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Title: The Last of His Mind

Subtitle: A Year in the Shadow of Alzheimer's

Author: John Thorndike

Narrator: David L. Stanley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-11-16

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Joe Thorndike was managing editor of Life at the height of its popularity immediately following World War II. He was the founder of American Heritage and Horizon magazines, the author of three books, and the editor of a dozen more. But at age 92, in the space of six months, he stopped reading or writing or carrying on detailed conversations. He could no longer tell time or make a phone call. He was convinced that the governor of Massachusetts had come to visit and was in the refrigerator.

Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, and like many of them, Joe Thorndike's one great desire was to remain in his own house. To honor his wish, his son John left his own home and moved into his father's upstairs bedroom on Cape Cod. For a year, in a house filled with file cabinets, photos, and letters, John explored his father's mind, his parents' divorce, and his mother's secrets.

The Last of His Mind is the bittersweet account of a son's final year with his father, and a candid portrait of an implacable disease. It's the ordeal of Alzheimer's that draws father and son close, closer than they have been since John was a boy. At the end, when Joe's heart stops beating, John's hand is on his chest, and a story of painful decline has become a portrait of deep family ties, caregiving, and love.

Critic Reviews:

ForeWord Book of the Year Award winner; Washington Post Best Book of 2009.

"A brave, moving story of a son's devotion to his dying father.... Thorndike's prose is serenely beautiful and his patience in caring for an Alzheimer's patient is extremely admirable. An affecting work of emotional honesty and forgiveness." (Kirkus Reviews)

"A beautiful book, this memoir reveals the painful chaos of Alzheimer's, as well as the strength, faith and unexpected joys that come with caring for a loved one in his last days." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

The story really hit home with me

I chose to read this book, mainly because the subject was something very close to me at the time. My sister has had alzheimer's for many years, and is in a care facility for her safety. Recently my younger brother has also been diagnised with the terrible ailment as well. I wanted to read this book in order to see how someone else dealt with the similar situation. I am so very glad that it was available for me. It helped to put things going on in my life into perspective. I would recommend the book to anyone, who may be having problems with a close friend or relative with any type of ailment.

Thinking About John Thorndike

I first heard of writer John Thorndike years ago in Santa Fe. A friend of mine at the public library called and said--I just read a great novel by a guy who lives here...It was THE POTATO BARON, which indeed I did love.

I just read Thorndike's memoir about moving to Cape Cod to live with his father who is dying of Alzheimer's. I admit I like books about extremis--death on Everest, survival--and books abut disease. So this would have intrigued me in any case.

But really the pleasure in THE LAST OF HIS MIND is the writing and sensibility. The author is both honest and kind. The strange peace and claustrophobia of taking care of someone who is dying is a lot like being home all day with an infant, and Thorndike captures that.

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Title: Leaving Worship

Subtitle: From Worship Leader to Atheist Activist

Author: Steve Dustcircle

Narrator: John Mill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-16

Publisher: Steve Dustcircle, John Mill

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Yet another deconversion story? Leaving Worship tells of a dedicated Christian leaving the fold, joining activism, and becoming an outspoken atheist. Part reflection, part philosophy, part apologetics.

This candid autobiography of Steve Dustcircle's is focused mostly on his deconversion over the years, what led him to leaving Christianity, and the problems within religion itself. Told in narration style, he tells of the contradictions in the Bible, the errors of the Christian church, and how the people within religion could see things differently.

Members Reviews:

Keen insights about growing up Christian and realizing the power ...

Keen insights about growing up Christian and realizing the power of indoctrination on youth. Believers should read this book with an open mind and open heart---atheists are not the enemy, they are simply people who don't believe in a god.

