Tom Sleeker has narrated 10 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean.
Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean
Summary
In Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean, Randy M. Browne looks past the familiar numbers of life and death and into a human drama in which enslaved Africans and their descendants struggled to survive against their enslavers, their environment, and sometimes one another. Grounded in the 19th-century British colony of Berbice, one of the Atlantic world's best-documented slave societies and the last frontier of slavery in the British Caribbean, Browne argues that the central problem for most enslaved people was not how to resist or escape slavery but simply how to stay alive. Guided by the voices of hundreds of enslaved people preserved in an extraordinary set of legal records, Browne reveals a world of Caribbean slavery that is both brutal and breathtakingly intimate. Field laborers invoked abolitionist-inspired legal reforms to protest brutal floggings, spiritual healers conducted secretive nighttime rituals, anxious drivers weighed the competing pressures of managers and the condition of their fellow slaves in the fields, and women fought back against abusive masters and husbands. Browne shows that at the core of enslaved people's complicated relationships with their enslavers and one another was the struggle to live in a world of death. The book is published by University of Pennsylvania Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. "An outstanding contribution to our understanding of the legalities of Atlantic slavery and the varieties of lived experience among the enslaved." (Journal of Social History) "Illuminating...the best portrait of the slave driver to be found in the literature." (Social History) "Browne's unparalleled examination of the difficult lives of enslaved people makes Surviving Slavery required reading for historians of Atlantic slavery." (Journal of the Early Republic)
©2017 University of Pennsylvania Press (P)2020 Redwood Audiobooks
Dinky
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Winnie Award Winner at the Equus Film Festival: Best Equine Rescue Book
Dinky: The Nurse Mare’s Foal is the story of one little foal's fight for survival after being taken from his mother within hours of his birth. Dinky takes us on a poignant trip through the heart and mind of an animal, who was born for the sole purpose of producing milk in the mare. In the elite world of horses, Dinky was considered a by-product, a "junk foal".
Dinky’s story will resonate with animal lovers, as well as anyone who has adopted. Although a horse, his story has been called an adoption story. The listener can follow him through the heartbreak, cruelty, loneliness, and finally to happiness in his forever home. His story is based on true events. Each event from the moment the author met Dinky actually happened, though it is the author’s interpretation of what he might have been thinking and feeling during the occasions described in his story. His early life which is unknown has been fictionalized by the author and constructed through research and imagination.
There are many wonderful animal rescue leagues. Many are very empathic to these young animals, though some are not. Since Ms. Bishop has no knowledge of Dinky’s early days, she used the latter to enhance the strength of his story.
It will break your heart, open your eyes, lift you up, and teach you much about horses.
It is suitable for all ages.
©2013 Marta Moran Bishop (P)2019 Marta Moran Bishop
The Lesser People
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A dying white man tells his black nurse the story of the disintegration of his family in 1960s Mississippi after the town he grew up in tried to sweep a young black boy's murder aside.
©2015 Lee Thompson (P)2016 Lee Thompson
The Playroom
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John Carpenter's The Thing meets Se7en or House of 1000 Corpses. What lurks in the cabin in these dark, South Georgia woods? More importantly, what lurks beneath the cabin? Two cops go in alive. One - or none - will come back out. On a backwoods road in Middle Georgia, two small-town cops sneak out for a midnight drink. Bill is the LJPD's grizzled vet, Jason his rookie counterpart. The plan is to relax and shoot the bull until their shift is over. However, their plans get derailed when a young woman, naked and bloodied, runs screaming into the glow of their cruiser's headlights. She's wild-eyed and frantic, and she's got a horrifying story to tell. It's not that they don't believe her. It's just that it's...unbelievable. She leads them to a spot in the nearby woods they've never visited before. No one has, really. And what they find out there will defy all understanding. Survival becomes the operative word as they discover the secret to what lurks beyond the trees, behind the county line and inside the playroom.
©2019 Tyler Braddy (P)2020 Tyler Braddy
Medicare: The Clear, Concise, Self-Educating Guide
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Let's not mince words here: Researching medicare is tedious, time consuming, and frankly not motivating. The amount of information can appear over-whelming, in addition, the Internet is filled with small portions of truth to bait you in, just to end up on a fill-form page requesting your personal information. What is the solution? Medicare: The Clear, Concise, Self-Educating Guide simplifies the entire process. Only hand selected information is included to best serve the most common scenarios senior-citizens encounter when transitioning into medicare. Spare yourself the experience of filtering through thousands of pages of information, and consider a simplified guide that details only the most relevant information. What you can expect to learn: The most costly mistakes to avoid when getting started What benefits did you actually earn? How to enroll & coordinate benefits Medicare Advantage VS Supplement plans with comparison charts Late enrollment penalties that last forever/deadlines Prescription drug coverage with analysis charts What if I retire after 65? What if I keep my employer coverage? How to find a plan that fits the budget What plan allows you to choose your doctor and hospital What plan offers the most protection when traveling The number one reason for bankruptcy in the USA today is medical debt, much of which is preventable with proper coverage. You have worked to hard to screw this process up now. Roughly 50 percent of senior citizens only have original Medicare, so do not make the same mistake. Get an idea of the overall cost so you can actually plan a budget. Buy this audiobook today!
