Helen Colijns account of her wartime experiences is a window into a largely overlooked dimension of World War IIthe imprisonment of women and children in Southeast Asia by the Japanese and how these prisoners of war responded to their dire circumstances.
The conditions were harsh, terrible. Food was scarce, medicine unavailable. Held in captivity for three and a half years, more than a third of the women in Helens camp died of disease or starvation. Yet their courage, faith, resiliency, ingenuity, and camaraderie provide us with
enduring lessons on living.
Though the prisoners had no musical instruments, they had their voices, and from memory scored classical works for symphony and piano. The music that helped sustain them while in captivity is a lasting and precious gift of these women to a world that has witnessed far too much war.
Nadia May has been nominated as an AudioFile Golden Voice five years running and is a winner of thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is the co-founder of TheatreFirst, a theater company in the San Francisco Bay Area where she currently lives.
Written By : Rick Atkinson
Narrated By : Rick Atkinson
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Length : 9 hours 30 minutes
Categories : 20th Century Military American British
Price : $39.95 $23.95
The harrowing story of one of history's most compelling military campaigns, the War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. See full description...
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Written By : Amy Waters Yarsinske
Narrated By : Gary Telles
Published By : Listen & Live
Length : 9 hours
Categories : Military Quiz Shows
Price : $21.95 $14.49
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Written By : Marcus Luttrell
Narrated By : Kevin T. Collins
Published By : Hachette Audio
Length : 6 hours
Categories : Military Military
Price : $29.98 $20.99
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Written By : Various
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories : Poetry British Military Knowledge & Learning
Price : $11.99
Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices. See full description...
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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