Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Roughing It

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 15 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot in the Wild West. Roughing It is a hilarious record of his travels over a six-year period that comes to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting, social satire, and rollicking tall tales. Twain reflects on his scuffling years mining silver in Nevada, working at a Virginia City... Read more

Arrows of the Night

By: Richard Bonin

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1958, Ahmad Chalabi’s wealthy Shiite family was exiled from Iraq after a revolution that ultimately put Saddam Hussein in power. The young Chalabi devoted his life to restoring his family to prominence. His first coup attempt was in 1963 at age nineteen, while on a school break from MIT. His next was aided by Iranian intelligence. But as the... Read more

The Faraway Horses

By: Buck Brannaman & William Reynolds

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Nearly every week of the year, Buck Brannaman is on the road, conducting horsemanship clinics in which he teaches horse owners how to better understand and work with their animals, creating a relationship based on trust and respect rather than force. Buck's skill has become the stuff of legend—in fact, the main character in Robert Redford's film... Read more

One on One

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 16 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

John Feinstein's illuminating recollections from two decades of interviews with sports legends.

John Feinstein's career is a sports fan's dream-a lifetime of encounters with the great figures in sports, not just on the field, but in the locker room and behind the scenes with legends like Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jack Nicklaus,... Read more

The King of Vodka

By: Linda Himelstein

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“A operatic tour-de-force.” —Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Widow Clicquot“An impressive feat of research, told swiftly and enthusiastically.” —San Francisco ChronicleFrom Vanderbilt and Rockefeller to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, America’s captains of industry are paragons of entrepreneurial success, and books about business history, from The... Read more

Meine Jahreszeiten

By: Marianne Sägebrecht

Narrated by: Marianne Sägebrecht

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Ganzheitlich verankert im Wechsel der Jahreszeiten lebt Marianne Sägebrecht im Einklang mit sich und der Natur. Hier verrät die bekannte Schauspielerin, wie ihr dies gelingt. Mal ganz praktisch mit Kräuter-Rezepten aus ihrer geheimen Schatzkiste, mal träumerisch-tiefsinnig und mit viel Selbstironie, wenn es um ganz private Erlebnisse... Read more

Meet Pablo Picasso

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Picasso famously said, "Everything you can imagine is real." Meet, and be inspired by, Pablo Picasso; world-famous artist and pioneer of the Cubist movement, as he tells his own amazing story.BioViews® are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. These inspirational stories from The Amazing People Club® provide a new way of learning... Read more

Amazing Slaves - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From the horror of slavery incredible strength has been born. A unique collection from The Amazing People Club® reveals the great strength of character that propelled people to fight for their human rights.
Frederick Douglass said that "The soul that is within me no man can degrade". Discover how he escaped from slavery to become the leader of... Read more

Amazing National Leaders - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

What are the qualities needed for good, effective leadership? What are the characteristics that makes some people natural leaders? Are great leaders born or made? All of these questions and more are answered in this unique collection, as amazing national leaders from history guide us through their incredible lives. Learn about their strengths... Read more

Meet Johann Sebastian Bach

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet and be inspired by a musical genius, as Johann Sebastian Bach tells his own incredible story in this fascinating audiobook from The Amazing People Club®. Born into a musical family, he was taught by his father and his uncle using a huge variety of instruments. Johann became a brilliant multi-instrumentalist and a highly respected organist... Read more

Meet Dr. Edward Jenner

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet, and be inspired by, Dr Edward Jenner; the 'Father of Immunology', the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine and the man whose works have saved more lives than any other's as he reveals his own incredible story. Follow Dr Jenner's fascinating life journey from student to general practitioner and surgeon, to his astounding, innovative research... Read more

Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield

By: J.C. Ryle

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

There are some men in the pages of history, whose greatness no person of common sense thinks of disputing. They tower above the herd of mankind, like the Pyramids, the Parthenon, and the Colosseum, among buildings. Such men were Luther and Augustine, Gustavus Adolphus and George Washington, Columbus and Sir Isaac Newton. He who questions... Read more

