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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Name in the Street Author: James Baldwin Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In this deeply personal book, Baldwin reflects on the experiences that shaped him as a writer and activist: from his childhood in Harlem to the deaths of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Exploring the visceral reality of life in the American South as well as Baldwin’s impressions of London, Paris and Hamburg, No Name in the Street grapples with the failed promises of global liberation movements in fearless, candid prose. Timeless, tender and profound, Baldwin’s searing narrative contains the multiplicities of what it means to be Black in America and, indeed, around the world. ©1972 James Baldwin (P) 2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lucky Girl: Family, falling and finding my way Author: Lottie Tomlinson Narrator: Lottie Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'You can look at my life in two ways. Some people see a nightmare, some see a fairytale. I've just always thought I was lucky...People often ask me how I did it, this book is my answer. This is my story, everything I've learned along the way, I hope it can help you find your own luck. ' Lottie Tomlinson has gone through a huge amount in her 23 years on this planet. Touring with her brother Louis as a make-up artist with One Direction at the age of 16, you'd think her life was a fairytale. But this only masked the tragedy happening at home, when her mother became ill with leukaemia and died when Lottie was just 18. Leaving behind five smaller siblings, Lottie came home and tried to find a way to hold the family together. But sadly, tragedy struck again when the family lost Lottie's little sister Félicité, at just 18. Despite all this, incredibly Lottie has built a successful business empire, has a loving stable partner and now is the mother to a beautiful baby boy, called Lucky. Lucky Girl is Lottie's story of resilience and the lessons she's learned along the way. Going behind the beauty and the fame, Lottie's beautiful memoir explores the rollercoaster of her life, from the darkest days and loneliest nights to the success she found despite it all, and how all the challenges and setbacks have led her to where she is today. Heartbreaking yet inspirational, Lottie hopes that in telling her story and how she has navigated the pain and grief in her life that she will provide hope for others going through their darkest times.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/763913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Serviceman J: The Untold Story of an NZSAS Soldier Author: Jamie Pennell Narrator: Michael Whalley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 31, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits 'Frighteningly, devastatingly real.' - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour by showing outstanding gallantry in the face of danger. After eighteen years in the New Zealand SAS, ex-commander Jamie Pennell is now ready to tell his story. Having survived the famously tough SAS selection course and excelled during its brutal training, Jamie was sent on four deployments to Afghanistan and played a critical role in New Zealand's operations. From patrols across desert territories run by warlords to hostile fire and near-death combat, Serviceman J is a heart-stopping account of life inside one of the world's most elite military forces.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way Author: Fred C. Trump Narrator: Fred C. Trump Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this honest memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name. For the record…Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless headlines. A hijacked last name. The heat-seeking uncle, rising from real estate scion to gossip column fixture to The Apprentice host to President of the United States. Fred just wanted a happy life and a satisfying career. But a fight for his son’s health and safety forced him onto a center stage that he had never wanted. And now, at a crucial point for our nation, he is stepping forward again. In All in the Family, Fred delves into his journey to become a “different kind of Trump,” detailing his passionate battle to protect his wife and children from forces inside and outside the family. From the Trump house to the White House, Fred comes to terms with his own complex legacy and faces some demons head-on. It’s a story of power, love, money, cruelty, and the unshakable bonds of family, played out underneath a glaring media spotlight. All in the Family is the inside story, as it’s never been told before.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775453 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much Author: Natalie Maclean Narrator: Natalie Maclean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A powerful memoir about one woman who resurrects her life and career in the glamorous but sexist wine industry. Natalie MacLean, a bestselling wine writer, is shocked when her husband of twenty years, a high-powered CEO, demands a divorce. Then an online mob of rivals comes for her career. Wavering between despair and determination, she must fight for her son, rebuild her career, and salvage her self-worth using her superpowers: heart, humor, and an uncanny ability to pair wine and food. Natalie questions her insider role in the slick marketing that encourages women to drink too much while she battles the wine world's veiled misogyny. Facing the worst vintage of her life, she reconnects with the vineyards that once brought her joy, the friends who sustain her, and her own belief in second chances. This true coming-of-middle-age story is about transforming your life and finding love along the way.