Patte Shaughnessy has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 3 authors. The most-rated is Soap Making.
Bloody Mary: The Life and Legacy of England's Most Notorious Queen
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"When I am dead and opened, you shall find 'Calais' lying in my heart." (Mary I) Queen Mary I ruled England and its conquered territories in Wales and Ireland for only five years, from 1553 to 1558, yet she has been remembered for nearly 500 years as Bloody Mary, the Catholic oppressor of a Protestant country. The truth, as usual, is more complicated than the myth. The oldest surviving child of King Henry VIII, she grew up in an era of religious and political turmoil, both in England and abroad, and though united in its Christianity, the continent was divided in how it approached that faith. A growing wave of protest and dissent had been met with brutal suppression in the 15th century, only to emerge like a phoenix from the flames in the form of Protestantism. With religious faith and political practice deeply intertwined, countries were being torn apart in a growing conflict between Catholics and Protestants. Mary's life was shaped by her experience of this, and by the twisted family politics of her father, Henry VIII. Henry VIII's lone mail heir, his young son Edward, was a strong Protestant, but a sickly teen. As it became clear that he would not survive to adulthood, Edward did not want his crown to pass to Mary, a zealous Catholic, whose brutal reign would include 280 "heretics" being burned at the stake during the Marian persecutions. However, Edward could see no constitutional, or indeed nonarbitrary, way to pass over Mary and choose his younger sister, Elizabeth. Hence, in his typical schoolboy penmanship, Edward's will attempted to override the Succession to the Crown Act of 1543 (advocated by his father and passed by Parliament), bar both Mary and Elizabeth from the succession, and declare Lady Jane Grey, the granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister, as his heir.
©2012 Charles River Editors (P)2015 Charles River Editors
The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Franklin
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"'Pickett's charge at Gettysburg' has come to be a synonym for unflinching courage in the raw. The slaughter-pen at Franklin even more deserves the gory honor." (Stanley F. Horn, The Army of Tennessee) As Sherman began his infamous march to the sea, Lincoln instructed Grant to redirect General George H. Thomas' efforts back to Tennessee to protect Union supply lines and stop the offensive mounted by Confederate general John Bell Hood. Hood had broken away from Atlanta and was trying to compel Sherman to follow him, thus diverting him from his intended path of destruction. With Sherman marching east toward the sea, he directed Thomas to try to block Hood around Nashville. In late November the Army of the Ohio, being led by Thomas' principal subordinate, John Schofield, all but blindly stumbled into Hood's forces, and it was only through luck that some of them had not been bottled up before they could regroup together. Receiving word of Union troop movement in the Nashville area, General Hood sent for his generals while attempting to hold off Schofield's advance. Hood knew that if Schofield reached Thomas' position, their combined armies would number more than twice his. Though the Confederates successfully blocked Schofield's route to Nashville, the Union general managed to execute an all-night maneuver that brought him to Franklin, about 18 miles south of Nashville. On November 30, the Union army began digging in around Franklin, and that afternoon Hood ordered a frontal assault on the dug-in Union army, which deeply upset his own officers. Hood stressed the necessity of defeating Schofield's forces before Thomas could arrive, though some historians believe his decision to mount a frontal attack was a rash decision made out of fury at the fact that Schofield had escaped his grasp.
©2012 Charles River Editors (P)2015 Charles River Editors
The Franklin-Nashville Campaign
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"Never had there been such an overwhelming victory during the Civil War - indeed, never in American military history." - Wiley Ford's comment on the Franklin-Nashville Campaign As Sherman began his infamous march to the sea, Lincoln instructed Grant to redirect General George H. Thomas' efforts back to Tennessee to protect Union supply lines and stop the offensive mounted by Confederate general John Bell Hood. Hood had broken away from Atlanta and was trying to compel Sherman to follow him, thus diverting him from his intended path of destruction. With Sherman marching east toward the sea, he directed Thomas to try to block Hood around Nashville. In late November, the Army of the Ohio, being led by Thomas' principal subordinate John Schofield, all but blindly stumbled into Hood's forces, and it was only through luck that some of them had not been bottled up before they could regroup together. Receiving word of Union troop movement in the Nashville area, General Hood sent for his generals while attempting to hold off Schofield's advance. Hood knew that if Schofield reached Thomas' position, their combined armies would number more than twice his. Though the Confederates successfully blocked Schofield's route to Nashville, the Union general managed to execute an all-night maneuver that brought him to Franklin, about 18 miles south of Nashville. On November 30, the Union army began digging in around Franklin, and that afternoon Hood ordered a frontal assault on the dug in Union army, which deeply upset his own officers. After repeated frontal assaults failed to create a gap in the Union lines, Schofield withdrew his men across the river on the night of November 30, successfully escaping Hood's army. Meanwhile, Hood had inflicted nearly 8,000 casualties upon his army (men the Confederacy could scarcely afford to lose), while the Union lost about a quarter of that.
©2012 Charles River Editors (P)2015 Charles River Editors
Liberating Louie
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Liberating Louie begins where Fully Staffed ended and continues with Spike’s story. It also introduces two very different dogs: Louie, a Staffordshire bull terrier cross, and Tia, a full staff from Lancashire and Yorkshire, respectively. Louie is a part-time lunatic while Tia is a reserved, timid little girl. They couldn’t be any different, yet they get along famously. Discover the strange and peculiar things that Louie gets up to and how, along with his sidekick Tia. They manage to leave a trail of havoc and mayhem in their wake, causing plenty of amusement along the way. This is a true, sometimes-unbelievable story about life with these two dogs who, quite simply, are well past the daft side of normal. With laughter and a few tears along the way, this is sure to please all the dog lovers out there.
©2019 Linda A. Meredith (P)2019 Linda A. Meredith
Soap Making
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Make your very own fresh soap at home! Learn everything you need to know about making homemade soap! This audiobook is for those who want to learn how to make their own soap at home. It is focused on those who have never made soap before but who want to learn. You will learn three different soap-making methods, including cold process soap making, hot process soap making, and making soap from a melt-and-pour soap base. You will also be given tips and tricks from soap makers themselves. These tips and tricks will help you produce the best soaps possible. You will learn exactly what you need to do to make your very own beautiful soaps, including the top three methods of making soap, where to buy everything you need to make soap, how to mix each of the ingredients, as well as safety precautions you should take while making soap. You will also learn what you need to do to make sure each of your soaps ages for the appropriate amount of time, so they last longer. By the time you finish listening to this audiobook, you are going to be able to make your very own soap that is chemical free. You will be able to make any type of soap you want. You will also understand how to add fragrance, color, and exfoliants into your soap. Finally we will discuss what you need to do if you plan to market your soaps. Why you must have this book: You will learn how to make your very own soaps, right at home. This book will teach you the steps to make soap using the cold process. You will learn how to make soaps without messing with lye. This book will guide you through three different soap-making processes. This book will teach you everything you need to know to start making your very own soaps today. You will learn how to do hot process soap making.
©2015 Samantha Moore (P)2015 Samantha Moore