Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Two Author: Lisa Messenger, Sarah Megginson Narrator: Sarah Megginson, Lisa Messenger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 14, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Power of Two is a universal and timeless story of hope, possibility and living life outside the lines, co-written by media powerhouses and best friends Lisa Messenger and Sarah Megginson, and their uplifting, life-affirming surrogacy story.For the past year, the world has followed closely as Lisa and Sarah - co-authors, media powerhouses and best friends - candidly and generously shared the remarkable journey to starting Lisa's family. After eight years of 'trying' - involving 16 rounds of IVF, 480 injections and endless heartbreak - Lisa accepted that she needed to take up Sarah's incredible, selfless offer of surrogacy to support her dream of becoming a mother.When they decided, after a twelve year friendship to embark on creating a baby together, they started candidly sharing their story and the joys and lessons they were learning along the way. Audiences hung on their every post and word and the media came in throngs.In The Power of Two, Lisa and Sarah will delve further into their profound journey - one that transcends pain and heartache to shine a light on what becomes possible when we embrace vulnerability and the power of community. This story may start with a beautiful friendship and the birth of a much-wanted baby boy - but this book is about more than the journey to parenthood.While people are fascinated by the challenges of fertility, IVF, and surrogacy, it is the accompanying themes of friendship, vulnerability, tenacity, resilience, generosity, the power of community, staying open and never taking no for an answer, that are having a deep and profound impact.The Power of Two will be a beacon of hope for anyone who has faced adversity, loss, grief and heartache. It will be a celebration of the tenacity we all possess, the power of giving - and the power in receiving. The Power of Two is ultimately about how one single connection can cause a boundless ripple, a wellspring of potential for lasting change well beyond what was once thought conceivable.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust Author: Janet Singer Applefield Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: As a four-year-old in Nowy Targ, Poland, Gustawa Singer lived an idyllic life. Her parents doted on her, and she was always surrounded by loving relatives. Her father worked in the hardware store owned by her grandfather, and the family prospered. Then, in 1939, everything changed: Hitler's army invaded Poland, and Gustawa's carefree childhood days were gone forever. The Nazis killed 2,000 of the 2,200 Jews in her small hometown. Gustawa's mother was transported to the death camp at Belzec, her father was assigned to forced labor, and Gustawa became separated from everyone she had ever known. Amidst the Nazis' hatred and savagery, a stranger spotted Gustawa after her cousin abandoned her in Krakow. This woman took her in and loved her at terrible risk to her own family. For Gustawa's protection, her name had to be changed several times. She survived the seemingly endless ordeal of the Holocaust and was eventually reunited with her father. They emigrated to the United States where Janet grew up. Believing that the world must never forget the horrors unleashed by Hitler's regime, the woman who was now Janet Singer Applefield began a series of talks to students, telling them the moving story of all she had endured, teaching them the power of courage and resilience in the face of bigotry, and encouraging them to stand up to discrimination and injustice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taboo Author: Hannah Ferguson Narrator: Hannah Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Conversations we never had about sex, body image, work and relationships.A vulnerable exploration of modern womanhood that weaves deeply personal stories with opinions and advice on sex, friendship, family, career and beyond.This part-memoir, part feminist-manifesto meets women where they are and as they are. Hannah exposes and celebrates the messy, honest and insular parts of ourselves in a book designed to feel like a late-night conversation with your best friend – one that will make you laugh, cry and that you'll never want to end.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818307 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surviving Life as a Miracle Child Author: Brandon C. Gandy Narrator: Brian Wiggins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is a true story about Brandon C. Gandy, who overcame fifteen birth defects, twenty-eight surgeries, a medically induced coma, and cancer, and became the eighth person in the world to have a testicular and kidney transplant. During all of his near-death medical challenges, Brandon persisted; he would remain an athlete and he tackled many different sports. His brave, strong journey sheds light on real-life struggles of what a miracle child has to go through growing up and how he turned his preconceived weaknesses into his ultimate strengths with his endless faith.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818766 to listen full audiobooks. Title: OCT 7: The War Against Hamas Through the Eyes of an Israeli Commando Officer Author: Capt. Elkana (Kuno) Cohen Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: On the morning of October 7, 2023, Israelis awoke to a harrowing reality. Not only were hundreds of rockets being launched from Gaza into Israeli population centers, but the security border had also been breached by several thousand Hamas terrorists. Carnage, not seen since the Second World War, ensued. Elkana Cohen, Captain of an Elite Commando Unit was called, along with thousands of other reservists, to prepare for war. One that will have to ensure nothing less than Israel's survival. In notebooks he found on the ground in the streets of Gaza, Cohen began writing a diary. Every day, he candidly documented the sights of the war. From an honest, precise, and fluid first-person perspective, Cohen presents the feeling and story of the war from the eyes of the heroes who were there: the dust, the sweat, the brotherhood, the longing, and the awful smell of death and destruction. Cohen's writing poignantly describes his relationships with his fellow comrades, the mass arrests of terrorists, the homes of Hamas members, the story of the fallen soldiers, and the desperate hope to bring the hundreds of Israeli hostages home. OCT 7 is not only the story of one Israeli officer, but it is also the narrative of an entire nation. A nation that stepped up without a moment's hesitation to face an existential challenge with a sense of purpose and mission.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Until I Kill You: The shocking true story of the woman who survived living with serial axe murderer John Sweeney Author: Delia Balmer Narrator: Florence Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. When Delia Balmer entered into a relationship with the attentive John Sweeney, she had no idea he was a serial killer. At first he was caring but over the course of their relationship he became violent and controlling. On more than one occasion he held Delia hostage and tortured her. Chillingly, he also confessed to the murder of his previous girlfriend. After one serious assault, Sweeney was released on bail, and left her in the utmost fear knowing that he would return to finish her off. After a final frenzied attack leaving Delia on the brink of death, Sweeney went on the run. Astonishingly, it would take the police six years to capture and convict Sweeney of multiple murders. This is her compelling memoir. © Delia Balmer 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783577 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Madam Author: Antonia Murphy Narrator: Antonia Murphy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: *Now a major international TV series starring Rachel Griffiths and Martin Henderson* A poignant and darkly comedic memoir from a mother who opened an ethical escort agency in small town New Zealand – the only country in the world where sex work is fully legalised – and dared to make a difference.  