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Title: Captain John Dix, 1796-1870

Subtitle: A Texas Pioneer

Author: Dan R. Manning

Narrator: Bob Rundell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-15

Publisher: Goldminds Publishing, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

John Dix was born with an adventure-seeking spirit. Within a year after of his father's death, he shipped out at the age of 16 on a privateer during the War of 1812. That led to him joining the South Pacific merchant trade, and becoming captain of his own ship. When it was accidentally wrecked in New Zealand, he returned to America, married a girl from Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Dixboro in Michigan Territory, and never went to sea again. Ten years later, Dix once more got the urge to move. He ended up in Stephen Austin's Texas Colony, where he fought in the initial battles of the Texas War for Independence at San Antonio de Bexar. During the Civil War, as loyal Unionists in secessionist Texas, Dix and his wife suffered until war's end. That was when he was sworn in as the County Judge and became the Nueces County Assistant Agent for the Freedmen's Bureau, a position held until his death in 1870, where he helped former slaves make the transition to becoming American citizens.

Members Reviews:

Interesting view of Texas History

This biography is the result of Mannings genealogy research into his wifes great-great-great grandfather. He has written two books: this one about Captain John Dix and the other about his son John James Dix. I have been doing genealogy research on my own family. Ive noticed the various organization keep telling people to do a written narrative of the relative and include not only the information found on the relative, but also add key historical information so the relative can be easily placed in his time in history. This is exactly what Manning has done with this book.

John Dix was born in Gloucester, MA where his father was a minuteman in 1775. They moved to Michigan and when his father died Dix went to sea at age 16 on a privateer during the War of 1812. Manning includes a great deal of information about privateers of that timeframe. He eventually owned his own ship and was a freighter owner on the Pacific trade route. He quit the sea and settled with his family in Stephen Austins Texas Colony. He fought in the battles of the Texas War for Independence. He became a county judge later in life.

The book is well written and is an interesting view of a mans life in the late 1700s and into the 1800s. There was a great deal of interesting United States history during Dixs lifetime. My only minor complaint was the narrator, Bob Rundelle. He had a pleasant voice but slowed up and slowly pronounced people or place names very carefully. It became a bit annoying but the book is short at about six hours.

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Title: Wheels Up

Subtitle: Sky Jinks in the Jet Age

Author: Steve Taylor

Narrator: Doug Fox

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-15

Publisher: Steve Taylor

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The stories in Wheels Up are not made up. They are the real deal, true antics of a jet-age pilot in the high-octane environment of the cockpit. Some will give you pause and make you think, some will knock the wind out of you, and some will make you throw your head back and laugh. No one is spared his (or her) just deserts, least of all the self-deprecating author in this tale of hijinks in the air, on land and at sea, complete with high tension and low humor, near collisions and happy landings.

From Citadel cadet to Delta captain, Taylor takes readers into a world few have seen. It's both humorous and heartfelt - fast, fun and true.

Members Reviews:

Disappointing

Unfortunately Captain Taylor spends much of this book writing about the Citadel, sailing, hunting wild turkeys, life on a farm, becoming a military pilot and other memories.

I bought this book believing the title and subtitle: Wheels Up - Sky Jinks in the Jet Age

Unfortunately less than half of the book is dedicated to his time as a commercial pilot. Disappointing overall, bordering on false advertising.

One noteworthy exception is his search for the blacksmith's grave and how he repaid his debt to the old man.

Ultimately, if I had known I wouldn't have.

Passing down cherished memories ...

An accomplished pilot, author Steve Taylor writes down his fondest life memories in this book. What comes across so wonderfully is the honesty of his narration. Whether recalling a practical joke or reminiscing over a powerful life moment, the text exudes a clear sense of identity. There is no politically correct finesse. And it's this raw truth, a look at growing up just one generation removed from today's world, that offers something fresh.

Worth the read

A well written memoir of a lengthy and well enjoyed career at an airline that Captain Taylor took a lot of professional pride in flying for.

Great read! As a Delta pilot coming to the ...

Great read! As a Delta pilot coming to the line a few after CAPT Taylor, I could relate to every story he told! A few had me practically on the floor laughing so hard! Highly recommended for anyone wanting an insight to the world of airline crews, particularly the pilots!

