Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Hogar del Fénix, El

By: Vanessa Sancho Morales

Narrated by: Vanessa Sancho Morales

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Las cosas suceden por alguna razón... y las transformaciones colectivas nos sacuden estando inmersos en procesos y circunstancias individuales, para que cada uno las viva, aprenda y transite a su manera, para destilar lo que cada cual ha elegido de esa experiencia, entretejida con el resto de nuestro caminar.Por tanto, cada historia que emana de... Read more

La llamada

By: Leila Guerreiro

Narrated by: Natalia Pupato

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta es una historia real, llena de aristas y sombras, sobre la condición humana. A fines de los sesenta, con trece años, la argentina Silvia Labayru era una adolescente tímida, lectora, amante de los animales, entusiasta de John F. Kennedy, hija de una familia de militares que incluía a su padre, miembro de la Fuerza Aérea y piloto civil. A esa... Read more

Sündenmädchen

By: Jette Jansen

Narrated by: Pirjo Katinka Arregger

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Ich war kein unschuldiges Mädchen. Meine Unschuld war mir schon vor langer Zeit unfreiwillig genommen worden. Vielmehr war ich das, was die Gesellschaft in mir sah: eine Schlampe. Ich war ein Sündenmädchen durch und durch. Wie Rotkäppchen: Vom Wege abgekommen, ließ ich mich mit lüsternen Wölfen ein. Der damals achtunddreißigjährige Henri war... Read more

I Cracked The Autism Code

By: Roma Swanepoel

Narrated by: Nada Altaher

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Autism explained like you’ve never heard it before.
We know what the manifested behavior of autism is, but do we understand the reason behind the behavior? Up until now, we didn’t and we wouldn’t have because who could bridge the gap between the neurotypical and the neurodivergent brain? It would have taken a neurotypical to become neurodivergent... Read more

Büyük Biraderin Arkasındaki Adam - George Orwell

By: Meryem İlbaş & George Orwell

Narrated by: Meryem İlbaş

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

1984' ve 'Hayvan Çiftliği' gibi eserleriyle edebiyat dünyasını kasıp kavuran George Orwell, her ne kadar kurgusal dünyalar yaratmış olsa da, kendi hayatı da başlı başına bir roman kadar çarpıcı olduğu bir gerçek.Bu biyografi, bu eşsiz yazarın yaşamının labirentlerine bir davetiye sunuyor.
Büyük Biraderin Arkasındaki Adam, doğumundan ölümüne dek... Read more

Into my Hands

By: Catherine Rae Shields

Narrated by: Catherine Rae Shields

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Into My Hands" is an intimate and inspiring memoir that delves into the life of a passionate midwife, tracing her path from childhood to her fulfilling career in midwifery. This poignant narrative was born from a transformative moment in the author's early twenties, following a traumatic birth experience with her own daughter. It was then that... Read more

Once Upon a Country Road

By: Ruth B Smith

Narrated by: Ruth Rosen

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In this biography, Ruth Busbee Smith depicts a vivid picture of her upbringing on a family-owned farm in South Carolina in the 1940s and 50s- a lifestyle that is both peaceful and hardworking. From the unique personality traits of her family members, helping on the farm, and more to becoming a "bookworm" at a young age to learning and following... Read more

Summer 2009

By: Andrew Coville

Narrated by: Andrew Coville

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Afghanistan war endured for two decades, involving an all-volunteer military force deployed repeatedly between 2001-2021. Over the course of these 20 years, thousands of young Americans lived through their own unique versions of the war, each marked by personal war stories and life-altering events. The war concluded on August 30th, 2021,... Read more

Ingersoll on SHAKESPEARE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 1 (Unabridged)

By: Robert G. Ingersoll

Narrated by: Edward Brown, Richard Mitchell & Richard Knight

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this captivating lecture, renowned orator Robert G. Ingersoll delves into the enigmatic world of William Shakespeare, exploring the playwright's profound insights into human nature and the complexities of life. Ingersoll's eloquent prose illuminates Shakespeare's timeless characters, revealing their universal truths and the enduring power of... Read more

The Book-Makers

By: Adam Smyth

Narrated by: Adam Smyth

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them

Books tell all kinds of stories—romances, tragedies, comedies—but if we learn to read the signs correctly, they can tell us the story of their own making too. The Book-Makers offers a new way into the story of Western culture’s most important object, the... Read more

Surf Like a Woman

By: Luke Benedictus & Pauline Menczer

Narrated by: Eva Seymour

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 80s and 90s, surf culture was toxic, especially towards women. But Pauline Menczer - a dirt-poor, chronically ill, freckle-faced teen from Bondi - defied insults and intimidation to ride the waves. The reason: she simply loved to surf.

