Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BRYJ3T91 | 2023 | 8 hours and 22 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 241 MB
Author: Yelena Lembersky, Galina Lembersky
Narrator: Natasha Soudek
Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour is a heartfelt mother-and-daughter memoir about three generations of women and their fight to leave Soviet Russia. A mother is a dissident, a refusenik, and a prisoner in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in the 1970s and '80s. Her daughter, eleven years old, is left without a family. A grandmother is in the USA, waiting for her daughter and granddaughter and not knowing if she'll ever see them again. "I am fine," the three of them write to each other in their letters. How can you be "fine" when you have to fight to survive? When you must be silent? When the place that you love turns against you? Told from the dual points of view, this memoir shows the reality of life in the Soviet Union, giving an insider's perspective on the roots of Putin's Russia.

Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09XBYYCLH | 2023 | 7 hours and 20 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 187 MB
Author: John Hendrickson
Narrator: George Newbern
An intimate, candid memoir about a lifelong struggle to speak. In the fall of 2019, John Hendrickson wrote a groundbreaking story for The Atlantic about Joe Biden's decades-long journey with stuttering, as well as his own. The article went viral, reaching readers around the world and altering the course of Hendrickson's life. Overnight, he was forced to publicly confront an element of himself that still caused him great pain. He soon learned he wasn't alone with his feelings: strangers who stutter began sending him their own personal stories, something that continues to this day. Now, in this reported memoir, Hendrickson takes us deep inside the mind and heart of a stutterer as he sets out to answer lingering questions about himself and his condition that he was often too afraid to ask.

Life Is 10% What Happens to You and 90% How You React (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B3SGQZVN | 2023 | 3 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 178 MB
Author: Charles R. Swindoll
Narrator: Maurice England
Life Is 10% What Happens to You and 90% How You React is based on the popular quote by bestselling author Charles Swindoll. Everyone experiences obstacles and hardships, but your actions write your story. Life Is 10% What Happens to You and 90% How You React is for men and women of all ages who are tired of making excuses and assigning blame for their unhappiness. Each chapter is filled with teachings, applicable Scripture, and reflection questions.

Lessons Learned by Tracy Falbe
English | MP3@192 kbps | 1h 01m | 84.1 MB
A rash act of defiance thrusts Shan into a high stakes competition with Onja, his lover, his queen.

Legon Ascension by Nicholas Taylor
English | MP3@192 kbps | 10h 19m | 850.3 MB
Epic fantasy with Dragons and Elves.

Lawfare: How Russians, the Rich and the Government Try to Prevent Free Speech and How to Stop Them (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BPJXS29M | 2023 | 4 hours and 19 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 238 MB
Author: Geoffrey Robertson KC
Narrator: Geoffrey Robertson KC
The British tradition of "free speech" is a myth. From the middle ages to the present, the law of defamation has worked to cover up misbehaviour by the rich and powerful, whose legal mercenaries intimidate investigative journalists. Now a new terror has been added through misguided judicial development of the laws of privacy, breach of confidence and data protection, to suppress the reporting of truths of public importance to tell. Drawing upon the author's unparalleled experience of defending journalists and editors in English and Commonwealth courtrooms over the past half-century, the audiobook describes the hidden world of lawfare, in which authors struggle against unfair rules that put them always on the defensive and against a costs burden that runs to millions. Law schools do not teach freedom of speech and judges in the Supreme Court do not understand it. This audiobook identifies and advocates the reforms that will be necessary before Britain can truly boast that it is a land of free speech, rather than a place where free speech can come very expensive.

Kingdom of Ash and Soot by C.S. Johnson
English | MP3@192 kbps | 10h 33m | 869.7 MB
Everyone Lies.

Key Questions in Strategic Planning by Can Akdeniz, Introbooks Team
English | MP3@192 kbps | 35 min | 48.7 MB
Strategic planning is a key business tool for any company that wants to stay in control of its own future. But what exactly is meant by the term "strategic planning"? Isn't all planning strategic? That is just one of the many questions about strategic planning that this book seeks to answer. The text begins by offering a commonly accepted definition of strategic planning and goes on to devote a chapter each to six big questions you should be able to answer if you are trying to develop a good, working strategic plan. In the process of discussing how you might answer those questions, we'll talk about a variety of established strategic planning tools as well as some assorted tips and advice. By the end, you should have a pretty darn good idea how to formulate a solid strategic plan.

Jim Kaat: Good as Gold: My Eight Decades in Baseball (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BRYJH3KW | 2023 | 6 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 172 MB
Author: Jim Kaat, Douglas Lyons, Bob Costas
Narrator: Joe Barrett
An unforgettable look at a lifetime of baseball packed with humor and passion for the game. With a career that has now touched eight decades, Jim Kaat has had a prime front row seat for baseball's continuing evolution. Not only was he a major-league pitcher for twenty-five seasons, but his time as a pitching coach and his many years as a broadcaster have given him a singular long view of the game. In Good as Gold, Kaat weaves the tale of a lifetime, taking fans on the field, into the clubhouse, and behind the mic as only he can. Full of priceless stories from New York, Minnesota, and across the major leagues, this honest and engaging autobiography gives fans a rare seat alongside Kaat on a tour of baseball history.

Isobel by James Oliver Curwood
English | MP3@192 kbps | 6h 43m | 554.0 MB
Isobelis an adventure novel by American writer James Oliver Curwood. Action, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mounted, with his only partner Pelliter are the only official representatives in the lonely and desolate reaches of Point Fullerton, hundreds of miles from the next nearest outpost, and from any civilization. Both are nearing the end of their service in those regions, and their main function has been to try to find the elusive murderer Scottie Deane, and if they happen upon anybody trading in Eskimo women to haul them in also. Then one day, one of those traders happens to show up at their cabin, and what follows is some close calls and long trips across the barrens of northern Canada that uncovers clues to the whereabouts of the notorious Scottie Deane and his wife, and all deal with near death experiences primarily due to loneliness, bitter cold, and fatigue, not to mention the red death. Will they find Deane and his wife? If so, what affect will he have on them and their respective conditions?Isobelwas first published in 1913.Reading by Roger Melin,running time: 6 hours, 43 min. Also available as E-Book: ePUB, 58 400 words (average reading time 4 hours, 50 min). James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927) was an American action-adventure writer. His books ranked among Publishers Weekly top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early 1920s. At least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. At the time of his death, he was the highest paid (per word) author in the world.