Biography & Memoir Audiobooks

واحدٌ من أمتع كتب السيرة فهو يتحدَّث عن حياة الدكتورة 'توحيدة عبدالرحمن' والتي تُعتبر أول طبيبة تمَّ تعيينها في الحكومة المصرية عام 1933. يدخل بنا هذا الكتاب إلى بيت الدكتورة لنتعرَّف على عائلتها وطفولتها وكيف درست في أول مدرسة حكومية للبنات وكيف تمَّ ابتعاثها لدراسة الطبّ في بريطانيا في عهد الملك فؤاد الأول وسبب نجاحها على الرَّغم من نظرة المجتمع والنّاس في ذلك الوقت للفتاة وتعليمها فكيف بسفرها لوحدها. يتحدَّث الكتاب بعذوبة عن علاقة الدكتورة توحيدة بوالديها ودعمهما لها والوقوف إلى جانبها وكيف أهداها والدها بعد تخرّجها عيادة مجهّزة بأحدث الأدوات الطبية وأفخم الأثاث في أرقى أحياء مصر لكنّها اعتذرت ورفضتها حيث كان هدفها معالجة الفقراء. حكاية الدكتورة حكايةٌ ملهمة تبيذن لنا انَّ اختيار النجاح هو قمّة العطاء وبأنَّ الأحلام لا تتحقق والأسماء لا يحفظها التاريخ إلّا بالإصرار والمثابرة.

مؤمن المحمدي (Author), لمياء ياسين (Narrator)

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Adriano Olivetti. La biografia

Industriale coraggioso, intellettuale fuori dagli schemi, editore, politico, urbanista, innovatore delle scienze sociali: quella di Adriano Olivetti è una vita straordinaria che, partendo dalla fabbrica, giunge a un progetto di rinnovamento integrale della società. Valerio Ochetto la ripercorre da vicino intrecciando i tratti più intimi e il racconto familiare con la ricostruzione delle iniziative imprenditoriali, rivolte al profitto come mezzo e non come fine. Dai viaggi americani all'impegno antifascista, dai successi internazionali all'intuizione dell'elettronica che portò l'Italia all'avanguardia della tecnica mondiale, il cammino di Adriano Olivetti ha avuto come guida la dignità della persona, i valori della cultura, l'idea di progresso come strumento per la costruzione di un mondo spiritualmente più elevato. Il fascino della sua storia e la lungimiranza del suo sguardo sono sopravvissuti a una vita interrotta troppo presto, giungendo intatti fino a noi.

Valerio Ochetto (Author), Gaetano Lizzio (Narrator)

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Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House

Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted to the new normal. She takes us inside the policy debates, the revolving door of personnel appointments, and what it is like when she, as a reporter asking difficult questions, finds herself in the spotlight, becoming part of the story. With the world on edge and a country grappling with a new controversy almost daily, Ryan gives readers a glimpse into current events from her perspective, not only from inside the briefing room but also as a target of those who want to avoid answering probing questions. After reading her new book, readers will have an unprecedented inside view of the Trump White House and what it is like to be a reporter Under Fire.

April Ryan (Author), Janina Edwards (Narrator)

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El arte de la guerra

La obra del general Sun Tzu no es únicamente un libro de práctica militar, sino un tratado que enseña la estrategia suprema de aplicar con sabiduría el conocimiento de la naturaleza humana en los momentos de confrontación. No es por tanto, un libro sobre la guerra: es una obra para comprender las raíces de un conflicto y buscar una solución.

Sun Tzu (Author), José Carlos Domínguez (Narrator)

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Growing up Aboriginal in Australia

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. All of the contributors speak from the heart - sometimes calling for empathy, oftentimes challenging stereotypes, always demanding respect.

Anita Heiss (Author), Gregory J Fryer, Gregory J. Fryer, Hunter Page-Lochard, Lisa Maza, Shari Sebbens, Tamala Shelton, Tony Briggs (Narrator)

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Fearless: How an Underdog Becomes a Champion

How does an underdog become a champion? One of the most innovative, gutsy, and dynamic head coaches in the NFL reveals the strategies behind building the Eagles team that shocked the world by winning the Super Bowl. Doug Pederson is the very definition of an underdog. He was an undrafted rookie free agent who would go on to play fourteen years in the NFL as a backup quarterback. He was cut five times, yet kept getting back up and into the fray. He would win one Super Bowl, with the Green Bay Packers. When he retired, he decided to coach, but not at the pro level. Instead, he was head coach of Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana. After a successful four-year stint there, he returned to the NFL as an assistant coach under Andy Reid with the Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, where he was instrumental in the development of quarterback Alex Smith and his string of 3,000-plus-yard seasons of passing. When he was offered the job as head coach of the Eagles, he jumped at it, though few thought he would succeed. In the first season, a year of rebuilding, they finished 7-9. Some doubted his abilities, and before the 2017 season, one "expert" called Pederson the least qualified coach in thirty years. Plagued by the sidelining of seasoned players and devastated by quarterback Carson Wentz's season-ending knee injury, the Eagles managed a 13-3 record and home-field advantage in the playoffs. Yet they were still the underdogs in every single game, including the Super Bowl, against the New England Patriots, one of the greatest dynasties in the history of the NFL. It wasn't until they stunned the Patriots that people finally believed in Pederson and his team. In Fearless, Pederson reveals the principles that guided him through the ups and downs and tough times of his career, and what it took to become a champion. Through it all, Pederson sustained himself with his faith and the support of his family. He shares the defining stories of his life and career, growing up with his disciplinarian Air Force dad and his tender-hearted mom, developing friendships with Dan Marino and Brett Favre, and learning from mentors, such as Don Shula, Mike Holmgren, and Andy Reid, who helped mold him into the man and coach he is today. Fearless captures Pederson's coaching and leadership philosophies and reveals the brilliant mind and indomitable spirit of a man who has entered the pantheon of great coaches.