I’m Antonia, a real-life madam. I’ve got a blended family of six kids; I spend my mornings packing lunchboxes and my evenings reading bedtime stories. And two days a week, I work as a pimp. Procurer, madam – whatever you want to call it. Personally, I think of myself as a union organiser. For vaginas. An ex-pat from San Francisco, Antonia Murphy is living on a farm in rural New Zealand with her husband and two kids, bored and isolated, when her husband leaves her. Suddenly, she has to figure out how to survive. Upon discovering the decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand, Antonia’s mind starts to wander, and she reaches out to the international sex worker community online to learn more about the business. This group of smart, anonymous, sassy women open Antonia’s eyes to the viability of sex work that safeguards women’s health and dignity, while providing a clean, shame-free establishment for male clients. Inspired, Antonia decides to open her own agency: The Bach. Over the next three years, she encounters more than she could have imagined: domestic abuse, assault, theft, drugs and a stream of silly, horrific and sometimes touching requests from her clients. She witnesses the ways so many women are trapped – by early pregnancy, lack of education and the constraints of their circumstances. More than anything, she sees fire in the women who choose sex work: they refuse to give up and be poor, even when the odds are stacked against them. In Madam, we follow Antonia through the turbulent years of her agency, as she toils to keep both her business and family afloat, and to keep the women of The Bach safe and thriving as they practice the world's oldest profession.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Uncommon Company: Dissidents and Diplomats, Enemies and Artists Author: William H. Luers Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In his revelatory memoir Uncommon Company, William Luers shares stories of his incredible career as a US diplomat to European and Latin American nations, where he introduced art and culture to forge common ground and community, improving the lives of citizens in many countries closed to Western ideas. From touring the Soviet Union with playwright Edward Albee in the 1960s to bringing such famous writers and artists as John Updike, Arthur Miller, William Styron, Peter Matthiessen, Francine du Plessix Gray, Richard Diebenkorn, and Frank Stella to Venezuela and Prague during his ambassadorships in Venezuela and Czechoslovakia, Bill Luers's practice of cultural diplomacy became known as his ability to wield 'soft power' that strengthened US relationships wherever he served. After more than thirty years with the State Department, Luers brought his art expertise to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art as its president, where he secured the Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by such masters as Van Gogh, Picasso, and Cézanne, among many other accomplishments. Uplifting and inspirational, William Luers's Uncommon Company is the true story of a life well lived, celebrating the challenges and triumphs found in the virtues of being a servant leader.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unruled Body: A Poet’s Memoir Author: Ani Gjika Narrator: Ani Gjika Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In a searching and powerful debut memoir, award-winning poet and literary translator Ani Gjika tells a different kind of origin story by writing about the ways a woman listens to her own body, intuition, and desire. Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time when everyone had a secret to keep and young women were afraid to walk down the street alone. When her family immigrates to America, Gjika finds herself far from the grandmother who helped raise her, grappling with a new language, and isolated from aging parents who are trying in their own ways to survive. When she meets a young man whose mind leans toward writing, as hers does, Ani falls in love—at least, she thinks it's love. Set across Albania, Thailand, India, and the US, An Unruled Body is a young woman's journey to selfhood through the lenses of language, sexuality, and identity, and how she learns to find freedom of expression on her own terms.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: (Un)Apologetically Me: Tales from a perfectly imperfect life Author: Bree Tomasel, Sophie Neville Narrator: Bree Tomasel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Known and loved by her many New Zealand and Australian fans as a down-to-earth broadcaster, radio host and social media sensation, Bree Tomasel is an irrepressible force of nature. But behind the banter and success, is a young woman who has battled anxiety and survived a harrowing attack on her as a young child. Now, for the first time, Bree writes about how that attack has shaped her, as well what it was like to grow up questioning her sexuality in conservative country Queensland, her struggles with anxiety and ADHD, and living in the public eye. Funny, candid, raw - this is Bree Tomasel as you've never seen her.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cop Who Fell to Earth Author: Craig Semple Narrator: Ric Herbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 1, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This raw and true account of the life of a tough cop has all the twists, turns and drama of a rattlingly good thriller.? Before eighteen-year-old Craig Semple joined the New South Wales Police Force in 1988, he was someone who generally preferred to steer clear of trouble. But – like so many young police officers – he gradually built resilience to fear through a process of selflessly, and often recklessly, turning towards danger. By the time he started locking horns with some of the most notorious members of Australia's outlaw motorcycle gangs, Craig believed himself to be bulletproof. After his brother, a rookie police officer, was near-fatally stabbed by a drug dealer on the streets of Sydney in 1998, Craig's life suddenly jumped the track, his fight against drug crime becoming an obsession that took him to the brink of personal, professional and marital destruction. Attempting to give his family and career a new start, he moved to the New South Wales north coast – and here Craig himself became the victim of a violent crime, at the hands of outlaw bikies. This attack was the catalyst for a ten-year battle between one regional detective and a group of brutal motorcycle gangs. Trained and shaped in a pre-Royal Commission era of alcohol abuse and maverick culture within the police force, Craig saw just about everything during a career spanning a quarter of a century: murder, drug addiction, suicide, fatal accidents, armed robbery, organised crime and much more. This dangerous and unforgiving environment would ultimately take its toll. After years of struggling with his deteriorating mental health, Craig retired with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. He had no idea that ahead of him was a journey that would challenge him on a level way beyond anything he had faced as a cop. A journey that would take him to the lowest point his life could possibly reach and, consequently, provide him with an opportunity to find a new meaning and purpose inspiring others as a mental health educator. In this raw and unflinchingly honest autobiography he gives a rare insight into the difficulties and dynamics of criminal investigation. Crime scenes described in vivid detail provide a front-row seat to the challenges of trauma, while gripping narratives of covert operations shine a light on the shadows cast by despair, greed and power at all levels of society.