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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/570984 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Man's President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, & the Pursuit of Racial Equality Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Tony Isabella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 29, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: In a little-noted eulogy delivered after Lincoln's assassination, Frederick Douglass called the president 'emphatically the black man's president,' the 'first to show any respect for their rights as men.' Douglass pointed not just to Lincoln's official acts and utterances, like the Emancipation Proclamation or the Second Inaugural Address, but also to the president's own personal experiences with Black people. But Lincoln's description as 'emphatically the black man's president' rests on more than his relationship with Douglass or on his official words and deeds. Lincoln interacted with many other African Americans during his presidency. His unfailing cordiality to them, his willingness to meet with them in the White House, to honor their requests, to invite them to consult on public policy, to treat them with respect whether they were kitchen servants or leaders of the Black community, to invite them to attend receptions, to sing and pray with them in their neighborhoods—all those manifestations of an egalitarian spirit justified the tributes paid to him by Frederick Douglass and other African Americans. Historian David S. Reynolds observed that only by examining Lincoln's 'personal interchange with Black people do we see the complete falsity of the charges of innate racism that some have leveled against him over the years.'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Herndon's Lincoln: Volume One, Part Two Author: William Herndon, Jesse Weik Narrator: Chris Blair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 24, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Abraham Lincoln called 'Billy' Herndon, “My man always above all other men on the globe'. They were business partners for decades. After Lincoln's assassination, Herndon did interviews with Lincoln's family and friends for this biography. Co-author Jesse Weik also conducted many original interviews. The result - although not without flaws - has been recognized as one of the most important biographies of the Great Emancipator ever published. This volume covers the period of Lincoln's life in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man, through his love affair with Ann Rutledge, becoming a lawyer, his marriage to Mary Todd, and service in Congress. Here for the first time is the audiobook performed 'in character'.providing an entertaining listening experience about a crucial era in American history.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/578619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los sueños de la niña de la montaña: La historia de la indígena zapoteca que transformó México Author: Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza Narrator: Gabriela Ramírez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 24, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Este libro cuenta una historia de terquedad y rebeldía. La de una niña que a los 12 años decidió escribir su destino y, de paso, ayudar a miles y miles de mexicanas a cambiar su suerte Soy Eufrosina Cruz y nací en la montaña zapoteca. A los 27 años gané la presidencia de mi pueblo, pero no me dejaron gobernar porque era mujer. En ese momento supe que, para cambiar mi vida y la de las mujeres indígenas, debía transformar la ley más importante de mi país. Desde entonces, mi lucha ha sido para que los pueblos indígenas y afro no sean considerados menores de edad y para que las mujeres no sean personas de segunda. En este viaje he logrado modificar la Constitución de mi estado, cambiar la Constitución de México y que la onu adoptara mi iniciativacontra el sexismo y la discriminación. Pero lo que más me enorgullece es que he podido decirles a las niñas que tienen derecho a ser quienes quieran, a que su origen no defina su destino y a que pueden cumplir sus sueños, tal como lo hizo esta niña de las montañas.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/567505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960 Author: Irwin F. Gellman Narrator: Christopher Douyard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Based on massive new research, a compelling and surprising account of the twentieth century's closest election. The 1960 presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon is one of the most frequently described political events of the twentieth century, yet the accounts to date have been remarkably unbalanced. Far more attention is given to Kennedy's side than to Nixon's. The imbalance began with the first book on that election, Theodore White's The Making of the President 1960—in which (as he later admitted) White deliberately cast Kennedy as the hero and Nixon as the villain—and it has been perpetuated in almost every book since then. Few historians have attempted an unbiased account of the election, and none have done the archival research that Irwin F. Gellman has done. Based on previously unused sources such as the FBI's surveillance of JFK and the papers of Leon Jaworski, vice-presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge, and many others, this book presents