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Title: This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer

Author: Richard Holmes

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-16

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

From the great biographer of the Romantics, This Long Pursuit is a sweeping exploration of a career devoted to the art of life-writing.

Thirty years ago Richard Holmes published Footsteps - a revolutionary novel that would become a best seller and influence profoundly a whole generation of younger writers.

The Long Pursuit is a companion audiobook in that it ranges widely over the arts, science, poetry and inspiration to reflect upon the practice and importance of biographical writing.

Holmes wraps his arguments in an exquisite cloak of many colours, sewn from stories of myriad different lives. One section of the audiobook is devoted to the biography of women - particularly scientific women who have long suffered the condescension of history, Margaret Cavendish and the lost women of science, Madame de Stael, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Somerville amongst them. The audiobook includes a lighthearted look at how the popular reputations of some favourite Romantic figures - including the waterlogged poet Shelley, the chocolate-box painter Thomas Lawrence, the opium-soaked lecturer Coleridge and the lunatic bard William Blake - have altered spectacularly over time and the river of biography.

With an author lauded for his magnificent novel The Age of Wonder and for his earlier biographies of Shelley, Coleridge and Johnson, This Long Pursuit contains some of the finest biographical writing ever published.

Critic Reviews:

"Exuberant.... Holmes suffuses his book with the joy, hope and wonder of the revolutionary era. Reading it is like a holiday in a sunny landscape, full of fascinating bypaths that lead to unexpected vistas...it succeeds inspiringly." (John Carey, Sunday Times)

"I am a Richard Holmes addict. He is an incomparable biographer, but in The Age of Wonder, he rises to new heights and becomes the biographer not of a single figure, but of an entire unique period, when artist and scientist could share common aims and ambitions and a common language.... Only Holmes, who is so deeply versed in the people and culture of 18th-century science, could tell their story with such verve and resonance for our own time." (Oliver Sacks)

"The Age of Wonder gives us...a new model for scientific exploration and poetic expression in the Romantic period. Informative and invigorating, generous and beguiling, it is, indeed, wonderful." (Jenny Uglow, Guardian)

"This is a book to linger over, to savour the tantalising details of the minor figures.... The Age of Wonder allows readers to recapture the combined thrill of emerging scientific order and imaginative creativity." (Lisa Jardine, Financial Times)

"If ever there was an argument for a biographical analysis of complex scientific and technological history, this is it...well paced and rich in detail.... Heartbreaking accounts of hope and fears, ambitions and disappointments dance along the pages. Even the choice of pictures gives us new insights into old favourites....There is no dry page in this visceral, spirited and sexy account." (The Times)

"Richard Holmes's stellar collective biography...gives a gripping account of the scientific research that inspired a sense of wonder in poets and experimenters alike...fascinating...this beautifully crafted book deserves all the praise it will undoubtedly attract.

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Title: The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived

Subtitle: A True Story of My Family

Author: Tom Shroder

Narrator: Barry Press

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-04-16

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

A veteran of the Washington Post and Miami Herald, Tom Shroder has made a career of investigative journalism and human-interest stories. His most fascinating reporting, however, comes from within his own family: Shroder's grandfather, MacKinlay Kantor, was the world-famous author of Andersonville, the seminal novel of the Civil War. As a child, Shroder was in awe of the larger-than-life character. Kantor's friends included Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandberg, Gregory Peck, and James Cagney. He wrote the novel Glory for Me, which became the multi-Oscar-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives. Kantor also suffered from alcoholism, an outsized ego, and an overbearing, abusive, and publicly embarrassing personality where his family was concerned; he blew through a small fortune in his lifetime, dying nearly destitute and alone. In The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived, Shroder revisits the past - Kantor's upbringing, his early life, and career trajectory - and writes not just the life story of one man, but a meditation on fame, family secrets, and legacies, and what is remembered after we are gone.

