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Title: There's a Hamster in the Dashboard

Subtitle: A Life in Pets

Author: David W. Berner

Narrator: David W. Berner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-30-17

Publisher: David W. Berner

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A book of essays by award-winning author and journalist David W. Berner is the next best thing to storytelling around a bonfire. In There's a Hamster in the Dashboard, Berner shares stories of "a life in pets" - from a collie that herds Berner home when the author goes "streaking" through the neighborhood as a two-year-old, to a father crying in front of his son for the only time in his life while burying the family dog on the Fourth of July. And from the ant farm that seems like a great learning experience (until the ants learn how to escape), to the hamster that sets out on its own road trip (but only gets as far as the dashboard). Along the way, Berner shows that pets not only connect us with the animal world, but also with each other and with ourselves. The result is a collection of essays that is insightful and humorous, entertaining and touching.

Members Reviews:

I have to warn youâ donât read this book if you hate the idea of having a pet. In the end you will bring one home.

âPets are so pure. They are undeniable honest, so utterly real.â These words melted my heart from the first moment when I opened the book covers.

The first story, about Sally, the dog who succeeded to bring back home the future author, while he was so small that he couldnât even remember those moments, hooked me and sincerely speaking brought a few tears into my eyes; tears that came back while reading some other stories included in âThereâs a Hamster in the Dashboardâ.

The Cat named Mouse, which wanted to be a dog, almost blew my mind. I wished I would have been there, to pamper it for a while. However, what I loved most of all about this book, was the authorâs parentsâ With only a few words, David W. Berner took me inside their worldâ a world of deep emotions and charactersâ andâ finishing to read the book I was not so sure if the main characters were the pets, the little boy who became an adult, or the authorâs parents.

You can learn a lot from these essays, the habits of many animal species: dogs, ants, cats, gerbils, wolf spiders, squirrels, piranhas, and some moreâ youâll have them all on your âplateâ. You can also learn how by being a parent you can earn your kids love and admiration, which will last for ages.

Butâ I have to warn youâ donât read this book if you hate the idea of having a pet. The book is so appealing, so well written and the stories so attractive and at the same time deep, thatâ after reading it, you will find yourself in the situation of desiring to bring home a pet. At least, this is what happened to me. I still resisted the idea, but David W. Berner added such powerful hooks in this book.

âThatâs what these stories are all about â those magnificent relationships, the love of family, and the uniqueness of each existence shared with the living and breathing. These are the personal stories of a life with pets, those remarkable companions that allow us to catch ourselves being human.â

And nowâ the moment of truthâ Since many years ago when my cat died, I became a non-pet person. When I started reading this book, I didnât have so many expectations becauseâ I knew that the book was about âa hamsterâ. Now, after closing the book, I can say only one thing.

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Titel: Martin Luther: Rebell und Reformator (Abenteuer & Wissen)

Autor:: Ulrike Beck

Erzähler: Daniel Werner, Frauke Poolman

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 1 hr and 25 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 09-15-16

Herausgeber: Headroom

Kategorien: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Verbannt und geächtet.

Der Ketzer der Neuzeit Martin Luther will die Kirche verändern. Die Bibel soll für jeden Gläubigen erfahrbar werden. Akribisch macht er sich an die Übersetzung der lateinischen Schriften. Luther kritisiert das kirchliche Leben: Er wettert gegen den Ablasskauf, gegen das Bild eines strafenden Gottes, führt Kirchenlieder im Gottesdienst ein. Er will die Kirche revolutionieren - doch am Ende spaltet er sie auch.

©2016 Headroom (P)2016 Headroom

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Title: Eat, Walk, Write

Subtitle: An American Senior's Year of Adventure in Paris and Tuscany

Author: Boyd Lemon

Narrator: Don Hoeksema

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-07-16

Publisher: Boyd Lemon

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

At the age of 70 the author retired and set out to fulfill a lifelong dream of living in another country. He planned to live in the world's most beautiful city, Paris, for two years, but returned home to California after a year in Paris and Tuscany. He takes you on his journey, experiencing the joys and challenges of living in those two storied parts of the world.

Members Reviews:

Eat, Pray, Love It's Not!!

Would you try another book from Boyd Lemon and/or Don Hoeksema?

No

Has Eat, Walk, Write turned you off from other books in this genre?

No -- it's just turned me off from either of them!

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Don Hoeksema?

Anybody. This man couldn't pronounce a French word correctly if his life depended on it. His articulation was silly and his reading style juvenile. What was the publisher thinking? He also has a very unpleasant ( to me) voice.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Eat, Walk, Write?

