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Title: A Pacifist's War

Author: Frances Partridge

Narrator: Judith Boyd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-24-17

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

When war is declared, Frances and Ralph, both pacifists, turn their house into a sanctuary for friends more materially involved. Invasion seems imminent as one by one the countries of Europe fall to the Nazis. People are even told to immobilise their car engines at night in case the Germans parachute into Britain. All Allied and German manoeuvres are here recorded as they happened and the feelings of those who can only wait anxiously for news.

Yet although war looms persistently over the Partridges, only a few power cuts affect them, leaving them feeling oddly isolated from it. As life goes on, Frances' diary not only chronicles events important to Britain; it also reveals an utterly different life in which conversation, observation and literature are the driving forces, along with her husband and small son.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Loved it!

"Nasty Hitler! Stop this terrible war and go right away altogether."

So said Burgo Partridge, the author's 4-year-old son.

Florence Partridge was the 'nice' member of the famed Bloomsbury Group. During World War Two, the Partridges lived at Ham Spray House in Wiltshire. In 1978, Florence published her excerpted diary of the war years. Florence and husband Ralph were pacifists, which gives the book a quite different context than many wartime recollections. Their beliefs gave them no special shelter from the war's terrors and privations.

Florence records her experiences living with Ralph and their 4-year-old son Burgo and a seemingly continual parade of visitors and lodgers with acute insight and self-awareness. Not all of their friends shared their political or moral views and that creates an interesting tension throughout. Ralph's application for C.O. status hangs around the background of the diary, but seldom takes center stage (as she explains in the foreword, she felt little need to describe her thoughts about Ralph in her diary because he was central to her life).

The course of the war overwhelmed their daily lives in a way that is nearly unimaginable. With the invasion seemed like a foregone conclusion during much of 1940, Florence and her friends were plunged into depths of depression. Otherwise sane people seriously discussed the means and modes of committing suicide in the event the Germans did cross the Channel. They adjust to sleeping - or at least lying in bed - while planes drone overhead and learn the sounds and patterns of bombs being dropped. Even when the threat of invasion fades, the knowledge grows that the only possible outcomes are a German victory or a very long war indeed.

While the larger end is known, being a diary, the eventual outcome for specific individuals is not. In one instance, however, Partridge describes how Burgo was excited over meeting a young RAF pilot. She then reflects that `we are asking this young man to lose his life' at which point she added a powerful two-word footnote: "He did."

I came across this book from the historical endnotes in a work of historical detective fictionSecond Violin: An Inspector Troy Thrillerby John Lawton and temporarily rescued it from the lower stacks of our public library system. I highly recommended that you do the same.

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Title: Woman in the Wilderness

Subtitle: My Story of Love, Survival and Self-Discovery

Author: Miriam Lancewood

Narrator: Lucy Paterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-23-17

Publisher: Little Brown

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

'My life is free, random and spontaneous. This in itself creates enormous energy and clarity in body and mind.' (Miriam Lancewood).

Miriam Lancewood is a young Dutch woman living a primitive, nomadic life in the heart of the mountains with her New Zealand husband. She lives simply in a tent or hut and survives by hunting wild animals, foraging edible plants and using minimal supplies. For the last six years she has lived this way, through all seasons, often cold, hungry and isolated in the bush. She loves her life and feels free, connected to the land and happy.

This book tells her story, including the very practical aspects of such a life: her difficulties learning to hunt with a bow and arrow, struggles to create a warm environment in which to live, attempts to cross raging rivers safely and find ways through the rugged mountains and dense bush. This is interwoven with her adjustment to a very slow pace of life, her relationship with her much older husband, her interactions with the few other people they encounter, and her growing awareness of a strong spiritual connection to the natural world.

Members Reviews:

A lesson about living your life to the fullest

I listened to this book whilst walking, running and driving. I normally miss out quite a bit due to lack of concentration. Not this time. The book is wonderful and it moved me to appreciate all the wonders and strugles I experience in my own life. Thank you Miriam Lancewood! One of the best books I have ever read! Please continue your writing. Love from Eyrun, Norway

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Title: Bind Nothing

Author: Rote Writer

Narrator: Tim Zeigdel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-17

Publisher: Rote Writer Publishing

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

This idea of vindicating his life, rife with strife, moves him. He's endured just about every wrong a human can, to the point of losing his mind. He will no longer hide. He will set aside his fears and fight and make things right. He must right them all and then write about them all to help others do the same.

A Memoir - A Trilogy

Part I: If You Could Change One Thing

Part II: Bind Nothing

Part III: Closure

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Title: Secret Diary of a 1970s Secretary

Author: Sarah Shaw

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-17

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Secret Diary of a 1970s Secretary is the diary of then-BBC Secretary Sarah Shaw for the year of 1971, a humorous and charming perspective of life at the BBC and for a woman at the time.

