Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/572705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - صدام حسين Author: عبود مصطفى Narrator: سامي العربي Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'تاريخٌ حافلٌ بالأحداثِ لشخصيةٍ لطالما كانت مسار جدل. يروي الكاتب -بشكلٍ حيادي- قصة العراق ويتناول مراحل حياة «صدام حسين» من طفولته إلى مماته، مستخدمًا أدوات التحليل النفسي للغوص في تفاصيل شخصيته. اسم ملأ الدنيا وشغل الناس، منذ ظهوره إلى الساحة السياسية في العراق في أواسط الخمسينيات من القرن الماضي، وهو لا يركن إلى الهدوء أبدًا، فطبيعة شخصيته وتركيبته النفسية تأبى الاستقرار وتبحث دائمًا عن المتاعب له ولمن حوله. الدنيا بالنسبة له تقوم على المغامرة والمقامرة. كان في شبابه مندفعا إلى أبعد حد، حاول اغتيال عبد الكريم قاسم في مغامرة باءت بالفشل، وكان من الممكن أن يدفع حياته ثمنًا لها، لكن الأقدار شاءت أن يبقى، فزج به إلى السجن لكنه استطاع الهرب إلى سوريا ثم مصر، وعندما هدأت الأحوال وعاد إلى العراق مارس من جديد كل صنوف المغامرة. مشوار طويل مشاه صدام حسين، مليء بكبواتٍ وانتصارات، لكن من هو صدام حسين الحقيقي؟ صدام الإنسان، وما مدى علاقته بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكية؟ وكيف تحولت من علاقة صداقة ومودة إلى عداوةٍ شديدة؟ ولماذا كانت حربه مع إيران؟ ولماذا غزا الكويت؟ وما الأسباب الحقيقية للاحتلال الأمريكي للعراق؟ وكيف سقطت بغداد بهذه السهولة وما تم في كواليس محاكمة صدام حتى لحظة إعدامه؟ استمع الآن. '

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/585275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Harry und Meghan: Auf der Suche nach Freiheit Author: Carolyn Durand, Omid Scobie Narrator: Svantje Wascher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 15, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Als die aufkeimende Romanze zwischen Prinz Harry und der amerikanischen Schauspielerin Meghan Markle bekannt wird, löst das einen internationalen Presserummel aus. Der gesamte Globus verfolgt jeden Schritt des Paares, während eine Schlagzeile nach der anderen erscheint - über ihre Verlobung, ihre Hochzeit, die Geburt ihres Sohnes Archie bis hin zu ihrer mutigen Entscheidung, sich von ihrem royalen Leben zurückzuziehen und nach Nordamerika auszuwandern. Bis heute sind Harry und Meghan Teil der täglichen Presse, doch kaum jemand kennt ihre wahre Geschichte. Die Journalisten Omid Scobie und Carolyn Durand gehören zu einem Kreis von ausgewählten Reportern, die schon lange einen direkten Zugang zur britischen Königsfamilie haben und das Paar kennen wie nur wenige andere. Sie blicken hinter die Kulissen und erzählen zum ersten Mal, wie es zum Bruch mit der Königsfamilie kam. Der internationale Bestseller Auf der Suche nach Freiheit über das royale Paar, das nach seinen eigenen Regeln lebt und abseits der königlichen Familie sein Glück sucht.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/572923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Widowish: A Memoir Author: Melissa Gould Narrator: Rachel Botchan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 1, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Melissa Gould’s hopeful memoir of grieving outside the box and the surprising nature of love. When Melissa Gould’s husband, Joel, was unexpectedly hospitalized, she could not imagine how her life was about to change. Overwhelmed with uncertainty as Joel’s condition tragically worsened, she offered him the only thing she could: her love and devotion. Her dedication didn’t end with his death. Left to resume life without her beloved husband and raise their young daughter on her own, Melissa soon realized that her and Joel’s love lived on. Melissa found she didn’t fit the typical mold of widowhood or meet the expectations of mourning. She didn’t look like a widow or act like a widow, but she felt like one. Melissa was widowish. Melissa’s personal journey through grief and beyond includes unlikely inspiration from an evangelical preacher, the calming presence of some Real Housewives, and the unexpected attention of a charming musician. A modern take on loss, Widowish illuminates the twists of fate that break our world, the determination that keeps us moving forward, and the surprises in life we never see coming.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/567075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - فاطمة الزهراء والفاطميون Author: عباس محمود العقاد Narrator: رنا الخطيب Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 1, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: يعد هذا الكتاب من أعظم الكتب التي تناولت السيرة النبيلة لواحدة من أهم نساء التاريخ العربي القديم؛ إنها أُم الشهداء (فاطمة الزهراء) ابنة النبي 'محمد' من السيدة 'خديجة ' وذلك باعتبارها مصدرًا من مصادر القوة التاريخية التي تتابعت آثارها في دعوات الخلافة في صدر الإسلام إلى الزمن الأخير. يقسم العقاد الكتاب إلى قسمين رئيسيين يتحدث في الأول عن الزهراء فاطمة في عدة فصول تتضمن خصوصية نشأتها وتربيتها في بيت النبوة، ثم زواجها من علي بن أبي طالب. عارضًا شخصيتها كامرأة قوية، شريفة النفس، فصيحة اللسان، دخلت معترك الحياة العامة بسبب الخلاف على ميراث الخلافة. كما أفرد العقاد فصلا كاملا لتحليل شخصيتها.... أما في القسم الثاني فيضع سردًا تاريخيا للدولة الفاطمية التي قامت في مصر متخذًا موقف الدفاع عن هذه الخلافة، ومبينًا فيه نسبهم ونشأة دعوتهم، وانتشارها في بلاد الإسلام، وأيضا يعرض الآراء المختلفة في دعوتهم مُفنِّدًا بعض التُّهم التي أُلصقت بهم وبدعوتهم. كما يتحدث عن أهم الحكام الفاطميين المؤثرين أو الذين أثاروا جدلًا.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis Author: Norman Ohler Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A detailed and meticulously researched tale… that reads like a thriller.”