Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Yes Sister, No Sister

By: Jennifer Craig

Narrated by: Jennifer Craig

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

'What is your name?' she asks, staring at me.
'Jennifer Ross.'
'Jennifer Ross, Sister. Well, Nurse Ross, you are dressed in the uniform of a nurse from the Leeds General Infirmary. Such a uniform is not worn with a cardigan. Take it off at once.'
'Yes Sister.' I can feel my face turn red.

A trainee nurse in the 1950s had a lot to bear. In Jennifer... Read more

The Ecstasy of Influence

By: Jonathan Lethem

Narrated by: Jonathan Lethem

Length: 16 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

What’s a novelist supposed to do with contemporary culture? And what’s contemporary culture sup­posed to do with novelists? In The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem, tangling with what he calls the “white elephant” role of the writer as public intellectual, arrives at an astonishing range of answers.

A constellation of previously published... Read more

Galileo

By: James Reston

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

For the last four hundred years, Galileo has fascinated and inspired writers, theologians, playwrights, historians, and scientists. As the founder of modern science and the embodiment of the conflict between science and faith, Galileo remains the most fascinating figure of his age. Here James Reston, Jr., presents a lively, dramatic portrait of... Read more

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

By: Robert K. Massie

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 23 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs

“[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood... Read more

Wizard

By: Marc J. Seifer

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 22 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, this acclaimed book is the definitive biography of the man considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology.... Read more

Van Gogh

By: Fred Leeman

Narrated by: Oranje van Oranje, Jochum ten Haaf & Hugo Kools...

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Uniek hoorspel over het leven van Van Gogh   Dit hoorspel (110 minuten) vertelt het verhaal over Vincent van Goghs strijd voor erkenning en succes, over zijn tegenslagen en angsten, over zijn ambitie en doorzettingsvermogen. Zijn unieke talenten maar ook zijn menselijke kanten worden blootgelegd. Met Prinses Anita van Oranje als verteller en... Read more

George Washington

By: Paul Johnson

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Johnson’s History of the American People has been this always stimulating author’s most widely read book to date. Now Johnson gives us his concise portrait of the great founding American, George Washington, in a brilliant, sharply etched portrait that is full of surprising insights. Washington is seen as one of the most important authors of... Read more

The Garner Files

By: James Garner & Jon Winokur

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen. He became Oklahoma's first draftee of the Korean War and was awarded with two Purple Hearts before returning to the United States and settling in Los Angeles to become an actor. Working alongside some of the most renowned celebrities, including... Read more

You'll Be Sor-ree!

By: Sid Phillips

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, Alabama, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942. A mortarman with the same company of the 1st Marine Division as Helmet for My Pillow author Robert Leckie, Sid was a seventeen-year-old kid when he entered combat. By the time he returned home some two years... Read more

Jack Kennedy

By: Chris Matthews

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“Filled with the vitality and spirit that made Jack Kennedy such a magical figure. Chris Matthews shows the cunning and determination beneath that magic. It’s an awesome and delightful book.” —Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs

“What was he like?”

Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. What was... Read more

Kris Jenner . . . And All Things Kardashian

By: Kris Jenner

Narrated by: Marcia Strassman

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From everybody’s favorite “momager” of E!’s hit reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians comes a relatable, brutally honest memoir of Kris Jenner’s never-before told story of the savvy businesswoman behind the Kardashian empire.

You think you know her...Now read the stories even her famous children haven’t heard in this gripping and... Read more

American Desperado

By: Jon Roberts & Evan Wright

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Erik Davies, Mark Deakins, Kimbe...

Length: 16 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The true story of super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys. 
 
