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  Dostoevsky in Love - An Intimate...

  Alex Christofi

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  Dostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and brutality. Sentenced to death as a young revolutionary, he survived mock execution and Siberian exile to live through a time of seismic change in Russia, eventually being accepted into the Tsar's inner circle. Somehow, amidst all this, he found time to write short stories, journalism, and novels such as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov, works now recognized as among the finest ever written. 
   
   
   
  In Dostoevsky in Love Alex Christofi weaves carefully chosen excerpts of the author's work with the historical context to form an illuminating and often surprising whole. The result is a novelistic life that immerses the listener in a grand vista of Dostoevsky's world. Along the way, Christofi relates the stories of the three women whose lives were so deeply intertwined with Dostoevsky's: the consumptive widow Maria; the impetuous Polina who had visions of assassinating the Tsar; and the faithful stenographer Anna. 
   
   
   
  Christofi reconstructs the memoir Dostoevsky might have written had life—and literary stardom—not intervened. He gives us a new portrait of the artist as never before seen: a shy but devoted lover, an empathetic friend of the people, a loyal brother and friend, and a writer able to penetrate to the very depths of the human soul.

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  The Millionaire in the Box - How...

  Waleed Saleh

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  The Millionaire in the Box: How Nissan's Carlos Ghosn Escaped Japan to Lebanon 
  When success becomes a curse and achievement transforms into deadly enmity, witness the extraordinary tale of Carlos Ghosn—the Lebanese-born business legend who rescued two automotive giants from bankruptcy only to find himself trapped in an international conspiracy. 
  From humble immigrant beginnings to becoming the celebrated CEO of both Renault and Nissan simultaneously, Ghosn was hailed as "The Savior" and "The Man with the Golden Touch." His revolutionary management style transformed failing corporations into global powerhouses, earning him manga fame and standing ovations in Japanese restaurants. 
  But behind the boardroom triumphs lay a web of cultural tensions, political intrigue, and corporate betrayal. When Japanese authorities arrested the 68-year-old millionaire on fabricated financial charges, subjecting him to months of solitary confinement and psychological torture, Ghosn faced an impossible choice: surrender to a rigged judicial system with a 99.4% conviction rate, or risk everything in the most audacious escape of the modern era. 
  This gripping audiobook reveals the shocking truth behind Ghosn's legendary escape—hidden inside a musical instrument box, crossing international borders while authorities hunted him. More than a business biography, this is a modern epic exposing the dark underbelly of corporate power, international politics, and the price of challenging established systems. 
  Discover how cultural arrogance led to spectacular downfall, why the French government abandoned their citizen, and the ingenious planning behind history's most talked-about corporate escape. A tale that combines boardroom drama with airport thriller suspense, revealing how one man's refusal to accept injustice sparked a global diplomatic crisis.

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  The Roaring Brook Fiddler -...

  Julie Lyonn Lieberman

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  What if you could read a book packed with uncommon originality, while simultaneously attending a concert of critically acclaimed original music? Julie Lyonn Lieberman has created a literary album that focusses on her profound journey through life’s epic challenges. With passion, the family code, and her sixth sense as her guide, she forged a creative life against all odds … fueled by her passionate dedication to make a difference in the world. 
  What do the words empathic, visionary, and creative have in common? Author Julie Lyonn Lieberman. The Roaring Brook Fiddler is a unique, compelling, and deeply touching story of the development of a truly creative spirit. For anyone living the creative life, or exploring sensitivities beyond the norm, this book is for you! — SEAN MURPHY, Hemingway Award-winning author of One Bird, One Stone and The Time of New Weather / Julie Lieberman is a natural writer. Her book recounts her adventures as a formal classical musician who forged new paths as a pioneering improviser and role model for a new generation to dare to be creative. — DAVID AMRAM, Composer-conductor-Multi-instrumentalist / Julie Lyonn Lieberman is a force of nature, exemplified by this latest publication. The book … doesn’t flinch. And it is also a compelling reflection of a musician’s other life that the audience doesn’t know about – how, despite internal challenges, the show needs to go on not only to put food on the table, but also to allow a career and artistic life to progress. — ANNE INGLIS, STRAD Magazine / Julie Lyonn Lieberman’s book is riveting… an amazing tale. Man oh man can she tell a story and keep the reader’s attention glued to the page! — PAMELA SPIRO WAGNER, author, We Mad Climb Shaky Ladders / This is a wonderful and courageous book, one that will leave the reader richer … — ANNE WEISS, poet and songwriter

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  AUSCHWITZ CHILDREN AND MENGELE...

  Jack Stew Barretta

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  In the name of humanity, that was the explanation of Dr. Claus Karl Schilling for the execution of malaria experiments on 1,200 inmates of the Dachau concentration camp during the Second World War. The reputable Schilling had come to Dachau with the personal permission of the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in 1942 because he could use the prisoners as research subjects without the restriction of obtaining their consent. Schilling was not an exception.  
  Many Nazi doctors seized the unique opportunity to execute human experiments without legal and ethical restrictions during the war. The SS and the Wehrmacht either initiated or supported the research of the Nazi doctors. The central question that puzzled jurists and scientists is how these doctors, who were educated to heal people, could execute human experiments and deliberately harm and even kill people. To some scientists, their acts stand out as ‘exemplars of evil.’ This judgment is based on the fact that prisoners did not give their informed consent, the cruel and sometimes sadistic character of the experiments, and because never before in medical experiments was the death of the research subjects a central element of the research design. Many people think that ‘science went mad’ in the Third Reich and that Nazi doctors who committed these crimes were pseudo-scientists, sadists, and even monsters. However, thinking these perpetrators were madmen or monsters is a false explanation.  
  It is confronting to know that physicians belonging to the most advanced medical community in the world at the time, who had sworn to ‘do no harm, ' could commit these crimes. 
  On this trail, Dr. Josef Mengele’s pseudo-scientific research at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II led to immeasurable suffering among the camp’s children.

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  The Endless Search for More - A...

  John Mucai

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  A collection of true stories that revolve around our continuous search for “more.” And while this trait is essential for the long-term sustainability of humanity, John Mucai suggests that we must always strive to appropriately calibrate our desires. And more importantly, adopt a problem-solving mindset in our never-ending quest for “more.” 

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  Tell No One

  Brendan Watkins

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  A stunning memoir of one man's search for his birth parents, which uncovered an astonishing global scandal at the heart of the Catholic Church. 
  When Brendan Watkins was eight years old, his parents told him he was adopted. In his late twenties, he discovered the identity of his birth mother - a woman who had been a Catholic nun when he was born - but she wanted nothing to do with him. For thirty years he only managed limited communication with her, and had no clues to the identity of his birth father.  
  In 2018, a DNA test led him to the truth: he was the son of a celebrated missionary priest. His father had studied in a Trappist monastery in Ireland, had a career as a builder, was a Bondi Lifesaver, a trophy-winning ballroom dancer, was a landscape painter, a fine chocolate maker, met Mother Teresa and toured the world. 
   An astounding story had been uncovered which simply had to be told. After decades of searching, Brendan Watkins had discovered that his birth parents were a Catholic priest and a nun. Tell No One explores the questions, anxieties and reflections arising from this hidden past.

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