Large Library of Full Audiobooks in Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

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Title: Deeper Currents

Subtitle: The Sacraments of Hunting and Fishing

Author: Donald C. Jackson

Narrator: Gary Roelofs

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-08-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Donald C. Jackson guides us on a journey into the cathedrals of wild and lonely places, those sacred spaces where hunters and fishers connect with the rhythms of the Earth and the spirit that resonates within us.

Hunting squirrels on an autumn morning, probing the woods, rifle in hand, Jackson reveals an attention to nature too often neglected. Following a bird dog into the damp and mysterious places where woodcock settle on their southbound migrations; chasing hounds on the trail of raccoons on a frosty winter night; stalking deer in a quiet corner of a small farm; fishing for carp in a creek, bass and bluegill in ponds, catfish in a murky river, and reef fish in the Gulf, Jackson reminds that we are stewards of not only resources but also a past that defines us as hunters and fishers.

In Deeper Currents, tractors and old barns find a place in the listener's heart. Boats and canoes navigate realms of danger and dreams. Jackson shares outdoor pilgrimages with good friends in cabins, tents, camps, and old trailers tucked beyond the reach of a rushing world. He rejoices in the whisper of stiff wings as ducks come to decoys, the call of geese and cranes over tidal flats, the hush before a storm, the muffled snap of a twig at twilight, a drop of dew falling on the surface of a pond, and the clicking of caribou hooves on an Alaskan gravel bar. Jackson finds these natural moments fill us with energy. They remind us that we are taking part in a sacred heritage and that creation is unfolding all around us.

The book is published by University Press of Mississippi.

Critic Reviews:

"Don Jackson's love of all things natural and wild comes through in every sentence that he puts to paper. The reader feels his excitement as a child while hunting, fishing, and exploring and then senses his appreciation for the subtle rhythms of our natural world as an older and wiser woods rambler." (Brad Young, Mississippi Wildlife Federation)

Members Reviews:

Deeply Moving!

What a wonderful book! Jackson vividly describes a lifetime spent in the outdoors; fishing, hunting, and just wandering around. His narration is poetic; his expression of emotions I found touching. I have seldom found an author who can make me feel so much nostalgia for my own youth; the adventure, the feeling that "the world was all before us", the learning of responsibility and stewardship for the land. He genuinely touched me.

Please bare with me, as I quote a paragraph that truly stood out, reminding me of how much the world has changed. "We were just boys...boys still too young to drive, and yet boys alone with guns, governed by the admonition that we were, in no uncertain terms, accountable for how we behaved, accountable for what we did and how we did it. We understood this. We understood also that we were accountable for our own lives...not just in terms of health and safety as we hunted and fished out there on that land, but life expressed in the full extent of its meaning-beyond the realms of sportsmen, beyond the reasons of boyhood. We did not betray that trust." What a difference from those times (when I was a boy), and today! I fear that we have not instilled that understanding in our youth of today.

One more, if you will. Here the author is describing the catch of a large, predatory fish.

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Title: A House Full of Daughters

Author: Juliet Nicolson

Narrator: Julie Teal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-16

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

As narrated on BBC Radio 4

All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers - the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother, Pepita; the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother, Victoria; the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother, Vita; her mother's Tory-conventional background.

But then Juliet, a renowned historian, started to question. As she did so, she sifted fact from fiction, uncovering details and secrets long held just out of sight.

A House Full of Daughters takes us through seven generations of women. In the 19th-century slums of Malaga, the salons of fin-de-siècle Washington, DC, an English boarding school during the Second World War, Chelsea in the 1960s, and the knife edge that was New York City in the 1980s, these women emerge for Juliet as people in their own rights but also as parts of who she is and where she has come from.

A House Full of Daughters is one woman's investigation into the nature of family, memory, the past - and, above all, love. It brings with it messages of truth and hope for us all.

Members Reviews:

Generations of formidable mothers and daughters

This a wonderful biography of seven generations of daughters which ends with Juliet Nicolson's own daughters and granddaughter. The Sackville-West family history is well-documented already as so many of its members have been writers, but there has gathered over the generations also a fantastic treasure trove of diaries and letters for Juliet to draw on. What a gift for a biographer, and Juliet does it all full justice. The result is superb, filled with detail, understanding, honesty and insight into family relationships.

