Eye of the Beholder by Gracie Ruth Mitchell

Mission to Mao: US Intelligence and the Chinese Communists in World War II by Sara B. Castro

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812622 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/812622] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mission to Mao: US Intelligence and the Chinese Communists in World War II Author: Sara B. Castro Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 26, 2024 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: From 1941 to 1947, the United States planted a liaison mission in the headquarters of Chinese Communist forces behind the lines. Nicknamed the 'Dixie Mission,' for its location in 'rebel' territory, it was an interagency delegation that included intelligence officers from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Mission to Mao is a social history of the OSS officers in the field that reveals the weakness of United States intelligence diplomacy in the 1940s. Drawing on over 14,000 unpublished records from five archives as well as white papers and memoirs from the participants, Sara B. Castro demonstrates how the OSS officers clashed with political appointees and Washington over the direction of the United States relationship with the Chinese Communists. Initially, the OSS officers were sent to gather intelligence that would help the war effort against Japan, but interagency and political conflicts erupted over whether the mission would later involve operations with the Communists. Castro shows how potential benefits for the war effort were thwarted by politicization and the OSS officers' own biases and blind spots. Mission to Mao is a fresh look at United States intelligence in World War II China and takes listeners beyond the history of 'China hands' versus American anticommunists, introducing more nuance.

Eye of the Beholder by Gracie Ruth Mitchell

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813116 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813116] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eye of the Beholder Series: #1 of Stone Springs Author: Gracie Ruth Mitchell Narrator: Dillon Sickels, Hope Shangle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Romance Publisher's Summary: One girl. One boy. One bargain… Mina Look, I’m no social butterfly. I don’t care what the extroverts say—talking to people is scary. I’d rather hang out with my books than actual human beings. Books don’t call you names or dump water over your head in the cafeteria. But high school is almost over, and I’m realizing I have nothing to show for it but good grades. I need to come out of my shell if I want to get the attention of a certain football player, and I’m going to need help. My neighbor Cohen is the man for the job. Sure, his attractiveness makes me nervous, and yes, he smells obnoxiously good all the time, but it’s fine. I’ve got this. I mean, probably. I’ve probably got this. Cohen Mina’s got a thing for my buddy Jack. I’ve got a thing for getting into a good college. My plan is simple: I’ll help Mina get Jack’s attention if she’ll tutor me for the ACT. No big deal, right? But working with Mina isn’t going to be easy. Her social skills are iffy at best, and don’t get me started on her (lack of) flirting skills. It’s a good thing she makes me laugh, because we’re going to be spending a lot of time together…

[Chinese] - 谁能牵猫散步 by 牛撇捺

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/838518 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/838518] to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Chinese] - 谁能牵猫散步 Author: 牛撇捺 Narrator: 多多 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 2, 2024 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: 内容简介： 牵狗散步不算什么。狗你只要拴根绳，牵着它就走。但猫不会被人拴上绳子拉着走。猫有野性，而且有永远驯化不了的野性。人应当向猫学习，保持必要的'人' 性，或者说人的某些野性，特别是人的气节。猫不让人拉着散步，人也不能事事时时处处听任别人摆布。本书是一部杂文、随笔和书评集，是作者2005-2006年间所写的。全书共分一树硬刺、几片绿叶和锦边碎花三部分。

[German] - Persephone: Verdammt mächtig by Lucia Herbst

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/834641 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/834641] to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Persephone: Verdammt mächtig Series: #2 of Greek Goddesses Author: Lucia Herbst Narrator: Viola Müller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 1, 2024 Genres: Fantasy Publisher's Summary: Die Göttin der vielen Gesichter Die Frühlingsgöttin Persephone will den Herrscher der Unterwelt und ihren Ehemann Hades verlassen. Sie gibt für ihre Freiheit sogar ihre göttliche Macht auf. Daraufhin stürzt Hades die Welten der Lebenden und der Toten ins Chaos. Erst in seiner Falle begreift Persephone, dass es neben Fügen oder Fliehen noch eine dritte Option gibt: Kämpfen.

Losing Neverland by Evelyn Montgomery

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821752 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821752] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing Neverland Series: #1 of Escapism Author: Evelyn Montgomery Narrator: Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: All is not as it seems in Neverland. As for Peter & Hook… I know the secret most don't. The real truth behind the myth. The hidden wonder you've never known disguised as the notorious legend. I know the nightmare that brings Hook to his knees. The inescapable reality Peter Pan one day couldn't fly away from. All you've ever been told is a lie. A hoax. A pixie trick. I know the truth because… I'm their ruin. I'm their demise. I'm the end of what was & the beginning of what's to come. My name is Wendy Moira Angela Darling, & I'm the reason for losing Neverland. Praise for Losing Neverland: Losing Neverland will keep you saying, 'just one more chapter,' until you finally finish! This book is insane in the best way. It’s twisted and devastatingly beautiful. Passionate, obsessive, & emotional. I'm a huge fan of retellings, a huge fan of dark romance, a huge fan of anti-heroes, & boy this one had all three! I wish that I could reread this book for the first time, it was so good! WOW! I could NOT put this book down! It was a rollercoaster ride. This book is dark, twisted, unique, and beautiful. It’s a dark romance, but it's also a beautiful second-chance romance. I ate this up so quickly I already miss it! What I would give to be able to read this for the first time again! Losing Neverland gets all the stars!!! This is your sign to go by this book right now. Growing up, Peter Pan was always one of my favorite fairytales. Let me tell you, the story gets better with age and the adult version. I absolutely could not put this book down. Like I refused to cook dinner and made the kids order pizza couldn't put it down. Wendy and Peter are so amazing and the spice between these two, holy cow! This dual POV is dark, sexy, and it hits all the right spots. I DO NOT even know where to begin with the absolute perfection Losing Neverland is! I never want to watch a single Peter Pan movie or the cartoon because I want this story to be Peter and Wendy's real story!!! 'Everything. That’s my favorite part.' Truer words were never spoken. I read this book three times. Three in a row. And each time I was just as sucked into the story as the first. More so actually as this is one of those books that the more times you read it, the more you find it blows your mind. The symbolism in this book is astounding. The twists are different in that they are revealed early. The love is a timeless, tragic, beautifully happy love story that will absolutely leave you coming back again… and again… and again.