Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/819836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Von keiner Macht gezwungen - Lebensbild P. Alois Grimm (Ungekürzt) Author: Albrecht J. Schmitt Narrator: Erich Wittenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 21, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: P. Alois Grimm SJ war Lehrer und Erzieher an der Stella Matutina in Feldkirch/Vorarlberg und am Kolleg St. Blasien im Schwarzwald. Im Unterricht und in seinen Predigten verteidigte er das chistliche Weltbild gegen die völkische Ideologie des Nationalsozialismus und geriet so bald in Konflikt mit der Geheimen Staatspolizei. Da diese keine Handhabe gegen ihn hatte, setzte sie einen Spitzel auf ihn an, der unter dem Vorwand, zum Katholizismus konvertieren zu wollen, ihn aushorchte und in Gespräche über die politische Lage verwickelte. Schließlich hatte die Gestapo genug Material für eine Anklage beim Volksgerichtshof. Unter dem Vorsitz von Roland Freisler wurde P. Grimm zum Tode verurteilt und am 11. September 1944 mit dem Fallbeil hingerichtet. Nach dem Zusammenbruch des Nationalsozialismus, dem Fall der Berliner Mauer und dem Ende des Sowjetimperiums wollte man glauben, die bösen Geister seien gebannt. Aber der Totalitarismus lebt allenthalben wieder auf. Mehr denn je brauchen wir Menschen, die Widerstand leisten gegen die Verführer und Lügner unserer Zeit. Pater Alois Grimm kann hier ein Vorbild sein für Unerschrockenheit, Verteidigung der Wahrheit und Treue zur eigenen Gewissensüberzeugung.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/827312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memory Boxes: Illuminating a Path to Happiness Author: Yvonne Tomlinson Narrator: Yvonne Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 21, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Open up this memory box to reveal one woman's memoir of forced adoption, loss and self-loathing. Locked away for years, these memories have now found their voice as Yvonne Tomlinson bravely shares Memory Boxes with the world. Through raw honesty and unwavering courage, Yvonne invites readers to explore the contents of her memory boxes, revealing the resilience and strength that have carried her through the darkest of times. Join Yvonne on her healing journey as she explores the power of forgiveness and the unbreakable human spirit.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/799330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Beautiful Game Author: Bengt Berg, Sven-Göran Eriksson Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Life is a beautiful game – but how should you play it? For Sven-Göran Eriksson, one of the world’s most revered and respected football managers, the game has come to an end. He leaves us with his parting reflections, looking back on what he has achieved, experienced and learned over a lifetime in service to the beautiful game. It is a journey that has taken him from a small club in his native Sweden, across every continent, to competing on the world’s stage. Before his death, he was able to impart the lessons he’s learned along the way – about life, leadership and love – and to speak candidly about his extraordinary successes, as well as overcoming his failures. On the field, he led some of the finest sportsmen on earth to great victories and heartbreaking defeats, and in the process left his indelible mark on the game. This is a story of lives touched and connections made in the dogged pursuit of excellence. But for Sven the true journey he wanted to share is the one he made on the inside – the man that he became. Because A Beautiful Game is far more than the tale of a successful football manager. It is the story of the biggest game of all – what makes a good life. A story that endures, long after the final whistle. © Bengt Berg and Sven-Goran Eriksson 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This is the F#$%ing News Author: Paddy Gower Narrator: Paddy Gower Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Paddy Gower has spent decades telling New Zealanders' stories. Now, he's telling his. Paddy Gower has never been afraid to stand up for what he believes in. From his teenage and university years where he learnt to defend himself from cruel bullying about his looks, to the pressure-cooker years he spent in the Press Gallery holding politicians to account, to advocating for the families of the Christchurch terrorist attacks and for sufferers of cystic fibrosis, he has scrapped and fought for the truth and justice for others. This unrelenting drive has come at a cost - culminating in a serious alcohol addiction, anger issues at times, and bouts of anxiety and depression. Ironically, it was through his own work - a documentary about the outsized role that alcohol plays in many Kiwis' lives - that Paddy's wake-up moment came. It led him to quit the booze for good, a decision he has never regretted despite the knockbacks that kept coming, including the shock of the decision to close down the entire Newshub news division. Funny, brutally honest and packed with amazing yarns and incredible stories from a huge and varied career, this is Paddy Gower, unleashed.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ein Steinpilz für die Ewigkeit. Mein Abschied vom Vater (Gekürzt) Author: Hannes Ringlstetter Narrator: Hannes Ringlstetter Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Als die Nachricht kommt, die Hannes Ringlstetter seit Jahren befürchtet, weiß er, was zu tun ist: Einen Steinpilz will er suchen und seinem Vater auf die 'letzte Reise' mitgeben. Sehr berührend und nachdenklich setzt Ringlstetter sich mit dem Vater auseinander, sucht einen Umgang mit der Endlichkeit. Er zeichnet ein vielschichtiges Bild des 'humanistisch christlichen Welterklärers', der doch auch eine dunkle Seite hatte. Ausgesöhnt hat er sich längst mit ihm. Ringlstetter schreibt über den letzten Willen und letzte Worte, über Krankheit, Sterben, Abschied und was es mit einem macht, wenn der einst so wortgewaltige 'alte Herr' sich kaum mehr artikulieren kann. Ein Buch voller Wärme und Zuneigung und ein Anstoß zum Miteinander.