the Best Audio Stories in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic Author: James R. Hansen Narrator: Mitch Crawford Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of First Man comes a sweeping saga involving two extraordinary—and extraordinarily different—adventurers who have only one thing in common: the ambition to cross the Atlantic in a rowboat . . . alone. The two men couldn't have been more different. John Fairfax was a playboy, gambler, gun smuggler, and ex-pirate who blamed his boat often, and who brazenly took time off from his goal of reaching America to hop aboard large ships for a drink, a shower, and good food. He courted the press like a modern-day Richard Branson or Elon Musk. The egoless Tom McClean was an orphan with a tough, Dickensian childhood, who ran off to become a British paratrooper and later joined the SAS (his training rivaled the US Navy Seals). Tom was a purist who loved his boat Silver and never once took time off from rowing to sun himself on a remote beach or jump aboard a cruise ship. With gripping and insightful prose, James R. Hansen brings to life Fairfax and McClean's expeditions, from their battle with the elements to their own inner demons. Completely Mad is a nail-biting, epic tale of endurance, and listeners will be gripped until the end to find out who won.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Neville Goddard - Radiovorträge - Sender KECA (Radio Lectures - Station KECA 1951): Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme nach Neville Goddard Series: #16 of Neville Goddard: Alle 14 original Bücher auf Deutsch Author: Fabio Mantegna Narrator: Konrad Lindemann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 45 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Neville Goddard (Deutsch): Radiovorträge - Sender KECA - Originaltitel: Radio Lectures - Station KECA - aus dem Jahre 1951. Ein Bonus-Buch der Serie Neville Goddard: Alle 14 Original Bücher auf Deutsch. Radiovorträge - Sender KECA ist die deutsche Übersetzung von Radio Lectures - Station KECA aus dem Jahre 1951. Es ist das 2. Bonus-Buch über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme nach Neville Goddard. 'Neville Lancelot Goddard, der über einen autodidaktischen und ungewöhnlich scharfen Intellekt verfügte, vertrat eine kühne und umfassende spirituelle Vision: Alles was wir sehen und erleben, einschließlich anderer Menschen, sei das Ergebnis unserer eigenen Gedanken und emotionalen Zustände. Jeder von uns träumt eine Unzahl von Realitäten ins Dasein. Wenn wir Menschen das erkennen, so lehrte Neville Goddard, würden wir entdecken, dass wir ein schlummernder Zweig der Schöpfung sind, der in menschlicher Form gekleidet sei und am Ruder der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten stehe.' - Mitch Horowitz - Neville Goddard kann am besten als erleuchteter Mystiker und Hermetiker bezeichnet werden.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783044 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - David Copperfield: German Version Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Karl Fischer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 43 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 17, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'David Copperfield ist ein Roman von Charles Dickens, der von dem gleichnamigen Protagonisten erzählt. Der Roman schildert Davids Abenteuer von der Kindheit bis zur Reife und wird daher oft dem Bildungsroman-Genre zugeordnet. Ursprünglich wurde er 1849 und 1850 als Fortsetzungsroman veröffentlicht und später als Buch herausgegeben1. Die Geschichte beginnt mit Davids Geburt in Blunderstone, Suffolk, England, sechs Monate nach dem Tod seines Vaters. Er wächst im kleinen Haus namens The Rookery auf, wo ihn seine liebevolle Mutter und die freundliche Haushälterin Clara Peggotty aufziehen. Als David sieben Jahre alt ist, heiratet seine Mutter Edward Murdstone, ohne ihm von den Hochzeitsplänen zu erzählen. Um ihn aus dem Weg zu räumen, schickt sie David zu Peggottys Familie nach Yarmouth. Dort lebt ihr Bruder, der Fischer Mr. Peggotty, mit seiner adoptierten Nichte Emily und seinem Neffen Ham in einem gestrandeten Kahn. David verliebt sich in die verwöhnte 'Little Em'ly' und erlebt eine bewegte Jugend'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/784612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Neville Goddard - Kursvorlesungen - Die 5 Lektionen (Master Class - Five Lessons 1948): Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme nach Neville Goddard Series: #15 of Neville Goddard: Alle 14 original Bücher auf Deutsch Author: Fabio Mantegna Narrator: Konrad Lindemann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 11, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Neville Goddard (Deutsch): Kursvorlesungen - Die 5 Lektionen - Originaltitel: Master Class - Five Lessons - aus dem Jahre 1948. Ein Bonus-Buch der Serie Neville Goddard: Alle 14 Original Bücher auf Deutsch. Kursvorlesungen - Die 5 Lektionen ist die deutsche Übersetzung von Master Class - Five Lessons aus dem Jahre 1948. Es ist das 1. Bonus-Buch über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme nach Neville Goddard. 