—New York Times Book Review From the New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed, the incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of Berlin Summertime, 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man is out sailing when he glimpses a woman reclining in the prow of a passing boat. Their eyes meet—and one of history’s greatest conspiracies is born.   Harro Schulze-Boysen already had shed blood in the fight against Nazism by the time he and Libertas Haas-Heye began their whirlwind romance. She joined the cause, and soon the two lovers were leading a network of antifascist fighters that stretched across Berlin’s bohemian underworld. Harro himself infiltrated German intelligence and began funneling Nazi battle plans to the Allies, including the details of Hitler’s surprise attack on the Soviet Union. But nothing could prepare Harro and Libertas for the betrayals they would suffer in this war of secrets—a struggle in which friend could be indistinguishable from foe. Drawing on unpublished diaries, letters, and Gestapo files, Norman Ohler spins an unforgettable tale of love, heroism, and sacrifice in The Bohemians.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/561347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Italian] - Oltre i confini del mondo: Magellano e la circumnavigazione del globo Author: Laurence Bergreen Narrator: Matteo De Mojana Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 15, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Nel 1519, l'esploratore Ferdinando Magellano si imbarca dalla Spagna accompagnato da cinque navi e da più di duecento uomini alla volta delle Isole delle Spezie, in cerca di una più rapida via d'accesso a quelle terre ricche di tesori che valevano più dell'oro. Per arrivarci compirà un lunghissimo viaggio tra gli oceani, e realizzerà un'impresa che rivoluzionerà la concezione geografica del mondo conosciuto: circumnavigare la terra per la prima volta nella Storia. Laurence Bergreen, offre al lettore il racconto di un'epopea rivoluzionaria e maestosa che ha cambiato la storia del mondo e il modo in cui gli esploratori avrebbero navigato sugli oceani da quel momento in poi. Una spettacolare odissea durata tre anni, in cui passione, avventura e dramma si intrecciano, dando luogo a un resoconto appassionante sul senso dell'esplorazione e della scoperta.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World Author: Gillian Gill Narrator: Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An insightful, witty look at Virginia Woolf through the lens of the extraordinary women closest to her. How did Adeline Virginia Stephen become the great writer Virginia Woolf? Acclaimed biographer Gillian Gill tells the stories of the women whose legacies—of strength, style, and creativity—shaped Woolf’s path to the radical writing that inspires so many today.    Gill casts back to Woolf’s French-Anglo-Indian maternal great-grandmother Thérèse de L’Etang, an outsider to English culture whose beauty passed powerfully down the female line; and to Woolf’s aunt Anne Thackeray Ritchie, who gave Woolf her first vision of a successful female writer.  Yet it was the women in her own family circle who had the most complex and lasting effect on Woolf.  Her mother, Julia, and sisters Stella, Laura, and Vanessa were all, like Woolf herself, but in markedly different ways, warped by the male-dominated household they lived in.  Finally, Gill shifts the lens onto the famous Bloomsbury group.  This, Gill convinces, is where Woolf called upon the legacy of the women who shaped her to transform a group of men--united in their love for one another and their disregard for women--into a society in which Woolf ultimately found her freedom and her voice.   Read by Nicola Barber-Nicola Barber’s voice can be heard on television shows and radio commercials, popular video games such as World of Warcraft, and even in talking toys. But her true passion lies in bringing to life the characters and scenes in novels, a talent for which she has received multiple Earphones and Audie Awards. Nicola is also an Audie nominee in the prestigious “Solo Female Narration” category for her work on Murphy’s Law (Rhys Bowen) and Call the Midwife (Jennifer Worth).

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569001 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation Author: Mimi Lemay Narrator: Mimi Lemay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A mother’s memoir of her transgender child’s odyssey, and her journey outside the boundaries of the faith and culture that shaped her. From the age of two-and-a-half, Jacob, born “Em,” adamantly told his family he was a boy. While his mother Mimi struggled to understand and come to terms with the fact that her child may be transgender, she experienced a sense of déjà vu—the journey to uncover the source of her child’s inner turmoil unearthed ghosts from Mimi’s past and her own struggle to live an authentic life.       Mimi was raised in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish family, every aspect of her life dictated by ancient rules and her role as a woman largely preordained from cradle to grave. As a young woman, Mimi wrestled with the demands of her faith and eventually made the painful decision to leave her religious community and the strict gender roles it upheld.   Having risen from the ashes of her former life, Mimi was prepared to help her son forge a new one — at a time when there was little consensus on how best to help young transgender children. Dual narratives of faith and motherhood weave together to form a heartfelt portrait of an unforgettable family. Brimming with love and courage, What We Will Become is a powerful testament to how painful events from the past can be redeemed to give us hope for the future. Read by the author.