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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/754494 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hungry Heart: A Story of Food and Love: The Times Food Book of the Year Author: Clare Finney Narrator: Camilla Rockley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 8, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Times Food Book of the Year. A soul-searching memoir for foodies everywhere. Let award-winning food writer Clare Finney take you on a passionate exploration of food and love. From family feasts to comfort food, first dates to office cake; how does what we eat define us, and the relationships we have with others?   Finney investigates the role that food plays in modern society, exploring how eating unites us in varied ways throughout our lives. She discusses her own childhood spent in her grandmother’s hotel kitchen. She talks about the meals and recipes that have shaped the person she is today. Think of the dance of culinary courtship entailed in dating. Or the funeral foods that remind us of the connections between life and death, Finney examines the power of food and drink to attract, bind and define us—and of course, its power to divide and repel.   In this insightful memoir, get access to: - Fourteen easy-to-follow meaningful recipes - A relatable exploration of what food means in life, love and beyond - No-holds-barred look into the world of gastronomy and food writing - Touching memories from Finney’s own childhood and life Packed with transformative stories from the heart, this book may just change your relationship with food, dining and mealtimes. At a time when our relationship towards what, when and where we eat has become increasingly complicated, Hungry Heart is a feast. It’s an honest, heart-warming account of humans breaking bread together and what that really means.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tweakerworld: A Memoir Author: Jason Yamas Narrator: Jason Yamas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Meet Jason: a college educated documentary film producer, cat parent of two, and one of San Francisco’s top drug dealers. After Jason’s world falls apart in LA, he moves to Berkeley for a fresh start with his kid brother. Just one problem: his long-closeted Adderall addiction has exploded into an out-of-control crystal meth binge. Within weeks, Jason plunges into the sprawling ParTy n’ ’Play subculture of the Bay Area’s gay community. It is a wildly decadent scene of drugs, group sex, and criminals, and yet it is also filled with surprising characters, people who are continually subverting Jason’s own presumptions of the stereotypical tweaker. Soon Jason becomes a dealer on the pretense of researching this tweaker world for a project that will carry him, like a life raft, back to the shores of a normal life. But his friendly entrepreneurial spirit and trusting disposition disarm clients and rival dealers alike. The money begins to roll in as demand increases to frightening levels. Suddenly, Jason is in control of the entire crystal meth market for San Francisco’s gay community, even as he finds himself nodding off behind the wheel of his car, or walking down the sidewalk. As friends and family work frantically to steer him towards recovery, Jason resists, chasing something else: a sleepless nirvana fueled by sex, drugs, and the Tweakerworld. With painful honesty, Jason Yamas has crafted a landmark narrative that is not just a personal account of addiction, but a portrait of a vulnerable, largely undocumented community of people who, for many reasons, have been marginalized to the point of invisibility.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/752051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks Author: Emily Pennington Narrator: Emily Pennington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 1, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A bracing memoir about self-discovery, liberating escape, and moving forward across an adventurous and volatile American landscape. One year. One national park at a time. This is it. No more California. I’m sifting into the underbelly of where the nomads go. After a decade as an assistant to high-powered LA executives, Emily Pennington left behind her structured life and surrendered to the pull of the great outdoors. With a tight budget, meticulous routing, and a temperamental minivan she named Gizmo, Emily embarked on a yearlong road trip to sixty-two national parks, hell-bent on a single goal: getting through the adventure in one piece. She was instantly thrust into more chaos than she’d bargained for and found herself on an unpredictable journey rocked by a gutting romantic breakup, a burgeoning pandemic, wildfires, and other seismic challenges that threatened her safety, her sanity, and the trip itself. What began as an intrepid obsession soon evolved into a life-changing experience. Navigating the tangle of life’s unexpected sucker punches, Feral invites readers along on Emily’s grand, blissful, and sometimes perilous journey, where solitude, resilience, self-reliance, and personal transformation run wild.