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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571277 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Are You Doing Here?: My Autobiography Author: Floella Benjamin Narrator: Floella Benjamin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: This audio edition is read by the author, Floella Benjamin. Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book Awards Baroness Floella Benjamin is an inspiration, an actress and much-loved children’s television presenter who is a member of the House of Lords. But how did the girl from Trinidad end up lunching with the Queen? In What Are You Doing Here? Floella describes arriving in London as a child, part of the Windrush generation, and the pain caused by the racism she encountered every day. It was offset by the love of her parents, who gave her the pride in her heritage, self-belief and confidence that have carried her through life. From winning a role in groundbreaking musical Hair (while clearly stating she would not take her clothes off) to breaking down barriers on Play School, from refusing to be typecast in roles to speaking out for diversity at the BBC and BAFTA, she has remained true to herself. She also reveals how she met husband Keith, became a mother of two, was befriended by Kenneth Williams, hugged President Obama, and found a purpose that would underpin everything she did – campaigning for the needs of children. Sharing the lessons she has learned, imbued with her joy and positivity, this autobiography is the moving testimony of a remarkable woman.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir of Friendship Author: Nina Totenberg Narrator: Nina Totenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.42 of Total 12 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Four years before Nina Totenberg was hired at NPR, where she cemented her legacy as a prizewinning reporter, and nearly twenty-two years before Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court, Nina called Ruth. A reporter for The National Observer, Nina was curious about Ruth’s legal brief, asking the Supreme Court to do something revolutionary: declare a law that discriminated “on the basis of sex” to be unconstitutional. In a time when women were fired for becoming pregnant, often could not apply for credit cards, or get a mortgage in their own names, Ruth patiently explained her argument. That call launched a remarkable, nearly fifty-year friendship. Dinners with Ruth is an extraordinary account of two women who paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal barriers. It is also an intimate memoir of the power of friendships as women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. At the story’s heart is one, special relationship: Ruth and Nina saw each other not only through personal joys, but also illness, loss, and widowhood. During the devastating illness and eventual death of Nina’s first husband, Ruth drew her out of grief; twelve years later, Nina would reciprocate when Ruth’s beloved husband died. They shared not only a love of opera, but also of shopping, as they instinctively understood that clothes were armor for women who wanted to be taken seriously in a workplace dominated by men. During Ruth’s last year, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays were “reserved for Ruth” in Nina’s house. Dinners with Ruth also weaves together compelling, personal portraits of other fascinating women and men from Nina’s life, including her cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer; her beloved husbands; her friendships with multiple Supreme Court Justices, including Lewis Powell, William Brennan, and Antonin Scalia, and Nina’s own family—her father, the legendary violinist Roman Totenberg, and her “best friends,” her sisters. Inspiring and revelatory, Dinners with Ruth is a moving story of the joy and true meaning of friendship.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/583588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World Author: Iuliia Mendel Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: “Moving.” —The Washington Post When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come. In this frank and moving inside account, Zelenskyy’s former press secretary tells the story of his improbable rise from popular comedian to the president of Ukraine. Mendel had a front row seat to many of the key events preceding the 2022 Russian invasion. From attending meetings between Zelenskyy and Putin and other European leaders, visiting the front lines in Donbas, to fielding press inquiries after the infamous phone calls between Donald Trump and Zelenskyy that led to Trump’s first impeachment. Mendel saw firsthand Zelenskyy’s efforts to transform his country from a poor, backward Soviet state into a vibrant, prosperous European democracy. Mendel sheds light on the massive economic problems facing Ukraine and the entrenched corrupt oligarchs in league with Russia. She witnessed the Kremlin’s repeated attacks to discredit Zelenskyy through disinformation and an army of bots and trolls. Woven into her account are details about her own life as a member of Zelenskyy’s new Ukraine. Written with the sound of Russian bombs and exploding shells in the background, Mendel details life lived under Russian siege in 2022. She says goodbye to her fiancé who joins the front lines, like so many other Ukrainian men. Throughout this story of Zelenskyy, Ukraine, and its extraordinary people, Iuliia Mendel reminds us of the paramount importance of truth and human values, especially in these darkest of times.