Biography & Memoir audiobooks

The Complete Blood, Sweat and Tea

By: Tom Reynolds

Narrated by: Daniel Philpott

Length: 17 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Collected in one volume, here are the true life stories of London ambulance driver, Tom Reynolds. *Previously published as Sirens, after the Channel 4 TV show inspired by the book* On any given day Tom Reynolds might be attacked by strangers, sworn at by motorists, puked on, covered in blood and other much more... Read more

Letters To My Grandchildren

By: Tony Benn

Narrated by: Tony Benn

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

As a diarist I have chronicled the time through which I have lived in meticulous detail: but all that is history. What matters now is the future for those who will live through it.

The past is the past but there may be lessons to be learned which could help the next generation to avoid mistakes their parents and grandparents made.

Certainly at my... Read more

Hitch-22

By: Christopher Hitchens

Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens

Length: 17 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a... Read more

Napoleon Bonaparte

By: Frank Giles

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

After his surrender to the Royal Navy, Napoleon became the object of massive English public interest. He would live out his last years on the island of St. Helena without ever admitting to being a prisoner.This close study of Napoleon in captivity attempts to reconstruct an authentic portrait of the fallen emperor by examining contemporary... Read more

The Rage Against God

By: Peter Hitchens

Narrated by: Peter Hitchens

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What if notorious atheist Christopher Hitchens, bestselling author of God Is Not Great, had a Christian brother? He does. Meet Peter Hitchens--British journalist, author, and former atheist--as he tells his powerful story for the first time in The Rage Against God. In The Rage Against God, Hitchens details his personal story of how he left the... Read more

Seaworthy

By: Linda Greenlaw

Narrated by: Linda Greenlaw

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author's sequel to The Hungry Ocean—a fast-paced account of her return to swordfishing Linda Greenlaw hadn't been bluewater fishing for ten years- not since the events chronicled in the books The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean-but when her lobster traps aren't paying off, her truck is on its last gasp, and the bills are... Read more

Priceless

By: Robert K. Wittman & John Shiffman

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The Wall Street Journal called him “a living legend.” The London Times dubbed him “the most famous art detective in the world.”
 
In Priceless, Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for the first time, offering a real-life international thriller to rival The Thomas Crown Affair.... Read more

Pearl Buck in China

By: Hilary Spurling

Narrated by: Hilary Spurling

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary Americans, Pearl Buck was the first person to make China accessible to the West. She recreated the lives of ordinary Chinese people in The Good Earth, an overnight worldwide bestseller in 1932, later a blockbuster movie. Buck went on to become the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for... Read more

I Know I Am, But What Are You?

By: Samantha Bee

Narrated by: Samantha Bee

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Candid, outspoken, laugh-out-loud funny essays from much-loved Samantha Bee, host of TBS's uproarious late-night show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, executive producer and writer of TBS's comedy television series The Detour, and former The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’s Most Senior Correspondent.

In I Know I Am, But What Are You? she shares her... Read more

Bitch Is the New Black

By: Helena Andrews

Narrated by: Karen Murray

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Strong, sassy, always surprising—and titled after a Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” monologue by Tina Fey—Bitch Is the New Black is a deliciously addictive memoir-in-essays in which Helena Andrews goes from being the daughter of the town lesbian to a hot-shot political reporter… all while trying to answer the question, “can a strong,... Read more

Lips Unsealed - Abridged

By: Belinda Carlisle

Narrated by: Belinda Carlisle

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The women of the iconic eighties band the Go-Go’s will always be remembered as they appeared on the back of their debut record: sunny, smiling, each soaking in her own private bubble bath with chocolates and champagne. The photo is a perfect tribute to the fun, irreverent brand of pop music that the Go-Go’s created, but it also conceals the... Read more

A Time to Betray

By: Reza Kahlili

Narrated by: Richard Allen

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A true story as exhilarating as a great spy thriller, as turbulent as today's headlines from the Middle East, A Time to Betray reveals what no other previous CIA operative's memoir possibly could: the inner workings of the notorious Revolutionary Guards of Iran, as witnessed by an Iranian man inside their ranks who spied for the American... Read more

