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Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Reluctant Spy Subtitle: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror Author: John Kiriakou, Michael Ruby Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 03-16-10 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 136 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Long before the waterboarding controversy exploded in the media, one CIA agent had already gone public. In a groundbreaking 2007 interview with ABC News, John Kiriakou called waterboarding torture - but admitted that it probably worked. This book, at once a confessional, an adventure story, and a chronicle of Kiriakou's life in the CIA, stands as an important, eloquent piece of testimony from a committed American patriot. In February 2002, Kiriakou was the head of counterterrorism in Pakistan. Under his command, in a spectacular raid coordinated with Pakistani agents and the CIA's best intelligence analyst, Kiriakou's field officers took down the infamous terrorist Abu Zubaydah. For days, Kiriakou became the wounded terrorist's personal "bodyguard". In circumstances stranger than fiction, as al-Qaeda agents scoured the streets for their captured leader, the best trauma surgeon in America was flown to Pakistan to make sure that Zubaydah did not die. In The Reluctant Spy, Kiriakou takes us into the fight against an enemy fueled by fanaticism. He chillingly describes what it was like inside the CIA headquarters on the morning of 9/11 - the agency leaders who stepped up and those who protected their careers. And in what may be the book's most shocking revelation, he describes how the White House made plans to invade Iraq a full year before the CIA knew about it - or could attempt to stop it. Chronicling both mind-boggling mistakes and heroic acts of individual courage, The Reluctant Spy is essential listening for anyone who wishes to understand the inner workings of the U.S. intelligence apparatus, the truth behind the torture debate, and the incredible dedication of ordinary men and women doing one of the most extraordinary jobs on earth. Editorial Reviews: Fans of Arthur Morey will not be disappointed as they listen to The Reluctant Spy. The autobiography is the story of John Kiriakou's tenure as both an analyst and covert operator at the nations spy shop. Morey has much to draw from in The Reluctant Spy. Kiriakou writes of his Greek immigrant family and tells of an interest in the larger world that began when he was a boy. Morey leads listeners through the exploits of college student (and political junkie) Kiriakou as he tries to sneak his way into Capitol Hill functions to the authors recruitment into the C.I.A., beginning not as a covert operator, but as an analyst of unstable countries and their suspect leaders. Through Morey we can imagine Kiriakous transition to a savvy operative whose fluency in Arabic and Greek make him highly sought after for duty in the Middle East and Pakistan. Anxiety builds in Moreys voice as Kiriakou identifies his targets and moves in for either the recruiting of informants or the capture of international terrorists. There is also unabashed anger to be heard as Kiriakou writes of essential evidence destroyed, mishandled, or even worse not investigated at all by the supposed partners of the C.I.A. in other government agencies. You can also hear Kiriakous steely professionalism in Moreys reading of the C.I.A. assignments, so painstakingly planned and meticulously executed. However, Morey also captures the anguish of a man caught between his job so much of which he could not share with friends or family and his increasingly problematic personal life.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Hospital Author: Barbara O'Hare Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 01-25-18 Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Barbara was 12 when she was admitted to the psychiatric hospital Aston Hall in 1971. From a troubled home, she'd hoped she would find sanctuary there. But during her stay, Barbara was systematically drugged and abused by its head physician, Dr Kenneth Milner. Somehow, eventually, she started to campaign for answers. This is a shocking account of how vulnerable children were preyed upon by the doctor entrusted with their care.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise Subtitle: A True Story About Schizophrenia Author: Sandra Allen Narrator: Sandra Allen, Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 01-23-18 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Dazzlingly, daringly written, marrying the thoughtful originality of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts with the revelatory power of Neurotribes and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before. Sandra Allen did not know her uncle Bob very well. As a child, she had been told he was "crazy", that he had spent time in mental hospitals while growing up in Berkeley in the '60s and '70s. But Bob had lived a hermetic life in a remote part of California for longer than she had been alive, and what little she knew