Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/808239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Author: Henry David Thoreau Narrator: Linda Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 17, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: At the end of summer 1839, the light changing and autumn in the air, Henry David Thoreau and his brother John clambered into their 15-foot-long homemade boat on an adventure north. They traveled the rivers from Concord, Massachusetts, to Concord, New Hampshire. Henry was two years out of Harvard, and his brother John was a few years older. They wound their way up the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by day and camped along the shores at night. This book, Thoreau’s first, ribbons through and around that journey, describing their travels, and musing on history, literature, philosophy, the environment, politics, and the essence of the natural world. The book is also an elegy to his brother—companion on the journey and his best friend—who died a few years after, and whose presence is felt throughout.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/802260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside Author: Melissa Ludtke Narrator: Melissa Redmond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 17, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: While sportswriters rushed into Major League Baseball locker rooms to talk with players, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn barred the lone woman from entering along with them. That reporter, twenty-six-year-old Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke, charged Kuhn with gender discrimination, and after the lawyers argued Ludtke v. Kuhn in federal court, she won. Her 1978 groundbreaking case affirmed her equal rights, and the judge's order opened the doors for several generations of women to be hired in sports media. Locker Room Talk is Ludtke's gripping account of being at the core of this globally covered case that churned up ugly prejudices about the place of women in sports. Kuhn claimed that allowing women into locker rooms would violate his players' 'sexual privacy.' She weaves these public perspectives throughout her vivid depiction of the court drama overseen by Judge Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to serve on the federal bench. She recounts how her lawyer, F. A. O. 'Fritz' Schwarz, employed an ingenious legal strategy that persuaded Judge Motley to invoke the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause in giving Ludtke access identical to that of her male counterparts. Locker Room Talk is both an inspiring story of one woman's determination to do a job dominated by men and an illuminating portrait of a defining moment for women's rights.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/808310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Aua!: Die Geschichte meines Körpers Author: Axel Hacke Narrator: Axel Hacke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 13, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Wie ist es, seit fünfzig Jahren mit einem Pfeifton im Ohr zu leben? Und: Woher kommt er überhaupt? Wie kann eine Einladung zum »Literarischen Quartett« zu einer Knieverletzung führen? Wie bricht man sich beim Meditieren einen Knochen? Axel Hacke weiß es und erzählt in diesem Buch die Geschichte und Geschichten seines eigenen Körpers, vom Standpunkt eines Mannes in der zweiten Hälfte der Sechziger aus gesehen: Es geht um die Gebrechen, aber auch um die Triumphe des Körpers und um das große, nie nachlassende Staunen über das Funktionieren desselben. Axel Hacke sucht nach Antworten auf einige alte Fragen – Habe ich einen Körper oder bin ich mein Körper? Und wem gehört dieser eigentlich? Dem, der drin wohnt? – und gewährt Einblicke in das Banale und das Geheimnisvolle, das Rührende und das Großartige, das Lustige und das Fürchterliche, das Schöne und das Abstoßende seines eigenen Körpers und letztlich unser aller Körper.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Hand to Hold: All I’ve Learnt About Grief Author: Coleen Nolan Narrator: Coleen Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 12, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her empathy and warmth have been earned the hard way – formed by her own deeply-felt experiences of loss and grief. Inspired by her own life, and her podcast on grief, Coleen takes readers on a heartfelt and helpful journey through how to cope with all kinds of grief, drawing not just on her own thoughts and feelings, but on those of friends and celebrities she’s interviewed, who share their personal takes on loss and life after it. By turns moving, courageous and inspiring, each chapter also features a poem to make you smile, think or shed a tear. Written with accessibility, heart and fellow-feeling, this is not a guidebook but a companion, a friendly word in the darkest times, packed with advice, understanding and hope – a book to say you’re not alone.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between the Lines: Steppenwolf's Seagull and a Reluctant Actor's Journey Back to the Stage Author: Eric Simonson Narrator: Eric Simonson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 1 minute Release date: September 10, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the spring of 2022, the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company boldly, and perhaps cavalierly, re-emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic with a brand new, 43 million dollar, state-of-the-art theatre. Director Yasen Peyankov insisted he cast the premiere production - a brand new, adaption of The Seagull - with as many Steppenwolf ensemble members as possible. This meant coaxing one non-actor, director and writer Eric Simonson, into coming back to the stage after a 33 year absence. Taking a leap in the dark, and battling the demons of stage-fright, confidence and homesickness, Simonson took up the challenge and started on a journey into the great theatrical unknown. Part diary, part history of the Chicago Theater Renaissance, this memoir takes the reader behind the scenes of a Steppenwolf classic, and inside the head of a man desperate to rediscover the joy and craft of acting.