Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Saddled

By: Susan Richards

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

One day, at the age of thirty-one, Susan Richards realized that she was an alcoholic. She wrote it down in her journal, struck by the fact that it had taken nine years of waking up hung-over to name her illness. What had changed?



Susan had a new horse, a spirited Morgan named Georgia, and, as she says, "It had something to do with Georgia. It had... Read more

Spoken From the Heart - Abridged

By: Laura Bush

Narrated by: Laura Bush

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2011 Audie Award Finalist for Solo Narration—Female

The intimate and startlingly candid memoir from one of America’s most beloved and private first ladies.

In a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of our greatest memoirists, Laura Bush tells the story of her unique path from dusty Midland, Texas to the world stage and the White... Read more

Parisians

By: Graham Robb

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction.



A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its... Read more

I Am Hutterite

By: Mary-Ann Kirkby

Narrated by: Mary-Ann Kirkby

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1969, Ann-Marie’s parents did the unthinkable, leaving a Hutterite colony with their seven children to start a new life. Overnight, the family was thrust into a society they did not understand and did not understand them in this powerful story of understanding how our beginnings often define us.“Your mother and father are running away," said... Read more

Gypsy Boy

By: Mikey Walsh

Narrated by: Mikey Walsh

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Mikey's family were Gypsies. They live in a closed community and little is known about their way of life. As he didn't go to school, the caravan became his world. But although Mikey inherited a vibrant culture, his family had a dark hidden history. Eventually Mikey was forced to make a decision – to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find... Read more

Bearded Tit

By: Rory McGrath

Narrated by: Rory McGrath

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From his Cornish boyhood, Rory recounts his life of birdwatching, observing his first skylark while stoned; his repeatedly failed attempts to get up at the crack of dawn like the real twitchers; and his flawed bid to educate his mate Danny in the ways of birding. Rory's tale is a thoroughly educational, occasionally lyrical and highly amusing... Read more

Flight to Heaven

By: Dale Black

Narrated by: Dale Black

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine getting a glimpse of heaven, a preview of life in God’s presence. Could life ever be the same? Capt. Dale Black has flown as a commercial pilot all over the world, but one flight changed his life forever—an amazing journey to heaven and back. The only survivor of a horrific plane crash, Dale was hovering between life and death when he... Read more

Lives of Extraordinary Women

By: Kathleen Krull

Narrated by: Melissa Hughes & John C. Brown

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Not all governments have been run by men. Lives of Extraordinary Women turns the spotlight on the women who have wielded power, revealing their feats—and flaws—for all the world to see. Here you'll find twenty of the most influential women in history: queens, warriors, prime ministers, first ladies, revolutionary leaders. Some are revered.... Read more

Lives of the Artists

By: Kathleen Krull

Narrated by: John C. Brown & Melissa Hughes

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In this entertaining, informative collection, listeners will discover the idiosyncrasies—sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic—of twenty famous artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Peter Bruegel, Sofonisba Anguissola, Rembrandt van Rijn, Katsushika Hokusai, Mary Cassatt, Vincent Van Gogh, Käthe Kollwitz, Henri Matisse, Pablo... Read more

Lives of the Writers

By: Kathleen Krull

Narrated by: John C. Brown & Melissa Hughes

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

History comes to life in this dynamic volume! Here are inside views of twenty writers—people of all shapes, sizes, temperaments, and lifestyles, from various countries and historical periods. Included are William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jane Austen, Emily Dickenson, Charles Dickens,... Read more

Lives of the Musicians

By: Kathleen Krull

Narrated by: John C. Brown & Melissa Hughes

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people—and other famous musicians—really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? What were they like as children? What were their phobias, obsessions, and bad... Read more

Losing My Cool

By: Thomas Chatterton Williams

Narrated by: Thomas Chatterton Williams

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Unabridged, 7 hours

Read by the author

A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author and how his father drew him out again-with love, perseverance, and fifteen thousand books. Read more

Thomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal

By: George Cavendish

Narrated by: David Thorn

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This extraordinary “eye-witness” account of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey’s rise and fall from power was written between 1554 and 1558 by his gentleman-usher, George Cavendish, who was privy to so much of the Cardinal’s ambitious endeavors. However, Cavendish prudently waited a long time before chronicling his observations for fear of his life, as... Read more

