Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/567322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Essential Dick Gregory Author: Dick Gregory Narrator: Afrika K. Kenjyatta, Andre Gaines, Christian Gregory, Joe Morton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Narrated by Audie, Emmy, and NAACP® Image Award-winning actor, Joe Morton, and joined by Christian Gregory and Afrika K. Kenjyatta.  A soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books, including the classic bestseller Nigger: An Autobiography and the 2017 NAACP Image Award Winner, Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies. A true renaissance man, Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory was one of the pioneering satirists of his generation, a reformer and brilliant spokesperson for the downtrodden and forgotten who dedicated his life to speaking unadulterated truth—and to improving ordinary lives. A revered human rights and environmental activist, fearsome and uncompromising social critic, lauded bestselling author, and beloved nutrition guru, Gregory aimed not only to educate souls, but to liberate them. His words shaped a generation and remain vital for our own turbulent times, offering wisdom to enlighten and inspire a new activist age. This carefully curated anthology of selected writings reflects and celebrates Dick Gregory’s wisdom and his vision. Divided into three sections—Body, Mind, and Spirit—it includes previously unavailable transcriptions and excerpts taken from his sixteen books, fifteen albums and audio compilations, and more than 1,200 hours of archival video, including lectures, interviews, and comedic performances. It is a breathtaking tour through the life of one of America’s most prophetic and relevant cultural icons. The Essential Dick Gregory is a pointillistic portrait of a man who gave up a lucrative entertainment career to fight injustice on the front line of battle—leading protests and hunger strikes to end the Vietnam War and apartheid in South Africa; supporting civil rights, feminism, and Native Americans,; and addressing hunger, poverty, and police brutality. This compelling volume will challenge your beliefs, allow you to see life in unexpected ways, and dare you to make the world a better place. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World Author: Hannah Lucinda Smith, Zarifa Ghafari Narrator: Ariana Delawari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A moving and inspiring memoir by Afghanistan's youngest female mayor and campaigner for human rights. I am one of the lucky ones. I got out of Afghanistan alive when the Taliban retook the country. Millions of others did not - they are now living under one of the world's most repressive regimes, with any progress that was made for women over the past twenty years being brutally reversed. Every day, I yearn for my motherland. Now it is my duty to make sure that the world knows what is happening to women there, and what we must do to change things for them. Zarifa Ghafari was three years old when the Taliban banned girls from schools, and she began her education in secret. She was seven when American airstrikes began. She was twenty-six when she became mayor - the only female mayor in the country - of Maidan Wardak, Kabul. An extremist mob barred her from her office; her male staff walked out in protest; assassins tried to kill her six times. Finally, they killed their father. Ghafari stood her ground. She ended corruption in the province, promoted peace and tried to lift up women, despite constant fear for herself and her family. When the Taliban took Kabul in 2021, Ghafari had to flee, narrowly escaping the country on one of the last flights out of Kabul  and finding refuge in Germany.  Zarifa is an astonishing memoir that offers an unparalleled perspective of the last two decades in Afghanistan. Written with honesty, pain and ultimately, hope, Ghafari describes the work she did, the women she still tries to help as they live under Taliban rule and her vision for how grassroots activism can change their lives and the lives of women everywhere.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild: The Life of Peter Beard: Photographer, Adventurer, Lover Author: Graham Boynton Narrator: Graham Boynton, Chris Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Preface and epilogue read by the author. Graham Boynton's Wild is the definitive biography of photographer Peter Beard, a larger-than-life icon who pushed the boundaries of art and scandalized international high society with his high-profile affairs. He was the original 20th century “enfant terrible” with the looks of a Greek god who blazed like a comet across the worlds of art, photography, and fame. The scion of several old WASP fortunes, he was by instinct an adventurer, and the more dangerous the escapade, the better: whether he was hunting big game in Africa, ingesting epic quantities of drugs, or pursuing the most beautiful women in the world. Among his friends were Jackie Onassis, Andy Warhol, and Francis Bacon. When Peter Beard died in 2020 after mysteriously disappearing from his Montauk home, he remained an enigma to even his closest friends. Journalist and author Graham Boynton was a friend for more than 30 years, spending time with Beard at his bush camp in Africa, in London, and at his Long Island home. From hundreds of Boynton’s interviews with Beard’s closest friends, former lovers, and fellow artists comes this intimate portrait of a man Sir Mick Jagger called “a visionary.” A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Novels Author: Dk Narrator: Walles Hamonde Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 6, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Discover everything you ever wanted to know about the world's greatest novels. From medieval romances and tales of chivalry