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Title: Min kamp 5

Author: Karl Ove Knausgrd

Narrator: Tobias Hertz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-16

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Karl Ove flytter til Bergen for at g p Skrivekunstakademiet. Det bliver en gedigen skuffelse; han vil s meget, forstr s lidt og lykkes ikke med noget af det, han laver. Med et tilsyneladende fuldstaendig uforsteligt gpmod fortsaetter han med at skrive og laese. Flere af de mennesker, han kender og omgs, fr deres manuskripter antaget p forlag og debuterer som forfattere. Karl Ove begynder at taenke, at han selv kan blive en habil litteraturskribent, men naeppe nogensinde kunstner. Men skrivningen aendrer sig, og forholdet til verden omkring ham aendrer sig ogs.

"Min Kamp 5" er en roman om nye, staerke venskaber og om et alvorligt kaerlighedsforhold, lige indtil romanen igen nr frem til det eksistentielle omdrejningspunkt, som mske er den afgrende drivkraft for seksbindsvaerket: Faren dr, Karl Ove debuterer som forfatter, og alt bryder sammen. I det anmelderroste selvbiografiske romanvaerk MIN KAMP beskriver forfatteren Karl Ove Knausgrd i seks bind sin kamp for at komme overens med livet, sig selv, sine litteraere ambitioner og de mennesker, han har omkring sig.

Vaerket har vakt stor opmaerksomhed i hjemlandet og har udlst en debat om, hvor taet p man kan g i beskrivelsen af hverdagen og de mennesker, der befolker den.

©2016 Lindhardt og Ringhof. Translated by Sara Koch (P)2016 Lindhardt og Ringhof

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Title: The Other Side of Me

Subtitle: Memoirs of a Vietnam Marine

Author: D.L. Tex Swafford, Jim Bob Swafford

Narrator: Timothy B Phillips

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-16

Publisher: JBKARTS

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The Other Side of Me is a true story about a Marine who served three tours of duty in Vietnam during the years of 1966-1970, D.L. "Tex" Swafford. Tex, as his comrades called him, was not the same man he once was upon returning home from 'Nam. No, that man died over there with thousands of other soldiers. He was a casualty of war, sent home with a broken mind and invisible wounds that were impossible to mend.

The Other Side of Me is his story of both strength and struggle during the war and after his return home. It's a look inside a man, a war veteran who suffered from extreme PTSD for many decades, for the remainder of his life. The hope is that his memoir will give insight and hope to current and future generations of combat veterans. Semper Fidelis.

Members Reviews:

I think don't mean nuthin, not a thing.

The author is a very good writer, but for having served three tours in Vietnam I would have expected more information. I don't know what his MOS was, but I was an 0331, with Charlie Company 1/3, 1968-1969, survivor of the battle for Dai Do. Semper Fi and welcome home.

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Title: Me and Thad

Author: Tim Sutton

Narrator: Tim Sutton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-16

Publisher: Tim Sutton Creations

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Thad Aaron Sutton was born on April 29, 1976, with half of his brain outside of his underdeveloped skull. He was the seventh son in a vibrant and active Mormon, military family, but he was not expected to live through the night. He survived, and the Sutton family welcomed him into their home for however long his life might be.

Me and Thad is a joyful, dual coming-of-age memoir, written by his brother, Tim, who was nine years old when Thad was born. It is about family, tireless parents, and the strength of community. It describes the beauty and challenges of caring for a special needs child, and how the presence of Thad in Tim's life helped him on his own journey toward self-discovery and acceptance.

Me and Thad is a courageous book, asking questions about how we respond to the people around us and how we embrace (or fail to embrace) those who are different. As the author, who is gay, wrestles with his own inner conflicts, he asks himself, what is normal, where do I fit in, and what does acceptance really mean?

Members Reviews:

Tim Sutton is a skilled storyteller.

Through memories that are heartfelt and funny, the author considers the difficulty of difference, both in his experience of feeling different in a large Mormon family and in the experience of having a younger brother, Thad, who had obvious physical disabilities. A book larger in scope than a conventional coming-out narrative or disability drama, Suttonâs memoir explores how a child with special needs brings a family closer together rather than farther apart, the latter being a phenomenon doctors had seen time and again given their cautions to the author's parents to bring Thad home.

