Biography & Memoir audiobooks

How Not to Grow Up: Birthdays - Abridged

By: Richard Herring

Narrated by: Richard Herring

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Brought to you by Penguin.


Comedian Richard Herring has a major problem. He's about to turn 40 and hasn't seen it coming. He's not married, doesn't have a proper job or 2.4 children. But now, finally, it looks as if the world expects him to be a grown up - and he's completely unprepared for it.

As the momentous and terrifying event approaches (his... Read more

The Bedwetter

By: Sarah Silverman

Narrated by: Sarah Silverman

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne and star of the powerful 2015 film I Smile Back Sarah Silverman comes a memoir—her first book—that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny. If you like Sarah’s television show The Sarah Silverman Program, or memoirs such as Chelsea... Read more

O Me of Little Faith

By: Jason Boyett

Narrated by: Jason Boyett

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In this unabridged audio download of O Me of Little Faith, author Jason Boyett brings you a transparent and personal account of his own of struggles with doubts and unbelief in living out his faith. With humor and frankness, Boyett uses personal anecdotes and a fresh look at Scripture to explore the realities of pursuing Christ through a field... Read more

703

By: Nancy Makin

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Nancy Makin weighed an astounding 703 pounds in May 2000. She was forty-five years old and had diabetes and heart disease. Thanks in equal parts to shame and logistics, she'd been homebound for a dozen years.



But all that changed after a gift from her sister: a computer. A technophobe, Nancy ignored it for months, until finally boredom and... Read more

My Early Life

By: Winston Churchill

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

As a visionary, statesman, historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.This is the story of the first thirty years of his life, up to the point where his unique parliamentary career was just beginning. From childhood and his apprentice days at Harrow... Read more

A Game of Character

By: Craig Robinson

Narrated by: Korey Jackson

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

When he stepped into history's spotlight at the National Democratic Convention, Craig Robinson recalls that nothing could have been more gratifying than introducing his sister, Michelle Obama, to millions of Americans. Within minutes, he won the hearts of the nation by sharing highlights of growing up in the modest Robinson household, where the... Read more

Jane's Fame

By: Claire Harman

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Mention Jane Austen and you'll likely incite a slew of fervent opinions from anyone within earshot. Regarded as a brilliant social satirist by scholars, Austen also enjoys the sort of popular affection usually reserved for girl-next-door movie stars, leading to the paradox of an academically revered author who has served as the inspiration for... Read more

A Captain's Duty

By: Richard Phillips & Stephan Talty

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. His courage is a model for all Americans." —President Barack Obama

It was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, a United States–flagged cargo ship that was carrying, among... Read more

An Angel from Hell

By: Ryan A. Conklin

Narrated by: Ryan A. Conklin

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Ryan A. Conklin enlisted in the U.S. Army at age seventeen, following 9/11, and joined Angel Company. As a turret gunner with the famed 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles" and a member of the famed "Rakkasans" regiment—the most decorated regiment in the U.S. Army—he endured hellish conditions in the war-torn city of Tikrit, Iraq.



After he returned... Read more

Healing Hearts

By: Kathy E. Magliato, MD

Narrated by: Renée Raudman

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Kathy Magliato is one of fewer than a dozen female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is also a member of an even more exclusive group—those surgeons who perform heart transplants. Healing Hearts is the story of the making of a surgeon who also calls herself a wife and mother. Dr. Magliato takes us into her highly demanding,... Read more

An Autobiography

By: Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi

Narrated by: Bill Wallace

Length: 18 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A holy man to Hindus, a hero to Muslims, and a criminal to the British, Mohandas K. Gandhi was one of the most influential and inspiring figures of the twentieth century, a man whose quest to live in accord with God’s highest truth led him to initiate massive campaigns against racism, violence, and colonialism.From his youthful rebellion against... Read more

Scent of the Missing

By: Susannah Charleson

Narrated by: Susannah Charleson

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson clipped a photo from the newspaper: an exhausted canine handler, face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Susannah was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine team and soon discovered... Read more

Fighter Pilot

By: Robin Olds

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 17 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of twenty-two—a double ace with twelve aerial victories.... Read more

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future

By: Michael J. Fox

Narrated by: Michael J. Fox

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael J. Fox abandoned high school to pursue an acting career, but went on to receive honorary degrees from several universities and garner the highest accolades for his acting, as well as for his writing. In his new book, he inspires and motivates graduates to recognize opportunities, maximize their abilities, and roll with the punches--all... Read more

Oprah

By: Kitty Kelley

Narrated by: Kitty Kelley

Length: 19 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influ¬ential show in television history, she has gotten her guests—often the biggest celebrities in the world—to bare their love lives, explore their painful pasts, admit their transgressions, reveal their pleasures,... Read more

Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself

By: David Lipsky

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain & Danny Campbell

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING JASON SEGAL AND JESSE EISENBERG, DIRECTED BY JAMES PONSOLDT

An indelible portrait of David Foster Wallace, by turns funny and inspiring, based on a five-day trip with award-winning writer David Lipsky during Wallace’s Infinite Jest tour
 
In David Lipsky’s view, David Foster Wallace was the best young writer in... Read more

Dead End Gene Pool

By: Wendy Burden

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

For generations the Burdens were one of the wealthiest families in New York, thanks to the inherited fortune of Cornelius "The Commodore" Vanderbilt. By 1955, the year of Wendy Burden's birth, the Burdens had become a clan of overfunded, quirky and brainy, steadfastly chauvinistic, and ultimately doomed bluebloods on the verge of financial and... Read more

Giants of French Literature: Balzac, Flaubert, Proust, and Camus

By: Katherine Elkins

Narrated by: Katherine Elkins

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In this series of lectures, Professor Katherine Elkins details the lives and works of the premier French writers of the last two centuries. With keen insight into her subject material, Professor Elkins discusses the attributes that made classics of such works as Balzac's Human Comedy, Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Proust's In Search of Lost Time,... Read more

Alexander of Macedonia

By: Robin Lane Fox

Narrated by: Robin Lane Fox

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods. After his death, he became a legend and the "Alexander Romance" became the best-selling fiction of the medieval world. Esteemed Professor Robin Lane Fox has made the study of Alexander of Macedon... Read more

Jack Nicklaus

By: Jack Nicklaus

Narrated by: Ian Esmo

Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

During his more than forty-year career as champion amateur, dominating professional, and senior star, the Golden Bear has won almost one hundred tournaments around the world. Topping that astounding achievement are his record twenty major-championship victories: two US Amateurs, six Masters, four US Opens, three British Opens, and five US PGA... Read more

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead

By: Jerry Weintraub

Narrated by: Jerry Weintraub

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary deal maker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him--the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York's Lower East Side, the wilds of Alaska, or the hills of Hollywood--he has found... Read more

Ian Fleming

By: Andrew Lycett

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 21 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Sportsman, womanizer, naval commander, world-traveler, and spy, the creator of the Cold War’s archetypal secret agent was infinitely more complex and interesting than his iconic fictional character, Agent 007. Fleming’s wide-ranging and exciting life inevitably provided the plausible backdrop for his Bond novels. Highly regarded in British naval... Read more

The Bridge

By: David Remnick

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 24 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

No story has been more central to America’s history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book that fully investigates the circumstances and experiences of Obama’s life or explores the ambition behind his rise. Those familiar with Obama’s own best-selling memoir or his campaign... Read more

This Time Together

By: Carol Burnett

Narrated by: Carol Burnett

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett—funny, irreverent, and irresistible.

Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time... Read more