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor Author: Andrew Kirtzman Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 19 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: A New Yorker Best Book of the Year What happened to Rudy Giuliani? Andrew Kirtzman, who has been following Giuliani since the 1990s, answers that question in this “masterful and engrossing” (The Guardian) biography that “cuts through the myth and caricature that has too often defined Giuliani” (Los Angeles Times). Rudy Giuliani was hailed after 9/11 as “America’s Mayor,” a national hero who, at the time, was more widely admired than the pope. He was brilliant, accomplished—and complicated. He conflated politics with morality, made reckless personal choices, and engaged in self-destructive behavior. A series of disastrous decisions and cynical compromises, coupled with his need for power, money, and attention gradually ruined his reputation, cost him political support, and ultimately damaged the country. Kirtzman, who was with Giuliani at the World Trade Center on 9/11, conducted hundreds of interviews to give us an insightful portrait of this polarizing figure from the beginning of his rise to his high-profile role as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Giuliani was a celebrated prosecutor, a transformative New York City mayor, and a contender for the presidency. But by the end of the Trump presidency, he was reviled and ridiculed after a series of embarrassing errors and misjudgments. He was a significant figure in both of Trump’s impeachments and ended up widely ostracized, facing both legal jeopardy and financial ruin. This is the “lively new biography” (The New Yorker) of how it all began and how it came crashing down.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Im Rausch: Russlands Krieg Author: Arkadi Babtschenko Narrator: Omid-Paul Eftekhari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Arkadi Babtschenko kennt als ehemaliger Soldat die russische Armee aus ihrem Innersten; als kritischer, verfolgter Autor lebt er seit Jahren in der Ukraine und im Exil. Mit dieser einzigartigen Binnensicht beider Seiten schreibt er über die Situation seit 2014, wie niemand sonst es vermag – leidenschaftlich persönlich, stilistisch brillant und mit größter Kenntnis: Da sind die staatsnahen Medien, die mit Trash und Nationalkitsch einen «russischen Infantilismus» heranzüchten, ohne Würde und Scham. Die russischen Siegestage, die nur die Vergangenheit feiern – keine Zukunft. Diese wird, in Gestalt unzähliger toter Soldaten, doppelt totgeschwiegen. Babtschenko schreibt über Putins Verblendung, die ganz Russland ergriffen hat, über konkrete Schwächen in Material und Strategie und leitet daraus, von Anfang an, verblüffend genaue Vorhersagen ab. Vom 24. Februar 2022 an verdichten sich seine Texte in ein einzigartiges Tagebuch über den russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine, den entscheidenden Konflikt der Gegenwart, der die Welt jetzt schon tiefgreifend verändert hat; es wirft Licht auf die Ereignisse und schildert sie mit einer sprachlichen Verve, die ihresgleichen sucht, klarsichtig und doch mit größter Nähe.-

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War on Terror Author: Bill Bee, Wills Robinson Narrator: Michael Braun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Sergeant Bill Bee’s brush with death was broadcast on TV screens and published in newspapers around the world, but behind the cloud of dirt caused by a Taliban sniper bullet is a story of heroism, tragedy, and fighting an invisible war.Sergeant Bill Bee is the Marine in one of the defining images from the War on Terror. He responded to gunfire without protective gear when a Taliban sniper shot hit a sandbank just a few inches from his head in Garmsir, Helmand Province. When his world plunged into darkness, he thought his luck had run out. But he somehow survived, and his brush with death on May 18, 2008, was captured by a Reuters photographer. The images were broadcast around the world and became an iconic display of bravery at a time when support for the war in Afghanistan was low. People remember the reckless Marine who risked his life, but the story of the man reeling behind that cloud of dusk is one of an invisible war he is still fighting to this day.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La mirada infinita Author: Empar Fernández, Pablo Bonell Goytisolo Narrator: Enrique Aparicio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 12, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Una particular mirada a la Historia reciente de la humanidad desde el desacostumbrado punto de vista de los perdedores, las víctimas y los testigos de atrocidades. Nuestro personaje principal, cuya memoria se va transmitiendo a través de generaciones, aparecerá en varios momentos de la historia para presenciar directamente las peores manifestaciones del mal. Quince puntos fijos en el tiempo, quince atrocidades históricas, quince cuentos cortos unidos por el mismo hilo conductor; un hilo que se hilvana con ambición, celos y venganza. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Empar Fernández es una novelista española nacida en Barcelona en 1962. Columnista de prensa, profesora de historia catalana y divulgadora, ha publicado numerosas novelas con preeminencia de historias criminales y detectivescas. Se la considera de una de las autoras catalanas contemporáneas más sólidas. Pablo Bonell Goytisolo es un autor catalán especializado en el género detectivesco. Su producción literaria, escrita a cuatro manos con la autora catalana Empar Fernández, abarca la famosa serie protagonizada por el subinspector Santiago Escalona.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587684 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President Author: Jonathan Darman Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: “An illuminating account of how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s struggles with polio steeled him for the great struggles of the Depression and of World War II.”