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Antony Barlow comes from a very old Quaker family, dating back to the earliest days of Quakerism in the 17th Century, when members were still being persecuted for their beliefs. On the death of his mother, Joan Barlow in 2007 at the age of 93, he became the custodian of the invaluable collection of family archives, including fading ancient letters, crumbling historical documents, dageurreotypes and perhaps most importantly, their old family Bible dating from 1616. This wonderful old book has an amazing history all of its own, as in the days of persecution, its first owner, James Lancaster, fleeing from the law, dropped it while crossing Morecambe Bay, and the stains are still visible even today. This is one of many stories vividly recounted in this intriguing story. The book also tells how a group of Dissenters in the 1650s, followers of George Fox, broke away from what he saw as the corruption of the established church, and set out on their own, seeking what he called the light of God in everyone without dogma or creed. Many were imprisoned for their beliefs, but who over the centuries have come to be respected for their honest dealings and courage in the face of oppression with famous names such as the prison reformer, Elizabeth Fry, abolitionist Samuel Bowly, philanthropist George Cadbury, educational reformer Joseph Rowntree, pacifist John Henry Barlow, diplomat and Peace prize laureate Philip Noel Baker all featuring largely in this story. Antony tells it all, both good times and bad, including his descent from the Plantagenet Kings or how an eccentric cousin gave away all his huge fortune to Queen Victoria. There are tragic tales of infant mortality and the heart-breaking and painful early death from meningitis of his great Grandfather, Professor John Barlow, possibly one of the most gifted scientists of his generation. He describes his father's time in the ambulance Unit, embedded with the 8th army in Egypt and Syria in the Second World War and of his near death from epidemic encephalitis whilst in Ethiopia; and of the pain of separation from his wife during the long five years of the war. He speaks honestly and movingly too of his own struggles with his sexuality and the help he received from Quakers. As in the early days, Quakers only married within the faith, many of the Quakers of whom he writes are more often than not, his relatives or indeed theCousin of the title of his book He is our cousin, cousin. This book, therefore, is not only a personal family history but also very much the history of Quakers, since most of his ancestors have at one time or another been caught up in the great issues that have engaged the Society since its inception. From persecution and pacifism to temperance and anti-slavery one or other of his family have been leading champions. Along the way we also come across sailors and silk merchants, wool merchants and cheese merchants, pioneering businessmen and distinguished academicians, and all of them devout Quakers. It is a fascinating history and one which he tells vividly and with pride.
Antony Barlow (Author), Sam Dastor (Narrator)
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#butGod: The Power of Hope When Catastrophe Crashes In
Read by the author. "Sir, your sons have been in a car accident. How quickly can you get here?" The phone call no parent wants to receive would lead to a miracle only God could give. When Jeremy and Emily Freeman's teenage son Caleb was in a devastating car accident, doctors gave him a 10 percent chance of survival. Fear of losing a child was all too fresh for the Freemans-their seven-year-old son, Trey, had died just four years earlier from a genetic immunodeficiency. But God. In #butGod Jeremy shares the incredible story of Caleb's recovery, the darkness that nearly overtook their family in the waiting, and the #butGod movement that captured the prayers of Christians around the world. #butGod includes heartfelt excerpts from Emily's prayer journal and encouragement from Jeremy that goes beyond platitudes to a hard-won trust in God's goodness. This inspiring story offers - greater understanding of the beauty God can bring through suffering; - an honest glimpse of how one family grew closer together despite grief, tension, and doubt; - a powerful example of how God works through the prayers of His people. - hope for whatever struggle you are facing; Whatever sorrow you are walking through, #butGod leads you to the sweetness found in trusting God with suffering…and the deeper faith that comes from seeing His purpose in the pain. A playlist and daily devotionals are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
Jeremy Freeman (Author), Emily Freeman, Gabe Wicks, Jeremy Freeman, John Behrens (Narrator)
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'Echte Kunst ist eigensinnig!' - Das Leben des Ludwig van Beethoven (Ungekürzt)
Spannend wie ein historischer Roman ist diese Erzählung von Beethovens Leben. Das Hörbuch schildert konzentriert und packend die wichtigsten Stationen seiner Biographie und widmet sich den großen Fragen seiner Persönlichkeit. Beethovens Taubheit, seine Todesursache, seine unsterbliche Geliebte all dies kommt in höchst lebendiger Art zu Gehör.Das typische Beethoven-Klischee ist noch immer das des wild frisierten, ungestümen Grobians. Dass dies eine engsichtige Beschränkung auf wenige Aspekte der Persönlichkeit des großen Komponisten ist, hat die Forschung dargelegt. Der Autor Hans-Georg Klemm hat nun den Mut gehabt, das Leben Beethovens in seinem Hörbuch etwas weniger nüchtern anzugehen. In literarischer Anmutung beinahe in der Art eines historischen Romans beschreibt er das Leben des von vielen Schicksalsschlägen heimgesuchten Komponisten. Dies macht seine Biographie zu einem eigenständigen und höchst reizvollen Werk, das sich eindeutig und wohltuend von den bisherigen, zumeist sehr sachlichen Beethoven-Biografien unterscheidet. Klemms Arbeit richtet sich also an alle Beethoven-Liebhabern, auch an diejenigen, denen eine musikalische Ausbildung fehlt.