I would cut all of the descriptions of what he ate for each meal everyday, the price he paid for it, the drinks he drank with it and every other stupid detail that he endlessly bores us with. That would end in there being no book.

Any additional comments?

There was not a hint of introspection in this book or commentary on what was meaningful about what he was seeing. I kept listening only because I need to hear something while I drive and I kept wondering if it would get any better. I am sorry I spent my credit on this book --usually I love the genre and feel quite let down.

Mediocre with very poor reader

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No - not much of a plot. I like anything about Paris, but this was surprisingly uninteresting.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Narrator has boring affect and terrible mispronunciation. I thought it was just his French, but his English is not very good either. He mispronounces words that anyone, especially a book reader, should be able to pronounce.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

no

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Title: The Quiet Tiger

Author: Mike Trahan

Narrator: Paul Provo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-16

Publisher: Mike Trahan

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Gerald "Jerry" Keyser and I became friends in 1966, when we were both in USAF Pilot Training. Our careers paralleled for the next four years. In 1970 I got out of the Air Force and Jerry stayed in. We remained friends and I followed along in awe as he went on to have the most amazing flying career I have ever seen. He flew 100 different types of airplanes, helicopters, and gliders during his 20 years in the Air Force, including a stint with NASA, and his 17 years as a test pilot for Hughes-McDonell Douglas-Boeing Helicopter Company in Arizona.

I have met many great pilots in my flying career, but I can say without hesitation that, of my generation's pilots, Jerry Keyser was the greatest of them all. This is his story.

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Title: Catching Dreams

Subtitle: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

Author: Frazier Robinson, Winnie Robinson

Narrator: Korbid Thompson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-02-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In a rare memoir about the Negro Leagues and its celebrated players, Frazier "Slow" Robinson offers an inspiring and often entertaining view of the black baseball diamond through a catcher's mask.

In 1939, at the age of 29 - after playing professional baseball for 12 years - Frazier Robinson caught the legendary Satchel Paige in barnstorming games from New Orleans to Walla Walla. Robinson played several more seasons in the Negro Leagues before finishing his career in Canada. While his career was a solid one, it was less spectacular than that of his friend and Hall-of-Famer, Satchel Paige, and so more typical of the experience of most Negro Leaguers.

Richly embroidered with the threads of black society and of life as a black athlete in a racially divided nation, Robinson recounts his long career with the skill and ease of a natural storyteller. He covers, in remarkable detail, the personal perspective of the men, the teams, and the times that shaped this uniquely American subculture. From playing catcher for obscure industrial teams to barnstorming with Satchel Paige, he chronologically traces his nationwide path through the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and early '50s.

The foreword by John "Buck" O'Neil and introduction by Gerald Early place Robinson squarely in the world of sports, African American culture, and American history.

The book is published by Syracuse University Press.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Fascinating story about a special era in American History

Honest and outstanding in every regard.

I consider myself a student of Negro League history, and I read virtually everything I can locate on the subject. I have also developed friendships with many of these players over the years, and many of them have written books/memoirs regarding their playing days. In speaking with these great pioneers of professional sport, one quickly surmises that certain "stars" spent a fair amount of time embellishing legends and perfecting the art of self-promotion once their playing days ended. A handful have even managed to parlay this ability into a modest supplement to their income via baseball memorabilia shows, and I sincerely hope this trend continues for all who have mastered it.

Truthfully however, this group comprises only a tiny percentage of the remaining Negro Leaguers (they're just the loudest, so they garner the most notoriety, I suppose). Should you attend any gathering of former players, you will notice that these "showmen" are generally shunned or otherwise discredited by their peers. That speaks louder than anything I could write here. While these spotlight-lovers' ability to spin a yarn surely brings furthered interest and financial benefit to personal appearances by ALL former players, it likely also speaks to the historical accuracy one can expect from their books.

A select few didn't go the Barnum route -- they were who they were, they did what they did, and, while proud of their accomplishments on the diamond with arguably the greatest ballplayers of ANY era, they continued to live as they always had after their baseball careers ended.

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Titel: Die Wahrheit über Donald Trump

Autor:: Michael D'Antonio

Erzähler: Walter Kreye

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 20 hrs and 54 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-29-16

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Kategorien: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Ein schonungsloser Blick auf Donald Trump

Es ist höchste Zeit, sich ernsthaft mit Donald Trump auseinanderzusetzen. Michael D'Antonios brillant geschriebene Biographie zeigt Trump in seinem ganzen Größenwahn, Narzissmus und seiner unfassbaren Selbstverliebtheit. Gleichzeitig wird deutlich, wie erschreckend dünnhäutig und aggressiv Trump auf jede Kritik und Provokation reagiert und wie emotional instabil er ist. Es lässt sich nur erahnen, wie schwierig die außenpolitische Abstimmung mit ihm als möglichem Präsidenten werden könnte.

