Eleven years a drunkard by Thomas Doner ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

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08/22/23

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Eleven years a drunkard by Thomas Doner audiobook.

Genre: biography

He tells of the shame, misery and pain which alcohol brought on him, and will bring to anyone whosoever be tempted by the pleasant feeling it produces at the time of drinking. It doesn't bring one home to shelter but drives them away. It leads one to forget the evil it brings and tempts one to pursue more for the pleasant feeling it produces. This 'pleasant feeling' produces many murderers in our land. It doesn't push the sufferer to ask for help but to lie about the drinking. Once Satan has a foothold he wants an even tighter grasp.

He exhorts - you boys, to learn this lesson, 'If you do not take the first drink, you will not be tempted to take the second.' And if you take the first drink do not take the second or the monster will have done its work and will surely lead you to a third and a fourth and to associate with the inmates of taverns until you are committed to prison, executed in the gallows, a cripple (like Doner) or to a drunkard's grave.

Filth, drunkenness, crime and blasphemy, Doner writes, are the rewards for stepping in this Snare of the Devil.

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(00:00:00) Chapter 0

(00:01:02) Chapter 1

(00:08:46) Chapter 2

(00:43:36) Chapter 3

(01:07:13) Chapter 4

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(00:08:29) Chapter 02

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(02:20:42) Chapter 06

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(03:14:39) Chapter 08

(03:49:04) Chapter 09

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Bashan And I by Thomas Mann ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

August 23, 2023

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Bashan And I by Thomas Mann audiobook.

Genre: biography

Written in the shadow of World War I, Bashan and I is Thomas Mann's intimate, clear-eyed portrait of life with his dog, a spirited German shorthaired pointer named Bashan. In a Munich landscape of gardens, paths, and wild edges, the narrator builds his days around small rituals: the moment he steps outside, the eager arrival of his companion, and the long walks that turn ordinary mornings into excursions of discovery. Mann watches Bashan with the precision of a novelist and the tenderness of a devoted owner, tracing the dog's instincts for scent and chase, his pride and mischief, his sudden raptures in nature, and his unwavering readiness to follow. As their companionship deepens, the book becomes more than a charming animal tale. Mann uses Bashan's presence to reflect on freedom and discipline, loyalty and independence, and the baffling gap between human thought and an animal's private world. Warm, humorous, and quietly philosophical, this short narrative offers refuge from a troubled era while asking what it really means to know, and to love, another living being.

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Chapters (Approximate)

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(00:02:52) Chapter 01

(00:25:12) Chapter 02

(00:42:46) Chapter 03

(01:08:02) Chapter 04

(01:36:05) Chapter 05

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(03:11:08) Chapter 08

(03:43:02) Chapter 09