Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953 Author: Jeffrey Frank Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 3 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jeffrey Frank, author of the bestselling Ike and Dick, returns with the “beguiling” (The New York Times) first full account of the Truman presidency in nearly thirty years, recounting how a seemingly ordinary man met the extraordinary challenge of leading America through the pivotal years of the mid-20th century. The nearly eight years of Harry Truman’s presidency—among the most turbulent in American history—were marked by victory in the wars against Germany and Japan; the first use of an atomic bomb and the development of far deadlier weapons; the start of the Cold War and the creation of the NATO alliance; the Marshall Plan to rebuild the wreckage of postwar Europe; the Red Scare; and the fateful decision to commit troops to fight a costly “limited war” in Korea. Historians have tended to portray Truman as stolid and decisive, with a homespun manner, but the man who emerges in The Trials of Harry S. Truman is complex and surprising. He believed that the point of public service was to improve the lives of one’s fellow citizens and fought for a national health insurance plan. While he was disturbed by the brutal treatment of African Americans and came to support stronger civil rights laws, he never relinquished the deep-rooted outlook of someone with Confederate ancestry reared in rural Missouri. He was often carried along by the rush of events and guided by men who succeeded in refining his fixed and facile view of the postwar world. And while he prided himself on his Midwestern rationality, he could act out of instinct and combativeness, as when he asserted a president’s untested power to seize the nation’s steel mills. The Truman who emerges in these pages is a man with generous impulses, loyal to friends and family, and blessed with keen political instincts, but insecure, quick to anger, and prone to hasty decisions. Archival discoveries, and research that led from Missouri to Washington, Berlin and Korea, have contributed to an indelible and “intimate” (The Washington Post) portrait of a man, born in the 19th century, who set the nation on a course that reverberates in the 21st century, a leader who never lost a schoolboy’s love for his country and its Constitution.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom Author: Rahaf Mohammed Narrator: Sally Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘Through her courageous resistance, she has, for a moment, drawn global attention to the ongoing struggle of Saudi women. The striking image of a young woman, wielding nothing but a cellphone, facing down the force of an oppressive government is an apt metaphor for this fraught moment in Saudi Arabia’s history.’ THE WASHINGTON POST A gripping true story of bravery and sacrifice by a young woman whose escape from Saudi Arabia captivated the world. In early 2019, after more than a year of careful planning, Rahaf Mohammed boarded a plane and finally escaped from Saudi Arabia. If caught, she was sure she would be killed, like other rebel women who had tried to flee her country’s oppressive regime. But the eighteen-year-old only made it as far as Bangkok before her passport was taken away. It was a trick, and soon she found herself trapped, barricaded in a hotel room. As men pounded on her door, the teenager decided to reach out to the world on Twitter – and the world answered. Her account gained forty-five thousand followers overnight and offered her a vital lifeline. This was Rahaf’s chance at a new life, the one she had dreamed of. Now Rahaf tells her remarkable story for the first time and reveals the dystopian reality of what life is like for women within Saudi Arabia. From the guardianship system, which places unmarried women under the full control of their male relatives, to the secretive online underground network of Saudi runaways plotting their escape, Rebel is a gripping memoir of resistance and bravery by a woman determined to tell the truth about life in the closed kingdom.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism Author: Maude Barlow Narrator: Barbara Saxberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 8, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "Canada's best-known voice of dissent." - CBC "It's time we listened to the Maude Barlows of the world." - CNN In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that she has learned from a lifetime of activism. She has been a linchpin in three major movements in her life: second-wave feminism, the battle against free trade and globalization, and the global fight for water justice. From each of these she draws her lessons of hope, emphasizing that effective activism is not really about the goal, rather it is about building a movement and finding like-minded people to carry the load with you. Barlow knows firsthand how hard fighting for change can be. But she also knows that change does happen and that hope is the essential ingredient.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Valientes: Mujeres que abrieron la brecha Author: Varios Autores Narrator: Varias Narradoras Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 7, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Increíbles historias en la voz de 53 talentosas autoras Gracias al coraje y la voluntad de todas ellas hoy podemos trabajar donde queremos, practicar las actividades que nos gustan, sentirnos más protegidas, jugar a lo que preferimos y soñar sin límites. Ada Lovelace | Amelia Earhart | Antonia Brico Angela Merkel | Aretha Franklin | Carmen Félix Cathy Freeman | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie| Christine Jorgensen Cleopatra | Coco Chanel | Danica Patrick | Elisa Carrillo Elizabeth Blackwell | Eugénie Brazier | Gabriela Mistral Gertrude “Trudi” Blom | Greta Thunberg | Indra Nooyi Isabel Allende | Isadora Duncan | Jeroo Billimoria Julia Morgan | Julieta Fierro | Junko Tabei | Karla Wheelock Kathrine Switzer | Kathryn Bigelow | Katie Sowers Li Na | Lorena Ramírez | Malala Yousafzai | Maria Callas María Félix | María Luisa Ross Landa | Marie Curie | Mercedes Sosa Nettie Honeyball | Nettie Stevens | Nora Ephron Oprah Winfrey | Rita Moreno | Rosario Castellanos | Safo Simone de Beauvoir |Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | Svetlana Alexiévich | Tu Youyou Valentina Tereshkova | Violeta Parra | Zaha Hadid

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen Mother: The Untold Story of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother Author: Lady Colin Campbell Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Packed with stunning revelations, this is the inside story of The Queen Mother from the New York Times bestselling author who first revealed the truth about Princess Diana.Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has been called the 'most successful queen since Cleopatra.' Her personality was so captivating that even her arch-enemy Wallis Simpson wrote about 'her legendary charm.' Portrayed as a selfless partner to the King in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech, The Queen Mother is most often remembered from her later years as the smiling granny with the pastel hats. When she died in 2002, just short of her 102nd birthday, she was praised for a long life well lived.But there was another side to her story. For the first time, Lady Colin Campbell shows us that the untold life of the Queen Mother is far more fascinating and moving than the official version that has been peddled ever since she became royal in 1923. With unparalleled sources - including members of the Royal Family, aristocrats, and friends and relatives of Elizabeth herself, this mesmerizing account takes us inside the real and sometimes astonishing world of the royal family.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577134 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El roedor: Andrés Roemer, retrato de un depredador Author: Heidi Putscher Basave Narrator: Patricia Durán Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Un libro en el que una de las víctimas de Andres Roemer recopila todas las agresiones que ese empresario ha perpetrado y las contextualiza con otros escándalos en los que el también conductor ha perpetrado. En esta obra, una de las víctimas de Andrés Roemer recopila buena parte de las agresiones sexuales que ese comunicador perpetró a lo largo de los años, y las contextualiza con otros escándalos en los que ha estado envuelto. Este libro reconstruye los principales pasajes de la vida de Roemer, académico, conductor y promotor de sí mismo acusado de más de 60 ataques sexuales, desde acoso hasta violación. Además de recopilar los casos de los que se tiene más información pública, la autora cuenta también su propia historia, en la que sufrió acoso cuando ella hacía su servicio social. El roedor, igualmente, hace un repaso de los escándalos no sexuales de Roemer: su terrible gestión en el consulado de San Francisco, su aún peor paso por la representación de México ante la UNESCO —cuando aceptó abstenerse en una votación por presiones de Israel— y el negocio que usó para cometer sus tropelías: la Ciudad de las Ideas. Se cuenta su despilfarro en París, cuando ordenó mudar su automóvil y su piano de un continente a otro. La obra, finalmente, contiene una amplia cronología de hechos, un cuento que la autora escribió cuando empezaba a procesar el aluvión de señalamientos contra su acosador, una abundante hemerografía y dos documentos que evidencian la mala gestión de Roemer cuando estuvo en la UNESCO.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Child of the Forest: Based on the Life Story of Charlene Perlmutter Schiff Author: Jack L. Grossman, James Buchanan Narrator: Liza Senaca Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 3, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Escaping the Horochów ghetto was just the beginning for twelve-year-old Musia Perlmutter. Alone, starving, freezing at times, and running and hiding for her life, Musia sought refuge in the forest for two years while Holocaust death camps loomed nearby. Child of the Forest is based on the true story and tribulations of Shulamit "Musia" Perlmutter, born in 1929 to Simcha and Fruma Perlmutter, and stands as a memorial to her extraordinary courage.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/566767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Real Diana Author: Lady Colin Campbell Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Who was the real Diana? What was it like to be so privileged yet so anguished, so beloved yet so self-loathing, so spoiled yet so despairing? The Princess of Wales was all these things--far more complicated, conflicted, and intriguing a person than the wildly disparate saint or lunatic she is frequently portrayed to be. Royal insider Lady Colin Campbell sets the record straight on many of the most controversial aspects of Diana's turbulent life: how Charles and Diana's engagement came to pass, though it seemed ill-advised to those closest to both of them; what their honeymoon was really like; the truth behind Diana's bulimia, her widely reported suicide attempts, and her obsession with Camilla Parker Bowles; Diana's search for love and fulfillment with numerous men before, during, and after her marriage; her brilliant manipulations of the press; and her relationship with Dodi Fayed. Lady Colin Campbell's New York Times bestselling biography Diana in Private was the first to expose the truth about Diana and her troubled marriage. In The Real Diana, she reveals that the reason she knew so much about what went on behind the palace gates was because Diana herself was the source. Drawing upon these confidences--as well as on conversations with countless people who knew Diana and with Diana herself in the final years of her life--Lady Colin Campbell combines true insight with true compassion to bring us the most intimate and revealing portrait of the Princess of Wales that we will ever have.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Limit bin nur ich: Wie ich als erster Mensch die Welt im Triathlon umrundete. Author: Jonas Deichmann Narrator: Jonas Deichmann Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 16, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Einmal um die Erde in den Triathlon-Disziplinen Schwimmen, Laufen und Radfahren. Ganz auf sich allein gestellt macht Jonas Deichmann das unmögliche möglich. Während die Welt im Lockdown verharrt, umrundet er sie in 14 Monaten voller Grenzerfahrungen und Momente größten Glücks. Deichmann schwimmt durch die Adria, fährt mit dem Fahrrad 20 000 Kilometer bis nach Wladiwostok und durchläuft Mexiko in 120 Marathons. Begleitet von Menschen, jung und alt, die sich ihm spontan anschließen, um für ein paar Kilometer Teil seines Abenteuers zu werden. Am Ende steht eine unglaubliche Geschichte von Mut, Zweifel und Motivation, von der magischen Kraft von Schokoriegeln und von der Grenzenlosigkeit unserer Welt. »Wenn heute zu mir jemand sagt, das hat noch keiner gemacht, du wirst scheitern, dann sage ich: Ja, super, dann kann ich der Erste sein.« Jonas Deichmann

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Annals of a Country Doctor Author: Carl Matlock MD Narrator: David A. Conatser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 15, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a country doctor in solo practice in the decade of the seventies—making house calls, delivering babies, comforting the dying, offering hope to the hopeless, meeting delightful and sometimes eccentric patients, and working sixty to eighty hours per week, often exhausted and in need of rest? If so, follow me as I work in a small town office and make hospital rounds in rural Indiana as a family physician. You're unlikely to forget the experiences or regret the sharing.