Madonna Lucey has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors. The most-rated is I Once Knew Vincent.
Skipped
Summary
Originally titled Chasing the Skip, Janci Patterson's debut novel has earned praise from Booklist - "realistic, flawed, and dimensional characters," Kirkus Reviews - "A solid cast and heartfelt emotions," NYT Bestseller Charlaine Harris - "a book I could recommend to almost any teenager," - and Steelheart author Brandon Sanderson - "a YA book with excellent writing and compelling characters." For 15-year-old Ricki, there's only one thing to know about her bounty hunter dad: he's never been there for her. But when her mother leaves, Dad suddenly appears and pulls her along on the road, hunting for criminals who've skipped bail. Ricki is sure she wants nothing to do with her father. She's much more interested in Ian Burnham, the 17-year-old skip Dad's chasing. Ian is confident and powerful and into her, everything that Ricki's family isn't. But Dad seems to think he can tell her what to do after all these years - and he says, stay away from Ian. On the road with only the skip and her dead-beat dad, will Ricki ever figure out who she can trust?
©2016 Janci Patterson (P)2017 Janci Patterson
Companion Planting for Beginners
Summary
This book contains proven steps and strategies on which plants or vegetables you can put together to help them to grow healthily. By combining plants carefully, plants can help each other in terms of providing nutrients in the soil, offering protection from wind or sun, and also by attracting beneficial insects or acting as a decoy for harmful pests. Just as there are good companion planting combinations, there are also bad combinations. Some plants actually restrict the growth of other plants either by competing for nutrition in the same way, or by excluding incompatible orders, scents, or chemicals. Also, combining different plant species within a farm or garden has an added benefit of improving biodiversity, even if only on a small scale, during a time when we are at risk of mass extinctions of species. It is now a well-established fact that more diverse ecosystems are able to withstand greater shocks and changes, such as pest invasions. Some ideas for beneficial plant companion are listed in this book.
©2015 Holistic Measures (P)2016 Holistic Measures
Mother Teresa: A Life of Love - Lessons of Wisdom and Humanity
Summary
Mother Teresa: The Saint of Calcutta Mother Teresa is one of the most celebrated figures from the last millennium. For more than 50 years, she did things that announced her to the entire world. A polite and humble figure, loved and criticized in equal measures, this audiobook celebrates the life of a little nun from Albania who taught the whole world a lesson. This is what you will learn inside: The audiobook is divided into four chapters, each dealing with a tenet that concerns the life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. In 2015, the Catholic Church canonized her, thus elevating her to the highest point all Catholics want, that of a saint. This is despite the considerable criticism levelled against her. The audiobook also looks at the challenges Teresa faced when she started a charity congregation with just five rupees and a sari. There are the lessons she taught the world through her anecdotes and sayings as well. The audiobook takes a deep look at the criticism levelled against her, offers a profile of her critics and the response to the criticism. While the media will look at the sensational headlines about this topic, the book's approach is deep and puts the whole issue into perspective. Table of Contents Chapter One: Autobiography: International charity Declining health and death Recognition and reception Spiritual life Journey to Sainthood Beatification Chapter Two: Legacy and Standing: Challenges faced by Mother Teresa Strength of character prevails Chapter Three: Lessons from Mother Theresa: Over 30 Lessons of Love Mother Teresa's character traits Mother Teresa's traits from a psychological point of view Chapter Four: Criticism, Critics, and Response to Criticism: Criticism in India Criticism from the world Response to criticism
©2016 Garcia V. Ammons (P)2017 Garcia V. Ammons
I Once Knew Vincent
Summary
In 1882, there was an artistic explosion of creativity in Europe. To a poor girl, Maria, and her alcoholic, prostitute mother, Sien, in The Hague, Netherlands, that didn't mean much until one winter evening when her mother brought Vincent Van Gogh to their home. Before his stint in Paris with the bohemian painters of his day, Van Gogh tried for a family life while learning the trade of art. Seminary school was a failure, and his cousin, Klee, had rejected his romantic advances. He took solace with this poor girl named Maria and her mother, Sien, determined to make them all a family. Maria, a hardened, honest girl, becomes Vincent's secret art critic. With an emotional artist for a friend and an alcoholic woman for a mother, Maria burdens herself as the responsible person in the family and tries desperately to keep them together. The short year and a half with Vincent forever changes Maria.
©2014 Michelle Rene (P)2016 Michelle Rene