Dan Pompei, Doug Pederson (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator)

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Behind the Line of Scrimmage: Inside the Front Office of the NFL

Former collegiate star, sports agent, and NFL Executive Michael Huyghue recounts his journey in professional sports and the challenges that remain for minorities to succeed as front office executives in the multibillion-dollar sports industry. The author's journey as an athlete and lawyer provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what goes on behind closed doors in the world of professional sports and collegiate athletic programs. It is also a not often told chronicle of growing up black and male in white suburban America. While black athletes are ubiquitous on the playing field and front pages of tabloids, the challenge remains to gain true power in the multibillion-dollar sports industry. Huyghue details that struggle play by play.

Michael Huyghue (Author), Michael Huyghue (Narrator)

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No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Life of General James Mattis

The first in-depth look at the marine hero who has become one of the most beloved and admired men in America today: Secretary of Defense James Mattis. A devout student of history and erudite reader revered by rank and file soldiers, officers, academics, politicians, and ordinary citizens, General James Mattis is one of the most admired leaders serving America today. A man who has long used his position as a model for the soldiers he leads, Mattis in 2003 shared a 'Message to All Hands' with the men and women under his command, outlining their responsibilities as soldiers of the corps. Emphasizing the importance of the mission and the goal to act with honor, Mattis ended with the motto he had adopted from another great figure, Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla: 'Demonstrate to the world that there is ‘No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy’ than a US Marine.' The first Trump presidential cabinet nominee, Mattis, retired from activity military duty for only three years at the time, received a rare Congressional waiver to hold the civilian position of Secretary of Defense, and in the hyper-partisan political atmosphere of 2017, astonishingly received nearly unanimous, bipartisan support for his nomination. After months of headline-making chaos involving the White House, Mattis remains one of the few widely revered members of the Trump administration. In this illuminating biography, Jim Proser looks beyond Mattis’ professional competence to focus on the driving element behind Mattis’ success: his unimpeachable character—a formidable personal integrity that fosters universal confidence. Proser carefully examines the events of Mattis’ life and career to reveal a man who leads with insight, humor, fighting courage, and fierce compassion—not only for his fellow Marines, but for the innocent victims of war. Chronicling how Mattis’ martial and personal values have elevated him to the highest levels of personal success and earned him the trust of a nation, Proser makes clear how America is stronger because of his service and his example.

Jim Proser (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator)

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Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

A THRILLING MAGNUM OPUS ON AMERICA’S GREAT CRIME EPIC A Mystery Writers of America “Grand Master”—author of the gangster classic Road to Perdition, long-time Dick Tracy writer, and multiple Shamus Award winner—teams with an acclaimed rising young historian, in this riveting, myth-shattering dual portrait of Al Capone, America’s most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the legendary Prohibition agent whose extraordinary investigative work crippled his organization. Written with novelistic pacing and underpinned by groundbreaking research, Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz's Scarface and the Untouchable delivers—at last—the definitive account of the “Battle for Chicago,” the iconic struggle between the mythic yet real combatants who have captivated the world for 90 years.

A. Brad Schwartz, Max Allan Collins (Author), A. Brad Schwartz, Max Allan Collins, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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A Book

Desi Arnaz (Author), Juan Pablo Di Pace (Narrator)

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Love, Lucy

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The one and only autobiography by the iconic Lucille Ball, hailed by TV Guide as the “#1 Greatest TV Star of All Time.” Love, Lucy is the valentine Lucille Ball left for her fans—a warm, wise, and witty memoir written by Lucy herself. The legendary star of the classic sitcom I Love Lucy was at the pinnacle of her success when she sat down to record the story of her life. No comedienne had made America laugh so hard, no television actress had made the leap from radio and B movies to become one of the world’s best-loved performers. This is her story—in her own words. The story of the ingenue from Jamestown, New York, determined to go to Broadway, destined to make a big splash, bound to marry her Valentino, Desi Arnaz. In her own inimitable style, she tells of their life together—both storybook and turbulent; intimate memories of their children and friends; wonderful backstage anecdotes; the empire they founded; the dissolution of their marriage. And, with a heartfelt happy ending, her enduring marriage to Gary Morton. Here is the lost manuscript that her fans and loved ones will treasure. Here is the laughter. Here is the life. Here’s Lucy… “The comic actress in her own words…intensely moving.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Filled with light and laughter.” —New York Times Book Review

Lucille Ball (Author), Lucie Arnaz (Narrator)

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The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning writer comes an exuberant memoir of personal loss and longing, and finding connection on the remote Azorean Islands of the Atlantic Ocean. Reporter Diana Marcum is in crisis. A long-buried personal sadness is enfolding her—and her career is stalled—when she stumbles upon an unusual group of immigrants living in rural California. She follows them on their annual return to the remote Azorean Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, where bulls run down village streets, volcanoes are active, and the people celebrate festas to ease their saudade, a longing so deep that the Portuguese word for it can’t be fully translated. Years later, California is in a terrible drought, the wildfires seem to never end, and Diana finds herself still dreaming of those islands and the chuva—a rain so soft you don’t notice when it begins or ends. With her troublesome Labrador retriever, Murphy, in tow, Diana returns to the islands of her dreams only to discover that there are still things she longs for—and one of them may be a most unexpected love. An Amazon Charts Most Read book.

Diana Marcum (Author), Rebecca Mozo (Narrator)

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