hardcore punk musician-turned-monk—and pioneer of the straight-edge movement—told with warmth, candor, and humor. Narrated by the author himself. Ray Cappo was a hardcore punk singer and pioneer of the straight-edge movement living on the Lower East Side of New York City in the ’80s, where his band Youth of Today played to packed clubs and touched thousands of people across the globe. But despite the accolades from fans, the popularity of his records, and the positivity he’d brought to the punk music scene, none of this success gave Ray joy. He felt stagnant, and he yearned for something more. This, along with his father’s untimely death, led him to abruptly quit the band and buy a one-way ticket to India in pursuit of the answers to life’s great mysteries. Living as a monk in the sacred city of Vrindavan and traveling across the country on a series of train trips, Ray embraced the rich, spiritual culture he discovered there. As his unusual adventure unfolded, he encountered extraordinary characters, witnessed deep acts of devotion, and experienced profound moments of divine connection, leading to a radical transformation that was ego-crushing and blissful all at once. Inspired to write music again, Ray returned to the US, where he and other monks founded Shelter, a band dedicated to spreading a message of faith, hope, and love. Told with warmth, candor, and humor, this heartfelt memoir chronicles Ray’s emotional and spiritual journey from punk to monk and beyond. HISTORICAL: Offers a unique glimpse into the punk and hardcore scene of the Lower East Side during the 80s and the birth of the straight-edge movement. SPIRITUAL: Asks (and answers) deep questions about our relationship to the world around us and the living beings that populate it. PERSONAL: Chronicles Ray’s spiritual journey in his own words, with warmth, candor, and humor.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Artaban and the Quest for the King (Dramatized) Author: Jason Markiewitz, Henry Van Dyke Narrator: Rainey Mangan, Glenn Hascall, Alicia Hansen, Jonathan Cooke, Caleb Bressler, Bethany Baldwin, Justin Ali, Rachel Pulliam, Brian Jeffords, Sharon Grunwald, Richard Gibson, Charlie Everly, Trina Deuhart, Martin Beadle, Jason Markiewitz, Jason Lasky, Nate Be Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 3 minutes Release date: April 3, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Upon his return home from the battlefields of Europe in 1918, Col Blackwood, a UK Army infantry officer, is reunited with his family on Christmas Eve after nearly four years away. In the midst of telling his children a bedtime story, we learn of Artaban, a Magi priest, and the fourth wise man to present gifts to the newborn King. As a result of dissension among his fellow Magians, Artaban has no other choice but to embark on this journey alone. Though his quest is fraught with challenges along the way that test his courage and stir his compassion, his faith never wavers. Artaban and the Quest for the King is based upon the 1895 novella 'The Story of the Other Wise Man' by Henry Van Dyke. Jason Markiewitz adapted the story and developed the script used in this production. This dramatization is performed by a full cast of international, award-winning voice actors and is surrounded by majestic sounds and cinematic music. More importantly, this story is suitable for all ages and is a heartwarming story of family, hope, perseverance, faith, and love. Artaban and the Quest for the King is a Markiewitz Audioworks Production.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crying in the Rain: The Perfect Harmony and Imperfect Lives of the Everly Brothers Author: Mark Ribowsky Narrator: Steve Menasche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 2, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Everly Brothers—aka Don and Phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them—seemed to exist almost as an apparition. Emerging within the formative era for young Baby Boomers during the blandly regimented '50s, they were a ubiquitous presence, clad in snug suits and skinny ties, hair neatly Brylcreemed, never raising their voices when they sang. The two prim-looking country boys with dark, curiously penetrating eyes and perfectly merged, honey-dipped harmonies, were oddly but comfortably settled as sentimental, soothing, sometimes lovelorn voices of a still-uncharted cultural turf. Magnificent as the duo was, they have until now never received a definitive biography. In Crying in the Rain: The Perfect Harmony and Imperfect Lives Of the Everly Brothers, the details, small and great, roll along on the mighty 'Mississippi,' in near novel-like fashion, revealing facts drawn from exhaustive research and first-hand interviews that trace the character and influences of these hardy but flawed men who grew from teenagers to old men before our eyes. Mark Ribowsky's authoritative book serves as a fitting companion to an unforgettable collection of songs—heard on countless albums, and covered literally thousands of times—whose recording was a long time gone but that will never be forgotten.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taylor Swift: The Whole Story Author: Chas Newkey-Burden Narrator: Norma Butikofer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 28, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times Bestseller As Taylor releases her 11th album, THE TORTURED POET’S DEPARTMENT, catch up on the full story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the world A small-town girl with incredible talent – and the strength and determination to realise her dream – Taylor Swift has gone from America’s sweetheart to global megastar. But how did she get there? And how has she coped with the realities of fame? Fully updated in fascinating detail, Taylor Swift: The Whole Story explores Taylor’s musical evolution and her status as a fearless businesswoman operating on her own terms. From her early beginnings in Pennsylvania to the challenges she faced on the road to success, and from her relationships with Harry Styles, Joe Alwyn and Travis Kelce to her record-breaking Eras tour, this is the unmissable account of Taylor’s journey to world domination.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Combat Love: A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home Author: Alisyn Camerota Narrator: Alisyn Camerota Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 26, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota's memoir Combat Love is her story of growing up longing for stability and attachment as the foundation of her family crumbled. Set on the Jersey Shore in the free-range 1980s, Camerota finds the belonging she craves courtesy of a local punk rock band named Shrapnel and their diehard fans. Combat Love chronicles her near-misses and misadventures at clubs like CBGB and Max's Kansas City, coupled with the sex, drugs, and punk rock of 1980s New Jersey. By the time she leaves home at sixteen, it feels like home had left her long ago. Combat Love is also the story of two women, mother and daughter, trying to forge their own paths and independence, and find their own happiness, success, and wholeness. Camerota's story searches for the line between shelter and risk, nurture and neglect, parenting and personal freedom. What are we willing to sacrifice for self-actualization and happiness? What if the answer is your mother, or your daughter? The two-time Emmy-award-winning Camerota retraces her steps down an often gritty path toward her dream of becoming a journalist. At times heartbreaking and pulse-pounding, Combat Love is an inspiration for anyone who's ever searched for that elusive place called home.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Turn It Up!: My Time Making Hit Records In The Glory Days Of Rock Music Author: Tom Werman Narrator: Tom Werman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 26, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: As an A&R man at Epic Records, Tom Werman helped introduce the world to REO Speedwagon, Boston, Ted Nugent, and Cheap Trick; he also discovered KISS, Rush, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, but his record label passed on all of them. Then, as an independent producer, he oversaw landmark albums by Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Lita Ford, Jeff Beck, Poison, and many more. All in all, his record-making résumé includes twenty-three gold- or platinum-selling albums and cumulative sales of more than fifty-two million copies. After bearing witness to several sea changes in the music industry, Werman retired from producing in 2001 and reinvented himself as an award-winning innkeeper in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. And that might have been that—until an off-the-cuff rebuttal to a disparaging critique of his role in making the Mötley Crüe album Girls, Girls, Girls on a music website led to a fortnightly column and now this book—an honest and engaging insider account on how some of the best-loved albums of the 1970s and '80s came to be. A must for anyone interested in the glory days of rock and metal, Turn It Up! offers valuable insights into the recording process, the recording studio, the role of the producer, and the production values that are essential to the creation of a hit record.