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Title: If You Could Change One Thing

Author: Rote Writer

Narrator: Tim Zeigdel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-17

Publisher: Rote Writer Publishing

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Like a jingle giving him a terrible tingle, the single fact about the awful act is there's no way to detract or retract from it - he's unable to undo what's done. He thinks if going back in time gave the traveler the ability to avoid an act then all that follows in regards to the fact will no longer be intact.

Timmy thinks about this a lot, and really wishes that if he can change one thing in his life, it's this. So many bad things happen after the fact and it all stems from that one act.

A Memoir - A Trilogy: Part One, If You Could Change One Thing; Part Two, Bind Nothing; Part Three, Closure

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Title: Artie Q's Guide to Moving in LA

Author: Artie Q

Narrator: Artie Q

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-17

Publisher: Robin Thomas Quinn

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Techno-head Artie Q is in his late-20s, still pursuing an elusive music career - an imprisonable offense in his native London - and with a bag full of dreams and a catalog of songs, he heads to LA to take the music world by storm. However, with the rent due and bills to pay, he is forced to find work, and LA's moving industry provides an inexhaustible supply. Artie, a keen observer of human nature, is fascinated by the strange new world in which he is embroiled: a twilight parallel universe full of wacky characters. Believing that actions reveal people's true intention and nature, he begins to document and analyze the bizarre behavior of the moving men he encounters. Artie Q: not a professional therapist, but an amused armchair analyst, nonetheless!

For the first half of the audiobook, his somewhat detached observations concern the individual stories of others, but by the second half, it becomes an ensemble piece, with Artie fighting to keep his creative dreams alive and proving he may just be the wackiest of the wackiest!

Members Reviews:

Funny and quirky

I had the opportunity to hear the author read the first chapter. His voice and manner brought out the funny in his stories. This book gives the reader a peek inside the world of LA movers. It's a fun read.

Hilarious! I couldn't put it down.

Los Angeles, often called the City of Angels, is also called La-la Land -- and for good reason. It has long been a magnet for those seeking fame and fortune, or just a chance for a new start amidst palm trees and sunshine. Thus, anyone spending a substantial amount of time in Los Angeles soon becomes aware of a unique, often eccentric, primary culture, and (perhaps) also some rather strange sub-cultures. Artie Q, an aspiring musician, found himself in one of these sub-cultures when he became a moving man in order to pay the rent. Being more astutely observant than most, as well as possessing a solid work ethic, Artie Q figured if he was going to do the job, he might as well do it right. Not all his co-workers were of the same mind. In fact, many of them were in their own personal la-la lands. Artieâs memoir of this time in his life is devilishly funny, but also thoughtful, and thought provoking, as he chronicles these characters and his interactions with them. I highly recommend this book for the great writing, the hilarity, the chance to get to know Artie Q, and the opportunity to see a side of Los Angeles you may never before have noticed. Youâll have a rollicking good time -- and will never look at movers the same way again.

You gotta read this.....

Moving fun. A gritty taste of everyday life in LA. Artie's wry perspective and observation gives a laugh a minute - especially if you like your humour real. Can't wait for the next one.

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Title: The Olive Harvest

Author: Carol Drinkwater

Narrator: Carol Drinkwater

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-09-17

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Returning to their home after an extended absence, Carol and her husband, Michel, are looking forward to summer together on the farm. Then a shocking blow leaves Carol alone, and the future looks uncertain.

The Olive Harvest takes us beyond the perimeters of her olive groves to where hunters, poets, beekeepers, boars and gypsies abide. In search of the language of troubadours, the dark and sometimes barbarous heart of Provence is revealed. Nature and the generosity of the South of France's harvests offer a path to joy and an abundant resolution....

Members Reviews:

Pretty good

Have read 2 previous books in this series. I enjoy Carol's books, but gave this one a 4 star rating because I felt

left hanging and unresolved when I finished the book. Carol shares a lot of her pain and grief at her husband's

estrangement from her for a while. The relationship survived somehow, but the reader was not allowed to understand how this came to be. Perhaps she was respecting his privacy, but as an empathic reader I would liked to

have had a bit more understanding because she is forthright in sharing her pain throughout the book and I cared about her.

I like this book because I learned a lot about olives and enjoyed the character descriptions of Mr. Quashia and others.

It's refreshing to read an unpretentious book about one who moves to Europe, buys land and restores a big house,

but doesn't always have charming neighbors nor a sense of elevated intellectual and cultural sensibility.

