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Title: Elbert Hubbard: A Treasury of Insights, Inspirations, and Provocations

Author: Elbert Hubbard, Sam Torode

Narrator: Sam Torode

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-17

Publisher: ST Book Arts

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

Publisher's Summary:

Discover America's forgotten sage. This is a new anthology of Elbert Hubbard's most insightful, inspiring, and provocative writings, edited and introduced by Sam Torode.

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was a philosopher, entrepreneur, and leader of the arts and crafts movement in America.One of the most widely read authors of his day, his work fell into obscurity in the decades after he perished in the sinking of the Lusitania at the outset of WWI. This audiobook aims to bring Elbert Hubbard back into the limelight.

Hubbard might have been the world's first blogger and tweeter - these 120 short essays plus many aphorisms reveal a writer far ahead of his time.

This audiobook includes Hubbard'srevolutionary ideason women's equality, free thought versus religion, the school system, opposing the war machine, and much, much more.

Members Reviews:

overall very insightful

there's some great knowledge in this book, really enjoyed it.

A Thought-Provoking Read

Hubbard offers much wisdom with regard to life, love, health, leadership and creativity. As I read, I couldn't help feeling I would have loved working in his little shop. (Of course, I adore reading Sam Torode; anything his fingerprints are on is worth at least one reading - probably more.)

Three Stars

The book was interesting

Five Stars

The hat cleaner works well and the informational email was very helpful.

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Title: Dancing into My Bolshoi Dream: A Vision That Turns into Reality

Subtitle: Ballet Butterfly, Book 1

Author: Anna Duvall

Narrator: Anna Duvall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-17

Publisher: BalletButterfly.com

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

The true story of a 15-year-old girl who goes to Moscow to study ballet at the Bolshoi. Just after the Berlin Wall falls, the USSR becomes Russia and a coup has taken over the government.

Anna makes the impossible possible when her dream becomes a reality and she becomes one of the first Americans ever to study at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. She encounters adventures, trials, and heartaches along the way - including culture shock, language barriers, a first love, and a gang of Gypsy kids.

Authored by creative and well-known ballet dancer and educator Anna Duvall, Dancing into My Bolshoi Dream is Anna's amazing true story of survival through the harsh conditions of Moscow at a time when the newly-formed Russian mafia has more control over Russia than the government.

Misha Tchoupakov, formerly of the Bolshoi Ballet, describes the book as "very real, with lots of emotions."

"A truly inspiring story of perseverance against all odds in a strange and foreign land," says Patrick Cross, nutritionist, trainer, and elite sports therapist.

"A dreamy depiction written from the perspective of her dreamy 15-year-old self," says a published fiction writer, her father.

Anna's survival during her intensive dance studies depends on connecting with the humanity of her directors, teachers, and fellow students. Thus begins the story of empathy with her very strict ballet teacher, and Anna's perseverance through physical and psychological torment during her studies.

Since the Russian invasion of the American psyche still persists today, making daily headlines, Anna proves to be an authentic source of knowledge and insight into the creative minds of Russia. She provides an in-depth firsthand understanding of people, conflicts, and culture, the forces that awaken creativity at its best, producing the most celebrated ballet dancers in the world even during difficult times in their homeland.

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Title: 101 Amazing Facts About Mozart

Author: Jack Goldstein

Narrator: Charles King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-04-17

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

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

Publisher's Summary:

How many works in total do you think Mozart composed? What award was bestowed on him by the Pope? How many languages could he speak? And what rather unsavoury subject was he seemingly obsessed with?

In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Charles King answers all these questions and more as he visits the intriguing world of one of the world's greatest ever composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Perfect for everyone from those new to the world of classical music right through to serious long-term fans, this is an ideal addition to any audiobook collection.

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Título: Seis niñas ahogadas en una gota de agua [Six Drowned Girls in a Drop of Water]

Autor: Beatriz Espejo

Narrador: Luisa Fernanda Giraldo

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-25-17

Editor: Audible Studios

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

Resumen del editor:

Los ensayos de este audio libro nacieron como un reconocimiento a la calidad del trabajo de cada una de las autoras que aparecen. "Su original impronta se presta a esos juegos que establezco cuando abordo el ensayo: trenzar la vida y la obra de los artistas con el fin de establecer correspondencias secretas," afirma Beatriz Espejo.Beatriz conoció y trató a cada una de las autoras en circunstancias y momentos diferentes y, asegura, las abordó en sus afanes narrativos debido a una genuina admiración por cada una de ellas.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Title: Michael Rabin, America's Virtuoso Violinist

