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This is your Best Books of 2024 podcast.Discover your next great read with the "Best Books of 2024" podcast, updated daily to bring you the latest and greatest books hitting the shelves this year. Dive into insightful reviews, author interviews, and expert recommendations to stay ahead in your literary journey. Whether you're a bookworm or looking for a new favorite, tune in each day for the best in contemporary literature. Perfect for avid readers and those who love to explore new genres, "Best Books of 2024" is your daily guide to the year's must-read titles.For more info go to https://...

It was not long after Halloween when Stephen King received a telephone call from his editor. 'Why don't you do a book about the entire horror phenomenon as you see it? Books, movies, radio, TV, the whole thing.' The result is this unique combination of fantasy and autobiography, of classic...

A Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Economist 'This book reads like a spy novel' FINANICAL TIMES 'Entertaining and vivid' OBSERVER 'Reads like a thriller' THE SUN –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- The astonishing...

Classic books come to life with these full cast performances read with different voices, in a dramatised or radio play format. Listen to the full length version on AiReadToMe.com.

Join author and screenwriter Mark Stay with coach and entrepreneur Mark Desvaux, as they discover the secrets to writing a bestseller and challenge themselves and you to write, market and self-published a bestselling book in just one year. Each week, they are guided by and interview million-selling, chart-topping authors, publishers on the inside, editors, agents, social media specialists, and many more big names who play a part in the bestseller process. From the writing to marketing, plotting to publishing, learn the secrets to help you write your way to the top of the charts.

A sweeping and groundbreaking treasury of the most essential presidential writings, featuring a mix of the beloved and the little-known, from stirring speeches and shrewd remarks to behind-the-scenes drafts and unpublished autobiographies. From the early years of our nation’s history, when...

Have you ever left a great book unfinished? Instead, learn or review the key takeaways of bestselling nonfiction, personal development and business books in minutes, instead of hours or never. Get through your stack of unfinished books or meet your next great read. Learn on your terms with text, PDF, audiobook, animation, infographic and mind map summaries of business and personal development books. Learn more at https://www.getstoryshots.com/ Support us by becoming a premium subscriber and get access to exclusive content: https://storyshots.supercast.com/ COPYRIGHT NOTICE: The content ...

After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand occasionally lectured in order to bring her philosophy of Objectivism to a wider audience and apply it to current cultural and political issues. These taped lectures and the question-and-answer sessions that followed added not only an eloquent new dimension to Ayn Rand's ideas and beliefs, but a fresh and spontaneous insight into Ayn Rand herself.

"First thought, best thought." This was the phrase that poet Allen Ginsberg used to describe spontaneous and fearless writing, a way of telling the truth that arises from naked and authentic experience. For more than 30 years, groundbreaking teachers at Naropa University such as Ginsberg and his...

There are themes within Takmalah that listeners may find triggering including: intrusive thoughts, violence, domestic abuse and suicidal ideation. If any of the topics in this episode speak to you, you are not alone. We have partnered with SAD who host an online support group, every Thursday aptly named; Shits & giggles. Wherever you are on your journey, SAD offers a chance to connect, to be heard and supported by this incredible group of survivors. https://www.instagram.com/sadsobrevivendos/If you want to become an ally follow us, rate and review, and share so we can grow this community, ...

Tips, Truths & Lessons Learned, From Top Writers’ Unproduced Work.Novelists, screenwriters, authors, playwrights, journalists, writer-performers, columnists, poets…Every writer has a virtual bottom drawer where they keep the bits of writing they never finished, had rejected or can’t quite find a home for – the unfinished novel, the cut scene, the rejected script, sometimes even the childhood essay…In each episode of The Offcuts Drawer actors perform these pieces and the writer talks to host Laura Shavin about the story behind them, sharing the often surprising twists and turns of ...

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST The highly anticipated biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art. “One of the most beautiful biographies I've ever read." —Glennon...

Discover a captivating collection of twenty-four short stories penned by both renowned and lesser-known British authors. Curated and narrated by David Wales, this anthology showcases the diverse voices and imaginative narratives of the year 1922. Please note that a shortened version of section 21 was replaced with the full text on December 30, 2014.

The Best Man by Grace Livingston Hill is a Christian romance novel that follows Cyril Gordon, a young, upright lawyer who unexpectedly becomes entangled in a thrilling mystery on the day of his best friend’s wedding. When the groom vanishes under suspicious circumstances, Cyril steps in to uncover the truth. In the process, he meets and falls for a beautiful, strong-willed woman who plays a crucial role in the unfolding drama. Through danger, deception, and divine providence, the story highlights faith, integrity, and love. As Cyril navigates unexpected twists, he ultimately finds both ...

Incisive, funny, and deeply-researched insights into the life, writing, and legacy of Jane Austen, by the preeminent scholar Devoney Looser. "[Narrator] Marisa Calin's pleasant British accent is perfect for this exploration of Regency-era social codes and wild-hearted women." — AudioFile...

From the much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, a beautifully rendered, poignant collection of personal essays, chronicling immigrant and Iranian-American life in our contemporary moment. Novelist Porochista Khakpour's family moved to Los Angeles after fleeing the Iranian Revolution, giving up...

E. L. Doctorow is acclaimed internationally for such novels as Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, and The March. Here now are his rich, revelatory essays on the nature of imaginative thought. In Creationists, Doctorow considers creativity in its many forms, from the literary to the comic to the cosmic. As...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved literature, especially poetry. "Once you can express yourself," she wrote, "you can tell the world what you want from it...All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words". Now, Caroline Kennedy shares her mother's favorite poems...

Listen in as the Audible Editors discuss their favorite listens of 2023 in this special podcast episode. What does it take to make the Best of the Year list? Whose performances stood out the most? From Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life and The In-Between by Hadley Vlahos R.N. to Alison Bechdel’s DTWOF, and so many more, there was so much great audio to consider—and as always, the editors have a lot of thoughts to share.

A fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice and the limits of good intentions from the editor in chief of Catapult. In this stunning debut collection, award-winning voice actor and cultural critic Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of living in a world that has grown fluent...