Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coin Street Chronicles: London's Vanished Old South Bank Area Author: Gwen Southgate Narrator: Gwen Southgate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Coin Street Chronicles is a memoir that paints a picture of Britain in the 1930s and 1940s, as seen though the eyes of one for whom it was the backdrop of her childhood. The story is set in and around Coin Street, on the south bank of the River Thames. The area is now a cultural showcase known as The South Bank, but was then a gritty, Cockney-like corner of London. Stories of its colorful characters are woven throughout the narrative as they cope first with the poverty of the Depression years and then with World War II and its aftermath in the 1940s. Evacuation during the war years entails many abrupt transitions and good-byes—some sad, some glad—and much settling in to new settings that run the gamut from a remote Dorset farm to a Welsh mining town. Even after the war, the author remains a quasi-evacuee for two more years, fleeing from a difficult, violence-prone stepfather in order to continue in school. The memoir ends on the day that she heads off to university, exulting in her escape from the limiting nature of working class culture; but appalled by the wide gulf that threatens to open up between her and her feisty mother whose pluck and determination has been largely responsible for that escape.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham Author: Steve Kemper Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Frederick Russell Burnham’s amazing story resembles a newsreel fused with a Saturday matinee thriller. One of the few people who could turn his garrulous friend Theodore Roosevelt into a listener, Burnham was once world-famous as “the American scout.” His expertise in woodcraft, learned from frontiersmen and Indians, helped inspire another friend, Robert Baden-Powell, to found the Boy Scouts. His adventures encompassed Apache wars and range feuds, booms and busts in mining camps around the globe, explorations in remote regions of Africa, and death-defying military feats that brought him renown and high honors. His skills led to his unusual appointment, as an American, to be chief of scouts for the British during the Boer War, where his daring exploits earned him the Distinguished Service Order from King Edward VII. After a lifetime pursuing golden prospects from the deserts of Mexico and Africa to the tundra of the Klondike, Burnham found wealth, in his sixties, near his childhood home in southern California. Other men of his era had a few such adventures, but Burnham had them all. His friend H. Rider Haggard, author of many bestselling exotic tales, remarked, “In real life he is more interesting than any of my heroes.” Among other well-known individuals who figure in Burnham’s story are Cecil Rhodes and William Howard Taft, as well as some of the wealthiest men of the day, including John Hays Hammond, E. H. Harriman, Harry Payne Whitney, and the Guggenheim brothers. Failure and tragedy streaked his life as well, but he was endlessly willing to set off into the unknown, where the future felt up for grabs and values worth dying for were at stake. Steve Kemper brings a quintessential American story to vivid life in this gripping biography.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Log-Cabin Lady Author: LibriVox Volunteers, Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear through mastery of manners and customs. It has been written by one who has not sacrificed the strength and honesty of her pioneer girlhood, but who added to these qualities that graciousness and charm which have given her distinction on two continents.' (from the introduction)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation Author: Henry Watson Wilbur Narrator: Guero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude toward slavery and emancipation. (Summary by Guero)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave Author: Henry Bibb Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Henry Walton Bibb was born a slave. His father was white although his identity was not positively known. Bibb was separated from his mother at a very young age and hired out to other slave owners for most of his childhood. Always yearning for his freedom, he made his first escape from slavery in 1842. He was recaptured and escaped, recaptured and escaped over and over; but he never gave up on his desire to be a man in control of his own destiny. Bibb eventually escaped the bondage of servitude for good and dedicated his life to speaking out against the institution of slavery. In the process he helped others obtain their freedom. He published Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, and American Slave in 1849 telling the story of his daily life as a slave, as a runaway and as a free man. He also illustrated the depravity of that “man-destroying system” and the “idea of utter helplessness in perpetual bondage.” Bibb stated in his Author's Preface that there were other very popular slave narratives published before his own; nevertheless, the uniqueness of his story is in the details of his experiences which, like the others, shine a glaringly truthful beam of light on the sins of this nation. Ultimately Bibb made his way to Canada where in 1851 he published the first black newspaper of that Country, Voice of the Fugitive. He died in 1854 at the age of 39. (Introduction by James K. White)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Author: Anonymous Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them about famous incidents in their history. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Nelson and Hardy, Bruce and the Spider, David Livingston, Canute, Sir Philip Sydney, and Elizabeth and Raleigh are just some of the well known people and incidents covered in short stories. (Summary by phil chenevert)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet Author: Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarkpuri Narrator: Bilal Abdul Kareem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A complete authoritative book on the life of Prophet Muhammad PBUH by Sheikh Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarkpuri. The Sealed Nector was honoured by the World Muslim League as first prize winner book. Whoever wants to know the whole life style of the Prophet in detail must listen to this audio-book. Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him, are severe against the disbelievers, and merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and falling down prostrate (in prayer), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. The mark of them (i.e. of their Faith) is on their faces (fore heads) from the traces of prostration (during prayers). This is their description in the Taurah (Torah). But their description in the Injeel (Gospel) is like a (sown) seed which sends forth its shoot, then makes it strong, and becomes thick and it stands straight on its stem, delighting the sowers, that He may enrage the disbelievers with them. Allah has promised those among them who believe and do righteous good deeds, forgiveness and a mighty reward (Paradise). (Al-Fath: 29) The Prophet Muhammad (S) said: 'The example of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth. Some of which was fertile soil that absorbed rain-water and brought forth vegetation and grass in abundance. (And) another portion of it was hard and held the rain-water and Allah benefited the people with it and they utilized it for drinking (making their animals drink from it) and to irrigate the land for cultivation. (And) a portion of it was barren which could neither hold the water nor bring forth vegetation (then that land gave no benefits). The first is the example of the person who comprehends Allah's Religion (Islam) and gets benefit (from the knowledge) which Allah (Azawajal) has revealed through me (the Prophet) and learns and then teaches it to others. The (last example is that of a) person who does not care for it and does not take Allah's Guidance revealed through me (he is like that barren land).' (Al-Mukarramah)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Author: Various Authors Narrator: Bill Boerst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This biography is actually a series of essays by prominent personalities of the time that shed light on John Stuart Mill's life and areas of endeavor. Those areas include his experiences in India House, his moral character, certain botanical explorations, how effective he was as a critic, studies in morals and the law, and discoveries concerning political economy. They also explore ideas concerning his influence on institutions of higher learning, accomplishments as a politician, and fame as a philosopher. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout Author: J. W. Buel Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUT AND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED. "Wild Bill, as a frontier character of the daring, cunning and honorable class, stands alone, without a prototype; his originality is as conspicuous as his remarkable escapades. He was desperate without being a desperado; a fighter without that disposition which invites danger or craves the excitement of an encounter. He killed many men, but in every instance it was either in self-defense or in the prosecution of a duty which he deemed justifiable. Wild Bill was a necessary character in the Far West during the period which marked his career. He was essentially a civilizer, in the sense of a vigilance posse. The law and order class found in him an effective agent for the correction of the lawless; it was fighting the desperate with one of their kind, and Bill had the cunning to remain on the side of society and to always flank his enemies." - Summary by from the book