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/754496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Draw of the Sea Author: Wyl Menmuir Narrator: Wyl Menmuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 5, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Wyl Menmuir’s The Draw of the Sea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the Cornish Coast and the people who make their livings there, examining the ephemeral but universal pull the sea holds over the human imagination. ‘A beautiful portrait of lives shaped by the swell of ocean and tide - a powerful salt-thread of connection’ -  Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path Since the earliest stages of human development, the sea has fascinated and entranced us. It feeds us, sustaining communities and providing livelihoods, but it also holds immense destructive power which can take all those away in an instant.   It connects us to far away places, offering the promise of new lands and voyages of discovery, but also shapes our borders, carving divisions between landmasses and eroding the very ground beneath our feet. In this beautifully-written meditation on what it is that draws us to the waters' edge, author Wyl Menmuir tells the stories of the people whose lives revolve around the sea in the Cornish community where he lives. In twelve interlinked chapters, Menmuir explores the lives of local fishermen steeped in the rich traditions of a fishing community, the beachcombers who wander the shores in search of the varied objects which wash ashore and the stories they tell, and all number of others who have made their lives on the beautiful Cornwall coast.  In the specifics of these livelihoods and their rich histories and traditions, Wyl Menmuir captures the universal human connection to the sea. Into this seductive tapestry, Wyl weaves the story of how the sea has beckoned, consoled and restored him. This book is a meaningful and moving work into how we interact with the environment around us, and how it comes to shape the course of our lives. As unmissable as it is compelling, as profound as it is personal, this must-read book will delight anyone familiar with the intimate and powerful pull which the sea holds over us.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/751781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Year: a story of homelessness, perseverance and hope Author: Jen Benson Narrator: Jen Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This book tells the uplifting true story of a family who left their old life behind to spend a year living wild in a tent around Britain. With a baby and a toddler, mounting debt, work demands and stress trampling over their desire to spend time together as a family in nature, Jen and Sim Benson move out of their rented accommodation, sell up their possessions and decide to live in a tent for a year as nomads around rural Britain. This is the story of that year – the highs and the lows – the doubts, epiphanies and the weather. Detailing one family's search for a life in the wild, away from the screens and stresses of modern life, this captivating memoir is a must read for nature lovers or anyone who has dreamed of a life outdoors. It’s nature writ large with the joys and challenges of each season experienced under canvas, a story of ultimate freedom in the beautiful landscapes of Britain.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/754499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fledgling Author: Hannah Bourne-Taylor Narrator: Hannah Bourne-Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Read the powerful account of one woman’s fight to reshape her identity through connection with nature when all normality has fallen away. When lifelong bird-lover Hannah Bourne-Taylor moved with her husband to Ghana seven years ago she couldn’t have anticipated how her life would be forever changed by her unexpected encounters with nature and the subsequent bonds she formed. Plucked from the comfort and predictability of her life before, Hannah struggled to establish herself in her new environment, striving to belong in the rural grasslands far away from home. In this challenging situation, she was forced to turn inwards and interrogate her own sense of identity, however in the animal life around her, and in two wild birds in particular, Hannah found a source of solace and a way to reconnect with the world in which she was living. Fledgling is a portrayal of adaptability, resilience and self-discovery in the face of isolation and change, fuelled by the quiet power of nature and the unexpected bonds with animals she encounters. Hannah encourages us to reconsider the conventional boundaries of the relationships people have with animals through her inspiring and very beautiful glimpse ofwhat is possible when we allow ourselves to connect to the natural world.  