Great read,

I actually knew some of the folks in this book. Thanks for entertaining us with some airline antics. Work should be fun.

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Title: Words for the Soul, Volume 2: Heaven-Sent Life Lessons & Conversations with God

Subtitle: Spiritual Short Stories

Author: Michelle Skaletski-Boyd CHt

Narrator: Michelle Skaletski-Boyd, Mr. Kim Moss

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-15

Publisher: Soul-Felt Words, inc.

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Namaste. After receiving numerous notes and thanks from audiences who were moved by our first best-selling collection, this next audiobook was born.

Words for the Soul: Heaven-Sent Life Lessons & Conversations with God, Volume 2 is the second creation in the Soul-Felt sequel and contains several more spiritual short stories that are sure to uplift and inspire.

Intuitive and best-selling author, the corporate woo-woo Michelle Skaletski-Boyd, left her job in the corporate world, believing the net would appear when she took a leap of faith to follow the path of her soul. Struggle, failure, hardship, and fears were just some of the tragedies her spirit encountered.

Throughout her soul-felt journey, Michelle not only resisted her own inner power, often battling hard with her ego; she began following her intuition and recorded each experience in depth, including her conversations with God.

The topics include: child's play, change and transformation, and projection and self-reflection, to name just a few.

To get the most from every spiritual story, take some time to go within, then select the one life lesson your soul most needs to begin raising your energetic frequency.

Learn more about Michelle at soul-felt.com

Members Reviews:

Your soul felt words are a treasure

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I resonate with the simplicity of the experience messages that you share. At times I felt surprised by which chapters had my eyes well up, even though your description of events werenât ones that Iâd specifically had too. And so Iâd need to pause for consideration, to open to what Iâd directly connected with â the essence that lay within. I envisage that I will come back to visit these messages time and time again (just as I have with one of your mp3 series) because each time I know that I will connect whilst something reveals its sparky self. My soul and light continues to expand with the experience. A heart-felt thanks Michelle for sharing. Nameste.

Our Souls Are Hungry For Words

Michelle is a gifted writer and a talented intuitive (or vice versa) but I wish there were more in the book about how we mere mortals can acheive this place in life. Her stories are great reading and can easily be consumed while waiting for a child at practice or a doctor to appear. You will enjoy following her patterns of growth in life.

Judy Helm Wright, Pet Grief Coach

Another best seller you will love.

Michelle Skaletski-Boyd is an inspirational storyteller. I was lucky enough to meet her before she became a best-selling author. Her open, insightful and almost psychic way of relating and speaking is translated into her books. She draws intuitively from her life in order to share her wisdom. It is the kind of book that you can open to a page and it always seems to be the right page, with the right message captured in just the right way.

Treat yourself to wonderful moments

There are some people who manifest a reality for others that is unforgettably pleasant and which is a model for us all on how to live our lives and interface with others.Michelle is such a person. In this book you will share her everyday highs and lows and the methods she uses to raise those occasional lows up and potentially never face them again.

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Titel: Mein Leben

Autor:: Peter Scholl-Latour

Erzähler: Peter Weis

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 15 hrs and 14 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-30-15

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Bewertung: 4 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Ein Vermächtnis an seine Leserschaft ist Peter Scholl-Latours letztes Werk, seine Autobiografie. Hier erzählt er erstmals in extenso von seiner Kindheit im katholisch geprägten Ruhrgebiet, seiner Jugend als "Mischling ersten Grades" im NS-Deutschland und auf einem Schweizer Jesuitenkolleg, seiner Gestapo-Haft während der letzten Kriegsmonate, dann von seiner Zeit als französischer Fallschirmjäger in Indochina. Auf sein Studium an der Sorbonne folgte eine journalistische Karriere, die ihn als Reporter oft in vorderster Linie der Krisenherde auf der ganzen Welt führte - mit dem Höhepunkt im Vietnamkrieg, von dem auch sein größter publizistischer Erfolg berichtet: "Tod im Reisfeld".

