Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/571020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ugly: Why the world became beauty-obsessed and how to break free Author: Anita Bhagwandas Narrator: Anita Bhagwandas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: We've all had those moments. The ones where you look in the mirror and nothing feels ok. For Anita Bhagwandas, this started when she was a child and it created an enduring internal torment about her looks. We're all told that this is just part of growing up, but it stays with us, evolving as we age. The internet tells us we should love ourselves, whilst bombarding us with images of airbrushed perfection, upholding centuries-old beauty standards which we can't always see. Our beauty rituals are so often based around things we think we need to fix, grow and develop - sometimes tipping into dangerous obsession. So, what seismic shift does it take to break free from this mentality? In Ugly, Anita uncovers where these beauty standards started, unpicks why they've been perpetuated and unmasks the structures that continue to support them. From the ever-growing cosmetic surgery industry, to the hidden pitfalls of 'pretty privilege', it is time to finally break free from those limiting beauty standards, because feeling ugly should have nothing to do with how we look, and everything to do with who wants us to feel lacking.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/563081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost to the World: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Five Years in Terrorist Captivity Author: Shahbaz Taseer Narrator: Adam Karim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In late August of 2011, Shahbaz Taseer was driving to his office in Lahore, Pakistan when he was dragged from his car at gunpoint and kidnapped by a group of Taliban-affiliated terrorists. Just seven months earlier, his father, Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab Province, had been shot dead by his guard for speaking out against Pakistan's blasphemy laws. For almost five years Shahbaz was held captive, moved ever-deeper into the lawless Hindu Kush, frequently tortured and forced to endure extreme cruelty, his fate resting on his kidnappers' impossible demands and the uneasy alliances between his captors and the Taliban and ISIS. Lost to the World is the remarkable true story of Taseer's time in captivity, and of his astonishing escape. It is a story of extraordinary faith, bravery and sorrow, with moments of kindness and humour offering a hopeful light in the dark years of his imprisonment. By turns immensely personal and surprisingly universal, Shahbaz Taseer's story is a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit. ©2022 Shahbaz Taseer (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival Author: Kevin Alexander, Keith Corbin Narrator: Keith Corbin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line—both on the streets and in the kitchen—from one of the most exciting stars in the food world today “Beautiful. Moving. Inspiring. Get it.”—Chris Storer, Emmy Award–winning creator of The Bear A SALON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Chef Keith Corbin has been cooking his entire life. Born on the home turf of the notorious Grape Street Crips in 1980s Watts, Los Angeles, he got his start cooking crack at age thirteen, becoming so skilled that he was flown across the country to cook for drug operations in other cities. After his criminal enterprises caught up with him, though, Corbin spent years in California’s most notorious maximum security prisons—witnessing the resourcefulness of other inmates who made kimchi out of leftover vegetables and tamales from ground-up Fritos. He developed his own culinary palate and ingenuity, creating “spreads” out of the unbearable commissary ingredients and experimenting during his shifts in the prison kitchen. After his release, Corbin got a job managing the kitchen at LocoL, an ambitious fast food restaurant spearheaded by celebrity chefs Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson, designed to bring inexpensive, quality food and good jobs into underserved neighborhoods. But when Corbin was suddenly thrust into the spotlight, he struggled to live up to or accept the simplified “gangbanger redemption” portrayal of him in the media. As he battles private demons while achieving public success, Corbin traces the origins of his vision for “California soul food” and takes readers inside the worlds of gang hierarchy, drug dealing, prison politics, gentrification, and culinary achievement to tell the story of how he became head chef of Alta Adams, one of America’s best restaurants.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/565514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sea between Us: The True Story of a Man Who Risked Everything for Family and Freedom Author: Yosely Pereira, Billy Ivey Narrator: Gustavo Rex Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is the harrowing true story of Yosely Pereira, the love of his life, Taire, and their incredible fight to escape the brutal bonds of communist Cuba. Ninety miles lay between their island prison and their dreams. But crossing those miles was only the beginning of this gripping journey. After building a boat and enduring the Florida Straits, Yosely secured his freedom, but his own escape was not enough. Taire and their two young children still needed to be rescued. A story of a harrowing journey fueled by love, A Sea Between Us celebrates the strength of the human spirit and the transcendent power of love.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/556878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Zwischen Himmel und Hölle - Meine Kindheit bei den Children Of God und wie ich mich daraus befreite (Ungekürzt) Author: Bexy Cameron Narrator: Rubina Nath Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 29, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Bexys Hippie-Eltern traten den Children of God bei, weil sie an die freie Liebe glaubten. Doch für Kinder bedeutet die Sekte nur harte Arbeit, drakonische Strafen, öffentliche Demütigungen und unendliche Kontrolle. Bexy ist erst zehn Jahre alt, als sie das dunkelste Jahr ihrer Kindheit durchlebt... Als Erwachsene, längst aus der Sekte verstoßen, kehrt Bexy an die Orte ihrer Kindheit zurück. Sie will verstehen, wie Kinder in Sekten manipuliert werden, um Frieden zu schließen mit ihrer Vergangenheit.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Duchess Goldblatt Author: Anonymous, Duchess Goldblatt Narrator: Lyle Lovett, Gabra Zackman, J. Smith-Cameron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Finalist for an Audie Award in Memoir One of the New York Times' 20 Books to Read in 2020 "Unforgettable...Behind her brilliantly witty and uplifting message is a remarkable vulnerability and candor that reminds us that we are not alone in our struggles—and that we can, against all odds, get through them." —Lori Gottlieb, New York Times-bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Part memoir and part joyful romp through the fields of imagination, the story behind a beloved pseudonymous Twitter account reveals how a writer deep in grief rebuilt a life worth living. Becoming Duchess Goldblatt is two stories: that of the reclusive real-life writer who created a fictional character out of loneliness and thin air, and that of the magical Duchess Goldblatt herself, a bright light in the darkness of social media. Fans around the world are drawn to Her Grace’s voice, her wit, her life-affirming love for all humanity, and the fun and friendship of the community that’s sprung up around her.   @DuchessGoldblat (81 year-old literary icon, author of An Axe to Grind) brought people together in her name: in bookstores, museums, concerts, and coffee shops, and along the way, brought real friends home—foremost among them, Lyle Lovett.    “The only way to be reliably sure that the hero gets the girl at the end of the story is to be both the hero and the girl yourself.” — Duchess Goldblatt Narrated by Gabra Zackman, with J. Smith Cameron, and Lyle Lovett