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Title: Daughters of Britannia

Author: Katie Hickman

Narrator: Katie Hickman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-12

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In this fascinating BBC Radio series, Katie Hickman examines the lives of 'diplomatic women' through their letters and diaries. From the first exploratory expeditions into foreign lands, through the heyday of the British Empire and still today, the foreign service has been shaped and run behind the scenes by the wives of ambassadors and minor civil servants. Accompanying their spouses in the most extraordinary, tough, sometimes terrifying circumstances, they have struggled to bring their civilization with them. Their stories - from ambassadresses downwards - never before told, are a feast of eccentricity, genuine hardship and genuine heroism, and make for a hilarious and compelling series.

Members Reviews:

Amazing

The life of diplomat's wives and international political visitors is familiar to me; I had so much fun and many déjà-vus - just wish I had read this rich and amusing "report" at the beginning of my career, I might have been in for less surprises!

A must read!

A spectacular history the wives and sisters of English diplomats throughout the centuries. An eye opener to the sacrifices these women made to represent England abroad.

Daughters of Britannia

Fabulous book, very entertaining! Fascinating stories and anecdotes archived from British diplomatic wives, dating back to the days they had to use camels to travel.. would recommend to anyone.

Inaccurate (and offensive) information

I live in Uruguay, so the part of the book that deals with the wife of a diplomat living in Uruguay (and the inaccuracies concerning that country) naturally caught my attention.

While one can sympathize with Mrs Jackson's troubles during her husband's kidnapping, this reader felt offended by the way in which Ms Hickman treats the Tupamaros, whom she (besides misspelling the name of their movement) defines as "terrorists" who were "dedicated to the overthrow of the current order of society". The current order of society was an increasingly dictatorial and authoritarian government, which in fact handed over the reins of the country to a military dictatorship two years after Mrs Jackson's ordeals, in 1973. That dictatorship, which was as bloody and savage as all US - sponsored dictatorships in South America, lasted for 12 years, ending in 1985.

While one cannot justify the kidnapping of any person, whatever its motives, it is strange that Ms Hickman completely fails to mention that (unlike the Tupamaros captured by the military dictatorship) Evelyn Jackson's husband was released unharmed and was never hurt, starved or otherwise tortured during the time he was held prisoner.

It is also hard to sympathize with either Mrs Jackson or the author when the latter approvingly quotes the former as saying (presumably of diplomats living in Third World countries) that "we're always in the middle of a revolution. They just wait for us to arrive, and then they get cracking". What a racist, patronizing, thoroughly unpleasant comment to make (and to quote).

This is not meant to be a review of the whole of the book, since I have not read it all. But finding such inaccuracies (and contempt) with regard to the country I find myself living in, I wonder whether there might not be others concerning countries that I don't know about.

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Título: Humanos que me encontré [Humans I've Met]

Autor: Jordi Sánchez

Narrador: Tony Montaner

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 3 hrs and 39 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 07-25-12

Editor: Audiomol

Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Resumen del editor:

Libro inclasificable a caballo entre el libro de relatos y el anecdotario autobiográfico, en Humanos que me encontré el actor y guionista Jordi Sánchez nos relata, con grandes dosis de humor y fina ironía, diversos episodios de su vida. Su infancia en un barrio popular de Barcelona en la España pacata de los setenta, el surrealista y entrañable elenco de familiares, amigos y vecinos que formaba su mundo o sus peripatéticos intentos por labrarse un futuro profesional como enfermero antes de decidir dedicarse a la interpretación, son algunos de los temas que asoman por estas páginas.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Five Stars

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Me gusta y no lo regalo

Muy buen libro, recien lo recibi y ya termine el primer capitulo/historia. Usualmente regalo el libro a alguien que se lo meresca despues que le he leido, pero este se queda conmigo (maybe lo de prestado). Si se tardo en llegar, como 3 semanas.

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Title: The Spell of the Flying Foxes

Author: Sylvia Dyer

Narrator: Goldie Molicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

It is a commonly held belief in India that flying foxes augur prosperity. They were certainly abundant in the Champaran region of north Bihar. Here in 1845, an Englishman, Alfred Augustus Tripe, fascinated by the prospect of farming indigo, known as Blue Gold, was drawn to its isolated wilderness. He acquired a large tract of rich, fertile land by the river Baghmati, married an Indian lady of means,0 and reaped prosperity in the days when dust turned to gold. Their children were sent to England for an education, but tragically only one, Joseph Rowland Tripe, lived long enough to marry and produce a daughter, Gladys.

The disastrous earthquake that struck Bihar in 1934 annihilated the ancestral home and those members of the family trapped within its walls, sparing only Gladys, who was left helpless with her young children and her powerful, unscrupulous cousin Harry.

Taking advantage of this development, Harry attempted to usurp Gladys' entire inheritance, but was foiled by the mysterious intervention of a formidable dacoit leader. With the advent of Independence and the ensuing drastic land reforms, the flying foxes disappear, and with them a golden era.

In The Spell of the Flying Foxes Sylvia Dyer, Gladys' daughter, recaptures what now seems a fairy-tale world of picturesque beauty, peopled by unique and unforgettable characters.

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Title: Turtle Shells

Subtitle: Heading Through Cancer

Author: Bunny Leach

Narrator: Bunny Leach

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-12

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

At one time, Bunny's life seemed perfect. After her husband retired from the professional tennis circuit, where they traveled with their two children around the world, they packed up and moved to paradise, Florida. But when their 16-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer, paradise quickly turned into a nightmare. As the family drifted apart, Bunny put her faith in God and fought for her daughter's life. Turtle Shells: Heading Through Cancer, a mother's gripping memoir, is sure to tug at heart strings as she recounts her daughter's battle against brain cancer and her fight to be happy again.

