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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Smack TrackAuthor: Ian McPhedranNarrator: Peter ByrneFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8 hrs and 25 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 01-01-18Publisher: Harper AudioGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:From battling pirates to tracking down gun runners, drug smugglers and terrorists; the high energy exploits and explosive adventures of the Australian Navy in the Arabian Gulf.From Ian McPhedran, best-selling author of The Amazing SAS, Soldiers Without Borders and Too Bold to Die, comes the untold and largely unknown story of how the Royal Australian Navy battles pirates, gun runners and drug smugglers in the seas of the Arabian Gulf and the Horn of Africa along the infamous route known as the "smack track".For more than 20 years, Australian sailors have been risking their lives, conducting often fraught and dangerous operations in war and in the battle against terrorism. From braving rough seas to boarding rickety dhows or clambering up the sheer steel sides of modern day supertankers looking for contraband, The Smack Track tells a thrilling, eye-witness story of grit, courage, ingenuity and sacrifice.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: A Thousand Mile Walk to the GulfAuthor: John MuirNarrator: Ella PorterFormat: UnabridgedLength: 4 hrs and 4 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 12-31-17Publisher: AudioliteratureGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:I had long been looking from the wildwoods and gardens of the Northern States to those of the warm South, and at last, all draw-backs overcome, I set forth [from Indianapolis] on the first day of September, 1867, joyful and free, on a thousand-mile walk to the Gulf of Mexico. Crossing the Ohio at Louisville, I steered through the big city by compass without speaking a word to any one. Beyond the city I found a road running southward, and after passing a scatterment of suburban cabins and cottages I reached the green woods and spread out my pocket map to rough-hew a plan for my journey. My plan was simply to push on in a general southward direction by the wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find, promising the greatest extent of virgin forest.©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 AudioliteratureContact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: My Ayahuasca Night Experiencing the Truths of BuddhismAuthor: Michael WeberNarrator: John JamesFormat: UnabridgedLength: 28 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 12-20-17Publisher: Michael WeberGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:A wake-up call from the void! Raw, startling, and seductive, this is a book for those who want to know how ayahuasca works, as well as for anyone who is drawn to Buddhism or intrigued by what it means to be human.My Ayahuasca Night Experiencing the Truth of Buddhism is a poignant story of self-discovery, a personal account of a journey into the secrets of human condition. While it represents an intimate and detailed recounting of a single ayahuasca ceremony - an eye-opening read for those who never tried it - the narrative also explores trials we all have in common: beliefs, suffering, and ego. Whether you are intrigued by the mystical plant mixture or seeking deeper truths about life, this is a must-read!As the author himself says: "Inside, I suspect, we are quite similar in some ways, like having an unordinary curiosity about us and the life we were given. I believe we all come with certain threads baked in and those of us sufficiently curious and fearless will pull on them and detour on unpredictable paths in our lives. Although these diversions may appear random, the experiences they produce prove related and coherent."Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The Blood of PatriotsSubtitle: How I Took Down an Anti-Government Militia with Beer, Bounty Hunting, and BadasseryAuthor: Bill Fulton, Jeanne DevonNarrator: Bill FultonFormat: UnabridgedLength: 9 hrs and 20 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-19-17Publisher: Audible StudiosRatings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:For Bill Fulton, being a soldier was his identity. He was called to protect and serve. So when the army wanted to send him to Alaska, he went - they had never steered him wrong, after all.After an involuntary medical discharge, Fulton was adrift until he started a military surplus store in Anchorage, where he also took on fugitive recovery missions. He was back on his feet, working with other badasses and misfits he considered brothers. He took pride in his business, with a wife and daughters at home. His life was happy and full.But when a customer revealed he planned to attack a military recruiting station, Fulton had to make a choice: turn a blind eye and hope for the best or risk his safety, his reputation, and his business by establishing contact with his customers' archnemesis: the FBI.He chose the latter, and his life changed forever.Fulton would soon find himself tumbling down a rabbit hole, learning of a militia movement afoot called "sovereign citizens" who believe themselves