the first even-handed history of both the primary campaigns and the general election. The result is a fresh, engaging chronicle that shatters long-held myths and reveals the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Dick Turpin Author: William Harrison Ainsworth Narrator: Fernando Simón Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Richard Turpin (21 de septiembre de 1706, Hempstead, Essex - 7 de abril de 1739, York) apodado Dick fue un bandolero inglés del siglo XVIII. Su padre fue agricultor y posadero. Turpin aprendió el oficio de carnicero y en 1728 se casó con Elizabeth Millington. Sin embargo, pronto se inició en actividades ilícitas, robando ganados para su carnicería. Cuando fue descubierto logró fugarse y se convirtió en salteador de caminos. Durante un tiempo formó parte de una célebre banda que actuaba en el bosque de Epping, pero posteriormente empezó a asaltar carruajes con un solo compañero y su figura pronto adquirió perfiles legendarios. Cometió infinidad de asaltos y varios homicidios. Más tarde trasladó su campo de operaciones a Lincolnshire y Yorkshire, donde se dedicó especialmente a robar caballos y ganados. Sin embargo, fue atrapado por la justicia, juzgado en York por el robo de caballos y condenado a muerte. Rodeado de un aura romántica, de su vida se realizaron varias novelas e incluso series de televisión. La que ahora traemos es posiblemente la más antigua de todas, realizada por un autor del que desconocemos su nombre sobre el año 1790.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blessed Are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw Author: Chas Smith Narrator: Chas Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: A rollicking true story of Bibles and bank robberies in Southern California, from a talented and highly praised gonzo journalist. Chas Smith grew up deeply enmeshed in the evangelical Christian world that grew out of Southern California in the late 1960s. His family included famous missionaries and megachurch pastors, but his cousin Daniel Courson was Grandma’s favorite. Smith looked up to Cousin Danny. He was handsome, adventurous, and smart, earned a degree from Bible college, and settled into a family and a stable career. Needless to say, it was a big surprise when Cousin Danny started robbing banks. Known as the “Floppy Hat Bandit,” Courson robbed nineteen of them in a torrid six-week spree before being caught and sentenced to seven years. When he tried to escape, they tacked on another year. And when he finally got out, despite seeming to be back on the straight and narrow, Cousin Danny disappeared. Banks started getting robbed again. It seemed Cousin Danny might be gunning for the record. Smith’s Blessed Are the Bank Robbers is the wild, and wildly entertaining, story of an all-American anti-hero. It’s a tale of bank robberies, art and jewel heists, high-speed chases, fake identities, encrypted Swiss email accounts, jilted lovers, and the dark side of an evangelical family (and it wasn’t just Danny; an uncle was mixed up with the mujahideen). It’s a book about what it means to live inside the church and outside the law.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Romanian] - Barack Obama Dezlănțuit Complet Author: Celine Claire Narrator: Thomas Nicoleta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 9, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Acest e-book este o biografie a vieții lui Obama de când era copil și a lucrărilor sale înaintea, în timpul și după ce a fost cel de-al 44-lea președinte al SUA.Barack Hussein Obama s-a născut la data de 4 August 1961 în Honolulu, Hawai. Este un avocat și politician american și cel de-al 44-lea președinte al Statelor Unite ale Americii timp de două mandate între 2009 și 2017. Părinții săi sunt din Kenya și Kansas. Tatăl său, Barack Obama Senior s-a născut în provincia kenyană Nyanza și este de etnie luo. Tatăl lui Obama a copilărit crescând capre în Africa. În cele din urmă, a primit o bursă care i-a permis să plece din Kenya și să își urmeze visul de merge la facultate în Hawai. Mama lui Obama, Ann Dunham, s-a născut într-o bază militară din Wichita, Kansas, în timpul celui de-al doilea război mondial. În timpul studiilor de la Universitatea din Hawai din Manoa, tatăl lui Obama a întâlnit-o pe colega sa Ann Dunham. Cei doi s-au căsătorit la data de 2 februarie 1961, iar Obama junior s-a născut cu șase luni mai târziu. Obama senior a plecat imediat după nașterea acestuia, iar cuplul a divorțat doi ani mai târziu. În 1965, Ann Dunham s-a recăsătorit cu Lolo Soetoro, un student indonezian de la Universitatea din Hawai. Douăsprezece luni mai târziu în 1970, noua familie s-a transferat la Jakarta, Indonezia, unde s-a născut sora vitregă a lui Obama Junior, Maya Soetoro Ng. O succesiune de evenimente din Indonezia au contribuit la nesiguranța lui Ann Dunham în ceea ce privește siguranța și educația lui Obama junior. Astfel, la vârsta de 10 ani, acesta a fost trimis înapoi în Hawai pentru a locui cu bunicii săi materni. Mai târziu, Ann Dunham și sora vitregă a lui Obama, Maya Soetoro Ng li s-au alăturat. În copilărie, Barack Obama junior nu a avut o relație cu tatăl său. În timp ce Obama Junior era încă un prunc, tatăl său s-a mutat în Massachusetts pentru a studia la Universitatea Harvard și a obține un doctorat. Părinții lui Obama Junior s-au separat oficial după ceva timp și au divorțat în martie 1964, când acesta avea doi ani. După un timp, Obama Senior s-a întors în