The stories start with the diplomat Lionel Sackville-West falling in love with the impossibly beautiful, married Spanish dancer Pepita in 1852 whom he kept hidden away with their five children in Arcachon in France. Their eldest (illegitimate) daughter Victoria became her father's companion in Washington before marrying her first cousin, another Lionel Sackville-West, and living at Knole, the beloved family seat in Kent. Victoria found to her surprise and joy that she relished sex with her husband at every opportunity (gardeners would tactfully turn away), but she gave birth to one child in such agony that she vowed to have no more children and no more sex. The marriage disintegrated and the relationship with her one daughter was both passionate and fraught. That one daughter was Vita Sackville-West, the writer and close friend of Virginia Woolf, who herself became both charismatic and selfish and damaging like her mother. On the eve of her marriage to the Conservative Harold Nicolson who adored her throughout his long life, Vita kept to her bed stricken by depression and weeping and shortly after her marriage she fled to Italy with her lover Violet Trefusis. She did return however, had sons with her husband and with him they established the beautiful garden at Sissinghurst. Her son Nigel was Juliet's dearly-loved father. He made a disastrous marriage to Philippa who had money but an impossibly antipathetic culture. Nigel did not love her and found sex shameful, something that had to be done as he wrote, 'like going to the lavatory'.

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Title: The Cost

Subtitle: My Life on a Terrorist Hit List

Author: Ali Husnain

Narrator: Akbar Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-16

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Born into a prominent Shia Muslim family in Pakistan, Ali had it all - prestige, security, wealth, social status. The Cost is the extraordinary story of his dramatic encounter with Jesus that would change everything.

That life-altering choice to follow Jesus would turn Ali from a typical teenager into a target of a terrorist organization based in his hometown - a target they would soon act on.

The Cost is the riveting and remarkable journey of a young man who left everything behind to follow the one thing he knew to be true. Through excommunication from his home and family, near-death experience, a miraculous healing, and a cross-continental chase for his life, Ali's faith sustained him while also compelling him to bring the gospel to Muslims - no matter the cost. This modern epic is a must-listen for anyone who wants to be informed about the state of Christian-Muslim relations today and inspired by just how much a single light in the darkness can make a difference.

Members Reviews:

Awesome Testimony

Great book and awesome testimony. Thanks for sharing your story and more importantly thanks for sharing about your weaknesses and struggles with sins. It's encouraging that a "super Christian" (as people who have seen the miraculous and have suffered for Christ appear to be) deals with the same issues we all deal with in the midst of such a wonderful testimony. You are an inspiration.

A great book, beautifully performed

I couldn't stop listening to this book. It is a great story that is very well written & the reading was performed very well!

I am at a loss for words

How important is Jesus? How much have you sacrificed to follow Him? Listen and follow.

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Title: Where Have All the Bullets Gone?

Author: Spike Milligan

Narrator: Spike Milligan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-04-16

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Where Have All the Bullets Gone?, written and read by Spike Milligan.

Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, "I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate."

The fifth volume of Spike Milligan's unsurpassed account of life as a bombardier in World War Two sees our hero dispatched from the front line to a psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and "unfit to be killed in combat by either side"), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy.

But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances....

Members Reviews:

A classic read.

A classic read read by an utter genius.

Spike Milligans reading of his own work brings emotion and madcap humour like only he could.

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Title: I Hope My Mother Doesn't Read This

Author: Greg Scarnici

Narrator: Greg Scarnici

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In his debut collection of candid, shocking, and just plain hilarious essays, comedic artist and musician Greg Scarnici recounts the period in his life when he was just starting to understand his sexuality and the city of New York that he calls home.

From getting high with the midget from Twin Peaks to giving a trucker a lap dance to the tune of Pebbles' "Mercedes Boy", I Hope My Mother Doesn't Read This offers a snapshot of an artist coming to grips with his comedic artistry at a time when gay comedians were not as accepted as they are today. There are tales of sordid hookups, riotous soirees, narcotic mishaps, and an unforgettable encounter with Gina Gershon at a Saturday Night Live after-party, where Greg currently works as an associate producer. No emotional stone is left unturned as Scarnici gives listeners an uncensored and uproariously funny look into every step of becoming, as legendary nightlife columnist Michael Musto calls him, "one of the funniest people in NYC - as well as one of its biggest freaks".

Members Reviews:

A wild collection of funny stories

This is a great audiobook. Open, honest and funny as all hell. You may want to listen in private as the stories are racy but this is great. And a couple chapters are read by the author's drag persona who gets some zingers in.

