Biography & Memoir audiobooks

الذين لبسوا البالطو الأبيض - Abridged

By: حسن كمال

Narrated by: محمد الخيام

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

حسن كمال هو كاتب وطبيب، تخرج من جامعة القاهرة في عام 1999، ثم حصل الماجستير والدكتوراة في أمراض الروماتيزم والتأهيل، يعمل طبيباً في المركز القومي، أصدر ثلاث مجموعات قصصية وهي (كشري مصر) و(لدغات عقارب الساعة) و(كان فرعون طيباً)، وروايتين (المرحوم) و(الأسياد) ولاقت الروايتان نجاحاً كبيراً. حسن كمال في هذا الكتاب لا يكتب القصة ولا الرواية، بل يكتب... Read more

Rebound - Abridged

By: Bob Greene

Narrated by: Bob Greene

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Beginning with the day Jordans father was murdered, & stretching through a 2-year odyssey across the American landscape, Rebound is the story of the worlds most famous athletes personal journey in search of himself. This is the story of a man who seemingly had everything the world could offer, & then, in pain, left it behind in an effort... Read more

My Family and Other Strangers - Abridged

By: Jeremy Hardy

Narrated by: Jeremy Hardy

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Exploring family history is an urge that has gripped the nation, and it has gripped Jeremy Hardy too. In My Family and Other Strangers he sets out on the road and on the world wide web to find out all he can about the Hardy clan.

His aim is to prove - or more likely disprove - his grandmother Becky's dubious claims that they are descended from... Read more

The Bushes - Abridged

By: Peter Schweizer & Rochelle Schweizer

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Get the inside story on America’s most powerful political dynasty.


President George W. Bush leads our nation in a time of unprecedented peril. But how well do we really know him or his remarkable family, whose history often mirrors the history of America? Now, in the first full-scale biography of the Bushes, Peter and Rochelle Schweizer trace... Read more

A Joy I'd Never Known - Abridged

By: Jan Dravecky & Connie Neal

Narrated by: Jan Dravecky

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Just a year after her husband Dave beat cancer and resumed his pitching career, Jan Dravecky found herself fighting a crippling depression that refused to lift. Admonitions to "snap out of it" or "pray through it" only left her guilt-ridden and exhausted. She wondered, can a Christian woman really lose her mind? A Joy I’d Never Known is Jan... Read more

In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart - Abridged

By: Ruth Graham

Narrated by: Ruth Graham

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ruth Graham - daughter of beloved evangelist Billy Graham - offers a guide for those who are hurting or those who love them. She illustrates through personal stories and Scripture how nothing can keep you from experiencing the fullness of God's grace. Run with Ruth to the arms of the God you can trust, the Father God who embraces, sustains, and... Read more

Cinderella Man - Abridged

By: Jeremy Schaap

Narrated by: Jeremy Schaap

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

James J. Braddock, dubbed “Cinderella Man” by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash. With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager, Joe Gould, still believed in him, finding fights... Read more

علي إمام المتقين الجزء الأول - Abridged

By: عبد الرحمن الشرقاوي

Narrated by: أحمد إسماعيل

Length: 17 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

للإمام علي ابن أبي طالب كرم الله وجهه مكانة كبرى في نفوس المسلمين كافة سنة و شيعة...فهو أول من أسلم من الصبية و هو ابن عم رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم و هو زوج ابنته فاطمة الزهراء رضي الله عنها ووالد الحسين سيد شباب الجنة رضي الله عنه...كما أنه رابع الخلفاء الراشدين رضي الله عنهم جميعًا....وقد امتلك الحكمة و التقوى و الورع و القدرة على القضاء... Read more

Andrew Jackson - Abridged

By: H. W. Brands

Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The extraordinary story of Andrew Jackson—the colorful, dynamic, and forceful president who ushered in the Age of Democracy and set a still young America on its path to greatness—told by the bestselling author of The First American.

The most famous American of his time, Andrew Jackson is a seminal figure in American history. The first “common... Read more

Through Thick and Thin - Abridged

By: Gok Wan

Narrated by: Gok Wan

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a short space of time, Gok Wan's infectious energy and charisma have made him an essential and much-loved part of Britain's TV landscape. He dominates the Channel 4 schedules with no less than three shows: How to Look Good Naked, Gok's Fashion Fix and Miss Naked Beauty, has published bestselling style guides to go with them, and he is also a... Read more

He's Been Faithful - Abridged

By: Carol Cymbala

Narrated by: Ann Spangler

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Carol Cymbala’s ministry in a tough inner-city neighborhood in New York can be summed up in one word: unlikely. A shy girl who struggled through school and never learned to read music, she is the last person you’d expect to stand before a packed house confidently directing The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. But Carol’s God is the God of the... Read more