Meet Jonas Salk

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet, and be inspired by, Jonas Salk; the man who developed the polio vaccine, as he tells his own incredible story. From his humble beginnings as the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants in New York City, Jonas became the first member of his family to go to college. He quickly became fascinated by medical science, and his work on the influenza... Read more

Donald Hall: Prose & Poetry

By: Donald Hall

Narrated by: Donald Hall

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, Donald Hall performs here dozens of his best-loved poems, together with excerpts from six of his works of prose. Donald Hall has been writing poems for over fifty years and now stands as one of America's foremost poets. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Robert Frost Medal... Read more

Meet Aristotle

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

His writings were "a river of gold," according to Cicero. Meet, and be inspired by, Aristotle, the great philosopher, as he tells his own incredible story. Teacher of Alexander the Great, student of Plato, and one of the most important founding figures of Western philosophy, Aristotle was born in 384 BC. After he completed his education at... Read more

Amazing Affairs - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Love affairs can bring the best of times and the worst of times, and who better to tell you about their rollercoaster relationships than those who experienced such pleasure and pain. In this unique collection, we take a look at the complicated love lives of the vulnerable Marilyn Monroe, the irresistible lothario Casanova, the beautiful and... Read more

Amazing People of France - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this unique, inspirational story collection from The Amazing People Club®, meet some of the amazing French people who have made major contributions to a great nation.

Meet the unforgettable Louis XVI, who had the vision for one of France's most visited sites - the Palace of Versailles. Discover his personal challenges and relationships, and... Read more

Not Just Funny Animal Voices (BBC Radio 4)

By: Terry Nutkins

Narrated by: Terry Nutkins

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 documentary all about Johnny Morris of BBC TV's 'Animal Magic' fame, a household name and character who created charming, comic voices for the creatures in the show.‘Not Just Funny Animal Voices’ presenter Terry Nutkins, (Johnny’s TV side-kick, mentor and close friend until Johnny’s death in 1999), explores Johnny's life and work,... Read more

Amazing Escapees - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

There are many forms of escape, and many reasons for needing to do it. In psychological terms, it's the 'fight or flight' response. Some, like Harry Houdini, turned escape into a death defying form of entertainment, but for others, escape was the only way of fleeing a miscarriage of justice or the brutality of a concentration camp.

Henri... Read more

Amazing Olympians

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

There is no event like the Olympic Games. The athletes who compete are amazing in their ability to attain world class standards and their drive to be the best as they strive to beat their competitors and defy physical limitations and records on a global stage. These individuals are an example to all of us, and each of the Amazing Olympians in... Read more

Amazing Mothers - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The Amazing People Club® brings you a unique collection of stories which demonstrate the strength of motherhood and the sacrifices that all mothers make; whether personal, political, or financial, to raise their children. This is a must-read for mothers everywhere! Explore the lives of five amazing mothers including Anne Burras, the first... Read more

Casper the Commuting Cat

By: Susan Finden & Kristopher Milnes

Narrated by: Sandra Duncan

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Casper became a national celebrity when newspapers ran the story of the amazing cat that regularly took the No. 3 bus on 11-mile journeys around his home town, Plymouth, in Devon. While his devoted owner, Susan Finden, had wondered where her elusive pet was disappearing to each day, Casper was brightening the lives of countless commuters as they... Read more

Hedy's Folly

By: Richard Rhodes

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The answer is spread-spectrum radio: a revolutionary inven­tion based on the rapid switching of communications sig­nals among a spread of different frequencies. Without this technology, we would not have the digital comforts that we take for granted... Read more

Inside SEAL Team Six

By: Don Mann

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The Inside Story of America's Ultimate Warriors

When Osama bin Laden was assassinated, the entire world was fascinated by the men who had completed the seemingly impossible mission that had dogged the U.S. government for over a decade. SEAL Team 6 became synonymous with heroism, duty, and justice. Only a handful of the elite men who make up the... Read more