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons From Gin: Business the Four Pillars Way Author: Matt Jones Narrator: Matt Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 1, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: How a global industry icon was created right here in Australia — with insights, stories and recipes from a co-founder of Four Pillars Gin How did a small business from a regional Aussie town get voted the world's best gin producer THREE times? Four Pillars Gin, a craft distillery in Victoria's Yarra Valley, today is not only an Australian favourite but a global powerhouse. Co-founder Matt Jones shares the secrets behind building a brand that started as a small cult favourite and has become a world-leading success. Including stories, recipes and business lessons from a decade of gin-soaked archives, Lessons from Gin has the ingredients you need to grow your own business and brand. Matt tells his side of the extraordinary Four Pillars story, sharing what he and the team learned in a decade that changed the distilling industry in Australia. Taking you on his journey as a creative brand strategist during the rise of social media, he reveals how Four Pillars became a benchmark for excellence and a beloved household name. You'll discover how true innovators think creatively and strategically, with practical models for driving incredible growth in your own career and industry. In Lessons from Gin, you'll learn how to: Place creativity at the heart of your business Design a brand that tells a story Craft the kind of product excellence that wins fans and followers Create experiences that engage and build a community of loyal believers Develop a culture and lead a team of passionate people through a shared purpose and vision Build a sustainable business anchored in genuine values and bold ambition Lessons from Gin gives Four Pillars fans real insight into how their favourite gin conquered the world. It is a must-read for entrepreneurs, business owners, marketers, and leaders in any industry who want to craft a brand that people love to want.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brainstorm Author: Garry Maddox, Richard Scolyer Narrator: Tim Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 1, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The incredible story of 2024 Co-Australian of the Year, Richard Scolyer, as he uses his groundbreaking melanoma science to fight his own 'incurable' diagnosis with brain cancer. A dedicated doctor. A devastating diagnosis. A chance for a medical revolution. Skin cancer is this country's most common cancer, and melanoma the deadliest form of it. Richard Scolyer, together with his colleagues at Melanoma Institute Australia, has dedicated years to groundbreaking research and succeeded in transforming even the most advanced cases of melanoma into a largely curable disease. Then last year, at the peak of his life, Richard was devastated when he was diagnosed with an incurable brain cancer. As a world-leading clinician and cancer researcher, Richard was never going to accept the status quo – including a medical approach unchanged in nearly two decades and an expectation of little more than a year to live. He instead chose to undertake world-first experimental treatment for his brain cancer, based on melanoma science. His brave decision could shorten or save his life—the only certainty is that it will push the brain cancer field forward and ultimately help save the lives of others. This is his story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/798461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Pleurer au supermarché Author: Michelle Zauner Narrator: Aoife Hinds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 31, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Michelle Zauner vit à Philadelphie et jongle entre trois jobs alimentaires et un groupe de rock dont la carrière ne décolle pas quand elle apprend que sa mère est malade. Elle rentre alors dans l'Oregon pour l'accompagner dans son combat contre le cancer, et pour essayer de rattraper le temps perdu. Car Michelle a été une adolescente rebelle, ne se sentant jamais à la bonne place, et fuyant cette figure maternelle qui incarne l'exigence mais aussi la culture coréenne, si proche et si lointaine. Le souvenir des étés passés dans le pays natal de sa mère, et celui de la passion avec laquelle cette dernière cuisinait et mangeait, vont aider Michelle à surmonter son chagrin, à trouver un chemin vers l'apaisement. Michelle Zauner évoque avec une grande simplicité le deuil qu'elle a traversé, et toutes les complexités de l'amour entre une mère et sa fille. Elle consacre surtout des pages inoubliables au plaisir gastronomique pour nous rappeler que nous sommes aussi ce que nous mangeons. Un livre qui ne ressemble à aucun autre.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things: A Year of Salvage Author: Suzanne Joinson Narrator: Deirdra Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 31, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Suzanne Joinson grew up in a 1980s council estate in Crewe, where her parents were followers of The Divine Light Mission cult. This clash of class and counterculture destroyed her family, leaving a legacy of turmoil and poverty. Years later, she attempts to reclaim what she's lost and piece together the impact of a childhood infused with esoteric yoga practices, psychedelic encounters, and meditation techniques. She acquires replicas of beloved objects that had to be destroyed in regular purges in the hope of restoring family ties. The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things explores the realm of mother-daughter relationships and inherited trauma, in a moving, delicately-woven account of coming to terms with a complicated past.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Beloved Monster Author: Caleb Carr Narrator: James Lurie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 31, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An instant New York Times bestseller, this is an unforgettable story about a cat, love and loss from a highly acclaimed writer Caleb Carr has lived with cats ever since he was a young boy. He grew up in a turbulent household – where famous Beat poets, artists and addicts came and went – and his steadiest companions were pets. Since then he had many feline companions, with relationships that have outlasted most of his human ones. But only after building a three-story home in rural, upstate New York did he encounter someone extraordinary: Masha, a Siberian Forest cat who had been abandoned as a kitten and was languishing in a shelter. She had hissed and fought off all previous carers and potential adopters, but somehow, she chose him. For the seventeen years that followed, Caleb and Masha were inseparable. Masha ruled the house and the dangerous wilderness surrounding it. When she was hurt, only Caleb could help her. When he suffered long-standing physical ailments, Masha knew what to do. Caleb learned to decode much of Masha’s inner life but their bond went far beyond owner and pet. Inspiring, heart-breaking and life-affirming, this is a love story like no other. © Caleb Carr 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/826269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Dschungelkind Author: Sabine Kuegler Narrator: Elena Puszta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 31, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Was uns unvorstellbar erscheint - Sabine Kuegler hat es erlebt. Unter archaischen Bedingungen wuchs sie im Dschungel West-Papuas auf. Heute lebt sie in Deutschland. »Angst habe ich erst hier kennen gelernt«, sagt sie. Und sie weiß, dass sie zurückkehren wird.Sabine Kueglers Geschichte beginnt, als sie mit fünf Jahren als Tochter deutscher Sprachforscher und Missionare nach West Papua kommt. Mitten im Urwald lebt die Familie mit dem Fayu-Stamm, der für Kannibalismus und unvorstellbare Brutalität steht und dessen Menschen erst langsam lernen, zu lieben statt zu hassen, zu vergeben statt zu töten. Für die heranwachsende Sabine wird der Stamm jedoch zum Teil ihrer selbst, der Dschungel zur Liebe ihres Lebens: Sie ist keine Deutsche mehr, kein weißes Mädchen aus Europa, sie wird eine Eingeborene, die schwimmt und jagt, fühlt und handelt wie eine Fayu.Mit 17 Jahren wird Sabine auf ein Schweizer Internat geschickt, um ihren Schulabschluss zu machen - ein katastrophaler Einschnitt für sie. »Angst habe ich erst hier gelernt«, sagt sie. Und immer spürt sie Heimweh, eine Sehnsucht, die ständig in ihr brennt. Sie wird zurückkehren in den Dschungel, um für sich herauszufinden: Wo gehöre ich hin? Wer bin ich eigentlich, Fayu oder Europäerin?