©2018 Mario Robertson (P)2018 Mario Robertson
Enneagram of Personality: An Essential Guide to the Enneagram to Understand Your Personality Type and How It Can Transform You and Your Relationships
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A book for those who know their Enneagram number and are ready to go deeper! Are you ready for self-discovery and self-growth? Ready to cultivate compassion, self-acceptance, and peace-of-mind? Whether you realize it or not, you analyze people's personalities every day. You decide whether to trust someone based upon certain characteristics. You choose your friends and, as far as that goes, who you'll "like" or "dislike" based upon these same characteristics. You might look at a new acquaintance and describe him to a friend as having "a great personality". These characteristics that you're assessing are the pieces of a person's psyche that make up their personality. This is not a just a guide to finding your Enneagram number or profile, although it might help. This is a journal that helps you use Enneagram information as a springboard into greater self-discovery and self-growth. Explanations of important Enneagram concepts are provided to inspire you as you journal and help you gain greater insight. But getting to know the Enneagram better is not the purpose of this journal. The purpose of this journal is to get to know you.
©2020 Stephen W. Rosen (P)2021 Stephen W. Rosen
Ken Griffey Jr.
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Learn the inspiring story of the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds' legendary outfielder Ken Griffey Jr.! One of the many riveting listens in the Baseball Biography books series by Clayton Geoffreys. In Ken Griffey Jr.: The Inspiring Story of One of Baseball's Greatest Outfielders, you will learn the story of one of baseball's greatest outfielders, Ken Griffey Jr. Griffey Jr. accomplished a lot over the course of his career, playing the bulk of it for the Seattle Mariners and the Cincinnati Reds. By the time he retired, he was a 13-time all-star, American League MVP, and 10-time Gold Glove Award recipient. Ken Griffey Jr. serves as a role model for baseball fans of all ages in the way he carried himself on and off the field throughout his career and showing his dominance on both the offensive and defensive sides of the game. Buy this unauthorized baseball biography today to learn the inspiring story behind star baseball outfielder Ken Griffey Jr.! This is the perfect baseball chapter book for sports fans of all ages. This baseball book explores what makes Ken Griffey Jr. great and what we can learn from his hard work. Here is a preview of what is inside the Ken Griffey Jr. audiobook: Childhood and no love for the Yankees High school career and the draft Minor league career Major league career: rookie season, becoming the man and the best in baseball The trade, a rough new beginning, the comeback, and the end of an era Griffey Jr.'s personal life Griffey Jr.'s legacy Be sure to pick up this audiobook on Ken Griffey Jr. today!
©2020 Calvintir Books, LLC (P)2020 Calvintir Books, LLC
Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle
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Winner of the Seaborg Award A History Book Club Selection On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville, Kentucky, in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. The climax of a campaign that began two months before in Northern Mississippi, Perryville came to be recognized as the high water mark of the western Confederacy. Some said the hard-fought battle, forever remembered by participants for its sheer savagery and for their commanders' confusion, was the worst battle of the war, losing the last chance to bring the Commonwealth into the Confederacy and leaving Kentucky firmly under federal control. Although Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederates won the day, Bragg soon retreated in the face of Gen. Don Carlos Buell's overwhelming numbers. Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle is the definitive account of this important conflict. While providing all the parry and thrust one might expect from an excellent battle narrative, the book also reflects the new trends in Civil War history in its concern for ordinary soldiers and civilians caught in the slaughterhouse. This book is published by University Press of Kentucky.
©2001 The University Press of Kentucky (P)2017 Redwood Audiobooks
Dead Shock: A Sci-Fi Horror Novel
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They're stranded. They're scared. But they're not alone. Something is waiting for them...in the darkness of the ship. In the distant future, a team of diplomats embark on a mission to make contact with an authoritarian ship that has gone radio silent. It's supposed to be a simple job, a look-see operation to make sure something terrible hasn't happened. The leader is prone to fits of violence, and there are rumors of previous human rights abuses. Only, when they arrive, the ship is...empty. The question is - where did everybody go? Armed only with riot gear, they explore the ship, intent on discovering the truth about what's happened on The Ark. What they find will be more nightmarish than anything they've seen before. Indeed, it's worse than anything they could imagine. Dead Shock is a creepy atmospheric novel from the author of The Playroom and Party Snatchers. Fans of H.P. Lovecraft and Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation will love this claustrophobic, terrifying book. It's equal parts horror and soft science fiction. Think Alien meets Dawn of the Dead. A mix of body horror, action, and sci-fi, Dead Shock is the first in the Shock series of novels. It's the kind of dystopian sci-fi or dystopian horror you'd come to expect from Wallace Henry. So, grab a space suit, grab a force gun, and hold your breath, because nobody can breathe in space.
©2020 Tyler Braddy (P)2021 Tyler Braddy
The Oatman Massacre
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The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy. Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led his family of nine and a few other families from their homes in Illinois on a journey west, believing a prophecy that they would find the fertile "Land of Bashan" at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. On February 18, 1851, a band of southwestern Indians attacked the family on a cliff overlooking the Gila River in present-day Arizona. All but three members of the family were killed. The attackers took thirteen-year-old Olive and eight-year-old Mary Ann captive and left their wounded fourteen-year-old brother Lorenzo for dead. Although Mary Ann did not survive, Olive lived to be rescued and reunited with her brother at Fort Yuma. On Olive's return to white society in 1857, Royal B. Stratton published a book that sensationalized the story, and Olive herself went on lecture tours, telling of her experiences and thrilling audiences with her Mohave chin tattoos.
©2005 University of Oklahoma Press (P)2014 Redwood Audiobooks