of him came from rare family reunions or odd, infrequent phone calls. Then in 2009 Bob mailed her his autobiography. Typewritten in all caps, a stream of error-riddled sentences over 60 single-spaced pages, the often incomprehensible manuscript proclaimed to be a "true story" about being "labeled a psychotic paranoid schizophrenic" and arrived with a plea to help him get his story out to the world. In A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise, Allen translates her uncle's autobiography, artfully creating a gripping coming-of-age story while sticking faithfully to the facts as he shared them. Lacing Bob's narrative with chapters providing greater contextualization, Allen also shares background information about her family, the culturally explosive time and place of her uncle's formative years, and the vitally important questions surrounding schizophrenia and mental health care in America more broadly. The result is a heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious portrait of a young man striving for stability in his life as well as his mind and an utterly unique lens into an experience that, to most people, remains unimaginable.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Drumchapel Subtitle: My Memoirs, Book 5 Author: William McCaughey Narrator: Jeffrey Knecht Format: Unabridged Length: 18 mins Language: English Release date: 01-11-18 Publisher: William Simpkin McCaughey Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Book five in my memoirs. A love story, a story of art and music. A modern fairy tale. Glasgow and Scotland - my family saga over a couple of hundred years.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Your Life in My Hands Subtitle: A Junior Doctor's Story Author: Rachel Clarke Narrator: Cassie Layton Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 12-21-17 Publisher: Whole Story Quest Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: These are the extraordinary realities of the NHS frontline. From the historic junior doctor strikes to the 'humanitarian crisis' declared by the Red Cross, the overstretched health service is on the precipice. This is a powerful polemic on its systematic degradation, and a letter of optimism to that same health service and those who support it. It captures with tenderness, a new doctor's experiences of an NHS at breaking point. Critic Reviews: "There have been many books written by young doctors...but none comes close to Clarke's." (Sunday Times) "From the very heart of the NHS comes this brilliant insight into the continuing crisis in the health service. Rachel Clarke writes as the accomplished journalist she once was and as the leading junior doctor she now is - writing with humanity and compassion that at times reduced me to tears." (Jon Snow, Channel 4 News) "A powerful account of life on the NHS frontline. If only Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt could see the passion behind the people in the NHS, they might stop treating them as the enemy, and understand that without them we don't have an NHS worth the name." (Alastair Campbell)

Écoutez ce livre audio dans son intégralité gratuitement sur https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 Titre: Démultiplication (Transfert 41) Auteur: slate.fr Narrateur: slate.fr Format: Unabridged Durée: 50 mins Langue: Français Date de publication: 12-15-17 Éditeur: Slate.fr Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Résumé de l'éditeur: Vous avez toujours rêvé de connaître les péripéties secrètes du couple de vos bruyants voisins, ce qui a transformé la personnalité de votre cousin, la raison pour laquelle votre collègue n'arrive plus à faire confiance à personne. Toutes les deux semaines, Transfert vous raconte une histoire vraie, excitante, prenante, émouvante, et en creux le monde moderne et ceux qui l'habitent. Un podcast de Slate.fr présenté par Charlotte Pudlowski. Épisode 41 : Un jour Grégory a reçu un appel. Avait-il, lui demandait-on, loué pour plusieurs dizaines de milliers d'euros, du matériel vidéo ? Pas du tout répond-t-il. Quelques semaines plus tard, un nouvel appel, d'une nouvelle personne, qui s'interroge de la même manière. Pourquoi ces appels ? ©2016 slate.fr (P)2016 slate.fr

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 6 Below Subtitle: Miracle on the Mountain Author: Eric LeMarque, Davin Seay - featuring Narrator: Scott Merriman Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-17 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this riveting first-person account, former Olympian and professional hockey player Eric LeMarque tells a harrowing tale of survival - of how, with only a lightweight jacket and thin wool hat, he survived eight days stranded in the frozen wilderness after a snowboarding trip gone horribly wrong. Known by his National Guard rescuers as "the Miracle Man," Eric recounts his rise to success and fame as a hockey player and Olympian, his long and painful fall due to crystal meth addiction, and his unbelievable ordeal in the wilderness. In the end, a man whose life had been based on athleticism would lose both his legs to frostbite and had to learn to walk - and snowboard - again with prosthetics. He realized that he couldn't come to terms with his drug addiction or learn to walk again by himself. He had to depend on God for his strength. Now an inspirational speaker committed to raising awareness for the dangers of drugs and crystal meth, Eric, in 6 Below, confronts the ultimate test of survival: what it takes to find your way out of darkness, and - after so many lies - to tell the truth and, by the grace and guidance of God, begin to live again.