Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Supla e as mídias - Abridged

By: Supla

Narrated by: Supla

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Escritos com bom humor e o estilo peculiar, os textos são como conversas em mesas de bar, causos contados por aquele que viveu essas peripécias, num tom despojado e original. E todos são ilustrados por fotos: o registro visual de uma vida rock and roll! Neste minilivro relembre como supla aparecia nas grandes mídias brasileiras. Read more

Memorias de un historiador del Holocausto - Abridged

By: Raul Hilberg & Àlex Guàrdia Berdiell (Translator)

Narrated by: Germán Gijón

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Un faro, un rompeolas, un barco de la historia anclado en el tiempo y en un sentido más allá del tiempo, imperecedero, inolvidable, con el que nada en el curso de la producción histórica ordinaria puede compararse."—Claude Lanzmann "Nadie podrá ya escribir sobre estas cuestiones sin recurrir a él."—Hannah Arendt "La tarea hercúlea de... Read more

En pana - Abridged

By: Martín Cinzano

Narrated by: Marcelo Pintos

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Hace tiempo que no leía algo tan bueno. En pana puede leerse como una autobiografía—porque es la biografía de unos autos—o un ménage à trois entre novela, ensayo y poesía, o una exagerada nota al pie acerca del copiloto como un pequeño dios. Martín Cinzano ha escrito un libro inolvidable, muy divertido, melancólico, vertiginoso e introspectivo:... Read more

Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne - Abridged

By: Larry Chambers

Narrated by: Brian Hallas

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For firefights in the swamps, ambushes in the jungle, or just facing the enemy dead-on, Recondo trained LRRPs to win.

They will never be able to duplicate the 5th Special Forces Recondo School and the training that gave its grads something they desperately needed—the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered... Read more

Agripina - Abridged

By: Emma Southon

Narrated by: Karla Hernández

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Un libro muy recomendable y entretenido, donde la historiadora le gana siempre la partida a la feminista, y que hará las delicias de quienes busquen conocer más del mundo romano y los entresijos del Imperio." —Qué Leer Esta es la historia de una mujer excepcional, cuyo atrevimiento al pisar esferas de poder reservadas a los hombres acabó... Read more

Under and Alone - Abridged

By: William Queen

Narrated by: William Queen

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols (the scourge of Southern... Read more

Papito em NYC - Abridged

By: Supla

Narrated by: Supla

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Escritos com bom humor e o estilo peculiar, os textos são como conversas em mesas de bar, causos contados por aquele que viveu essas peripécias, num tom despojado e original. E todos são ilustrados por fotos: o registro visual de uma vida rock and roll! Neste minilivro Supla realata um pouco do que viveu na seu tempo em Nova Iorque. Read more

Guardiola Confidencial (resumo) - Abridged

By: Martí Perarnau

Narrated by: Everton Ferreira

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este minilivro é um resumo produzido a partir da obra original. O desafio de decifrar a personalidade de Pep Guardiola sempre pareceu tão complexo quanto o de conceber, à distância e sem acesso direto, de que forma trabalha o técnico que deu ao Barcelona os melhores anos de sua história. O jornalista Martí Perarnau, no entanto, obteve do... Read more

Klopp (resumo) - Abridged

By: Raphael Honigstein & Raul Oliveira Moreira

Narrated by: Everton Ferreira

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este minilivro é um resumo produzido a partir da obra original. Jürgen Klopp é um treinador com o dom de transformar tanto os jogadores sob seu comando quanto os clubes que o empregam. Foi o que fez no Mainz 05 e, sobretudo, no Borussia Dortmund – um time que há tempos frequentava apenas o meio da tabela e, depois de se entregar à Kloppmania,... Read more

Terrible Terry Allen - Abridged

By: Gerald Astor

Narrated by: Reathel Bean

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic University’s R.O.T.C. program. In World War I,... Read more

Moyers on Democracy - Abridged

By: Bill Moyers

Narrated by: Bill Moyers

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bill Moyers on America today:

“Here in the first decade of the twenty-first century the story that becomes America’s dominant narrative will shape our collective imagination and our politics for a long time to come. In the searching of our souls demanded by this challenge . . . kindred spirits across the nation must confront the most fundamental... Read more

In the Presence of My Enemies - Abridged

By: Gracia Burnham

Narrated by: Aimee Lilly

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2004 ECPA Gold Medallion winner!

Soon after September 11, the news media stepped up its coverage of Martin and Gracia Burnham, the missionary couple held hostage in the Philippine jungle by terrorists with ties to Osama bin Laden. After a year of captivity and a violent rescue that resulted in Martin's death, the world watched Gracia Burnham... Read more

Look Me in the Eye - Abridged

By: John Elder Robison

Narrated by: John Elder Robison

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his... Read more

All the Way to Berlin - Abridged

By: James Megellas

Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.