Full of determination and compassion, Fledgling is apowerful meditation on our instinctive connection to nature. It shows that even the tiniest of birds can teach us what is important in life and how to embrace every day.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/754504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shape of a Boy: Family life lessons in far-flung places (a travel memoir) Author: Kate Wickers Narrator: Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 25, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: "Life-affirming and laugh-out-loud funny" - HELEN FIELDING, AUTHOR OF BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY Shape of a Boy is a hilarious and eye-opening travel memoir by the mother of three boys as she documents her travels with her family around the world. ‘Have kids, will travel’ is veteran travel journalist Kate’s mantra. Her intrepid spirit is infectious in this warm, engaging account of her family’s adventures and misadventures. She shares the life lessons learnt on their travels, from overcoming disappointment in Thailand to saying sorry in Japan, discovering perseverance in Borneo and learning about conservation in Malaysia. From the jungles of southeast Asia to the waterfront in Havana and the blazing heat of Egypt, Shape of a Boy captures the essence of being a parent in the thick of it and learning on the hoof. Inspirational for anyone who has dreaded travelling with a baby, toddler, or teen, it is a life-affirming read for every wannabe-traveller.  Kate’s vivid evocation of the highs and lows of family time make you belly-laugh and bring a lump to your throat. “Hilarious and wonderfully fluent, Shape of A Boy makes you see each corner of the world afresh. I read it in one long, lounging read, which took me away from Covid to a vibrant world of orangutans and elephants and a family growing together.” ANDREW CLOVER, best-selling author of Dad Rules This is a must-read for every wannabe-traveller grounded by lockdown and for every parent who has dreaded travelling with a baby.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/759854 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Dutch; Flemish] - Sorry dat ik je wakker bel: Het leven van een verloskundige Author: Marlies Koers Narrator: Miranda Jansen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 16, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Van beschuit met muisjes direct door naar een live interview op nationale televisie: het leven van verloskundige Marlies Koers is er niet rustiger op geworden na het schrijven van haar eerste boek. Naast het werk in haar praktijk in het oosten van het land schreef ze de bestseller Dagboek van een verloskundige, wat haar toch al onregelmatige leven nog iets meer op zijn kop zette. Met veel energie en plezier geeft ze in Sorry dat ik je wakker bel een uniek inkijkje in haar dynamische leven als verloskundige. Wat te doen als de vader in spe corona blijkt te hebben, en het drukker is dan ooit op de praktijk vanwege de corona-babyboom? Een uniek, grappig en puur boek over het bijzondere leven van een verloskundige. Over Dagboek van een verloskundige: 'Na het lezen van dit boek krijg je enorm veel bewondering voor het geweldige, maar ook enorm uitdagende vak van de verloskundige.' – Nina Pierson 'Een heerlijk boek dat zowel ontroert als vermaakt en de lezer op een unieke manier mee laat kijken tijdens de meest intieme momenten in het leven van (toekomstige) ouders.' – Anna van den Breemer

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/774345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Geisterkinder: Fünf Geschwister in Himmlers Sippenschaft Author: Valerie Riedesel Narrator: Johanna Klöpper Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: May 10, 2019 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Nach dem missglückten Attentat auf Adolf Hitler 1944 wird der Offizier Cäsar von Hofacker, ein Cousin Stauffenbergs, hingerichtet. Seine Frau und die fünf Kinder ereilt das Schicksal der Sippenhaft in Gefängnissen, Konzentrationslagern und Kinderheimen. Nach der Befreiung schreiben die 13 und 15 Jahre alten Schwestern Christa und Anna-Luise ihre Erlebnisse auf – bewegende Berichte von Kindern, die früh erwachsen wurden. Die Tochter von Anna-Luise erzählt hier die Geschichte ihrer Familie.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Samuel Koch - Zwei Leben Author: Christoph Fasel, Samuel Koch Narrator: Samuel Koch Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 1, 2014 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Samuel Kochs Schicksal bewegt, obwohl er sich nicht bewegen kann: Er ist vom Hals abwärts gelähmt. Sein Kopf jedoch funktioniert noch sehr gut. Authentisch, nachdenklich und zugleich humorvoll reflektiert der 26-Jährige über seine Erfahrungen vor, während und nach dem Unfall bei 'Wetten, dass..?'. Dabei vertraut er den Lesern einige seiner Gedanken über Risiko, Freiheit und einen Glauben an, der auch Zweifel zulässt. Eine Einladung, die Kostbarkeit des Lebens neu zu schätzen und ein gesundes Bewusstsein für die wesentlichen Dinge zu entwickeln. Gelesen von Samuel Koch.