to be above the law. The FBI classifies this domestic terrorist group as the number one threat to law enforcement in the country.Set against the vast, rugged, and sometimes lawless backdrop of Alaska, The Blood of Patriots is the story of an ideology gone bloody in the distorted belief that murder is patriotic. It is the true story of how Fulton wrestled his demons and became an undercover confidential informant for the FBI, helping to bring down a militia whose charismatic leader was plotting to kill federal judges and their families and law enforcement officers.Fulton and The Mudflats' Jeanne Devon will take you on a journey through the dark and weirdly humorous life on the Last Frontier while exploring questions of patriotism, the meaning of the Second Amendment, and the legitimate exercise of governmental power. The Blood of Patriots reveals the seamy underbelly of our nation's militia movements and reminds us of the true nature of patriotism.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Man AliveSubtitle: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a ManAuthor: Thomas Page McBeeNarrator: Thomas Page McBeeFormat: UnabridgedLength: 3 hrs and 1 minLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-12-17Publisher: Audible StudiosRatings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:Winner - Best Transgender Nonfiction - 2015 Lambda Literary AwardsBest Books of 2014 - Publishers WeeklyBest Books of 2014 - NPR BooksBest Nonficton Books of 2014 - Kirkus Reviews10 Best Transgender Nonfiction Books - AdvocateWhat does it really mean to be a man? In Man Alive, Thomas Page McBee attempts to answer that question by focusing on two of the men who most impacted his life - one, his otherwise ordinary father who abused him as a child, and the other, a mugger who almost killed him. Standing at the brink of the life-changing decision to transition from female to male, McBee seeks to understand these examples of flawed manhood and tells us how a brush with violence sent him on the quest to untangle a sinister past and freed him to become the man he was meant to be.Man Alive engages an extraordinary personal story to tell a universal one - how we all struggle to create ourselves and how this struggle often requires risks. Far from a transgender transition tell-all, Man Alive grapples with the larger questions of legacy and forgiveness, love and violence, agency and invisibility.About the author: Thomas Page McBee was the "masculinity expert" for VICE and writes the columns "Self-Made Man" for The Rumpus and "The American Man" for Pacific Standard. His essays and reportage have appeared in The New York Times, TheAtlantic.com, Salon, and BuzzFeed, where he was a regular contributor on gender issues. He lives in New York City, where he works as the editor of special projects at Quartz, and is currently at work on a book about modern American masculinity.Critic Reviews:"Thomas Page McBee's Man Alive hurtled through my life. I read it in a matter of hours. It's a confession, it's a poem, it's a time warp, it's a brilliant work of art. I bow down to McBee - his humility, his sense of humor, his insightfulness, his structural deftness, his ability to put into words what is often said but rarely, with such visceral clarity and beauty, communicated." (Heidi Julavits, author of The Vanishers and The Uses of Enchantment)"Man Alive is a sweet, tender hurt of a memoir...about forgiveness and self-discovery, but mostly it's about love, so much love. McBee takes us in his capable hands and shows us what it takes to become a man who is gloriously, gloriously alive." (Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist and An Untamed State)Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Mercy Never SleepsSubtitle: Sleepless Thoughts on Faith, Heaven, and the Fear of HeightsAuthor: Jamie BlaineNarrator: Jamie BlaineFormat: UnabridgedLength: 7 hrs and 40 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-12-17Publisher: Thomas NelsonRatings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:Maybe God still moves and speaks in mysterious ways - some even stranger than we might ever expect.Jamie Blaine's life isn't exactly going as planned. When a twist of fate places the late-night psychiatric crisis guy on 24/7 call, his insomnia ramps up to desperate stages as he veers closer to becoming the very kind of person he's trying to save.After a well-meaning colleague offers a workbook promising "the divine secret of life", Blaine throws himself into the stereotypical journey of self-discovery with hilarious and heartbreaking conclusions that are anything but clichéd.Jamie travels time to untangle his own story of God through the wilderness, battling alligators, acrophobia, anaphylactic shock, Christian tricksters, Christmas, insomnia zombies, hymn-singing bridge jumpers, preteen bullies, paranoid ER patients armed with knives, hatchet-wielding housewives, septuagenarian pugilists, locust swarms, and ghosts of the present, future, and past.If you've ever felt lost and stumbling, like you'll never find your way to purpose, plans, or the promised land, Mercy Never Sleeps is a traveling companion, a field guide to making peace with your own rambling path home.