Critic Reviews:

"Shroder's visceral reactions and moving discoveries as he comes to terms with his grandfather's life make for a trip well worth taking." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

A Kantor's Tale

I read about this book on a twitter tweet and kindled it out of interest. Through its pages I was taken back to other authors I'd read (Ernest Hemingway, Margaret Leech, and I "discovered" John Ohara by stumbling upon his arrogant headstone at the Princeton, NJ cemetery). Kantor died in South West Florida in 1977; I moved there in 1979 to an area still like his. It was then on the cusp of growth: Interstate 75 had just been completed between Tampa and Miami and I attended a brand new high school in Port Charlotte. I was intrigued at the highs and lows of Kantor. From early success, to a Pulitzer, to remaining in the past and falling from literary heights to oblivion. His alcoholism, serial affairs, destructive relationship with his father, lack of financial planning, all are bared.As well, his kindnesses to his family and hopes for them are also revealed. Tom Shroder, his writer grandson, seemed fated to write this book, a number of "coincidences" are revealed in his research, and his emotional understanding of himself and his place in life due to his grandfather's influence make the book worth reading.

I doubt the book will do much for reinvigorate Kantor to the reading public. It seems that Andersonville, and maybe Spirit Lake (I've yet to read either) were where he reached his heights. His other books seem more understood as period pieces or were poorly received and quickly forgotten.

I really can't say. I knew nothing of Mackinlay Kantor. Thanks to Tom Shroder I now more, and hope to do some more reading.

It was a sad story, but I suppose illustrative of the inherent ...

This is a strange book. The part I was interested in was the writer's life in its setting, and similarities between the author and his grandfather in their craft. I found the biographical details of his great-grandfather (the cad) and others less interesting and after awhile skimmed them. It was a sad story, but I suppose illustrative of the inherent sadness of the human condition.

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Title: When in French: Love in a Second Language

Author: Lauren Collins

Narrator: Laurel Lefkow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-16

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

"We spoke to each other in endearments. My darling, my love, mon amour, ma chérie, poussin, mouton, bébé... People we knew, I think, made fun of us. What they didn't know was that we couldn't say each other's names."

After a lifetime spent living firmly in English, Lauren Collins finds herself adrift in French-speaking Geneva. Having fallen in love with Olivier, a Frenchman, Lauren wakes up one day to the realisation that she is living in a community where she cannot speak the language and that she is married to a man whose name she doesn't dare speak in public, for fear of mispronunciation. A New Yorker journalist skilled at making a living through her writing, Lauren is suddenly no longer able to communicate with the local shop owners, let alone her in-laws.

As she embarks on learning French in her new surroundings, Lauren reflects on her lifelong love affair with language and her own linguistic roots. A funny, thoughtful memoir, When in French looks at how our mother tongues shape our lives, from how we think to how we fall in love, and what happens when two languages and two very different cultures collide.

Members Reviews:

Francophobe to Francophone

The book can be divided into two parts -- the first part is Lauren Collins telling of her struggles to learn French and not being able to make any progress. There she is, stuck in Switzerland with her French husband who is at work long hours and she is helpless because she can't speak the language. Even when she tries to speak French, she is thwarted by well-meaning people who recognize her accent and switch to English. This part of the book is gloomy and you want to give her a nudge and say "Get out there and take a language class, talk to strangers, it'll get better!"

The second part is where she actually does these things and soon she is speaking and understanding French and finding a different dimension to her husband when he speaks in his native language and she can understand him. She finds a new dimension to herself as well and the story picks up and becomes more upbeat.

Meanwhile Collins takes us down many side roads, discussing linguistics and language learning and the history of French. I found these diversions very interesting and if you've read any Steven Pinker, Guy Deutscher, or Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau, you'll enjoy hearing her take on their theories. Also of interest on the subject of the difficulty of learning French is The Philosopher's Demise by Richard Watson.

intellectual

This is a somewhat scholarly approach to the evolution of language, written by someone who is partnering with a French man. If you're looking for an education in languages, this is for you. If you seek a romantic tale of two combining cultures, it may not satisfy.

Truly enjoyed this book!

Amazing read! Brilliant use of language and intriguing content. I was mesmerized by Collins' use of rich language to seamlessly weave together narrative with research, lessons in language and literacy, anecdotes and personal reflection. I loved the stylistic aspects of the text. I'd read anything by her again.

I enjoyed it very much

This is a remarkable and delightful account. For those interested in language, it's doubly engaging as Ms.