The memoir also explores various aspects of Mormon doctrine and culture, and while the author appears personally to reject the LDS Churchâs condemnation of same-sex relationships, the religion itself is treated with respect and reverence. Sutton clearly sees the ideas behind Mormonism as shaping the familyâs care for Thad in a positive way, even though the same system of ideas triggered moments of despair and isolation for the author. I feel this is a much needed contribution to the record of contemporary Mormon life that seeks neither to whitewash nor to mock LDS living.

Thought provoking

Having recently become bedridden myself and needing all of my needs taken care of by my wife, I found Thad's story compelling and inspiring. I knew the Suttons when Thad was 6 or 7 years old. As a child myself at that time, I couldn't understand everything that was going on with Thad. So, I appreciate the opportunity to understand better the circumstances as an adult. I can attest to the love this family has for Thad and he for them. Their comfortability level with Thad made it easy for me, as a child, to see Thad as any other member of the family and not for his disability.

I appreciate the author's candor regarding his life as a gay man and the struggle he experienced between that and being LDS. It gave me some insight into the conflict gay LDS men experience. Unconditional love is paramount. The author's experience with his family shows that unconditional love can genuinely be demonstrated even when there are strong differences in opinion for which there may be little common ground.

Heart and soul

I found Me and Thad to be a beautiful tribute to an exceptional soul.

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Title: Al Pacino: Rozmowy

Author: Lawrence Grobel

Narrator: Roch Slawomir Siemianowski Holland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-16

Publisher: Heraclon / storybox.pl

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Please note: This audiobook is in Polish.

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Title: Always Here for You

Subtitle: How a Man Was Stalked, Abandoned, and Betrayed

Author: I M Anonymous

Narrator: Christopher Hudspeth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-16

Publisher: Luke Ahearn

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

I was stalked by a gorgeous female half my age. It was so unbelievable that no one believed me, my friends, coworkers, and family all abandoned me when I most needed them. And many of them did far worse that I am just finding out about.

In the space of three months I lost my marriage, my job, my home, my savings, all of my friends, and a large part of myself. I am living in my car and have no idea what tomorrow will bring. Everyone and everything I ever believed I could rely on for support folded like wet tissue paper when my stalker entered my life.

Members Reviews:

Skip this one

The story drags in circles. A narrative 20 minute session to teach you how to avoid a stalker would have been so much better.

I am sure I gave an extra star just because I felt bad for the author and his experience.

The narrators voice was awful and it did nothing to enhance the experience. I felt like I was listening to Captain Kirk read to me. There is no emotion, just dry reading with dramatic pauses where they shouldn't be.

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Title: The Sty's the Limit

Subtitle: When Middle Age Gets Mucky

Author: Simon Dawson

Narrator: Ben Allen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-07-16

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Following a drunken misunderstanding, Simon Dawson gave up his job in the city, moved to the wilds of Exmoor and became an accidental self-sufficient smallholder with an array of animals. But that was years ago now.

Following up on his first book, Pigs in Clover, this is the story of what happens when he suddenly realises that his life is changing all over again. He's not quite the spring chicken that he used to be: he is, horror of horrors, getting older.

With a cast of best friends (some more helpful than others) including Ziggy, a panicked soon-to-be father desperate to grow up; Garth, an annoying teenager; and a rather handsome pig called The General, a plan is hatched to help each other mature (or immature).

Heartfelt discoveries and hilarious endeavours ensue as they work through their age-related angsts, all with a fair dose of pigs, chickens, lambs and animal madness along the way. This is Exmoor's uplifting, laugh-out-loud antidote to middle age in the mud - a place where you truly realise that the sty's the limit!