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Without a TraceSubtitle: The Life of Sierra PhantomAuthor: Danielle NadlerNarrator: Avery ClydeFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8 hrs and 54 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 09-07-17Publisher: Danielle NadlerRatings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:It started as just another interview. Young journalist Danielle Nadler agreed to call an old man who had lived 50 years in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Through their weekly conversations, the mountaineer boasts of his decades of outdoor survival only to eventually reveal his personal tragedies that drove him to life in the wild.Without a Trace drops listeners into the California mountain town of Bishop alongside the man locals call Sierra Phantom just as he surrenders to life with an address, searches for a renewed purpose and a community with which to share it.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Life's a BeachAuthor: George MahoodNarrator: James ElliottFormat: UnabridgedLength: 7 hrs and 53 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 08-01-17Publisher: George MahoodRatings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:Join George and his family as they pack their bags to begin an exciting new life down south. Picking up where Every Day Is a Holiday left off, George continues his celebration of the weird and wonderful calendar days in this laugh-out-loud adventure, where life's a beach.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Encountering a Narcissistic SociopathAuthor: Angela EllingtonNarrator: Ashley NeroFormat: UnabridgedLength: 2 hrs and 18 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 06-19-17Publisher: Revival Waves of Glory Books & PublishingRatings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:After three amazing years with who Angela Ellington believed was her future husband, she found herself expecting a child. Angela's life soon got turned upside down due to lies, manipulation, and deception.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Thirty Days in QuitoSubtitle: Two Gringos and a Three-Legged Cat Move to EcuadorAuthor: K. Kris LoomisNarrator: Jodi GaylordFormat: UnabridgedLength: 3 hrs and 30 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 06-05-17Publisher: K.Kris LoomisGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:Ever wonder what it would be like to pick up one day and move abroad?In the summer of 2013, Kris Loomis and her husband sold all their worldly possessions and, along with their three-legged cat, Triplet, did just that. They left their comfy life behind and moved to Ecuador!Follow along as they battle 'mañana' time, stinky buses, and the dreaded 'Frankenstein' shower. Will they adjust to South American culture? Will Triplet learn to meow in Spanish? Will the stupid black beans ever cook at that altitude?Thirty Days in Quito: Two Gringos and a Three-Legged Cat Move to Ecuador is a humorous first-hand account of a couple stepping out of their comfort zone, holding on tight, and learning to breathe at 9,000 feet.Thirty Days in Quito: Two Gringos and a Three-Legged Cat Move to Ecuador is a fun must listen for anyone interested in travel or curious about other cultures, and future expats will get a glimpse of what moving abroad is really like!Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: ConundrumAuthor: Jan MorrisNarrator: Roy McMillanFormat: UnabridgedLength: 5 hrs and 12 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 05-25-17Publisher: Ukemi AudiobooksRatings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:This remarkable memoir is the classic account of the transgender journey. It is all the more extraordinary because it is the life story of a figure who, it seemed, seamlessly and publicly charted a course through the English establishment - James Morris, outstanding journalist, historian and travel writer, famed for a peerless writing style. But all the while he was concealing a very different inner world: from the age of four he felt that, despite his body, he was really a girl.Determined to be true to an undeniable inner impulse, James Morris, in his 40s, became Jan Morris. It was the 1970s, a time and culture far from our 21st century, where such matters have now become commonplace. What was it that impelled him to take such a frightening and irrevocable step? He faced the mental and physical challenges - the operation had to be done in Morocco and, as a well-known figure, attention from the world media could not be avoided. What pressures would that put on the family - a loving wife and growing children living in a North Wales village? But that inner impulse could not be denied.Jan Morris tells the story in a clear and honest manner, without a trace of sentimentality or sensationalism. She recounts the emotional, physical, sexual and social issues that abound on such a journey in detail and, through this highly personal memoir, presents a memorable insight into the 'conundrum'. Jan is modest by nature, and it is only by implication that one becomes aware of the immense courage and integrity needed to see the transition through.This is a deeply moving, beautifully written, unforgettable memoir. Sensational - yes, in a quiet way. Revealing - yes; no punches are pulled. But in the end, it is humane and uplifting.Jan Morris, now in her 90s, has written a new introduction for this recording. Roy McMillan has recorded Morris' major historical work, the Pax Britannica trilogy (available on Audible), and is the ideal reader for Conundrum.Critic Reviews:"A perfectly formed work of art, achieving the state of grace to which its creator so elegantly aspires." (Times Literary Supplement)Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Echoes from the HolocaustSubtitle: A MemoirAuthor: Mira Ryczke KimmelmanNarrator: Susan MarloweFormat: UnabridgedLength: 5 hrs and 50 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 05-11-17Publisher: University Press AudiobooksRatings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:The daughter of a Jewish seed exporter, the author was born Mira Ryczke in 1923 in a suburb of the Baltic seaport of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). Her childhood was happy, and she learned to cherish her faith and heritage. Through the 1930s, Mira's family remained in the Danzig area despite a changing political climate that was compelling many friends and neighbors to leave. With the Polish capitulation to Germany in the autumn of 1939, however, Mira and her family were forced from their home. In calm, straightforward prose - which makes her story all the more harrowing - Kimmelman recalls the horrors that befell her and those she loved. Sent to Auschwitz in 1944, she escaped the gas chambers by being selected for slave labor. Finally, as the tide of war turned against Germany, Mira was among those transported to Bergen-Belsen, where tens of thousands were dying from starvation, disease, and exposure. In April 1945, British troops liberated the camp, and Mira was eventually reunited with her father. Most of the other members of her family had perished.Critic Reviews:"Simply written and unflinchingly detailed." (Publishers Weekly)"Kimmelman writes of the terror and anguish...The result is this compelling memoir." (Booklist)Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Brad, a MemoirSubtitle: This Side of NowhereAuthor: Bradley W. KuhnsNarrator: Lee AlanFormat: UnabridgedLength: 9 hrs and 44 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 05-01-17Publisher: Bradley KuhnsRatings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:Brad Kuhns is a former Las Vegas performer known for his acclaimed performances and musical talents. In addition to a successful Vegas career, Brad also had an exciting career in law enforcement with the LAPD, and later opened a private practice in marriage and family counseling.Brad, a Memoir, first chronicles Brad's incredible career in the entertainment world as he quickly shot to fame. Between performances, he was rubbing shoulders and becoming friends with the likes of America's biggest stars: Elvis, Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Nat King Cole and daughter Natalie, Frankie Laine, Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore, and many other celebrities. Brad's music group, the Encores, their electrifying stage presence, and his talents as a studio musician made him a Las Vegas staple.His second career in law enforcement allowed him to work alongside the elite ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Scientific Investigation Division. He utilized his acquired skills of investigation, interrogation, polygraph (lie detection), and forensic hypnosis to assist not only the LAPD, but other federal agencies as well, to solve some of the most heinous crimes perpetrated in America. He eventually turned whistleblower to clean up areas within the LAPD.By Brad's third career change, he had earned two professional doctorate degrees, one in clinical psychology and the second as a licensed doctor of Oriental Medicine. He maintained a private marriage and family therapy practice while continuing to use his unique skills as a consultant in assisting federal agencies in resolving crimes nationwide.Fascinating, touching, and bravely honest, Brad, a Memoir, chronicles Brad's remarkable life journey. In this memoir, Brad reflects on his personal life, successes, and pitfalls, and takes you on an incredibly adventurous and fascinating ride like none you've ever heard before.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Summary, Analysis, and Review of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes AirAuthor: Start Publishing NotesNarrator: Michael GilboeFormat: UnabridgedLength: 27 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 04-26-17Publisher: Start Publishing Notes LLCGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:Dr. Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air is an autobiographical account of his experience with Stage IV lung cancer. Part memoir, part guidebook, and part philosophical investigation, the book is the story of his life, his work, and the difficult - but ultimately rewarding - process of coming to terms with his own death. It is difficult to separate When Breath Becomes Air from the circumstances surrounding its publication. The tragic ironies of Kalanithi's situation - a non-smoker with lung cancer, a young man with an aggressive terminal illness, a talented surgeon who fell ill before he could realize his potential, a new father whose daughter will never know him - could not pull at listeners' heartstrings more if it had been engineered in a lab. The fact that portions of the book were published as essays at high-profile media outlets like the New York Times while Kalanithi was still alive means that many listeners will come to the text with a certain level of emotional investment. The book's publication, which was posthumous, as well as Kalanithi's dedication to writing it in the midst of his swift decline, lend his words a poignancy that's undeniable.Please note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: This Is Really HappeningAuthor: Erin ChackNarrator: Erin ChackFormat: UnabridgedLength: 4 hrs and 26 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 04-25-17Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:BuzzFeed senior writer Erin Chack hits you in the guts, the feelings, and the funny bone all at once with this collection of personal essays that sounds like Sloane Crosley for the Snapchat generation.In turns hysterically funny and heartbreakingly poignant, Erin recounts everything from meeting her soul mate at age 14 to her first chemotherapy session at age 19 to what really goes on behind the scenes at a major Internet media company.She authentically captures the agony and the ecstasy of the millennial experience, whether it's her first kiss ("Sean's tongue! In my mouth! Slippery and wet like a slug in the rain."); or her struggles with anxiety ("When people throw caution to the wind, I am stuck imagining the poor soul who has to break his back sweeping caution into a dustpan").Yet Erin also offers a fresh perspective on universal themes of resilience and love as she writes about surviving cancer - including learning of her mother's own cancer diagnosis within the same year and her attempts to hide the diagnosis from friends to avoid "un-normaling" everything.Perfect for fans of Jenny Lawson, Amy Poehler, and Kelly Williams Brown, this sharply observed memoir introduces Erin Chack as a strikingly original new voice.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: I Was Just a RadiomanAuthor: Pamela AckersonNarrator: Jesse DornanFormat: UnabridgedLength: 1 hr and 15 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 04-24-17Publisher: Pamela AckersonRatings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:The day that will live in infamy was just the beginning....In 1940, still in high school, Henry P. Lawrence joined the Navy Reserves. Little did he know that a year later, in May of 1941, he'd be called to service and deployed to Hawaii. No one believed the Japanese would be aggressive enough to attack a US territory.Their plan...to cripple the United States military.The attack at Pearl came hard and fast. I Was Just a Radioman is a collection of the memoirs of ARM Henry P. Lawrence, a WWII Pearl Harbor survivor, Black Cat, and decorated war veteran.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Écoutez ce livre audio dans son intégralité gratuitement sur http://audiobookspace.com/free Titre: CirconfessionAuteur: Jacques DerridaNarrateur: Jacques DerridaFormat: UnabridgedDurée: 5 hrs and 35 minsLangue: FrançaisDate de publication: 04-05-17Éditeur: des femmesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsRésumé de l'éditeur:"Peut-on nommer son propre sang ? Et décrire la première blessure, ce moment où, paraissant au jour, le sang se refuse encore à la vie ? À supposer qu'on se rappelle sa circoncision, pourquoi cet acte de mémoire serait-il une confession ? L'aveu de quoi, au juste ? Et de qui ? À qui ? Rôdant autour de ces questions, essayant, comme au clavier, une voix juste au-dedans de moi, je tente de dire de longues, [...] phrases, et de les murmurer au plus près de l'autre qui pourtant les aspire, soupire, expire, les dicte même. Cette diction est aussi une dictée. Plusieurs voix résonnent en une, dès lors, elles se croisent, elles se disputent même une parole finalement torsadée.Telle respiration ne scande pas n'importe quel temps : ce fut celui d'une lente agonie où, comme on dit, d'un dernier souffle. Durant de longs mois, pendant que ma mère expirait, j'ai tourné autour d'un événement introuvable qui fut le sien autant que le mien, je l'ai entouré, sans doute aussi contourné." J. D., Circonfession, Le Seuil, 1991©2004 Éditions de l'Olivier (P)2017 Éditions des femmesContactez-moi pour toute question: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The DrawSubtitle: A MemoirAuthor: Lee SiegelNarrator: George GuidallFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8 hrs and 13 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 04-04-17Publisher: Recorded BooksRatings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:A young boy's awakening to the conflict between innate gifts and social class is at the center of this searing memoir about the unforgiving sovereignty of money.Hoping to make a killing in New Jersey real estate, the author's father, Monroe Siegel, takes a draw from his employer against unearned commission. When the recession hits in the 1970s, Monroe finds himself owing a small fortune to his firm. He sinks toward divorce and bankruptcy, while Lola, Lee's mother, suffers a nervous breakdown