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/809056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adventures of a Country Vet: True stories from the horse's mouth Author: Rory Dean Narrator: Kenny Blyth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 30, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Funny and heartwarming stories from a Northland country vet In the rolling green hills of Kaipara, Scottish vet Rory Dean and his two fox terriers, Scrappy and Alfie, are on call day and night for whichever animal emergency awaits. In Adventures of a Country Vet, Rory shares stories of the livestock and pets he's cared for as a rural vet in New Zealand and southwest England. From calving in a blizzard to a dog wounded in a pig-hunt, a horse castration gone wrong and warming a baby alpaca in the footwell of his ute, life as a vet is all-go. It isn't all rosy: Rory's sworn at, called every name under the sun, even threatened to be shot; and, some days, bad news can make the toughest Kiwi bloke cry. Working with farmers who are at the mercy of extreme weather, Rory knows when to stop and listen over a strong cuppa. These are entertaining, heartwarming tales of animals in need and a picture of the communities who care for them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ordinary Angels Author: Sharon Stevens Evans Narrator: Lisa S. Ware, George W. Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: THE AMAZING TRUE STORY—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A true story full of drama, love, insurmountable odds, and miraculous triumph experienced by ordinary people who rose up to answer the call to help an innocent child, about one woman in particular who looked beyond her own limitations to say yes to the impossible. Sharon Stevens, twice divorced, barely making enough to support herself, would never claim to be an angel. Early in life, perilous situations were thrust upon her. As an adult, she gravitated toward adventure and spur-of-the-moment decisions that often put her on the precipice of disaster and kept her in the pathway of people who would take advantage of her. If your aim is to find fault with her, she would be an easy target, but look again. This diminutive hair stylist was not the person you would have chosen for such a monumental task with a life hanging in the balance—but God chose her, nonetheless. And where you or I would probably have done the very least we could do, Sharon said 'yes' to the impossible. She might never have stepped up and risked everything she had to help a complete stranger, but for the events that unfolded that unusually cool Kentucky August morning.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/811710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying for Peanuts: Tough Deals, Steep Bargains, and Revolution in the Skies Author: Frank Lorenzo Narrator: Asa Siegel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Frank Lorenzo is the epitome of the American dream. A first-generation American and entrepreneur, Lorenzo started an airline advisory business in his mid-twenties and ultimately rose to control the largest fleet of airplanes in the free world. Flying for Peanuts explains how the son of Spanish immigrants put himself through Columbia College by driving a Coca-Cola truck and then grew the fledgling advisory into ownership of Texas International Airlines. From there, Lorenzo became CEO of Continental Airlines, a large loss-making west coast airline at the time. This airline business memoir gives a play-by-play of the high-stakes negotiations that got Lorenzo there, including faceoffs with Carl Icahn and a chapter devoted to selling the Eastern Airlines Shuttle to Donald Trump, soon to become the doomed Trump Shuttle. It details Lorenzo's competition with upstarts like Southwest Airlines and the clashes with unions that led Fortune's to name him one of 'America's toughest bosses,' along with accolades from his employees. Flying for Peanuts is for anyone interested in the American airline industry and anyone wanting to apply a trailblazing executive's lessons for their own career success.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surviving Three Shermans: With the 3rd Armored Division into the Battle of the Bulge: What I Didn’t Tell Mother About My War Author: Walter Boston Stitt Jr. Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: In 1943, eighteen-year-old Walter Stitt enlisted in the US Army, ready to serve his country. From his time in basic training at Fort Polk in Louisiana, throughout his time as a tank gunner in the 33rd Armored Regiment, to his post-injury service in England, he wrote home to the family he had left at home. Unbeknown to him, his mother carefully numbered and saved the letters, treasuring them until her death. This book brings together the very different two versions of Walter's war: the version that a teenage soldier could reveal to his parents and younger siblings without scaring them or invoking the censor's pen, and the full and often terrifying details of serving as a tank loader and gunner in France, Belgium, and Germany, remembered so clearly eighty years later. Walter explains the forced omissions and partial truths his teenage self offered to comfort his family while he survived the destruction of three Sherman tanks, the death of three crew members, and two wounds. Coming from West Virginia, Walter's Appalachian roots and values are apparent through the memories he held dear as a soldier and the values he clung to while fighting in one of the darkest periods of human history. His memoir recounts his experiences of serving during World War II while honoring those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hardest Geezer: Mind over Miles Author: Russ Cook Narrator: Russ Cook Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 24, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Endurance, Determination and Grit: The first ever man to run the length of Africa shares his inspirational story 10,000 miles. 16 countries. 352 days. Hardest Geezer, Russ Cook, is the first person to ever run the entire length of Africa. From his starting point in Cape Agulhas, South Africa, through sandstorms in the Sahara Desert, rainforests, mountain ranges and long empty roads stretched out for miles in front of him, Russ ran the equivalent of 386 marathons before finally crossing the finish line in Tunisia 50 weeks later. Attempted kidnaps, being held at gunpoint in an armed robbery and the whole challenge left hanging in the balance when he was denied the right to cross Algeria, Russ never once contemplated giving up. When he crossed the finish line in Ras Angela, he did so with the eyes of the world on him. Africa may have been his most physical challenge yet but it certainly wasn’t his first. For years, Russ hid from the realities of life by drinking too much and losing himself in the world of online gambling and it wasn’t until he discovered running and sought out endurance challenges that life took a different turn. He soon learned that you don’t get to avoid the struggle, but you do get to choose it. Hardest Geezer: Mind over Miles, is an inspirational story full of sheer grit and incredible determination. ‘You get one chance at life. Go and have a stab at it.’ © Russ Cook 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/793075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vanessa Bares All: Frank, Funny and Fearless Author: Vanessa Feltz Narrator: Vanessa Feltz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 24, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. She vowed she'd never do it. She lied. Vanessa Feltz has done the unthinkable and written a joltingly honest autobiography. You think you already know all there is to know about Vanessa? You don't know the half of it. Brace yourself for the achingly funny, deeply moving untold story: the behind the scenes lowdown on the parents who planned her wedding before she could walk, how she became the nation's second-most-famous fat person, life as the British Oprah, feuding with Madonna and Miss Piggy aboard the Big Breakfast bed, an excruciatingly public divorce, gruesome gastric band surgery, a sixteen-year skirmish with an ageing boybander and finding herself shockingly single at sixty-one. She's spent thirty-five years in the public eye: 'Vanessa's Friends Say She's Drinking Custard!' Vanessa seizes her chance to set the record straight in this warm, witty, intensely human story. She spares no one's blushes, including her own. How could someone so clever make such cataclysmic mistakes? Vanessa's often wrong, but always relatable. She puts the 'Oh my goodness, I can never unread that paragraph!' into celebrity autobiography. 