Discover the Best Audio Stories in Biography & Memoir

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: U.F.O LIBRARY - CONTACTEE: The George Adamski Story Author: Joseph J. Randazzo Narrator: Joseph J. Randazzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 25, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In reference to UFO’s and extraterrestrials, George Adamski has sometimes been referred to as their man on earth. In the early 1950’s he was a pioneer in making known his experiences with other space craft and beings. Adamski was ahead of his time. In the beginning even he was not sure what he was learning, what he was seeing from his almost ethereal experiences. Others belittled his claim. Yes, as time went by and others found the courage to come forward, more credence was given to contact as a fact. George was a man who knew something of the world. He served for five years in the U.S Army cavalry unit on the Mexican border. He traveled throughout the nation, his wife at his side earning a living at whatever job came to hand. All the time he was developing his belief and philosophy into a form he could express to others. But George Adamski was not a preacher, it was not in his makeup to shout from the rooftops. It was his quit assurance, understanding and joy that attached others to quietly become interested in his ideals. Adamski began teaching his beliefs. In short order his students grew to the hundreds and his lectures were often caried over Southern California radio stations. 1964, using a six-inch telescope, he took his first pictures of space craft. He had the pictures but did not know what it was. Neither did the other who say the event. Even thou he did believe their was life on other planets. George thought the distances were too great for interplanetary travel. The following year along with his wife and several associates. Adamski witnessed a group of space craft maneuver in the skies. The display was witnessed by other groups from wide-ranging locations. It was important sightings of UFO’s up to that time. George telepathic contacts with another realm grew into numerous physical sightings of space craft and finally begins from another world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/731782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beyond the Flats Author: Michael Stephanic Narrator: Aaron Hokanson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 28, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Beyond the Flats' is an exciting rollercoaster ride through the lives of Michael Stephanic, his mother Julia, and sister Turtle. After Julia’s frantic flight from The Flats and her abusive marriage, she finds herself in another small coal-mining town. Michael and Turtle quickly learn the difference between a dysfunctional family and a broken family. As Julia strives to rebuild their lives, Michael and Turtle struggle with the many changes they face. Seen through the eyes of a young boy in the 1950s, the twists and turns on this coaster are filled with danger and adventure, murder and mystery, sadness and joy – but most of all… love. The Stephanic saga continues in this second book of the trilogy.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/717266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 25 Months: A Memoir Author: Linda Mck Stewart Narrator: Michelle Bass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Linda Stewart has written a warm and strong life story that conveys to every reader the terrible trials and extraordinary joy that attend the caring of a loved one with Alzheimer's.' HOWARD DEAN, M.D. Former governor of Vermont 'With powerful prose Linda Stewart evokes a luminous portrait of a couple's slow dance with Alzheimer disease. 25 Months is the kind of book you want to read more than once, then pass along to friends who appreciate first rate writing and a tale well told.' JANIS JAQUTH Public Radio Commentator '...this solid, often poignant book..' PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/740962 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And Marvel Series: #2 of Tales for WellDressed Cynics and Optimistic Ragamuffins Author: Cathleen Davies Narrator: Rj Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 22, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Death is hard. It’s as inevitable as manipulation and misogyny; as inevitable as love, conflict, insanity, sleep-deprivation, and broken hearts. It’s coming. It’s here. On the 28th April 2018, a young poet called Dan “DC” Collins was found dead in the woodlands by his home in Birmingham. He’d taken his own life. This was done, at least in part, because I had made the incredibly selfish decision to stop being his girlfriend. This decision would go on to affect the rest of my adult life. I decided to escape from this reality by moving away to Basque Country, hoping to Eat, Pray, Love my way out of the survivor’s guilt and PTSD. This did not work. Instead, I had a nervous breakdown. Away from all the people who loved me, un-medicated, and isolated in a country where I didn’t speak the language, I managed to incredibly successfully push myself over the edge. It was a bad decision. I did however, manage to keep a diary of this inevitable mental decline. That diary is And Marvel. I wanted to show this reality from the perspective of a flawed, grieving person. I wanted, most importantly, to keep DC alive in the only way I could. This book contains candid discussions of suicide and the ways the world holds women responsible for the actions of their partners.