Bonobo Handshake

By: Vanessa Woods

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2005, Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely knew and agreed to join him on a research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country reeling from a brutal decade-long war that had claimed the lives of millions. Settling in at a bonobo sanctuary in Congo's capital, Vanessa and her fiancé entered the world of a... Read more

War at the Wall Street Journal

By: Sarah Ellison

Narrated by: Judith Brackley

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a tale about big business, an imploding dynasty, a mogul at war, and a deal that sums up an era of change. The main character, rocked by feuding factions and those who would remake it, is the Wall Street Journal, which affects the thoughts, votes, and stocks of two million readers daily. Sarah Ellison, while at the Journal, won praise... Read more

Women Living Single

By: Lee Reilly

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

With humor and honesty, award-winning author Lee Reilly explores the joys and trials of the "ever-single" woman in a world defined by the married. In Women Living Single, she tells the refreshing stories of 30 unmarried women of all ages, struggling alone to live life to its fullest, and succeeding. Caitlin never decided to remain unmarried-her... Read more

Chronicles of a Marine Rifleman

By: Herb Brewer

Narrated by: Michael Schwalbe

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a captivating account of a Marine Rifle Squad as it prepared for deployment to Vietnam, and establishing the enclave south of Da Nang, Vietnam. Mentored by Korean Veterans, the Marine Riflemen become veterans tested in the rice paddies at Da Nang, Phu Bai, and the highlands of Khe Sanh. They walked from Khe Sanh to Dong Ha, Vietnam, one... Read more

Start the Car

By: David Lloyd

Narrated by: David Lloyd

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of "Bumble", the legendary SkySports cricket commentator who's one ball short of an over and delivers madcap moments galore in this ebullient, endearing and hilarious new book. David "Bumble" Lloyd is a legend in our living rooms, a genuine "good bloke" all cricket fans feel they know... Read more

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

By: Anne Frank

Narrated by: Selma Blair

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.

Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s first publication with a new introduction by Nobel... Read more

Wolf

By: James L. Haley

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack London was born a working-class, fatherless San Franciscan in 1876. In his youth, he was a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling west coast—by and by playing the role of hobo, sailor, and oyster pirate. From his vantage point at the margins of Gilded Age America, he witnessed such iniquity and abuses that he became a life long... Read more

Exploration Fawcett

By: P. H. Fawcett

Narrated by: Robin Sachs

Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The mystic and legendary British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett disappeared in the unknown and unexplored territory of Brazil’s Mato Grosso in 1925. For ten years he had wandered the forests and death-filled rivers in search of a fabled lost city. Finally, convinced that he had discovered the location, he set out for the last time with... Read more

Rush Limbaugh

By: Zev Chafets

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

"I know the liberals call you 'the most dangerous man in America,' but don't worry about it, they used to say the same thing about me. Keep up the good work."
-Ronald Reagan in a letter to Rush Limbaugh, December 11, 1992

Do you remember your first time?

People tend to remember the moment they first heard The Rush Limbaugh Show on the radio. For... Read more

Somewhere More Holy

By: Tony Woodlief

Narrated by: Tony Woodlief

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed columnist Tony Woodlief pens the poignant and powerful story of his search for meaning in the midst of tragedy. When he and his wife lost their adored little girl, his trust in God turned to bitter anger. As he and his wife struggled to save their marriage and his faith, they discovered that home is more than just rooms and a roof.... Read more

Psychic

By: Sylvia Browne

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“I have known Sylvia for twenty years, and I have the greatest respect for her. People seek her out for her much celebrated intuitive skills, however, I have sought her out for her friendship and kindness. I applaud her for the peace and solace that she has brought to so many.” — Montel Williams “An amazing woman, an amazing life, and a book I... Read more

The Confessions of Saint Augustine

By: Saint Augustine

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Confessions of Saint Augustine is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace. Writing as a sinner, not a saint, Augustine shares his innermost thoughts and conversion experiences, and wrestles with the spiritual questions that have stirred the hearts of the thoughtful since time began.... Read more