Funny funny funny

I found myself wishing it wasn't over when I came to the end. The stories were so relatable. It took me back to my own disco days and antics with friends. Well written and enjoyable. I can't wait for his next book

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Title: The House of Twenty Thousand Books

Author: Sasha Abramsky

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary polymath and bibliophile who amassed a vast collection of socialist literature and Jewish history. For more than 50 years, Chimen and his wife, Miriam, hosted epic gatherings in their house of books that brought together many of the age's greatest thinkers.

The atheist son of one of the century's most important rabbis, Chimen was born in 1916 near Minsk, spent his early teenage years in Moscow while his father served time in a Siberian labor camp for religious proselytizing, and then immigrated to London, where he discovered the writings of Karl Marx and became involved in left-wing politics. He briefly attended the newly established Hebrew University in Jerusalem, until World War II interrupted his studies.

Back in England, he married, and for many years he and Miriam ran a respected Jewish bookshop in London's East End. When the Nazis invaded Russia in June 1941, Chimen joined the Communist Party, becoming a leading figure in the party's National Jewish Committee. He remained a member until 1958, when, shockingly late in the day, he finally acknowledged the atrocities committed by Stalin. In middle age, Chimen reinvented himself once more, this time as a liberal thinker, humanist, professor, and manuscript expert for Sotheby's auction house.

Journalist Sasha Abramsky re-creates here a lost world, bringing to life the people, the books, and the ideas that filled his grandparents' house, from gatherings that included Eric Hobsbawm and Isaiah Berlin to books with Marx's handwritten notes, William Morris manuscripts and woodcuts, an early 16th-century Bomberg Bible, and a first edition of Descartes' Meditations. The House of Twenty Thousand Books is a wondrous journey through our times, from the vanished worlds of Eastern European Jewry to the cacophonous politics of modernity.

Cover photo copyright Jane and Louise Wilson, courtesy 303 Gallery, New York

Members Reviews:

Outstanding biography of an amazing polymath historian and scholar of Jewish history and socialism ...

Outstanding biography of an amazing polymath historian and scholar of Jewish history and socialism along with important historical perspectives of last centuries' major historical upheavals.

I Learned Much

I learned a great deal from reading this book about Marxism and Jewish life. The focus is a man, a scholar who never was Orthodox in his Jewishness nor, finally, a believer in Communism. He was, however, a student of both. More than anything else, he was a collector of books and manuscripts about both Judaism and Socialism.

Excelent

I love books, i love history at all and like very much history of books. This book is perfect. Loved.

One of the finest books I have ever read

One of the finest books I have ever read. It is a book to share but then ask for it to be returned because you will want to treasure it. The house that was a center of community, friendship, family and captured the essence of humanity.

Read this book

Fantastic book, great story. Must read.

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Title: An Irish Tail

Subtitle: A Hilarious Tale of an English Couple and Their Unruly Dogs, Searching for a New Life in Rural Ireland

Author: Nick Albert

Narrator: Paul Douglass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-02-15

Publisher: Nick Albert

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

A hilarious tale of dogs, fogs, bogs and moving to Ireland. For many years, Nick and Lesley Albert had shared a dream of living far away from the stress of modern life, and when the opportunity arose, they jumped in with both feet. Almost overnight, they decided to move to beautiful County Clare, in the west of Ireland - a country they had never before visited.

With little experience or money they set about renovating a derelict farmhouse and building a new life together - hindered only by their lack of skill, 22 chickens, two ducks, and several unruly dogs. Bursting with comical anecdotes and witty observations, blended with occasional moments of exquisite sadness, this is a delightful true story of an English couple searching for a new life in the quiet solitude of rural Ireland. Marley and Me meets Around Ireland with a Fridge. If you love dogs, Ireland and life, then you will adore An Irish Tail.

Members Reviews:

Loved It!

I thoroughly enjoyed the mix of humor and heart-warming canine adventures. Will read it again.

Good book. Audio ruined it for me

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I should have read the Kindle edition because in my mind, I would have used Irish accent and slang to give the humorous antidotes some flavor. The narrator spoke in low monotone with a London accent using no inflection whatsoever.

What did you like best about this story?

The potential and the idea of downsizing one's life.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Paul Douglass?

Anyone who could mimic English/Irish accents with some sort of heart.

Was An Irish Tail worth the listening time?

Painful to listen to as it had potential.

