Self-Value: The Story of Me
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
$0.99/mes por los primeros 3 meses
Exclusivo para miembros Prime: ¿Nuevo en Audible? Obtén 2 audiolibros gratis con tu prueba.
Self-Value: The Story of Me
Compra ahora por $19.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrado por:
-
Donald Gadson
-
De:
-
Brandon Williams
Acerca de esta escucha
I believe that failure isn't achieved when you don’t reach a goal, but by allowing the outcome of not achieving a goal to make you feel as though you have failed. Failure doesn't occur when a goal isn't achieved, but rather when one allows his or her spirit to be broken by life and simply stops trying.
I say that one day soon the hardships in and of my life shall make me very fortunate and it shall inspire the world. This is an autobiography about my life. This is also an inspirational message to all people.
Self-Value: The Story of Me is an eye-opening, poignant, often hilarious story that explores my 12 years of childhood homelessness, juvenile delinquency, and success. My life story is about a mother and son in peril who find serenity through their faith. In sharing my story, I highlight many problems society is faced with today such as domestic violence, illiteracy, bullying, low self-esteem, depression, and suicide. My story resonates with people fighting against those conditions and similar life experiences. This account of grand proportion has its fair share of humor, inspiration, suspense, betrayal, crime, sex, and romance.
I am a by-product of all that is least desired and overlooked. When I was seven, I was functioning as an adult. By the time I was 12, I was on my own and raised myself from that time forward. I grew up in a low-income community and was homeless most of my childhood. I believe that practicing self-value can lead to life improvement.
©2018 Brandon Williams (P)2018 Brandon WilliamsLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
Lady Q
- The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
- De: Sonia Rodriguez, Reymundo Sanchez
- Narrado por: Rebecca Mitchell
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 194
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 173
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 175
At age five Sonia Rodriguez's stepfather began to abuse her; at 10 she was molested by her uncle and beaten by her mother when she told on him; and by 13 her home had become a hangout for the Latin Kings and Queens who were friends with her older sister. Threatened by rival gang members at school, Sonia turned away from her education and extracurricular activities in favor of a world of drugs and violence.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
terrible
- De Anonymous User en 09-27-17
De: Sonia Rodriguez, y otros
-
Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- De: Matthew Desmond
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,037
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,356
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,339
In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Former Property Manager
- De Charla en 05-18-16
De: Matthew Desmond
-
A Piece of Cake
- A Memoir
- De: Cupcake Brown
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,743
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,399
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,396
There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, near-death injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, or homelessness. Cupcake Brown survived all these things before she'd even turned 20.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Religious
- De Nancy en 02-16-13
De: Cupcake Brown
-
The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- De: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
- Narrado por: Wes Moore
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,267
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,762
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,774
In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a series of articles about four young men who had allegedly killed a police officer in a spectacularly botched armed robbery. The police were still hunting for two of the suspects who had gone on the lam, a pair of brothers. One was named Wes Moore.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Insightful lesson in self-determination
- De Aneesah en 02-04-13
De: Wes Moore, y otros
-
Confessions of a Video Vixen
- Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits
- De: Karrine Steffans
- Narrado por: Karrine Steffans
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,061
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,619
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,616
Confessions of a Video Vixen is the widely anticipated memoir of Karrine Steffans, the once-sought-after sexy siren who appeared in the music videos of multiplatinum hip hop artists such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly, and LL Cool J. A top-paid video dancer, Karrine transitioned to film when acclaimed director F. Gary Gray picked her to costar in his film A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
It ishard to stop listening to this one
- De Lito Da Critic en 07-11-05
De: Karrine Steffans
-
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
- A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
- De: Jeff Hobbs
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,944
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,653
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,651
When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Robert Peace. Robert's life was rough from the beginning in the crime-ridden streets of Newark in the 1980s, with his father in jail and his mother earning less than $15,000 a year. But Robert was a brilliant student, and it was supposed to get easier when he was accepted to Yale, where he studied molecular biochemistry and biophysics.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
I've Heard This Before
- De Jami en 07-27-16
De: Jeff Hobbs
-
Lady Q
- The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen
- De: Sonia Rodriguez, Reymundo Sanchez
- Narrado por: Rebecca Mitchell
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 194
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 173
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 175
At age five Sonia Rodriguez's stepfather began to abuse her; at 10 she was molested by her uncle and beaten by her mother when she told on him; and by 13 her home had become a hangout for the Latin Kings and Queens who were friends with her older sister. Threatened by rival gang members at school, Sonia turned away from her education and extracurricular activities in favor of a world of drugs and violence.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
