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Vanity Fair: January–April 2015 Issue by Vanity Fair

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231335 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231335] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vanity Fair: January–April 2015 Issue Author: Vanity Fair Narrator: Graydon Carter Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Listen to Vanity Fair on the goGet the latest issue as it hits newsstandsBuy a single issue or subscribeVanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice—often the only choice—for the world's most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the smartphone and now on audio, Vanity Fair is the arbiter of our era.

The Social Contract by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230217 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230217] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Social Contract Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau Narrator: Neville Jason Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. In The Social Contract, Rousseau explores the concept of freedom and the political structures that may enable people to acquire it. He argues that the sovereign power of a state lies not in any one ruler, but in the will of the general population. Rousseau argues that the ideal state would be a direct democracy where executive decision-making is carried out by citizens who meet in assembly, as they would in the ancient city-state of Athens. The thoughts contained in the work were instrumental to the advent of the American Revolution and became sacred to those leading the French Revolution. With traces of Aristotle and echoes of Plato's Republic, The Social Contract is an exhilarating look at society and the definition of democracy. New translation by Ian Johnston.

The Bridal Chair by Gloria Goldreich

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230760 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230760] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bridal Chair Author: Gloria Goldreich Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: An exquisite, haunting exploration of the complex mind of artist Marc Chagall through the eyes of his daughter As a child growing up in 1920s Paris, Ida Chagall copes with her father Marc Chagall's brilliant artistic mind, overbearing ego, and the tight leash he keeps on her. But as Ida blossoms into a young woman, she begins to glimpse freedom and opportunities for herself. When she falls in love for the first time, her father paints 'The Bridal Chair' as her wedding present, a symbol of his anger that pierces Ida to the heart. Against a backdrop of the Nazi invasion of France, Ida fights for her own survival as an independent young woman while nurturing the dark creative genius of her parents.

Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDs by Dale Peck

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230578 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230578] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDs Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Part memoir, part extended essay, Visions and Revisions is a revolutionary look at the 1990s AIDS epidemic from ''one of our most adventurous and singularly talented writers working today'' (San Francisco Chronicle). Reminiscent of Joan Didion's White Album or Kurt Vonnegut's Palm Sunday, Visions and Revisions is a collage-style portrait of a tumultuous era that puts the listener on the streets of NYC during the early '90s AIDS crisis, also touching on such diverse subjects as the serial murders of gay men, Peck's first loves upon coming out, and the transformation of LGBT people from marginal, idealistic fighters to their present place in a world of widespread, if fraught, mainstream acceptance. Visions and Revisions capitalizes on a wave of increased interest in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the recent premiere of the groundbreaking AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague. This is the first memoir by one of our most controversial contemporary writers, and it offers a jarring, street-level portrait of AIDS activism in the 1990s. Visions and Revisions will follow the Soho Press reissue of Dale Peck's debut novel, Martin and John, which received stunning critical praise, as well as our release of a new anthology he is editing. Novelist and critic Dale Peck's latest work - part memoir, part extended essay - is a foray into what the author calls ''the second half of the first half AIDS epidemic,'' i.e., the period between 1987, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was founded, and 1996, when the advent of combination therapy transformed AIDS from a virtual death sentence into a chronic, manageable illness. Visions and Revisions has been assembled from more than a dozen essays and articles that have been extensively rewritten and recombined to form a sweeping, collage-style portrait of a tumultuous era.

Dirty Rush by Taylor Bell

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230610 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/230610] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dirty Rush Author: Taylor Bell Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 25, 2015 Genres: Essays & Anthologies Publisher's Summary: Taylor Bell comes from a long line of Beta Zeta sorority sisters, all of whom expect her to pledge upon starting at the university. However, Taylor is determined to destroy the rich tradition they hold so dear by eschewing sorority life altogether. Taylor's resolve soon melts though when she falls in with a group of hilarious, ultra-saucy girls, who introduce her to all things Greek and soften her to the idea of joining. Eventually, Taylor pledges Beta Zeta and embarks on a collegiate career sure to make any sorority sister proud. Soon, Taylor's experience as a BZ starts to feel like a jacked-up, drug-infused, and X-rated fairy tale—especially when reality comes crashing down and a rather lewd sex tape is leaked. The girl in the video looks a lot like Taylor. Has Taylor gone off the deep end? Or is someone trying to frame her? Unless she can prove her innocence and re-ingratiate herself with the sisters who've accused her of leaking the video, Taylor is at risk of losing everything she's fought (partied) so hard for.