'Neville Lancelot Goddard, der über einen autodidaktischen und ungewöhnlich scharfen Intellekt verfügte, vertrat eine kühne und umfassende spirituelle Vision: Alles was wir sehen und erleben, einschließlich anderer Menschen, sei das Ergebnis unserer eigenen Gedanken und emotionalen Zustände. Jeder von uns träumt eine Unzahl von Realitäten ins Dasein. Wenn wir Menschen das erkennen, so lehrte Neville Goddard, würden wir entdecken, dass wir ein schlummernder Zweig der Schöpfung sind, der in menschlicher Form gekleidet sei und am Ruder der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten stehe.' - Mitch Horowitz - Neville Goddard kann am besten als erleuchteter Mystiker und Hermetiker bezeichnet werden.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/789254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caged Lion: Joseph Pilates and His Legacy Author: John Howard Steel Narrator: John Howard Steel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 11, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The surprising story of Pilates - the man and the method. Part biography, part history, and part memoir, Caged Lion untangles for the first time Joseph Pilates's opaque life story and the perilous journey of his exercise program known the world over as Pilates. This is the story of Joseph Pilates, a gifted man who immigrated to the United States at forty-three with no assets or credentials. He not only invented an exercise regimen - which today is practiced by more than ten million people - but in the process, reinvented himself. John Howard Steel brings Joseph Pilates and his eponymous exercise regime to life from his unique perspective as a student, friend, and confidant. Joe's influence profoundly changed Steel's life; in turn, Steel was crucial for the survival of the Pilates Method and Joe's legacy. Steel's vivid account traces the expansion of Pilates from a small cadre of dedicated adherents, through two periods of near extinction, to the global sensation it is today. Steel describes Joseph Pilates's years as a prisoner during World War I, Joe's motivation to discover his system of exercises, his inspirational teaching technique, and the unique attraction of the Pilates Method. It's quite a story. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©2020 John Howard Steel (P)2021 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/792751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Kept Walking: The Unlikely Journey of a Persian Woman with Polio Author: Minou Soumekh Michlin, Gali Kronenberg Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 10, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: I Kept Walking opens in 1940s Tehran when a misguided prank leaves three- year-old Minou frozen in fear. Days later, a doctor breaks the news to her mother: 'Your daughter has polio.' To understand why nothing is as it seems-the cause of her polio or why her dutiful Jewish mother, who was married off at 13, thwarted her dream of marriage, Minou must flee Iran and confront the psychological toll of her polio. I Kept Walking is the audacious account of a bold young woman who was unwilling to be crushed by polio or the prohibitions of a conservative society. From the labyrinth of narrow alleys in Tehran's Grand Bazaar to a Jerusalem hospital room, this unforgettable memoir depicts a young woman's struggle to embrace her culture while defying its taboos. This immigrant story will resonate with mothers and daughters, Jews and Persians, as well as anyone who has braved the unknown and kept on walking.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/767031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah Author: Denis Hirson Narrator: Denis Hirson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 6, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A bestselling South African writer known for tackling history and memory finally makes his American debut Witty and deeply poignant, My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah is a breathtaking account of one man being confronted by his past and, ultimately, how his daughter proved to be the key in understanding his own father. Recreating 1960s Johannesburg through his adolescent eyes, bestselling South African author Denis Hirson gradually reveals the details of his extraordinary thirteenth birthday as he explores the familial and political divisions in Apartheid South Africa that weighed on him and his developing consciousness of his Jewish heritage. My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah is a gem of a book about becoming a man. It's also a valuable account of a forgotten time of white, Jewish activists, their families, their community, and most importantly, their children, who had to stumble through life in the aftermath of their commitment to racial justice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Terra Nova Author: Harrison Christian Narrator: David Tredinnick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 5, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For a long time it seemed Antarctica would remain the sole holdout in a nearly fully explored world. The approaches were too difficult and dangerous, and the material benefits to the exploring nations were too few … Far from being a land of plenty, the Antarctic continent – if it was that – was no place for human beings. Robert Falcon Scott's 1910 attempt to reach the South Pole is placed in jeopardy when Edward Evans joins as his second-in-command. A clash of personalities between the two men almost prevents the Terra Nova from sailing, but they forge ahead, conscious of competing expeditions racing to the pole. On the treacherous journey across the Antarctic ice, the differences between the scientific-minded Scott and the ambitious Evans become insurmountable. Scott sends Evans back early, making the final push without him, only to find they have been beaten by the Norwegians. When Scott and his remaining men make their desperate run back to base, they're met with an inexplicable shortage of supplies, leading to the tragic deaths of the entire party. Harrison Christian draws on fresh documents to examine the circumstances of Scott's death, throwing suspicion on Edward Evans and other officers. Terra Nova delves into the lives of these remarkable men, revealing a story of betrayal that was left out of the official narrative. ‘Even though you know how it's going to end, it's a page-turner as Christian uses letters and diaries to recount how the 1910 expedition progressed, the characters who made it and how they coped with the brutal conditions… A deeply affecting tale.' DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘A riveting account about Scott of Antarctica and the machinations of his demise. Of the food depots that were diminished and the rescue that never came.' – Peter Hillary, mountaineer and explorer

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Higher Love: a psychedelic travel memoir of heartbreak and healing Author: Anne Kiehl Friedman Narrator: Anne Kiehl Friedman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is not your average love story… Her entire life, Anne Friedman chased everything that society told her she should want: Marriage. Professional achievement. Thighs that didn't touch. But all that got her was depression, anxiety, and disordered eating. When her fiancé dumps her without explanation, she buys a one-way ticket to Costa Rica in search of answers. First, a spontaneous psychedelic experience in the jungle brings her peace with three simple words. Then, in Amsterdam, on magic mushrooms with her dad, she has a series of visions that allow her to let go of the self-blame for her broken engagement. In captivating detail, Higher Love shares the life-changing wisdom gleaned from psychedelic experiences on psilocybin, ayahuasca, LSD, and cannabis. Traveling through the Netherlands, Morocco, Turkey, Spain, and other richly sensuous locations, Anne invites the reader on a globe-trotting search for healing that ultimately leads to the very last place we ever think to look. For fans of Eat, Pray, Love and Untamed, Higher Love is a guide for self-discovery with a delightful psychedelic twist. Don't miss out on this liberating tale of joy, self-acceptance, and the power of love in all its forms!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/787733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North Author: Peter Freuchen Narrator: Bobby Brill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Shortly after his death in 1957, The New York Times obituary of Peter Freuchen noted that except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beginnings, Freuchen was perhaps better known to more people in the United States than any other explorer of our time. During his lifetime Freuchen's remarkable adventures, related in his books, magazine articles, and films, made him a legend. In 1910, Freuchen and his friend and business partner, Knud Rasmussen, the renowned polar explorer, founded Thule-a Greenland Inuit trading post and village only 800 miles from the North Pole. Freuchen lived in Thule for 15 years, adopting ways of its natives. He married an Inuit woman, and together they had two children. Freuchen went on many expeditions, quite a few of which he barely survived, suffering frostbite, snow blindness, and starvation. Near the North Pole, there is no such thing as an easy and safe outing. In Arctic Adventure, Freuchen writes of polar bear hunts, of meeting Eskimos who had resorted to cannibalism during a severe famine, and of the thrill of seeing the sun after three months of winter darkness. Trained as a journalist before he headed north, Freuchen is a fine writer and great storyteller (he won an Oscar for his feature film script of Eskimo). He writes about the Inuit with genuine respect and affection, describing their stoicism amidst hardship, their spiritual beliefs, their ingenious methods of surviving their harsh environment, their humor and joy in the face of danger and difficulties, and the social politics behind such customs as wife-trading. While his experiences make this book unique, Freuchen's warmth, self-deprecating wit, writing skill, and anthropological observations make this book a literary stand out. ©1936, 1963 Peter Freuchen. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.