Kenya. Barack Obama s-a confruntat cu absența tatălui său în copilărie, pe care l-a văzut încă o dată după ce părinții săi au divorțat. Acest lucru s-a întâmplat atunci când Obama Senior a vizitat Hawai pentru o scurtă perioadă de timp în 1971. „[Tatăl meu] a părăsit paradisul și nimic din ceea ce mi-au spus mama sau bunicii nu ar putea înlătura acel fapt unic, inatacabil” a spus Obama Junior. „Ei nu au putut descrie cum ar fi fost dacă tata ar fi rămas.” În timp ce trăia cu bunicii săi, Obama Junior s-a înscris la stimata Academie Punahou. A excelat în baschet și a absolvit cu onoruri academice în 1979. Deoarece se număra printre singurii trei elevi de culoare de la școală, Obama Junior a realizat ce înseamnă rasismul și ce însemnă cu adevărat să fii afro-american. Mai târziu, Obama Junior a descris cum s-a străduit să reconcilieze percepțiile sociale despre moștenirea sa multirasială cu simțul său de sine: ”Am observat că nu exista nimeni ca mine în catalogul Sears, catalogul de Crăciun Roebuck...iar Moș Crăciun era alb.” Obama junior a scris: „Am mers la toaletă și am stat în fața oglinzii cu toate simțurile și membrele aparent intacte, arătând așa cum arătam mereu și m-am întrebat dacă este ceva în neregulă cu mine”. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953 Author: Jeffrey Frank Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 3 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Jeffrey Frank, author of the bestselling Ike and Dick, returns with the “beguiling” (The New York Times) first full account of the Truman presidency in nearly thirty years, recounting how a seemingly ordinary man met the extraordinary challenge of leading America through the pivotal years of the mid-20th century. The nearly eight years of Harry Truman’s presidency—among the most turbulent in American history—were marked by victory in the wars against Germany and Japan; the first use of an atomic bomb and the development of far deadlier weapons; the start of the Cold War and the creation of the NATO alliance; the Marshall Plan to rebuild the wreckage of postwar Europe; the Red Scare; and the fateful decision to commit troops to fight a costly “limited war” in Korea. Historians have tended to portray Truman as stolid and decisive, with a homespun manner, but the man who emerges in The Trials of Harry S. Truman is complex and surprising. He believed that the point of public service was to improve the lives of one’s fellow citizens and fought for a national health insurance plan. While he was disturbed by the brutal treatment of African Americans and came to support stronger civil rights laws, he never relinquished the deep-rooted outlook of someone with Confederate ancestry reared in rural Missouri. He was often carried along by the rush of events and guided by men who succeeded in refining his fixed and facile view of the postwar world. And while he prided himself on his Midwestern rationality, he could act out of instinct and combativeness, as when he asserted a president’s untested power to seize the nation’s steel mills. The Truman who emerges in these pages is a man with generous impulses, loyal to friends and family, and blessed with keen political instincts, but insecure, quick to anger, and prone to hasty decisions. Archival discoveries, and research that led from Missouri to Washington, Berlin and Korea, have contributed to an indelible and “intimate” (The Washington Post) portrait of a man, born in the 19th century, who set the nation on a course that reverberates in the 21st century, a leader who never lost a schoolboy’s love for his country and its Constitution.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569277 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General Author: William P. Barr Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump. William Barr’s first tenure as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice. In this candid memoir, Barr takes readers behind the scenes during seminal moments of the 1990s, from the LA riots to Pan Am 103 and Iran Contra. Thirty years later, Barr faced an unrelenting barrage of issues, such as Russiagate, the COVID outbreak, civil unrest, the impeachments, and the 2020 election fallout. One Damn Thing After Another is vivid, forthright, and essential not only to understanding the Bush and Trump legacies, but also how both men viewed power and justice at critical junctures of their presidencies.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/566218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Garvey and Garveyism Author: Amy Jacques Garvey Narrator: Beresford Bennett, Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 1, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Like all great dreamers and planners, Marcus Garvey dreamed and planned ahead of his time and his peoples' ability to understand the significance of his life's work. A set of circumstances, mostly created by the world colonial powers, crushed this dreamer, but not his dreams. Due to persistence and years of sacrifice of Mrs. Amy Jacques Garvey, widow of Marcus Garvey, a large body of work by and about this great nationalist leader has been preserved and can be made available to a new generation of Black people who have the power to turn his dreams into realities. Written as a participant and confidant, Amy Jacques Garvey's perspective continues to provide an intimate and first-person narrative of the Garvey movement and this important nascent period of Black Nationalism.