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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636079 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spare Author: Prince Harry, The Duke Of Sussex Narrator: Prince Harry, The Duke Of Sussex Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 359 Ratings of Narrator: 4.66 of Total 133 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness-and, because he blamed the press for his mother's death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight. At twenty-one, he joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn't find true love. Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple's cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother. . . . For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Water is Wide Author: Pat Conroy Narrator: Jeremy Arthur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 10, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail.” —Charleston News and Courier Yamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For years these families lived proudly from the sea until waste from industry destroyed the oyster beds essential to their very existence. Already poor, they knew they would have to face an uncertain future unless, somehow, they learned a new life. But they needed someone to teach them, and their rundown schoolhouse had no teacher. The Water Is Wide is Pat Conroy’s extraordinary memoir based on his experience as one of two teachers in a two-room schoolhouse, working with children the world had pretty much forgotten. It was a year that changed his life, and one that introduced a group of poor Black children to a world they did not know existed. “A hell of a good story.” —The New York Times “[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.” —Baltimore Sun

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative Of The Life David Crockett Of The State Of Tennessee Author: David Crockett Narrator: The Ark, Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 4, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Davy Crockett buffs, Tennessee bibliophiles, genealogists, folklorists, historians, and the general reader should find this carefully researched and authoritative edition, which extricates the man from the myth, a valuable addition to the frontier history, biography, and literature of Tennessee and America.” –Robert E. Dalton, Tennessee Historical Quarterly. “This book. . . will go a long way toward separating the myths that grew up around Crockett and the actual facts. This will enable the reader to acquire a greater appreciation for this long-neglected Tennessean.” –Sarah McMahon, Historical Review and Antique Digest Authored in 1834 by David Crockett (1786–1836), with some editorial assistance from his congressional colleague from Kentucky, Thomas Chilton, the Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee is one of the most significant documents of the American pioneer experience in the first half of the nineteenth century. It describes the author's life from his first memories in eastern Tennessee through his progressive moves westward, his participation in the Creek War, his hunting experiences, and his political service in the Tennessee House of Representatives and the U.S. Congress. The book closes with Crockett's reelection to his final term in Congress (1833–1835), shortly before his fateful journey to Texas and his death at the Alamo in 1836.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rise And Fall Of The Confederate Goverment Author: Jefferson Davis Narrator: The Ark, Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: December 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jefferson Davis was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He had previously served as the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857 under President Franklin Pierce. Davis, the youngest of ten children, was born in Fairview, Kentucky to a moderately prosperous farmer couple. He grew up in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, and also lived in Louisiana. His eldest brother Joseph Emory Davis secured the younger Davis's appointment to the United States Military Academy. After graduating, Jefferson Davis served six years as a lieutenant in the United States Army. He fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. Before the American Civil War, he operated in Mississippi a large cotton plantation that his brother Joseph had given him, and owned as many as 113 slaves. Although Davis argued against secession in 1858, he believed the states had an unquestionable right to leave the Union. During the American Civil War, Davis guided Confederate policy and served as its commander-in-chief. When the Confederacy was defeated in 1865, Davis was captured, accused of treason, and imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. He was never tried and was released after two years. Davis's legacy is intertwined with his role as President of the Confederacy. Immediately after the war, he was often blamed for the Confederacy's loss. After he was released, he was seen as a man who suffered unjustly for his commitment to the South, becoming a hero of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy during Reconstruction. This is his story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True North, Down South Author: David Wayne Stewart Narrator: David Wayne Stewart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 21, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Using a Canadian émigré lens, David Wayne Stewart’s essay collection, True North, Down South, entertains and educates readers about immigrant and national identity, cultural misunderstandings, and belonging in the modern world. Stewart’s Canadian identity was contested by Quebec separatists when he was a child, then again in his adult life as an immigrant to the United States. Along the way, he found himself homesick in the U.S., opening an immigration law clinic in North Carolina before he was thrust unexpectedly into a role as a “professional Canadian.” In engaging and compelling prose, True North, Down South tells twenty-eight insightful and sometimes humorous personal stories of growing up in Canada and carving out an adult life in the United States. Stewart details spending his childhood in an asbestos mining town in 1970s Quebec, coming of age in Montreal, establishing roots in the United States, and promoting Canadian-American relations in Silicon Valley. Charming and approachable, this collection leaves readers with a deeper awareness of what it feels like to be an outsider, a homesick immigrant, and a bridge-builder for two nations more culturally distinct than they appear.