Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Carrie Carolyn Coco

By: Sarah Gerard

Narrated by: Sarah Gerard

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and penetrating prose to the 2016 murder of her friend Carolyn Bush, examining the multi-faceted reasons for her death?personal and societal, avoidable and inevitable?as “nuanced and subtly intimate” (NPR) as her lauded essay collection, Sunshine State.   On the night of September... Read more

The Secret Lives of Numbers

By: Kate Kitagawa & Timothy Revell

Narrated by: Daphne Kouma

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, spanning six continents and thousands of years of untold stories.""A book to make you love math."" —Financial TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told... Read more

Wingless Victory

By: Anthony Richardson

Narrated by: Richard Trinder

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The true story of an airman's audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two.



Perfect for fans of The Great Escape, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram, and The Wooden Horse.



Sir Basil Embry's Blenheim bomber was shot down in the summer of 1940.



During the course of his time in enemy territory he broke out from a column of prisoners while... Read more

My Glorious Defeats

By: Barrett Brown

Narrated by: Barrett Brown

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Barrett Brown went to prison for four years for leaking intelligence documents. He was released to Trump’s America. This is his story.

After a series of escapades both online and off that brought him in and out of 4chan forums, the halls of power, heroin addiction, and federal prison, Barrett Brown is a free... Read more

I Can Give You Anything But Love

By: Gary Indiana

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The long-awaited memoir from one of the most acclaimed radical writers in American literature. Described by the London Review of Books as one of "the most brilliant critics writing in America today," Gary Indiana is a true radical whose caustic voice has by turns haunted and influenced the literary and artistic establishments.



With I Can Give You... Read more

Grant Me Vision

By: Sabrina Greenlee

Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms & DeAndre Hopkins

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Foreword by DeAndre HopkinsIn this extraordinary memoir, Sabrina Greenlee, the indomitable mother of NFL sensation DeAndre Hopkins, unveils her journey of triumph over adversity—a saga of tenacity, redemption, faith, and the profound reclamation of personal power.Sabrina Greenlee was born to teenage parents in the shadow of South Carolina’s... Read more

Instructions to His Son

By: Sr. Walter Raleigh

Narrated by: Denis Daly

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Instructions to his Son
By Sir Walter Raleigh
Narrated by Denis Daly
During his long internment in the Tower of London Elizabethan adventurer and statesman Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 - 1618) took time to compose this thoughtful homily to his son. It consists of ten short chapters dealing with a variety of important issues such as the choice of... Read more

More, Please

By: Emma Specter

Narrated by: Erin deWard

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

AS FEATURED IN NYLON • W MAGAZINE • GLAMOUR • BOOK RIOT • HEYALMA • BUSTLE • ELECTRIC LITERATURE • ROMPER • AND MORE!""Tender, funny, angry, and sharp as hell. This is an essential book for anyone with a body, anyone with a heart."" —Helen Rosner, James Beard Award-winning food journalist and New Yorker staff writerAn unflinching and deeply... Read more

Legendary

By: Dick LeBeau, Scott Brown & George Von Benko

Narrated by: Todd Menesses, Dick LeBeau, Troy Polamalu & Jam...

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook edition features narration from Pittsburgh Steelers greats: Hall of Famer Troy Polamalu, 5-time Pro Bowler James Harrison, and coach Dick LeBeau himself. To most NFL fans, Dick LeBeau is known as a football lifer, Pro Football Hall of Fame member, and mastermind behind the revolutionary zone blitz defense. But to Pittsburgh... Read more

The Life and Times of Bill Williamson

By: Bill Williamson

Narrated by: Dalan Decker

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Bill Williamson definitely had a rough start at life. His mother went through many complications while pregnant with him, and he spent much time in the hospital as a child for his health issues, including being seriously hearing impaired. As a partially deaf child, Bill received a lot of ridicule for his hearing impairment, and thus many... Read more

Mis inventos

By: Nikola Tesla

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

“El instinto es algo que trasciende el conocimiento” Nikola Tesla.ADÉNTRATE EN LA MENTE DE UN VISIONARIO.A través de sus propias palabras, Nikola Tesla nos lleva en un viaje desde su infancia en el Imperio Austrohúngaro, pasando por sus años de formación y sus primeras invenciones, hasta sus logros más notables en los Estados Unidos colaborando... Read more

Who Killed The President?

By: Brian Gibson

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States as President and the country's youngest and first Catholic leader. His singularity foreshadowed a sort of challenge to his presidency from the start. Many people were taken aback by his assassination. It was the height of the Cold War and the United States' involvement in Vietnam. John... Read more

The Most Famous Silent Film Actors: The History of the Actors Who Helped Shape Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Only a select few actors become international stars in their time, but none had as unique a career as Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin was the first true film star, and he managed to do so even when films were still silent. He has been honored with too many awards to count, and the fact that his name remains instantly recognizable nearly a century after... Read more

A Season for That

By: Steve Hoffman

Narrated by: Steve Hoffman

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In this poignant, delicious memoir, American tax preparer and food writer Steve Hoffman tells the story of how he and his family move to the French countryside, where the locals upend everything he knows about food, wine, and learning how to belong.
 
