Kristi Burns has narrated 13 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 6 ratings. The most-rated is Summary of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | Includes Analysis.
Summary of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | Includes Analysis
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Please note: This is summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a novel in stories about the Atlantic slave trade and its aftermath. The novel begins with the stories of two African half-sisters of the Fante and Asante tribes: Effia and Esi. Effia is born in the late 18th century in Fanteland on Africa's Gold Coast, on the night of a devastating fire near her father's compound. Her adoptive mother, Baaba, immediately resents her, because Effia is the daughter of her father Cobbe's house girl. In 1775, when Effia is young, British soldiers from the Cape Coast Castle come to the village. Effia wants to marry Abeeku Badu, who is in line to be chief. But to prevent Effia from marrying him, Baaba tells Effia that she must hide the blood from her first period. She knows that as long as people think Effia is premenstrual, she won't be permitted to marry a Fante man, per tribal customs. Inside this Instaread summary of Homegoing: Summary of the book Important people Character analysis Analysis of the themes and author's style With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.
©2016 Instaread (P)2016 Instaread
Summary of The Autoimmune Solution,by Amy Myers | Includes Analysis
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Summary of The Autoimmune Solution by Amy Myers | Includes Analysis Preview: The Autoimmune Solution is a self-help book for people who are or know someone who is struggling with an autoimmune disorder. It offers listeners the tools they need to overcome their illnesses by treating such disorders at their root causes, namely inflammation and overexertion of the immune system, through a plan called the Myers Way.... Please note: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book, and not the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of The Autoimmune Solution: Overview of the book Important people Key takeaways Analysis of key takeaways About the Author With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary, and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways, and analyze them for your convenience.
©2016 Instaread (P)2016 Instaread
Summary of The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries | Includes Analysis
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Summary of The Lean Startup by Eric Ries | Includes Analysis Preview: The Lean Startup offers a set of tools and methodologies for entrepreneurs both in startups and established corporations to better achieve success. Since the vast majority of startups fail, understanding how to build a better company saves society's most precious commodities: ideas, time, and the skills of its people. The lean startup movement sets out to prevent future failures.... PLEASE NOTE: These are key takeaways and an analysis of the book, and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of The Lean Startup: Overview of the book Important people Key takeaways Analysis of key takeaways About the Author With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary, and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways, and analyze them for your convenience.
©2016 Instaread (P)2016 Instaread
Counting Down
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When Deborah Gold and her husband signed up to foster parent in their rural mountain community, they did not foresee that it would lead to a roller-coaster 15 years of involvement with the traumatized, yet resilient, birth family. They fell in love with Michael (a toddler when he came to them), yet they had to reckon with the knowledge that he could leave their lives at any time. In Counting Down, Gold artfully tells her story of forging a family within an often confounding system in ways that defied the expectations of everyone involved. The remarkable characters we meet include social workers, a birth mother with the courage to give her children the childhood she never had herself, and a father parenting from prison. We also encounter members of a remarkable fellowship of Appalachian foster parents - gay, straight, right, left, evangelical, and atheist - united by love, loss, and quality hand-me-downs. Unlike child welfare manuals and textbooks, Gold’s memoir brings us a foster parent’s perspective (and, through Michael’s own poetry and essays, that of a former foster child). The book shakes up common assumptions and offers a hopeful look at an experience usually portrayed as bleak. For those who have fostered, Counting Down will be validating and familiar; for everyone else, it will inspire. “A deeply moving memoir about both the rewards and the daunting challenges of being a foster family...a unique and valuable book. Bravo.” (Ron Rash, author of The Risen) “An extraordinary story of loss and recovery that documents the breakdown and rebuilding of lives, family, and human potential. Deborah Gold is a gifted writer....” (Robert Morgan, author of Chasing the North Star)
©2018 Ohio University Press (P)2018 Redwood Audiobooks
Confessions of a 3-Day Novelist: How to Write an Entire Book in Just 72 Hours
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Want to finish writing your books faster? Learn the tricks that best-selling authors use to succeed! In 2011 author Laura Roberts wrote an entire book in just 72 hours, as part of the 3-Day Novel Contest. Upon completing the challenge successfully, she knew she'd found a great new way to write books quickly and wanted to share her secrets with the world. In this audiobook you'll learn: How to write an entire book, from start to finish, in just three days How to outline your story to achieve success What you'll need to write your book in just 72 hours Plus plenty of tricks and tips for writing faster, smarter, and harder! Use the methods that best-selling authors have used to achieve their success. Learn how to finish your books quickly to get them delivered to readers and build your fan base. What are you waiting for? Download this audiobook to start writing faster today.
