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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604205 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid: a Female Firefighter Memoir Author: Kate Fullen Narrator: Colleen Prendergast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 28, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A raw, eye-opening memoir from a North East firefighter, charting her journey into the male dominated heart of the British Fire and Rescue Service. Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid follows young, idealistic recruit, Kate Fullen, as she negotiates training school and settles into life on the watch. With incidents and routine tasks woven into the fabric of the story, it describes the consuming pressure, emotional turmoil and unpredictable nature of the job. Utilising the rare perspective of a northern, queer, working-class female firefighter, Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid examines the more intricate difficulties experienced by minority groups and gives a voice to a profession that is seldom heard and rarely seen. - Kate lives in the North East of England and has been a firefighter for over 16 years. Born in County Durham, the second of four children and sandwiched between two brothers, Kate soon became accustomed to holding her own. She reached a high level in numerous sports and won three consecutive national chess championships. After graduating from the University of Sunderland with a Sports Science degree, a chance visit to an open day at the Fire Service Training Centre changed her life forever. Kate has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro; coached soccer in USA; managed a successful women’s football team; completed the first ‘Tough Mudder’ event in Scotland; and more recently adopted 2 boys as a single parent. Following the arrival of her second son, Kate changed direction, she now works as a personal trainer and life coach, encouraging others to follow their dreams.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Jules Author: Mari Sandoz Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez, Gabrielle De Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: First published in 1935, Old Jules is unquestionably Mari Sandoz’s masterpiece. This portrait of her pioneer father grew out of “the silent hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box, when it was assumed, of course, that I was asleep in bed. So it was that I heard the accounts of the hunts,” Sandoz recalls. “Of the fights with the cattlemen and the sheepmen, of the tragic scarcity of women, when a man had to ‘marry anything that got off the train,’ of the droughts, the storms, the wind, and isolation. But the most impressive stories were those told to me by Old Jules himself.”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Society As I Have Found It Author: Ward Mcallister Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Ward McAllister lived in the mid-to-late nineteenth-century USA. This audiobook encompasses his commentary on the parties held by the elite in the USA and Europe during that time. Well-connected and well-traveled, McAllister describes the habits, trends, and wealth of the upper classes of society. As the author testifies, it was a time of transformative, unprecedented extravagance through the emergence of new technology and new prosperity. The locations of the social gatherings which McAllister attended during this time aren’t limited to the USA, but encompass much of Europe as well.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sky's Story: Thrown Away Children Book 5 Series: #5 of Thrown Away Children Author: Louise Allen Narrator: Melanie Crawley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by unhinged parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster carer Louise's home, neglected, malnourished, and indoctrinated. Louise had to draw on all of her experience as one of Britain's leading foster carers to rehabilitate and change the course of their lives. But with constant attempts to thwart her work, Louise ends up under siege in her own home. Will she succeed or is their fate sealed forever?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Won't You Love Me?: Unloved as a girl, abused as a woman – the true story of Ava’s fight for survival, from the No.1 bestseller, for fans of Cathy Glass Author: Toni Maguire, Ava Thomas Narrator: Katy Sobey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of abuse and survival. 'Whatever you do, don't go back to him, not this time. If not for your sake, then for your children's.' Ava Thomas knew leaving was the right decision. Trapped and manipulated in her relationship, and after yet another violent beating whilst she was pregnant, Ava was helped to a women's refuge with her children. Listening to the stories of other women there, Ava began thinking back to where it all started to go wrong. Brought up by a mother who never loved her, Ava sought that missing care and warmth elsewhere. Running away to her father's home as a teenager, she thought she might finally be safe. But after being abused by her own brother, she was thrown out onto the streets. Ava searched for the love she had been desperately missing her whole life, and ended up in a relationship controlled by domestic violence. Lifted by the strength of the other women around her, Ava found a new home, a fresh start and never looked back - with her loving children by her side. *In aid of the NSPCC: for each paperback book sold, Bonnier Books UK shall donate 2.5% of its net receipts to the NSPCC (registered charity numbers 216401 and SC037717).*

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cosas que no quiero saber Author: Deborah Levy Narrator: Conchi Ramírez De Haro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Premio Femina 2020 de novela extranjera: Cosasque no quiero saber y El coste de vivir, la «autobiografía en construcción» de Deborah Levy. Cosas queno quiero saber y El coste devivir forman la «autobiografía en construcción» de Deborah Levy,un relato de la feminidad como libertad y no como castigo, ambos galardonados con el Premio Femina 2020 de novela extranjera. Deborah Levy arranca estas memorias recordando la etapa de su vida en que rompía a llorar cuando subía unas escaleras mecánicas. Esemovimiento inocuo lallevaba a rincones de su memoria a los que no quería volver. Son esos recuerdos los que forman Cosas que no quiero saber, el inicio de su «autobiografía en construcción». Esta primera parte de lo que será un tríptico sobre la condición de ser mujer nace como respuesta al ensayo «Por qué escribo», de George Orwell. Sin embargo, Levy no viene a dar respuestas. Viene a abrir interrogantes que deja flotando en una atmósfera formada por toda la fuerza poética de su escritura. Su magia no es otra que la de las conexiones impredecibles de la memoria: el primermordisco a un albaricoque la traslada a la salida de sus hijos de la escuela, observando a las otras madres, «jóvenes convertidas en sombras de lo que habían sido»; el llanto de una mujer le devuelve la nieve cayendo sobre su padre en el Johannesburgo del apartheid, poco antes de ser encarcelado; el olor del curry la lleva a su adolescencia en Londres, escribiendo en servilletas de bares y soñando con una habitación propia. Leer a Levy es querer entrar en sus recuerdos y dejarse llevar por la calma y el aplomo de quien ha aprendido todo lo que sabe (y todo lo que no querría saber) a fuerza de buscar su propia voz. Reseñas: «Imprescindible. Leerla es como encontrar un oasis.» The Guardian «El punto fuerte de Levy es su originalidad de pensamiento y expresión.» Jeanette Winterson «Una narración vivaz y brillante sobre cómo los detalles más inocentes de la vida personal de una escritora pueden alcanzar el poder en la ficción.» The New York Times Book Review «Un relato vívido y sorprendente de la vida de la escritora, que feminiza y personaliza las contundentes a afirmaciones de Orwell.» The Spectator «Levy es una escritora hábil y crea un despliegue de emociones intensas en una prosa precisa y controlada.» The Independent «Unaversión actualizada de Una habitación propia [...]. Sospecho que será citado durante muchos años.» The Irish Examiner