Critic Reviews:

"An amazing story of love, laughter and the challenges of living from the land.... Simon's self-sufficient rural life is an inspiration to us all." (Ben Fogle)

Members Reviews:

Love this author & book!

I was surprised at how thoroughly entertaining I found this memoir, which details Simon and Debbie Dawson's life on a 20-acre "smallholding" in rural Exmoor in the UK. The narration is flawless, the anecdotes humorous, and the story itself more complex than expected.

Excellent 2nd book

This is the follow-on to the first book pigs in clover and is almost as good as the first book.

Simon has become my hero, I listen to audio books while driving and this book made me look forward to getting in the car each day and driving a couple hundred miles. I've never listened to a book so fast, I listened every minute I was in the car.

I do love the character Ziggy too, I do hope he really exists somewhere.

The guy who narrates is brilliant at the various voices, I normally get annoyed when it's not the the person themselves reading the book but Ben Allen is excellent.

Thanks to simon and Debbie for sharing their fun, exciting yet challenging life with us all,

Great book.

i loved this book and was sorry when it finished. Not as funny as the first book but you realy get the felling how Simon copes with a small holding. I wish i could do what he did.

Loved every minute

Laugh, cry & cringe is what I did throughout this book and loved every minute. I didn't want to put it down and I didn't want it to end.

Brilliant!!!

I love these books, fantastic read , I have even started making soap and jam!!!

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Titel: Elvis Presley - Last Train to Memphis (Die Biographie von Peter Guralnick 1, 1935-1958)

Autor:: Peter Guralnick

Erzähler: Bela B. Felsenheimer

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 17 hrs and 48 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 12-18-15

Herausgeber: Bear Family Records

Kategorien: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

In "Last Train To Memphis", dem ersten Teil der zweibändigen Elvis-Biographie, beschreibt Peter Guralnik den Anfang der Presley-Lebensgeschichte von seiner Geburt in Tupelo, Mississippi, den folgenden Weg zum Ruhm, bis zum Tod seiner Mutter im Jahr 1958. Die Presley-Produktion umfaßt, wie auch im Original zwei Hörbücher: Der zweite Teil, 'Careless Love', über die Jahre 1958-1977.

Bela B. Felsenheimer ist singender Schlagzeuger in der Rockband "Die Ärzte" und schrieb mit Ihnen Deutsche Musikgeschichte. Seit frühen Kindheitstagen hat er zwei Hobbies: Comics und Rock 'n' Roll.

"Als Elvis 1977 starb, war ich grade 14 Jahre alt und gab mich voll der Revolte des Punkrock hin. Doch schon bald erkannte ich, dass all das ohne Elvis nicht passiert wäre. Elvis hat mehr in dieser Welt verändert als die meisten Kriege oder Regierungswechsel. Peter Guralnicks Buch gab mir das Gefühl, Elvis näher zu sein als ich es für möglich gehalten hatte. Es war manchmal so, als stünde ich direkt neben ihm."

©2007 Bear Family Records (P)2007 Bear Family Records

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Title: Ramadi Iraq 2007

Subtitle: First Hand Accounts from a Medic Who Did Not Live on the FOB

Author: Cole Bolchoz

Narrator: David Wayne Hamelin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-15

Publisher: Eugene Cole Bolchoz

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Doc Cole was a 39-year-old Army combat medic serving at an Iraqi Police Station. During his tenure there, he treats multiple wounds, fights with the Army Medical Station for support and supplies, and relays a day by day account of blood, sweat, tears, and the ultimate triumph and tragedy of the human spirit. He finds himself with meager supplies, no air conditioning and a language barrier almost impossible to overcome even with an Interpreter.

Members Reviews:

Book Sucks

Although I respect his service this one of the worst books ever written. From clearly unclear prose to phrases that little or no sense this book sucks. I should be refunded. Worst book in a long time

ja in va

Sorry. Made it about 30% of this and that was a struggle. A James Joyce/ Ulysses wannabe that reads like an F paper in Lit. 101.