Steve Hoffman is a perfectly comfortable middle-aged Minnesotan man who has always been... Read more

Riding with Reagan

By: John R. Barletta

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

John Barletta was a Vietnam veteran and Secret Service agent who spent over a decade with the Reagans, poised to give his own life at any moment to save the fortieth president of the United States. His superior riding skills made Barletta the perfect choice to protect Reagan during his frequent visits to the ranch. Over time, he got to know... Read more

Get Shown the Light

By: Michael Kaler

Narrated by: Steve Menasche

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Of all the musical developments of rock in the 1960s, one in particular fundamentally changed the music's structure and listening experience: the incorporation of extended improvisation into live performances. While many bands—including Cream, Pink Floyd, and the Velvet Underground—stretched out their songs with improvisations, no band was more... Read more

She drew me on the train

By: Louise Usher

Narrated by: Louise Usher

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This short story is based on a true experience, travelling from London to Kent. Sharing a carriage with a family from America, Lou was interested to find out why they were travelling to the Kent coast. A trespasser on the tracks kept the train stuck in a station while Lou hoped to write some romance into her next book. What she hadn't realised... Read more

Unstuck

By: Rachael Herron

Narrated by: Rachael Herron

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Get ready to become delightfully unstuck.Bestselling author Rachael Herron is stuck. She and her partner have lived in their beloved East Oakland home for 15 years, almost as long as they’ve been married. But the house is in a rough area, and they’re tied to a mortgage she’s not sure they’ll ever be able to pay off.  So when the whispered... Read more

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius - Abridged

By: Pocket Classic

Narrated by: James Harrison

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dive deep into the timeless wisdom of ancient Rome with "Meditations of Marcus Aurelius," an audiobook expertly narrated by James Harrison. Experience the profound thoughts and reflections of one of history's greatest philosophers and Roman Emperors, Marcus Aurelius. This audiobook captures the essence of his philosophical musings, offering... Read more

私は "彼の方法" でやった "Watashi wa" kare no hōhō" de yatta"

By: Elizabeth Das

Narrated by: Rieko Zasu.

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

エリザベス・ダスさんは並外れた奉仕をする並外れた女性です。ここアメリカだけでなく、他の多くの国でも、人生が次々と変化しています。エリザベスさんは、神の王国に完全に服従して主イエス・キリストに仕えています。神は、彼女の献身的な祈りの生活とアウトリーチ活動を通して、素晴らしいことをしておられます。人々は変化し、麻薬、アルコール、魔術の束縛から解放されています。この本を読むと、あなたも彼女の重荷と情熱の油注ぎを感じるでしょう。神に栄光あれ！この本は、イエス・キリストとのより深い関係を求める人にとって必読です。A と評価され、映画化に最適です。読んで、あなたの人生を変えてください。タミー・シールズタイラータウン、ミシシッピ州「私は "彼の方法"... Read more

In Search of My Father

By: Dr Helena Popovic

Narrated by: Ella Watson Russell & Felix Johnson

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

What happens when life throws together a busy, enthusiastic, doctor-daughter and her bereaved, disenchanted, dependent father? What happens when science meets stubbornness and a parent needs parenting?Following her mother’s death, Dr Helena Popovic puts her medical training and beliefs to the test when she becomes the carer for her elderly... Read more

Biography Of Oppenheimer

By: Daimond Simon

Narrated by: emma

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This biography of Oppenheimer delves into the life and career of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the visionary physicist and father of the atomic bomb.Exploring his journey from his early years in New York City to his pivotal role in the Manhattan Project, this book provides a comprehensive look at the scientific breakthroughs and personal challenges... Read more

Love, Courage, and Miracles

By: Robin Modlin & Nicholas Lefler

Narrated by: Robin Modlin

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on a heartwarming journey through this tale of love, courage, and miracles. Join Robin as she confronts her daughter Anna’s life-limiting prognosis, navigates the challenges of cystic fibrosis, and witnesses Anna’s miracle resurrection through a double lung transplant. Together, they defy the odds and are fueled by hope, gratitude and a... Read more

Heart of a Stuntman

By: Kevin Ball

Narrated by: Chuck Bowler

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

KEVIN BALL found his way in the humanitarian world because he felt the need for change. Hollywood's materialistic temperament was wearing on him. His career as a professional stuntman spanned over thirty years and it helped to prepare his mind and body for the hurdles of filming NGOs in developing nations, as well as giving him years of... Read more