But when Pauline's determination propelled her onto the pro circuit, her battle for acceptance and... Read more

Chop Fry Watch Learn

By: Michelle T. King

Narrated by: Rebecca Lam

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor. Years later, in America, flipping through her mother's copies of Fu Pei-mei's Chinese cookbooks, historian Michelle T. King discovered more than the... Read more

Dancing Under the Red Star

By: Karl Tobien

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Between 1930 and 1932, Henry Ford sent 450 of his Detroit employees plus their families to live in Gorky, Russia, to operate a new manufacturing facility. This is the true story of one of those families—Carl and Elisabeth Werner and their young daughter Margaret—and their terrifying life in Russia under brutal dictator Joseph Stalin.



Margaret was... Read more

Never Better

By: Gonzalo Riedel

Narrated by: Kyle Snyder

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

His wife died before their second son turned one. How can he keep her memory alive when there's so much he wants to forget?



There was a time before his wife got sick when Gonzalo could think about other things. Where humor was more than a coping mechanism. Life wasn't all about treatments and recovery, or the emptiness he felt when she died.



They... Read more

Lessons in Liberty

By: Jeremy S. Adams

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs.” — Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American MindAmerica is full of inspiring heroes.Greatness is not a chance—it is a choice. George Washington didn’t simply wake up as one of the greatest men in human history. His greatness was the... Read more

The Hidden Fires

By: Merryn Glover

Narrated by: Merryn Glover

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature



Elemental, fierce, and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. To know them would take forever, to love them demands a kind of courageous surrender.



In The Hidden Fires, Merryn Glover undertakes that challenge with Nan Shepherd as companion... Read more

Light-Horse Harry

By: Noel B. Gerson

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Lee learnt to ride before he was five, joined Washington's Army at nineteen, and was appointed Captain of the Fifth Troop of Virginia Dragoons at twenty. At twenty-two, Colonel Lee took command of a mixed cavalry and infantry unit known as "Lee's Legion"—the finest offensive team in the Continental Army. Nicknamed "Light-Horse Harry" for... Read more

Boss

By: Mike Royko

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the turbulent world of Chicago politics, Boss dives deep into the captivating life and legacy of Richard J. Daley, the influential politician and mastermind behind the city's Democratic Party machine.



Mike Royko's scathing and meticulously researched account follows Richard J. Daley's rise to power, from his inauspicious youth on Chicago's... Read more

Life's Too Short

By: Darius Rucker

Narrated by: Darius Rucker

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

""Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to call a friend in this industry and yet even knowing him well for as long as I have, there are so many incredible stories in Life's Too Short that I enjoyed learning for the first time.”—Sheryl Crow*A NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller*A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the... Read more

Nelson Mandela

By: Elleke Boehmer

Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A pathbreaking analysis of the relationship between Mandela the myth, and Mandela the historical figure, looking at the way images, stories, and politics have been combined to create the iconic image of Mandela that we know today.



Boehmer explores the long trajectory of Mandela's life, explaining first the historical and political context of the... Read more

The Tory’s Wife

By: Cynthia A. Kierner

Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The Spurgin family of North Carolina experienced the cataclysm of the American Revolution in the most dramatic ways—and from different sides. This engrossing book tells the story of Jane Welborn Spurgin, a patriot who welcomed General Nathanael Greene to her home and aided Continental forces while her loyalist husband was fighting for the king... Read more

Escribir en puertorriqueño

By: Luis Rafael Sánchez

Narrated by: Pedro Juan Colón

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Una selección esencial de la obra de Luis Rafael Sánchez, el escritor puertorriqueño contemporáneo más reconocido internacionalmente. Esta "antología indócil" de Luis Rafael Sánchez, una figura clave de la literatura latinoamericana, atraviesa el cuento, la novela, la crónica periodística y el teatro de la mano de los profesores Luce... Read more

Powerhouse Radio

By: Kingsley H. Smith

Narrated by: Kingsley H. Smith

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth; My True AM - FM - Satellite - and Audio Streaming Survival Story by Kingsley H. Smith is an authentic true story about adversity, failure, and ultimate success. Smith performed on-air as an engaging radio personality and off-air as a program director in the hyper competitive radio... Read more

Justify This

By: Nick Searcy

Narrated by: Nick Searcy

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In Justify This, veteran character actor Nick Searcy takes you through his wide-ranging career, from both sides of the camera as an actor and director, to guest-hosting for Rush Limbaugh, managing a professional wrestler, costarring in the hit show Justified—and somehow continuing to work in Hollywood even after he went to Washington DC on... Read more