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Title: The Present Giver

Author: Bar Scott

Narrator: Bar Scott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-16

Publisher: ALM Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

In her debut memoir, singer-songwriter Bar Scott brings the same emotional veracity to her personal story as she does to her music. In lyrical detail, The Present Giver is a moving account of Scott's search for meaning and hope when her infant son Forrest is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Shocked into the most demanding journey of their lives, she and husband Peter learn to accept the mysterious gifts the universe offers in order to not just survive, but transform, the unbearable. A compelling and beautiful story, The Present Giver offers comfort to anyone seeking solace and meaning in their lives.

Members Reviews:

Beautiful story!

I have read this book and it was one of my favorites!! I was excited to be able to listen to Bar Scott read her own story. It is such a beautiful story that makes you laugh and cry. You will fall in love with Forrest right from the first page. Amazing!!

Of love and loss

Eloquently written, we are immersed into an intimate emotional journey about love, hope, sorrow, and surrender. The heartfelt narration by the author delivers touching stories that at times bring tears, and at other times, a warm smile. Bar shares with us her deep and abiding love for her son Forrest, whose short life and wisdom touched her, and many others, very deeply.

Perfect!

Bar, as soon as I saw The Present Giver on Audible, I down loaded it to my phone and listened to it in one go, working in the garden, cleaning rooms, walking Charly...I couldn't stop. I'm particular about a narrator's voice and have actually not listened to some books because of that. I already knew the book was so full of emotion, since I own it, but hearing you read your own story, well, like I said...couldn't stop. It's hard for me to imagine that time in your life. The songs at the end were a plus. Thank you.

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Title: Beryl Bainbridge

Subtitle: Love by All Sorts of Means

Author: Brendan King

Narrator: Simon Shepherd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-16

Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Dame Beryl Bainbridge was one of the best loved and most recognisable English novelists of her generation. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and her critically acclaimed novels The Dressmaker (1973), The Bottle Factory Outing (1974), An Awfully Big Adventure (1990), Every Man for Himself (1996) and Master Georgie (1998) confirmed her status as one of the major literary figures of the last 50 years.

A unique voice in fiction, and unforgettable in person, Beryl Bainbridge was famous for her gregarious drinking habits and her unconventional lifestyle. Yet underneath the public image of a quirky eccentric, lay a complex and sometimes traumatic private life that she rarely talked about and which was often only hinted at in her novels.

In this first full-length biography, Brendan King draws on a mass of unpublished letters and diaries to reveal the real woman behind the popular image. He explores Bainbridges difficult childhood in Formby, her career as a young actress at the Liverpool Playhouse, and her life as a single mother and writer in Camden Town.

Along the way he tackles her complex private life: her failed marriage to the painter Austin Davies, her affairs, and her longstanding relationship with her publisher, Colin Haycraft. This frank portrait of Beryl Bainbridge tells the story of a life that is every bit as dramatic and compelling as one of her own perfectly-crafted novels.

Members Reviews:

got bored with her love triangles after a while

interesting points about interesting people. got bored with her love triangles after a while.

Speculation by all sorts of means

This is a beautifully written and researched work, which carries the reader effortlessly forward. But it is a credit to the subject and not the biographer, whose ill-informed psychological speculation throughout is heavy handed and jarring. Beryl Bainbridge had an extraordinary spirit and was just true to herself, always. The social and gender contexts in which she lived her life are too little understood or respected by the biographer; they require nuance in consideration and there is none offered here. His failure to consider the considerable research on social attitudes to gender and sexual assault, so well explicated in the literary world from Woolf to Plath, underscores the amateurish discussion of reactions to sexual abuse and violence. I loved reading about Beryl so much that I endured having my teeth set on edge. There is also a sneering contempt at the subject from the biographer, in the early sections, which appalled me. The comfort is, Beryl Bainbridge knows naught of it and if she were here, she'd leave him in the shade with her response.

A Lady of Excess

Beryl Bainbridge wrote many novels and I've read only a few of them, but I was interested in knowing something about her life, especially since I live in the U.S. and she lived in England, and she got very little attention here. Also, as I recall, only a few of her novels were reviewed in the major U.S. literary magazines and literary columns. She wrote about contemporary life and did a few historical reconstructions, and I enjoyed what I had read, though I didn't consider her a major writer on the level of, say, Kingsley Amis.

The volume under review turns out to be a full-dress biography written by a man who was her secretary and administrative assistant during the last decade or so of her life.