Hans-Georg Klemm (Author), Kerstin Hoffmann (Narrator)
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'Ich hätte mitschreiben sollen ...': Elfriede Ott erzählt Splitter ihres Lebens
Memoiren einer 'lustigen Person' würde man sich von 'der Ott' erwarten. Doch, ist das Leben einer Lustigen immer lustig? Elfriede Ott gewährt einen sehr persönlichen Einblick in ihr Leben und schildert berührend dramatische Erlebnisse, wie den Verlust des Vaters und des Bruders. Immer wieder lässt sie uns teilhaben an Begegnungen mit großen Persönlichkeiten ihrer Zeit, wie z. B. Oskar Werner, Erni Mangold, Maxi Böhm, Lore Krainer oder Fritz Muliar, mit dem sie eine innige Freundschaft verband. Ungeschminkt schildert sie die Ehe mit Ernst Waldbrunn. Sie erzählt davon, wie Hans Weigel in ihr Leben trat und als ihr Lebensmensch blieb ... Elfriede Ott spannt den Bogen von ihrer Kindheit bis heute, an dem wieder ein Anfang steht: 'Jetzt bin ich so alt, aber das Anfangen habe ich nicht verloren! Ich hab immer in meinem Leben angefangen ...'
Elfriede Ott (Author), Elfriede Ott (Narrator)
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2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (Longlisted) 2016 RBC Taylor Prize (Longlisted) The unforgettable memoir of Giller Prize-winning author and poet Austin Clarke, called "Canada's first multicultural writer." Austin Clarke is a distinguished and celebrated novelist and short-story writer. His works often centre around the immigrant experience, of which he writes with humour and compassion, happiness and sorrow. In 'Membering, Clarke shares his own experiences growing up in Barbados and moving to Toronto to attend university in 1955 before becoming a journalist. With vivid realism he describes Harlem of the '60s, meeting and interviewing Malcolm X and writers Chinua Achebe and LeRoi Jones. Clarke went on to become a pioneering instructor of Afro-American Literature at Yale University and inspired a new generation of Afro-American writers. Clarke has been called Canada's first multicultural writer. Here he eschews a traditional chronological order of events and takes the reader on a lyrical tour of his extraordinary life, interspersed with thought-provoking meditations on politics and race. Telling things as he 'members them. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country's greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.
Austin Clarke (Author), Nigel Shawn Williams (Narrator)
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... trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen
Weltbestseller und Meisterwerk der psychologischen Literatur. Viktor E. Frankl war Professor für Neurologie und Psychiatrie an der Universität Wien und 25 Jahre hindurch Vorstand der Wiener Neurologischen Poliklinik. Mehrere Jahre musste Viktor Frankl in deutschen Konzentrationslagern verbringen. 1946 diktierte Viktor Frankl innerhalb von 9 Tagen einen Bericht über seine Erlebnisse in Konzentrationslagern. So entstand das Buch, das unter dem Titel „… trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen“ veröffentlicht wurde. Bis heute hat das Werk nichts an Aktualität verloren: „… trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen“ (englischer Titel: „Man’s Search For Meaning“) wurde in 26 Sprachen übersetzt und weltweit über 12 Millionen Mal verkauft. In seinem Buch beschrieb Frankl durch welche Phasen der Entmenschlichung die KZ-Häftlinge gehen mussten. Doch trotz all des Leids, das er dort sah und erlebte, kam er zu dem Schluss, dass es selbst an Orten der größten Unmenschlichkeit möglich ist, einen Sinn im Leben zu sehen. Seine Erinnerungen, die er in diesem Buch festhielt und die über Jahrzehnte Millionen von Menschen bewegten, sollen weder Mitleid erregen noch Anklage erheben. Sie sollen Kraft zum Leben geben. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren wir: - wie Viktor Frankl seine Lager-Zeit überwand, - was gab ihm die Kraft zum Weiterleben, - um welche Fragen kreisten die Gedanken der Häftlinge, - welche Bedeutung die Wille zum Überleben hat, - wie man auch noch unter inhumansten Bedingungen einen Sinn im Leben sehen kann, - wie Viktor Frankl trotz all der schrecklichen Erfahrungen, die er in den Konzentrationslagern erleben musste, auf Versöhnung statt auf Vergeltung setzte. „… trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen“ ist ein Zeugnis großer Menschlichkeit, das auch heute alle, die sinnlos leiden müssen, aufzurichten vermag. © 1959, 1962, 1984, 1992, 2006, 2014, 2017 von Viktor Frankl. Estate of Viktor Frankl © Kösel-Verlag (P) 2022 ABP Verlag
Viktor E. Frankl (Author), Stefan Barth (Narrator)
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Here is Nelson Mandela the statesman, the prisoner, the father, sometimes the joker, and occasionally the disciplinarian. Mandela is shown in snapshot, in the memories of old friends like George Bizos, in the words of inspiring legends like Muhammed Ali, leading the Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws, or doing the famous Madiba shuffle to Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Queen Elizabeth II. 100 Mandela Moments is an accessible introduction to the man who so profoundly influenced the South Africa of today. The story of his life that emerges is as varied and complex, as touching and inspiring, as Madiba himself.
