Biography & Memoir audiobooks

I’ll Always Have Paris - Abridged

By: Art Buchwald

Narrated by: Art Buchwald

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1948, an Austrian-Hungarian Jewish 22-year-old from New York began his new career. Determined to be famous, he bought a one-way ticket to Paris, France. His assignment: cover nightclubs, sidewalk cafes, and weddings for the legendary Paris Herald Tribune. For the next 14 years, he developed a life and career by socializing and reporting on... Read more

Leaving Home - Abridged

By: Art Buchwald

Narrated by: Art Buchwald

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Funny men don't necessarily have funny childhoods. Art Buchwald had to find his humor the hard way. In this poignant memoir, Buchwald writes with intimacy and candor about his early years— of a life constantly on the move and in the company of strangers. Shortly after he was born, he and his mother were separated. He tells of a... Read more

Bush Country - Abridged

By: John Podhoretz

Narrated by: John Podhoretz

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Combining acerbic wit with insider political savvy, one of America's most entertaining journalists tells readers why George W. Bush is not only the Right Man at the Right Time, but has become the greatest Leader of the Age

George W. Bush arrived in the White House an untested governor with an unfortunate habit of tripping over his own tongue,... 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

De Profundis - Abridged

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: ® bseal voice

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. De Profundis es una larga carta escrita por Oscar Wilde desde la cárcel de Reading y finalmente publicada por primera vez por su albacea literario Robert Baldwin Ross en 1905, cinco años después de la muerte del poeta y dramaturgo irlandés.Escrita con carácter autobiográfico y privado; fundamental para entender... Read more

Not Taco Bell Material - Abridged

By: Adam Carolla

Narrated by: Adam Carolla

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his second book, Adam Carolla—author of New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks and chart-topping podcaster—reveals all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today.

Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about... Read more

Drogenrausch und Deduktion - Abridged

By: Traian Suttles

Narrated by: Gemma

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dieses Hörbuch wurde von einer künstlichen Stimme eingelesen. SHERLOCK HOLMES – eine der wenigen Figuren der neueren Literaturgeschichte, denen ein mythischer Status zukommt, und zugleich eine der rätselhaftesten. Warum konsumiert Holmes, entgegen des ärztlichen Rates seines Vertrauten Dr. Watson, regelmäßig Kokain- und Morphium? Was hat es... Read more

Galileo's Daughter - Abridged

By: Dava Sobel

Narrated by: Fritz Weaver

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Galileo Galilei was the foremost scientist of his day. Though he never left Italy, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world. His telescopes allowed him to reveal the heavens and enforce the astounding argument that the earth moves around the sun. For this belief, he was brought before the Holy Office of the Inquisition,... Read more

Cork Boat - Abridged

By: John Pollack

Narrated by: John Pollack

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the late 1990s John Pollack was working as a Washington speechwriter when, frustrated by the cynicism and hypocrisy on Capitol Hill, he quit his job to pursue a boyhood dream: to build a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey.

Cork Boat tells the story of Pollack’s improbable quest. Overcoming one obstacle after... Read more

John Bunyan - Abridged

By: John Brown

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A traveling tinker, John Bunyan accepted long imprisonment rather than give up preaching the Gospel. He explained the life of the Spirit in language the common people could understand and in pictures that stuck in the mind. When he wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress, his fame spread rapidly, and within fifty years of his death, the book was reputed to... Read more

Metaphysical Sherpa: Misunderstood Mystic - Abridged

By: Nick Mirisola

Narrated by: Gill Mills & Nick Mirisola

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: Yes

Metaphysical Sherpa. Misunderstood Mystic by Nick MirisolaA Condensed Autobiography and more…An Anthology of a life’s work, with Artwork, Memes, and Meditative Animal Song Lyrics.Accompanied by a Philosophy of Science Paper first published in The International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation Points About Points with a PointNature... Read more

The Royal British Legion - Abridged

By: Matt Croucher & The Royal British Legion

Narrated by: Keeley Hawes, Bernard Cribbins, Nicky Henson, S...

