New Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/742789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Please Don’t Cut the Baby!: A Nurse’s Memoir Author: Marilyn Fayre Milos, Judy Kirkwood Narrator: Judy Kirkwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 5, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Marilyn Fayre Milos was a nursing student on the obstetrical unit in 1979 when she first witnessed a baby being circumcised. The only person to step forward to comfort the infant as it writhed and screamed in pain during the surgery, she was shocked when the doctor said to her: “There is no medical reason for doing this.” From that moment on, Marilyn became an advocate for ending medically unnecessary circumcision, protecting our children, and educating parents, the public, and medical professionals about this cultural fraud and violation of human rights. She founded the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC); organized fifteen international symposia; and became a spokesperson for promoting the genital integrity of all children. A story of determination, service, and love, Marilyn’s memoir describes the myths, misinformation, and economic forces driving nonreligious infant circumcision in the United States, where it has become standard practice. Listeners may find their own beliefs and assumptions challenged, and their hearts touched by this story of a life devoted to justice for babies and the adults they will become.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thunder Song: Essays Author: Sasha Lapointe Narrator: Sasha Lapointe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 5, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, Sasha taq?š?blu LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. Unapologetically punk, the essays in Thunder Song segue from the miraculous to the mundane, from the spiritual to the physical, as they examine the role of art—in particular music—and community in helping a new generation of indigenous people claim the strength of their heritage while defining their own path in the contemporary world...

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unruly Figures: Twenty Tales of Rebels, Rulebreakers, and Revolutionaries You've (Probably) Never Heard Of Author: Valorie Castellanos Clark Narrator: April Doty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 5, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Unruly Figures gives you access to the lives and often untold stories of twenty of history's most fascinating individuals. Of all the rebels and revolutionaries who have acted around the world, these are often overlooked. Whether they are a bit familiar or entirely new to you, each of these historical figures provides a vivid example of what it means to live life on one's own terms and have a lasting influence on society. In the first collection of its kind, spotlighting a young historian's fresh view on unheralded rebels, these characters' true stories are brought to life through enthralling narratives of their feats. Even those whose names are recognizable—like Jonas Salk—have moments of rebellion that are largely left out of their histories. Dive into this collection of hidden history tales—those of scientists, artists, revolutionaries, activists, heirs to thrones, and so many more—and you are guaranteed to be inspired by how they lived on their own unconventional terms.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/747506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brotherhood to Nationhood: George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement Author: Doreen Manuel, Peter Mcfarlane Narrator: Lincoln Mcgowan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 5, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Charged with fresh material and new perspectives, this updated edition of the groundbreaking biography Brotherhood to Nationhood brings George Manuel and his fighting tradition into the present. George Manuel (1920–1989) was the strategist and visionary behind the modern Indigenous movement in Canada. A three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, he laid the groundwork for what would become the Assembly of First Nations and was the founding president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. Authors Peter McFarlane and Doreen Manuel follow him on a riveting journey from his childhood on a Shuswap reserve through three decades of fierce and dedicated activism. In these pages, an all-new foreword by celebrated Mi'kmaq lawyer and activist Pam Palmater is joined by an afterword from Manuel’s granddaughter, land defender Kanahus Manuel. This edition features new photos and previously untold stories of the pivotal roles that the women of the Manuel family played – and continue to play – in the battle for Indigenous rights.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Hanns und Rudolf: Der deutsche Jude und die Jagd nach dem Kommandanten von Auschwitz Rudolf Höß Author: Thomas Harding Narrator: Patrick Twinem, Sebastian Dunkelberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 3, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Thomas Harding kannte seinen Großonkel Hanns Alexander als einen freundlichen Mann mit viel Familiensinn, der ein bürgerliches Leben als Bankangestellter in London geführt hatte, sich für die Synagoge engagierte und gerne Witze machte. Seine jüdische Familie stammte aus Berlin und war in den 1930er-Jahren in letzter Minute nach England ins Exil entkommen. Das wussten alle. Ansonsten wurde über den Krieg nicht gesprochen. Erst nach dem Tod von Hanns Alexander erfuhr Harding, dass er ein Nazijäger gewesen war. Er hatte Rudolf Höß, den nach Kriegsende untergetauchten Kommandanten von Auschwitz Rudolf Höß, im Alleingang in seinem Versteck auf einem Bauernhof in Norddeutschland aufgespürt und so dafür gesorgt, dass ihm der Prozess gemacht wurde. 1947 wird Höß im früheren KZ-Auschwitz hingerichtet. Thomas Harding hat mit seinem Buch »Hanns und Rudolf« eine Doppelbiografie über zwei Menschen – Rudolf Höß und Hanns Alexander – geschrieben, die nicht unterschiedlicher sein können und deren Schicksale dramatisch miteinander verbunden sind. »Thomas Harding ist es gelungen, eine sehr lesbare, faktenreiche Doppel-Biografie zu schreiben, die Deutschland aus ganz konträren Seiten beleuchtet. Hier eine liberale, wohlhabende jüdische Familie Alexander; da eine abgestumpfte, gewalttätige und streng katholische Familie Höß. Harding ging der Frage nach, wie ein normaler Mann zu einem der größten Massenmörder in der Geschichte wird. Schließlich traf er die richtige Entscheidung, nicht einen Helden und einen Schurken, sondern zwei Menschen zu porträtieren: Hanns und Rudolf. Deren so verschiedene Lebensläufe erzählt er parallel, spannend und aus nächster Nähe – auf der Grundlage historischer Unterlagen, Familienbriefe und Interviews, unter anderem mit Höß' Tochter.