The Secret Lives of Booksellers & Librarians: True stories of the magic of reading by James Patterson

The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings: Tales of a Newspaper Woman by Elizabeth Garver Jordan

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697178 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697178] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings: Tales of a Newspaper Woman Author: Elizabeth Garver Jordan Narrator: Lori Harrison-Kahan, Brooke Kroeger, Jane Carr, Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 25, 2024 Genres: Language Instruction Publisher's Summary: The first and only comprehensive collection of writings by Elizabeth Garver Jordan, the groundbreaking journalist, suffragist, and editor whose fearless reporting on women preceded the #MeToo movement and popularized the true-crime genre A Penguin Classic The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings is the first to collect Garver Jordan’s fiction and journalism, much of which has been out of print for over a century. Jordan began her career as a reporter, making her name as one of few women journalists to cover the Lizzie Borden murder trial for the New York World in 1893. Jordan’s distinctive, narrative-driven coverage of the Borden and other high-profile murder cases brought her national visibility, and she turned increasingly to fiction writing. Drawing on her experiences as a true-crime reporter and newspaper editor, she published detective novels and short story collections such as Tales of the City Room that explored the fine line between women’s criminality and crimes against women. Employing popular genre conventions as a means of dealing with women’s issues, Jordan exposed gendered abuse in the workplace and the prevalence of sexual violence. The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings encourages readers to draw a historical trajectory from Jordan’s pioneering literary activism to the writings of contemporary journalists and novelists whose work continues to fuel discussions of gender, feminism, and crime, raising questions about who gets to tell women’s stories, especially in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives by Adam Smyth

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700268 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700268] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives Author: Adam Smyth Narrator: Adam Smyth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 18, 2024 Genres: Language Instruction Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions: printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders. This is a story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph, improvisation, and error. Some of these names we know. We meet jobbing printer (and American Founding Father) Benjamin Franklin. We watch Thomas Cobden-Sanderson conjure books that flicker between the early twentieth century and the fifteenth. Others have been forgotten. We don't remember Sarah Eaves, wife of John Baskerville, and her crucial contribution to the history of type. Nor Charles Edward Mudie, populariser of the circulating library – and the most influential figure in book publishing before Jeff Bezos. Nor William Wildgoose, who meticulously bound Shakespeare’s First Folio, and then disappeared from history. The Book-Makers puts people back into the story of the book. It takes you inside the print-shop as the deadline looms and the adrenaline flows – from 1492 Fleet Street to 2023 New York. It’s a story of contingencies and quirks, of successes and failures, of routes forward and paths not taken. The Book-Makers is a history of book-making that leaves ink on your fingers, and it shows why the printed book will continual to flourish. ©2024 Adam Smyth (P)2024 Penguin Audio

The Secret Lives of Booksellers & Librarians: True stories of the magic of reading by James Patterson

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698999 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/698999] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Lives of Booksellers & Librarians: True stories of the magic of reading Author: James Patterson Narrator: Amy Jensen, Jennifer Pickens, Jenn Lee, Deanna Anthony, Rob Reider, Marni Penning, Tom Force, Daniel Henning, Jane Oppenheimer, Nancy Peterson, Susan Hanfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 11, 2024 Genres: Language Instruction Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. To be a bookseller or librarian . . . You have to play detective. Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker. A brilliant listener. A person who creates a kind of magic by pulling a book from a shelf, handing it to someone and saying, 'You've got to read this. You're going to love it'. In this love letter to the heroes of literacy, James Patterson uncovers true stories from booksellers and librarians. Prepare to enter a world where you can feed your curiosities, discover new voices, and find whatever you need. Meet the smart and talented people who live between the shelves - and who can't wait to help you find your next great read. PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON ©2024 James Patterson (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words by Anne Curzan

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697218 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697218] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words Author: Anne Curzan Narrator: Anne Curzan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 26, 2024 Genres: Language Instruction Publisher's Summary: A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan   “I was bowled over, page after page, by the author’s fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn’t have enjoyed myself more.”—Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer’s English Our use of language naturally evolves and is a living, breathing thing that reflects who we are. Says Who? offers clear, nuanced guidance that goes beyond “right” and “wrong” to empower us to make informed language choices. Never snooty or scoldy (yes, that’s a “real” word!), this book explains where the grammar rules we learned in school actually come from and reveals the forces that drive dictionary editors to label certain words as slang or unacceptable. Linguist and veteran English professor Anne Curzan equips readers with the tools they need to adeptly manage (a split infinitive?! You betcha!) formal and informal writing and speaking. After all, we don’t want to be caught wearing our linguistic pajamas to a job interview any more than we want to show up for a backyard barbecue in a verbal tux, asking, “To whom shall I pass the ketchup?” Curzan helps us use our new knowledge about the developing nature of language and grammar rules to become caretakers of language rather than gatekeepers of it. Applying entertaining examples from literature, newspapers, television, and more, Curzan welcomes usage novices and encourages the language police to lower their pens, showing us how we can care about language precision, clarity, and inclusion all at the same time. With lively humor and humanity, Says Who? is a pragmatic and accessible key that reveals how our choices about language usage can be a powerful force for equity and personal expression. For proud grammar sticklers and self-conscious writers alike, Curzan makes nerding out about language fun. *This audiobook contains a downloadable PDF that includes important visuals, passages, and examples of sentence structures referred to in the book.

Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication by Arik Kershenbaum

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/693587 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/693587] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication Author: Arik Kershenbaum Narrator: John Hastings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 25, 2024 Genres: Language Instruction Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Why Animals Talk is an exhilarating journey through the untamed world of animal communication. Drawing on the author's extensive research and observations of animals in the wild, the book shatters conventional wisdom and invites you to experience communication through the eyes of animals themselves. From the majestic howls of wolves and the enchanting chatter of parrots to the melodic clicks of dolphins and the spirited grunts of chimpanzees, these diverse and seemingly bizarre expressions are far from mere noise. In fact, they hold secrets that we are just beginning to decipher. For example, wolves - just like humans - possess unique accents that distinguish their howls, and not only do dolphins give themselves names, but they also respond excitedly to recordings of the whistles of long-lost companions. Why Animals Talk unravels the mysteries of animal communication, and in doing so reveals profound insights into our own language and how it relates to the world around us. ©2024 Arik Kershenbaum (P)2024 Penguin Audio