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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up Close with Lee Kuan Yew - Insights from colleagues and friends Author: Various Narrator: Remesh Panicker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Up Close with Lee Kuan Yew gathers some of the vivid memories of 37 people who have worked or interacted closely with Lee Kuan Yew in some way or other, from when he was at Raffles College in 1941 right up to his demise in 2015. Among these are his 13 Principal Private Secretaries and Special Assistants who lived and breathed Mr Lee for a few years each, and Mdm Yeong Yoon Ying, his Press Secretary of over 20 years. The others include former President S.R. Nathan, Puan Noor Aishah who is the widow of Singapore's first President Yusof Ishak, former Chief Justice Yong Pung How, and friends such as Robert Kuok from his Raffles College days. This book captures an unvarnished look at what it was like to interact with the serious and no nonsense Mr Lee, both at work and outside of work. © 2016 by Various. Published in paper format in Singapore by Marshall Cavendish International Asia, recorded by Storyside 2019.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/674235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Man of Malaysia Author: Tan Kok Seng Narrator: Benjamin Chow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this revealing sequel to his bestselling autobiography Son of Singapore, Tan Kok Seng finds himself in Malaysia as a British diplomat's chauffeur. While driving luminaries like author Han Suyin around, Tan falls in love with Heung, a servant girl with dark brown eyes. Despite parental objections, they marry and have a child in secret. When he is laid off, Tan's comfortable life suddenly collapses. To support his family, he must take on a variety of jobs, including working as a soap salesman, egg seller and extra on a William Holden film, manoeuvring through unethical bosses, corrupt policemen and violent villagers. As much a timeless account of an enterprising spirit as a travelogue through 1960s Southeast Asia, Man of Malaysia entertains and inspires while telling of a life fully lived. © 1974, 2013 by Tan Kok Seng. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2019.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/636935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reporter's Notebook Author: Dennis Bloodworth Narrator: Roger Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 4, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Caught pants down by a dance hostress in a Laotian nightclub; hitching a ride into battle with a chain-smoking pilot in a plane filled with cans of leaking kerosene; fielding cables that arrive in the dead of night from an editor screaming for urgent copy overnight…It's all in a day's work for the foreign correspondent, says author Dennis Bloodworth, who ought to know. He took it all in his stride during the more than 30 years that he spent as foreign correspondent of the London Observer. For those who have always wondered how the news gets into the papers, here's the story behind the stories, and even some stories that couldn't be told. © 2010 by Dennis Bloodworth. Published in paper format in Singapore by Marshall Cavendish International Asia, recorded by Storyside 2019.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/637072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let The People Have Him, Chiam See Tong: The Early Years Author: Loke Hoe Yeong Narrator: Eugene Yip Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 26, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Chiam See Tong (b. 1935) is Singapore's longest serving opposition politician. A member of parliament for nearly three decades, Chiam is also one of Singapore's most iconic, influential and beloved political figures. Through his efforts in shaping Potong Pasir into a 'model constituency', the veteran statesman has greatly contributed towards an increasingly pluralistic Singapore. When he first entered politics in 1976, there was not a single opposition member in Parliament. As the founder of the Singapore Democratic Party, and later the Singapore People's Party, Chiam has long rallied for the need of an opposition as the essential democratic check on a one-party system. He is respected for his level-headed and non-confrontational stance, and is the only opposition member to have received public apologies and out-of-court damages from cabinet ministers of Singapore's ruling People's Action Party. Based on extensive interviews, family documents and