©2015 C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München (P)2015 der Hörverlag

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Title: Touchdown Tony

Subtitle: Running with a Purpose

Author: Tony Nathan

Narrator: JD Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

When Tony Nathan got his hands on a football, it was like Superman putting on his cape for the first time. He stepped onto the field and became a different person - a hero destined to change the course of Alabama history. Somehow, when he held a football, he knew exactly what to do, and it was those instincts that helped him navigate life in one of the most tumultuous cities in America.

In this powerful memoir, Tony reveals how he summoned the courage to "run with purpose" during the times when racial tensions ran high as he grew from a boy trapped by the racial divide in Birmingham, Alabama, into a successful man and football hero. Inspirational and uplifting, Touchdown Tony is not only a behind-the-scenes look at a great football player's life and career; it is also a story of redemption and one man's hope to change the future.

Members Reviews:

Interesting book

Very interesting book about Tony Nathan growing up about the same period as I did. I remember a lot of the guys he wrote about and it was fun going back through this books pages. I was a huge Bear Bryant fan, too, so I liked that part of the book as well.

Three and a half stars, decent book.

If I could give it three and a half stars, I would. Really interesting story. Every writer has his own style.... This book is written sort of in a newspaper-story style, I guess. Not quite what you'd read together as a family. But it's special to see how Tony lived his life to help others and to serve the Lord.

though I did really like the story of what faith can accomplish

I am not a sports fan and this had far too many statistics, though I did really like the story of what faith can accomplish.,

Tony Nathan

My 7 year old loved this book!!!

Five Stars

This is an interesting story of faith and a great follow up to the movie, "Woodlawn."

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Title: My Korean Mom

Author: Mary H. K. Choi

Narrator: Mary H. K. Choi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Every immigrant kid knows the feeling: the horror and embarrassment of watching your super-foreign parents muddle through social situations when you've long sold them out and assimilated into the New World. The anguish, anger, and guilt sucks! But when you're packed school lunches with fermented things and fish with eyeballs when every other kid gets a bologna sandwich, you wonder if you'll ever really fit in.

My Korean Mom is a bittersweet love letter from Mary H. K. Choi to her mother that hopes to convey the frustration, shame, loyalty, and searing adoration that's part and parcel of being the kid of an immigrant. It's not as if she could tell her mother to her face how much she loves her. That's just not how it's done.

Mary H. K. Choi has written for GQ, The New York Times, New York, Wired, and Glamour. She is the former editor of MTV Style and executive producer of the documentary House of Style: Music, Models and MTV. She has also written comic books for Marvel and Vertigo and hosts a podcast on jobs called Hey, Cool Job. It's available on iTunes.

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Title: Oskarzona: Wiera Gran

Author: Agata Tuszynska

Narrator: Anna Polony

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-15

Publisher: Heraclon / storybox.pl

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Please note: This audiobook is in Polish.

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Title: My Gift of Now: A Collection of Short Memoirs

Author: Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow

Narrator: Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-15

Publisher: Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

My Gift of Now is a collection of memoirs and essays about tragic family loss through two plane crashes; finding love and marriage in middle age; travel and laughter; and issues of living the author sees as she looks around her. The listener will move from tears to laughter to empathy as the author tells her true stories of tragedy beyond comprehension happening twice in one family; of finding the needle in the haystack on a dance floor in her middle-age years; of travel filled with laughter and unforgettable adventures. After two stellar careers, retirement brought a new career as an author published in over 30 anthologies and the freedom to focus on the gift of now.

Critic Reviews:

"A writer of immense and distinctive talent.... You will never forget her." (Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune/WGN Radio)

"Author Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow has a way of drawing you into her words, feeling the emotions they express. She gives you a glimpse into her world and allows you to glean treasures you can bring into your own." (Cyrus Webb, host of Conversations LIVE/top 500 Amazon reviewer)

Members Reviews:

A profound work of art that captures the heart!

Would you consider the audio edition of My Gift of Now: A Collection of Short Memoirs to be better than the print version?

They are equal in quality. One enhances the other.

What was one of the most memorable moments of My Gift of Now: A Collection of Short Memoirs?