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/827311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Being a Surgeon and Being a Surgeon's Wife Author: Peter Sykes, Jane Sykes Narrator: Robert Sebastian Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An easy to read, honest and personal account of the life of a surgeon and the effect that it has on his wife and family. The reader is taken behind the scenes as fascinating patient stories are used to illustrate what the job entails and the pressures and emotions that result; the child with life-threatening injuries or the patient needing end of life care. Incidents of medical malpractice, sexism and other problems encountered within the NHS are also related, again exemplified by authentic clinical stories.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Holding Things & Still Life with Remorse Author: Maira Kalman Narrator: Maira Kalman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 18 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and My Favorite Things comes a collection of moving meditations on the beauty and complexity of women’s lives and roles, revealed in the things they hold, and on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory. Women Holding Things includes thoughtful and intimate anecdotes, recollections, and ruminations about portraits of women, both ordinary and famous. These women hold a range of objects, from the mundane—balloons, a cup, a whisk, a chicken, a hat—to the abstract—dreams and disappointments, sorrow and regret, joy and love. Kalman considers the many things that fit physically and metaphorically between women’s hands: We see a woman hold a book, hold shears, hold children, hold a grudge, hold up, hold her own. In telling their stories, Kalman lays bare the essence of women’s lives—their tenacity, courage, vulnerability, hope, and pain. Ultimately, she reveals that many of the things we hold dear—as well as those that burden or haunt us—remain constant and connect us from generation to generation. Maira Kalman’s most autobiographical and intimate work to date, Still Life with Remorse is a beautiful collection of deeply personal stories. Tracing her family’s story from her grandfather’s birth in Belarus and emigration to Tel Aviv—where she was born—Maira considers her unique family history, illuminating the complex relationship between recollection, regret, happiness, and heritage. In addition to vignettes exploring her Israeli and Jewish roots, Kalman includes short stories about other great artists, writers, and composers. Through these narratives, Kalman uses her signature wit and tenderness to reveal how family history plays an influential role in all of our work, lives, and perspectives. A feat of storytelling and vulnerability, Still Life with Remorse explores the profound hidden in the quotidian, and illuminates the powerful universal truths in our most personal family stories.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Penny: The Story of a Free-Soul Basset Hound Author: Hal Borland Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Some dogs, like some people, just can't abide a quiet life,' writes the author of the national bestseller, The Dog Who Came to Stay, in this warm and touching memoir. Penny the basset shows up at the Borlands' Connecticut farmhouse on a cold, snowy day—head held high, tail wagging, as if she were a long-awaited guest. Hal and Barbara Borland were no strangers to strays. Pat, the rabbit hound thousands of people came to know in The Dog Who Came to Stay, had also appeared one winter, staying to become the family's dear companion. Now, Pat is gone, and Hal and Barbara are bereft without canine company. They fall in love with Penny—and she seems to fit right in. Penny is a delightful dog—short-legged, flop-eared, full of fun and curiosity. And she loves people, so much so that she leaves the Borlands to go visiting elsewhere, often settling in with a different family for days on end. Indeed, Hal and Barbara admire her for her spirit of individuality and independence. Though she never truly belonged to them, the Borlands agreed that Penny was a dog well worth loving—and so will listeners.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818464 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Magical Thinking: True Stories Author: Augusten Burroughs Narrator: Augusten Burroughs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This book was written in an era before trigger warnings. Sensitive readers please proceed with caution. —Love, Augusten. From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry—a contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking, twisted, and absolutely magical collection. True stories that give voice to the thoughts we all have but dare not mention. It begins with a Tang Instant Breakfast Drink television commercial when Augusten was seven. Then there is the contest of wills with the deranged cleaning lady. The execution of a rodent carried out with military precision and utter horror. Telemarketing revenge. Dating an undertaker. And much more. A collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal, yet unabashedly intimate and very funny. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love is Greater Than AIDS: A Memoir of Survival, Healing and Hope Author: Rev. Steve Pieters Narrator: Roman Howell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Love is Greater than AIDS: A Memoir of Survival, Healing, and Hope is Rev. A. Stephen Pieter's inspiring story of surviving AIDS and the notorious Suramin antiviral drug trial to lead a life of ministry, celebrity, LGBTQ+ and AIDS activism, and hope.