through the realist novels of the 19th century to experimental modernist works and today's explorations of the self, Great Novels explores the finest novels from around the world and through time. Tilt at windmills with Don Quixote, experience heartbreak with Tolstoy, discover the society in which Jane Austen lived, and delve into the complex rites of passage experienced by characters in modern novels. Find out what inspired writers to create their masterpieces, what their aims were, and how they set about writing them. Organised chronologically and covering the whole range of literary styles, Great Novels takes you into the pages of the world's seminal novels, ranging from the entertaining adventures of Cervantes' errant knight through classics such as Great Expectations and Madame Bovary, to modern novels such as To the Lighthouse, The Outsider, Beloved, and Wolf Hall. Stunning images of the original manuscripts, first editions, and authors are complemented by extracts and quotations, while illustrated features set the novels in their literary and historical context. Essential for everyone who loves books, Great Novels provides a fascinating overview of how the genre has developed through the ages and celebrates the perennial, life-affirming pleasures of reading.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America Author: Cori Bush Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From one of America's most transformative politicians and activists, a powerful and inspiring memoir that sheds light on a harrowing personal journey and reveals how urgently we need our political leadership to prioritize meeting the needs of our most marginalized communities. 'Piercing and gripping... Bush’s words are beautifully devastating.' —The Cut Having worked as a nurse, a pastor, and a community organizer in St. Louis, Missouri, Cori Bush hadn’t initially intended to run for political office. But when protests in Ferguson erupted in 2014, Bush found herself on the frontlines, providing medical care and protesting violence against Black lives. Encouraged by community leaders to run for office, and compelled by an urgency to prevent her children and others from becoming social media hashtags, Bush campaigned persistently while navigating myriad personal challenges—and ultimately rose to unseat a twenty-year incumbent to become the first Black woman to represent her state in Congress. The Forerunner is the raw and moving account of a politician and activist whose life experiences, though underrepresented in the halls of Congress, reflect some of the same realities and struggles that many Americans face in their everyday lives. Courageously laying bare her experience as a minimum-wage worker, a survivor of domestic and sexual violence, and an unhoused parent, Congresswoman Bush embodies a new chapter in progressive politics that prioritizes the lives and stories of those most politically vulnerable at the core of its agenda. A testament to the lasting legacy of the Ferguson Uprising and an unflinching examination of how the American political system is so deeply intertwined with systemic injustice, The Forerunner is profoundly relatable and inspiring at its heart. At once a stirring and emotionally wrought personal account and a fierce call to action, this is political memoir the likes of which we’ve never seen before.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything I Never Dreamed: My Life Surviving and Standing Up to Domestic Violence Author: Ruth M. Glenn Narrator: Ruth M. Glenn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The raw, uplifting, and unforgettable memoir from the CEO and president of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence chronicling her personal battle against abuse, violence, and even a murder attempt. Ruth M. Glenn wasn’t surprised the first time her husband beat her. She was hurt and disappointed but after a childhood in a broken and violent home, she was not surprised. After all, this was just the way things were, right? It was only after she lay bleeding in a carwash parking lot, after being shot three times by him, that Glenn resolved—if she managed to survive—to spend the rest of her life standing up to domestic violence. Now, she brings her full story to the forefront with this survivor’s tale crossed with a rousing call to action. She reveals her difficult but ultimately rewarding journey from that parking lot to sacrificing everything to obtain her advanced degrees. With her evocative and thoughtful voice, Glenn explores the dynamics of domestic violence, why women and children are seen as lesser in our society, how to stop victim-blaming, and how to demystify domestic violence to stop it once and for all. A memoir of resilience and courage, Everything I Never Dreamed is a necessary book that proves that abuse does not have to define a survivor’s entire life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/582254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - EINE NEUE WELT. Kontakt mit den Besuchern Author: Whitley Strieber Narrator: Michael J. Diekmann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: EINE NEUE WELT ENTSTEHT. Können wir sie ertragen? Den Anfang machten »Die Besucher«, der größte Bestseller über die Begegnung mit Außerirdischen und Wesen aus einer anderen Dimension, den die Welt jemals gesehen hatte. Jetzt kehrt Whitley Strieber mit neuen Erkenntnissen zurück – und sie haben die Macht, die Welt zu verändern! 