American Desperado is Roberts’ no-holds-barred account of being born into Mafia royalty, witnessing his first murder at the age of seven, becoming a hunter-assassin in Vietnam, returning to New York to become--at age 22--one of the city’s leading nightclub... Read more

Shane Rimmer - From Thunderbirds to Pterodactyls (Unabridged)

By: Shane Rimmer

Narrated by: Shane Rimmer

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Shane Rimmer's voice is familiar to millions as Scott Tracy, the pilot of Thunderbird 1, but there are many other facets to his remarkable career. This wry and refreshingly frank autobiography reveals what life is really like for a jobbing actor. Read more

A Most Dangerous Method

By: John Kerr

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 22 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1907 Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung began what promised to be both a momentous collaboration and the deepest friendship of each man's life. Six years later they were bitter antagonists, locked in a savage struggle that was as much personal and emotional as it was theoretical and professional. In between them stood a young woman named... Read more

No Higher Honor

By: Condoleezza Rice

Narrated by: Condoleezza Rice

Length: 28 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the former national security advisor and secretary of state comes a “sharp and penetrating . . . reminder that foreign-policy choices facing the United States are complex and difficult, with no easy solutions” (The Washington Post).
 
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, who overcame the racism of the civil rights era... Read more

Out the Depths

By: Israel Meir Lau

Narrated by: Steve Blane

Length: 16 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp was liberated in 1945. Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of rabbis, he grew up to become Chief Rabbi of Israel--and like many of the great rabbis, Lau is a master storyteller. Out of the Depths is his harrowing, miraculous, and inspiring... Read more

Blue Nights

By: Joan Didion

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness, and growing old.
 
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Finding Sarah

By: Sarah Ferguson

Narrated by: Sarah Ferguson

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Finding Sarah is an extraordinarily personal memoir by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. As she spends time with Dr. Phil McGraw, she gains a new understanding of her relationship with herself and with others. Suze Orman helps Sarah unravel the poisonous money issues she suffers from. Martha Beck teaches her how let go of her negative self-image.... Read more

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

By: Mindy Kaling

Narrated by: Mindy Kaling, B. J. Novak, Michael Schur & Bren...

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •  In this hilarious instant classic, the creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood.

“[Kaling is] like Tina Fey’s cool little sister. Or perhaps . . . the next Nora Ephron.”—The New York Times
 
Mindy... Read more

Glenda Jackson In Her Own Words

By: Glenda Jackson

Narrated by: Glenda Jackson

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This fascinating collection of archive interviews with the renowned actress and MP begins with an archive radio interview in 1970 and runs through to a guest appearance on Desert Island Discs in 1997. Along the way Glenda Jackson appears on numerous programmes including Omnibus, Profile, Parkinson, In The Psychiatrist's Chair and Start the Week,... Read more

Kenneth Williams In His Own Words

By: Kenneth Williams

Narrated by: Kenneth Williams

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This fascinating collection of archive interviews with the much-loved comedy actor and diarist Kenneth Williams begins in 1961, with an appearance on the BBC's Tonight programme, and culminates in 1987 when Kenneth Williams is a guest on Desert Island Discs. Along the way are several interviews on Parkinson, conversation from The John Dunn Show,... Read more

Muhammad Ali In His Own Words

By: Muhammad Ali

Narrated by: Muhammad Ali

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

This fascinating collection of archive interviews with Muhammad Ali begins in 1965 with an interview with Harry Carpenter, and culminates with a TV interview with Joanna Lumley in 1989. Along the way Ali makes several famous appearances on Parkinson in the 1970s, and talks to David Frost in The Frost Interview. The 1980s find him answering... Read more

Shockaholic

By: Carrie Fisher

Narrated by: Carrie Fisher

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives you an intimate, gossip-filled look at what it’s like to be the daughter of Hollywood royalty.

Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty, and uproarious wisdom that locked Wishful Drinking on the New York Times bestseller list for months,... Read more

The Story of Charlotte’s Web

By: Michael Sims

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

As he was composing what was to become his most enduring and popular book, E. B. White was obeying that oft-repeated maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats—White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours. Painfully shy his entire life, "this boy," White... Read more