Biography & Memoir audiobooks

One Man's Wilderness

By: Sam Keith & Richard Proenneke

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed...to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin...to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available...to be not at odds with the world but content with one's own thoughts and company.



Thousands... Read more

Promise Me

By: Nancy G. Brinker & Joni Rodgers

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Suzy and Nancy Goodman were more than sisters. They were best friends, confidantes, and partners in the grand adventure of life. For three decades, nothing could separate them. Not college, not marriage, not miles. Then Suzy got sick. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1977; three agonizing years later, at thirty-six, she died.



It wasn't... Read more

The World Is Bigger Now

By: Euna Lee & Lisa Dickey

Narrated by: Janet Song

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first time, Euna Lee—the young wife, mother, and film editor detained in North Korea—tells a harrowing, but ultimately inspiring, story of survival and faith in one of the most isolated parts of the world.
 
On March 17, 2009, Lee and her Current TV colleague Laura Ling were working on a documentary about the desperate lives of North... Read more

Huck

By: Janet Elder

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael was four when his relentless campaign for a dog began. At seven, he made a PowerPoint presentation, "My Dog," with headings like "A Childhood Without a Dog Is a Sad Thing." His parents, Janet and Rich, were steadfast; bringing a dog into their fast-paced New York City lives was utterly impractical.



However, on a trip to Italy, a chance... Read more

Assholes Finish First - Abridged

By: Tucker Max

Narrated by: Tucker Max

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The best gift for the dudes and bros in your life: the fratire New York Times bestseller Assholes Finish First, featuring twenty-five new and exclusive stories by Tucker Max.

What do you do after you write a #1 bestselling book about your drunken, sexual misadventures that makes you rich and famous? Celebrate by getting more drunk and having... Read more

The Grace of Silence

By: Michele Norris

Narrated by: Michele Norris

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In the wake of talk of a “postracial” America upon Barack Obama’s ascension as president of the United States, Michele Norris, cohost of National Public Radio’s flagship program All Things Considered, set out to write, through original reporting, a book about “the hidden conversation” on race that is unfolding nationwide. She would, she thought,... Read more

Half Empty

By: David Rakoff

Narrated by: David Rakoff

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The inimitably witty David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Get Too Comfortable, defends the commonsensical notion that you should always assume the worst, because you’ll never be disappointed.

In this deeply funny (and, no kidding, wise and poignant) book, Rakoff examines the realities of our sunny,  gosh­... Read more

Washed and Waiting

By: Wesley Hill

Narrated by: Adam Black

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a book written primarily for gay Christians and those who love them. Part memoir, part pastoral-theological reflection, this book wrestles with three main areas of struggle that many gay Christians face: (1) What is God’s will for sexuality? (2) If the historic Christian tradition is right and same-sex behavior is ruled out, how should... Read more

The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin

By: Stephen Mansfield & David A Holland

Narrated by: Stephen Mansfield

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From the moment she joined John McCain on the Republican ticket in 2008, Sarah Palin has stirred a firestorm of emotion rarely seen in American politics. These passions arise from critical fault lines she exposes in our country, fissures that reveal much about who we are and where we are heading as a nation. The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin... Read more

White House Diary

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 22 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The edited, annotated New York Times bestselling diary of President Jimmy Carter—filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy America and the world.

Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his... Read more

The Life and Times of Mark Twain

By: Michael Shelden

Narrated by: Michael Shelden

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Professor of English at Indiana State University and the author of the literary biography Mark Twain: Man in White, Michael Shelden is the perfect candidate to lead this series of lectures on one of the most important - and most influential - of all American authors. From Twain's early history through his landmark achievements and the defining... Read more

The Story of Philosophy

By: Will Durant

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The product of eleven years of research, The Story of Philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the world’s greatest thinkers, from Socrates to Santayana. Written with exacting and scrupulous scholarship, it was designed both to command the respect of educators and to capture the interest of the layman.Durant lucidly... Read more

The Coke Machine

By: Michael Blanding

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since its "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" commercials from the 1970s, Coca-Cola has billed itself as the world's beverage, uniting all colors and cultures in a mutual love of its caramel-sweet sugar water. The formula has worked incredibly well, making it one of the most profitable companies on the planet and Coca-Cola the world's... Read more

The Glass Castle

By: Jeannette Walls

Narrated by: Jeannette Walls

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON

The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers.