« (NDR-Info)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/758492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Buchladen am Ende der Welt: Eine wahre Geschichte über ein abenteuerliches Leben und die Liebe zum Lesen Author: Ruth Shaw Narrator: Kaja Sesterhenn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 1, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: AM ENDE DER WELT, GANZ WEIT IM SÜDEN NEUSEELANDS, steht ein winzig kleiner Buchladen. Er gehört einer Frau mit einer unfassbaren Lebensgeschichte: Ruth Shaw verlor ihr Kind und ihre große Liebe. Sie segelte jahrelang über den Pazifik, wurde von Piraten überfallen, wegen Glücksspiel verhaftet, war Streetworkerin und Köchin für einen Erzbischof. Heute verkauft sie Bücher im abgelegenen Fiordland. Oder verschenkt sie. In ihren Memoiren verwebt sie Anekdoten über die Menschen, die ihren Buchladen besuchen, mit den bittersüßen Geschichten aus ihrem abenteuerlichen Leben. Ein Buch über Trauer und Verlust, aber auch über die Liebe – zum Leben, zur Welt der Bücher und zur Weite des Ozeans.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/759649 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Lebenslauf eines Optimisten: Buch der Jugend Series: #2 of Lebenslauf eines Optimisten Author: Ludwig Ganghofer Narrator: Bernd Ungerer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 1, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Im 'Buch der Jugend' beschreibt Ludwig Ganghofer seine Ausbildungs- und Studienzeit. Am Ende des Buches beschreibt er auch seine Vorstellung eines idealen Staatswesens in allen Einzelheiten. Einzelne Ideen könnt man auch heute noch herausgreifen und weiter verfolgen, doch im großen und ganzen spiegeln seine Vorstellungen den Zeitgeist jener Zeit wieder. Zum Beispiel wenn er unterschiedliche Bildungswege für Mann und Frau beschreibt.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/747440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen. Author: Nicola Tallis Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 29, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Elizabeth I is one of England's most famous monarchs, whose story as the ‘Virgin Queen' is well known. But queenship was by no means a certain path for Henry VIII's younger daughter, who spent the majority of her early years as a girl with an uncertain future. Before she was three years old Elizabeth had been both a princess and then a bastard following the brutal execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn. After losing several stepmothers and then her father, the teenage Elizabeth was confronted with the predatory attentions of Sir Thomas Seymour. The result was devastating, causing a heartbreaking rift with her beloved stepmother Katherine Parr. Elizabeth was placed in further jeopardy when she was implicated in the Wyatt Rebellion of 1554 – a plot to topple her half-sister, Mary, from her throne. Imprisoned in the Tower of London where her mother had lost her life, under intense pressure and interrogation Elizabeth adamantly protested her innocence. Though she was eventually liberated, she spent the remainder of Mary's reign under a dark cloud. On 17 November 1558, however, the uncertainty of Elizabeth's future came to an end when she succeeded to the throne at the age of twenty-five. When Elizabeth became queen, she had already endured more tumult than many monarchs experienced in a lifetime. This colourful and immensely detailed biography charts Elizabeth's turbulent and unstable upbringing, exploring the dangers and tragedies that plagued her early life. Nicola Tallis draws on primary sources written by Elizabeth herself and her contemporaries, providing an extensive and thorough study of an exceptionally resilient youngster whose early life would shape the queen she later became. The heart racing story of Elizabeth's youth as she steered her way through perilous waters towards England's throne is one of the most sensational of its time. “A nuanced and realistic portrait of a formidable and multi-faceted woman.” ? Tudor Times “History as it should be written, vivid, colorful, pacy and evocative, but above all authentic and based on sound and innovative research.” – Alison Weir, Number One New York Times bestselling author

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/761141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gaslight Days: Book 3 - The Journey Goes On Author: Edward Forde Hickey Narrator: Tom Fria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 29, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Some children still spent summer hopping in Kent. Our class went camping in Ashdown Forest, a change from the bomb sites. We had the cubs and brownies where we earned proficiency badges in a number of skills. On Sundays, the Lido was a short bus ride away. More of our relations now came from Ireland and our Christmas parties were exciting. Passing the scholarship meant losing friends but gaining new ones. Among my friends in the streets of Paddington, this meant I was an outsider once more - a mixed blessed.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/763146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Королевы завоеваний Author: элисон уэйр Narrator: евгения витте Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 28, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Жизнь средневековых королев Англии была насыщена событиями — любовью, интригами, предательствами, супружескими изменами и войнами. Но подробности их биографий после многих столетий умолчания изгладились из исторической памяти, а реально произошедшее в трактовке биографов последующих веков обросло легендарными деталями. Признанный мастер биографического жанра Элисон Уэйр предлагает прикоснуться к самым надежным источникам, чтобы отделить подлинную жизнь нескольких из этих выдающихся женщин от многовекового налета романтических преданий и вернуть им законное место в истории. Эта монументальная королевская сага охватывает годы от Нормандского завоевания 1066 года до 1154 года, когда на трон взошел Генрих II и его супруга Алиенора Аквитанская стала первой королевой династии Плантагенетов. Другие героини этого документального эпоса: супруга Вильгельма Завоевателя Матильда Фландрская, Матильда Шотландская, почитаемая как «матерь всех англичан», и императрица Мод, первая женщина-правительница Англии, чей сын — король Генрих II — впоследствии основал династию Плантагенетов.