Discover the Best Audio Stories in Biography & Memoir

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/721148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los almendros en flor Author: Chris Stewart Narrator: Joe Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: November 16, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Chris Stewart vuelve a deleitarnos con episodios asombrosos de su vida campestre en «El Valero», su ya famosa finca en la Alpujarra granadina. Las vivencias recogidas en este tercer volumen de la serie iniciada con Entre limones y El loro en el limonero -que no sólo cosecharon un enorme éxito en España, sino que también suman más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos en Reino Unido- reflejan el particular talante de una persona con una incorregible tendencia a actuar movida por cierta visión idealista de las cosas. De esas vivencias emerge el retrato de un hombre inasequible al desaliento y siempre dispuesto a acometer nuevos desafíos, ya sea cuando forma parte del Club de Admiradores de los Almendros en Flor, cuando su hija lo instruye en los usos y costumbres de los adolescentes españoles, o cuando inesperadamente le toca hacer una visita guiada de Sevilla a millonarios norteamericanosy a posteriori decide enfrentarse al trabajo de oficina en un centro de ayuda al inmigrante. Los almendros en flor es una muestra más de la capacidad de Chris para contagiarnos con su mirada abierta, su optimismo sincero y, sobre todo, su inquebrantable buen humor. La crítica ha dicho... «Exquisito [...]. El estilo consistente y dinámico de Stewart, así como su falta de pretensiones, hacen que la narración avance con fluidez.» The Daily Telegraph «Un libro maravilloso [...] fiel retrato de un lugar y su gente [...]. No olvide meterlo en su equipaje de vacaciones y dejarse llevar.» The Daily Mail

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/731776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finishing School Author: Cl Powell Narrator: Sarah Jeter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Release date: November 16, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Cindy's life has taken her far and wide since her 'White Light' experience in 1985. She has recovered from alcoholism, an eating disorder, childhood dysfunction, and many other tragic and personal losses along her cattywampus journey. During one of her meditation practices, she received the message that would become the foundation of her journey: 'Nothing and no one outside of you can bring you happiness. Happiness comes from knowing and loving your beautiful self.' In her new book, Finishing School, CL Powell discovers a piece that was missing on her life journey - emotional sobriety, a state that beckons you to look within rather than looking outside yourself to fill the holes in your soul. ?Through bare and honest storytelling, Cindy invites readers who are on their journey to return to their natural state, which is calm and peaceful abiding. Overcoming challenges, difficulties, and a life of learning, Cindy follows her inward journey to discover who she really is -- and invites readers to do the same.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/722173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La Casa Que El Queso Construyo Author: Miguel A. Leal Narrator: Hector Bonilla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 13, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Una historia de sueño americano por excelencia de un emprendedor mexicano que comparte la historia de construir un negocio multimillonario desde cero, con éxito y fracaso, y siempre con una visión de esperanza.Leal llegó a los Estados Unidos sin un centavo cuando era adolescente, casi sin hablar inglés; literalmente durmió en la sala de calderas de una fábrica de queso de Wisconsin durante meses antes de que lo atraparan. A través del trabajo duro, la determinación y el ingenio, Leal lanzaría su propio negocio. Se le atribuye ampliamente el mérito de introdujo quesos mexicanos en el mercado estadounidense e hizo crecer su empresa hasta convertirla en una historia de éxito multimillonaria.Sin embargo, como muchos empresarios exitosos, los grandes éxitos de Leal fueron igualados por fracasos personales: el fin de un matrimonio; problemas con la aplicación de la ley; y la profunda sensación de que debe haber algo más en la vida que una gran riqueza. Las memorias de Leal, La Casa Que El Queso Construyo , son una hermosa ilustración de la experiencia del inmigrante: aislamiento, miedo y ambición por una vida mejor y asimilación, así como un relato personal reflexivo del emprendimiento y todos sus beneficios y costos.