Whether it was hanging out in the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene or driving through the heart of the South during the Civil Rights era or turning on the Beatles to marijuana--poet, tour manager, and promoter Victor Maymudes was there every step of the way with his charismatic and enigmatic friend Bob Dylan. Jacob Maymudes reads his late father's Beat-era, folk, rock-and-roll, and counterculture reminiscences--recorded in a frenzy in 2001 on 24 cassette tapes--with a youthful sense of wonder and discovery. Some of the most honest and touching passages are of Jacob recounting his own memories of being a teenaged boy spending a couple of 1990s summers playing video games on a tour bus with his father and his father's boss--a musician named Bob.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2014
Duration: 7 hrs, 30 mins
Publisher: Tantor Media
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
James Michener tells the real stories behind the man and his books. The recording is read with skill and consistency although the reader does little to enhance the robust, larger-than-life incidents related in the book. Due to the first-person narrative format, there is no opportunity for the narrator to change his voice. This makes some chapters monotonous as they go on and on in the typical Michener style. The listener may also become confused because the stories are not told chronologically. This is not a great choice for the audio format, but Michener fans may stick with it to the end.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 22 hrs
Publisher: Books on Tape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
In a quest for a sense of inner contentment and self-worth, Gloria Steinem brings the reader on a journey of investigation and discovery. Steinem reads the text herself in a straightforward and friendly, but not intimate, presentation which is so easy to listen to it invites repetition--thus ensuring the painless relearning of the lessons of the book. It's difficult to tell from the reading that this audiobook is abridged; each section can stand alone. Nonetheless, the listener wished the book were unabridged. Steinem left me wanting to learn more.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: Dove Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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