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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625958 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of Macabre Author: Elias Savada, David J. Skal Narrator: David J. Skal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: One of the most original and unsettling filmmakers of all time -- the creator of the horror classics Dracula and Freaks, among others-- Tod Browning is also one of the most enigmatic directors who ever worked in Hollywood.  A complicated, troubled, and fiercely private man, he confounded would-be biographers hoping to penetrate his secret, obsessive world -- both during his lifetime and afterward. Now, film historians David J. Skal and Elias Savada, using newly discovered family documents and revealing published interviews with friends and colleagues, join forces for the first full-length biography of the man who earned a reputation as "the Edgar Allan Poe of the cinema."  The authors chronicle Browning's turn-of-the-century flight from an eccentric Louisville family into the world of carnival sideshows (where he began his career literally buried alive) and vaudeville, his disastrous first marriage, his rapid climb to riches in the burgeoning silent film industry, and the alcoholism that would plague him throughout his life.  Browning's legendary collaborations with Lon Chaney, Sr., and Bela "Dracula" Lugosi are explored in depth, along with the studio politics that ended his career after the bizarre circus drama Freaks -- a cult classic today -- proved to be one of the biggest box-office disasters of the early thirties.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen Author: David J. Skal Narrator: David J. Skal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a bat, wolf, or mist; a mortal vulnerability to a wooden stake through the heart or a shaft of sunlight. In this critically acclaimed excursion through the life of a cultural icon, David Skal maps out the archetypal vampire's relentless trajectory from Victorian literary oddity to movie idol to cultural commodity, digging through the populist veneer to reveal what the prince of darkness says about us all.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Pinocchio: Carlo Collodi Author: Carlo Collodi Narrator: Sebastian Lohse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 3, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Geppetto schnitzte ein hölzernes Spielzeug, aber die Puppe wünschte sich, ein Junge zu sein. Geppetto schnitzte ihn aus Holz, und Pinocchios Herz war freundlich und gut. Er liebte Geppetto aber Pinocchio langweilte sich - er wollte Spaß haben. Er mochte die Schule nicht, er wollte spielen, also lief er eines schönen Tages weg. Er erlebte viele Abenteuer, gute und schlechte, manche machten ihn glücklich, manche traurig.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/621543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Lebensgefühl: DJ Ötzi - Die Biografie Author: Gerry Friedle Narrator: Matthias Hinz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 3, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: DJ Ötzi macht Laune – Gerry Friedle macht MutMit seinem Hit »Anton aus Tirol« wurde er über Nacht zum Star. Doch die Karriere als Entertainer und Sänger war ihm nicht vorgezeichnet: Gerry Friedle alias DJ Ötzi begeistert seit über zwanzig Jahren Fans auf der ganzen Welt. Er ist einer der bekanntesten österreichischen Musiker und Performer und brachte es mit »Hey Baby« zu Gold und Platin in England. Aber der Weg zum Erfolg führte ihn durch tiefe Täler und über hohe Gipfel. In seiner exklusiven Autobiografie blickt Gerry Friedle auf seine bewegte Lebensgeschichte zurück. Dieses inspirierende Hörbuch zeigt: Wer schwere Zeiten übersteht, kann gestärkt und mit neuem Lebensmut daraus hervorgehen!Ehrlich, authentisch und persönlich: eine Künstlerbiografie, die inspiriert-

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974) Author: Sophie Neville Narrator: Sophie Neville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: In 1973 Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the film Swallows & Amazons. Made before the advent of digital technology, the child stars lived out Arthur Ransome's epic adventure in the great outdoors without ever seeing a script. Encouraged by her mother, Sophie Neville kept a diary about her time filming on location in the lakes and mountains of Cumbria. Bouncy and effervescent, extracts from her childhood diary are interspersed among her memories of the cast and crew as well as photographs, maps and newspaper articles, offering a child's eye view of the making of the film from development to premiere - and the aftermath.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Believe: Questions About Mennonites and Art Author: Magdalene Redekop Narrator: Kiran Friesen, Magdalene Redekop Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Making Believe responds to a remarkable flowering of art by Mennonites in Canada. After the publication of his first novel in 1962, Rudy Wiebe was the only identifiable Mennonite literary writer in the country. Beginning in the 1970s, the numbers grew rapidly and now include writers Patrick Friesen, Sandra Birdsell, Di Brandt, Sarah Klassen, Armin Wiebe, David Bergen, Miriam Toews, Carrie Snyder, Casey Plett, and many more. A similar renaissance is evident in the visual arts (including artists Gathie Falk, Wanda Koop, and Aganetha Dyck) and in music (including composers Randolph Peters, Carol Ann Weaver, and Stephanie Martin). Confronted with an embarrassment of riches that resist