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/728147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Geschenk des Himmels: Ich, Mattia und das Downsyndrom Author: Claudia Kollros Narrator: Deborah Demuth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 11, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mit Verdacht auf eine verdickte Nackenfalte während einer Routineuntersuchung in der 13. Schwangerschaftswoche beginnt für Familie Kollros eine höchst emotionale Achterbahnfahrt der Gefühle, Zweifel und Angste tauchen auf. Wollen wir ein behindertes Kind? Schaffen wir das? Was ist mit der Familie? Niemand wünscht sich ein behindertes Kind. Und jetzt? Die Schwangerschaft wird zum Spiessrutenlauf, welche in einer Frühgeburt gipfelt. Im Nachhinein nur ein kleines Gewitter vor einem monatelangen Sturm an der Grenze zwischen Leben und Tod, Aufopferung und totaler Erschöpfung, Verzweiflung und Hoffnung. Ein authentisches, persönliches Tagebuch einer Mutter, welche trotz aller Rückschläge immer wieder Kraft findet, unkonventionelle Wege zu gehen wagt und Vertrauen in das Leben hat.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723524 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But, He Spit in my Coffee Author: Keri Williams Narrator: Cindy Piller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 4, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A desperate mother must grapple with impossible choices as her young son becomes too dangerous to live at home, but is only growing bigger, stronger, and more violent while in treatment. When Keri and her husband adopt Devon, he has concerning behaviors, but she's confident all he needs is the love of a forever family. Devon's hidden history of early childhood trauma quickly takes center stage when Devon throws screaming fits, yanks his bedroom door off its hinges, chases his classmates with a knife, and pushes his younger brother down the stairs and viciously karate-chops him in the throat. When Devon is admitted to a psychiatric residential treatment facility at age 10 and is diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), Keri is faced with an impossible choice -- Devon is too dangerous to live at home, but he's not getting better in treatment. Keri must race against time to find help for Devon and keep her other children safe, as he grows bigger, stronger, and more violent. Based on a shocking true story, this reads-like-a-novel memoir exposes the dysfunctions of the child welfare and mental health systems and how they fail kids with RAD and their families. 2022 IndieReader Discovery Award Winner 16th National Indie Excellence Award Winner 11th Annual Kindle Book Award Winner 2022 Wishing Shelf Award Finalist

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birding Under the Influence: Cycling Across America in Search of Birds and Recovery Author: Dorian Anderson Narrator: Madison Niederhauser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 2, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: At a personal and professional crossroads, a man resets his life and finds sobriety, love, and 618 bird species, cycling his way to a very Big Year. In Birding Under the Influence, Dorian Anderson, a neuroscience researcher on a pressure-filled life trajectory, walks away from the world of elite institutions, research labs, and academic publishing. In doing so, he falls in love and discovers he has freed himself to embrace his lifelong passion for birding. A North American Big Year—a continent-spanning adventure in which a birder attempts to see as many species as possible in twelve months—is a massive undertaking under any circumstances. But doing it on a bike while maintaining sobriety? That’s next level. As Dorian pedals across the country, describing the birds he sees, he confronts the challenges of long-distance cycling: treacherous weather, punctured tires, speeding cars, and injury. He encounters eccentric characters, blistering blacktop, dreary hotel rooms, snarling dogs, and an endless sea of smoking tailpipes. He also confronts his past struggles with alcohol, drugs, and risky behaviors that began in high school and followed him into adulthood. Birding Under the Influence is a candid, honest look at Dorian’s double life of academic accomplishment and addiction. While his journey to recovery is simultaneously poignant and inspiring, it is ultimately his love of birds and nature that provides the scaffolding to build a new and radically different life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/717433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Can't Somebody Just Die Around Here?: ' A Story Of War, Deprivation, Courage, Perseverance, And Triumph' Author: Gerhard Maroscher Narrator: Gerhard Maroscher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 1, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “A memoir that offers a rare, underrepresented perspective of World War II.” -Kirkus _A true story of a Romanian family’s miraculous survival of World War II, becoming refugees, fleeing their homeland, starving after the war, and coming to the