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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El lado b de la cultura: Codazos, descaro y adulterio en el México del siglo XX Author: Julia Santibáñez Narrator: Julia Santibáñez, Estephanie Herrera Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Pasa, lectora, lector, estás en tu fiesta. Más que un libro, este objeto es un carnaval de cincuenta estaciones que desfila tras las bambalinas de la cultura mexicana. En él participan Tin Tan y Pita Amor, María Félix y Monsiváis, Piporro y Tongolele, Nahui Olin y Jorge Ibargüengoitia, los beats y Marilyn Monroe, Vitola y José Revueltas. Entre muchos, muchos otros. Mientras pasan, nos van contando de sus vicios, supersticiones, sus pleitos y apodos, los cuadrángulos amorosos que formaron y los cabarés que visitaron. Guiados por la insaciable curiosidad de JuliaSantibáñez, nos enteramos de quiénes fueron huéspedes de Lecumberri y quiénes invitados a la casa de Carlos Fuentes; qué escritores la hicieron de actores y qué libros y películas gozaron de la mercadotecnia inversa de la censura y por qué. Encuentra aquí lo que los libros ceremoniosos nunca dirán sobre escritores, artistas e intelectuales.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Z, la ciudad perdida Author: David Grann Narrator: Javier Méndez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: David Grann reconstruye en esta fascinante novela la misteriosa historia del explorador Percy Fawcett, desaparecido durante la última expedición en busca de El Dorado. Durante siglos, los europeos situaron la legendaria ciudad de El Dorado en la selva más grande y densa del mundo: la del Amazonas. La obsesión por encontrar ese paraíso dejó la jungla impenetrable sembrada de cadáveres, lo que no fue impedimento para que, en los años 20, el explorador británico Percy Fawcett se aventurara en ella en busca de la antigua civilización. Después de emprender una expedición tras otra sin éxito, en 1925 desapareció sin dejar rastro. Desde entonces, cientos de hombres han muerto o han enloquecido en el intento de seguir sus huellas. En 2005, el prestigioso periodista de la revista The New Yorker David Grann se adentró en el «infierno verde» para averiguar qué había ocurrido allí. El resultado es una reconstrucción magistral de la aventura de Percy Fawcett, un recorrido fascinante por una de las zonas más exuberantes y misteriosas del planeta, una investigación exhaustiva y absorbente que da voz a los que vieron a Fawcett por última vez en vida y que nos contagia su obstinación por encontrar El Dorado, ese misterio arraigado en el corazón de la selva que mató a todo aquel que soñó con verlo. Reseñas: «Una aventura fascinante, cargada de emoción y profundamente absorbente.» John Grisham «Como si uno de los rudos hombres de Conrad se encontrara de repente atrapado en una novela de García Márquez [...] terriblemente entretenida. [...] Al mismo tiempo una biografía, una historia de detectives y un maravilloso relato de viajes.» The New York Times «Combinando la extraordinaria historia de Fawcett con su propia investigación, Grann ha creado un personaje de gran calado que irradia la energía incombustible de una novela clásica de aventuras.» Publishers Weekly «¡Una obra maestra! Un viaje emocionante de principio a fin.» The Washington Post «Basta con decir quese trata de un libro fascinante. A uno le entran ganas de agarrar la mochila e irse a correr aventuras.» The Daily Telegraph

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618047 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Клеопатра. Жизнь. Больше чем биография Author: стейси шифф Narrator: никита моисеев Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Автор биографий и лауреат Пулитцеровской премии Стейси Шифф создала яркий портрет самой неоднозначной женщины в мировой истории — Клеопатры, последней правительницы Египта. Ее дворец сверкал драгоценными камнями и золотом и славился политическими играми. Клеопатру связывали тесные отношения с Юлием Цезарем и Марком Антонием, однако ее личность оказалась слишком плотно занавешена романтическим флером. Египетская царица не находилась в тени этих самых выдающихся римлян того времени — владычица почти всего Восточного Средиземноморья, последнего из великих царств в истории Египта, была сильным правителем, способным создать свой флот, подавить восстание, удержать денежный курс, накормить голодных. Она свободно изъяснялась на девяти языках и была проницательным стратегом и искусным переговорщиком. Ее образ воссоздавали Уильям Шекспир и Бернард Шоу, Микеланджело Буонарроти и Джованни Баттиста Тьеполо, а многие из наших современников судят о внешности и характере царицы по ее кинематографическому «двойнику» — блистательной Элизабет Тейлор. Однако далеко не все детали драматической жизни Клеопатры, не все грани ее сложного характера возможно отразить художественными средствами, к тому же много информации было утрачено или мифологизировано. Профессионально работая с классическими источниками, Стейси Шифф виртуозно отделяет факты от вымысла, чтобы явить миру истинную Клеопатру. Богатая информацией и эпическая по масштабу книга, переведенная на 30 языков, представляет собой глубокую и тщательно проработанную реконструкцию жизни этой выдающейся личности, а вкладка с цветными иллюстрациями делает ее образ еще более зримым. «Восстановить личность Клеопатры — значит бережно отнестись к немногим дошедшим до нас фактам... Недавние исследования проливают на историю женщин Античности и эллинистического Египта совершенно новый свет». (Стейси Шифф)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602761 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zelensky: A Biography Author: Serhii Rudenko Narrator: Mike Lenz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Three years after the political novice Volodymyr Zelensky was elected to Ukraine's highest office, he