terrible
- De Anonymous User en 09-27-17
De: Sonia Rodriguez, y otros
-
Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- De: Matthew Desmond
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,037
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,356
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,339
In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Former Property Manager
- De Charla en 05-18-16
De: Matthew Desmond
-
A Piece of Cake
- A Memoir
- De: Cupcake Brown
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,743
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,399
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,396
There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, near-death injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, or homelessness. Cupcake Brown survived all these things before she'd even turned 20.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Religious
- De Nancy en 02-16-13
De: Cupcake Brown
-
The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- De: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
- Narrado por: Wes Moore
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,267
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,762
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,774
In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a series of articles about four young men who had allegedly killed a police officer in a spectacularly botched armed robbery. The police were still hunting for two of the suspects who had gone on the lam, a pair of brothers. One was named Wes Moore.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Insightful lesson in self-determination
- De Aneesah en 02-04-13
De: Wes Moore, y otros
-
Confessions of a Video Vixen
- Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits
- De: Karrine Steffans
- Narrado por: Karrine Steffans
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,061
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,619
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,616
Confessions of a Video Vixen is the widely anticipated memoir of Karrine Steffans, the once-sought-after sexy siren who appeared in the music videos of multiplatinum hip hop artists such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly, and LL Cool J. A top-paid video dancer, Karrine transitioned to film when acclaimed director F. Gary Gray picked her to costar in his film A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
It ishard to stop listening to this one
- De Lito Da Critic en 07-11-05
De: Karrine Steffans
-
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
- A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
- De: Jeff Hobbs
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,944
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,653
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,651
When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Robert Peace. Robert's life was rough from the beginning in the crime-ridden streets of Newark in the 1980s, with his father in jail and his mother earning less than $15,000 a year. But Robert was a brilliant student, and it was supposed to get easier when he was accepted to Yale, where he studied molecular biochemistry and biophysics.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
I've Heard This Before
- De Jami en 07-27-16
De: Jeff Hobbs
-
Miss Brenda and the Loveladies
- A Heartwarming True Story of Grace, God, and Gumption
- De: Brenda Spahn, Irene Zutell
- Narrado por: Pam Ward, Bahni Turpin, Johanna Parker, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 188
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 168
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 167
For Brenda Spahn, entrepreneur and businesswoman, wealth was a lifestyle - until a brush with the law threatened to send her to prison. In those dark moments, Brenda made a promise to God.
Spared incarceration, a renewed Brenda glimpsed into the lives of women serving time in one of the worst places in America - the JuliaTutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. What she saw prompted a God-inspired vision. With a heart to help and a will that couldn't be crushed, Brenda fought the system and overcame tremendous obstacles to take ex-cons into her home.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Grace, God . . . and Giving Back
- De Debbie en 11-10-16
De: Brenda Spahn, y otros
-
Gang Leader for a Day
- A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
- De: Sudhir Venkatesh
- Narrado por: Reg Rogers, Sudhir Venkatesh, Stephen J. Dubner
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,964
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,288
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,299
The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatest managed to gain entree into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Listen to this one first
- De DanO en 01-15-08
De: Sudhir Venkatesh
-
The Master Plan
- My Journey From Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
- De: Chris Wilson, Bret Witter, Wes Moore - foreword
- Narrado por: Chris Wilson, Wes Moore
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 695
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 627
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 626
Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life he wouldn't leave the house without a gun. One night, defending himself, he killed a man. At 18, he was sentenced to life in prison with no hope of parole. But what should have been the end of his story became the beginning. Deciding to make something of his life, Chris embarked on a journey of self-improvement - reading, working out, learning languages, even starting a business. He wrote his Master Plan: a list of all he expected to accomplish or acquire.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
"Read books that feed your soul."
- De Lighteyes214 en 03-17-20
De: Chris Wilson, y otros
-
All Souls
- A Family Story from Southie
- De: Michael Patrick MacDonald
- Narrado por: Michael Patrick MacDonald
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 47
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 42
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 42
The anti-busing riots of 1974 forever changed Southie, Boston's working-class Irish community, branding it as a violent, racist enclave. Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in Southie's Old Colony housing project. He describes the way this world within a world felt to the troubled yet keenly gifted observer he was even as a child. But the threats - poverty, drugs, a shadowy gangster world - were real. All Souls is heartbreaking testimony to lives lost too early, and the story of how a place so filled with pain could still be "the best place in the world".
