Angela Iannone has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors. The most-rated is The Bootlegger's Nephew.
Scoundrels Prefer Love
Summary
Adventure is exciting, but love is infinitely more heart-stopping! Miss Calamity Calloway is the epitome of efficiency as long as she’s typing travel reports, but when she’s out in the world, the troubles start. Tripping over laces, bumping into people on the street, and tumbling into awkward situations is the order of her days, and unfortunately, her handsome neighbor is usually a witness. All she longs for is a bit of trouble-free adventure. Mr. Mason Lancaster is a retired American Navy man who has sailed all over the world, met countless dignitaries, and even taken on a stray pirate. A self-proclaimed scoundrel - women just complicate things, after all - he’s on the hunt for the man who swindled his parents. When his neighbor, the smart but clumsy Callie, decides to travel on her own, he joins the party...for her own good. The mishaps - or adventures, depending on who you ask - start before the two even board the ship. Callie’s penchant of falling into scrapes keeps them both busy, and an improper tryst further upsets the delicate friendship between them. But other dangers, lies, and deceptions also dog their steps, forcing Mason to decide where his priorities lie - protecting Callie or bagging his quarry. Perhaps a stroke of luck will correct their fate and prove life’s biggest adventure is worth its weight in trouble.
©2020 Sandra Sookoo (P)2020 Sandra Sookoo
From Cowgirl to Congress
Summary
From Cowgirl to Congress is an eyewitness account of Jessie Haver Butler, a suffragist on the front lines of the women’s movement. She was there, and you get to be a fly on the wall. Jessie escaped a childhood of unthinkable tragedies on a Colorado cattle ranch to attend Smith College, which propelled her into the center of the fight for the rights of women. Inspired by meeting Susan B. Anthony at age 10, she later worked side by side with Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt. When women won the right to vote on August 18, 1920, Jessie became the first official woman lobbyist at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Before that, she helped establish the Pulitzer School of Journalism and set the first minimum wage for women. She went on to live in London, where she shared the podium several times with George Bernard Shaw, attended parties with Emily Pankhurst, influenced the queen, and met her lifelong friend Lady Astor. Jessie later taught women the art of public speaking. She wrote Time to Speak Up and often lectured alongside such notables as Eleanor Roosevelt, Gloria Steinem, and Marlo Thomas. She spoke out for women’s rights throughout her life and well into her 90s. This timely memoir takes us back to the suffrage movement and beyond, and includes unpublished letters from historical figures, as well as never-before-seen photographs. Jessie Haver Butler was an extraordinary woman, who lived her life with a spirit of adventure and open-mindedness. She was a mother, wife, and active community member, and her story weaves these threads together to complete her compelling journey - from cowgirl to Congress.
©2020 Mila Johansen (P)2020 Mila Johansen
The Fall of Augustus
Summary
When Victor Fitzgerald is killed by a falling statue, Lisa Donahue becomes interim director of her Boston University museum. Suddenly, she’s juggling murder, artifact theft, and a complicated move into a new building. Then, the treacherous dean announces her replacement: a vicious woman from Lisa’s past.
©2009 Sarah Wisseman (P)2020 Sarah Wisseman
Lipsticks and Library Books
Summary
This is the story of Boots' libraries, situated within the chemist's shops, set within the context of life in Britain during the first half of the 20th century. It is a unique social history of working life at the time, especially the "paternalistic" employer, the approach to books and censorship and the reliance on circulating libraries by the expanding middle class. Former staff share memories of Class A subscribers lording it over humble category B subscribers who - albeit resentfully - knew their place. The subscribers were predominantly women - married, middle class, and middle aged. Elite class A customers paid a hefty subscription in return for personal attention and the pick of the new books. Class A and Class B customers were segregated, using different counters. The staff were mainly working class girls, recommended by their schools and encouraged to think of themselves as a cut above ordinary sales staff. It was rumored that working in Boots library enhanced a girl's chances of making a good marriage. Librarians in charge were always spinsters and often strict.
©2016, 2019 Jackie Winter (P)2020 Jackie Winter
The Bootlegger's Nephew
Summary
Doctor Earl "Illinois" Junker practices family medicine in the little town of Big Grove, Illinois, during Prohibition. Usually, Doc Junker deals with nothing more complicated than pregnancies and farm accidents, but lately, he's been seeing a lot of sickness due to homemade hooch. One night, the drunken victim of a gunshot wound arrives at his front door. The incident begins a chain of events that pulls Junker, his German wife, and his flapper daughter into conflict with a local gang of bootleggers. Who is the ringleader who is producing toxic brews that are poisoning the inhabitants of Big Grove?
©2012, 2019 Sarah Wisseman (P)2020 Sarah Wisseman