Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Waylon - Abridged

By: Waylon Jennings & Lenny Kaye

Narrated by: Waylon Jennings

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Waylon Jennings relates the story of his life as a country music star. His beginnings were poor but he became Buddy Holly's protege before sinking into drug abuse and 3 failed marriages. His success came when he met his present wife, Jessi Colter. Read more

Dernier automne - Abridged

By: Pierre Monette

Narrated by: Pierre Monette

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En septembre, Diane apprend qu'elle est atteinte d'un cancer incurable : elle a de deux à trois mois devant elle. Elle décide d'affronter la réalité et de préparer sa mort. Son courage, sa lucidité, son refus du drame étonneront ses proches et ses médecins. Et quand il s'agira de faire ses adieux à la mer - à Martha's Vineyard -, rien ne pourra... Read more

A Life That Matters - Abridged

By: Terri's Family:, Mary and Robert Schindler, Suz...

Narrated by: Don Leslie & Kate McIntyre

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 2004-2005, when the Terri Schiavo case divided the country, one side of the story was buried under the avalanche of politics and power. Now, Terri Schiavo's parents, brother, and sister speak out, for Terri and themselves. A Life That Matters may well change every assumption you have about Terri's too-brief life and prolonged, agonizing... Read more

A Year in the World

By: Frances Mayes

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 17 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself—and her readers—in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places.

A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes—a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous... Read more

A Year in the World - Abridged

By: Frances Mayes

Narrated by: Frances Mayes

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself—and her readers—in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places.

A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes—a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous... Read more

Mao

By: Jung Chang & Jon Halliday

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 29 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“Ever since the spectacular success of Chang’s Wild Swans we have waited impatiently for her to complete with her husband this monumental study of China’s most notorious modern leader. The expectation has been that she would rewrite modern Chinese history. The wait has been worthwhile and the expectation justified. This is a bombshell of a... Read more

A Piece of Cake

By: Cupcake Brown

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 21 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The heart-wrenching, uplifting tale about a woman named Cupcake

“[Cupcake] Brown’s confessional . . . memoir is one you can’t easily put down. Her life is nothing short of a miracle.”—Chicago Sun-Times

There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction,... Read more

A Piece of Cake - Abridged

By: Cupcake Brown

Narrated by: Cupcake Brown

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eleven-year-old Cupcake Brown woke up on the bicentennial and found her mother still in bed. She struggled to wake her up, pushing and pulling until she managed to tug her mother's lifeless corpse onto her own small body, crushing her beneath its dead weight. After squeezing out from under her mother, Cupcake calmly walked over to the phone and... Read more

The Brothers Bulger

By: Howie Carr

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This fresh account of Massachusetts's infamous Bulger brothers unveils a stunning criminal alliance, and with its dual biography format, goes deeper than the New York Times bestselling Black Mass. For the first time, journalist Howie Carr reveals the real story behind the infamous Bulgers—two brothers from South Boston who grew up to control a... Read more

Walking from East to West

By: Ravi Zacharias

Narrated by: Simon Vance & Ravi Zacharias

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The heartfelt memoir of Ravi Zacharias. Follow along with his journey to discover that God is the author of our destinies, no matter how dark the shadows that hide the light.Ravi Zacharias lived an extraordinary life. In this touching memoir, Zacharias shares an intimate look into his formative years, inviting you to follow him all the way back... Read more

Eat, Pray, Love

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A transformational journey through Italy, India, and Bali searching for pleasure and devotion—the massive bestseller from the author of The Signature of All Things

This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the... Read more

Manhunt - Abridged

By: James L. Swanson

Narrated by: Richard Thomas

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history -- the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry troops on a wild, twelve-day chase from the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.At the very center... Read more

Fight Back and Win - Abridged

By: Gloria Allred

Narrated by: Gloria Allred

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

World-renowned women's rights attorney and civil rights advocate Gloria Allred sharesempowering life lessons learned while fighting on the front lines for victims' rightsVoted by her peers as one of the best lawyers in America, and described by Time as ""one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes,"" Allred... Read more

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By: Benjamin Franklin

Narrated by: Fredd Wayne

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Benjamin Franklin was not only one of America's Founding Fathers—he was also a fascinating character who lived an exciting life. Whether carousing with prostitutes in Paris, taunting lightning bolts with kites, or founding America's first volunteer firefighting organization, Franklin was always at the center of activity. The Autobiography of... Read more

At Canaan's Edge - Abridged

By: Taylor Branch

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch's magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther King's heroic place in the nation's history.

The final volume of Taylor... Read more

With Ossie and Ruby - Abridged

By: Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee

Narrated by: Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, a beloved and revered couple cherished not just for their acting artistry but also for their lifelong commitment to civil rights, family values, and the black community. Now they look back on a half- century of their personal and political struggles to... Read more

Devil in the Details

By: Jennifer Traig

Narrated by: Melinda Wade

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The struggles and humiliations of adolescence are told in an unflinching, funny, surprisingly universal tale of one good Jewish girl's battle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Read more

STAR TREK MOVIE MEMORIES - Abridged

By: William Shatner

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The sequel to the bestselling Star Trek Memories, documenting in deliciously lurid and candid detail all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans in the making of the six Star Trek movies, with on-the-scene reporting from the set of the seventh in which...Kirk dies!Star Trek Movie Memories recounts all the chaos, creative turmoil, backstage politics,... Read more

Money, A Memoir - Abridged

By: Liz Perle

Narrated by: Liz Perle

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Long ago, and not entirely consciously, Liz Perle made a quiet contract with cash: She would do what it took to get it—work hard, marry right—but she didn't want to have to think about it too much. Since she was a young girl, the subject of money had been quietly sidestepped, a shadowy factor whose private influence was impolite to discuss. When... Read more

STAR TREK MEMORIES - Abridged

By: William Shatner

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A living pop culture legend and one of American film and television's most enduring stars, William Shatner will forever be associated with the role of James T. Kirk, captain of the starship Enterprise. Star Trek Memories is Shatner's classic behind-the-scenes look at the legendary series that continues to put forth movies, books, and series... Read more

All Rivers Run to the Sea - Abridged

By: Elie Wiesel

Narrated by: Elie Wiesel

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this first volume of his two-volume autobiography, Wiesel takes us from his childhood memories of a traditional and loving Jewish family in the Romanian village of Sighet through the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the years of spiritual struggle, to his emergence as a witness for the Holocaust's martyrs and survivors and for the... Read more

Portrait: Joseph Beuys, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Heiner Stachelhaus

Narrated by: Friedrich Küppersbusch

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die neue PORTRAIT-Reihe startet mit "Joseph Beuys". Wer war er? Scharlatan, Guru, Magier, Schamane? Oder ein Künstler, der die Dimensionen herkömmlicher Kunst und Kunstauffassung sprengte? Basierend auf jahrzehntelangen persönlichen Kontakten und Gesprächen mit Angehörigen und Freunden, Anhängern und Gegnern, entwirft Heiner Stachelhaus ein... Read more

Flags of Our Fathers

By: James Bradley & Ron Powers

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Now abridged for young people, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history: the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.

In February 1945, American... Read more

The Freedom Writers Diary

By: Erin Gruwell & The Freedom Writers

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Bahni Turpin & Cassandra Campbell

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students’ lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin Gruwell
 
Now a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart
 
In 1994, an... Read more