A book for animal and nature lovers

I started off loving this book but for me it grew more tedious as it went on. I think the choice of narrator was terrible, it needed someone who was more animated. At times it sounded as though he was reading a shopping list.

Took a punt and paid off

While browsing the many titles available I came across An Irish Tail and decided to a punt and I'm really pleased I did. I really enjoyed it - if you love dogs and Ireland this is the book for you. It's a very easy listen and admire this couple for changing their lives and enjoyed listening to their journey and wish them every success in their new lives.

An Irish Tail

Would you try another book written by Nick Albert or narrated by Paul Douglass?

Maybe, but the author needs to edit it better. Sometimes there is a slow ramble with too much detail. Wasn't that fussed with the narration, but I got used to it. It also showed up the editing that was needed.

What did you like best about this story?

It was easy listening when out walking. Didn't have to concentrate much. Took me a little bit to get into it as it wasn't as polished as other books. I am not sure I would call it hilarious but I did laugh out loud some times.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Paul Douglass?

Probably would not seek the narrator out.

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

No

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Title: Unreasonable Behaviour

Subtitle: An Autobiography

Author: Don McCullin

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

From the construction of the Berlin Wall through every conflict up to the Falklands War, photographer Don McCullin has left a trail of iconic images.

At the Sunday Times Magazine in the 1960s, McCullins photography made him a new kind of hero. The flow of stories every Sunday took a generation of readers beyond the insularity of postwar Britain and into the recesses of domestic deprivation: when in 1968, a year of political turmoil, the Beatles wanted new pictures, they insisted on using McCullin; when Francis Bacon, whose own career had emerged with depiction of the ravages of the flesh, wanted a portrait, he turned to McCullin.

McCullin now spends his days quietly in a Somerset village, where he photographs the landscape and arranges still lifes - a far cry from the worlds conflict zones and the war-scarred North London of Holloway Road, where his career began.

In October 2015 it will be 25 years since the first publication of his autobiography, Unreasonable Behaviour - a harrowing memoir combining his photojournalism with his lifework. The time is right to complete McCullins story.

Critic Reviews:

"He has known all forms of fear, he's an expert in it. He has come back from God knows how many brinks, all different. His experience in a Ugandan prison alone would be enough to unhinge another man - like myself, as a matter of fact - for good. He has been forfeit more times than he can remember, he says. But he is not bragging. Talking this way about death and risk, he seems to be implying quite consciously that by testing his luck each time, he is testing his Maker's indulgence." (John le Carré)

"If this was just a book of McCullin's war photographs it would be valuable enough. But it is much more." (Sunday Correspondent)

"From the opening...there is hardly a dull sentence: his prose is so lively and uninhibited.... An excellent book." (Sunday Telegraph)

"McCullin is required reading if you want to know what real journalism is all about." (Times Saturday Supplement)

Members Reviews:

Interesting, informative but ...

Don McCullin is an incredible photographer ... the creator of numerous iconic photos of war and conflict, tragedy and trauma, people and their environment. This autobiography takes the reader through his remarkable life and vast array of experiences in so many of the world's most troubled settings: he has portrayed and revealed to us shell-shocked soldiers, point-blank assassination, massacres in refugee camps, starvation, poverty, HIV/AIDS (South Africa, Zambia, Botswana), and so much more.

His autobiography chronicles these impressive achievements (photos, prizes, exhibitions, awards) as well as some of the difficulties of working in such settings. He also takes us through the impact of his work on his personal and family life, the newspaper industry in the UK and his relationships with journalists, photographers and editors.

Interesting and evocative, it nevertheless stopped somewhat short of deeply engaging the reader in contemplating being at the site of evil, cruelty, community demise, wonderment or joy - and holding some responsibility for communicating this to the world.

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Title: I'm Listening with a Broken Ear

Author: Vicky S. Kaseorg

Narrator: Dorothy Deavers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-15

Publisher: Vicky Kaseorg

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

I'm Listening with a Broken Ear is a true story about a dying dog, Honeybun, the author found on a roadside and grudgingly rescued. A concomitant story of faith, persistence, and love unfolds as both she and her young daughter struggled to help Honeybun overcome severe issues of compromised health, aggression, and fear.

Untrained to deal with the overwhelming behavior, Vicky then tried to give her up...unsuccessfully. Refusing to relinquish her to Animal Control who would undoubtedly euthanize Honeybun, Vicky tripped upon a small rescue organization that offered to help rehabilitate Honeybun for free.

