Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Killing Peace

Subtitle: ...More than a Story, Volume 1

Author: Pineapple Sam

Narrator: Sule

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-11-13

Publisher: Ravenpheat Productions, LLC

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Pineapple Sam has left the laid back days of beautiful surf and warm sand in Hawaii for the war riddled jungle of South Vietnam. Listen to Killing Peace and be prepared for a 100% authentic listen into the mind and life of a highly trained Marine. It's the life of Pineapple Sam.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Bobbys Book

Author: Emily Haas Davidson, Bobby Powers

Narrator: Graham Halstead

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In 1998, at the very moment that a publisher had approached Bruce Davidson about a book of his 1959 Brooklyn Gang photographs, former gang leader Bobby Powers unexpectedly telephoned the Davidsons.

Over the next decade, Emily Davidson maintained an ongoing conversation with Powers in order to bring to light his struggle to overcome his drug-ridden and violent past and to inspire others with his example.

Through the words and reflections of the former drug addict and petty criminal, this book relates the long, agonizing journey from youthful urban violence and despair to the life of a committed and generous professional. Beginning in a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood in the mid-1950s where alcohol abuse and poverty were rampant, Bobby Powers went from being an illiterate gang leader and notorious drug dealer to a destroyed individual who had lost everything, including family members, close friends, and himself, all presented in his own words and in grim detail in this book. At a critical turning point in his life, recognizing the threat of his behaviors to survival, he entered detox and embarked on the arduous path to recovery and self-understanding. This process involved not only acknowledging and coming to terms with the injuries he had inflicted on his children and others, but also asking for their forgiveness.

Having achieved a new way of life as a responsible and caring adult, Bobby Powers is today, at 69, a nationally respected drug addiction counselor who has aided a wide spectrum of people, including former gang members. His story represents a brutal and inspiring lesson in human frailty, degradation, and transformation.

Members Reviews:

I called him Benji

This book tells a story of a poor boy his difficult life including the challenge of growing up in a neighborhood where drugs were readily available. Follow Bobby through his life to see that addicts can find recovery. The best part is that I am on page 51. I called him Benji.

Here we find the backstory of Brooklyn Gang

Bruce Davidson's photographs appear in the Time Life Book Series "This Fabulous Century." I knew that there were more photographs than Life published and so when the International Center of Photography put on its exhibition of Brooklyn Gang I drove down from Connecticut and saw it. The reviews of the exhibitiion suggested that there was more information than any source published--a good deal of it is here. I never-before understood how bad living conditions were in the post-war; and I did not fully understand how much the drug epidemic changed New York culture. This book tells an interesting story--it would have been illuminating to see what happened to more of the "Jokers" from the photographs--perhaps that is the next book.

Five Stars

Great story of redemption, very moving. Wish they had reprinted more of the pictures, though.

WOW!

I found this book to be very inspiring...I recommend it to those who have or had a drug addiction or know someone who has one...It gives you hope, that if this guy could get clean after all he went through, then so can you/they! The photos were amazing! Great book! Thanks for writing Emily, and thanks for sharing Bobby!

Five Stars

I knew him to be a man of his word...

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Obituary

Subtitle: Nelee Langmuir, Hidden Child of the Holocaust

Author: Peter Menkin

Narrator: Christy Lynn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-25-13

Publisher: Peter Menkin

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Before Nelee Langmuir's death in Summer, 2010, her daughter wrote of her mother's experience as a Hidden Child. She wrote of it 2005, September 3 and Debra Wanner in so doing added her voice as a new generation to her mother's story. Here she serves as an introduction to the condensed narrative that follows of Nelee's oral history that tells of her remembrance of that time in her childhood, and that of her sister's, when through the help of good people in France, she and her sister escaped from the German Nazi occupiers who would have otherwise sent them to a death camp from France.

Nelee's complete video narrative is comprised as an interview this writer viewed at the Holocaust Center of Northern California, San Francisco as set up for the screen by their archivist Judith Janec. The more than three hour monologue of memory is an interview punctuated with thoughtful questions by Peter Ryan and Elizabeth Ryan. Nelee's face is seen throughout the remembrance; voices of the interviewers come to audio only from time to time.

Nelee is moved deeply in a visible sense from time to time throughout the talk of her own Hidden Child experience, and it shows that she is a woman of strength and intelligence, as she apparently was, too, as a childAs her sister must have been too And in addition, as her parents were, as they, too, were flexible and resourceful human beings.

Members Reviews:

Engaging story lost

Would you try another book from Peter Menkin and/or Christy Lynn?

The underlying story is one I would love to hear, but its lost in this narrative, the actual obituary is also lost to much rambling. I don't think I will try any other of Mr. Menkins books. I would listen to a narration by Ms. Lynn.

Did Christy Lynn do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Yes

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

disappointment

Any additional comments?