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply... Read more

Fremdkörper - Abridged

By: Miriam Pielhau

Narrated by: Miriam Pielhau

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gib nicht auf und kämpfe! Anfang 2008 wurde bei der bekannten TV-Moderatorin Miriam Pielhau mit erst 32 Jahren Brustkrebs festgestellt: Innerhalb kurzer Zeit durchlief sie das gesamte medizinische Programm mit Operation, Chemotherapie und Bestrahlung. Parallel dazu hat sie ihre Erlebnisse, Gefühle und Gedanken aus dieser Zeit festgehalten.... Read more

Patti LuPone

By: Patti LuPone

Narrated by: Patti LuPone

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary Patti LuPone is one of the theatre’s most beloved leading ladies. Now she lays it all bare, sharing the intimate story of her life both onstage and off--through the dizzying highs and darkest lows--with the humor and outspokenness that have become her trademarks.

With nearly 100 photographs, including an 8-page four-color insert,... Read more

The Mob and Me

By: John Partington & Arlene Violet

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

When U.S. Marshal John Partington suddenly found himself protecting the family of renowned mobster Joe "The Animal" Barboza, he made up the rules as he went along. Among Partington's diverse activities: managing a rotating crew of U.S. Marshals; chasing the family cat; convincing Barboza's wife not to leave; keeping the witness, his wife, and... Read more

The End and the Beginning

By: George Weigel

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 23 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“As March gave way to April in the spring of 2005 and the world kept vigil outside the apostolic palace in Rome, the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, then drawing to a poignant end, was already being described as one of the most consequential in two millennia of Christian history.”
 
With these words, world-renowned author and NBC Vatican analyst... Read more

Without a Word

By: Jill Kelly

Narrated by: Jill Kelly

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“Your son has been diagnosed with a fatal genetic disease called Krabbe Leukodystrophy. There is no treatment and no cure. I will do everything I can to help your son. But the disease has already progressed so fast that I don’t think he will live to see his second birthday.” With these words, pro football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly and his wife,... Read more

Katie Up and Down the Hall

By: Glenn Plaskin

Narrated by: Joshua Ferris

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A personal memoir by bestselling author and celebrity journalist Glenn Plaskin, KATIEis a moving story about a man who discovers the true meaning of family after adopting a cocker spaniel puppy. Through the magnetic personality of his mischievous dog, the author soon makes powerful connections with several of his down-the-hall neighbors in a... Read more

The Hilliker Curse

By: James Ellroy

Narrated by: James Ellroy

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary crime writer gives us a raw, brutally candid memoir—as high intensity and as riveting as any of his novels—about his obsessive search for “atonement in women.”

The year was 1958. Jean Hilliker had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name. Her son, James, was ten years old. He hated and lusted after his... Read more

Black Bird

By: James Keene

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Jimmy Keene grew up outside of Chicago and was destined for greatness on the football field. By the time he reached his twenties, he was rubbing shoulders with famous actors, porn stars, and the children of powerful politicians. He had it all: cars, girls, and houses up and down the Gold Coast. But behind his well-connected star athlete façade... Read more

The Last Narco

By: Malcolm Beith

Narrated by: John Allen Nelson

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The dense hills of Sinaloa, Mexico, are home to the most powerful drug lord since Pablo Escobar: Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. Responsible for uncountable murders since taking charge of the Sinaloa cartel in the 1990s, and a central figure in the recent surge in drug-related violence and bloodshed, Guzman is among the world's ten most wanted... Read more

Fury

By: Koren Zailckas

Narrated by: Koren Zailckas

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the iconic New York Times bestseller Smashed undertakes a quest to confront her own anger.

In the years following the publication of her landmark memoir, Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, Koren Zailc Read more