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921. It is now the country’s leading charity providing financial, social and emotional support to those who have served or who are currently serving in the British Armed Forces and their dependants. The RBL is behind the annual Poppy Appeal, the highest profile charity appeal in Britain. ... Read more

Unconquered - Abridged

By: Adam Davis

Narrated by: John Chancer

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Face your pain. Live unconquered. Trauma is notorious for trapping people in the pain of their past. When you live in defeat, it can be difficult to embrace the hope and victory available in Christ. Former law enforcement officer Adam Davis knows what it's like to feel defeated. In Unconquered, Davis bravely shares his personal experiences... Read more

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed - Abridged

By: Alan Alda

Narrated by: Alan Alda

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

He’s one of America’s most recognizable and acclaimed actors–a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances.

“My mother didn’t try to... Read more

The Fourth Star - Abridged

By: Greg Jaffe & David Cloud

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

They were four exceptional soldiers, a new generation asked to save an army that had been hollowed out after Vietnam. They became the Army's most influential generals in the crucible of Iraq. Collectively, their lives tell the story of the Army over the last four decades and illuminate the path it must travel to protect the nation over the next... Read more

The Seven Storey Mountain - Abridged

By: Thomas Merton

Narrated by: Sidney Lanier

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From one of the 20th century's best-loved Christian writers comes this extraordinary spiritual testament. Thomas Merton was a man who experienced life to its fullest in the world before entering a Trappist monastery. In this memoir, he recounts his spiritual quest, one that led to his conversion to Catholicism. Read more

Dean and Me - Abridged

By: Jerry Lewis & James Kaplan

Narrated by: Gregory Jbara

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

They were the unlikeliest of pairs—a handsome crooner and a skinny monkey, an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and a Jew from Newark, N.J.. Before they teamed up, Dean Martin seemed destined for a mediocre career as a nightclub singer, and Jerry Lewis was dressing up as Carmen Miranda and miming records on stage. But the moment they got... Read more

Downtown - Abridged

By: Pete Hamill

Narrated by: Pete Hamill

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Downtown, Pete Hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves, from the island's southern tip to Times Square, combining a moving memoir of his days and nights in New York with a passionate history of its most enduring places and people. Read more

Before the Wind - Abridged

By: Charles Tyng

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In seafaring literature, no fictional sailor's story can match this true, real-life adventure. Before the Wind is the memoir of early nineteenth-century sea captain Charles Tyng— from his childhood and love affair with the sea to his rise through the ranks to captain and ship owner in the tea and sugar trade. Before the Wind takes... Read more

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots - Abridged

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: Julie Christie

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Regal and dazzlingly beautiful, Mary Stuart succumbed to the irresistible impulses of passion, gambling away her throne for love. In a deadly game of power against her envious cousin, Elizabeth I, she stopped at nothing: Unbelievable acts of abduction, rape, and even murder were performed at her behest. Often misunderstood yet also revered, she... Read more

President Me - Abridged

By: Adam Carolla

Narrated by: Adam Carolla

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Imagine a world where New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actor, television, and podcast host Adam Carolla is the President of the United States. Can’t do it? You don’t have to! Adam has done it for you!Podcast king Adam Carolla first shared his unique, but always funny world view in his New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We’ll... Read more

Memories of Madison County - Abridged

By: Jana St. James

Narrated by: Jana St. James

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1992, a novel by university professor Robert James Waller was published to less than glowing reviews. Despite the critical reception, The Bridges of Madison County became a publishing phenomenon, spending two years on the New York Times bestseller list and selling more than 50 million copies. Decades before, Waller had met 18-year-old Jana... Read more

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare - Abridged

By: James Shapiro

Narrated by: James Shapiro

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

What accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question, ""succeed[ing] where others have fallen short."" (Boston Globe)1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. During that year,... Read more

Hollywood Anecdotes - Abridged

By: Paul F. Boller Jr.

Narrated by: Debbie Reynolds

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What do legends Groucho Marx, Bette Davis, W. C. Fields, and Alfred Hitchcock have in common? They are just four of the luminaries mentioned in Hollywood Anecdotes, the definitive oral history of film's Golden Era. Educational and entertaining, here are authentic and apocryphal anecdotes about the American movie industry and various aspects of... Read more