D'Antonio erklärt aber auch, warum Trumps Beliebtheit bei den Wählern kein Zufall ist. Dass er Trumps Aufstieg, Fall und Comeback auch in den Kontext größerer soziologischer und politischer Entwicklungen in den USA einordnet, macht seine Biographie gerade für ein nicht amerikanisches Publikum außerordentlich lesenswert.

©2016 Econ Verlag. Übersetzung von Bettina Engels und Norbert Juraschitz (P)2016 der Hörverlag

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Title: George and Robert Stephenson

Author: Samuel Smiles

Narrator: Stanley Green

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-16

Publisher: Audioliterature

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

"George and Robert Stephenson" is a biographical novel about the two railway pioneers and famous engineers, written by their close friend Samuel Smiles. George Stephenson (1781-1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830. Renowned as the "Father of Railways". Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was an early railway engineer. The only son of George Stephenson, he built on the achievements of his father. Robert has been called the greatest engineer of the 19th century.

©2016 Audioliterature (P)2016 Audioliterature

Members Reviews:

A type of book that I enjoy. The book is about a fascinating individual who ...

A type of book that I enjoy. The book is about a fascinating individual who helped start the railroad industry.Full of descriptions of mechanical details and engineering feats. A book engineers and mechanics may enjoy.

Amazing is the story of George Stephenson

Amazing is the story of George Stephenson. Even though this book was written in the middle of the nineteenth century it is still an entertaining and informative account of a man whose accomplishments were utterly remarkable. Out lives today wouldn't be the same and probably not as good absent George Stephenson's contribution to the development of railroads and our modern world.

Stephenson and the locomotive

Focused on George Stephenson's contributions

to the development of the steam engine and the railroads.

A lot of good period background and data.

Somewhat tedious Victorian style, but sprinkled

with gems of knowledge of when railroading was invented, and

how it changed lives, city's, and nations.

The Iron Horse Family

Well written historical account of the father-son team that brought the steam engine into practical railroad usage. The narrative is not infused with distracting side detail but provides just enough fullness to get a sense of the lives of these men.

Talk about real-life stories! Wow!

For those seeking cheap-read, on the history of RR in the early days, this is a great read. Recommend both the delivery method as well as the topic. Enjoy this look at real-life RR stories from days-gone-by.

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Title: Immersed

Subtitle: Our Experience with Autism

Author: Valerie Hall, Bruce Hall

Narrator: Valerie Hall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-16

Publisher: Visual Summit Media and Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Through a candid narrative, parents describe the surreal experience of having twin sons with severe autism. Valerie Hall's episodic text chronicles Jack's and James' condition as it transforms family life and poses ominous implications for the future. Her reactions to her own life in a world where autism makes the rules are candid and unfiltered. She rejects the tropes of most autism literature, spurning both memoir and how-to prescriptions. Instead she invites you to encounter Jack and James as she does, as boys who are both beautiful and broken. The day-to-dayness of her account has the disturbing effect of allowing the listener to step into a world where expectations are upended and encounters take on an aura of the surreal. The audiobook includes the narrative of the book; photographs (by Bruce Hall) are available to view on the Visual Summit website.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Excellent writing and pictures. Well done on both levels. Highly recommend!

Take a breath....

Despite my aversion to books, movies and articles about autism and developmental disabilities I could not resist "Immersed". First it was the photographs, stunning; taken by the father who is a legally blind photographer. Then I began reading the equally compelling journey of a family of four including James and Jack, twins with profound autism.

Though sensitive and amazingly insightful, it is brutally honest. It's not a book that you can't put down. It's a book that you MUST put down from time to time to take a breath in order to absorb the lives of the Hall family.

This is a must read for parents who live in the isolated fear for the future of their adult child with significant developmental disabilities should the parents not outlive their loved one. This is a must read for everyone who claims to care about those whose lives they feel guilty about turning away from. A must read for ignorant public policy makers and self appointed gurus who view themselves as generous for having secured resources and support for a population of people who cannot speak for themselves and represent those most vulnerable among us.

Both the writing and the photography in this book are exquisite. The story is honest, emotional, and inspiring.