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: My Father's War Subtitle: Memories from Our Honored WWII Soldiers Author: Charley Valera Narrator: JT Calaway Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 11-03-17 Publisher: Charley Valera Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: We all know someone who was there, in World War II--probably a close relative, such as a father, brother, uncle, or grandparent. Most of us have hardly heard their stories about their young war years. We may have been afraid to ask about their stories, and they may assume we don't want to know. But this was such an important life-changer, with certain death and torture on the line every day--waking up every morning for days and years without their families close by, constant battles going on, and amazing destruction. It was for us they fought, so we should know their stories. In this stirring collection of first-person narratives by WWII veterans, Charley Valera opens readers' eyes to the story of how young, ordinary people from modest backgrounds became incredible soldiers, fighting a nasty, close battle that ranged from dropping bombs on barely visible targets to hand-to-hand combat--even fistfights. Perhaps some of the stories aren't exactly how events transpired, but they do capture exactly how each person remembers them. Many of these veterans are now ninety to ninety-six years old. Charley Valera honors them by chronicling their amazing, heroic war efforts before they are gone and it's too late. We should all salute these brave men and be sincerely grateful for the sacrifices they made for our country and for each one of us.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Now With You, Now Without Subtitle: My Journey Through Life and Loss Author: Kathryn Leigh Scott Narrator: Kathryn Leigh Scott Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 10-31-17 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the final months of her husband's terminal illness, Kathryn Leigh Scott was determined to make the most of every precious minute they had left. Despite Geoff's debilitating condition and the difficulties of caregiving, the couple decided to travel the world. Anticipating new horizons and experiences was not only an embraceable antidote - it was the very heart of Kathryn's mantra: "If not now, when?" When the time came to face Geoff's inevitable passing, the voyage she had begun with the man she loved did not end. Kathryn continued on across the globe. Through grief, guilt, and coming to terms, their shared adventure evolved into an exhilarating journey to find the way back to herself. A celebration of life, of coping with death, of cherishing memories, and of finding the courage to move forward, Kathryn's personal story is for anyone who has ever suffered a loss. It's an inspirational reminder - for yourself and those you love - not to waste the moments you have, here and now.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Vanished Hero Subtitle: The Life, War and Mysterious Disappearance of Americas WWII Strafing King Author: Jay A. Stout Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 10-31-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A hell-bent-for-leather fighter pilot, Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most unknown, yet compelling, colorful, and controversial commanders of World War II. Arriving late to the war, he led the England-based 55th Fighter Group against the Nazis during the closing months of the fight with a no-holds-barred aggressiveness that transformed the group from a middling organization of no reputation into a headline-grabbing team that had to make excuses to no one. Indeed, Righetti's boldness paid off as he quickly achieved ace status and additionally scored more strafing victories - 27 - than any other Eighth Air Force pilot. However, success came at a high cost in men and machines. Some of Righetti's pilots resented him as a Johnny-come-lately intent on winning a sack of medals at their expense. But most lauded their spirited new commander and his sledgehammer audacity. Indeed, he made his men most famous for "loco busting", as they put more than 600 enemy locomotives out of commission - 170-in just two days! Ultimately, Righetti's calculated recklessness ran full speed into the odds. His aircraft was hit while strafing an enemy airfield only four days before the 55th flew its last mission. Critic Reviews: "Vanished Hero is a welcome addition to military biography collections, and highly recommended for both public library collections and personal reading lists." (Midwest Book Review)