Falscher Engel - Abridged

By: Jay Dobyns & Nils Johnson-Shelton

Narrated by: Johannes Steck

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Schon bald nach seiner Gründung Ende der 40er-Jahre in den USA machte der Hells Angels Motorcycle Club durch Gesetzesübertretungen und Gewaltdelikte von sich reden. Drogengeschäfte, Prostitution, Morde und Schlägereien sowie – mittlerweile auch international geführte – Bandenkriege mit rivalisierenden Clubs bringen den mitgliederstärksten... Read more

Paradise General

By: Dave Hnida

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A family doctor with limited surgical experience, Dr. Dave Hnida volunteered for two tours of duty in Iraq—first as a battalion surgeon with a combat unit and then as trauma chief at the busiest Combat Support Hospital (CSH) during the Surge. With honesty and candor, and the goofy, self-deprecating humor that sustained him and his fellow doctors... Read more

In the Place of Justice

By: Wilbert Rideau

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From Wilbert Rideau, the award-winning journalist who spent forty-four years in Louisiana prisons working against unimaginable odds to redeem himself, the story of a remarkable life: a crime, its punishment, and ultimate triumph.

After killing a woman in a moment of panic following a botched bank robbery, Rideau, denied a fair trial, was... Read more

Life Is What You Make It

By: Peter Buffett

Narrated by: Peter Buffett

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“Peter Buffett has given us a wise and inspiring [audio]book…for every young person seeking to find his or her place in the world, and for every family hoping to give its daughters and sons the best possible start in life.”—Bill Clinton
 
You may think that with a last name like his, Buffett has enjoyed a life of endless privilege. But the son of... Read more

Hellhound On His Trail

By: Hampton Sides

Narrated by: Hampton Sides

Length: 15 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five day search for King’s assassin that would lead them across two continents—from... Read more

Get Capone

By: Jonathan Eig

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 17 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Jonathan Eig blows the lid off the Al Capone story. Based on never-before-seen government documents and newly discovered letters written by Al Capone himself, Get Capone presents America's greatest gangster as you've never seen him before. In addition to IRS files, Eig got hold of the personal papers... Read more

Betsy Ross and the Making of America

By: Marla R. Miller

Narrated by: Dana Green

Length: 19 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Legend has it that as the American colonies hurtled toward independence, representatives of the Continental Congress, including George Washington, walked into Betsy Ross’s Philadelphia upholstery shop and commissioned the first flag of the Revolutionary nation. Although this story has long made Betsy Ross one of America’s most celebrated... Read more

Getting the Pretty Back

By: Molly Ringwald

Narrated by: Molly Ringwald

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The iconic Molly Ringwald shares intimate stories and candid advice in this fun, stylish, and sexy girlfriend's guide to life.To her millions of fans Molly Ringwald will forever be sixteen. As the endearing and witty star of the beloved John Hughes classics Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink, Molly defined teenage angst,... Read more

Winston's War

By: Max Hastings

Narrated by: Robin Sachs

Length: 25 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime from acclaimed historian Max Hastings, Winston’s War captures the full range of Churchill’s endlessly fascinating character. At once brilliant and infuriating, self-important and courageous, Hastings’s Churchill comes brashly to life as never before.

Beginning in 1940, when... Read more

With the Old Breed

By: E.B. Sledge

Narrated by: George Wilson

Length: 14 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This modern classic of military history has been called "one of the most important personal accounts of war that I have ever read" by distinguished historian John Keegan. Author E.B. Sledge served with the First Marine Division during WWII, and his first-hand narrative is unsurpassed in its sincerity. Sledge's experience shows in this... Read more

Privatsache - Abridged

By: Gabriele Krone-Schmalz

Narrated by: Gabriele Krone-Schmalz

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Leben ist die Kunst, Widersprüche auszuhalten" - dieser Maxime ist Gabriele Krone-Schmalz stets treu geblieben. Erstmals gewährt die engagierte Journalistin, die 1987 als erste Frau den Korrespondentenposten der ARD in Moskau übernahm, Einblicke in ihr privates Leben - die offenherzige und zugleich tiefgründige Bilanz eines besonderen Lebens. Read more