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/764011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is My Story; This Is My Song Author: Dr. Willie H. Clemons Narrator: Mirron Willis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Dr. Willie H. Clemons's inspiring book, This Is My Story: This Is My Song: One Man's Journey To Turning Oppositions Into Opportunities And Fulfilling His Unique Gifts, shares his personal experiences and insights on growing up in Alabama. Along the way, the author weaves a beautiful and inspiring story of his journey to fulfilling his childhood dreams of a life of service. Dedicated to being a change agent and bridge builder for his African American community, he was unwavering on what he felt was his God-given purpose. He shares the challenges he faced during the Jim Crow era in Alabama and how he turned those challenges into opportunities. As we journey with him from 1940s Mobile, Alabama, to Chicago and on to the bustling and progressive city of Atlanta, we not only get a sweeping overview of history, a vicarious travelogue experience and the grit and conviction of the man; we cannot help but be inspired by the impact and legacy of a man who dedicated his life to service and his community. At the end of every chapter, Dr. Clemons offers practical advice in his teachable moments section on how to turn your dreams into reality.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/764694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen Author: Jon M. Chu, Jeremy McCarter Narrator: Jon M. Chu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From visionary director Jon M. Chu comes a powerful, inspiring memoir of belonging, creativity, and learning to see who you really are. “A must-read for aspiring artists and dreamers of all kinds.”—Ava DuVernay Long before he directed Wicked, In The Heights, or the groundbreaking film Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu was a movie-obsessed first-generation Chinese American, helping at his parents’ Chinese restaurant in Silicon Valley and forever facing the cultural identity crisis endemic to children of immigrants. Growing up on the cutting edge of twenty-first-century technology gave Chu the tools he needed to make his mark at USC film school, and to be discovered by Steven Spielberg, but he soon found himself struggling to understand who he was. In this book, for the first time, Chu turns the lens on his own life and work, telling the universal story of questioning what it means when your dreams collide with your circumstances, and showing how it’s possible to succeed even when the world changes beyond all recognition.  With striking candor and unrivaled insights, Chu offers a firsthand account of the collision of Silicon Valley and Hollywood—what it’s been like to watch his old world shatter and reshape his new one. Ultimately, Viewfinder is about reckoning with your own story, becoming your most creative self, and finding a path all your own.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers Author: Rebecca Mccarthy Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 16, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A River Runs Through It and Other Stories turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and then a household name after the success of the Hollywood film based on the title story. Yet fewer know of Maclean's lifelong struggles to reconcile very different parts of himself: the revered teacher and writer in the intellectual hub of Chicago and the Montana man compelled by the wildness and traumas of his home state and family, including the tragic Mann Gulch fire and the murder of his brother. Rebecca McCarthy's intimate portrait of Maclean draws on her long friendship with the author from the time she became a student at the University of Chicago through the rest of his life. Irrepressible as a teacher, Maclean shared guidance, advice, campus and city rambles, and loyal friendship with generations of students. Behind the scenes, he honed an art as meditative and patient as his approach to fly fishing. McCarthy's experiences intertwine with stories from friends, family, colleagues, and others to detail an incredibly rich life that seemed destined to remain divided—until the creation of his classic American story. A vivid evocation of an iconic figure, Norman Maclean reveals the forces and events that shaped the author-educator and formed the bedrock of his beloved stories.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/777412 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Courage Lives Author: Muguette Myers Narrator: Louise Philippe, Muguette Myers, Naomi Azrieli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 16, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the bustling city of Paris to the quaint, countryside village of Champlost, France, Where Courage Lives follows ten-year-old Muguette Szpajzer and her family as they seek refuge from the war. Written in vignettes with child-like charm and innocence, Muguette’s memoir provides rich insight into rural life during wartime upheaval, honouring both her indomitable mother and the courage of the people of Champlost. Introduction by Susan Zuccotti

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What I Saw in Heaven: The Incredible True Story of the Day I Died, Met Jesus, and Returned to Life a New Person Author: Heidi Barr Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 16, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Heidi Barr didn't believe in Jesus. No one in her Jewish family did, nor did they want to—especially not her father, who told her that Jesus Christ was the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on humankind. So when Heidi was in a terrible horseback riding accident and died at age sixteen, Jesus was the last person she expected to see. Yet she did. And then she returned to life. This is the incredible true story of Heidi's difficult family life, her sudden death, her unexpectedly loving encounter with Jesus, and her return to life on earth as a person completely and irrevocably changed. This is also the story of Heidi loving her father and mother despite their disbelief of and disagreement with her faith. And this is the gripping, beautiful story of her parents' eventual reconciliation both with Heidi and with God, through the redeeming grace and all-encompassing love of Jesus Christ.