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601409 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Name of the Lord: A Nun's Tell-All Author: Nandakumar K., Sister Lucy Kalapura Narrator: Suma Lerin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 20, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A bestseller in Malayalam when it was first published in 2019 as Karthavinte Namathil, In the Name of the Lord is a harrowing account of Sister Lucy Kalapura's life as a nun and her spirited fight for justice. Cast out for writing a poem, for owning a car, for talking about the sexual harassment that nuns face in the Church, Sr Lucy reveals what it was like for her to join a nunnery hoping to lead a life of faith and service but to instead be confronted with unexpected and bone-chilling realities. She presents an unsettling narrative about nuns who have no choice but to surrender to the lechery of their male counterparts, as well as about issues such as corruption within the Church, the distorted faces of authority, the partisanship of the state, and the much-talked-about recent sexual assault case involving the Bishop of Jalandhar. At a time when women continue to hesitate to report the sexual misconduct they face at home, at their workplaces and in society, this no-holds-barred memoir of a nun who has taken on the all-powerful Catholic Church by herself will inspire many to speak up for themselves as well as to think about how India treats its women.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604164 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Le nom perdu: Der verlorene Name Author: Gregor Höppner Narrator: Gregor Höppner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 20, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Vier Jahrzehnte nach ihrem Tod findet Gregor Höppner im Tagebuch seiner Mutter den Namen eines französischen Kriegsgefangenen. Er stößt auf die Geschichte der großen, geheimen Liebe einer selbstbewussten, jungen Frau während des Zweiten Weltkriegs voller ungestillter Sehnsüchte und unerfüllten Hoffnungen. Mit einem Freund begibt er sich auf die Suche nach dem verlorenen Namen und der Geschichte seiner Mutter aus einem früheren Leben. 'Nur mit Mühe und Not redete ich ihm aus mich mitzunehmen! Stieg dann hinter Braunschweig des Morgens um 4 Uhr auf freier Strecke aus dem Güterzug, um meinen Weg allein weiterzugehen. Nichts hatte er behalten bis auf ein halbes Brot, alles musste ich mitnehmen. Nie vergesse ich den Augenblick, als sich der lange Zug in Bewegung setzte und er weiß, schneeweiß im Gesicht in der Tür stand und weinte und dann mußte ich gehen, den schwersten Weg meines Lebens allein, verlassen, betrogen und belogen.' Luzies Tagebuch 1948

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Chianti zum Frühstück: Wie ich aufhörte zu trinken und anfing zu leben Author: Clare Pooley Narrator: Heidi Jürgens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 20, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mittags ein Gläschen mit der Freundin, abends mit dem Partner. Immer mehr Alkohol, um endlich loszulassen vom Stress durch Job und Kinder. Doch die Abstürze häufen sich. Nach einem besonders heftigen Wochenende packt Clare Pooley den Wein in den Schrank, kauft Kisten von alkoholfreiem Bier – und kämpft.Mutig und offen lässt sie ihre Hörer_innen teilhaben an den ersten 365 Tagen ohne den Stoff, nach dem sie süchtig ist. Sie erzählt vom Auf und Ab ihrer Gefühle, vom Staunen ihrer Freunde über die neue Clare. Am Ende des Jahres lebt sie ein Leben, das sie sich nie hätte träumen lassen.Eingestreut in Clares herrlich ehrlichen Erfahrungsbericht ist viel praktischer Rat: Woher weiß ich, dass ich zu viel trinke? Wie überstehe ich Partys und Weihnachten? Was richtet der Alkohol in meinem Körper an? Clare Pooleys Humor, ihre positive Haltung und ihre ganz direkte Art machen dieses Werk zum absoluten Hörvergnügen mit ernstem Hintergrund.-

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education Author: Katie Rose Guest Pryal Narrator: Erica Sullivan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Early in her career, Katie Pryal learned that being a professor isn’t easy if your brain isn’t quite right. “I was a junior in college when I finally realized that I was different in a way that my medically inclined parents would call ‘clinical.’” In these deeply personal, fiery essays, Pryal tells her story of transformation that began the moment she chose to publicly disclose her own mental illness and leave her career in higher education to begin fighting for a better world for people with psychiatric disabilities. The stories she tells are universal: the fear of stigma, the fight for accommodations, and the raw reality of living with mental illness in a world that pushes mental health to the margins. People carelessly call each other “schizo” and “bipolar.” A colleague is fired for “instability.” Pryal learned that, as a psychiatrically disabled person working in higher education, her very livelihood could be stripped away by the groundless suspicions of others. But the problem persists beyond academia. With candor and grace, these essays discuss the disclosure of disabilities, accommodations and accessibility, how to be a good abled friend to a disabled person, the trigger warnings debate, and more. While harrowing at times, Pryal’s story is ultimately one of hope. With this memoir, she aims to make higher education—and all of our society—more humane.