Biography & Memoir audiobooks

King of the World

By: David Remnick

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling biography of Muhammad Ali—with an Introduction by Salman Rushdie



On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali was not only the new world heavyweight boxing champion:... Read more

Growing Up Indian in Australia

By: Aarti Betigeri

Narrated by: Aarti Betigeri, Daizy Mann, Hardeep Dhanoa, Kav...

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Vibrant, moving and diverse stories of shape-shifting between cultures.

'To be Indian growing up in Australia is to tread the narrow line between here and there, to constantly code-switch and navigate between filling the needs and aspirations of your family, your community – and yourself.'

'Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor.... Read more

Sharing Space

By: Cady Coleman

Narrated by: Cady Coleman

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman shares the wisdom that helped her overcome the barriers of others’ expectations—and how to work on a team both in close quarters and remotely.

In 2010, Cady Coleman boarded a rocket and blasted off into space for her third NASA mission, a six-month expedition to the International Space Station where she was the... Read more

Another Step Up the Mountain

By: Dianette Wells

Narrated by: Hillary Huber & Pete Cross

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A True Story of Triumph Over Adversity and the Loss of a Child In this gripping memoir, learn the true story of how mountaineering and extreme sports enthusiast Dianette Wells endures the devastating loss of her son and learns to balance motherhood with a life of extreme adventure. Climbing over adversity. In her groundbreaking memoir, Another... Read more

Empire's Son, Empire's Orphan

By: Nile Green

Narrated by: Keval Shah

Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In literary circles of the mid-twentieth century, father and son, Ikbal and Idries Shah, spread seductive accounts of a mystical Middle East. Pitching themselves as the authentic voice of the Muslim world, they penned travelogues and exotic potboilers alongside weighty tomes on Islam and politics. Above all, father and son told Western readers... Read more

Ink on Your Hands

By: Jack Crivalle

Narrated by: Brian Brierly

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

JACK CRIVALLE takes us on a matter-of-fact, step-by-step, emotional ride as to what takes place during a hostile corporate takeover. This one is personal, a Southwest Chicagoland thriving community newspaper, is ripped from his father’s control. We see an inside view of real people’s desperation when the very means by which they feed their... Read more

Driven by Destiny

By: E.J. Agosti

Narrated by: Charlotte Vaughan

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Fasten your seatbelt for an unforgettable storytelling thrill ride!
Step into the exhilarating world of Formula 1, where every corner holds a story waiting to be told. Imagine yourself on the edge of your seat as you witness the roaring engines, the nail-biting races, and the legendary figures who shaped the sport.
As you dive into the pages of... Read more

The Longest War

By: Catherine Harrington Ph.D.

Narrated by: Victoria Stevens

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

As a naive freshman, Catherine meets Walter, a senior and Big Man on Campus whose sophistication, confidence, and wealth both intimidate and excite her. A three-year absentee courtship follows, during which time the idea of Walt tethers Catherine to safety. She was programmed to marry someone like him, so she ignores the warning signs that they... Read more

Gigmentia

By: Michael B. Koep

Narrated by: Michael B. Koep

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Gig, a slang word coined in the 1920s by jazz musicians, short for engagement or live musical performance, combined with the latin based suffix -mentia, meaning, condition of the mind, the invented word gigmentia might be defined as engagement of the mind. Or, perhaps, that confusing state of too many shows, too many late nights, too many... Read more

1967

By: Robyn Hitchcock

Narrated by: Robyn Hitchcock

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The great eccentric of British psychedelia?beloved by everyone from Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. to the late Jonathan Demme?pens a singularly unique childhood memoir . . . “Memoirists rarely begin their work with a stroke of genuine inspiration, and Robyn Hitchcock’s ingenious idea to limit his account of his life to the titular year gives this... Read more

A Thousand Days

By: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 43 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner: "Of all the Kennedy books . . . this is the best." —Time



Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency—from the long and grueling campaign to Kennedy's tragic and unexpected assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. In A Thousand Days,... Read more

The True Story of Legion

By: Richard Trevino Jr

Narrated by: Soliman Casino

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This story is about a man who had his feelings bottled up for way too long. Not able to tell his family why he did the things he did and not able to recoup the lost years away from the people who he loved. In the Mexican-American community, you never show your sadness, your pain, or weakness. As an act of pride, you always keep all your emotions... Read more

If My Memoir Serves Me Well

By: Gary Warren

Narrated by: Gary Warren

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

They say everyone’s got one book in them. Well, I haven’t… not anymore!IntroductionThese recollections cover the time from the very early 1960s until after my last significant acting role. After that I pulled a disappearing act and became a regular bloke for the most part. The transition from child/youth actor through to adult is notoriously... Read more