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/723130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story: My Life Story Author: K.J.S Dhillon Narrator: Dev J. Haldar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Lieutenant General K.J.S. ‘Tiny’ Dhillon, an Infantry veteran from the Rajputana Rifles with about four decades of military service, has served multiple tenures in Kashmir.In this book, ‘Tiny’ Dhillon opens a hitherto-closed window, not only to his life but also to Kashmir. He recounts fascinating tales about the toughest challenges he encountered, from age three right up to those from his multiple tenures in Kashmir from 1988 to 2020, where it was his responsibility to maintain a balance between counter-terrorism operations on the one hand and to use military soft power on the other. Dhillon retraces his entire journey, from being a young boy to becoming the Commander of the Chinar Corps, with Kashmir as an inseparable part of this story.As a first-hand account, the book touches on and demystifies the myths, half-truths, whats, ifs and whys of the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits; the barbarous attack on an Indian security convoy in Pulwama district, in which forty CRPF personnel were killed; the Balakot air strikes; and the abrogation of Article 370 and its impact on the socio-political, economic and law-and-order situation, among other incidents. It takes us behind the scenes to bring out the nuances of various intriguing developments at a critical juncture in the history of J&K.Anecdotal, candid and evocative, Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye brings to light the true stories from this Army veteran’s life. It focuses on the personal, professional and, most importantly, family life of a soldier in the Army, and will not only provide an insight into the trials and tribulations he faced but will also inspire a wide spectrum of readers, especially young defence aspirants.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Was du nicht siehst: Diagnose Borderline – zwischen Todesangst und Lebenstraum Author: Franziska Elea Narrator: Linda Cedli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Ich sterbe und keiner sieht es.' Solange sie sich zurückerinnern kann, lebt Franzi mit Angststörungen, später kam die Diagnose Borderline dazu. Wovor sie sich nicht fürchtet, ist, sich verletzlich zu zeigen. Die Autorin gibt nicht nur Einblicke in ihre eigene Geschichte, sondern bricht auch mit dem Stigma psychischer Krankheiten und legt schockierende Missstände in unserem psychiatrischen System offen.Wer den Instagram-Account von Franziska Elea besucht, sieht Bilder einer schönen jungen Frau: Sie trägt hübsche Kleider, führt eine glückliche Beziehung, zeigt sich verträumt in Blumenfeldern oder lachend am Urlaubsstrand – und über 200.000 Leute schauen ihr dabei zu. Doch kaum jemand weiß, was sich hinter der nur scheinbar perfekten Fassade verbirgt:Eine Kindheit und Jugend, die von emotionaler Vernachlässigung geprägt war, mehrere stationäre Therapie-Aufenthalte, der Wunsch, einem perspektivlosen Umfeld zu entfliehen, in dem Franzi immer die Aussätzige war. Sie gibt Einblicke in die Ursachen ihrer Krankheitsgeschichte, schildert ihre Erfahrungen in der Psychiatrie, die lange Suche nach wirklicher Hilfe und schließlich ihren Weg zur erfolgreichen Influencerin. Aufklärung im Bezug auf die komplexe Persönlichkeitsstörung Borderline liegt der Autorin ebenso am Herzen wie ein Appell an alle Hörer*innen: Über psychische Erkrankungen zu sprechen darf kein Tabu mehr sein und sich therapeutische Unterstützung zu suchen ist keine Schande.-