Members Reviews:

Very misleading

What disappointed you about Turtle Shells?

It sounds like it is read by a 15 year old, and she is just reading without any emotion.

What was most disappointing about Bunny Leachs story?

It seemed so childish.

What didnt you like about Bunny Leachs performance?

The reading sounds like it is being read in a monotone voice.

Any additional comments?

This could have been a great book, but is comes accross like an eight grader writing a story.

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Title: I Fell Off the Turnip Truck

Author: Olga Vesta Button

Narrator: Laura Wagner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-12

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Hell is a place! Trapped in a marriage at 15, Olga Besta Button understands the meaning of deprivation. Forced into a marriage to a man twice her age, a self-proclaimed preacher of "The Mission," a cult-like "church" where elders babbled in unknown tongues and screamed their interpretations of the Bible, Olga survived. The pain of her husband's nightly rapes, that anguish of childbirth and the wretchedness of watching her children starve only fueled her determination to break fee to a new life, one created by herself, for she and her children.

Members Reviews:

Review

This is a very revealing book about the author's trial and tribulations of her lfe. It is also a sobering book as to what happens in this would with abusive people. I highly recommend this autobiography for all mature adults.

Richard Gerber

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Titre: Mon voyage de pêche

Auteur: Jean-Marie Lapointe

Narrateur: Jean-Marie Lapointe

Format: Abridged

Durée: 1 hr and 11 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-11-12

Éditeur: Coffragants

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Un jour, tout bascula. Ce jour-là, malgré les blessures et l'aigreur des incompréhensions mutuelles, tous deux finirent par s'avouer l'un à l'autre qu'ils s'étaient aimés, qu'ils s'aimaient encore et qu'ils s'aimeraient toujours.

© Alexandre Stanké Inc. (P) Editions Flammarion Québec

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Title: The Bread Man

Subtitle: A Kindness Never Forgotten

Author: Will Bevis

Narrator: Lynn Benson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-05-12

Publisher: Will Bevis

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Have you ever done anything incredibly stupid?

But someone comes along and with an incredible act of kindness...

and without judging you...

helps set your world right again?

Meet "The Bread Man".

He is not what he seems....

And what he does will surprise and inspire you...

and give you hope...

that no matter how bad a situation you get yourself into...

someone cares.

And that someone...

just might be a perfect stranger.

Members Reviews:

Marvelous story of a stranger's love being a priceless gift that helped Will begin to grow up and even forgive himself

What a terrific story! Do yourself a favor and be sure to read this one because it is definitely worth the price! An endearing story of love, forgiving yourself for making stupid mistakes, and growing up to become a responsible and productive adult, a loving husband, and a caring parent. Hopefully this has inspired others to follow Will's example and let go of the past: forgive yourself for whatever it was that was just plain dumb, and get on with the life you can still have in spite of that whatever-it-was.

Take a few minutes and enjoy this one! You won't be disappointed.

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Title: Carabella: Beautiful Face of My Father.

Author: Will Bevis

Narrator: Lynn Benson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-12

Publisher: Will Bevis

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of a top 100 Free for Kindle eStory "The Killing of Train-Man Brown" and "Then Her Wig Fell Off" and "Send Me a Friend", "Slow Foreplay on a Fast Bus", and many, many other stories comes...

"Carabella: Beautiful Face of My Father - My Mental Breakdown on I-65 South."

A short memoir of a family that must have been out of their minds to do what they did - be completely spontaneous for one brief moment in their lives... describing the adventure it took them on...

And the memory it created that lives on in one son's heart.

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Title: Tom and Irma

Author: Susan Patterson

Narrator: Susan Patterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-12

Publisher: Grey Publishing

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Earlene Greys journey began in 1949, as Susan Traise, the youngest daughter of Tom and Irma Traise. This book chronicles her early years growing up in rural, small-town Oregon, and the influences which shaped her. She is a writer whose work reflects the many facets of humanity, seeing into the soul of daily life to bring forth understanding and inspiration.

In 2009, Earlene Grey became a featured weekly artist on an international podcast called Radio Kinver (RadioKinver.co.uk). Early in 2010 she was asked to write a response to the earthquake disaster in Haiti. That commentary became the first Tom and Irma episode. It was there that the Tom and Irma Chronicles came to life. Soon, Earlenes audiences were clamoring for more. The series was born. From the very beginning, audiences were drawn into the straightforward yet humanistic and captivating presentations of small town American life in the 1950s.

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Title: Mum's List

Author: John Greene

Narrator: Peter Kenny

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-12

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

This is the unabridged, digital audiobook edition of St John Greene's heart-warming memoir, Mum's List, read by the actor Peter Kenny.

"Kiss boys two times after I have gone."

"Please teach the boys to say what they mean."

"Mummy loved orange Club biscuits, jam and jelly and lemon curd."

On her deathbed, Kate Greene's only concern was for her two little boys, Reef and Finn, and her loving husband, Singe. She knew she'd be leaving them behind very soon. Over her last few days, Kate created Mum's List. The couple talked and cried together as she wrote her thoughts and wishes down, trying to help the man she loved create the best life for their boys after she was gone.

It wasn't the first time Singe and Kate had faced the spectre of death. Four years earlier, doctors discovered a large lump in baby Reef 's abdomen. Kate, pregnant with Finn, was so distressed that she gave birth dangerously early. Both boys pulled through, but afterwards Kate received the diagnosis that every woman dreads.

Members Reviews:

I want to write my own list now!

I took a chance on this book when it came up on the recommended book list for me and I'm glad that I did.

It's a really heart warming story about a list that the mum writes for her husband and children after she dies from cancer. It has inspired me to do the same if and when something happens to me so that my children would know what my wishes were for them and a little bit more about me, my likes, dislikes etc...