—Jon Meacham “A valuable book for anyone who wants to know how adversity shapes character. By understanding how FDR became a deeper and more empathetic person, we can nurture those traits in ourselves and learn from the challenges we all face.”—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo Da Vinci In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political “natural.” Born in 1882 to a wealthy, influential family and blessed with an abundance of charm and charisma, he seemed destined for high office. Yet for all his gifts, the young Roosevelt nonetheless lacked depth, empathy, and an ability to think strategically. Those qualities, so essential to his success as president, were skills he acquired during his seven-year journey through illness and recovery.  Becoming FDR traces the riveting story of the struggle that forged Roosevelt’s character and political ascent. Soon after contracting polio in 1921 at the age of thirty-nine, the former failed vice-presidential candidate was left paralyzed from the waist down. He spent much of the next decade trying to rehabilitate his body and adapt to the stark new reality of his life. By the time he reemerged on the national stage in 1928 as the Democratic candidate for governor of New York, his character and his abilities had been transformed. He had become compassionate and shrewd by necessity, tailoring his speeches to inspire listeners and to reach them through a new medium—radio. Suffering cemented his bond with those he once famously called “the forgotten man.” Most crucially, he had discovered how to find hope in a seemingly hopeless situation—a skill that he employed to motivate Americans through the Great Depression and World War II. The polio years were transformative, too, for the marriage of Franklin and Eleanor, and for Eleanor herself, who became, at first reluctantly, her husband's surrogate at public events, and who grew to become a political and humanitarian force in her own right.   Tracing the physical, political, and personal evolution of the iconic president, Becoming FDR shows how adversity can lead to greatness, and to the power to remake the world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593718 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power Author: Pnina Lahav Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: A feminist biography of the only woman to become Prime Minister of IsraelIn this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898–1978) through a feminist lens, focusing on her recurring role as a woman standing alone among men. The Only Woman in the Room is the first book to contend with Meir’s full identity as a woman, Jew, Zionist leader, and one of the founders of Israel, providing a richer portrait of her persona and legacy.Meir, Lahav shows, deftly deflected misogyny as she traveled the path to becoming Israel’s fourth, and only female, prime minister, from 1969 to 1974. Lahav revisits the youthful encounters that forged Meir’s passion for socialist Zionism and reassesses her decision to separate from her husband and leave her children in the care of others. Enduring humiliation and derision from her colleagues, Meir nevertheless led in establishing Israel as a welfare state where social security, workers’ rights, and maternity leave became law. Lahav looks at the challenges that beset Meir’s premiership, particularly the disastrous Yom Kippur War, which led to her resignation and withdrawal from politics, as well as Meir’s bitter duel with feminist and civil rights leader Shulamit Aloni, Meir’s complex relationship with the Israeli and American feminist movements, and the politics that led her to distance herself from feminism altogether.Exploring the tensions between Meir’s personal and political identities, The Only Woman in the Room provides a groundbreaking new account of Meir’s life while also illuminating the difficulties all women face as they try to ascend in male-dominated fields

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/621285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies Author: Kenneth R. Timmerman Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 6, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Foreword by Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal CenterA real-life adventure story told by a New York Times bestselling author and war correspondent who reveals how he became a hostage, an arms dealer, and an Israeli spy.And the Rest Is History takes readers on a traveling circus from Paris to Beirut, Baghdad, and beyond, introducing them to spies and terrorists, arms dealers and crooks, and along the way reveals a few surprises about the secret underbelly of recent history you won’t find in WikiLeaks. This book pinpoints precisely when the era of “fake news” actually began in America, and will change the way you think about journalism and journalists.It includes:• riveting testimony of the author’s torture and born-again experience as a hostage in a Beirut cellar;• unusual insight into the beginnings of the Iran–Contra scandal;• eyewitness reporting from the battlefields of the Middle East;• the inside scoop on Saddam Hussein’s WMD programs;• astonishing stories of French government dirty tricks, the intelligence underworld, Israeli hostage negotiations, and the real-life escapades of a Soviet sleeper agent.And the Rest Is History is a reporter’s journey from Left-Bank leftist to born-again Christian conservative. But most of all it’s a rollicking good read full of unusual characters, places, and events you will never hear about on the evening news.