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The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593063 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593063] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Narrator: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. 'Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic, seductively detailed biography' OLIVIA LAING ‘This is the page-turner that Buckingham’s short, racy life deserves’DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘Vivid, erudite and sympathetic … The Scapegoat shows that [Hughes-Hallett’s] eye for the seamy realities of an extraordinary life is as sharp as ever’ THE TIMES As King James I’s favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, right-hand man and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor. A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game, Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power. He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth-century royal and political life. With a novelist’s touch, Lucy Hughes-Hallett transports us into a courtly world of masques and dancing, exquisite clothes, the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, gender-fluidity, same-sex desire and appallingly rudimentary medicine. Witch hunts coexisted with Francis Bacon’s empiricism and public opinion was becoming a political force. Falling from grace spectacularly, Buckingham came to represent everything that was wrong with the country. From kidnappings and murder plots to men weeping in Parliament over civil liberties, The Scapegoat navigates love, war-fever and pacifism in a society on the brink of cataclysmic change. In this immersive and authoritative account, Hughes-Hallett summons an era that still resonates today. - 'The Scapegoat brilliantly dramatises the complex and glittering Duke of Buckingham and the political and sexual intrigue of the court of James I. Hughes-Hallett combines the instincts and talents of a novelist with a historian's vivid sense of period and social change’ COLM TÓIBÍN ‘This is an absorbing, even thrilling journey through the dark and tangled networks of Stuart England … outstanding’ DIANE PURKISS ‘A flamboyant character, an epic rise and tragic fall, brought to life with intelligence, tenderness and profound scholarship’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI ‘Buckingham’s rise and fall is as old as Tiberius’ love for Sejanus and as contemporary as a celeb crash-and-burn. Hughes-Hallett is a matchless historian with an unfailing eye for the revealing detail’ SUE PRIDEAUX ‘A true Jacobean drama, except bloodier and sexier. Lucy Hughes-Hallett writes with gusto and insight’ PAUL THEROUX ‘Compulsively readable and elegantly written … [Lucy Hughes-Hallett] has brought Buckingham gloriously alive’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Crisp and vivid … The story is a tragic one, no less so for being told here with verve, erudition and empathy’ NEW STATESMAN ‘Richly multilayered … Hughes-Hallett proves herself alive to the nuances of gender and sexuality in the early seventeenth century…refreshingly light and contemporary, while at the same time suited to the seventeenth century’ TLS ‘A captivating study of the psychodrama of power’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

The Charming Predator: The True Story of How I Fell in Love with and Married a Sociopathic Fraud by Lee Mackenzie

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576986 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/576986] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Charming Predator: The True Story of How I Fell in Love with and Married a Sociopathic Fraud Author: Lee Mackenzie Narrator: Lee Mackenzie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: She fell in love with him, they married and then she found out who he was: a conman who was determined to destroy her.       The instant bestselling story of Lee Mackenzie, who was a capable and confident young woman, studying broadcast journalism and honing her skills of observation and objectivity. She was also a little unworldly, the product of a small, rural Western Canadian community where doors were never locked and life was simple and direct. On a backpacking trip in the UK, she met the man who would become her husband. A man who everyone agreed was one of the most intelligent, charming people they had ever met. Easy to like, easy to believe. Easy to love. A man without mercy who shattered her emotionally, psychologically and financially.      Decades later, Kenner Jones is at large today, having committed crimes around the world under a series of fake names and personas. He has been described—by a seasoned US immigration officer—as 'the best conman I have ever encountered.'      No one got closer to Kenner Jones than Lee Mackenzie. In The Charming Predator, he is unmasked for the first time.