In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, the Fifth Army... Read more

All the Money in the World - Abridged

By: Peter W. Bernstein & Annalyn Swan

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of theForbes 400, All the Money in the World, the work of a team of prominent editors and business writers, goes behind the celebrated list to paint a vivid and revealing portrait of the wealthiest Americans of the past quarter century. Abundantly anecdotal, with insights gleaned from... Read more

Mourinho Rockstar (resumo) - Abridged

By: Luís Aguilar & Raul Oliveira Moreira

Narrated by: Everton Ferreira

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este minilivro é um resumo produzido a partir da obra original. "A atitude desafiante, as declarações polêmicas, a inteligência impertinente, e, sobretudo, a atitude provocadora que demonstra no banco e nas coletivas de imprensa foram alguns dos motivos pelos quais Mourinho acabou protagonizando a nossa última capa do ano." Editorial da Revista... Read more

Supla - Um jovem Papito - Abridged

By: Supla

Narrated by: Supla

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Escritos com bom humor e o estilo peculiar, os textos são como conversas em mesas de bar, causos contados por aquele que viveu essas peripécias, num tom despojado e original. E todos são ilustrados por fotos: o registro visual de uma vida rock and roll! Neste minilivro, Supla conta, em tom sincero, histórias de sua juventude. Read more

Appetite - Abridged

By: Ed Balls

Narrated by: Ed Balls

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

‘Delightfully different’ – Delia Smith
 
Ed Balls was just three weeks old when he tried his first meal: pureed roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. While perhaps ill-advised by modern weaning standards, it worked for him in 1967, and from that moment on he was hooked on food.
 
Appetite is a memoir with a twist: part autobiography, part cookbook,... Read more

Supla - Papito rock 'n' roll - Abridged

By: Supla

Narrated by: Supla

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Escritos com bom humor e o estilo peculiar, os textos são como conversas em mesas de bar, causos contados por aquele que viveu essas peripécias, num tom despojado e original. E todos são ilustrados por fotos: o registro visual de uma vida rock and roll! Neste minilivro, conheça um pouco mais da vida rock 'n' roll do Supla. Read more

Quiet Strength - Abridged

By: Tony Dungy

Narrated by: Tony Dungy

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2008 Retailer's Choice Award winner!
Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach—especially a football coach—to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming... Read more

No woman no cry (resumo) - Abridged

By: Rita Marley

Narrated by: Marisol Marcondes

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ESTE É UM RESUMO DA OBRA NO WOMAN NO CRY, DE RITA MARLEY. PARA SE APRODUNDAR, LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA UM LIVRO DE MEMÓRIAS REVELADOR DA MULHER QUE CONHECIA BOB MARLEY COMO NENHUMA OUTRA PESSOA... Rita Marley se casou com Bob Marley quando eles tinham vinte e poucos anos e esteve ao lado do astro da música jamaicana durante sua meteórica ascensão à... Read more

Kurt Cobain – About a boy (resumo) - Abridged

By: Carlos García Miranda

Narrated by: Marisol Marcondes

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ESTE É UM RESUMO DA OBRA KURT COBAIN – ABOUT A BOY, DE CARLOS GARCÍA MIRANDA. PARA SE APRODUNDAR, LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA Em 1991, Kurt Cobain sacudiu a indústria da música ao transformar seu álbum Nevermind emum sucesso milionário e levar a música underground para o grande público. Foi o início de uma carreira meteórica que fez de Cobain uma... Read more

Amy Winehouse - mais forte que ela (resumo) - Abridged

By: Susana Monteagudo

Narrated by: Marisol Marcondes

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ESTE É UM RESUMO DA OBRA AMY WINEHOUSE - MAIS FORTE QUE ELA, DE SUSANA MONTEAGUDO. PARA SE APRODUNDAR, LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA Inquieta, dramática e sempre em busca de ação e atenção, desde a infância Amy Winehouse demonstrou rebeldia e inteligência. A garota que cresceu cercada de música – o jazz do pai, o folk da mãe e a própria incursão pelo... Read more

Push the Rock - Abridged

By: R.W. Long

Narrated by: R.W. Long

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Living the American Dream at the pinnacle of his life, R.W. Long had it all: a loving family, a promising career, and a multitude of blessings. All of this was cut short with the diagnosis of an incurable disease. In the prime of life, he lost nearly everything he had worked for and felt he was given a life sentence and incarcerated in his own... Read more