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
this book broke me in the best way
- De anon en 02-14-23
-
I'm Not Broken
- A Memoir
- De: Jesse Leon
- Narrado por: Jesse Leon
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 57
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 54
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 54
Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesse Leon’s childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop when he was eleven years old left Jesse with a deadly secret. Hurt, alone, and scared for his life, Jesse numbed his pain by losing himself in the hyper-masculine culture of the streets and wherever else he could find it—in alcohol, drugs, and prostitution.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very grateful that Jesse shared his journey
- De Adrien L en 03-02-23
De: Jesse Leon
-
His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
- De: Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 174
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 160
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 157
The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by White officer Derek Chauvin. The video recording of his death set off the largest protest movement in the history of the United States, awakening millions to the pervasiveness of racial injustice.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
So Much More than “ I Can’t Breathe”
- De B Farnum en 09-13-22
De: Robert Samuels, y otros
-
The Freedom Writers Diary
- How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
- De: The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman, Bahni Turpin, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 435
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 349
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 350
In 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, named Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk” students. She had intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust. She was met by uncomprehending looks - none of her students had heard of one of the defining moments of the 20th century. So she rebooted her entire curriculum, using treasured books such as Anne Frank’s diary as her guide to combat intolerance and misunderstanding.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent Book
- De Anonymous User en 02-03-08
De: The Freedom Writers, y otros
-
Once a King, Always a King
- The Unmaking of a Latin King
- De: Reymundo Sanchez
- Narrado por: Rudy Sanda
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 290
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 255
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 255
This riveting sequel to My Bloody Life traces Reymundo Sanchez's struggle to create a "normal" life outside the Latin Kings, one of the nation's most notorious street gangs, and to move beyond his past. Sanchez illustrates how the Latin King motto "once a king, always a king" rings true and details the difficulty and danger of leaving that life behind. Filled with heart-pounding scenes of his backslide into drugs, sex, and violence, Once a King, Always a King recounts how Sanchez wound up in prison and provides an engrossing firsthand account of the Latin Kings.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Better
- De Andres en 04-05-18
De: Reymundo Sanchez
-
Writing My Wrongs
- Life, Death, and One Man's Story of Redemption in an American Prison
- De: Shaka Senghor
- Narrado por: Shaka Senghor
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 946
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 857
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 854
Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle-class neighborhood on Detroit’s east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An honor roll student and a natural leader, he dreamed of becoming a doctor—but at age eleven, his parents’ marriage began to unravel, and beatings from his mother worsened, which sent him on a downward spiral. He ran away from home, turned to drug dealing to survive, and ended up in prison for murder at the age of nineteen, full of anger and despair.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
My Inspiration
- De Max en 03-15-16
De: Shaka Senghor
-
My Bloody Life
- The Making of a Latin King
- De: Reymundo Sanchez
- Narrado por: Rudy Sanda
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 888
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 809
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 811
Looking for an escape from childhood abuse, Reymundo Sanchez turned away from school and baseball to drugs, alcohol, and then sex and was left to fend for himself before age 14. The Latin Kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in America, became his refuge and his world, but its violence cost him friends, freedom, self-respect, and nearly his life. This is a raw and powerful odyssey through the ranks of the new Mafia.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Good book, but the reader wasn’t a good fit
- De TheAutumnWind en 02-13-19
De: Reymundo Sanchez
-
I Cried to Dream Again
- Trafficking, Murder, and Deliverance - A Memoir
- De: Sara Kruzan, Cori Thomas
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 54
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 48
There is perhaps no crime more disturbing than the abuse of a child—and no court cases as upsetting as those in which juveniles who have faced abuse are tried for fighting back. In this gripping memoir Sara Kruzan, a survivor of childhood abuse and sex trafficking, tells the honest, disturbing, and ultimately empowering story of her journey from abuse to incarceration without parole for killing her abuser to finally gaining her liberation.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A True Warrior
- De Thixso en 02-27-24
De: Sara Kruzan, y otros
-
An American Summer
- Love and Death in Chicago
- De: Alex Kotlowitz
- Narrado por: Alex Kotlowitz
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 197
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 166
The numbers are staggering: Over the past 20 years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing about individuals who have emerged from the violence and whose stories capture the capacity - and the breaking point - of the human heart and soul. The result is a spellbinding collection of deeply intimate profiles that upend what we think we know about gun violence in America.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A must read!
- De carol utsunomiya en 03-20-19
De: Alex Kotlowitz
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Self-Value: The Story of Me
Calificaciones medias de los clientesReseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total5 out of 5 stars
-
Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars
- sharyn jenkins
- 02-05-19
Amazing Story
This book was an awesome story of heartache, pain,struggle leading to success. It proves a rose can grow from the sidewalk.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña