Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Muhamedina: Spuren fremder Welten Author: Hadischa Muhamedina Narrator: Katharina Sturm Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 24, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dieses Hörbuch ist eine Lebensoffenbarung, nahezu ungefilterter Erlebnisse zwischen den Welten von Kulturen, Religionen und Psychosen. 'Auf der Suche nach dem Glück' beschreibt den wesentlichen Inhalt dieser Autobiografie von Hadischa Muhamedina. Es handelt sich in diesem Hörbuch um kurze Kapitel einer wahren Geschichte. Ein Musikuntermaltes Hörspiel mit eigenen Musiktracks und zusätzlicher Musik von Guiseppe Porello und Klangpoet.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Echoes from the Farm Author: Jonathan T Jefferson Narrator: Eric L Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: November 23, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the early 1970s, when author Dr. Jonathan T. Jefferson (a.k.a. 'John-John') was a young child, his parents did something unprecedented for a working class African American family from Queens: They bought an old, dilapidated farmhouse in Upstate New York's dairy country as a summer home for them and their eight children. Initially fish out of water, over the next decade the Jefferson family became part of the landscape, the children eagerly anticipating those precious weeks of adventure in cow country. Echoes from the Farm is Dr. Jefferson's way of sharing the childhood memories from those years that have guided his interests throughout adulthood. Through those memories, he also shares a special part of his family's love and the love that was shown to them in a unique place in the American tapestry. He would not trade his childhood farm experiences for anything in the world. Journey with John-John as he reminisces about collecting apples for his mother's homemade apple sauce, jumping out of a barn window into piles of hay, and warring with one of his older brothers. Laugh heartily as you read about how one of his friends mistook a porcupine for a bear, the frogs' legs he collected for dinner, and his close encounter with the longest snake ever seen in North America. Be inspired to embark on your own adventure to build precious memories for you and your family.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Allein zwischen Himmel und Meer: Meine 80 Tage beim härtesten Segelrennen der Welt - Boris Hermann erstmals ausführlich über seine Teilnahme an der Vendée Globe Author: Andreas Wolfers, Boris Herrmann Narrator: Stefan Wilkening Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 11, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Es lohnt sich, alles zu versuchen, einen Lebenstraum zu verwirklichen. Es ist riskant. Aber das größte Risiko wäre, es nicht zu versuchen.' Boris Herrmann Er ist als erster Deutscher bei der Vendée Globe, der berühmtesten und härtesten Regatta der Welt, gestartet. Nach einem atemberaubenden Rennen belegte Boris Herrmann mit seiner Yacht Sea Explorer einen spektakulären fünften Platz. Hier schildert er erstmals all seine Erlebnisse und Emotionen, die schönsten und gefährlichsten Momente, sein Kampf gegen die Einsamkeit und den Mut, die meiste Zeit vom Festland weiter entfernt zu sein, als die Astronauten der ISS. Der Bestsellerautor erzählt auch, warum ihm der Schutz der Meere so wichtig ist und wie er sich seit Jahren für Klima- und Naturschutz engagiert. Ein Buch nicht nur für Segler, sondern ein Buch für alle Menschen, die von der Weite der Ozeane und von Abenteuern träumen. 'In 80 Tagen um die Welt, an die Grenzen menschlichen Könnens und darüber hinaus' STERN

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Assignment: Memoir of a National Geographic Filmmaker Author: James R. Larison Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 2, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An exciting adventure story with personal drama and high stakes, as well as a glimpse behind the scenes of the highly regarded National Geographic brand Jim and Elaine Larison spent years studying, exploring, and living in wild places, making more than thirty environmental films, most for the National Geographic Society. These films won more than forty international awards from leading environmental and broadcast organizations. This memoir tells the story behind the adventure and describes the rather substantial personal costs of this career. While shooting film in Alaska, Jim Larison narrowly survived a devastating airplane crash in the Bering Sea. Later, while filming on the Great Barrier Reef, the Larisons fought off an aggressive twelve-foot tiger shark. Midway through their careers, the Larisons were nearly swept to their deaths by an icefall while filming on Mount Robson. Full of risk and personal conflict, On Assignment is also a touching look at the tender bonds that held the married couple together while they struggled to complete their many film assignments. The Larisons were changed by what they saw and what they captured on film: the destruction of forests, the death of coral reefs, and global warming. In the beginning, the Larisons wanted nothing more than to spend time in the wilderness. By the end, they were fighting for its very survival.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/566665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis Author: Vanessa Nakate Narrator: Vanessa Nakate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A manifesto and memoir about climate justice and how we can—and must—build a livable future for all, inclusive to all, by a rising star of the global climate movement Leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate brings her fierce, fearless spirit, new perspective, and superstar bona fides to the biggest issue of our time. In A Bigger Picture, her first book, she shares her story as a young Ugandan woman who sees that her community bears disproportionate consequences to the climate crisis. At the same time, she sees that activists from African nations and the global south are not being heard in the same way as activists from white nations are heard. Inspired by Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, in 2019 Nakate became Uganda’s first Fridays for Future protestor, awakening to her personal power and summoning within herself a commanding political voice.   Nakate’s mere presence has revealed rampant inequalities within the climate justice movement. In January 2020, while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as one of five international delegates, including Thunberg, Nakate’s image was cropped out of a photo by the Associated Press. The photo featured the four other activists, who were all white. It highlighted the call Nakate has been making all along: for both environmental and social justice on behalf of those who have been omitted from the climate discussion and who are now demanding to be heard.   From a shy little girl in Kampala to a leader on the world stage, A Bigger Picture is part rousing manifesto and part poignant memoir, and it presents a new vision for the climate movement based on resilience, sustainability, and genuine equity.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/560150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El camino que abrimos Author: María Emma Mejía Narrator: María Emma Mejía Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 1, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: El libro de memorias de María Emma Mejía Cuando María Emma Mejía se abrió paso en la vida política colombiana, el país transitaba por uno de los periodos más violentos de su historia. Conoció de cerca una guerra en la que perdieron la vida la periodista Diana Turbay, su amiga, y Luis Carlos Galán, su jefe político. En aquellos difíciles años, en su ciudad, Medellín, lideró el programa Arriba mi barrio, referente de inclusión social en las comunas a través del reconocimiento, la identidad y el arte, donde fue testigo del trasfondo de una sociedad dividida. En un mundo político convulso, dominado por hombres, María Emma fue una pionera. Su vida es una lección de pragmatismo, de un poder que nace de la dificultad y que crea puentes entre fuerzas antagónicas. Como ministra, canciller, embajadora, candidata, diplomática en organismos internacionales y directora en actividades filantrópicas, ha defendido la equidad social y de género y posicionado al país en el panorama mundial. A la manera de alguien que hace un alto en el camino y vuelve la vista atrás, María Emma Mejía relata su vida y presenta su versión de acontecimientos que marcaron el rumbo de Colombia y que la convirtieron en pieza clave del poder público de las últimas décadas.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579816 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Himmel in den Pfützen - Ein Leben zwischen Galizien und dem Kurfürstendamm Author: Anatol Gotfryd Narrator: Harald Schröpfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 21, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anatol Gotfryds mitreißende Erzählung und Harald Schröpfers angenehme Stimme fesseln den Hörer von Anfang bis zum Ende.Gotfryds idyllische Heimat Galizien ist nicht plötzlich nicht mehr, wie sie einst war, als sie 1939 von der Roten Armee und zwei Jahre später von den Deutschen besetzt wird. Er beschreibt, wie er dem Tod nur knapp entkommen konnte sowie seine Zeit auf der Flucht. Die Geschichte eines Lebens, das voller Rückschläge und Gefahren und schließlich doch von großem Erfolg geprägt war.-

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/579382 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Steinbrück Author: Markus Wehner, Eckart Lohse Narrator: Michael Schwarzmaier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 29, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Bei diesem fesselnden Hörbuch, gelesen von dem bekannten deutschen Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher Michael Schwarzmaier, möchte man am liebsten gar nicht mehr auf Pause drücken.Markus Wehner beleuchtet zusammen mit Eckhart Lohse detailliert das faszinierende Leben eines SPD-Politikers, der viel Positives geleistet hat, 2011 als beliebtester Politiker Deutschlands galt und dennoch keine einzige Wahl gewann. Wer ist dieser Mann und wie gut eignet er sich für eine politische Spitzenposition?-

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Trails Home: Living with Caribou Author: Seth Kantner Narrator: Dan Bittner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A stunningly lyrical firsthand account of a life spent hunting, studying, and living alongside caribou, A Thousand Trails Home encompasses the historical past and present day, revealing the fragile intertwined lives of people and animals surviving on an uncertain landscape of cultural and climatic change sweeping the Alaskan Arctic. Author Seth Kantner vividly illuminates this critical story about the interconnectedness of the Iñupiat of Northwest Alaska, the Western Arctic caribou herd, and the larger Arctic region. This story has global relevance as it takes place in one of the largest remaining intact wilderness ecosystems on the planet, ground zero for climate change in the US. This compelling and complex tale revolves around the politics of caribou, race relations, urban vs. rural demands, subsistence vs. sport hunting, and cultural priorities vs. resource extraction—a story that requires a fearless writer with an honest voice and an open heart.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in 1950s New York Author: Marc J. Straus Narrator: Scott Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 14, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It’s June 1953, and ten-year-old Marc Straus is in his mother’s car, getting sick from her cigarette smoke on his way to a Hebrew lesson. He and his younger brother, Stephen, are transferring from public school to a Yeshiva. His parents haven’t said why they’re transferring—the family isn’t religious. So all Marc knows is he’ll have to protect his brother. Stephen’s a delicate kid other kids pick on. Marc’s a street fighter who knows how to wall off the pain. So begins One-Legged Mongoose, Marc Straus’ vivid, compelling, you-are-there memoir of two years in the life of a precocious, scrappy Jewish kid carrying a dark secret as he embarks on the journey to young manhood in 1950s New York. When school starts, Marc begins commuting four hours daily to a different world, where kids are smart like him and fight with words instead of fists, and a caring principal takes the troubled truant under his wing. Marc works at his dad's textile store on Sundays, learning about honor and hard work from his immigrant father. At home, he faces his volatile mother. Straus encounters Anti-Semitism in public school, in the community, and even in the Boy Scouts. And it’s the Scouts that lend the book its title—a nod to a campfire story about a half-man, half-mongoose predator that’s almost the height of a full-grown man, and that Straus and the other boys of Troop 300 are tasked with locating. But, as Straus explains, “I was willing to face it. I know all about monsters.” Marc starts rethinking his risk-taking way of life, often sidelined by injuries to his eye, polio, and a near-fatal hit-and-run. A voracious reader, he looks to books for insights—What would Santiago do?—and comes to accept that he’s not invulnerable. Life will wound him, but the rest is up to him. An unflinching look at child abuse and one boy’s ability to rise above it, One-Legged Mongoose reminds us of the bonds between siblings and the power of family secrets.