'If you read one autobiography, make it Vanessa's!' - Alison Hammond 'Raw, honest, inspiring' - Piers Morgan © Vanessa Feltz 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/793031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dogs and Their Humans: Stories of Healing and Hope from the Supervet's Surgery Author: Noel Fitzpatrick Narrator: Noel Fitzpatrick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 24, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: CHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST NATURE WRITING BOOKS OF 2024 'A beautiful book' Greg James There’s no love quite like that between a dog and their human.   When people come to see Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick at his referral hospital, they are in desperate need of his help. No matter who they are – a serving member of the military, a young boy whose dog is his best friend, a couple at a crossroads – they all have one thing in common: hope that Noel may be able to heal their animal companion.   In his thirty years as a vet, Noel has seen people from all walks of life come through his doors. And through stories of his cases, he shares his unique perspective on our often hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking relationship with dogs. Filled with warmth, love and characters from Thor the Pyrenean Mountain Dog to Bertie the Pomeranian, with every shape and size in between, this is a celebration of our connection with man’s best friend.   Dogs make us the best humans we can be.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Went Another Way: A Hollywood Memoir Author: Bruce Eric Kaplan Narrator: Bruce Eric Kaplan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. A darkly comic memoir about being a working creative person in a world that is growing ever more dysfunctional, by acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and television writer Bruce Eric Kaplan In January 2022, Bruce Eric Kaplan found himself confused and upset by the state of the world and the state of his life as a television writer in Los Angeles. He started a journal to keep from going mad, which eventually became They Went Another Way. The book’s through line traces his attempt to get a television project set up in the increasingly Byzantine world of Hollywood. But as he details the project’s ups and downs, Kaplan finds himself ruminating not only on show business but also on today’s political and social issues, on old movies and TV shows and music, on his family, on his friends, on his past, on his failing heating system, and on all the dead birds that keep showing up in his backyard. This hilarious and surprisingly moving book is about life—about art, about love, about alienation, about connection, about ugliness and beauty, about disappointment, wonder, and hope. In short, it is about everything. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/834687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ashes to Ink: A Memoir Author: Lisa Lucca Narrator: Lisa Lucca Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Acceptance struggles to emerge from a cocoon of family secrets . . . After her parents' divorce in 1974, Lisa Lucca's idyllic Midwestern childhood is shattered when she learns her father is gay. Sworn to secrecy, she begins carrying the emotions of her family like a cracked bucket, making a mess as she embarks on a life of rebellious choices. Decades later, faced with the aftermath of her father’s death, Lisa revisits the complicated relationship she had with him, delving deeper into the stories she’s held about love, sexuality, and the family she comes from with a shimmering clarity that arises from her grief. A story of heartache and the power of forgiveness, Ashes to Ink shines a light on the challenges of living true to who we are. “Lisa Lucca weaves the past and present into a vividly written and important story with many layers: family secrets, fathers and daughters, love and sexuality, and at the core, forgiveness. What touched me most was the call to action to become the love of your own life. Read, learn, and become!”—Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dinner for Vampires Author: Bethany Joy Lenz Narrator: Bethany Joy Lenz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free. In the early 2000s, after years of hard work and determination to breakthrough as an actor, Bethany Joy Lenz was finally cast as one of the leads on the hit drama One Tree Hill. Her career was about to take off, but her personal life was slowly beginning to unravel. What none of the show’s millions of fans knew, hidden even from her costars, was her secret double life in a cult. An only child who often had to fend for herself and always wanted a place to belong, Lenz found the safe haven she’d been searching for in a Bible study group with other Hollywood creatives. However, the group soon morphed into something more sinister—a slowly woven web of manipulation, abuse, and fear under the guise of a church covenant called The Big House Family. Piece by piece, Lenz began to give away her autonomy, ultimately relocating to the Family’s Pacific Northwest compound, overseen by a domineering minister who would convince Lenz to marry one of his sons and steadily drained millions of her TV income without her knowledge. Family “minders” assigned to her on set, “Maoist struggle session”–inspired meetings in the basement of a filthy house, and regular counseling with “Leadership” were just part of the tactics used to keep her loyal. Only when she became a mother did Lenz find the courage to leave and spare her child from a similar fate. After nearly a decade (and with the unlikely help of a One Tree Hill superfan), she finally managed to escape the family’s grip and begin to heal from the deep trauma that forever altered her relationship with God and her understanding of faith. Written with powerful honesty and dark humor, Dinner for Vampires is an inspiring story about the importance of identity and understanding what you believe.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/794560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unleashed Author: Boris Johnson Narrator: Boris Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Shattering the mold of the traditional political memoir, Unleashed is a candid, unrestrained, and revealing book by Boris Johnson, the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.  In Unleashed, Johnson takes readers through all the big decisions during his time in power and why he took them. The challenges and crises, how they were resolved—or not—and how he nearly died from Covid; riots; crime; the London Olympics, and so much more. Johnson writes about his role in Brexit and the constitutional sea-change in British politics in 2019 with his landslide election victory. Underlying everything in the book is Johnson's belief that the UK is an extraordinary country and should have an exceptional future. Unleashed stands out as a rare glimpse into the inner workings of leadership at the highest levels of power.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/827312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memory Boxes: Illuminating a Path to Happiness Author: Yvonne Tomlinson Narrator: Yvonne Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 21, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Open up this memory box to reveal one woman's memoir of forced adoption, loss and self-loathing. Locked away for years, these memories have now found their voice as Yvonne Tomlinson bravely shares Memory Boxes with the world. Through raw honesty and unwavering courage, Yvonne invites readers to explore the contents of her memory boxes, revealing the resilience and strength that have carried her through the darkest of times. Join Yvonne on her healing journey as she explores the power of forgiveness and the unbreakable human spirit.