Sports and Aging: A Prescription for Longevity by Gerald R. Gems

Ice Apprentices: A BREATHTAKING new children's fantasy series by Jacob North

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778242 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778242] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ice Apprentices: A BREATHTAKING new children's fantasy series Author: Jacob North Narrator: Joe Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 30, 2025 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: A frozen world, mighty monsters and spellbinding magic. Journey to the very edge of the world in this BREATHTAKING fantasy trilogy.  Perfect for fans of Skandar and Philip Pullman . . . “The Ice Apprentices is an extraordinary fantasy debut. The world-building is stunning, the pacing perfect, the characters immediately relatable. Oswin is endlessly curious, hilariously funny and wonderfully kind - he became my new favourite hero within a few sentences. North is such an exciting new talent in middle grade.” A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series Tundra is the last settlement in a world of ice. Oswin Fields is its only stray – a foundling, rescued from the Endless Expanse. So, when he's summoned to the school for ice apprentices, he sets out to prove his worth. But all isn’t as it seems in this enchanted place. When the beasts begin to strike, Oswin has to risk everything he holds dear. Can he look deep within himself to find the strength to prove that he belongs? .

Dragon Dreams by Roni Schotter

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829316 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829316] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dragon Dreams Author: Roni Schotter Narrator: Amielynn Abellera Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 28, 2025 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: After a day of bickering with her sister, might a magical journey on a dragon’s back show a girl the path to peace and reconciliation? This rhythmically written book is a celebration of imagination, of kindness, and of dragons.   Tired from sister squabbles, a dragon-loving child slips into sleep. Soon a dragon just the right size whirs through her window to invite her on a flight into the enchanting night. They soar to a Secret Gathering where dragons carrying children from all around the world fill the sky. There are dragons. There is dancing. There are wishes. And is that her sister over there? Could they share the same wish?   'Whimsical touches—message-bearing comets, stars that taste like marshmallows—add a dash of fun … and plenty of dragons.'—Kirkus Reviews

The Girls of the Glimmer Factory by Jennifer Coburn

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829334 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829334] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls of the Glimmer Factory Author: Jennifer Coburn Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 28, 2025 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: From the author of Cradles of the Reich comes a poignant and inspiring tale of resistance, friendship, and the dangers of propaganda, based on the real story of Theresienstadt, for fans of The Forest of Vanishing Stars and The German Wife.   Hannah longs for the days when she used to be free, but now, she is a Jewish prisoner at Theresienstadt, a model ghetto where the Nazis plan to make a propaganda film to convince the world that the Jewish people are living well in the camps. But Hannah will do anything to show the world the truth. Along with other young resistance members, they vow to disrupt the filming and derail the increasingly frequent deportations to death camps in the east.   Hilde is a true believer in the Nazi cause, working in the Reich Ministry of Enlightenment and Propaganda. Though they're losing the war, Hilde hasn't lost faith. She can't stop the Allied bombings, but she can help the party create a documentary that will renew confidence in Hitler's plans for Jewish containment. When the filming of Hitler Gives a City to the Jews faces production problems due to resistance, Hilde finds herself in a position to finally make a name for herself. And when she recognizes Hannah, an old childhood friend, she knows she can use their friendship to get the film back on track.

The Granddaughter: A Novel by Bernhard Schlink

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773204 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773204] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Granddaughter: A Novel Author: Bernhard Schlink Narrator: Sarah Moule, Richard Burnip Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 7, 2025 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: “Compelling . . . unfailingly interesting, building suspense as readers wonder what will happen” —Booklist (starred review) “[A] powerful story of loss and the desire to move forward.” —Publishers Weekly From the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller’s attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter. It is only after the sudden death of his wife, Birgit, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east. His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them, Kaspar encounters Svenja, a woman whose eyes, hair, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired, slouching, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter? Their worlds could not be more different— an ideological gulf of mistrust yawns between them— but he is determined to accept her as his own. More than twenty-five years after The Reader, Bernhard Schlink once again offers a masterfully gripping novel that powerfully probes the past’s role in contemporary life, transporting us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to modern day Australia, and asking what unites or separates us. Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins

Sports and Aging: A Prescription for Longevity by Gerald R. Gems

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/820864 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/820864] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sports and Aging: A Prescription for Longevity Author: Gerald R. Gems Narrator: David Lee Huynh, Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 3, 2024 Genres: Medicine & Naturopathy Publisher's Summary: 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic Title In Sports and Aging a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of aging and their own athletic experiences. This collection of personal accounts includes a spectrum of contributors across genders, social classes, and racial, ethnic, national, religious, and educational backgrounds to determine whether there are any common characteristics that can promote long, happy, healthy, and meaningful lifespans. In this fresh look at the role of sports in the process of aging, contributors range from a ninety-six-year-old great-grandmother to a former Olympian. Many contributors have used education to better their lot in life or to find solace and meaning in the service of others. For all, sports or physical activity has enhanced their health and temperament and provided a sense of community.