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Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives by Alice Loxton

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710813 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710813] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives Author: Alice Loxton Narrator: Alice Loxton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 15, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Read by the author, Alice Loxton. Biggest books to look out for in 2024 – The Guardian 'Loxton is the next big thing in history' – Dan Snow At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague. From a young Elizabeth Tudor, the orphan facing deadly intrigue at court, to a teenage Richard Burton, the rugby-obsessed son of a Welsh miner, historian Alice Loxton explores Britain’s past through the lives of eighteen figures at this crucial age. How do you make a living in Georgian London with no arms or legs? What would you do if a world war interrupted your university studies? With plenty of wit and insight, Eighteen invites readers to join an eclectic cast of young Britons across the nation and throughout its history, to find out what makes us who we are. Filled with fascinating stories of royalty, explorers, writers and entertainers, Eighteen asks what lessons we can learn for modern Britain. 'A whirlwind of historical energy . . . one of the brightest new stars of popular history' – Dan Jones

We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model by L.D. Green

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710495 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710495] to listen full audiobooks. Title: We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Biomedical Model Author: L.D. Green Narrator: Dara Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 6, 2024 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: 25 unflinching stories and essays from the front lines of the radical mental health movement   Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary hospitalization, traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal thoughts: these are the struggles of those labeled “mentally ill.” While much has been written about the systemic problems of our mental-health care system, this book gives voice to those with personal experience of psychiatric miscare often excluded from the discussion, like people of color and LGBTQ+ communities. It is dedicated to finding working alternatives to the “Mental Health Industrial Complex” and shifting the conversation from mental illness to mental health.

The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715838 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715838] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family Author: Jesselyn Cook Narrator: Jesselyn Cook Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: The “gripping” (The Atlantic) story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how we might set ourselves free from a crisis that could haunt American life for generations. “Excellent . . . This is the intimate side of the cold civil war America has been stuck in for nearly a decade.”—Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times “SHED MY DNA”: three excruciating words uttered by a QAnon-obsessed mother, once a highly respected lawyer, to her only son, once the closest person in her life. QAnon beliefs and adjacent conspiracy theories have had devastating political consequences as they’ve exploded in popularity. What’s often overlooked is the lasting havoc they wreak on our society at its most basic and intimate level—the family.  In The Quiet Damage, celebrated reporter Jesselyn Cook paints a harrowing portrait of the vulnerabilities that have left so many of us susceptible to outrageous falsehoods promising order, purpose, and control. Braided throughout are the stories of five American families: an elderly couple whose fifty-year romance takes a heartbreaking turn; millennial sisters of color who grew up in dire poverty—one to become a BLM activist, the other, a hardcore conspiracy theorist pulling her little boy down the rabbit hole with her; a Bay Area hippie-type and her business-executive fiancé, who must decide whether to stay with her as she turns into a stranger before his eyes; evangelical parents whose simple life in a sleepy suburb spirals into delusion-fueled chaos; and a rural mother-son duo who, after carrying each other through unspeakable tragedy, stop speaking at all as ludicrous untruths shatter a bond long thought unbreakable. Charting the arc of each believer’s path from their first intersection with conspiracy theories to the depths of their cultish conviction, to—in some cases—their rejection of disinformation and the mending of fractured relationships, Cook offers a rare, intimate look into the psychology of how and why ordinary people come to believe the unbelievable. Profound, brilliantly researched, and beautifully written, The Quiet Damage lays bare how we have been taken hostage by grifters peddling lies built on false hope—and how we might release our loved ones, and ourselves, from their grasp.

A Thousand Miles From Care: The Hunt for My Brother’s Killer – A Thirty-Year Quest for Justice by Steve Johnson

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712238 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712238] to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Miles From Care: The Hunt for My Brother’s Killer – A Thirty-Year Quest for Justice Author: Steve Johnson Narrator: Steve Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 4, 2024 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30-year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother’s death. At the entrance of Sydney Harbor, the cliffs rise fourteen stories above the Pacific, like a gigantic skirt made of sandstone. North Head, one of the most memorable cliffs, is a gorgeous place to watch the sunrise. But it’s an unforgiving place to lose your footing. When Steve Johnson’s younger brother Scott went over the edge in 1988, he hit an outcrop on the way down and exploded on the rocks below. A Thousand Miles from Care draws upon the mountain of exclusive materials Steve amassed over his 32-year fight for answers, including sealed court transcripts, police records, interviews with suspects, inquest reports, correspondence with gang members, private investigations, and much else. It utilizes unique details, interview transcripts and insights based on Johnson’s close relationship with authorities and high-ranking New South Wales officials developed over more than three decades. This profoundly impactful book traces the steps Steve Johnson, his family and friends took to solve the mystery of Scott’s alleged suicide, navigating an openly hostile police force and a maze of dead ends, unreliable informants, skinhead gangs, a faked confession, police-connected drug rings, and setbacks at every turn. A Thousand Miles from Care is above all, a love story between two brothers but shared by everyone who worked so long for truth and justice for Scott.

Reinventing Love: How the Patriarchy Sabotages Heterosexual Relations by Mona Chollet

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712528 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712528] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reinventing Love: How the Patriarchy Sabotages Heterosexual Relations Author: Mona Chollet Narrator: Alix Dunmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 2, 2024 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: A new work by the author of “In Defense of Witches” that seeks to redefine heterosexual relationships and give women back their voice. As feminist principles have taken wider hold in society, and basic ideas about equality for women can seem a given, many women still struggle in one of the most important areas of life: love. Whether it’s finding a partner, seeking a commitment from one, or struggling in a relationship that is unfulfilling or even potentially abusive, women still find that deeply-engrained notions of gender and behavior can be obstacles to a healthy, loving relationship. In her new book, acclaimed French feminist Mona Chollet tackles some of these long-held and pervasive ideas that remain stumbling blocks for many women in heterosexual relationships. Drawing from popular culture, politics, and literature, Reinventing Love provides a provocative, accessible look at how heterosexual relationships can improve and evolve under a feminist lens. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.