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/819836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Von keiner Macht gezwungen - Lebensbild P. Alois Grimm (Ungekürzt) Author: Albrecht J. Schmitt Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 21, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: P. Alois Grimm SJ war Lehrer und Erzieher an der Stella Matutina in Feldkirch/Vorarlberg und am Kolleg St. Blasien im Schwarzwald. Im Unterricht und in seinen Predigten verteidigte er das chistliche Weltbild gegen die völkische Ideologie des Nationalsozialismus und geriet so bald in Konflikt mit der Geheimen Staatspolizei. Da diese keine Handhabe gegen ihn hatte, setzte sie einen Spitzel auf ihn an, der unter dem Vorwand, zum Katholizismus konvertieren zu wollen, ihn aushorchte und in Gespräche über die politische Lage verwickelte. Schließlich hatte die Gestapo genug Material für eine Anklage beim Volksgerichtshof. Unter dem Vorsitz von Roland Freisler wurde P. Grimm zum Tode verurteilt und am 11. September 1944 mit dem Fallbeil hingerichtet. Nach dem Zusammenbruch des Nationalsozialismus, dem Fall der Berliner Mauer und dem Ende des Sowjetimperiums wollte man glauben, die bösen Geister seien gebannt. Aber der Totalitarismus lebt allenthalben wieder auf. Mehr denn je brauchen wir Menschen, die Widerstand leisten gegen die Verführer und Lügner unserer Zeit. Pater Alois Grimm kann hier ein Vorbild sein für Unerschrockenheit, Verteidigung der Wahrheit und Treue zur eigenen Gewissensüberzeugung.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/799330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Beautiful Game Author: Bengt Berg, Sven-Göran Eriksson Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Life is a beautiful game – but how should you play it? For Sven-Göran Eriksson, one of the world’s most revered and respected football managers, the game has come to an end. He leaves us with his parting reflections, looking back on what he has achieved, experienced and learned over a lifetime in service to the beautiful game. It is a journey that has taken him from a small club in his native Sweden, across every continent, to competing on the world’s stage. Before his death, he was able to impart the lessons he’s learned along the way – about life, leadership and love – and to speak candidly about his extraordinary successes, as well as overcoming his failures. On the field, he led some of the finest sportsmen on earth to great victories and heartbreaking defeats, and in the process left his indelible mark on the game. This is a story of lives touched and connections made in the dogged pursuit of excellence. But for Sven the true journey he wanted to share is the one he made on the inside – the man that he became. Because A Beautiful Game is far more than the tale of a successful football manager. It is the story of the biggest game of all – what makes a good life. A story that endures, long after the final whistle. © Bengt Berg and Sven-Goran Eriksson 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/827311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Being a Surgeon and Being a Surgeon's Wife Author: Peter Sykes, Jane Sykes Narrator: Robert Sebastian Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An easy to read, honest and personal account of the life of a surgeon and the effect that it has on his wife and family. The reader is taken behind the scenes as fascinating patient stories are used to illustrate what the job entails and the pressures and emotions that result; the child with life-threatening injuries or the patient needing end of life care. Incidents of medical malpractice, sexism and other problems encountered within the NHS are also related, again exemplified by authentic clinical stories.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This is the F#$%ing News Author: Paddy Gower Narrator: Paddy Gower Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Paddy Gower has spent decades telling New Zealanders' stories. Now, he's telling his. Paddy Gower has never been afraid to stand up for what he believes in. From his teenage and university years where he learnt to defend himself from cruel bullying about his looks, to the pressure-cooker years he spent in the Press Gallery holding politicians to account, to advocating for the families of the Christchurch terrorist attacks and for sufferers of cystic fibrosis, he has scrapped and fought for the truth and justice for others. This unrelenting drive has come at a cost - culminating in a serious alcohol addiction, anger issues at times, and bouts of anxiety and depression. Ironically, it was through his own work - a documentary about the outsized role that alcohol plays in many Kiwis' lives - that Paddy's wake-up moment came. It led him to quit the booze for good, a decision he has never regretted despite the knockbacks that kept coming, including the shock of the decision to close down the entire Newshub news division. Funny, brutally honest and packed with amazing yarns and incredible stories from a huge and varied career, this is Paddy Gower, unleashed.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Steinpilz für die Ewigkeit. Mein Abschied vom Vater (Gekürzt) Author: Hannes Ringlstetter Narrator: Hannes Ringlstetter Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Als die Nachricht kommt, die Hannes Ringlstetter seit Jahren befürchtet, weiß er, was zu tun ist: Einen Steinpilz will er suchen und seinem Vater auf die 'letzte Reise' mitgeben. Sehr berührend und nachdenklich setzt Ringlstetter sich mit dem Vater auseinander, sucht einen Umgang mit der Endlichkeit. Er zeichnet ein vielschichtiges Bild des 'humanistisch christlichen Welterklärers', der doch auch eine dunkle Seite hatte. Ausgesöhnt hat er sich längst mit ihm. Ringlstetter schreibt über den letzten Willen und letzte Worte, über Krankheit, Sterben, Abschied und was es mit einem macht, wenn der einst so wortgewaltige 'alte Herr' sich kaum mehr artikulieren kann. Ein Buch voller Wärme und Zuneigung und ein Anstoß zum Miteinander.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Time I Wore a Dress Author: Dylan Scholinski Narrator: Dylan Scholinski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: UPDATED WITH A NEW EPILOGUE At fifteen years old, Daphne Scholinski was committed to a mental institution and awarded the dubious diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder. For three years and more than a million dollars of insurance, the problem was “treated”—with makeup lessons and instructions in how to walk like a girl.   With a new epilogue by Scholinski, whose name is now Dylan and who identifies as nonbinary, this revised paperback edition of The Last Time I Wore a Dress looks back at those experiences and their life since. It chronicles the journey of coming into oneself and gaining a nuanced, freeing understanding of being born transgender. This memoir tells Dylan Scholinski’s remarkable story in an honest, unforgettable voice that’s both heartbreaking and hopeful. * This audiobook edition includes a donwloadable PDF with the Appendix, Resource List, and images from the book.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818464 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magical Thinking: True Stories Author: Augusten Burroughs Narrator: Augusten Burroughs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Comedy Publisher's Summary: This book was written in an era before trigger warnings. Sensitive readers please proceed with caution. —Love, Augusten. From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry—a contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking, twisted, and absolutely magical collection. True stories that give voice to the thoughts we all have but dare not mention. It begins with a Tang Instant Breakfast Drink television commercial when Augusten was seven. Then there is the contest of wills with the deranged cleaning lady. The execution of a rodent carried out with military precision and utter horror. Telemarketing revenge. Dating an undertaker. And much more. A collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal, yet unabashedly intimate and very funny. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love is Greater Than AIDS: A Memoir of Survival, Healing and Hope Author: Rev. Steve Pieters Narrator: Roman Howell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Love is Greater than AIDS: A Memoir of Survival, Healing, and Hope is Rev. A. Stephen Pieter's inspiring story of surviving AIDS and the notorious Suramin antiviral drug trial to lead a life of ministry, celebrity, LGBTQ+ and AIDS activism, and hope.