This is a book, first and foremost, about a family: husband and wife,Valerie and Bruce Hall, young teen age daughter, Christina, and twin boys, Jack and James, two years younger than Christina. Like all families they have ups and downs, good days and bad, successes (large and small) and problems (also large and small). This book shares these experiences with their readers.; Valerie through her beautifully written text and Bruce through his stunning photographs. There is just one thing different about this family from so many others: their twin boys, Jack and James, are severely autistic.

Through a series of essays, Valerie describes various stages the family goes through. First of all, of course, the

recognition and acceptance of autismâ.and the realization that her life and Bruceâs will be forever impacted by this discovery. The remaining essays are Valerieâs reflections or reactions to certain aspects of living with autism. Her writings are reflective and personal, but filled with wisdom to be taken away by the reader.

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Title: Engine 24 Fire Stories 2

Author: Joe Corso

Narrator: Al Benelli

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-16

Publisher: corsobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Every firefighter has a treasure trove of interesting stories to tell, and the stories more often than not are instructional, as well as exciting. When I was a firefighter, I kept notes of the fires I responded to. Now that I am retired, I have reflected on my career as a firefighter and have written a second book about the men alongside whom I worked, facing dangerous situations daily.

This book is a compilation of eight short fire stories written between 1963 and 1972, from notes I wrote after returning from fires. The first story explores the emotions felt when reporting for duty for the first time - the same emotions felt by all firefighters throughout the world on their first day on the job.

An inexplicable bond forms between men and women who face danger on a daily basis and who have been tested - and have passed the test. From the combat soldier, to the policeman and the firefighter - a bond of love and trust has formed that will last a lifetime.

Members Reviews:

More of the greatness started in Volume 1

What made the experience of listening to Engine 24 Fire Stories 2 the most enjoyable?

The history... Joe Corso brings the history of everything from the military use of fire... to the meaning of the Maltese Cross, emblematic of the world's fire services... to the evolution of the volunteer fire-gangs of old NYC into the famed NYFD. The color is brilliant.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Engine 24 Fire Stories 2?

The fighting of a multi-alarm fire from "inside" as told through the eyes of the firefighter who was right there... at the nozzle... with his NYFD brothers at his "six". If you love fire stories... it just doesn't get any better...

Which scene was your favorite?

When Joe and is buddies confront a "dirty" firefighter who was shaking down local business and building owners on his fire inspections. The way they handled that situation and the ensuing solution made me feel proud to be a New Yorker. It wasn't the excitement of a fire but the "politics" of corruption and the way honest men handle it. Meeting Serpico didn't hurt either.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

While others are rushing out... These men are rushing in!

Any additional comments?

A perfect sequel to book One... with none of the expected "let down". The excitement and intensity remain at the same level as the heat!

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Title: Death Comes Knocking

Subtitle: Policing Roy Grace's Brighton

Author: Graham Bartlett, Peter James

Narrator: Daniel Weyman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-16

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Fans of Peter James and his best-selling Roy Grace series of crime novels know that his audiobooks draw on in-depth research into the lives of Brighton and Hove police and are set in a world every bit as gritty as the real thing. His friend, Graham Bartlett, was a long-serving detective in the city once described as Britain's crime capital. Together, in Death Comes Knocking, they have given a gripping account of the city's most challenging cases, taking the listener from crime scenes and incident rooms to the morgue and introducing some of the real-life detectives who inspired Peter James' characters.

Whether it's the murder of a dodgy nightclub owner and his family in Sussex's worst nonterrorist mass murder or the race to find the abductor of a young girl; tracking down the antique trade's most notorious 'knocker boys' or nailing an audacious ring of forgers; or hunting for a cold-blooded killer who executed a surfer or catching a pair who kidnapped a businessman, leaving him severely beaten, to die on a hillside, the authors skillfully evoke the dangerous inside story of policing, the personal toll it takes and the dedication of those who risk their lives to keep the public safe.

Members Reviews:

excellent background to the Roy Grace novels.

Excellent background to the Roy Grace novels and what it's like to be a policeman.

Brilliant - definitely recommend

brilliant book. I found that this 'gelled' all the Roy Grace books- it gives the other real life accounts of the characters and stories in the books

Brilliant

As a Roy Grace reader this books gives a great insight to the real life police officer

Very interesting and good for all Peter James fans

If anyone likes reading stories by Peter James they will find this very interesting, so I recommend they give it a try

Very interesting read.

Really enjoyed this. Gives good insights into policing Brighton. Amusing in parts and moving in others. I've read all the Roy Grace series and am a fan of Peter James' but interjections relating to his books started to get a bit tiresome towards the end and felt more like plugs than adding anything to the book.