Para que no gane el olvido

By: Antonio Linares Rodríguez

Narrated by: José Escalera Peña

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Antonio Linares Rodríguez, médico de profesión, nos presenta una obra autobiográfica donde combina la narración de algunos de los hechos concretos acaecidos a lo largo de su vida con reflexiones sobre cuestiones que importan o pueden importar a cualquiera, independientemente de dónde haya nacido y dónde resida: la fe, el amor, la vejez, la vida... Read more

Mexicanas que hicieron historia

By: Pedro J. Fernández

Narrated by: Pedro J. Fernández, Karen Alicia Martínez & Yez...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

¡Un hermoso libro que no te puedes perder! ¿Ya habías escuchado hablar de la serie de Mexicanas que hicieron historia? Esta bellísima edición especial recoge la vida de cincuenta mexicanas importantes de la historia. Aquí te cuento un poco más acerca de ellas para que te adentres en su infancia, en su juventud y conozcas lo que alcanzaron en sus... Read more

A Conspiratorial Life

By: Edward H. Miller

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book. The first full-scale biography of Robert Welch, who founded the John Birch Society and planted some of modern conservatism’s most insidious seeds.
 
Though you may not know his name, Robert Welch (1899-1985)—founder of the John Birch Society—is easily one of the most significant architects... Read more

Can Adventure Prevent Dementia?

By: Dr Helena Popovic

Narrated by: Ella Watson Russell, Felix Johnson & Eleni Schu...

Length: 21 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A meticulous doctor's all-consuming search for the cure to her father's Alzheimer's leads to a discovery she did not expect.Dementia need not be a disaster or a dread; instead it can be a doorway to creating a smarter brain, stronger body and more fulfilling life.Moment by moment, our brain is changing in response to everything we do, think,... Read more

Sand, Sun & Surprises

By: Prof. E. S. Akpata

Narrated by: Yemi Daniel

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Sand, Sun and Surprises demystifies the culture of the Arab world; it is a fascinating take, filled with moments of humour—like the one time when he thinks his car is stolen in Kuwait, and after searching for hours, finds it in the same spot he left it. The author describes a region transformed from harsh desert conditions to gleaming cities... Read more

The Door

By: Abner Mariri

Narrated by: Abner Mariri

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

During a fateful evening at a house party, successful business leader and renowned public speaker, Abner Mariri, unwittingly stumbles through a door into a private room. What he discovers inside is the harrowing story this book unfolds.
Titled “The Door,” this unflinching autobiography reveals how a single misstep plunged Abner into the depths of... Read more

Szalom bonjour Odessa

By: Aleksandra Majdzińska

Narrated by: Olga Żmuda

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Miasto z marzeń, stepowego pyłu i morskiej bryzy. Miasto handlu i sztuki. Ukraińskie, rosyjskie, żydowskie, francuskie, włoskie – swoje własne, odeskie. W poszukiwaniu tropów po nieżyjącym ojcu narratorka prowadzi nas przez ulice i historię Odessy. Wędrujemy z nią od ociekających złotem plaż i cerkwi po katakumby, które latami były królestwem... Read more

My Fight with God by Brian Klemmer

By: Brian Klemmer

Narrated by: Krystal Zellmer

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have ever wondered why life is sometimes unfair, if God really hears your prayers, or if you just can’t figure out Scripture, My Fight With God promises to stir you into new conversations with your heavenly Father and deepen your personal walk with Jesus.Written with a strong, cut-to-the-chase approach, the author’s refreshing and natural... Read more

Ink on Your Hands

By: Jack Crivalle

Narrated by: Brian Brierly

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

JACK CRIVALLE takes us on a matter-of-fact, step-by-step, emotional ride as to what takes place during a hostile corporate takeover. This one is personal, a Southwest Chicagoland thriving community newspaper, is ripped from his father’s control. We see an inside view of real people’s desperation when the very means by which they feed their... Read more

Us, After

By: Rachel Zimmerman

Narrated by: Rachel Zimmerman

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

When a state trooper appeared at Rachel Zimmerman’s door to report that her husband had jumped to his death off a nearby bridge, she fell to her knees, unable to fully absorb the news. How could the man she’d married, a devoted father and robotics professor at MIT, have committed such a violent act? How would she explain this to her young... Read more

Did Not Finish: The Complete DNF Series Box Set (Books 1-7)

By: George Mahood

Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley

Length: 19 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on a hilariously adventurous journey with George Mahood's DNF Series, now available in a captivating seven-book audiobook box set.Join George and his wife Rachel in their unconventional attempts at completing various challenges. From ultramarathons to ironman triathlons, epic swimming challenges to European adventures, the Mahoods tackle... Read more