This is the diary of Sarah Shaw for the year of 1971, which she recently uncovered whilst clearing out her loft. Working as a secretary for the BBC at the time, Sarah's diary describes the life of a suburban girl who certainly wasn't 'swinging' but who was, ironically, not only working on a cutting edge BBC survey on sex education but also in the throes of an unlikely affair with middle-aged, working-class, Irish lift attendant, Frank.

Sarah talks humorously and frankly about what it was like to be a young, working woman at the time as well as life at the BBC during the 1970s and the difficulties of navigating her first romance. She is funny and self-effacing with a self-knowledge that only few attain. Her innocence and naivety are hugely charming and the diary forms a valuable snapshot of a time not so far away that is now lost to us.

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Title: At d for at leve

Subtitle: Min rejse fra krft gennem nrddsoplevelse til sand healing

Author: Anita Moorjani

Narrator: Maryann Fay Lertoft

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-17

Publisher: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

"At d for at leve" er en dybt bevgende og opsigtsvkkende personlig beretning. Forfatteren, Anita Moorjani, havde kmpet mod en ondartet lymfekrft i nsten fire r, da sygdommen begynder at sprede sig. En morgen finder hendes mand hende bevidstls p badevrelsesgulvet, og hun bliver hastet p hospitalet, hvor lgerne fortller ham, at hendes organer er ved at stte ud - at hun er ved at d, og at han ikke skal regne med, at hun lever natten over.

Trods sin bevidstlse tilstand hrer Anita Moorjani det hele, og da hendes krop er ved at st af, fr hun en helt utrolig nrddsoplevelse, der giver hende en altafgrende dyb indsigt i hendes eget liv og den faktiske rsag til hendes sygdom. Da hun kommer til bevidsthed igen, har hun det meget bedre, og i lbet af et par uger bliver hun udskrevet, da krften er fuldstndig forsvundet.

Bogen er yderst velskrevet og fantastisk inspirerende lsning, der vidner om, at vi alle har en indre styrke og visdom, der gr det muligt at overvinde livets hrdeste modgang - og at mirakler er mulige.

©2017 Gyldendal (P)2017 Gyldendal

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Titre: Journal d'un vampire en pyjama

Auteur: Mathias Malzieu

Narrateur: Mathias Malzieu

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 4 hrs and 57 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 10-11-17

Éditeur: Audiolib

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Résumé de l'éditeur:

"Me faire sauver la vie est l'aventure la plus extraordinaire que j'aie jamais vécue."

"Ce livre est le vaisseau spécial que j'ai dû me confectionner pour survivre à ma propre guerre des étoiles. Panne sèche de moelle osseuse. Bug biologique, risque de crash imminent. Quand la réalité dépasse la (science-)fiction, cela donne des rencontres fantastiques, des déceptions intersidérales et des révélations éblouissantes. Une histoire d'amour aussi. Ce journal est un duel de western avec moi-même où je n'ai rien eu à inventer. Si ce n'est le moyen de plonger en apnée dans les profondeurs de mon cœur." (Mathias Malzieu)

©2016 Mathias Malzieu / Éditions Albin Michel pour l'édition française (P)2017 Audiolib

Revues par les critiques:

À propos de ce titre

Grand Prix des Lectrices ELLE (catégorie "Documents") 2017.

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Title: Through the Valley of the Shadow

Author: Jim Terbush

Narrator: Jim Terbush

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-17

Publisher: Brook Forest Voices

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

On June 13, 1999, a rumble began high on a sheer cliff wall, like faraway thunder, at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. 100 tons of rock rained down on three young climbers. Peter, a college student from Colorado, turned to a long-ago climbing lesson taught to him by his father. As a little boy first astride a mountain, he learned to always protect a partner at the end of the rope...to never let go. He was not anchored and could have easily slipped from his harness and run for cover, but he didn't. He maintained a proper belay to the end, saving the life of his friend on lead dangling 60 feet above him, while sacrificing his own life in the process.

Many called Peter a hero. He certainly had the traits. According to Sue Shellenbarger, in the Wall Street Journal in 2012, "Certain traits make it more likely that a person will make a split-second decision to take a heroic risk. People who like to take charge of situations, who respond sympathetically to others, and who have a strong sense of moral and social responsibility are more likely to intervene than people who lack those traits. They consciously try to keep fear from hampering their pursuit of goals, and they tend to block out the possibility of injury or material loss."

Through the Valley of the Shadow by Jim Terbush is the story of his son Peter's brief life...a hero who exemplified servant leadership. Jim tells of the servant leadership principles woven into the skills training at the yearly Terbush Memorial Outdoor Leadership Summit held in Peter's honor in Gunnison, Co.

This is also a story about a father's love for his son, about discovery, adventure, love of the outdoors, and a love of God. Jim reveals how he was and is sustained by faith during his struggle with grief for his son. His writing in turn, infuses us with the strength to confront the most profound challenges in our own lives.

