Biography & Memoir audiobooks

The Duck Commander Family

By: Willie Robertson & Korie Robertson

Narrated by: Willie Robertson & Korie Robertson

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet the Robertsons in this personal behind-the-scenes look at the stars of the hit show Duck Dynasty®.

What do faith, family, ducks, and money have in common? The well-known stars of A&E’s hit show Duck Dynasty—Korie and Willie Robertson! From Louisiana’s bayou comes the story of how the Robertson family went from eating fried bologna... Read more

Ich weiß, ich war's

By: Christoph Schlingensief

Narrated by: Christoph Schlingensief & Martin Wuttke

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Seine Vision für ein "Operndorf Afrika" wird in Burkina Faso gerade Wirklichkeit - ein beeindruckendes Zeichen dafür, wie lebendig die Kunst Christoph Schlingensiefs auch nach seinem viel zu frühen Tod ist. Die Lücke, die dieser Ausnahmekünstler hinterlassen hat, ist groß. Seine autobiographischen Skizzen und Gedanken, die nun posthum und zu... Read more

The Queen of Katwe

By: Tim Crothers

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair.

The “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review) and “inspirational” (Shelf Awareness) true story of Phiona Mutesi—a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Uganda.

One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Ugandan... Read more

Silent Tears

By: Kay Bratt

Narrated by: Shannon McManus

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Irrepressible memories. Vacant eyes. A child being dangled from a third story window. A boy tied to a chair. Children sleeping in layers of clothing to fight off the bitter cold. An infant dying from starvation. Some things your mind will never allow you to forget.Silent Tears is the true story of the adversity and triumphs one woman faced as... Read more

It's Your Ship

By: Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

Narrated by: Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary New York Times bestselling tale of top-down change for anyone trying to navigate today's uncertain business seas.

When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology but only some of the productivity. Knowing that responsibility for improving performance rested... Read more

The John Lennon Letters

By: John Lennon

Narrated by: Christopher Eccleston, Allan Corduner, Hunter D...

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter.

John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of "Help!", "Come Together", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Imagine", and dozens more. But it was in his correspondences that he let his... Read more

Heaven Changes Everything

By: Todd Burpo & Sonja Burpo

Narrated by: Stu Gray & Brooke Bryant

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

How does a visit to heaven change your life? Todd and Sonja Burpo’s almost-four-year-old son Colton made an unforgettable trip to heaven and back during the darkest, most stressed-out days of their lives. Times were tough, money was scarce, and the bills, frustrations, and fears were piled high. How did Colton’s visit to heaven change things for... Read more

The End of Your Life Book Club

By: Will Schwalbe

Narrated by: Jeff Harding

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“What are you reading?”

That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of hepatitis. Months later she was diagnosed... Read more

Mick Jagger

By: Philip Norman

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 24 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Author Phillip Norman, whose previous bestseller, John Lennon: The Life, was praised as a “haunting, mammoth, terrific piece of work” (New York Times Book Review) and whose classic Shout! is widely considered to be the definitive biography of the Beatles, now turns his attention to the iconic front man of the Rolling Stones, “the greatest rock... Read more

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: William Roberts

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body.

After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens—as he later put it, "it was... Read more

Howard's Gift

By: Eric Sinoway & Merrill Meadow

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"This work offers wonderful wisdom for navigating the inflection points in our lives." - Mehmet Oz, MD

An iconic teacher. A warm friend. A generous mentor.

For more than 40 years, Howard Stevenson has been a towering figure at Harvard Business School: the man who literally defined entrepreneurship and taught thousands of the world's most... Read more

Out of the Ashes

By: Charlie Morecraft

Narrated by: Michael McConnohie

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

In this inspiring and important memoir, a repairman turned safety expert shares his wisdom on tackling simple—and dangerous—jobs in the safest ways possible.

Accidents happen, but they're usually the result of human carelessness. Charlie Morecraft found that out one August night years ago, when he literally blew himself up. A long time worker at... Read more

Killing Kennedy

By: Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln.

The basis for the 2013 television movie of the same name starring Rob Lowe as JFK.

More than a million people have enjoyed Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the... Read more

Mennonite Meets Mr. Right

By: Rhoda Janzen

Narrated by: Rhoda Janzen

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

At the end of her bestselling memoir Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Rhoda Janzen had reconnected with her family roots, though her future felt uncertain. When this overeducated professor starts dating the most unlikely of men-a weight-liftin', church-goin', truck-drivin' rocker named Mitch-she begins a surprising journey to faith and love.

... Read more

The One World Schoolhouse

By: Salman Khan

Narrated by: Salman Khan

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The creator of the revolutionary educational platform Khan Academy share his vision for the future of schooling and the major role that technology will play.

A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his... Read more

Luck or Something Like It

By: Kenny Rogers

Narrated by: Taber Burns

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A living legend of Country Music and a worldwide music icon, superstar Kenny Rogers has enjoyed a fascinating five decades in show business, and he tells the full story of his remarkable life and career in Luck or Something Like It. From his days with hit group The First Edition to his sterling solo work, the artist who ""knows when to hold 'em... Read more

American Patriots

By: Rick Santorum

Narrated by: Daniel Butler

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

It's time to answer the call.  The United States of America was founded by ordinary citizens who willingly sacrificed their lives and fortunes in order to hand down the precious legacy of freedom we enjoy today. In American Patriots, Rick Santorum shares the true-life accounts of 25 unsung heroic men and women from the Revolutionary War era.... Read more

The Man Who Saved the Union

By: H. W. Brands

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 27 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history.

Ulysses Grant rose from obscurity to discover he had a genius for battle, and... Read more

The Book of Job

By: Harold S. Kushner

Narrated by: Harold S. Kushner

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Part of the Jewish Encounter series

From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world.
 
The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a good man. Yet after losing everything, Job—though... Read more

Viper Pilot

By: Dan Hampton

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“Viper Pilot is fantastic….A great read!”
—Dale Brown, former USAF Captain and New York Times bestselling author of A Time for PatriotsAction-packed and breathtakingly authentic, Viper Pilot is the electrifying memoir of one of the most decorated F-16 pilots in American history: U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hampton, who served for twenty... Read more

An Honest President

By: H. Paul Jeffers

Narrated by: Raymond Todd

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Today, Grover Cleveland is chiefly known as the only president to have been elected to two nonconsecutive terms. But in his day, Cleveland was a renowned reformer: an enemy of political machines who joined forces with Theodore Roosevelt to fight powerful party bosses, a moralist who vetoed bills he considered blatant raids on the Treasury, and... Read more

Total Recall

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Narrated by: Stephen Lang & Arnold Schwarzenegger

Length: 23 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life.

The greatest immigrant success story of our time.

His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages.

He was born in a year of famine, in a... Read more

Tom Thumb

By: George Sullivan

Narrated by: Barry Press

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When Charles S. Stratton was born in 1838, he seemed perfect in every way. But then he stopped growing. At age four, though a happy and mischievous child, he was just over two feet tall and weighed fifteen pounds—the exact size he had been as a seven-month-old baby. It was then that P. T. Barnum persuaded Charley's family to allow him to exhibit... Read more

Total Recall - Abridged

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Narrated by: Stephen Lang & Arnold Schwarzenegger

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life.

The greatest immigrant success story of our time.

His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages.

He was born in a year of famine, in a... Read more