Biography & Memoir audiobooks

The Cloud Forest

By: Peter Matthiessen

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

For twenty thousand miles, Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed the South American wilderness, traveling from the Amazonian rain forests to Machu Picchu high in the Andes, down to the edge of the world at Tierra del Fuego and back. In the course of his journey, he followed the trails of old explorers; encountered river bandits, wild tribesmen, and the... Read more

Perseverance and Dignity

By: Owen ''Mitch'' Griffith

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

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The State of Jones

By: Sally Jenkins & John Stauffer

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.

The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the... Read more

Magnificent Desolation

By: Buzz Aldrin & Ken Abraham

Narrated by: Patrick Egan

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind’s greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years since, millions more have had their Earth-centric perspective... Read more

The State of Jones - Abridged

By: Sally Jenkins & John Stauffer

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.

The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the... Read more

Hazel Scott

By: Karen Chilton

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed coauthor of I Wish You Love, Karen Chilton explores the life of legendary jazz performer and civil rights activist Hazel Scott. From her birthplace in Trinidad to the lively streets of Harlem and beyond in the 1940s and '50s, Scott created a legacy of achievement that resounds to this day. Read more

Flying Drunk

By: Joseph Balzer

Narrated by: Joseph Balzer

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

March 8, 1990: An intoxicated three-man crew, including Flight Engineer Joseph Balzer, fly a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with 91 passengers aboard from Fargo, North Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota. July 25, 1990: All three pilots stand trial for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol; all three are convicted and... Read more

Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever

By: Leroy “Satchel” Paige

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Leroy "Satchel" Paige was forty-two years old when he became the first African American pitcher in the American League in 1948. Although he was the oldest rookie around, he had already become a legend. For twenty-two years, beginning in 1926, Paige dazzled fans with his performance in the Negro Major Leagues. He outlasted everyone by playing... Read more

Huey Long

By: T. Harry Williams

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 31 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

He was one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history.Huey Long was a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed to behave, like a caricature of the redneck Southern politico and yet, at the time of his assassination, had become a serious rival to Franklin D. Roosevelt for the presidency.In this “masterpiece of... Read more

Closing Time

By: Joe Queenan

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Joe Queenan's acerbic riffs on movies, sports, books, politics, and many of the least forgivable phenomena of pop culture have made him one of the most popular humorists and commentators of our time. In Closing Time, Queenan turns his sights on a more serious and personal topic: his childhood in a Philadelphia housing project in the early 1960s.... Read more

The Game - Abridged

By: Neil Strauss

Narrated by: Neil Strauss

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nearly every major city in the world has them: hidden underground seduction lairs where men gather to trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to seduce women.This is not fiction.For two years, bestselling author Neil Strauss lived among these men. Using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity, he began his... Read more

Go Down Together

By: Jeff Guinn

Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan

Length: 16 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Previous books and films have emphasized the supposed glamour of America's most notorious criminal couple, thus contributing to ongoing mythology. The real story is completely different—and far more fascinating.With newly discovered material, bestselling author Jeff Guinn tells the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love... Read more

The Last Man On the Moon - Abridged

By: Eugene Cernan

Narrated by: Eugene Cernan

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is the story of a unique American hero who came of age as an astronaut during the few dramatic years when man reached the moon. Cernan's career spanned the entire Apollo program, from the tragic fire that killed three of his comrades on Apollo 1, through the moment when he left man's last footprint on the moon as commander of Apollo 17.This... Read more

Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Robin Field

Length: 13 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In the early spring of 1845, Henry David Thoreau built and lived in a cabin near the shore of Walden Pond in rural Massachusetts. For the next two years, he enacted his own Transcendentalist experiment, living a simple life based on self-reliance, individualism, and harmony with nature. The journal he kept at that time evolved into his... Read more

The Great Escape

By: Paul Brickhill

Narrated by: Robert Whitfield

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred American and British air force officers, every single one of them, every minute, every hour, every day, and every night for more than a year. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade... Read more

Satchel

By: Larry Tye

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige

“Among the rare biographies of an athlete that transcend sports . . . gives us the man as well as the myth.”—The Boston Globe

Few reliable records or news reports survive about players in... Read more

The Ascent of George Washington

By: John Ferling

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 17 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Even compared to his fellow founders, George Washington stands tall. Our first president has long been considered a stoic hero, holding himself above the rough-and-tumble politics of his day. Now John Ferling peers behind that image, carefully burnished by Washington himself, to show us a leader who was not only not above politics but a canny... Read more

The Vixen Diaries

By: Karrine Steffans

Narrated by: Karrine Steffans

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Karrine Steffans continues to share the much-sought-after details of her star-studded life in this juicy tell-all—​and dishes on the celebrity men that helped her get where she needed to be.

This titillating expose chronicles the personal and professional adventures of this tabloid-laden socialite, dispelling some rumors, while confirming... Read more

Traveller

By: Michael Katakis

Narrated by: Michael Katakis

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"How could I have known then with no maps acquired and my bags not yet packed that my journey had already begun? ...The tools of a traveler are compass and map. They calculate distances covered and destinations sought but cannot measure the consequences of experiences on a human heart," writes Michael Katakis in his introduction.

Traveller is... Read more

Crazy for the Storm

By: Norman Ollestad

Narrated by: Norman Ollestad

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

“Breathtaking....Crazy for the Storm will keep you up late into the night.”
—Washington Post Book World Norman Olstead’s New York Times bestselling memoir Crazy for the Storm is the story of the harrowing plane crash the author miraculously survived at age eleven, framed by the moving tale of his complicated relationship with his charismatic,... Read more

Reagan's Secret War

By: Martin Anderson & Annelise Anderson

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

On February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: “I will make the decisions.” As Reagan’s Secret War reveals, these words provide the touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led to the end of the Cold War.... Read more

Renegade

By: Richard Wolffe

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 15 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.

This book is the previously untold and epic story... Read more

Renegade - Abridged

By: Richard Wolffe

Narrated by: Richard Wolffe

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.

This book is the previously untold and epic story... Read more

Lance

By: John Wilcockson

Narrated by: Connor Trinneer

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Once a superstar in the world of cycling and one of its most interesting personalities, Lance Armstrong is known for pushing his body to the extreme, intimidating his rivals, and breaking the rules. Armstrong's many achievements were consistently dogged by allegations of doping and secrecy, allegations to which the cyclist ultimately... Read more