Kate Sidley (Author), Jane Dutton (Narrator)
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We have selected for you 100 great quotes about war. While some see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue that it is only a result of specific socio-cultural or ecological circumstances. According to Conway W. Henderson, "one source claims that 14,500 wars have taken place between 3500 BC and the late 20th century, costing 3.5 billion lives, leaving only 300 years of peace". So everyone should at least think about this subject, and be prepared to be concerned directly or indirectly by this question, war. A great quote is very similar to a great thinking and a small poem. It can encapsulate a large web of ideas, thoughts, reflections, emotions in a few words. The reader of a great quote is forced to think about what he just heard. He has to think about those words and what they mean. An excellent quote requires the reader to pause to contemplate the real meaning and poetry of a few words. A great thought reaches a level of universality. Quotes hit hard into the essence of being human. The right quote can help us to see some invisible meanings of things oor subjects. The range of authors of those 100 quotes about war is very wide : from Mark Twain to Winston Churchill, from Sun Tzu, of course, to Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Voltaire, Mahatma Gandhi, from Caius Iulius Caesar to General Patton.
John Mac (Author), Stuart Walker (Narrator)
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100 quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
In his lifetime, Ralph Waldo Emerson was the most widely known man of letters in America, establishing himself as a prolific poet, essayist, popular lecturer, and advocate of social reforms. He was considered one of the great orators of the time, and his enthusiasm and respect for his audience enraptured crowds. As a poet and philosopher, he led the Transcendentalist movement, which professes the belief that everything in ouf world is a microcosm of the universe, and in the infinitude of individual man. Emerson developed the ideas of individuality, freedom, the ability for mankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world. One of his best-known essays is "Self-Reliance". These 100 quotes have been carefully selected in his body of work to introduce you to his thoughts and character, and to inspire you into adopting a larger stance on life through his wisdom and clarity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author), Paul Spera (Narrator)
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Baruch Spinoza has been called the Prince of Philosophers; Hegel said of him that the alternative was: either Spinoza, or no philosophy at all. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy: he had the courage to criticize the traditionalism of religion, to offer a conception of God that would be logic instead of rigidly defined by a shallow dogma. This audiobook is a collection of a hundred quotes chosen among the most representative of his great works, so that the listener can easily familiarize himself with the thought of one of the greatest European thinkers.
Baruch Spinoza (Author), Paul Spera (Narrator)
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101 Amazing Facts about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
On the 19th May 2018, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot in a beautiful royal wedding ceremony. But just how much do you know about the Prince and his former actress wife? In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Kent Harris talks us through over one hundred amazing facts about the royal couple, covering everything from how the two of them met through to the many ways in which Meghan has broken the mould of a traditional princess. Whether you're interested in the royal rule book and official protocols, or you simply want to know more about the controversies that have surrounded both of these two prominent figures, this is the perfect audiobook for you!
Jack Goldstein (Author), Kent Harris (Narrator)
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Almost a decade ago, author and educator William J. Bennett and John T. E. Cribb published a 365-day almanac of our nation's history. Now, in this new two-volume series compiled from The American Patriot's Almanac, Bennett and Cribb's masterful grasp of our history offers 150 examples of fascinating details of great Americans. A two-volume series compiled from William J. Bennett's bestselling book, revised and updated. 150 Great Americans includes: - American drama and interesting facts about important American figures - Obscure details about American history - Patriotic facts to broaden one's sense of the past - Bold personalities and internal conflicts - Discoveries, ideas, and more In these easy-to-read entries, historical Americans reemerge not as marble icons or dust-dry names in a textbook, but as full-blooded, heroic pioneers whose far-reaching vision forged our nation. Great for history buffs, homeschoolers, teachers, and people who are interested in American history.
John T.E. Cribb, William J. Bennett (Author), Milton Bagby (Narrator)
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