Subtitle: The First Authorized Biography - Revised and Updated

Author: Anthony Feinstein

Narrator: Guy Bannerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 08-28-17

Publisher: Amadeus Press

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

Publisher's Summary:

In Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist, Anthony Feinstein tells the poignant story of the life and career of one of history's greatest violinists. As a child prodigy, Rabin had the classical music world at his feet. Notable successes included a coveted EMI contract, recording the soundtrack for an Elizabeth Taylor movie, and guest appearances on The Milton Berle Show and The Bell Telephone Hour. Yet no sooner had Rabin taken his place alongside such illustrious colleagues as Heifetz, Milstein, and Stern, that he abruptly and inexplicably disappeared from the concert stage. For three years, the public saw and heard little of him. In the mid-1960s, Rabin resurfaced and painstakingly began rebuilding a once-great career. Then one morning, the music world awoke to news of his sudden, mysterious death at age 35.

For the first edition of this biography, Feinstein had unprecedented access to Rabin's private papers and medical history. Now he draws on additional material obtained from recent interviews with Rabin's colleagues, girlfriends, and management. The result is an added appreciation of Rabin's remarkable family, his cloistered upbringing, and a micromanaged career that ensured not only great success, but also periods of deep despair. Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist is more than a story of a great violinist. It is also the moving account of a man of rare talent who never stopped battling to find personal happiness on that fragile journey from wunderkind to adulthood. The audiobook contains numerous musical extracts from Rabin's recordings that span his career from wunderkind to mature artist.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Fine book.

LIFE AIN'T KIND

This is a biography of a tragic figure in the world of music. Michael Rabin was a unique violinist. He was one of the greatest fiddlers of all time. Don't take my word for it; that's the opinion of Itzhak Perlman. I studied with a woman who knew Michael Rabin. He had a profound affect on her. I do not want to spoil this wonderful book by revealing the intimate details about Michael Rabin. I will just say that you cannot be disappointed in it. I bought it & I'm not planning on selling my copy anytime soon. It's a keeper.

Michael Rabin was America's greatest violinists, and I rarely use superlatives. I knew one of Michael's classmates and took great interest in him; not just as a violinist, but as a person. His life was solitary & short. This is one of the best biographies I have ever read. It's extremely accurate & thorough.

Here are some facts derived from the book: Michael Rabil's favorite violinist was Heifetz. David Oistrakh was in awe of Michael's technical ability. Michael was in rehab for drug addiction 3 times. Michael loved his bicycle and model airplanes more than anything. Michael had an older brother, Jay, who was probably as talented as Michael, but he had died before Michael was born.

Michael was a child without much of a childhood, and he never really had to chance to grow up. He was a genius who was very simpleminded. Paganini was child's play for him. Mozart was his nemesis. He was a boy with the stereotypical Jewish mother who drove him crazy.

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Title: A Memoir of Jane Austen

Author: James Edward Austen-Leigh

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-17

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, LLC

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

Publisher's Summary:

This is a delightful picture of Jane Austen and her life and times, written by her adoring nephew. Included in the book are some of her letters, verses, the alternate chapter of Persuasion, and a discussion of her unfinished novel, Sanditon. This recording also includes letters that were written by Miss Austen's family members after her passing.

Members Reviews:

Memoir by a nephew, not a biography

As her nephew, he was in a position to use is own recollections of the author, as well as verbal accounts from his near relatives. Very few of her letters and manuscripts have survived; Jane Austen was a family-oriented person; hence family was a very important source of information about her. As well, he has also written about manners and customs in her time, which had changed even by the time this memoir was written, but not so long before as to be forgotten by older contemporaries of the author.

The author has also tried to provide a fairly balanced opinion about his aunt, while still calling it a memoir and not a biography.

I found it very interesting reading.

Delightful Insights for Austen Fans

I thoroughly enjoyed this glimpse into the life of Jane Austen. Written by one of her nephews and published 50 years after her unfortunate early death, this memoir is credited with increasing the popularity of Austen's works. Interesting to think that if this had not been published, perhaps her work would not be as widely appreciated as it is today.

Her letters were definitely the highlight for me. Reading them made me love her even more for her intelligence and sense of humour. I only wish that more of her correspondence had survived.

Absolutely recommended for readers who love Austen's world and would like to discover more about this much loved author, her life, and her family.