United States to live the American Dream._ Life was full of promise for the young Maroscher family. Gustav was a teacher; Helene was busy rearing two boys and managing their small farm. The war changed everything. While Gustav fought the Russians on the Eastern Front, Helene fled the advancing army to her sister’s house in Germany. Danger and hardship transformed Helene from a shy young mother into a lioness; she once pointed an illegal pistol at the Nazi refugee camp director to save her younger son’s life. In the early years of the war, Gustav had helped a Jewish friend at considerable risk to himself. As a released prisoner of war, Gustav faced certain arrest after returning home. His friend, now the communist police commissioner, protected him. Eventually, though, his friend could no longer protect him, and Gustav fled to the West. To reunite the family, Helene and her sons made a dangerous nighttime border crossing from communist East Germany to the West. After being reunited in West Germany they faced discrimination and hunger. The family immigrated to the USA and embraced the freedoms and opportunities of America. Gustav became an engineer working on NASA’s Moon Shot. Helene became an independent businesswoman. Their sons continue to thrive and enjoy their freedom.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind the Shoulder Pads: Tales I Tell My Friends Author: Joan Collins Narrator: Joan Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “I’ve had many amazing adventures in my life. Some stories, though, I have only ever shared with my friends. … Until now!”Dame Joan Collins has always believed that one should retain some mystery in life and hide a knowing smile behind one’s shoulder pads. In her new book, she returns in dazzling form to share her most memorable moments from her eclectic and vibrant life—in and out of the limelight. Behind the Shoulder Pads will take you on a spectacular journey from her early years as a young star in Hollywood to stamping her stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of Saint-Tropez to the busy Oscars seasons in LA over the years.Joan writes movingly about her adventures with and grief for her sister, Jackie, delves deeper into the ups and downs of love and relationships, and discusses her happiness with husband Percy. Filled with a cast of household names and Hollywood icons, Behind the Shoulder Pads is a spectacularly entertaining tour de force bound to delight and shock in equal measures.Hilarious, intimate, and completely spellbinding, Joan invites you into her life like never before, sharing the stories she only tells her closest friends.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Racket Boy: Where's My Country? Author: Philip George Narrator: Martin Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 28, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Do you marvel at people who seemingly have it all only to drop everything for life in a remote village? Have you wondered about leaving your roots for migration to the unknown? 'Fit only for climbing coconut trees.' The mockery invented by Philip's father because he was badminton-mad and useless (said father) at all else, lingered with him through school in Malaysia. It travelled with him on an Aeroflot to England in 1970, aged 18, functioning on adrenaline. It stuck through his navigation of parochial middle England – washing backsides in a mental hospital, law practice, sports, and professional and personal relationships. Toughened by an Indian father and a Chinese coach, lifted by a messiah-like Englishman and grounded by a Labrador soulmate, Racket Boy – Where's My Country, explores Philip's life over six decades. From being ordered by the British government to leave England, accosted in Bombay, mugged in Barcelona to horse-trading with a petro giant in Ecuador and thrilling in a World Cup in military-ruled Argentina, to list just a few. Philip is now a spectator in the hills of Tuscany, more than just fit to be climbing coconut trees!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/721879 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meetings with Remarkable Men Author: G.I. Gurdjieff Narrator: Wolfgang Schrader Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 28, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: G.I. Gurdjieff allows the reader in these narratives to become acquainted with a person that is up to this day to many, who have for instance read his 'Beelzebub', still an enigma. You will meet a person, who is more often than not, as the esteemed Mulla Nassr Edin would say 'into the deepest galoshes that have ever been worn on sweaty feet.' In other words, you will meet G.I. Gurdjieff, the human being. The spiritual messages are hidden inside breathtaking adventures and a colorful description of really remarkable men and women and the time before and after the Russian Revolution.