In Other Words, Leadership: How a Young Mother's Weekly Letters to Her Governor Helped Both Women Brave the First Pandemic Year by Shannon A. Mullen

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622376 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622376] to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Other Words, Leadership: How a Young Mother's Weekly Letters to Her Governor Helped Both Women Brave the First Pandemic Year Author: Shannon A. Mullen Narrator: Shannon A. Mullen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 20, 2023 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: “A remarkable story of work, worry, art, faith, community, life, and hope. An instant classic.”  — Heather Cox Richardson, author of the New York Times bestseller Democracy Awakening 'A heartfelt and moving story . . . Just as important, it’s also a well-timed lesson in civics.'  — Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls Two unforgettable women from opposite poles of power in Maine forge an uplifting bond through good, old-fashioned letter writing that helps them navigate the COVID crisis Both women bring civility, grace, wit, and wisdom to the challenge of protecting those who depend on them — in other words, leadership This trip to the “Vacationland” of Maine — where the state motto is I Lead — offers an inspiring tale of civility and purpose, of doing the right thing and not just surviving, but prevailing. The first woman to serve as governor of Maine, Janet Mills, had been in office a year when COVID-19 reached the United States. The recently-widowed 72-year-old wrote in her journal there is “no playbook for a pandemic” as she imposed unprecedented restrictions on her state. When early support for the governor’s response curdled to rampant opposition, a young mother named Ashirah Knapp sent a letter of support from a remote homestead in the woods of Maine. Ashirah’s handwritten dispatch detailed how the public health emergency was upending her family’s life and livelihood, and she promised to keep writing “every week until we are through this time” to remind the governor how many Mainers supported her despite the disruption. Ashirah’s letters, with their simple wisdom and striking penmanship, stood out in a flood of correspondence Governor Mills was receiving that ranged in tone from appreciative to furious. They helped keep her grounded as she made wrenching, often unpopular choices. Shannon A. Mullen weaves from these two women’s letters and the governor’s journal, which were never intended for publication, an intimate and compelling true story that is a celebration of civility and compassion in the face of rancor and of resolve in the face of adversity.

Breathe: Seven Ways to Win a Greener World by Sadiq Khan

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575835 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575835] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathe: Seven Ways to Win a Greener World Author: Sadiq Khan Narrator: Sadiq Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A seven-step guide to winning support for tough action on climate change - the first book from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan For many years, Sadiq wasn't fully aware of the dangers posed by air pollution, nor its connection with climate change. Then, at the age of 43, he was unexpectedly diagnosed with adult-onset asthma - brought on by the polluted London air he had been breathing for decades. Scandalised, Sadiq underwent a political transformation that would see him become one of the most prominent global politicians fighting (and winning) elections on green issues. Since becoming Mayor of London in 2016, he has declared a climate emergency, introduced the world's first Ultra-Low Emission Zone, built hundreds of kilometres of new cycle lanes, led a drive for affordable insulation in council homes, and turned London into the first ever 'National Park City'. But with every year bringing more wildfires, extreme temperatures and flooding - and with around 4,000 people still dying prematurely from London's polluted air every year, with older, working class and ethnic minority Londoners most affected - there is so much more to do. Now, Sadiq draws on his experiences to identify the seven ways environmental action gets blown off course. And he reveals how to get it back on track, by: - Proving to sceptics that the climate crisis is a health crisis too; - Overcoming voters' cynicism by building coalitions across the political spectrum; - Shaking hands with everyone from your fiercest opponents to the most steadfast climate activists (even if you're a bit worried they might superglue you). Breathe is a call to action demonstrating how anyone - whether voter, activist or politician - can win the argument on climate. It will help create a world where we can all breathe again. ©2023 Sadiq Khan (P)2023 Penguin Audio

The Road to Unafraid: How the Army's Top Ranger Faced Fear and Found Courage through by Jeff Struecker

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612613 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612613] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Unafraid: How the Army's Top Ranger Faced Fear and Found Courage through Author: Jeff Struecker Narrator: Jeff Struecker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 23, 2023 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Jeff Struecker, a 'Black Hawk Down' hero, the Army's Top Ranger, now an Army Chaplain, relates his own tales from the frontlines of every U.S. initiative since Panama, and tells how God taught him faith from the front in fear-soaked times. As readers go on-mission with Struecker through his harrowing tales, they will learn how to face their own fears with faith in a mighty God. Just as he told one of his charges in Mogadishu: 'The difference between being a coward and a hero is not whether you're scared, it's what you do while you're scared.' Photos are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.