Jimmy Carter has lived the most admired and productive post-presidency in the nation's history.
Through The Carter Center, which he and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, President Carter has fought neglected diseases, waged peace in war zones, and built hope among some of the most forgotten and needy people in the world.
Serving in more than seventy nations, he has led peacekeeping efforts for Ethiopia, North Korea, Haiti, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Uganda and Sudan. With his colleagues from The Carter Center, he has monitored more than sixty-five elections in troubled nations, from Palestine to Indonesia. Carter's bold initiatives, undertaken with dedicated colleagues, have eliminated, prevented, or cured an array of diseases that have been characterized as "neglected" by WHO and that afflict tens of millions of people unnecessarily. The Carter Center has taught millions of African families how to increase the production of food grains, while Rosalynn Carter has led a vigorous war against the stigma of mental illness around the world, which she describes on the audio.
"Immersing ourselves among these deprived and suffering people has been a great blessing as it stretched our minds and hearts," Carter writes. This is the story of his post-presidency.
Author : Dumas Malone
Performed By : Anna Fields
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
19 hours
Type : Autobiography
Download Price : $36.95
The second volume in this six-volume biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President George... More info...
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Author : Robb White
Performed By : Robb White
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
6 hours
Type : Autobiography Adventurers & Explorers Biographical Health & Recreation Knowledge & Learning
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Robb White knows everything there is to know about getting on the water and staying there as long as you possibly can. While still a young boy, he built his first boat, hewn from the tin roof of an... More info...
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Author : Gael Greene
Performed By : Nancy Travis and Gael Greene
Published By : Hachette Audio
5 hours
Type : Autobiography Women Journalism
Download Price : $24.98 $17.49
Gael Greene, the highly respected restaurant critic for the New York Magazine, whose fierce wit and sensuous prose changed the way Americans think about food... More info...
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Author : Tim Lefens
Performed By : Grover Gardner
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
7 hours
Type : Arts & Drama Autobiography Biographical Knowledge & Learning Inspiration & Devotion
Download Price : $32.95 $16.95
When artist Tim Lefens walked into the care center for people with cerebral palsy, he had a life-changing experience. Because of his passion and determination, he and his student-artists emerged to... More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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