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[Spanish] - Fever Fiebre (Spanish edition): Una novela sobre Mary Tifoidea by Mary Beth Keane

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347518 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347518] to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Fever Fiebre (Spanish edition): Una novela sobre Mary Tifoidea Author: Mary Beth Keane Narrator: Georgia Tancabel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: En vísperas del siglo XX, Mary Mallon emigró de Irlanda a los quince años para abrirse paso en Nueva York. Valiente, obstinada y soñando con ser cocinera, luchó por ascender desde el escalón más bajo de la escala de servicio doméstico. Astuta y emprendedora, se metió en la cocina y descubrió que poseía el talento de un verdadero chef. Buscada por la aristocracia de Nueva York, y con una independencia poco frecuente para una mujer de la época, parecía haber logrado la vida que pretendía cuando llegó a Castle Garden. Luego de eso, un «ingeniero médico» muy resuelto, notó que ella dejaba un rastro de enfermedad dondequiera que cocinara, y la identificó como una «portadora asintomática» de fiebre tifoidea. Con esta teoría aparentemente ridícula, hizo de Mallon una mujer perseguida. El Departamento de Salud la envió a North Brother Island, donde la mantuvieron aislada de 1907 a 1910, y luego fue liberada bajo la condición de que nunca más trabajara como cocinera. Sin embargo, para Mary, que estaba orgullosa de su posición social anterior y era una apasionada de la cocina, las alternativas eran detestables. Entonces desafió el edicto. La novela revive los comienzos del siglo XX en Nueva York: los barrios, los bares, el parque forjado en el alto Manhattan, el tráfico de botes, las mansiones, los talleres clandestinos y los rascacielos emergentes. Fiebre es un relato ambicioso de una vida olvidada. En la imaginación de Mary Beth Keane, Mary Mallon se convierte en una heroína cautivante, dramática, desconcertante, comprensiva, intransigente e inolvidable.

The Devil in Paradise: Captain Putnam in Hawaii by James L. Haley

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343634 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343634] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil in Paradise: Captain Putnam in Hawaii Series: #3 of A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure Author: James L. Haley Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Captain Bliven Putnam returns, venturing into the Pacific to fight pirates in Malaya and match wits with the royals in Hawaii, in this next installment of award-winner James L. Haley's gripping naval saga. Following the naval victories of the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War, the United States is finally expanding its navy to take a place of prominence in world affairs. Bliven Putnam, now Captain of the sloop of war Rappahannock, has come into his own as a leader and is ordered to the Pacific. But with this new tour of duty to last more than two years, his patient wife, Clarity, unwilling to accept such a brief time together, at last puts her foot down. If she can't keep Putnam with her, then she'll just have to go with him. As Putnam sets sail for his new home port in Honolulu, Clarity joins a new missionary effort from Boston to Hawaii. On their respective paths, the Putnams encounter a new breed of pirate and meet an unexpected force of nature: Kahumanu, the formidable queen of the Hawaiian Islands. Inspried by the real-life Olowalu Massacre and the famed Congregationalist missoin of 1819, this third outing will be unlike any adventure the Putnams have faced before.

Keeping Lucy: A Novel by T. Greenwood

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347806 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347806] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keeping Lucy: A Novel Author: T. Greenwood Narrator: Thérèse Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 6, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: PopSugar's 30 Must-Read Books of 2019 Good Housekeeping's 25 Best New Books for Summer 2019 Better Homes & Gardens 13 New Books We Can't Wait to Read This Summer The heartbreaking and uplifting story, inspired by incredible true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson's heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down Syndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure from his powerful family, her husband, Ab, sent Lucy away to Willowridge, a special school for the “feeble-minded.' Ab tried to convince Ginny it was for the best. That they should grieve for their daughter as though she were dead. That they should try to move on. But two years later, when Ginny's best friend, Marsha, shows her a series of articles exposing Willowridge as a hell-on-earth--its squalid hallways filled with neglected children--she knows she can't leave her daughter there. With Ginny's six-year-old son in tow, Ginny and Marsha drive to the school to see Lucy for themselves. What they find sets their course on a heart-racing journey across state lines—turning Ginny into a fugitive. For the first time, Ginny must test her own strength and face the world head-on as she fights Ab and his domineering father for the right to keep Lucy. Racing from Massachusetts to the beaches of Atlantic City, through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to a roadside mermaid show in Florida, Keeping Lucy is a searing portrait of just how far a mother’s love can take her. 'A heartfelt tale of true friendship, a mother’s unstoppable love, and the immeasurable fortitude of women.' - Booklist

Bethlehem: A Novel by Karen Kelly

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347819 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347819] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bethlehem: A Novel Author: Karen Kelly Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: 'Christina Delaine’s voice can be smooth as dark chocolate or sharp as a razor....Delaine’s performance highlights the family tensions as well as the love, caring and sacrifice that lead to trust and understanding.' -- AudioFile Magazine With the atmospheric storytelling of Kate Morton and Lisa Wingate, Karen Kelly weaves a shattering debut about two intertwined families and the secrets that they buried during the gilded, glory days of Bethlehem, PA. A young woman arrives at the grand ancestral home of her husband’s family, hoping to fortify her cracking marriage. But what she finds is not what she expected: tragedy haunts the hallways, whispering of heartache and a past she never knew existed. Inspired by the true titans of the steel-boom era, Bethlehem is a story of temptation and regret, a story of secrets and the cost of keeping them, a story of forgiveness. It is the story of two complex women—thrown together in the name of family—who, in coming to understand each other, come finally to understand themselves.

The Blue Period: A Novel by Luke Jerod Kummer

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347896 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347896] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Blue Period: A Novel Author: Luke Jerod Kummer Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 1, 2019 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: A riveting novel about the tragic romance that nearly destroyed a young Pablo Picasso—while granting him his first flight of creative genius. From rowdy Barcelona barrooms to the incandescent streets of turn-of-the-century Paris, Pablo Picasso experiences the sumptuous highs and seedy lows of bohemian life alongside his rebellious poet friend with a shadowy past, Carles Casagemas. Fleeing family misfortune and their parents’ expectations, the two young artists seek their creative outlet while chasing inspiration in drugs, decadence, and the liberated women of Montmartre—creatures far different from the veiled ones back home. The new life feels like bliss, and nothing can come between them…until a dark-haired, enigmatic muse enters the picture. The two artists’ passion for Germaine will lead to a devastating turn. Amid soul-searching and despair, however, Picasso discovers a color palette in which to render his demons and paint himself into lasting history. Bringing the exuberance of the era vividly to life, this richly imagined portrait of Picasso’s coming of age intertwines the love, death, lust, and friendships that inspired the immortal works of a defiant master.