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Title: Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago

Author: Anna Pasternak

Narrator: Antonia Beamish

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-16

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

The heartbreaking story of the passionate love affair between Boris Pasternak and Olga Ivinskaya - the tragic true story that inspired Doctor Zhivago. Though Stalin spared the life of Boris Pasternak, the writer's lover, typist and literary muse Olga was sent twice to Siberian labour camps because of her association with him, miscarrying their child on her first visit. When released, she always assumed that Boris would leave his wife for her, but he failed to do so.

This heartbreaking account by Anna Pasternak explores this hidden act of moral compromise by her great uncle. Drawing on devastating and revelatory family archives, Lara unearths a love story of unimaginable courage, loyalty, suffering, drama and loss. Boris and Olga's affair devastated the Pasternak family, and their saga has since fallen from the common knowledge of Boris Pasternak, who is still regarded as a grand moral influence of his time. This astonishing true history of his love affair throws fascinating new light on his standing, and Pasternak's masterwork, Doctor Zhivago.

Critic Reviews:

"It is not for nothing that you stand at the end of my life, my secret, forbidden angel, under the skies of war and turmoil, you who arose at its beginning under the peaceful skies of childhood." (Yury Zhivago to Lara, from Doctor Zhivago)

"Anna Pasternak does not spare an ounce of drama nor detail from the story of her great uncle's love affair with Olga Ivinskaya, the inspiration for Doctor Zhivago's Lara. The result is a profoundly moving meditation on love, loyalty, and, ultimately, forgiveness." (Amanda Foreman)

"An enchanting love story, wonderfully told." (Sir Ronald Harwood)

Members Reviews:

A superbly well narrated, informative and enlightening window into personal cost of love in the twentieth century USSR

Meticulous research and beautiful narration gives insight into Boris Pasternak's masterpiece, Dr Zhivago. Thoroughly inspirational.

Epic

Epic, grand and very moving, it seems Dr Zhivago is more truthful and truth more heartbreaking than one could reasonably expect...thank god.

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Title: Weird Al Yankovic

Subtitle: The Inspirational Life Story of Weird Al Yankovic: Musician, Comedian, Actor and One of the World's Most Clever Music Marketers

Author: Patrick Bunker

Narrator: Scott Clem

Format: Unabridged

Length: 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-16

Publisher: Patrick Bunker

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Weird Al Yankovic is a musician who is quite different from the rest of the pack. Yet he has somehow managed to remain relevant throughout multiple generations and changes in musical styles. There is no official label one can use to classify his music, though many stores place his work in the rock and roll section. This unique musician has taken something from nothing and created his own special brand of music. His music is very funny, but it is also enjoyable to listen to. It is clear that Weird Al has incredible talent when it comes to both making music and making people laugh.

This book was created to introduce the world to Weird Al Yankovic's unique brand of music and the many ways his life has influenced the world. Al has made some important changes in the music industry when it comes to sales and marketing, and many people are unaware of this. His work and life will be covered so that people will be able to learn from his success and re-create it into their own life experience or businesses.

Here is a preview of what you'll learn when you download your copy today:

Members Reviews:

Are these "Inspirational" books written for children?

This book reads as though a middle school child wrote it. It seems as though the author is trying to use as many words as he can to pad a book report. Interesting facts, but the style is exceedingly simple. Scanning it seems as though Patrick Bunker churns out these "Inspirational" life stories by the truckload. Meh, it's ok for fluff, but not much in the way of substance. It is seriously something I think my granddaughter who is 12 would enjoy. Positive point..it's free.

Don't buy, waste!

S***ty book. Thrown together, poor spelling, and even factual errors :-(. Not worth buying at any price.

piece of crap

piece of crap. don't waste your money on it

Read Reviews and Decide for Yourself...

I have to say honestly that I have not read the book yet. I LOVE Weird Al and am happy to have this book about him. It IS written (as I saw described in another review) in a style that a grade school kiddo could probably read it. Double-spaced, large print and it isn't a large book. The pages aren't even numbered so I can't say how many pages it is, but I don't mind. I am not going to count them! LOL! I'm sure I would buy it again knowing what I know about it. It's about WEIRD AL!!! ;-)

meh.

It has weird al but other than that meh. (Weird Al is my favorite singer) so dont waste money unless you love weird al like me.

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Title: Sick on You

Subtitle: The Disastrous Story of the Hollywood Brats, the Greatest Band You've Never Heard Of

Author: Andrew Matheson

Narrator: Andrew Matheson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-16

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

With only a guitar, a tatty copy of the Melody Maker, and his template for the perfect band, Andrew Matheson set out in 1971 to make musical history. His band, the Hollywood Brats, were prepunk prophets - uncompromising, ultrathin, wild, untamable, and outrageous. But thrown into the crazy world of the 1970s London music scene, the Brats ultimately fell afoul of the crooks and heavies that ran it and an industry that just wasn't ready for them. Directly inspiring the London SS, the Clash, and the Sex Pistols, the Hollywood Brats imploded too soon to share the glory. Punk's answer to Withnail and I, Sick on You is a startling, funny and brilliantly entertaining period memoir about never quite achieving success despite flying so close to greatness.

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Título: Benito Pérez Galdós: La vida del realista y fantástico escritor [Benito Perez Galdos: The Life of the Realistic and Fantastic Writer]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 42 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-16-16

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Resumen del editor:

Notable abogado y político mexicano de origen indígena zapoteca, fue Presidente de México en varias ocasiones y fue protagonista principal de una de las épocas más importantes de su nación: la consolidación de la nación como República, ya que su biografía durante los años que ocupó la presidencia es casi en su totalidad también la historia de México.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Title: Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Mark Binelli

Narrator: Mirron Willis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Mark Binelli turns his sharp, forceful prose to fiction in an inventive retelling of the outrageous life of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, a bluesman with one hit and a string of inflammatory guises.

He came onstage in a coffin, carried by pallbearers, drunk enough to climb into his casket every night. Onstage he wore a cape, clamped a bone to his nose, and carried a staff topped with a human skull. Offstage, he insisted he'd been raised by a tribe of Blackfoot Indians, that he'd joined the army at 14, that he'd defeated the middleweight boxing champion of Alaska, and that he'd fathered 75 illegitimate children.

The R&B wildman Screamin' Jay Hawkins had only a single hit - the classic "I Put a Spell On You" - and was often written off as a clownish novelty act or, worse, an offense to his race. But his myth-making was legendary. In his second novel, Mark Binelli embraces the man and the legend to create a hilarious, tragic, fantastical portrait of this unlikeliest of protagonists. Hawkins saw his life story as a wild picaresque, and Binelli's novel follows suit, tackling the subject in a dazzling collage-like style.

At Rolling Stone, Binelli has profiled some of the greatest musicians of our time, and this novel deftly plays with the inordinate focus on "authenticity" in so much music writing about African Americans. An entire novel built around a musician as deliberately inauthentic as Screamin' Jay Hawkins thus becomes a sort of subversive act as well as an extremely funny and surprisingly moving one.

Cover design by Lucy Kim.

Members Reviews:

Fictionalized and Lame

Interesting narrative style/storytelling. I suppose it should be applauded as unique or innovative, but I didn't really care for it at all here. Offers less information than a Wiki search, most of the content is novelized fiction. There may be attempts at insight, but I think it ultimately falls flat - especially considering the extremely colorful subject.

Disjointed, impersonal, and (at times) very lame. According to the review snippets on the cover (likely written by the author's publicist), the intention was to capture the 'essence' of the subject. I found this project failing miserably on this point. At times, I wonder if the author has any genuine interest in the subject and if they had done any significant research. The snippets of fact seem "googled" and any quotes or insight are recognizably parroted from easily-available sources (most notably the "I Put a Spell On Me" doc).

Would not recommend to anyone, really. Author is obviously ballsy, and I can only offer an extra star for his artistic attempt.

Hard to understand

I knew Jay and he had a crazy life. But this book seems a little schizophrenic. Jay had some great stories, true, untrue or exaggerations, but he was a rock pioneer. There is no James Brown, Alice Cooper, or even Kiss without Jay and what he did in the fifties. This book misses the boat.

" although those are pretty good

A strange little book about a strange man. It made Screaming Jay much more real to me than the old YouTube videos of "I Put A Spell On You," although those are pretty good too

Solid piece. It vibed in places. The volume ...

Solid piece. It vibed in places.