Members Reviews:

The story reveals what everyone would like be known for

Jim takes one through the tough season of loosing a son, Peter, in a climbing accident. The story reveals what everyone would like be known for...standing firm in moments of challenge. And he shares that the can be hope in loss.

Inspiring

An inspiring look at the love of a father and the legacy of his son who gave his life to save his friend.

Five Stars

Great book! I grew up with Peter and his actions don't surprise me one bit!

Five Stars

Excellent book!!!!

The legacy of Peter Terbush, well-told and inspiring

I had the privilege to know Peter Terbush all too briefly, but he made an unforgettable impression on me. This is an excellent heart-felt story of his father's love for Peter, who exemplified the life of our Savior through his role of Servant Leadership. An inspiring book that makes me want to be a better person. We love you still, Peter.

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Title: Was This in the Plan?

Author: Stephanie Nimmo

Narrator: Lizzie Roper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-17

Publisher: Nimrod Development Ltd

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Far from being a misery memoir, Was This in the Plan? is a frank, open and no-holds-barred account of how a family was determined not just to survive but to thrive when the odds were against them.

It will make you question your own attitude to life and how you choose to respond when unexpected events throw you off course.

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Title: The Willoughby Chronicles

Author: Ted Page

Narrator: Ted Page

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-17

Publisher: 3 Swallys Press

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The Willoughby Chronicles is a collection of short nonfiction stories that form a mosaic of the author's lovably bizarre family in the 1960s and 1970s. From being put on a ledge as an infant (saved by the instincts of his lizard brain), to being left at the circus intentionally, to digging a real life Hobbit-hole, to a brother who (surprisingly) turned out not to be the Unabomber, to a thing that happened with a puppy and his mother that the author would rather not talk about, to the final horrific event that put everything in perspective, The Willoughby Chronicles combines hilarity with heart and grace to bring a family - and a time - to life.

Members Reviews:

It was as charming and as funny as any I have read

This is an absolutely delightful book. It was as charming and as funny as any I have read.

His family is truly a cast of charactersâ and he writes about them so beautifully that it was almost as if they were real!

Funny, warm and evocative. Reminded me of Bill Brysonâs best books.

May it sell as well!

I loved these stories of this incredible family

I loved these stories of this incredible family. I grew up with them; their mother was my motherâs best friend. I loved hearing all of their voices again. Thank you, Ted

All True!

This family had a wonderful influence on me growing up, close friends to Ted, his mother and father, and his brothers. The wonderful nature of the stories in this book and Ted's great story telling talents is that they are all true, poignant and hysterically funny all at same time. I have read these out loud as bedtime stories to my wife, who has laughed out loud harder than any other time I can recall. These are great memories and great tales of growing up rebellious in an upper middle class New England town in the 1960s and 1970s.

A highly entertaining true story !

A truly delightful and refreshingly honest book ! Thoroughly Enjoyed every minute of reading it !! It was funny , sad , shocking and admirable all in one ! I found myself laughing out loud and reading some parts to my husband which made him laugh out loud as well :))

Highly recommend this read !

I loved this book

Ted Page is a truly marvelous writer. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. But the book has some poignant moments also and it has a surprising ending. This is a book I couldn't put down and ending up reading from cover to cover in one day.

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Title: The Chronicles of Tiddly Cove P.D.

Author: Stuart Leishman

Narrator: Leon Nixon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-17

Publisher: Stuart Leishman

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A brief history of the West Vancouver Police Department (Tiddly Cove P.D.) with an introduction to some of the characters that worked in the organization. The author then relates stories of his early days as a constable with some of the adventures he encountered which included wrestling with a cow on a local beach, investigating shoplifting gangs affiliated with the Hell's Angels outlaw biker gang.

He also describes some novel ways that police officers dealt with motorists including an encounter that Constable Dave Marskell had with the mother of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and how Cst. Ed Fydirchuk dealt with "road rage". He exposes the listener to some of the humour that police officers use to deal with the stress and sometimes traumatic things they encounter in their workplace.

The author then goes on to explore his career in criminal investigation when he is promoted to the rank of Detective. Again we see some of the humorous sides to police work, as well exploring the darker side of child sexual assault and the investigation that takes place before a prosecution. While the West Vancouver Police Department is a smaller one, approximately 100 sworn members, the investigations are far ranging and extend throughout North America and as far as Europe. The crimes of arson, extortion, fraud, robbery, and murder are all investigated. There is even an encounter with former members of The Mossad!

Listeners will meet the prolific bank robber and purloiner of luxury yachts, Eric Valois, who would lead Detective Leishman on a chase throughout the USA before convincing a gullible Quebec Provincial Police Officer that he could solve the "Air India" bombing and having them assist him in escaping custody. After he was arrested in Greece for stealing a luxury yacht. He was declared dead when he jumped overboard while being escorted to prison, but was returned from the dead when he was arrested for drug dealing in the United Kingdom!