During the many months of heartache and struggle, and multiple near deadly attacks on Vicky's other dog, she discovered a modern day parable of the truth that nothing is truly irredeemable. Each victory with the little rescue dog taught personal lessons in redemption and grace, patience and perseverance, and the power of transforming love to spread through a community in the most unexpected and unlikely ways.

There were multiple failures and repeated surrenders to hopelessness. Each time, her weakness was thwarted and overcome by unexpected help and miracles. In the process, Vicky came face to snout with the harsh reality that real compassion involved action and responsibility. If she wanted to save the dog, ultimately it was up to her.

It is a story of redemption, physically and spiritually, in a very small corner of the world, about a discarded dog that no one wanted and no one thought could be saved.

Members Reviews:

A must book to read.

I loved this book, "I'm Listening with a Broken Ear" by Vicky S. Kaseorg. Wonderfully written. A book you won't want to put down. Each chapter riveted me onward to the next. These pages are filled with heart felt moments about the character/author and her family struggling to over come the many problems dealing with a newly rescued Carolina Dog named Honeybun, their financial situation and personal growth. You'll cry at the hardships and laugh with the accomplishments. As a follower of Christ, I loved how the character felt comfortable in turning to God for guidance.

Dorothy Deavers, the narrator, helps make the words come alive. She has a wonderful ability of pulling you into the story. Ms. Deavers has a way to tug at your heart, bring tears to your eyes and laughter to your soul.

I strongly believe you will enjoy this book.

Not for educated dog lovers

Maybe the average person can think this story is cute but as an educated and passionate dog lover that expects high quality care, I found this book terrible. Clearly this owner means well and thinks she is doing the right thing but she needs better information from good trainers. (I am not a Cesar Milan fan nor fear/punishment training supporter) She encourages and delights in quick fix training that scares her dogs instead of realizing the time positive understanding takes. She suddenly has "more respect" for the dog once she realizes it's possibly purebred. I could go on an on. Not even two hours in and I can't even finish this audiobook. Waste of money.

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Title: You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)

Author: Felicia Day

Narrator: Felicia Day

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-15

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The Internet isn't all cat videos. There's also Felicia Day - violinist, filmmaker, Internet entrepreneur, compulsive gamer, and former lonely homeschooled girl who overcame her isolated childhood to become the ruler of a new world...or at least semi-influential in the world of Internet geeks and Goodreads book clubs.

After growing up in the South, where she was 'homeschooled for hippie reasons', Felicia moved to Hollywood to pursue her dream of becoming an actress and was immediately typecast as a crazy cat-lady secretary.

But Felicia's misadventures in Hollywood led her to produce her own web series, own her own production company, and become an Internet star.

Felicia's short-ish life and her rags-to-riches rise to Internet fame launched her career as one of the most influential creators in new media. Now Felicia's strange world is filled with thoughts on creativity, video games, and a dash of mild feminist activism - just like her memoir.

Hilarious and inspirational, You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) is proof that everyone should embrace what makes them different and be brave enough to share it with the world because anything is possible now - even for a digital misfit.

Critic Reviews:

"Everything Felicia creates seems to succeed. This book should be no different. It's a great read - far from 'horrible' and worth every 'Penny'. See what I did there? It's a play on...never mind." (Neil Patrick Harris, author of Choose Your Own Autobiography and Felicias costar in Dr. Horribles Sing-Along Blog)

"Reading Felicia Day's memoir is like going on a road trip with an old friend you never knew you had. This is the perfect book to prove you aren't the only misfit in the world, and to remind you that that's a very good thing." (Jenny Lawson, author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened)

"It's hard to keep up with Felicia Day. She's an actress, a gamer, a screenwriter, a songwriter, a producer, a director, a webmaster, a costumer, and queen of the geek girls. It's hard to imagine where such a prodigy could have come from. Wonder no longer. Felicia tells all... well, most... well, some... in her new book. Reading this is like sitting down and having dinner with her, and hearing the story of her life between the clam chowder and the cheesecake. I can't imagine a more charming or amusing dinner companion. Felicia is a lot of fun, and so is her book." (George R. R. Martin)

"I have personal heroes, and Felicia Day is one of them... Shes more than a self-made woman - I sometimes think shes not a human woman, that she willed herself into existence, before willing the world to make a place for this new, unfathomable creation. Felicia is stronger than I am, and stranger than I am, and she double-majored in math and violin. I love her for all these things.