Carol Drinkwater's Writing Enchants

Read anything written by Carol Drinkwater and you will be enchanted, bewitched. Her craft is words. Her art is story. Her words will lift you high in the arms of beauty, entangle you in visions and dreams of the strange and romantic, hold you tight in emotions that will

take your breath away, then rock you gently with love, empathy, hope, understanding. It's a hell of a ride -- one that you will be glad you took. THE OLIVE HARVEST is her best book yet -- although I have said that about each of Carol Drinkwater's previous books. How she can improve perfection I do not know, but I am moving on to her next "OLIVE" book to find out. do try to read her "OLIVE" books in the order written. Then join her "Olive Farm" Facebook page.

ELOQUENT AND SPIRITUAL

This is the third book of the Olive Farm series and I enjoyed reading it just as much as the first two (The Olive Farm and The Olive Season). I just love Carol Drinkwater's eloquent and spiritual writing. Her style is quite unique, the way she describes her life at the farm interwoven with a spiritual sense of well being and a stubborness and perseverence in staying optomistic through the trials and tribulations of her life with and without her husband, Michel. I also love the way she beautifully describes her farm, the gorgeous views and its surrounding countryside. It makes you want to move there!

I have already ordered the fourth book, The Olive Route and I'm looking forward to reading it.

Somnolent stream of consciousness

I was not aware when I first began reading this book that it is essentially a diary about a few seasons on a French olive plantation. I thought I was reading a story by a sleepwalking narrator who seemed to come alive with jarring inserts of factual information better left to footnotes.

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Title: Whispers from the Valley

Author: Rebecca McLendon

Narrator: Diane Ibbott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-17

Publisher: Rebecca McLendon

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Every childhood comes with its collection of memories, some fond, and some we wish we could forget. For the most part, growing up post-World War II Rio Grande Valley of Texas was an almost idyllic existence for us. We had the best of both possible worlds: the wonderful flavor from the vast "Frontera de Mexico" to the immediate south of us (seven miles from my childhood home) and the wonderful Gulf of Mexico sending its gentle breezes and magnificent salt air (15 miles to the east of us).

My young mother and dad moved to Brownsville, Texas right after he was discharged from the Army in 1945. I came along in 1946. Sadly, our little family was split apart in 1948 by divorce, and Mother and I ended up living with my maternal grandparents. Much of this story takes place on that 15 acres of rural land, surrounded by citrus orchards and cotton fields.

As I grew into a young woman, I spread my wings and attended "The University", now known as the University of Texas at Austin. My sheltered childhood was introduced to the turbulent '60s, violent and challenging. Come along with me as I relate what I can about the "Magic Valley" and beyond....

Members Reviews:

Beautiful slice of life

Beautiful slice of life. I grew up in the Valley, in the "city" and "Whispers ..." caused me to see my youth from a different perspective, I had just read "An Everlasting Bond" by Dr. J. Ramirez Perez and Rolando Perez, which chronicles much of Juan's youth in the area between my neighborhood and Becky's. Together they underscored how very much the same and how unique each of us are. I found myself alternately wishing I had shared experiences and grateful that I had not. "Whispers ..." is not just autobiographical sketches; it is an invitation to revisit my own youth, adolescence, and young adulthood. I loved it.

Love it

Excellent - McLendon never disappoints me. I was taken back to my memories as I read this book. She makes everything come alive in her stories and you feel as you are a part of it. I have read all of her books and highly recommend all of them.

I hear the whispers!

This book is certainly my favorite so far of her books. I can relate to so many things she writes about. I, too, grew up in Brownsville from the age of 8. She touches my heart with :) Dr stories!!!

Five Stars

I love this book!

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Título: El tiempo entre suturas [The Time Between Sutures]

Autor: Enfermera Saturada

Narrador: Silvia Gomez Lasil

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 1 hr and 48 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 09-26-17

Editor: Audible Studios para Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial

Categorías: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Resumen del editor:

Después del espectacular éxito de La vida es suero, vuelve Enfermera Saturada con muchas más historias del día a día de una enfermera en la sanidad pública.

Tras conquistar a miles de oyentes con su particular visión de los hospitales y del mundo sanitario, Enfermera Saturada, Satu, nos abre de nuevo una puerta a la trastienda de la enfermería con su segundo libro.

Desde las tiritas de dibujos hasta el turismo de oposición en busca de la plaza fija, pasando por los camisones, el esparadrapo y la cafetería del hospital, nada escapa a esta enfermera que recorre todos los días los pasillos del hospital a golpe de tuit.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

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Title: The Facebook Chronicles

Subtitle: Prophesies, Rants, Rages, and Wisdom from the Obama Years

Author: Dr. Rayna M. Gangi

Narrator: Elisabeth Cossi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-17

Publisher: Rayna Gangi

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

I came onto the Internet a novice and got involved with social media in an effort to stay connected to the kids in my life. I had to learn the hard way that not everything on the Internet is true, much is plagiarized, and a lot can just disappear at a moment's notice. I was never put in Facebook Prison, but I know many who were. Most of them were just posting or reposting articles that were not favorable to Obama or Hillary. I learned what my purpose was and I came to Facebook every day to fulfill that purpose.

