Kim Handysides has narrated 7 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.2★ across 88 ratings. The most-rated is Surfacing.
Surfacing
Summary
From the author of The New York Times best-selling novels The Handmaid’s Tale - now an Emmy Award-winning Hulu original series - and Alias Grace, now a Netflix original series. Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a talented woman artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec. Setting out with her lover and another young couple, she soon finds herself captivated by the isolated setting, where a marriage begins to fall apart, violence and death lurk just beneath the surface, and sex becomes a catalyst for conflict and dangerous choices. Surfacing is a work permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose. Here is a rich mine of ideas from an extraordinary writer about contemporary life and nature, families and marriage, and about women fragmented...and becoming whole.
©1972 O. W. Toad Ltd. (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
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In this first of three books inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte, Sandra Gulland has created a novel of immense and magical proportions. We meet Josephine in the exotic and lush Martinico, where an old island woman predicts that one day she will be queen. The journey from the remote village of her birth to the height of European elegance is long, but Josephine's fortune proves to be true. By way of fictionalized diary entries, we traverse her early years as she marries her one true love, bears his children, and is left betrayed, widowed, and penniless. It is Josephine's extraordinary charm, cunning, and will to survive that catapults her to the heart of society, where she meets Napoleon, whose destiny will prove to be irrevocably intertwined with hers.
©1995 Sandra Gulland (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
Potty Training in 3 Days
Summary
Go from dirty diapers to successfully potty trained in 3 days! Potty training doesn’t have to be hard. Filled with expert advice accrued over thousands of cases, Potty Training in 3 Days makes it easy to get your child to start using the toilet. Detailed instructions, complete with practical advice, take you through preparing for potty training, the three days of training, and what to do afterward. Is it time for your child to use the potty? Then, Potty Training in 3 Days is the audiobook for you. Potty Training in 3 Days includes: A proven plan: Potty train your child in just three days with a five-step plan that includes useful tips and tricks for succeeding every step of the way. Insight into your child: Understand what’s going on in your child’s head, learn how to recognize when they’re ready for potty training, and more. Ways to stay cool: Keep calm through every accident, thanks to a kind and conversational approach that takes the stress out of potty training. Say bye-bye to diapers with Potty Training in 3 Days. Potty Training in 3 Days is expertly narrated by Kim Handysides, 2019 winner of the SOVAS Best Voiceover in Audiobook Educating or Business award. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2016 Brandi Brucks (P)2019 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe
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Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe is the much-awaited sequel to Sandra Gulland's highly acclaimed first novel, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
Beginning in Paris in 1796, the saga continues as Josephine awakens to her new life as Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte. Through her intimate diary entries and Napoleon's impassioned love letters, an astonishing portrait of an incredible woman emerges. Gulland transports us into the ballrooms and bedrooms of exquisite palaces and onto the blood-soaked fields of Napoleon's campaigns. As Napoleon marches to power, we witness, through Josephine, the political intrigues and personal betrayals - both sexual and psychological - that result in death, ruin, and victory for those closest to her.
©1998 Sandra Gulland (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
The Last Great Dance on Earth
Summary
The Last Great Dance on Earth is the triumphant final volume of Sandra Gulland's beloved trilogy based on the life of Josephine Bonaparte. When the novel opens, Josephine and Napoleon have been married for four tumultuous years. Napoleon is Josephine's great love, and she his. But their passionate union is troubled from within, as Josephine is unable to produce an heir, and from without, as England makes war against France and Napoleon's Corsican clan makes war against his wife. Through Josephine's heartfelt diary entries, we witness the personal betrayals and political intrigues that will finally drive them apart, culminating in Josephine's greatest tragedy: her divorce from Napoleon and his exile to Elba. The Last Great Dance on Earth is historical fiction on a grand scale and the stirring conclusion to an unforgettable love story.
©2000 Sandra Gulland (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
The Culture Question: How to Create a Workplace Where People Like to Work
Summary
Unfortunately, far too many people don’t like where they work. Some organizations are unhealthy and full of disrespectful behavior. Other workplaces are simply uninspiring. For various reasons, countless people feel trapped, indifferent, or bored at work. The authors of this book believe that people should be able to like where they work. When employees like the places they work, it’s not only good for their mental health and well-being, it’s also good for their organizations - both financially and otherwise. When a workplace culture is purposely created to be respectful and inspiring, employees are happier, more productive, and more engaged. By exploring six key elements that make up a healthy workplace culture, The Culture Question answers two fundamental questions: “How does your organization’s culture impact how much people like where they work?” and “What can you do to make it better?” Discover how to create a workplace where people like to work by focusing on these six elements of healthy workplace culture: Communicating your purpose and values. Employees are inspired when they work in organizations whose purpose and values resonate with them. Providing meaningful work. Most employees want to work on projects that inspire them, align with what they are good at, and allow them to grow. Focusing Your Leadership Team on People. How leaders relate to their employees plays a major role in how everyone feels about their workplace. Building meaningful relationships. When employees like the people they work with and for, they are more satisfied and more engaged in their work. Creating peak performing teams. People are energized when they work together effectively because teams achieve things that no one person could do on their own. Practicing constructive conflict management. When leaders don’t handle conflict promptly and well, it quickly sours the workplace.
©2018 ACHIEVE Publishing (P)2019 ACHIEVE Publishing
Gardening Without Work
Summary
While everyone loves eating fresh garden produce, not everyone has the time and energy to create a productive garden. But what if growing delicious crops required hardly any effort? What if you could have succulent strawberries, perfect peas, and terrific tomatoes without needing to touch a spade, hoe, or plow - without needing to worry about irrigating, spraying, sowing a cover crop, weeding, cultivating, or building a compost pile? If that sounds good, the Stout System is the answer for you! Ruth Stout has shown tens of thousands of gardeners how to greatly reduce their gardening workload. Let Ruth (and within a few chapters, she will feel like a friend!) show you how you can rejuvenate the soil and make your fruits, vegetables, and flowers thrive with low-maintenance mulch gardening. Widely renowned as a gardening expert (and sister of the famed mystery writer Rex Stout), Ruth Stout wrote extensively about how to simplify gardening. Her techniques have brought people from all over the world to her garden, and now her advice can help you maximize your garden's output with minimal effort. In addition to the time-saving tips provided, Stout's joyous perspective on life and gardening makes this book a delight?and is a must-read for anyone growing food or flowers. This audio edition of Gardening Without Work is wonderfully read by award-winning narrator Kim Handysides.
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