Biography & Memoir audiobooks

The Elephant Whisperer

By: Lawrence Anthony & Graham Spence

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them.
 
In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years... Read more

Brigham Young

By: John G. Turner

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 19 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Brigham Young was a rough-hewn craftsman from New York whose impoverished and obscure life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He trudged around the United States and England to gain converts for Mormonism, spoke in spiritual tongues, married more than fifty women, and eventually transformed a barren desert into his vision of the Kingdom of... Read more

Tracey Emin In Her Own Words

By: Tracey Emin

Narrated by: Tracey Emin

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Tracey Emin is an internationally renowned artist. Here she discusses her life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archives: Breakfast With Frost, BBC One (first broadcast 7 November 1999); Front Row, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 6 Sept 2000, featuring Francine Stock); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 9... Read more

Richard Branson In His Own Words

By: Sir Richard Branson

Narrated by: Sir Richard Branson

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Richard Branson is a world-famous entrepreneur and businessman. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive: Pebble Mill, broadcast on BBC One, 15 October 1984 (featuring Bob Langley); Desert Island Discs, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 4 June 1989 (featuring Sue Lawley); Sport on Four,... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1864-1865

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“Hold On with a Bulldog Grip and Chew and Choke as Much as Possible”: The Grand Offensive: (May–August 1864): The Spring Offensive is launched. A bogus presidential proclamation calling for volunteers and prayers causes panic throughout the North. Grant and Lee battle for six weeks until severe losses force them to a halt. Congressional Radicals... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1863-1864

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“Go Forward, and Give Us Victories”: From the Mud March to Gettysburg: (January–July 1863): Dissatisfaction with the Emancipation Proclamation and lack of military victory heightens the discontent with the administration. Trouble comes with the destructive rivalry within the army and the threat of the French intervening on behalf of the... Read more

Meet Helen Keller

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Being able to see and hear are gifts that many of us take for granted. In this inspirational title from The Amazing People Club, you will get to hear the amazing Helen Keller story. Follow her journey from early childhood where frustration, confusion and anger were part of her everyday life. Discover what made her go on to become the first... Read more

Meet Confucius

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Words of wisdom beginning with "Confucius says" are heard on almost a daily basis. Few people know where this originated. Therefore, The Amazing People Club are proud to invite you to 'Meet Confucius', born in 500BC in China. So, what did Confucius actually say? He was a forward thinker and one of the most influential philosopher's in the... Read more

Meet Mahatma Gandhi

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Mahatma, meaning great soul, is the name by which we all know the inspirational Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi. In this unique life story from The Amazing People Club, you are invited to share in the thoughts and mindset of this resolute peace lover. His compassion and respect for those around him played a pivotal part in history as he promoted... Read more

Amazing Colonists - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Colonists are often defined as people who moved from a civilized country to a non-civilized country to form new communities modelled on their old country. The Amazing People Club would like to introduce you to five amazing people who embarked upon great adventurous journeys, in some cases not always voluntarily. Discover how they adapted to... Read more

Amazing Explorers - Volume 2

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The geography of our amazing world has come about through the contributions of many. The Amazing People Club invites you into the adventurous and inspirational lives of five amazing explorers, whose voyages around the earth have contributed to civilization as we know it today. Take to the skies with Amy Johnson as she explored new boundaries... Read more

The Year of the Jouncer

By: Simon Gray

Narrated by: Simon Gray

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

'Thrilling . . . I'm a besotted fan.' Lynn Barber, Observer A great many writers use their own lives as the raw material for their work but few have done it with the wit and courage of Simon Gray. Like his previous bestseller, The Smoking Diaries, The Year of the Jouncer has the rare ability to make you laugh aloud one moment and ponder the sad... Read more

Coda

By: Simon Gray

Narrated by: Simon Gray

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Oddly, or perhaps not oddly, come to think of it, the smoking ban came into effect about three days after I got the news - yes, now I do come to think of it, it seems more than odd, it seems eerily consequential, suggesting among other possibilities that I am so innately, organically obedient that my whole physical system submitted to the law in... Read more