Recommended for Austen Addicts Only

Although I was disappointed reading A Memoir of Jane Austen, because I found it rather dry and dull, I rated it as 3 stars because of its influence in stimulating interest in her works some 54 years after her death. Also, I realized this was a Memoir, so the level of detail was different than what I would expect from a biography. What you get is a mixture of personal letters and recollections from the writer, Ms. Austen's nephew, as well as family tidbits and background on the homes she lived in and the culture of the times generally. I imagine Janeites would find this book a nice addition to the lore and legend of one of England's most beloved authors, and a personal favourite of mine.

Most interesting.....

I enjoyed the simplicity and earnestness in which the author tries to present his aunt; Not wanting to give the idea that he was familiar with her more than he was. I also enjoyed that he incorporated and gave credit to his other family members for their contributions. This undertaking must have been a daunting task. However, his understanding of the great regard for his Aunt both in his own time and for the future must have compelled him to write what I think has to be the most accurate accounting of her life and character.

Memories of an Aunt.

James recounting of the life of his Aunt Jane gave one a look into a writers love of family and of a life cut too short. I have been a fan of Miss Austen's work's (books) since junior high school.

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Title: Loving Robert Lowell

Author: Sandra Hochman

Narrator: Dawn Harvey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

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

Publisher's Summary:

When asked in 1976 by a reporter from People magazine if her first two novels were autobiographical, Sandra Hochman replied, "My real life is much more fabulous than the books. One day I plan to write about it - men, Paris, and women's liberation. It will probably be called Unreal Life."

Hochman first met Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Robert Lowell in 1961 at the Russian Tea Room in New York. She was to interview him for Encounter magazine. Hochman was 25 and had recently returned from Paris, where she had lived with her husband for four years. They were now separated. Lowell was 43, with plans to leave his wife. Hochman remembers it as the day that changed her life. The two poets fell in love instantly, and before the night was over, they had vowed to stay together forever. In Hochman's first literary work in almost 40 years, she writes in startling detail about the torrid, violent, and doomed affair that would follow.

Members Reviews:

Stilted, unsightful, hack self-promotion for Hochman.

Riveting? Intoxicating? As the Amazon lead-off blurb says. Absolutely not! Pure dreck. Hochman is primarily self-promoting herself, filling much of first couple of chapters with her own dull poetry. Writing is hack and stilted and shows little insight into Lowell or writer. Wife got it for me from library. Returned after a few chapters. Amazing that Hochman was so naive about the relationship.

One Star

- filled with errors - factual and grammar-wise.

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Title: The Mighty Franks

Subtitle: A Memoir

Author: Michael Frank

Narrator: Michael Frank

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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

Publisher's Summary:

A story at once extremely strange and entirely familiar - about families, innocence, art and love. This hugely enjoyable, totally unforgettable memoir is a classic in the making.

'My aunt called our two families the Mighty Franks. But, she said, you and I, Lovey, are a thing apart. The two of us have pulled our wagons up to a secret campsite. We know how lucky we are. We're the most fortunate people in the world to have found each other, isn't it so?'

Michael Frank's upbringing was unusual, to say the least. His aunt was his father's sister and his uncle his mother's brother. The two couples lived blocks apart in the hills of LA, with both grandmothers in an apartment together nearby.

Most unusual of all was his aunt, 'Hankie': a beauty with violet eyelids and leaves fastened in her hair, a woman who thought that conformity was death, a Hollywood screenwriter spinning seductive fantasies. With no children of her own, Hankie took a particular shine to Michael, taking him on antiquing excursions, telling him about 'the very last drop of her innermost self', holding him in her orbit in unpredictable ways. This love complicated the delicate balance of the wider family and changed Michael's life forever.

Critic Reviews:

"An utterly magical book. Michael Frank inherits Truman Capote's glorious ability to recreate the past in an act of exquisite, knowing retrieval. Set on the glamorous, conflicted fringes of 20th century Hollywood, Frank's memoir is a glittering, happy-sad evocation of his elegant, tyrannical, stylish aunt and the rest of his extraordinary family. I hung on every word, spying through his child's eyes. This is intense and lyrical prose: I never wanted it to stop." (Philip Hoare)

"P.G. Wodehouse could not have invented Michael Frank's aunt. An astonishing story of a relationship and a family that ends up the wrong side up and inside-out. Beautiful, strange and true." (Ian Sansom)

"The Mighty Franks is very easy to love and very hard to put down. It is a terrific portrait of Los Angeles at a particular time for all of us who ever fantasized about growing up with pools, palm trees, and, yes, even the occasional star. Moving, wonderfully written, and marvelously written, it is filled with characters who love you, hug you, drive you crazy, and sometimes make you cry." (George Hodgman, author of Bettyville)