Not something I would recommend to anyone.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Marley

Subtitle: A Dog Like No Other

Author: John Grogan

Narrator: Neil Patrick Harris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A special film tie-in edition of the heart-warming story about the World's Worst Dog, adapted from John Grogan's phenomenally bestselling memoir, Marley and Me.

Meet Marley, a yellow furball of a puppy who quickly grows into a large, rowdy Labrador retriever. Marley is always getting into trouble, whether he is stealing underwear, crashing through doors, or drooling on guests, some may say he's the World's Worst Dog!

But those who know and love Marley accept him as a dog like no other. His heart is pure and his larger-than-life personality irresistible. He brings joy to his family, the Grogans, and teaches them what really matters in life.

Members Reviews:

the sad parts (which had me in tears) seemed to be ...

Most of this book had me laughing out loud! However, the sad parts (which had me in tears) seemed to be too long. I respect that the author did what he and his wife felt was right in regards to timing. I'm not sure that I could have watched my dog go through all of that. Maybe the time was distorted because I was reading the story and not the one living it. I know there were months and years stated in the book, but it seemed to go on for quite a while from my perspective as a reader. Anyway, I'm just thinking of how I felt about it as an adult, and how my son will feel about it as he reads this book. It will definitely bring up some good discussion.

My daughter enjoyed reading it

Well written book. My daughter enjoyed reading it.

'Marley' is a Warm-Puppy Book

'Marley' is a wonderfully told tale of the frustrations of parenting a lovable, but always-in-trouble pet. Grogan's writing style keeps you intimately involved with all of his and Marley's growing pains. From puppyhood to seniorhood, Marley's is a life worth sharing. And right down to its sad and prolonged end, Grogan keeps a tight leash on the reader's emotions.

Three Stars

Had to read it for school.

Love the book

would have like to no if they got lucky at the end I've got dogs and I love them I'm very sick person my dogs are by my side all the time so this was close to my heart

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The Oilman's Daughter

Author: Evan Ratliff

Narrator: Evan Ratliff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-13

Publisher: The Atavist

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

What would you do if you were given the opportunity to become another person - one whose life promised to be more glamorous and prosperous than your own? That was the question posed to Judith Patterson when, at age 33, she met the birth mother who had given her up for adoption as a child and who now revealed to her an extraordinary secret. Patterson, her mother told her, was the illegitimate daughter of a Texas oil mogul, one of the most powerful businessmen in the country in his day.

The news sent Patterson on a two-decade search for the truth about her identity - and part of the fortune she believed she was owed. The only problem was that someone else had gotten to it first.

Patterson's pursuit of the truth would grow into an obsessive personal quest laced with love, deception, and danger. In The Oilman's Daughter, author Evan Ratliff sets out to untangle a family drama that raises questions about the durability of identity, the slipperiness of truth, and the ways that greed can turn even the closest relatives into strangers.

Members Reviews:

Potential for a good story here.

What disappointed you about The Oilman's Daughter?

It was definitely too short. There was some potential here for a really interesting story but I feel like too much was left out. I think there was more to all this but we never find out what it is really.

What does Evan Ratliff bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Nothing outstanding but the narrator was good. I've definitely listened to better books with WAY worse narrators.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: La Dolce Vita

Author: Herb Baron

Narrator: John Pether

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-13

Publisher: Herb Baron

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

I wrote La Dolce Vita to fulfill a promise I made to the woman I loved with all my heart for sixty years and continue to love until the end of time.

In writing this, I discovered myself. I learned who I am. I learned about selfless devotion. I learned that my life is truly a story. I had to read La Dolce Vita many times to convince myself that I actually wrote it and that my life was exciting and adventurous.

The material is fairly universal. There's a war story, one of the most factual and personal ever told; there's a war-related illness that took a lovely angel to cure. There is' academic therapy', quite demanding but rewarding - a message to the young. Mostly, there is a precious love affair that survived it all and brought us heaven out of hell. What survives this crucible of life is contained herein. I hope you enjoy sharing my journey and will benefit from my insights.

Members Reviews:

absolutely loved it. So authentic and honest

absolutely loved it. So authentic and honest. Gave copy to my college son. Every young adult of today should read this book.

Inspiring story on never giving up.

Another Greatest Generation Hero, that has life lessons for everyone. From the battlefields of World War II to the the battlefields of business and marriage, his story has life lessons for us all. It will make you laugh and cry as you get a peek into life from the last century.

A life well loved

What a complex life that evolved into a most wonderful love story.

It shows sorrow that ended in an amazing well lived life.

Interesting story about love and challenges

Interesting story about love and challenges, war and its aftermath, what we now call PTSD. A devoted wife and family.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Closure.

Author: E. M. Michaels

Narrator: Sarah Chevalier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-13

Publisher: E. M. Michaels

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

As I was driving, the dog-tags swung from my rearview mirror. I started to wonder, had it all been worth it? All the lies, the manipulation, and the hurt that would break him, just as it had broken me, if he had ever found out. I took one last glance out my rearview mirror, as the bluffs faded away behind the hill. There it goes, the life I had, that I will never have again: The friends, the enemies, and the pain. On to the next chapter in my life. The road was winding into the distance and some rumbling thunderstorms lay ahead. My future is unknown, but hopefully my past will fade with time, but then again, scars rarely do

Members Reviews:

Ultimate revenge.

