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Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Narrative of Sojourner Truth Author: Olive Gilbert Narrator: Bobbie Frohman Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 08-14-09 Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 45 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A poignant biography as told to Olive Gilbert by Isabella Bomefree-a slave (1797-1883) who later took the name of Sojourner Truth. She recounts the harshness of life under slavery and after winning her freedom, became a vociferous abolitionist for which she has been long remembered and revered. Table of Contents Chapter 01: Her Birth And Parentage Chapter 02: Accommodations Chapter 03: Her Brothers And Sisters Chapter 04: Her Religious Instruction Chapter 05: The Auction Chapter 06: Death Of Mau-Mau Bett Chapter 07: Last Days Of Bomefree Chapter 08: Death Of Bomefree Chapter 09: Commencement Of Isabella's Trials In Life Chapter 10: Trials Continued Chapter 11: Her Standing With Her New Master And Mistress Chapter 12: Isabella's Marriage Chapter 13: Isabella As A Mother Chapter 14: Slaveholder's Promises Chapter 15: Her Escape Chapter 16: Illegal Sale Of Her Son Chapter 17: It Is Often Darkest Just Before Dawn Chapter 18: Death Of Mrs. Eliza Fowler Chapter 19: Isabella's Religious Experience Chapter 20: New Trials Chapter 21: Finding A Brother And Sister Chapter 22: Gleanings Chapter 23: The Matthias Delusion Chapter 24: Fasting Chapter 25: The Cause Of Her Leaving The City Chapter 26: The Consequences Of Refusing A Traveler A Night's Lodging Chapter 27: Some Of Her Views And Reasonings Chapter 28: The Second Advent Doctrines Chapter 29: Another Camp-Meeting Chapter 30: Last Interview With Her Master Certificates Of Character Olive Gilbert (1801-1884) was an abolitionist who deeply felt the plight of slaves and spent over two years living with the emancipated slave and preacher, Sojourner Truth, carefully recording her story.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Farm City Subtitle: The Education of an Urban Farmer Author: Novella Carpenter Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 07-22-09 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 327 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Ambivalent about repeating her parents' disastrous mistakes, yet drawn to the idea of backyard self-sufficiency, Carpenter decided that it might be possible to have it both ways: a homegrown vegetable plot as well as museums, bars, concerts, and a 24-hour convenience mart mere minutes away - especially when she moved to a ramshackle house in inner-city Oakland and discovered a weed-choked, garbage-strewn abandoned lot next door. She closed her eyes and pictured heirloom tomatoes, a beehive, and a chicken coop. What started out as a few egg-laying chickens led to turkeys, geese, and ducks. Soon, some rabbits joined the fun, then two 300-pound pigs. And no, these charming and eccentric animals weren't pets; she was a farmer, not a zookeeper. Novella was raising these animals for dinner. Novella Carpenter's corner of downtown Oakland is populated by unforgettable characters. Lana (anal spelled backward, she reminds us) runs a speakeasy across the street and refuses to hurt even a fly, let alone condone raising turkeys for Thanksgiving. Bobby, the homeless man who collects cars and car parts just outside the farm, is an invaluable neighborhood concierge. The turkeys, Harold and Maude, tend to escape on a daily basis to cavort with the prostitutes hanging around just off the highway nearby. Every day on this strange and beautiful farm, urban meets rural in the most surprising ways. For anyone who has ever grown herbs on their windowsill or tomatoes on their fire escape, or who has obsessed over the offerings at the local farmers' market, Carpenter's story will capture your heart. Editorial Reviews: When Novella Carpenter and her boyfriend decide to move to an apartment at the end of a street in a rough neighborhood in Oakland, California, they base their choice on the large and vacant lot next door. Already experienced with raising chickens, gardening, and keeping bees, Carpenter wants to take on a larger challenge: creating an urban farm. Farm City is a memoir chronicling her development of the vacant lot, the acquisition of livestock, and the rich and diverse characters that populate her new neighborhood. Carpenter's voice comes through Karen White's narration as having matter-of-fact sensibility, dotted throughout the book with dry humor and a healthy sense of irony. Carpenter is constantly planning to take the operations of her farm a step further than the season before, starting with raising ducks and turkeys in addition to her chickens; but as much as she plans, something unexpected is always around the corner. White's narration at once reflects Carpenter's excitement and frustration at setbacks, as every project turns out to be something slightly other than what she bargained for. As the narrative of Farm City unfolds, Carpenter routinely reflects on herself in relation to the tradition of farming, and it is clear she sees herself in line with both the people of the past who farmed out of necessity and writers and scholars who have written about man's connection with earth as an intellectual exercise. Instead of trying to obtain a novel and unique experience, Carpenter wants to see herself as part of a very human tradition, and White's voice commands authority when she quotes the people who have inspired Carpenter.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Age is Just a Number Subtitle: Achieve Your Dreams At Any Stage In Your Life Author: Elizabeth Weil, Dara Torres Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 04-07-09 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 46 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Dara Torres captured the hearts and minds of Americans of all ages when she launched her Olympic comeback as a new mother at the age of 41, 12 years after she had retired from competitive swimming and eight years since her last Olympics. When she took three silver medals in Beijing, including a heartbreaking .01-second finish behind the gold medalist in the women's 50-meter freestyle, America loved her all the more for her astonishing achievement and her good-natured acceptance of the results. Now, in Age Is Just a Number, Dara reveals how the dream of an Olympic comeback first came to her when she was months into her first, hard-won pregnancy. With humor and candor, Dara recounts how she returned to serious training while nursing her infant daughter and contending with her beloved father's long battle with cancer. Dara talks frankly about diving back in for this comeback; about being an older athlete in a younger athlete's game; about competition, doubt, and belief; about working through pain and uncertainty; and finally about seizing the moment and, most important, never giving up. A truly self-made legend, her story will resonate with women of all ages and with anyone daring to entertain a seemingly impossible dream.