Members Reviews:

Beautifully crafted and compelling

Michael Frank has achieved something extraordinary in this poignant and gripping memoir, a personal tale that resonates beyond the limits of one intertwined family. He has touched upon the questions that torment us all, the questions that tug at our essence for which we struggle to find answers. His story, fascinating in its own right, dominated by larger than life characters whose accomplishments elevate them to the realm of the mighty, speaks to a larger truth for which there are no simple answers. Perhaps fittingly for its subjects, the work has a cinematic quality, building in intensity as the plot unfolds, revealing itself in vignettes that build to a climactic finale that raise more questions then it answers.

It's a beautifully written book

It's a beautifully written book, I enjoyed the exquisite language.

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Title: British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Freddie Mercury

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Jim D Johnston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

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

Publisher's Summary:

Like many pop cultural icons (and rock icons in particular), Freddie Mercury is one of the most recognizable figures of the 20th century and yet one of the more enigmatic personalities as well. To be sure, anyone who was alive during the reign of Queen is well aware of who Mercury was and the sound of his music (even those who despise rock music are familiar with the blasting, deliriously over-the-top rhythms of songs like "We Are the Champions"). At the same time, a noteworthy discrepancy existed between the flamboyant personality that Freddie maintained during his performances and public appearances and the rather guarded manner in which he kept his private life more or less shielded from public view. By way of example, while it is now common knowledge that Mercury was homosexual (or at least bisexual), this was a fact that he avoided disclosing to the general public, and even his band mates were kept unaware until 1975. In some cases, biographical details are still not entirely clear, although the past 15 years have done much to clear up certain aspects of his life that Mercury kept close to the vest.

Members Reviews:

Just the facts ma'am --just the facts!!

If you need the basic "facts" about Freddie Mercury and want to cut through the bull of this person and that person this

should be the starting book for you!

After you read this book then go out and get other books with lots of pictures if you want--i know I did!!

Killer Queen!!!

I've been a queen fan almost from the beginning, back when I was in college.

Sheer Heart Attack was the album that made me a fan.

I think It's sad that an artist's sexual bias could have any bearing on their work.

The one thing I like about this book is that it's neutral regarding the man.

I also learned a lot, mainly the fact that Freddie Mercury was Persian/Iranian.

All of the Charles Rivers books give a lot of facts & are very short.

In short (pun intended) ,I feel these books should be available to students.I will be spreading the word.

My only complaint is the fact they are short.â

Freddy Mercury ! Parsi Boy who became a Rock Legend !

It was interesting to read how this son from a Parsi family from India,brought up in British Africa

and later UK went on to super stardom and a tragic death !! His songs are a living legacy.

Charles River Editors have captured the essence of his life and made it a quick read.

He was a Champion

To overcome diversity and culture, Mercury found a way to make a name for himself. Mercury create music which today is as popular as ever. His music told the world that conformity to genre is not important but what comes from the heart is. Mercury's life was not as big as his life as a performer and privately he suffered many ordeals. Like all of us he learned that public and private life should remain separate.

Four Stars

GREAT

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Title: History's Greatest Artists: The Life and Legacy of Rembrandt

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Scott Clem

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-15-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

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

Publisher's Summary:

Of all the famous Dutch masters during the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque periods, none surpass Rembrandt van Rijn in either historical importance or artistic merit. His aesthetic has been much-imitated, a testament to the inspirational grip they exert on their viewer. Key aspects of his style are instantly recognizable to even the casual fine art enthusiast: his penchant for chiaroscuro lighting amidst dark backgrounds; the feverish intensity of his subjects, who are often shown seemingly in action rather than composed; and the recurring use of Biblical and historical subject matter, not to mention an even more prolific output of portraits commissioned (including works commissioned by the Court of the Hague).

The more educated viewer might also be aware of Rembrandt's remarkably thick handling of paint, which often seems to protrude from the canvas rather than invite a recession into space (in the Renaissance tradition.) However one recognizes a Rembrandt, however, the strength of his talents is such that encounters with his work leave an indelible imprint.

That said, Rembrandt's fame derives not only from the hundreds of paintings he completed (his output is believed to total as many as several hundred works); Rembrandt is also remembered for his profligate spending habits, which famously resulted in him filing for bankruptcy in 1656. If "baroque" connotes excess, it is most appropriate that Rembrandt stands as the most famous painter of the Baroque age, as he lived well beyond his means.