One of my most memorable moments was when Elynne performed the Holiday Diary in the lodge at the ocean. Former travelers had written nostalgic entries. I felt her mood as she expressed their heart warming and heart wrenching stories. There was empathy in her voice. It seemed I was in the lodge and my heart warmed. I felt her joy when she expressed that she would write in the diary about the love for which she had searched and found in Richard. It made me wish to go there with my husband and write in the Holiday Diary. .

Which scene was your favorite?

I love to laugh! The most humorous scene was when she and Richard took what they thought would be a romantic train ride. I knew the story well but hearing her perform it made me laugh all over again. When Richard said "this track needs work," Elynne laughed uncontrollably in the printed version. As she performed this part her words were dramatic and joyously expressed.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When she performed Life 101 it touched me deeply. I loved her communication life survival skills insights. She spoke of the personal attributes of the mind. It is our place to go if we feel alone. It can lead you through your fears to where you feel safe, and it gives you courage. As she spoke so beautifully I remembered my friend who passed with ALS. All of her muscles stopped functioning, but she still had her brilliant mind. This comforted me in remembering that my friend was aware of my presence.

Any additional comments?

I recommend this audio edition to every reader who has the printed version. They go hand-in-hand. After having read the book... when I heard Elynne perform her inspiring stories, it felt as if she was on stage...

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Title: Love Among the Ruins

Subtitle: A Memoir of Life and Love in Hamburg, 1945

Author: Harry Leslie Smith

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

At 22, the war is over for RAF serviceman Harry Leslie Smith - author of the acclaimed Harry's Last Stand - but the battle for love and hope rages on.

Stationed in occupied Hamburg, a city physically and emotionally ripped apart by Allied bombing, and determined to escape grinding poverty of his Yorkshire youth, Harry unexpectedly finds a reason to stay: a young German woman by the name of Friede.

Their love develops uneasily, but gradually they win each other's trust, Harry taking on the responsibility of finding food for Friede's near-destitute family. But they must face both German suspicion and British disapproval of relations with "the enemy".

Presenting a street-level view of a city reduced to rubble, populated with refugees, black marketeers, corrupt businessmen and cynical soldiers, Love Among the Ruins is a unique snapshot of a terrible period in Europe's history, a passionate love letter to a city, to a woman, and to life itself. Harry Leslie Smith's Guardian articles have been shared almost a quarter of a million times on Facebook and have attracted huge comment and debate.

Members Reviews:

Perfect

This is the perfect real life tale of love transcending every adversity. I read at after reading Harry's last stand, and like that book too, I was hooked on every word.

Harry Smith is now one of my imaginary dream dinner party guests, I would love to meet him, but, as that is highly unlikely, I would like him to know that I think he is a remarkable individual, a talented writer and an all round good egg. I hope he gets his dream of seeing a fair and equal Britain, where us ordinary folk can find work to live in less deprivation with our loved ones and bring up our children in a country where healthcare is free and we have roofs over our heads.

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Titel: Jeden Tag wurde ich dicker und müder

Untertitel: Mein Leben mit Hashimoto

Autor:: Vanessa Blumhagen

Erzähler: Vanessa Blumhagen

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 3 hrs and 30 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 07-13-15

Herausgeber: Riva Verlag

Kategorien: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Hashimoto-Thyreoiditis ist eine Autoimmunerkrankung, in deren Verlauf der Körper die eigene Schilddrüse angreift und letzten Endes zerstört. Über zehn Millionen Menschen in Deutschland, v. a. Frauen, leiden daran - nur wissen es viele nicht. Denn die Symptome sind unspezifisch und bei jedem Betroffenen sieht das Krankheitsbild anders aus. Vielen Ärzten fällt es deshalb schwer, die richtige Diagnose zu stellen. Schlafstörungen, Depressionen, unkontrollierte Gewichtszunahme, Zyklusveränderungen, plötzlich auftretende Nahrungsmittelunverträglichkeiten, Haarausfall - die Bandbreite der Symptome ist so umfangreich wie unspezifisch.

Vanessa Blumhagen durchlitt eine dreijährige Odyssee zu unterschiedlichsten Ärzten und erhielt eine Menge falscher Diagnosen bis man endlich herausfand, was ihr fehlte.

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