Do I understand Snapchat or the power of Instagram or how to market via Pinterest? No. Do I believe everyone should have an interest in politics? In some ways, yes. What our government does is supposed to be what the people want, not what the politicians want, so we have an obligation as Americans to know what they're doing, which is almost always the opposite of what they say they'll do.

Facebook became my pulpit, my journal, my activist outlet. My notes on Facebook ranged from political to Christmas stories to history and rants. Facebook friends grew to the maximum, and together we did what we had to do. Many had never been on Facebook before 2008, most had never been involved with politics, and many spent eight years learning the Internet, Facebook, and who they were. I don't trust the media in any way anymore, but Facebook got me through the Obama years.

Members Reviews:

Very informative!

Absolutely loved this book, so much so after I started reading I couldn't put it down and before I knew it I read the word End. The chronological order of the book made it easy to follow. While reading I recognized some of the information thinking I was informed, but after reading this book I realized I didn't have a clue. Talk about a history lesson...kudos to the author for the extensive research! As scary as it is to me now knowing all the things that happened mainly during the Obama years I'm thankful to God we still have a country and pray it's not too late to "Make America Great Again!" I look forward to reading other books from this author and recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what has and is happening in our country. Remember, knowledge is power!

Very informative READ

What an informative book! Once I started reading it, I could not put it down! I knew there was a lot of unknown about Obama & his administration. Rayna has taken the time to unravel the truth. I've only been keeping up with politics since Obama was elected & re-elected. I had no idea how much he has & has tried to do to destroy our"America"! Never realized we had so many muslims in our government! It's time to wake up America! Stand for what our country was based was founded upon!

a call to awaken this once great country is given and a look at what is ...

From the heart of a patriot, defense of her beloved America. Thoughts on the direction America is taking and the progress America has taken to becoming a socialist nation. All points are clearly laid out, a call to awaken this once great country is given and a look at what is being done to her by the "elites" who think they have a right to control you, run your life and are not accountable for the evil they do to others.

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Title: Overlever

Author: Sam Pivnik

Narrator: Morten Rnnelund

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-17

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Fortllingen om Sam Pivniks overlevelse er nsten ikke til at tro. Han overlevede jdeghettoen, tvangsarbejdet i arbejdslejren Fürstengrube nr Auschwitz, seks mneder i rampekommandoen i selve Auschwitz, siden Ddsmarchen fra lejrene og mod vest mod krigens slutning - inden han til sidst reddede sig i land fra fangeskibet SS Cap Arcona, der blev snket af en RAF-bombemaskine i stersen i maj 1945.

Hans bidrag til Holocaust er unikt, i sig selv, men ogs fordi hans erindringer fjer vsentlige detaljer til forstelsen af den srlige konsekvens af og kynisme i forsget p at udnytte enhver livsressource inden dden i Auschwitz.

Sam Pivnik (f. 1926 i Bedzin, Polen) mistede sin mor, far, to sstre og tre brdre under Holocaust. I 1945 slog han sig ned i London som kunsthandler og har levet et langt liv, inden han satte sig ned og fortalte sin ubegribelige historie.

©2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof. Translated by Morten Andersen (P)2017 Lindhardt og Ringhof

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Title: To Siri, with Love

Subtitle: A mother, her autistic son, and the kindness of a machine

Author: Judith Newman

Narrator: Sarah Borges

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-17

Publisher: Quercus

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

No one would consider Judith Newman's domestic life normal. She and her husband keep separate apartments - his filled with twin grand pianos, as befits a former opera singer, hers packed with the clutter and chaos of twin adolescent boys conceived late in life. And one of those boys is Gus, her sweet, complicated, autistic 13-year-old.

With honesty and humour, To Siri, with Love chronicles one year in the life of Gus and the family around him - a family with the same crazy ups and downs as any other. And at the heart of the book lies Gus' passionate friendship with Siri, Apple's 'intelligent personal assistant'. Unlike her human counterparts, Siri always has the right answers to Gus' incessant stream of questions about the intricacies of national rail schedules or box turtle varieties, and she never runs out of patience. She always makes sure Gus enunciates and even teaches him manners by way of her warm yet polite tone and her programmed insistence on civility.

Equal parts funny and touching, this is a book that will make your heart brim and then break it. Warm, wise and always honest, Judith Newman shows us a new world where artificial intelligence is beginning to meet emotional intelligence - a world that will shape our children in ways both wonderful and unexpected.