There are people out there that can't be trusted, they get away with hurting people over and over without feeling any regret. The author gets the ultimate revenge and the last word and every way. Several lessons are to be learned. Everything you do, good or bad, gets carried forward so be mindful of your actions because it can come back to haunt you. I hope to see this book land in the hands of the muse that inspired it.

Emotionally charged

Knowing that there are people out there that have no qualms in hurting another is heart wrenching. The fact that closure is possible should give hope to anyone who has endured the pain of loving someone who doesn't deserves it.

Not quite what I was expecting...

I don't know what I was hoping for, but as a recollection of something that has actually happened, i think I was wanting more dialog & less of a diary...?

Relatable

Every girl can relate to this book. Every girl has had that one manipulative guy in their lives, that knows exactly how to play their heart to get what they want, not caring how much in the end they hurt that person. Closure. should serve as a lesson to all those guys out there who play with peoples hearts. You hurt someone bad enough and who knows you may just have a book written about you! :)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Christmas and the Other Grandmother

Author: Linda Hewitt

Narrator: Elisabeth Gray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-13

Publisher: Linda Gail Hewitt

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Most families have "the other Grandmother," the one who is visited less often, whose own visits are anticipated with trepidation, the one with whom contact is at least as much a matter of duty as love. In this touching memoir, award-winning author Linda Hewitt remembers the Christmas she came, at last, to know hers.

Members Reviews:

Enchanting memories

Would you listen to Christmas and the Other Grandmother again? Why?

I will listen to this heartwarming tale again. This retelling of holiday gatherings is delightfully intertwined with memories of good food which brought back my own best memories of getting together with relatives. I believe that, particularly, women of the past expressed love in the wonderful special recipes they developed and took pride in offering to family and holiday gatherings.

What does Elisabeth Gray bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Elisabeth's youthful and delightful reading brought to me to a time of life of my own where holidays were filled with loved ones. My own memories of those times are deeply rooted in the wonderful food prepared by my older relatives and served at the table truly as love offerings.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I wanted to listen to the full story once I started it. This book brings to mind for each of us a person, and a point of time where we truly connected.

Any additional comments?

This book will make a lovely Christmas gift for anyone with sweet memories of family.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Lost in the Dunes

Author: Peter Taussig

Narrator: Peter Elyakim Taussig

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-13

Publisher: Peter Elyakim Taussig

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

"We were not a fit, the Holy Land and I..."

So begins the tale of a 5-year-old Jewish refugee arriving in the new State of Israel in 1949. As the author grows into a young pacifist, an aspiring musician, and a student of Arab culture, he often finds himself at odds with the macho and Zionist country he loves... and eventually leaves. Told alternately in poetry and prose, full of both laughter and heartbreak, Lost in the Dunes is a personal, refreshingly honest memoir of a boy - and a nation - coming of age.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Daddy's Playing Dead

Author: Will Bevis

Narrator: Mark Huff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-13

Publisher: Will Bevis

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

I wasn't a man, until my father died. That day changed everything in my life. Now I have a daughterAnd I am beginning to understand What I put my parents through In terms of worrying alone. Sometimes I just want to play dead.

Members Reviews:

Poor, pitiful daddy

Here we go again! Another opportunity to feel sorry for himself, be unhappy with life in his castle, and even go so far (this time) as to "play dead".

Dad is taking stock of his life, and he does not like what he sees. He feels unnecessary or at the very least unwanted. And while I honestly can understand the point he is making, I am annoyed with the book again. Probably because of the two I have read previously that were nothing more than a continual whining throughout the book.

Like I said, this one actually does make sense. There is a reason for Dad to feel the way he does. And kudos to Dad: he actually picked up on the reality of his situation and REACTED to it. He actually FELT something. Too many dads would have no clue.

But the dad in this story (at least thinks he) DOES understand his relationship with his daughter and with his wife. He thinks he knows where he stands in this family, and he decides to play dead. At least he isn't out and out whining.

Read along with Dad's struggle and decide for yourself if you would have taken the same road he chose. I am beginning to wonder if a good counselor would be a help for Dad (/ Bevis). A LOT of people are in this situation, but they do not choose to suck their thumbs and play dead.

Sorry, but it is getting old. And, yes, I understand depression. I have had chronic depression myself. But I did something about it! Maybe you should, too. Then maybe Daddy would find a much better solution than playing dead. A solution that would get him a key role in his daughter's life instead. One that would make the reader say, "Awww," instead of "Oh, no. Not again!"

A SLICE OF LIFE

WILL WRITES ABUT REAL THINGS IN EVERY DAY LANGUAGE AND PAINTS MENTAL PICTURES THAT TOUCH THE READER IN A PERSONAL WAY.