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Mi historia Author: Emmeline Pankhurst Narrator: Adriana Galindo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: December 20, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Emmeline Pankhurst creció muy consciente de la actitud predominante en su época: que los hombres eran considerados superiores a las mujeres. Cuando tenía solo catorce años asistió a su primera reunión por el sufragio femenino y regresó a casa como sufragista confirmada. A lo largo de su carrera soportó la humillación, la prisión, las huelgas de hambre y la reiterada frustración de sus objetivos por parte de los hombres que ostentaban el poder, pero ascendió hasta convertirse en una luz guía del movimiento sufragista. Escrita al comienzo de la Primera Guerra Mundial, ‘Mi historia’ llama la atención sobre la causa de Pankhurst mientras defiende su decisión de cesar el activismo hasta el final de la guerra. Notable por sus descripciones del sistema penitenciario británico, ‘Mi historia’ es un documento invaluable de una vida dedicada a los demás, de un momento histórico en el que un grupo oprimido se levantó para defender la más simple de las demandas: la igualdad. Pankhurst desarrolló un estilo de protesta de confrontación que haría que ella y sus seguidoras fueran arrestados muchas veces antes de que finalmente todas las mujeres mayores de veintiún años obtuvieran el derecho al voto. En 1927 se postularía para el parlamento. Contada con sus propias palabras, esta es la historia de la organización e indignación, las penurias y las huelgas de hambre de Pankhurst y su obstinada determinación de desmantelar los numerosos obstáculos diseñados para impedir que ella y todas las mujeres reclamasen su libertad. ‘Mi historia’ es un registro de la incansable defensa de una mujer por el bien de muchas otras.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Es ging immer nur um Liebe Author: Musa Okwonga Narrator: Benito Bause Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 36 minutes Release date: December 19, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Der britisch-ugandische Autor Musa Okwonga erzählt in seinem autofiktionalen Roman davon, wie es ist, in Berlin anzukommen und sich dort als Person of Colour zurechtzufinden, wie es ist, Freund*innen zu finden, Fußball zu spielen, sich zu verlieben und wieder zu trennen, die Magie des Voodoos zu erfahren, Kuchen zu essen und als Autor zu arbeiten. Und über die Suche nach einer Heimat, nach einem Ort, an dem man sich wohl und geborgen fühlt und an dem Hautfarbe keine Rolle spielt, irgendwo zwischen Uganda, London und Berlin.Es ging immer nur um Liebe ist ein berührender, persönlicher und poetischer Text über Dating, Liebe und Sexualität, über Rassismus und Entfremdung, über Verlust und Selbstakzeptanz.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Aufbruch in die Freiheit: Frauen in der islamischen Welt begegnen Jesus Author: Joann Doyle, Greg Webster, Tom Doyle Narrator: Simone Merz, Daniel Kopp Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 26 minutes Release date: December 15, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Das Hörbuch 'Aufbruch in die Freiheit' von Tom und JoAnn Doyle erzählt die Geschichte von Frauen, die mitten in extremen Situationen zu Jesus gefunden haben. Farah liebt ihren Beruf und die schicken Klamotten, die sie sich leisten kann. Als die Familie dringend Geld braucht, um eine lebensrettende OP für ihre Mutter bezahlen zu können, wird Farah zwangsverheiratet. Ihr Leben als Ehefrau und Mutter entwickelt sich zur Hölle. Regelmäßig wird sie von ihrem Mann verprügelt. Mit ihrem alten Leben schließt sie ab und bringt ihre schicken Kleider zur Sammelstelle bei einer christlichen Kirche. Dort trifft Farah auf syrische Flüchtlingsfrauen, die zum Glauben an Jesus Christus gefunden haben. Sie ist fasziniert von ihren strahlenden Gesichtern. Nach anfänglichem Zögern beschließt auch Farah, an Jesus zu glauben. Eine Entscheidung, die ihr Leben radikal verändert. Diese packende Geschichte und viele weitere Berichte von Frauen, die in der islamischen Welt Jesus begegneten und deren Leben sich veränderte, sind in diesem Hörbuch gesammelt. Laufzeit 5 Std. 30 Minuten, MP3-Audio CD

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: ADELE: To 30 And Beyond Author: Caroline Sullivan Narrator: Grace Quigley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 120 million records sold. The world’s biggest selling album of the twenty-first century. Countless awards and accolades. Adele has captured the hearts of millions and this intimate biography tells the astonishing journey of the Queen of Pop. The trademark authenticity of Adele’s songs has been hard-earned: she was raised by a single mother and has been tested by bereavements and a string of break-ups. Just when she seemed to have left the pain behind, a harrowing divorce and a career-threatening throat injury brought new darkness and doubt to her doorstep. This book takes you behind the scenes of her highs, her lows and everything in between. Separating the myths from the truth, it examines the real Adele: a shrewd and ambitious star who approaches her career with an iconic blend of tradition and innovation. But will Adele ever find happiness, or will she always be followed by what she calls her ‘very dark side’? - Danny White is the author of the international and Sunday Times bestseller 1D: The One Direction Story which has been translated into sixteen languages. He has also written successful biographies of Harry Styles, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Niall Horan, will.i.am and Johnny Depp.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668126 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying to Extremes Author: Dominique Prinet Narrator: Adam Henderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 15, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Recalling some of the most memorable escapades ever conducted in the Canadian Arctic with bush planes, Flying to Extremes takes place in the late ’60s and early ’70s from a base at Yellowknife, in the heart of the Northwest Territories. Beyond recounting so many near-mishaps, this book is also about colourful people: the trappers, prospectors, miners, adventurers and gold-ingot thieves who constituted the fauna at the main bar in Yellowknife in those days. For Arctic dreamers, there was always the flight to the Nahanni River, with its Deadman’s Valley, hot springs, tales of lost or dead prospectors, the many airplanes crashed in pursuit of gold, and much more Nahanni lore. This entertaining book recollects Prinet’s adventures as a young man while capturing the humour, beauty, danger and unique culture of northern communities, in the dramatic landscape of the Canadian Arctic. Readers familiar with the region and those who can only dream of visiting it will both find this title a nostalgic and captivating read.