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Against All Hope Subtitle: The Prison Memoirs of Armando Valladares Author: Armando Valladares Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 04-02-09 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 33 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Armando Valladares describes his 22 years of torment and triumph in Castro's prison. Arrested at the age of 22 for being philosophically opposed to communism, he gives a dramatic and harrowing account of the regular beatings, the hunger, the humiliation, and the psychological "experimentation" to which the Cuban Revolution subjected its unrepentant enemies. However, Valladares's hope and courage transcended these horrors, showing us the heroic possibilities of one possessing unshaken faith. More than an indictment of a cruel regime, this book is a testimony to the power of biblical faith to allow a man to survive against all hope. Critic Reviews: "Mr. Valladares offers a record of dearly bought knowledge that no one can afford to overlook." (Wall Street Journal) "Valladares's book is an event of considerable cultural and political significance: the most detailed and irrefutable description yet published of the suffering engendered in Cuba by communism and Fidel Castro." (Time) "[A]n extraordinary account....What sets it apart from other prison memoirs is not the suffering...but its record of all-out resistance. It could almost be entitled 'The War Memoirs of Armando Valladares.'" (Los Angeles Times)

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Road of Lost Innocence Subtitle: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine Author: Somaly Mam Narrator: Tanya Eby Sirois Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 09-09-08 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 132 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Trapped in this dangerous and desperate world, she suffered the brutality and horrors of human trafficking - rape, torture, deprivation - until she managed to escape with the help of a French aid worker. Emboldened by her newfound freedom, education, and security, Mam blossomed but remained haunted by the girls in the brothels she left behind. Written in exquisite, spare, unflinching prose, The Road of Lost Innocence recounts the experiences of Mam's early life and tells the story of her awakening as an activist, and her harrowing and brave fight against the powerful and corrupt forces that steal the lives of these girls. Mam has orchestrated raids on brothels and rescued sex workers, some as young as five and six; she has built shelters, started schools, and founded an organization that has so far saved more than 3,400 women and children in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. Her memoir, an international best seller, will leave you awestruck by the tenacity and courage of this modern-day heroine and will renew your faith in the power of an individual to bring about change. Critic Reviews: "This moving, disturbing tale is not one of redemption but a cry for justice and support for women's plight everywhere." (Publishers Weekly)