The Man Who Owns the News - Abridged

By: Michael Wolff

Narrated by: Michael Wolff

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If Rupert Murdoch isn’t making headlines, he’s busy buying the media outlets that generate the headlines. His News Corp. holdings—from the New York Post, Fox News, and most recently The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few—are vast, and his power is unrivaled. So what makes a man like this tick? Michael Wolff gives us the definitive answer... Read more

Geisterkinder - Abridged

By: Valerie Riedesel

Narrated by: Johanna Klöpper

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nach dem missglückten Attentat auf Adolf Hitler 1944 wird der Offizier Cäsar von Hofacker, ein Cousin Stauffenbergs, hingerichtet. Seine Frau und die fünf Kinder ereilt das Schicksal der Sippenhaft in Gefängnissen, Konzentrationslagern und Kinderheimen. Nach der Befreiung schreiben die 13 und 15 Jahre alten Schwestern Christa und Anna-Luise ihre... Read more

Sich fügen heißt lügen. Henning Venske liest Erich Mühsam - Abridged

By: Henning Venske

Narrated by: Henning Venske

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Erich Mühsam war ein anarchistischer Dichter, den deutsche Nazis ermordeten und dessen Bücher sie verbrannten. Erich Mühsam war den Nazis, aber auch allen anderen Anhängern eines deutschen Obrigkeitsstaates als Jude, als Antifaschist, als Dichter des Klassenkampfes und als geistiger Anführer der Münchener Räterepublik verhasst. Vor allem war er... Read more

The Real Deal - Abridged

By: Sandy Weill & Judah S. Kraushaar

Narrated by: Harry Chase, Chuck Prince & Sandy Weill

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Shortly after we set up shop, the four of us and our wives convened at Arthur's home on Long Island to celebrate. It was a festive occasion, and we all openly shared our aspirations. To this day, I remember the others stressing over and over their desire to become wealthy. Given that Joanie and I were raising two toddlers and lived nearly... Read more

Lewis & Clark - Abridged

By: Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns

Narrated by: Ken Burns & Adam Arkin

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full color.

In the spring of 1804, at the behest of President oThomas Jefferson, a party of explorers called the Corps of oDiscovery crossed the Mississippi River and started up the Missouri, heading west into the newly acquired Louisiana... Read more

In addition to Dale Carnegie´s Method - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Christopher

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Audiobook Beyond the Method of Dale Carnegie is a work that presents advanced techniques of communication and persuasion, capable of transforming the personal and professional lives of listeners. With practical examples and inspiring stories, the author shows how to apply these strategies in different situations, from a conversation with... Read more

The Yankee Years - Abridged

By: Joe Torre & Tom Verducci

Narrated by: Tom Verducci

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years

When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. The famously tough and mercurial... Read more

Reisen außerhalb der Zeit. Life is a Story – story.one - Abridged

By: Gregor Sieböck

Narrated by: Gregor Sieböck

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zu Fuß, im Kajak, mit Frachtschiff, Flugzeug, Bus und Eisenbahn unterwegs rund um unseren Zauberplaneten Erde. Seit 2003 reist der Weltenwanderer Gregor Sieböck in die weite Welt hinaus und folgt der Stimme seines Herzens. Beschenkt von der Magie des Augenblicks lösen sich dabei Zeit, Raum und Grenzen auf. Die große Herausforderung besteht... 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

It's Just Like I Told You - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The compilation audiobook featuring Tom Bodett's most beloved stories. Read more

Wasserfahrt von Regensburg nach Trapezunt - Abridged

By: Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer

Narrated by: Gert Westphal

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der gebürtige Südtiroler Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790–1861) gilt als bedeutender Orientalist. Der Kleinbauernsohn (geboren in Tschötsch bei Brixen) war ein für seine Zeit liberaler Denker, der in München und Frankfurt tätig war, und noch heute als Gelehrter bekannt ist. Sein maßgebliches Werk "Fragmente aus dem Orient", 1845 erstmals... Read more

Last Flag Down - Abridged

By: John Baldwin & Ron Powers

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to prowl the world’s oceans and sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider’s name was Shenandoah,... Read more

Mark Twain: Wild Humorist of the West - Abridged

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: McAvoy Layne

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The fascinating life of storyteller and humorist Mark Twain is revealed in this one man performance based on Twain's writings. The early years of Samuel Clemens, the Mississippi River experiences, and his move to the silver mining area of Nevada are portrayed by exuberant actor McAvoy Layne. Some of the most famous tales, from The Blue Jay Yarn... Read more