Beethoven - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words by Ludwig van Beethoven ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

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08/03/23

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176m

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Beethoven - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words by Ludwig van Beethoven audiobook.

Genre: biography

Beethoven - The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words invites listeners into Ludwig van Beethoven's inner world through a carefully arranged selection of his own letters, notes, and remarks. Rather than a distant overview of dates and premieres, this book lets Beethoven speak for himself, revealing a mind that burns with artistic purpose while wrestling with practical realities, friendships, patronage, illness, and the daily strain of making a living as a composer. Across candid reflections and sharp observations, you hear his fierce standards for music, his impatience with compromise, and his compassion and humor when the mask drops. Familiar milestones take on new meaning as Beethoven describes what he believes music can accomplish, what he demands from performers, and what he fears may silence him. The result is an intimate portrait of genius in motion: proud and vulnerable, stubborn and tender, endlessly driven to transform personal struggle into sound. For anyone who loves Beethoven's works, or wants to understand how a great artist thinks and suffers and persists, these pages offer a direct, human encounter with the man behind the music.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:58) Chapter 02

(00:23:53) Chapter 03

(00:44:37) Chapter 04

(01:10:49) Chapter 05

(01:38:54) Chapter 06

(02:15:26) Chapter 07

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The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

August 3, 2023

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492m

The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery audiobook.

Genre: romance

In a small Ontario town, 29-year-old Valancy Stirling lives under the thumb of her sharp-tongued mother and a clan of proper, disapproving relatives who have trained her to be quiet, grateful, and afraid. Her days are a procession of dull duties and stifled wishes, relieved only by her secret devotion to the vivid, escapist nature writings of John Foster and by an imagined refuge she calls the Blue Castle - a private dream of freedom and belonging. When Valancy receives unexpected news that shakes her sense of time and obligation, she makes a daring decision: to stop living for other people's approval and start living for herself. Her break from convention draws scandal, gossip, and a hard reckoning with everything her family values, but it also leads her toward friendship, work with real purpose, and an unlikely connection with Barney Snaith, a man the town distrusts and misunderstands. As Valancy steps into the wider world of Muskoka woods, lakes, and small communities, she must decide what courage looks like, what love might cost, and whether she can build a life that feels like her own. Warm, witty, and quietly rebellious, this story explores self-respect, second chances, and the joy of choosing your own path.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:23:02) Chapter 02

(00:31:41) Chapter 03

(00:43:09) Chapter 04

(00:48:13) Chapter 05

(00:57:03) Chapter 06

(01:10:26) Chapter 07

(01:22:12) Chapter 08

(01:38:57) Chapter 09

(01:46:51) Chapter 10

(02:03:11) Chapter 11

(02:27:33) Chapter 12

(02:32:04) Chapter 13

(02:38:10) Chapter 14

(02:51:31) Chapter 15

(02:57:06) Chapter 16

(03:03:50) Chapter 17

(03:12:19) Chapter 18

(03:22:50) Chapter 19

(03:34:15) Chapter 20

(03:54:05) Chapter 21

(04:09:35) Chapter 22

(04:15:15) Chapter 23

(04:22:56) Chapter 24

(04:30:10) Chapter 25

(04:39:54) Chapter 26

(04:51:06) Chapter 27

(05:12:23) Chapter 28

(05:20:42) Chapter 29

(05:30:04) Chapter 30

(05:37:36) Chapter 31

(05:52:06) Chapter 32

(06:01:40) Chapter 33

(06:07:10) Chapter 34

(06:15:17) Chapter 35

(06:24:34) Chapter 36

(06:28:38) Chapter 37

(06:36:29) Chapter 38

(06:59:36) Chapter 39

(07:07:32) Chapter 40

(07:23:06) Chapter 41

(07:28:41) Chapter 42

(07:50:38) Chapter 43

(07:53:53) Chapter 44

(07:56:16) Chapter 45

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The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson ~ Full Audiobook [family]

August 4, 2023

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501m

The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson audiobook.

Genre: family

The Able McLaughlins won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel in 1924 in Margaret Wilson's debut work. Aptly described as 'Little House on the Prairie - but for adults' the novel follows a group of Scottish families who pioneer the Iowa prairie in the 1860’s. The main storyline concerns Wully, the eldest McLaughlin son, who returns home from the Civil War to find that his sweetheart, Chirstie, has experienced an unspeakable tragedy that will profoundly affect the couple's lives. Their story is one of shame and honor, secrets and guilt, fear and loathing, revenge and forgiveness. But perhaps the stars of the novel are the strong older women such as Wully’s mother, Isobel, whose love and matriarchal strength keeps the family together as well as Chirstie’s stepmother, Barbara, who finds ways to make her good-for-nothing husband keep his promises. Interlaced with the plots are richly detailed descriptions of frontier prairie life, the love that families share, and the relationships within the Scottish immigrant community.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:33:13) Chapter 02

(01:03:42) Chapter 03

(01:34:38) Chapter 04

(02:06:27) Chapter 05

(02:40:58) Chapter 06

(03:04:14) Chapter 07

(03:33:09) Chapter 08

(04:07:40) Chapter 09

(04:34:34) Chapter 10