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Holding Things & Still Life with Remorse Author: Maira Kalman Narrator: Maira Kalman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 18 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and My Favorite Things comes a collection of moving meditations on the beauty and complexity of women’s lives and roles, revealed in the things they hold, and on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory. Women Holding Things includes thoughtful and intimate anecdotes, recollections, and ruminations about portraits of women, both ordinary and famous. These women hold a range of objects, from the mundane—balloons, a cup, a whisk, a chicken, a hat—to the abstract—dreams and disappointments, sorrow and regret, joy and love. Kalman considers the many things that fit physically and metaphorically between women’s hands: We see a woman hold a book, hold shears, hold children, hold a grudge, hold up, hold her own. In telling their stories, Kalman lays bare the essence of women’s lives—their tenacity, courage, vulnerability, hope, and pain. Ultimately, she reveals that many of the things we hold dear—as well as those that burden or haunt us—remain constant and connect us from generation to generation. Maira Kalman’s most autobiographical and intimate work to date, Still Life with Remorse is a beautiful collection of deeply personal stories. Tracing her family’s story from her grandfather’s birth in Belarus and emigration to Tel Aviv—where she was born—Maira considers her unique family history, illuminating the complex relationship between recollection, regret, happiness, and heritage. In addition to vignettes exploring her Israeli and Jewish roots, Kalman includes short stories about other great artists, writers, and composers. Through these narratives, Kalman uses her signature wit and tenderness to reveal how family history plays an influential role in all of our work, lives, and perspectives. A feat of storytelling and vulnerability, Still Life with Remorse explores the profound hidden in the quotidian, and illuminates the powerful universal truths in our most personal family stories.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Penny: The Story of a Free-Soul Basset Hound Author: Hal Borland Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Some dogs, like some people, just can't abide a quiet life,' writes the author of the national bestseller, The Dog Who Came to Stay, in this warm and touching memoir. Penny the basset shows up at the Borlands' Connecticut farmhouse on a cold, snowy day—head held high, tail wagging, as if she were a long-awaited guest. Hal and Barbara Borland were no strangers to strays. Pat, the rabbit hound thousands of people came to know in The Dog Who Came to Stay, had also appeared one winter, staying to become the family's dear companion. Now, Pat is gone, and Hal and Barbara are bereft without canine company. They fall in love with Penny—and she seems to fit right in. Penny is a delightful dog—short-legged, flop-eared, full of fun and curiosity. And she loves people, so much so that she leaves the Borlands to go visiting elsewhere, often settling in with a different family for days on end. Indeed, Hal and Barbara admire her for her spirit of individuality and independence. Though she never truly belonged to them, the Borlands agreed that Penny was a dog well worth loving—and so will listeners.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/828983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Seelenfänger von Capri: Von Menschen und Tieren Author: Klaus Witt Dr. Narrator: Karolin Pape Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 14, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Tiere sind für ihn Brüder und Schwestern. Die Liebe zu ihnen, zu den Pflanzen und zu allem, was lebt, schließt immer Menschenliebe mit ein. Schon als Jugendlicher findet er in den Büchern von Axel Munthe seine Gedanken und Gefühle wieder. So entsteht die Sehnsucht nach Capri. Seine Approbation zum Tierarzt und das Todesurteil Krebs für seine Mutter treffen ihn fast zur gleichen Stunde und so ist es augenblicklich sein innigster Wunsch, der Mutter noch seine Lieblingsinsel zu zeigen. Kaum auf Capri angekommen, lernen sie den charismatischen 'Dottore', den Tierarzt der Insel kennen. Ein Seelenfänger. Das blaue Meer, die mediterrane Lebensart, fröhliche Feste, Freundschaft, Liebe, Eros - aber auch Krankheit, Abschied und Tod. Ein zutiefst anrührendes Buch über Menschen und Tiere.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfiltered: My Incredible Decade in Formula 1 Author: Guenther Steiner Narrator: Guenther Steiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Fasten your seatbelts as Formula 1's favourite underdog, Guenther Steiner, takes you on a wild ride through his ten years at Team Haas. From the first seeds of his idea to establish a new F1 team to the challenges of funding and building that team from the ground up, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of Team Haas, immerses readers in the high and lows of its first decade on the grid, and opens up about his departure from the team at the end of 2023. As Guenther recalls his proudest achievements and the many, many disasters he has faced, he takes readers behind the scenes, into the pit lanes and garages, and out on to the circuits of the world's greatest race tracks. We spend time with drivers, mechanics, executives, sponsors, commentators and fans, and take in many personal moments too, all the while grappling with the big challenges and small details that keep the wheels of a Formula 1 team turning. Told in his inimitable style, packed with hugely entertaining stories, outspoken opinions and unvarnished truths, this is Guenther at his very best – insightful, opinionated and completely unfiltered. © Guenther Steiner 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/797245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You Author: Miranda Hart Narrator: Miranda Hart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book: I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You. I know – what an intriguing title! Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade – there have been surprising joys but also deep revelations and challenging lows. I shall be honest about those, because what I discovered in the difficult times were my, what I call, treasures. Treasures – practical tools, values, ways, answers researched from some great scientists, neuroscientists, therapists, sociologists (all the ‘ists’) out there – that have genuinely led to a sense of freedom, joy, peace and physical recovery I never would have thought possible. Life now, amazingly, with what I will share is – SUCH FUN! (Always important to quote your own catch phrases…) If you fancy having a read, then I hope my story might help your story. After all, we are in this beautiful, mysterious, challenging life together. Rest assured there are funny stories along the way – we will have a laugh too, my dear reader chum. Oh, and I couldn’t possibly say if there is a love story in it . . . (There is – shush.) Exciting! © Miranda Hart 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/822583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - So viel mehr - Meine Geschichte (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Max Mutzke, Kira Brückner Narrator: Max Mutzke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 9, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: So viel mehr als der ESC: Max Mutzke über Momente, die ihn geprägt haben Aufgewachsen in einem unkonventionellen, künstlerisch geprägten Haushalt, hat Max Mutzke schon früh viel fürs Leben gelernt. Als 'Bullerbü-Idyll' beschreibt er seine Kindheit und Jugend im Schwarzwald. Doch Max und seine fünf Geschwister blieben von Schicksalsschlägen nicht verschont. Die Flucht nach vorne, in die Selbstbestimmung und in die Kreativität, führte ihn 2004 ins Showbusiness. Dort stellt er bis heute, zwanzig Jahre später, eine absolute Ausnahme dar: charismatisch und sich selbst zu hundert Prozent treu geblieben. In seiner Autobiografie teilt Max Mutzke Geschichten aus seinem Leben und schreibt sehr persönlich über Themen wie Erziehung und Elternschaft, Werte, ADHS und den Umgang mit sozialen Medien. Ein zutiefst bewegendes und humorvolles Buch, das immer wieder zu der Einsicht kommt, dass wir alle wie kleine Lichter durch die Welt laufen müssen, um sie zu erhellen. Und das schaffen wir nur, indem wir authentisch bleiben - und somit wir selbst.