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In search of lost glitter: a memoir of love and loss written in short stories Author: Sarah Nicholson Narrator: Sarah Nicholson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 9, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In search of lost glitter is a memoir of love and loss written in many stories, many only 100-words long. It is about how an ordinary and unremarkable life was turned upside down when Sarah lost her husband in 2010. This is how she held things together, not a guide of how to survive grief but maybe some of her stories will give you hope and help you find some lost glitter along the way. When a loved one dies it is often the seemingly insignificant details that stir up the brightest memories. The colour of the top worn for the funeral, the sound of matches rattling in a coat pocket, eating sausages and chips for Christmas dinner. These are the fragments of lost glitter. What other people are saying 'Tender and true and beautifully written.' Stephanie Butland - Found in a Bookshop “Sarah has dealt with potentially heavy subject-matter – young widowhood, cancer, and the loss of her Dad – with a light touch and sprinkles of humour, giving the reader plenty of space to breathe and reflect. I felt like I had spent a lovely weekend holed up somewhere cosy with her, listening to her stories and getting a real sense of her relationships, and hopes for the future. In particular her honesty about mental health and difficult times is refreshing – it would have been so easy to have fallen into the trap of trying to be ‘inspiring’ non-stop.” Helen Anderson - Sagrada Familia “I read the first few lines and I was hooked. This is a powerfully written memoir, poured out from the heart. Taking the form of short stories, the book makes you feel like a fellow traveller through significant periods of Sarah’s life - the good times, the hard times and the tragedy. Sarah writes so authentically that I felt I was right there with her, witnessing her heartbreak and sharing in her times of joy. This is compelling reading for anyone dealing with grief or wanting to help someone who is going t

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Apostate's Guide to Witchcraft: Finding Freedom Through Magic Author: Moss Matthey Narrator: Liam Gerrard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 8, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Join Moss Matthey as he recounts his uplifting journey from the confines of a fundamentalist Christian cult to an empowering Pagan coven. Weaving his lived experiences with a gentle introduction to Witchcraft, Moss explores what differentiates Paganism from cults and high-control religions, inviting you to shed oppressive spiritual experiences and find support. Through his story of self-searching and religious liberation, Moss teaches that spiritual pursuits should be freeing and presents Paganism as one such path. He invites you to dip your toe in the waters of Witchcraft with a sampling of exercises and journal prompts inspired by Welsh and German traditions. A celebration of culture, authenticity, and spiritual recovery, this book will inspire you to question restrictive ideologies and develop a healthy practice of your own.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birds as Individuals Author: Len Howard Narrator: Jane Slavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 5, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary garden birds and the brilliant, unconventional woman who opened her doors to them. In the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to be Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the house were open to the birds of the garden – great tits, blue tits, robins, blackbirds, willow warblers and many others. Len lived the rest of her life alongside her bird neighbours, with some sleeping in her bedroom and many flitting in and out all day long. This is the book she wrote about the birds – a study not just of their behaviour but their individual personalities. We learn about their intelligence, emotional lives, and characters, their capacity for play and humour, the range of their song, their likes and dislikes, and their bond with Len. Enchanting, life-enriching, revelatory and completely original, this is a gorgeous evocation of a life lived in intimate contact with nature and a book about birds unlike any other. © Len Howard 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Autobiographie D'Andrew Carnegie: (version française traduite de l anglais) Author: Andrew Carnegie Narrator: Cathy Grandjean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 5, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Découvrez l'incroyable parcours d'Andrew Carnegie, de ses humbles débuts en Écosse à son ascension en tant que magnat de l'acier et philanthrope visionnaire. Dans cette autobiographie fascinante, Carnegie partage ses expériences, ses innovations révolutionnaires dans l'industrie sidérurgique, et sa philosophie sur la richesse et la responsabilité sociale. Son récit captivant dévoile comment il a transformé ses défis en opportunités, bâtissant un empire tout en redonnant généreusement à la société. À travers ses propres mots, plongez dans la vie d'un homme dont les contributions à l'éducation, à la culture et à la paix continuent d'inspirer. Une lecture essentielle pour comprendre le pouvoir de la détermination et de la générosité.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La duda sistemática: Autobiografía política Author: Francisco Labastida Ochoa Narrator: Francisco Labastida Ochoa, Roberto Volnie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 5, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: «Hay dos tipos de autobiografía política: aquellas que sirven a los autores para exaltarsu vanidad y aquellas que les sirven como reflexión y aprendizaje. Las primeras pueden ser interesantes, pero las segundas son fundamentales para entender el tiempo en que el autor fue protagonista. El libro que tiene el lector en sus manos es, decididamente, del segundo género.» -LUIS RUBIO Francisco Labastida Ochoa rememora en esta autobiografía política sus experiencias dentro de los distintos gobiernos en los queocupó posiciones relevantes. Describe y analiza —con autocrítica y distanciamiento— cómo durante los últimos 40 años se tomaron decisiones cruciales en economía y política que aún tienen consecuencias. En este sentido, cumple con uno de los principales propósitos que lo impulsan: contribuir al debate sobre el país de cara al presente y al futuro inmediato. Enestas páginas memorables ocupan un lugar predominante las historias del poder desmesurado y arbitrario de los presidentes mexicanos, que el autor identifica como uno de los mayores problemas nacionales. Quien lea las revelaciones y confidencias que aquí se contienen comprenderá por qué el autor, al tener contacto directo con ese poder apabullante, advierte que es absolutamente necesario contrarrestar la absurda potestad que se le ha conferido al poder Ejecutivo en México. La duda sistemática no sólo remueve conciencias, sino que encierra una gran lección acerca de lo que significa gobernar; con lo cual está llamado a convertirse en referenciaimprescindible para entender y afrontar esta etapa tan turbulenta del país que no termina por concluir.