survey, Magdalene Redekop opts for the use of case studies to raise questions about Mennonites and art. Part criticism, part memoir, Making Believe argues that there is no such thing as Mennonite art. At the same time, her close engagement with individual works of art paradoxically leads Redekop to identify a Mennonite sensibility at play in the space where artists from many cultures interact. Constant questioning and commitment to community are part of the Mennonite dissenting tradition. Although these values come up against the legacy of radical Anabaptist hostility to art, Redekop argues that the Early Modern roots of a contemporary crisis of representation are shared by all artists. Making Believe posits a Spielraum or play space in which all artists are dissembling tricksters, but differences in how we play are inflected by where we come from. The close readings in this book insist on respect for difference at the same time as they invite readers to find common ground while making believe across cultures.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - S'Häsli Ingo im Herbst: Mit noie Märli und lässige Mitmachlieder vom Häsli Ingo Author: Nelly Gyimesi Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Geschichten und Lieder mit Häsli Ingo uns seinen Freunden. Es ist Herbst geworden im Märliland und Häsli Ingo freut sich auf den Räbeliechtli Umzug, veranstaltet mit seinen Freunden eine Halloween Party und macht eine Ausfahrt mit der Familie. Dazu gibt es lustige Lieder über das Einhorn, ein Lieder über das Zimmer aufräumen, ein Räbeliechtli Lied und vieles mehr.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Green Mister Rogers: Environmentalism in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Author: Jason King, Sara Lindey Narrator: Kathy Bell Denton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Fred Rogers was an international celebrity. He was a pioneer in children's television, an advocate for families, and a multimedia artist and performer. He wrote the television scripts and music, performed puppetry, sang, hosted, and directed Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for more than thirty years. Rogers' direct, slow, gentle, and empathic approach is supported by his superior emotional strength, his intellectual and creative courage, and his joyful spiritual confidence. The Green Mister Rogers: Environmentalism in 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' centers on the show's environmentalism, primarily expressed through his themed week 'Caring for the Environment,' produced in 1990 in coordination with the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day. Unfolding against a trash catastrophe in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Rogers advances an environmentalism for children that secures children in their family homes while extending their perspective to faraway places, from the local recycling center to Florida’s coral reef. Ultimately, Rogers cultivates a practical wisdom that provides a way for children to confront the environmental crisis through action and hope and, in doing so, develop into adults who possess greater care for the environment and a capacious imagination for solving the ecological problems we face.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So, You're Crazy Too? Author: Thea De Sousa, Amber Portwood Narrator: Kate Udall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: An in-depth look into Teen Mom star Amber Portwood's long history dealing with several severe mental illnesses, and how she survived almost insurmountable odds and unbearable public scrutiny to become the strong, self-assured woman she is today. As a reality TV stalwart and one of the original stars of what's become a massive franchise, Amber Portwood has been the subject of media curiosity and public scrutiny for almost thirteen years of her life—since the age of seventeen. Throughout the years, Amber has struggled with up to five severe mental disorders that, especially when grouped together, would bring even the heartiest among us to their knees. Currently serving out her five years of probation for a widely publicized fight with the father of her son, Amber has been on a rollercoaster of experiences since she famously emerged from prison almost eight years ago. Now, she is finally ready to share the painful and emotional journey that has brought her to the more stable and productive life she's leading today. This book chronicles Amber's journey with painstaking specificity, as she takes the listener through her harrowing battle with mental illness. Her story serves as a triumphant tale of rebirth, as Amber finally conquers her demons and begins her road to a healthy and happy life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: WORTH: A Story of Favor and Forgiveness Author: Ann Champion Shaw Narrator: Ann Champion Shaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 26, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: WORTH: A Story of Favor and Forgiveness is a memoir about an African American woman that centers on a 1979 visit with Good Times actress Esther Rolle. Born into an upper middle class family in Orlando, Florida, Ann Champion experiences travel, gifts, and other benefits that come with her privileged lifestyle. After her parents' divorce, things change as her once prosperous life dissipates, and the family is introduced to a world of poverty. Through faith and resilience, Ann strains to overcome challenges, griefs, and loss. While living in San Francisco, however, she receives a surprise birthday gift that reminds her of what's most important.