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/785619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir Author: William Friedkin Narrator: William Friedkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 9, 2024 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: ''[This book] captures the gut-wrenching shifts of a filmmaker’s life—the bizarre whipsaw from success to disaster.” —Variety An acclaimed memoir from William Friedkin, a maverick of American cinema and Academy Award–winning director of such legendary films as The French Connection, The Exorcist, and To Live and Die in LA. The Friedkin Connection takes readers from the streets of Chicago to the suites of Hollywood and from the sixties to today, with autobiographical storytelling as fast-paced and intense as any of the auteur's films. In this book, William Friedkin, offers a candid look at a thrilling era of Hollywood cinema, when traditional storytelling gave way to the rebellious and alternative; when filmmakers like him captured the paranoia and fear of a nation undergoing a cultural nervous breakdown.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/824491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Power in Chaos: Overcoming Adversity with Courage and Hope Author: Nick Darland Narrator: Phil Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 9, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “You’ll be dead or in prison by the time you’re eighteen.” Born into a family of addicts and abusers, Nick Darland knows what it’s like to be stuck inside chaos. Physical and psychological trauma fill his childhood. He self-medicates with alcohol and adrenaline. No one—including him—thinks he will amount to anything. For years he is homeless, penniless, and often hopeless. Then, one memorable winter night, Nick the victim dies. Nick who holds his own power is born. Power in Chaos is the unlikely story of a boy who comes from nothing to become a self-made man—and the bright lights in his dark world that make it possible. Darland’s story is one of navigating life’s challenges with courage, perseverance, and grace. From overcoming obstacles to embracing change, Power in Chaos illustrates what can happen when you harness the chaos of life and emerge stronger, wiser, and more empowered than ever before.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/824550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Order of Things: A Memoir About Chasing Joy Author: Sarah Gormley Narrator: Nancy Benincasa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 9, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Sometimes nothing is more unexpected than joy. What happens when a marketing executive leaves San Francisco to care for her dying mother on their family farm in Ohio? A Hallmark heroine would fall in love with her high school sweetheart during a snowstorm—but this is no Hallmark movie. Sarah Gormley spent most of her life trying to outrun the persistent self-loathing that plagued her from childhood, convinced that self-worth was something she had to earn by doing rather than being. When she returned to Salt Creek Farm at age forty-five, Gormley had no idea that detaching from the success she believed defined her, untangling the complicated relationship with her mother, and continuing the hard work of therapy would lead to a wildly transformed life. Told with exceptional candor and humor, The Order of Things is a story about how one woman learned to let go of the patterns of her past to create a future she never imagined.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There Was Night and There Was Morning: A Memoir of Trauma and Redemption Author: Sara Sherbill Narrator: Sara Sherbill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A searing memoir about growing up in a fiercely loving, abusive rabbinical family in which the author's father, the charismatic head of a splinter Orthodox religious community, demands unswerving loyalty—and a commitment to guarding terrible secrets. Sara Sherbill was raised by a father who was both a representative of God and a broken man harboring an intricate set of secrets. Her riveting story explores what happens when a daughter is tasked with keeping those secrets, and the cost of keeping them. It asks: How do we live with suffering? What does it mean to heal? In the face of unspeakable harm, what can be reclaimed? Sherbill's tale, written with grace and brutal honesty, reveals her struggle to reclaim her identity as a daughter, woman, and now mother. Most of all, it's a story about learning to live alongside our traumas without letting them consume us—what some might call redemption.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It's a Lie: A Memoir in Essays Author: Steve Wasserman Narrator: Steve Wasserman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating journey through the world of books, featuring personal reflections on Susan Sontag, Huey Newton, Barbra Streisand, W. G. Sebald, and Christopher Hitchens. Born on the West Coast, the son of Bronx-born parents, Steve Wasserman is a generalist and public intellectual but is perhaps less well known as a cultural essayist and social critic of the first rank. In thirty splendid essays, originally published in such diverse publications as The New Republic and The Nation, The American Conservative and The Progressive, The Village Voice and The Economist, Wasserman delivers a riveting account of the awakening of an empathetic sensibility and a lively mind. Taken together, they reveal the depth and breadth of his enthusiasms and range over politics, literature, and the tumults of a world in upheaval. These essays include the remarkable tale of a bookstore owner who wouldn't let him buy the books he wanted, to his brave against-the-grain take on the Black Panthers, to his shrewd assessment of the fast-changing world of publishing. Here is, as Joyce Carol Oates notes, 'arguably the very best concise history of Cuba and the legendary Fidel Castro; beautifully composed eulogies for two close friends, Susan Sontag and Christopher Hitchens; sharply perceptive commentary on Daniel Ellsberg; a thrillingly candid interview with W. G. Sebald.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/822018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Himalayan Khalifa: When Mind Aligns with Mountains Author: Adhitya Bhogra Narrator: Sandeep Rao Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: October 5, 2024 Genres: Travel Tips Publisher's Summary: True Story of passionate person who trekker various mountains across Globe and got message of humanity, love and kindness.His Learnings from Trek to Everest Base Camp.Checklist of Preparations: Physical and Mental for this Lifetime Experience

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Um Leben und Tod - Ein Hirnchirurg erzählt vom Heilen, Hoffen und Scheitern (Ungekürzt) Author: Henry Marsh Narrator: Dominic Kolb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 5, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Der New York Times- und SPIEGEL-Bestseller. Wie arbeitet ein Hirnchirurg? Wie fühlt es sich an, in das Organ zu schneiden, mit dem Menschen denken und träumen? Wie geht man damit um, wenn das Leben eines Patienten von der eigenen Heilkunst abhängt? Und wie, wenn man scheitert? Mehr noch als in anderen Bereichen der Medizin ist es in der Hirnchirurgie so gut wie unmöglich, nie einem Patienten zu schaden, denn Operationen am Innersten des Menschen sind immer mit unkalkulierbaren Risiken verbunden. Man kann die Arbeit von Hirnchirurgen mit dem 'Entschärfen einer Bombe' vergleichen. Henry Marsh, einer der besten Neurochirurgen Großbritanniens, erzählt beeindruckend offen, selbstkritisch und humorvoll von den Ausnahmesituationen, die seinen Arbeitsalltag ausmachen. Die Geschichten in diesem Hörbuch handeln: • Vom Heilen und Helfen; • Vom Hoffen und Scheitern; • Von fatalen Fehlern und von der Schwierigkeit, die richtige Entscheidung zu treffen. Henry Marsh ist einer der renommiertesten Hirnchirurgen Englands. Vor seinem Medizinstudium am Royal Free Hospital in London hat er Wirtschaft, Politik und Philosophie in Oxford studiert. Über ihn und seine Arbeit sind zwei preisgekrönte TV-Dokumentationen gedreht worden. 2010 wurde ihm der britische Verdienstorden verliehen. Seit 2015 ist er im Ruhestand. Für sein Buch 'Um Leben und Tod ist' ist Marsh mit dem PEN Ackerly Prize ausgezeichnet worden. Dieses Buch erschien im englischen Original unter dem Titel 'Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery'. Henry Marsh, Um Leben und Tod © der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2015 by Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt München, ein Unternehmen der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH, München.