Critic Reviews:

"A moving and witty memoir with a big heart." (Nigella Lawson)

Members Reviews:

This book is a grotesque invasion of a child's privacy, should have never seen the light of day

To Siri With Love is a highly contentious book that has sparked significant public conflict between the author and the autistic community. I will review the book here and detail some of the reception of the book, which speaks volumes about the issues that have been raised about the book itself.

Before examining the content in detail, however, I would like to start by immediately addressing the most significant issue with the book, and it is an issue that effectively renders all other criticism moot: the author, Judith Newman, has written a tell-all about her 13 year old son. It includes intimate details about his masturbatory habits, a long litany of what Newman sees as intractable impairments, his humiliations and a great deal of, sadly often inaccurate, interpretation of his behaviors by Newman. Her son was/is not of an age, when he could understand the implications of this book or give his consent.

This book effectively strips her son of privacy and dignity in an extremely public way (New York Times best seller list!), and he will never be able to truly recover these. His struggles with his disability, his most embarrassing moments, his humiliations have now been put on offer for public consumption. Every potential employer, lover or friend will easily be able to connect the dots and have access to this information. In a world where prejudice and a lack of empathy for autistics means that only 15% of autistics classified as âhigh functioningâ (a problematic label unto itself) are able to find work and support themselves (despite being able to do the work in question), this book deprives him of the right to withhold his diagnosis or mask his differences in order to have a fighting chance at an independent life. It outs him. In perpetuity. Books have a long shelf life.

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Title: Due to Foreseen Circumstances

Author: Katherine Barker

Narrator: Katie Rian

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-17

Publisher: Lang Book Publishing, Limited

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

This true story is for anyone whose plans have veered alarmingly off-piste. It will make you laugh. It might also make you cry. Jennifer Gardner quickly discovers that going to Hong Kong to live a beautiful and rich new expatriate life is, as the Chinese proverb says, like looking for ivory in a dog's mouth. Her new home, unlike those of her favorite authors, is not Tuscany or Provence. Neither is it toddler-free. She should have seen it coming, really. Enduring extreme heat, isolation, and strange expatriates turns out as easy as a snake trying to swallow an elephant. Jen's husband has work problems, and the local food, throngs, and hospital all intimidate. Jen's cheery resolve and her health, waver. Then disasters strike. But with them come surprises. Happiness - and hope - hide everywhere. Who can resist a Chinese opera loving taxi driver with eyebrows like blackbird's wings, or dreams that really happen, or an oasis delivered to one's door? Or befriending a wise and magisterial woman, who can kill a rat with one stamp of her foot? Due to Foreseen Circumstances celebrates the treasures awaiting us in life's toughest seasons.

Members Reviews:

I loved this book - raw

This is a must read for all teachers or professionals considering living the expat life. I loved this book - raw, honest, funny and heart wrenching - a real roller coaster of a read and one that I couldn't put down. I got a wonderful insight into life in Hong Kong and was left with a lingering impression that I really got to know the characters in this book which is based on a true story. The book is beautifully written and charts the life of a family who choose to tread a less than conventional path when living and working in Hong Kong. It highlights the subtle nuances in relationships across two very different cultures and leaves you with a sense of gratitude for what we have here in Aoteroa, and awe and respect for the traditions and customs elsewhere.

Five Stars

Fantastic!! A very inspiring book with some humour to lighten the circumstances... Enjoyed it from start to finish.

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Title: Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Hernan Cortes

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Includes Cortés's Second Letter to Charles V, one of the most descriptive firsthand accounts of the Aztecs and Tenochtitlan.

Discusses the Aztec Empire, the city of Tenochtitlan, and the human sacrifice rituals.

Includes a Bibliograpy for further listening.

"Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of 500 families." (Hernán Cortés)

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? The Age of Exploration and the explorers who set out on their history-making expeditions left many legacies and profoundly influenced history around the world. The voyages of men like Columbus and the conquests of men like Cortés had dramatic consequences for the natives, escalated tensions between the European nations, initiated imperialistic empires on a global scale, helped birth the United States, and ensured that the wars in the 20th century were truly world wars. In Charles River Editors' Legendary Explorers series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of the most important explorers of history in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

During the Age of Exploration, some of the most famous and infamous individuals were Spain's best known conquistadors. Naturally, as the best known conquistador, Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) is also the most controversial. Like Christopher Columbus before him, Cortés was lionized for his successes for centuries without questioning his tactics or motives, while indigenous views of the man have been overwhelmingly negative for the consequences his conquests had on the Aztecs and other natives in the region. Just about the only thing everyone agrees upon is that Cortés had a profound impact on the history of North America.

Members Reviews:

This book is centered in the conquest of Mexico and ...

This book is centered in the conquest of Mexico and not very much in the life of Cortes. It has some spelling mistakes, specially when Aztec names are included. I expected more information about the decisions and life of Cortes.