found himself catapulted into the role of war-time leader. The former comedian has become the public face of his country's courageous and bloody struggle against a brutal invasion. Born to Jewish parents in central Ukraine, Zelensky campaigned for the presidency in the 2019 election on the promise to restore trust in politics. After his landslide victory, he told jubilant supporters 'I will never let you down.' Little did he know that he would be called upon to serve his people in the most demanding circumstances imaginable, fighting for the very survival of his country in the worst war on European soil since 1945. Zelensky's leadership in the face of Russia's aggression is an inspiration to everyone who stands opposed to the appalling violence being unleashed on Ukraine. This book tells his astonishing story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She Danced with Lightning: My Daughter's Struggle with Epilepsy and Her Boundless Will to Live Author: Marc Palmieri Narrator: Marc Palmieri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Part family memoir, part medical mystery involving severe epilepsy, She Danced with Lightning follows one girl's battle to persevere as a competitive dancer, culminating in a terrifying decline, a courageous performance, and an eleventh hour, life-saving brain surgery. Eleven-year-old Anna has lived all her life with severe epilepsy. Despite the ravage of thousands of violent seizures and heavy medications, she has thrived at school, athletics, and her greatest passion—dance. As she approaches her twelfth birthday, Anna's condition takes a dire turn. Her health declines quickly and a new diagnosis is revealed, leaving the family only one excruciating choice. A parent's memoir about the medical mysteries of epilepsy and the personal suffering of raising a child with a deadly health condition, She Danced with Lightning is told from the perspective of Anna's dream-chasing father, who comes to learn from her a strength and courage he never imagined possible.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Child of the East End Author: Jean Fullerton Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Child of the East End is an eye-opening, heartfelt and atmospheric portrait of life in the East End after the war, and is perfect for fans of My East End by Gilda O'Neill, Four Meals for Fourpence by Grace Foakes and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Life in Cockney London was tough in the post-war years. The government's broken promises had led to a chronic housing shortage, rampant crime and families living in squalor. But one thing prevailed: the unbeatable spirit of the East End, a tight-knit community who pulled through the dark times with humour and heart. Drawing on both family history and her own memories of growing up in the 1950s and '60s, as well as her working life as a district nurse and local police officer, Jean Fullerton vividly depicts this fascinating part of London - from tin baths, to jellied eels, to tigers in a Wapping warehouse.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death Author: Ros Coward, Ken Wharfe Narrator: Ken Wharfe, Emily Pennant-Rea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty. All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity. All over the world, a standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden, a very British girl who transcended nationality. Someone with a natural nobility who was classless and who proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic...' From Charles Spencer's address at his sister Diana's funeral, Westminster Abbey, 6 September 1997 Today, twenty-five years since Diana's death, seems the right moment for a reassessment of this remarkable woman. Did the Royal Family learn lessons from her life, about protection and privacy, about how to incorporate 'outsiders' into their ranks, about how to manage scandal? Did it take any lessons from her death, and the public's reaction not only to that, but to the behaviour of, in particular, the Queen and Prince Charles, in the aftermath? Or have the family and the Palace - 'the men in grey suits', as Diana called them - continued on the same track, unchanged, repeating many of the mistakes made with her, from her first nervous ventures in royal circles to her later defiance of traditional protocols? These and many other questions are explored in this authoritative book, written by two people closely associated with Diana: Inspector Ken Wharfe was the Princess's police protection officer for six years during the most turbulent period of her marriage to Prince Charles. Ros Coward was chosen as author of the official book by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Trust. Their book is both an examination of the people and events of the time, and an elegiac tribute to one of the most iconic figures of the late twentieth century.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls Author: Steven Rinella Narrator: The Contributors, Steven Rinella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.78 of Total 140 Ratings of Narrator: 4.85 of Total 27 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ten harrowing firsthand tales of survival from the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio collection MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls. In Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls, storytellers take us from Florida to the Northern Rockies to the Arctic Ocean with wild and true stories, a reminder that the natural world is rugged and unpredictable. Including stories from MeatEater's Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb, and spearfishing champion Kimi Werner, this immersive audio collection also features tales from listeners who survived falling through the ice, gunshot and arrowhead wounds, hand-to-hoof combat with a deer, and a spearfisherman who made the best shot of his life to save a friend from certain death.    Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls features tales from MeatEater crew members Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb • with additional stories by Vince Merritt • Allen Jones • Kimi Werner • Roy Getson • Casey Frank • Cory Holloway • Cameron Kirkconnell • Bruce Batten • and Vic Barnes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bose: The Untold Story (Part 1): The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist Author: Chandrachur Ghose Narrator: Dev J. Haldar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A comprehensive and gripping narrative' Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society'A must-read' Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India TodayThere are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These often revolve around his resignation from the Indian Civil Service, joining the freedom movement, to be exiled twice for over seven years, throwing a challenge to the Gandhian leadership in the Congress, taking up an extremist position against the British Raj, evading the famed intelligence network to travel to Europe and then to Southeast Asia, forming two Governments and raising two armies and then disappearing into the unknown. All this in a span of just two decades.Now, new information throws light on Bose's intense political activities surrounding the revolutionary groups in Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra and United Provinces, his efforts to bridge the increasing communal divide and his influence among the splintered political landscape; his outlook and relations with women; his plunge into the depths of spirituality; his penchant for covert operations and his efforts to engineer a rebellion among the Indian armed forces. With this new information, what appeared to be dramatic now becomes more intense with plots and subplots under one man's single-minded focus on freeing the motherland and envisioning its development in a new era.Furthermore, one of the most sensitive issues that have prevented political parties and successive governments from talking much about Bose is his joining the Axis camp. While Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent Congress leaders publicly denounced the move, the Communist Party of India went on to a prolonged vilification campaign. Sardar Patel issued instruction to Congress leaders to defend the INA soldiers without eulogizing their leader.Was Bose really a Nazi sympathiser? Knowing very well about the strong public opinion that existed among the political leadership and the intelligentsia in India against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and imperial Japan, why did he risk his own political image by allying with the Axis powers?Pacey, thought-provoking and absolutely unputdownable, Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist will open a window to many hitherto untold and unknown stories of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.Probably the first critical biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose till date.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bose: The Untold Story (Part 2): The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist Author: Chandrachur Ghose Narrator: Dev J. Haldar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A comprehensive and gripping narrative' Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society'A must-read' Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India TodayThere are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These often revolve around his resignation from the Indian Civil Service, joining the freedom movement, to be exiled twice for over seven years, throwing a challenge to the Gandhian leadership in the Congress, taking up an extremist position against the British Raj, evading the famed intelligence network to travel to Europe and then to Southeast Asia, forming two Governments and raising two armies and then disappearing into the unknown. All this in a span of just two decades.Now, new information throws light on Bose's intense political activities surrounding the revolutionary groups in Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra and United Provinces, his efforts to bridge the increasing communal divide and his influence among the splintered political landscape; his outlook and relations with women; his plunge into the depths of spirituality; his penchant for covert operations and his efforts to engineer a rebellion among the Indian armed forces. With this new information, what appeared to be dramatic now becomes more intense with plots and subplots under one man's single-minded focus on freeing the motherland and envisioning its development in a new era.Furthermore, one of the most sensitive issues that have prevented political parties and successive governments from talking much about Bose is his joining the Axis camp. While Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent Congress leaders publicly denounced the move, the Communist Party of India went on to a prolonged vilification campaign. Sardar Patel issued instruction to Congress leaders to defend the INA soldiers without eulogizing their leader.Was Bose really a Nazi sympathiser? Knowing very well about the strong public opinion that existed among the political leadership and the intelligentsia in India against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and imperial Japan, why did he risk his own political image by allying with the Axis powers?Pacey, thought-provoking and absolutely unputdownable, Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist will open a window to many hitherto untold and unknown stories of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.Probably the first critical biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose till date.