The Last Cigarette

By: Simon Gray

Narrated by: Simon Gray

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Simon Gray is determined to give up smoking. Really. At last. Can he kick the habit of sixty years? Will he, sometime soon, be able to leave his house without nervously feeling for his two packets of twenty and his two lighters, and add no more singes to his cardigan? As this wonderful, wayward record of Gray's life progresses, these questions... Read more

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

By: James Weldon Johnson

Narrated by: Richard Allen

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published anonymously in 1912, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man revealed as never before the color line dividing America, and the price it exacted on those souls who could traverse the two worlds. The book presents the fictional account of 'an ex-colored man' - an African-American who could pass for white - as he attempts to... Read more

Rise to Greatness

By: David Von Drehle

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 17 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

As 1862 dawned, the American republic was at death’s door. The federal government appeared overwhelmed, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Union’s top general was gravely ill. The Confederacy—with its booming economy, expert military leadership, and commanding position on the battlefield—had a clear view to victory. To a remarkable extent, the... Read more

Rose

By: Rosina Harrison

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1928, Rosina Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her new position as personal maid to the infamously temperamental Lady Nancy Astor, who sat in Parliament, entertained royalty, and traveled the world. "She's not a lady as you would understand a lady" was the butler's ominous warning. But what... Read more

Black Mass

By: Gerard O'Neill & Dick Lehr

Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

James "Whitey" Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in US history, and all because of an unholy deal he made with a childhood friend. John Connolly a rising star in the Boston FBI office, offered Bulger protection in return for helping the Feds eliminate Boston's Italian mafia. But no one offered Boston protection from Whitey Bulger,... Read more

Funny Peculiar

By: Will Young

Narrated by: Will Young

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2001 Will Young shot to fame as the first winner of Pop Idol. It was clear from the start that he would never be a typical pop star - and more than ten years later he has become one of our best-loved and most intriguing artists.

From his dramatic experiences on Pop Idol; to coming out in the glare of the media spotlight; to his valiant... Read more

Heisman

By: John M. Heisman & Mark Schlabach

Narrated by: Mark Boyd

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

To the select fraternity of men who have won the Heisman Trophy since its inception in 1935, the award is so much more than just a football trophy. The Heisman is a national symbol of collegiate football experience and competitiveness. Over time, it has become the single most celebrated individual award in all of American sports.Although the... Read more

Living With Honor

By: Salvatore Giunta

Narrated by: Keith Nobbs & Salvatore Giunta

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling memoir from a true hero—an ordinary man who joined the army and became one of the few living persons to ever be awarded the celebrated Medal of Honor.

Medal of Honor winner Staff Sergeant “Sal” Giunta’s empowering memoir describes a boy working at a Subway shop who was attracted to an Army recruiting center by a free T-shirt, but... Read more

Open Heart

By: Elie Wiesel

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Translated by Marion Wiesel

A profoundly and unexpectedly intimate, deeply affecting summing up of his life so far, from one of the most cherished moral voices of our time.

Eighty-two years old, facing emergency heart surgery and his own mortality, Elie Wiesel reflects back on his life. Emotions, images, faces and questions flash through his mind.... Read more

Brothers

By: George Howe Colt

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 18 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

George Howe Colt believes that he would be an entirely different man had he not grown up in a family of four brothers. In Brothers, he movingly recounts the adoration, envy, rivalry, affection, anger, and compassion in their shifting relationships from childhood through middle age.

In alternate chapters, Colt moves from a quest to understand how... Read more

Dream More

By: Dolly Parton

Narrated by: Dolly Parton

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary Dolly Parton shares her heartfelt hopes and dreams for everyone.

Expanding on the popular commencement speech Dolly Parton gave at the University of Tennessee, Dream More is a deeper and richer exploration of the personal philosophy she has forged over the course of her astonishing career as a singer, songwriter, performer, and... Read more