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/739178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Local: A Memoir Author: Jessica Machado Narrator: Mapuana Makia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 1, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A powerful, lush memoir about a Hawaiian woman who ran away from paradise to discover who she is and where she belongs. Born and raised in Hawai‘i by a father whose ancestors are indigenous to the land and a mother from the American South, Jessica Machado wrestles with what it means to be “local.” Feeling separate from the history and tenets of Hawaiian culture that have been buried under the continental imports of malls and MTV, Jessica often sees her homeland reflected back to her from the tourist perspective—as an uncomplicated paradise. Her existence, however, feels far from that ideal. Balancing her parents’ divorce, an ailing mother, and growing anxiety, Jessica rebels. She moves to Los Angeles, convinced she’ll leave her complicated family behind and define herself. Instead, her isolation only becomes more severe, and her dying mother follows her to California. For Jessica, the only way to escape is a reckless downward spiral. Interwoven with a rich and nuanced exploration of Hawaiian history and traditions, Local is a personal and moving narrative about family, grief, and reconnecting to the land she tried to leave behind.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/720635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem Author: Laurie Notaro Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A laugh-out-loud spin on the realities, perks, opportunities, and inevitable courses of midlife. Laurie Notaro has proved everyone wrong: she didn’t end up in rehab, prison, or cremated at a tender age. She just went gray. At past fifty, every hair’s root is a symbol of knowledge (she knows how to use a landline), experience (she rode in a car with no seat belts), and superpowers (a gray-haired lady can get away with anything). Though navigating midlife is initially upsetting—the cracking noises coming from her new old body, receiving regular junk mail from mortuaries—Laurie accepts it. And then some. With unintentional abandon, she shoplifts a bag of russet potatoes. Heckles a rude driver from her beat-up Prius. And engages in epic trolling on Nextdoor.com. That, says Laurie, is the brilliance of growing older. With each passing day, you lose an equivalent amount of fear. And the #1 New York Times bestselling author has never been so fearlessly funny as she is in this empowering, candid, and enlightening memoir about living life on the other side of fifty.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/729687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Yo quiero mi estrella (completo) Author: Tina Pardo Aroesti Narrator: Maureen Herman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 12 minutes Release date: April 5, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: En este relato íntimo y emotivo, Tina Pardo recuerda sus vivencias de su vida en Monastir previa a la invasión nazi. La autora que hoy vive en Santiago de Chile nació en un hogar judío y rodeada de una familia extensa, pero todo eso cambió cuando los nazis invadieron su ciudad. Gracias a la iniciativa de Memoria Viva la autora ve hoy un sueño de larga dato que no había podido concretar. Ella al comienzo del relato esgrime sus motivos para escribir sus vivencias: Quiero relatar mi historia para que mi vida entre en el reino de un libro que esté dirigido a todos los que amo. Quiero mostrarles, con mi historia, que no deben desconocer ni olvidar lo que sucedió en el mundo a de cómo las personas pueden volver a vivir y a soñar luego de lo innombrable. Gracias a su pluma ágil, Tina Pardo nos lleva de la mano a ese mundo que se extinguió, donde las costumbres y riqueza del pueblo judío se vieron aniquiladas en cuestión de meses. La niña Tina conversa con la adulta Tina y en ambas nace un registro único, en que se conoce las angustias y desafíos que se viven cuando una guerra se desata y todo lo que creías seguro cae por un precipicio. Tina Pardo quiere contestar las preguntas de su familia, de su esposo, sus hijas y nietos. Y sin duda lo hace para contestar sus propias interrogantes: No hay nada más triste que una pregunta sin respuesta.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Locked Ward: Memoirs of a Psychiatric Orderly Author: Dennis O'donnell Narrator: Dennis O'donnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 5, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An extraordinary account of a nurse's life behind the locked doors of a secure psychiatric ward. Dennis O'Donnell started work as an orderly in the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit of a large hospital in Scotland in 2000. In his daily life he encountered fear, violence and despair but also a considerable amount of care and compassion. Recounting the stories of the patients he worked with, and those of his colleagues on the ward, here he examines major mental health conditions, methods of treatment - medication, how religion, sex, wealth, health and drugs can bear influence on mental health, the prevailing attitudes to psychiatric illness, the authorities, the professionals & society. What emerges is a document of humanity and humour, a remarkable memoir that sheds light on a world that still remains largely unknown. 'This is a superb study of people whose minds have gone wrong, and the art of caring for them' Evening Standard © Dennis O'Donnell 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2012