that turns her into a different person. Shamed and enraged by his father's fate, Lee grows up wondering what society owes a person who has failed materially but preserved his humanity. "Other men got rewarded for their cold-heartedness, and often for their dishonesty, while he, Monroe Siegel, who had never hurt anyone, had to groan and stumble through life. Did not kindness deserve an income?"As a teen, Lee tries to make a different life for himself. He goes to a private college in the Midwest, is forced to leave due to his father's bankruptcy, and returns to New Jersey to work a series of menial jobs. He enrolls at a state college and then drops out to seek a better existence abroad, only to return to the United States in debt and in despair. Suddenly, a promising new life opens to him. At a price. The Draw touches on fundamental questions: How do we balance our obligations to ourselves with our obligations to others? What do we owe society when its rules have a legal basis but not a moral one? Written with startling candor and psychological acuity, Lee Siegel's The Draw is for anyone who has ever struggled with money, or who has tried to break through the barriers of family and class.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: PoisonedSubtitle: How a Crime-Busting Prosecutor Turned His Medical Mystery into a Crusade for Environmental VictimsAuthor: Alan BellNarrator: Allan RobertsonFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8 hrs and 6 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 04-04-17Publisher: Audible StudiosRatings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:After years of prosecuting hard-core criminals, rising legal star Alan Bell took a private sector job in South Florida's newest skyscraper. Suddenly, he suffered such bizarre medical symptoms, doctors suspected he'd been poisoned by the Mafia. Bell's rapidly declining health forced him to flee his glamorous Miami life to a sterile "bubble" in the remote Arizona desert.As his career and marriage dissolved, Bell pursued medical treatments in a race against time, hoping to stay alive and raise his young daughter, his one desperate reason to keep going. He eventually discovered he wasn't poisoned by a criminal, but by his office building. His search for a cure led him to discover the horrifying truth: his tragedy was just the tip of the iceberg. Millions of people fall ill and die each year because of toxic chemical exposures - without knowing they're at risk.Stunned by what he discovered, Bell chose to fight back, turning his plight into an opportunity. Despite his precarious health, he began collaborating with scientists dedicated to raising awareness about this issue. Soon, he also found himself drawn back into the legal field, teaming up with top lawyers fighting for those who had already fallen ill.Both a riveting medical mystery and a cautionary tale, this book puts a human face on the hidden truths behind toxic dangers assaulting us in our everyday environments - and offers practical ways to protect ourselves and our children.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: My Mother's KitchenSubtitle: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Meaning of LifeAuthor: Peter GethersNarrator: Peter GethersFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8 hrs and 33 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 04-04-17Publisher: Random House AudioRatings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votesGenres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal MemoirsPublisher's Summary:A funny, moving memoir about a son's discovery that his mother has a genius for understanding the intimate connections between cooking, people, and love.Peter Gethers wants to give his aging mother a very personal and perhaps final gift: a spectacular feast featuring all her favorite dishes. The problem is, although he was raised to love food and wine, he doesn't really know how to cook. So he embarks upon an often hilarious and always touching culinary journey that will ultimately allow him to bring his mother's friends and loved ones to the table one last time.The daughter of a restaurateur (the restaurant was New York's legendary Ratner's), Judy Gethers discovered a passion for cooking in her 50s. In time she became a mentor and friend to several of the most famous chefs in America, including Wolfgang Puck, Nancy Silverton, and Jonathan Waxman; she also wrote many cookbooks and taught cooking alongside Julia Child. In her 80s she was robbed of her ability to cook by a debilitating stroke. But illness has brought her closer than ever to her son. Peter regularly visits her so they can share meals and he can ask questions about her colorful past while learning her kitchen secrets. Gradually his ambition becomes manifest: He decides to learn how to cook his mother the meal of her dreams and thereby tell the story of her life to all those who have loved her.With his trademark wit and knowing eye, Peter Gethers has written an unforgettable memoir about how food and family can do much more than feed us - they can nourish our souls.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.Contact me for any questions: [email protected]
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