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The House at Sugar Beach Subtitle: A Memoir Author: Helene Cooper Narrator: Helene Cooper Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 09-02-08 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 213 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When Helene was eight, the Coopers took in a foster child - a common custom among the Liberian elite. Eunice, a Bassa girl, suddenly became known as "Mrs. Cooper's daughter". For years, the Cooper daughters - Helene, her sister Marlene, and Eunice - blissfully enjoyed the trappings of wealth and advantage. But Liberia was like an unwatched pot of water left boiling on the stove. And on April 12, 1980, a group of soldiers staged a coup d'état, assassinating President William Tolbert and executing his cabinet. The Coopers and the entire Congo class were now the hunted, being imprisoned, shot, tortured, and raped. After a brutal daylight attack by a ragtag crew of soldiers, Helene, Marlene, and their mother fled Sugar Beach, and then Liberia, for America. They left Eunice behind. A world away, Helene tried to assimilate as an American teenager. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill she found her passion in journalism, eventually becoming a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. She reported from every part of the globe - except Africa - as Liberia descended into war-torn, third-world hell. But in 2003 a near-death experience in Iraq convinced Helene that Liberia - and Eunice - could wait no longer. At once a deeply personal memoir and an examination of a violent and stratified country, The House at Sugar Beach tells of tragedy, forgiveness, and transcendence with unflinching honesty and a survivor's gentle humor. And at its heart, it is a story of Helene Cooper's long voyage home. Critic Reviews: "Rendered with aching nostalgia and wonderful language [it] is a voyage of return, through which the author seeks to recover the past and to find that missing sister, even as the war deepens over the years to come." (Kirkus) "Among Cooper's aims in becoming a journalist were to reveal the atrocities committed in her native country. With amazing forthrightness, she has done so, delivering an eloquent, if painful, history of the African migratory experience." (Ms. Magazine) "Helene Cooper's memoir is a remarkable page-turner: gripping, perceptive, sometimes hilarious, and always moving." (Jeffrey D. Sachs)

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Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Waiter Rant Subtitle: Thanks for the Tip - Confessions of a Cynical Waiter Author: The Waiter Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 07-29-08 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 789 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Waiter Rant offers the server's unique point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen bits of human grace transpiring in the most unlikely places. Through outrageous stories, The Waiter reveals the secrets to getting good service, proper tipping etiquette, and how to keep him from spitting in your food. The Waiter also shares his ongoing struggle, at age 38, to figure out if he can finally leave the first job at which he's really thrived. Critic Reviews: "The other shoe finally drops. The front-of-the-house version of Kitchen Confidential; a painfully funny, excruciatingly true-life account of the waiter's life. As useful as it is entertaining." (Anthony Bourdain) "I really enjoyed Waiter Rant. The book is engaging and funny, a story told from my polar opposite perspective." (John DeLucie, chef of The Waverly Inn)

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Slave Author: Mende Nazar, Damien Lewis Narrator: Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 04-29-08 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 107 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mende Nazer tells the story of her kidnap, at age 12, from an idyllic life with her family in a village in Sudan, and being sold into slavery. Trafficked to Europe and the London home of a diplomat, Nazer escaped - only to find she had to fight for asylum. ©2004 Mende Nazar & Damien Lewis;

Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1565 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Second Sight Subtitle: The Inspirational Autobiography of the UK's Only Blind Medium Author: Sharon Neill Narrator: Sharon Neill Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 03-06-08 Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 21 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Sharon Neill was studying at college when she first discovered she had an ability to talk to the dead. She began trying out readings on her friends for fun and soon developed her talent. She now works as a full-time medium and is highly revered within the psychic world. In this revealing autobiography, Sharon gives an insight into many of the visions that have appeared to her over the years, with a glimpse of the dark and dangerous as well as the rewarding and uplifting.