party archives, Let the People Have Him is the first biography of an opposition politician from post-independence Singapore—a biography of a man who, through his accomplishments and devotion, struggled to build a fairer, more balanced and diverse country. Tracing the first half of a life fully lived, this book sheds light on Chiam's circuitous and colourful route to Parliament at the age of 49—from his revolutionary family background to his days as a champion school swimmer; from his political awakening in New Zealand to his stint as an inspiring school teacher in Malaysia; from training as a lawyer to his cross-continental romance with his wife Lina; from standing as an independent candidate in 1976 to winning the Potong Pasir seat in 1984 as the leader of the fledging Singapore Democratic Party. Let the People Have Him draws a humanistic picture of Chiam in his early days—as his country changed around him before he was to change it—while revealing the guiding values that have made this humble and unassuming man revered for generations to come. © 2014 by Loke Hoe Yeong. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2019.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/661468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - كتاب الأمير: مسالك أبواب الحديد Author: واسيني الأعرج Narrator: عائشة الخراط Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 16, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'عندما التفتَ نحو المدينة الأندلسية التي كانت تتسلق مرتفعات القصبة، شعر بشيء نادر لا يحدث إلا في أيام الصيف، حيث تخبو العواصف وتفتح المدينة صدرها لشمسٍ دافئة ثم حادة، ثم في المساء عندما تخف يبدأ سكان القصبة في رش حدائقهم وأحواشهم بالماء الممزوج بماء الزهر والحبق والنوار والتمدد تحت الليمونة التي تعرش في المراح على وقع هواء خفيف ينبعث من البحر الذي لا ينام أبداً. شعر بثقل ما في رجليه وهو يبتعد عن المرفأ، غداً، عليه أن يحضّر نفسه لركوب السفينة التي نقلت رفاة مونسينيور ديبوش. هل سيمنحه الله الشجاعة الكافية لمغادرة هذا المكان الصعب الذي يلتصق بالذاكرة بسرعة؟ عندما التفت بالمرة الأخيرة نحو المنارة، لم ير شيئاً إلا بقايا النوارس التي ضيعت حركة الميناء أعشاشه..' كتاب الأمير: مسالك أبواب الحديد، هو أول رواية عن الأمير عبد القادر، لا تحكي التاريخ لأنه ليس هاجسها، لا تتقصى الأحداث والوقائع لاختبارها، فليس ذلك من مهامها الأساسية، تستند فقط على المادة التاريخية، وتدفع بها إلى قول ما لا يستطيع التاريخ قوله.... تستمع إلى أنين الناس وأفراحهم وإنكساراتهم، إلى وقع خطى مونسينيور ديبوش، قس الجزائر الكبير، وهو يركض باستماتة بين غرفة الشعب بباريس وبيته للدفاع عن الأمير السجين بأمبواز. رواية كتاب الأمير، فوق كل هذا، درس في حوار الحضارات ومحاورة كبيرة بين المسيحية والإسلام، بين الأمير من جهة ومونسنيور ديبوش من جهة ثانية...

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/662525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - ذكريات مع الشهيد هايل عبد الحميد Author: فيصل حوراني Narrator: مارلين شكيب Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 13, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: في هذا الكتاب الذي أدلت فيه نخبةٌ من القادة الفلسطينيين بشهادات حول هذا القائد الشهيد ، أسهم فيصل الحوراني بكتابة الفصل من الكتاب الذي روى بالتفاصيل تَجربة تأسيس منظّمة عرب فلسطين ودور الشهيد هايل في تأسيسها. شهادات القادة بدأت بما كتبه الرئيس ياسر عرفات وخُتمت بما كتبه الرئيس محمود عباس. وتوالت فصول الكتاب الأخرى التي كتبها كل من مروان عبد الحميد، وفؤاد ياسين ، وهاني الحسن ، ومحمد صبيح ، وتسير قبعة ، ومعن بشور ، ومحسن إبراهيم ، د.جورج حبس ، وفاروق القدومي . وقد ركّز كلّ واحد من هؤلاء على موضوع بعينه وأدرج شهادة الشخصية حول هذا الموضوع.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/668267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Camilo, el cura guerrillero Author: Walter J.Broderick Narrator: Sebastián Fernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: La historia de un joven sacerdote bogotano que, a mediados de los años sesenta, emergió como líder popular, al incitar a la rebelión contra la oligarquía y la clase dirigente colombianas. Después de muchas frustraciones en sus esfuerzos por introducir reformas radicales en su país, Camilo optó por la lucha armada, inspirado, como muchos de su generación, en la Revolución Cubana. Ingresó entonces al llamado Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), un grupo guerrillero en Santander, donde fue acribillado en su primer combate contra el Ejército. Con su muerte, Camilo Torres Restrepo se convirtió en héroe y mártir para muchos jóvenes en el mundo entero. Tanto así, que la prestigiosa casa Doubleday de Nueva York contrató al exsacerdote y escritor Walter J. Broderick para que le siguiera el rastro y contara su vida. El resultado fue esta biografía, que se lee como una novela.