©2014 Laura Roberts (P)2015 Laura Roberts
Fermentation for Beginners
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Discover all the secrets and countless benefits of fermentation today! This audiobook is intended to introduce anyone to the art of fermenting food at home. It is specifically geared toward true beginners. Commercial production of prepared foods causes much more harm than good and greatly reduces any nutritional content in food. Not only do the processes themselves destroy nutritional content, but most food manufacturers add a cocktail of harmful chemicals that certainly are not healthy for our bodies. Yes, food fermentation at home is an art, and some of it is trial and error, but we always live and learn. We can correct many issues on the fly or make notes of what to try next time. When we can decide what goes into our bodies and make conscious decisions to put the best stuff in us, our bodies will improve in overall health. This audiobook is designed to be a springboard to bigger and better fermentations. It will give you a place to start and to hone your skills. After all, isn't that what any good book is for? To enlighten and enrich our lives in some way? With all that being said, listen to the book and try the recipes. You will see what I mean about flexibility and health benefits. Happy fermenting, friends! Inside you'll find: What fermented foods are and why they are so good for you! How fermentation was used in different cultures throughout history. How to make base recipes such as kefir, whey, brine, sauerkraut, etc. Information about fermentation and digestion. Step-by-step instructions for safe and effective fermentation. The top health reasons to eat probiotic foods. Countless delicious recipes! And so much more! So what are you waiting for? Download today!
©2015 Sender Publishing (P)2015 Sender Publishing
Al Capone and His American Boys
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When her husband was murdered on the orders of Chicago mobster Frank Nitti, Georgette Winkeler - wife of one of Al Capone's "American Boys" - set out to expose the Chicago Syndicate. After an attempt to publish her story was squelched by the mob, she offered it to the FBI in the mistaken belief that they had the authority to strike at the racketeers who had killed her husband, Gus. Discovered 60 years later in FBI files, the manuscript describes the couple's life on the run, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre (Gus was one of the shooters), and other headline crimes of that period. Prepared for publication by mob expert William J. Helmer, Al Capone and His American Boys is a compelling contemporary account of the heyday of Chicago crime by a woman who found herself married to the mob.
©2011 Indiana University Press (P)2015 Redwood Audiobooks
Forgotten
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If your old life vanished completely, should you try to get it back or create a whole new one? That's the intriguing question at the heart of Catherine McKenzie's Forgotten. The smart, funny, and provocative story of a woman who returns home after being stranded for months in Africa by an earthquake, only to find that everyone in her life believed she was dead and moved on, Forgotten is captivating and thought-provoking contemporary women's fiction from the author of Arranged and Spin - a fresh and witty tale that will not be soon forgotten.
©2012 Catherine McKenzie (P)2016 Catherine McKenzie
Live Without Regret
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L.O.V.E. How can those four letters cause so much pain? Everyone talks about how great love is, with all the flowers and the butterflies, but that wasn't my experience at all. Love wasn't something I wanted or even needed. Nope. Been there. Done that. I have the sweat, tears, and blood-soaked T-shirt to prove it. The jagged edges of a damaged heart tell the story of my past, but just because I've sworn off love, doesn't mean I don't enjoy men. Because I do. Few things feel better than being tangled up with a hard body. Grabby hands, moans of pleasure, and sighs of happiness are all part of a well-balanced diet, as long as no strings are attached. Wild, crazy sex - yes. Love - hell no. But then Connor Jackson came into my life. He's the complete opposite of my ex. From his shaggy hair, scruffy beard, sexy tattoos, all the way down to his Chucks T's. I want Connor. The only problem - Connor wants forever. But forever doesn't exist. It can be taken away in the blink of an eye, and this is one heartbreak I know I wouldn't be able to survive.
©2016 Kirby Klostermann (P)2016 Kirby Klostermann
January 20, 2020
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The Washington Post
©2017 The Washington Post (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
Revealed
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Max Thorton faces a life-altering revelation: werewolves exist and his best friend might be one. What does that mean for his friendship? What does that mean for him? Enjoy this short for Max's introduction to Lycan and the Texas Pack. "Revealed" is fourth in the Lost Library (Paranormal Urban Fantasy) short story series, but can be enjoyed as a standalone story.
©2015 Catherine G. Cobb (P)2015 Catherine G. Cobb
March 3, 2021
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The Washington Post
©2017 The Washington Post (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
Witch's Diary
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A romp with Max Thorton becomes more, but Kenna McIntyre's standing by her tried and true method of dating - she's moving on. Having successfully dodged Max's calls and crushed any remaining sparks, Kenna learns that one of their encounters has produced startling results - a pregnancy she didn't believe possible and activation of her fire witch powers. Can she reconcile her past relationship failures with a future that includes Max - if only as the father of her child? And what about her knitting, crafting, home-body mom who turns out to be a bad-ass fire witch fighting for the good of humans everywhere? Can Kenna be a devoted mom, a crime-fighting daughter, and a newly awakened witch without losing her sanity? With the help of friends, Lizzie and Jack, her shockingly capable mom, and a feisty little magical book that refuses to be silenced, Kenna might just have a shot.
©2015 Catherine G. Cobb (P)2015 Catherine G. Cobb