33 Jahre sind verstrichen, und viele Menschen hatten inzwischen mit den »Besuchern« Kontakt, doch die meisten von uns kennen sie nur durch Dokumentationen und Berichte. Das kann sich jetzt ändern. Es liegt an uns. Sie wollen sich uns anschließen. Sie brauchen uns. Aber noch wichtiger ist, dass wir sie brauchen – ihre Weisheit und ihre Einsicht in die Gefährdung unserer Welt und ihr Wissen, wie wir unsere eigene Zukunft sichern können. WAGEN WIR ES, IHNEN DIE TÜR ZU ÖFFNEN? Whitley Strieber zählt zu den ungewöhnlichsten Schriftstellern unserer Zeit. Berühmt machten ihn die Filmfassungen seiner Romane »The Day After Tomorrow«, »Hunters«, »Wolfen« und »Begierde«. In »Eine Neue Welt« schildert er seine aktuellen Begegnungen und Erkenntnisse seit dem Buch »Die Besucher«, verfilmt mit Christopher Walken, in dem er seine Entführung durch Aliens offenlegte. Trackliste: 1. Vorspann • 2. Widmungen • 3. Vorbemerkung des Autors • 4. Einführung von Jeffrey J. Kripal • 5. Kapitel 1: Das Geheimnis beginnt • 6. Kapitel 2: Ein dringender Ruf • 7. Kapitel 3: Warum bestimmte Menschen? • 8. Kapitel 4: Das Implantat-Geheimnis • 9. Kapitel 5: Der Asphodeliengrund • 10. Kapitel 6: Die Nachthunde • 11. Kapitel 7: Die Rückkehr der Besucher • 12. Kapitel 8: Der Mann aus dem Paradies • 13. Kapitel 9: Geteilte Leben • 14. Kapitel 10: Dunkle Wahrheiten und Licht • 15. Kapitel 11: Die »UFO-Spende« und eine Warnung • 16. Kapitel 12: Ist irgendetwas davon real? • 17. Kapitel 13: Es ist an der Zeit • 18. Danksagung • 19. Über den Autor • 20. Impressum

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565543 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boris Johnson: The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10 Author: Andrew Gimson Narrator: Andrew Gimson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Entertaining...essential...peppered with brilliant observations' Tim Shipman, Sunday Times Andrew Gimson, whose previous book Boris is the essential read on Johnson's earlier career, returns with a penetrating and entertaining new account of Boris Johnson's turbulent time as prime minister, from the highs of a landslide election victory to the lows of his car-crash resignation.  In Boris Johnson: The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10, Gimson sets out to discover how a man dismissed as a liar, charlatan and tasteless joke was able, despite being written off more frequently than any other British politician of the twenty-first century, to become prime minister. During his ascent, Johnson benefited from being regarded as a clown, for this meant his opponents failed to take him seriously, while his supporters delighted in his ability to shock and enrage the Establishment. He even changed the language of politics; a new word, ‘cakeism’, entered the English lexicon to describe his implausible but seductive claim during the Brexit negotiations that it was possible to have one’s cake and eat it. In a series of brilliant vignettes, Gimson sheds light on the parts played by sex, greed, boredom and low seriousness in Johnson’s rise and fall, describes how Partygate fatally imperilled his prime ministership, and places him in a line of Tory adventurers stretching back to Benjamin Disraeli: disreputable figures who often blew themselves up, but who also could display an astonishing ability to connect with the British public. What kind of a person is Johnson? What kind of a country would dream of making him its prime minister? And why did he fall? Nobody has got closer than Gimson to finding out the answers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Monsoon Diaries: A Doctor’s Journey of Hope and Healing from the ER Frontlines to the Far Reaches of the World Author: Calvin D. Sun Narrator: Calvin D. Sun, Lisa Ling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Read by the author. The Monsoon Diaries is the firsthand account of Dr. Calvin Sun, an emergency room doctor who worked tirelessly on the front lines in multiple hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing upon the lessons he learned from his adventures traveling to more than 190 countries in ten years, as well as from the grief he experienced as a teen when his father died, Dr. Sun shares his journey, from growing up as a young Asian American in New York to his calling first to medical school and then to the open road. He believes that the fight for a better world creates meaning when all feels meaningless, and he hopes that telling his story will help readers reframe this tragic moment in our lifetimes into possibility, with the goal of building a more empathetic society.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying Author: Jean Marmoreo, Johanna Schneller Narrator: Eve Crawford, Jean Marmoreo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY* An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners. Dr. Jean Marmoreo spent her career keeping people alive. But when the Supreme Court of Canada gave the green light to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in 2016, she became one of a small group of doctors who chose to immediately train themselves in this new field. Over the course of a single year, Marmoreo learns about end-of-life practices in bustling Toronto hospitals, in hospices, and in the facilities of smaller communities. She found that the needed services were often minimal—or non-existent. The Last Doctor recounts Marmoreo's crash course in MAiD and introduces a range of very different and memorable patients, some aged, some suffering from degenerative conditions or with a terminal disease, some surrounded by supportive love, some quite alone, who ask her help to end their suffering with dignity and on their own terms. Dr. Marmoreo also shares her own emotional transformation as she climbs a steep learning curve and learns the intimate truths of the vast range of end-of-life situations. What she experiences with MAiD shakes her to her core, makes her think deeply about pain, loneliness, and joy, and brings her closer to life’s most profound questions. At a time when end-of-life care and its quality are more in the public eye than ever before, The Last Doctor provides an accessibly personal, deeply humane, and authoritative guide through this difficult subject.