Biography & Memoir audiobooks

I Never Had It Made - Abridged

By: Jackie Robinson

Narrated by: Ossie Davis

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A straightforward yet inspiring story of what it took to be the first man of color to break into the white world of professional sports. Jackie Robinson's story is more than a telling of his tremendous talent; it is also a recollection that showcases his tenacious spirit, bravery and the courage of his ideals. From the early influences of family... Read more

[Resumo] A Vida de C. S. Lewis - Abridged

By: Alister McGrath

Narrated by: Hector Gomes

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Neste resumo de A vida de C. S. Lewis: Do ateísmo às terras de Nárnia, você será apresentado a um panorama abrangente e fascinante da trajetória de um pensador profundamente original e que se tornou fonte de inspiração para crianças e adultos em todo o mundo. "McGrath oferece um olhar novo, e por vezes chocante, sobre a vida dessa figura... Read more

Visions From a Foxhole - Abridged

By: William Foley

Narrated by: Jim Soreiro

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An absolutely harrowing first-person account of the 94th Infantry Division’s bold campaign to break through Hitler’s “impregnable” Siegfried line at the end of World War II

Eighteen-year-old William Foley was afraid the war would be over before he got there, but the rifleman was sent straight to the front lines, arriving January 25, 1945–just in... Read more

Paula Modersohn-Becker: Briefe und Tagebuchblätter - Abridged

By: Paula Modersohn-Becker & Sophie Dorothee Gallwitz

Narrated by: Sonja Szylowicki & Ilka Sehnert

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Paula Modersohn-Becker: Briefe und Tagebuchblätter Mit biographischen Bemerkungen von Sophie Dorothee Gallwitz, gelesen von Sonja Szylowicki und Ilka Sehnert. Als Paula Modersohn-Becker am 20. November 1907 starb, gab es nur zwei Menschen, welche wussten, dass in diesem Tod eine große Künstlerin hinweg genommen wurde. Die beiden waren... Read more

Wait Till Next Year - Abridged

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Narrated by: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.

Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were... Read more

Undaunted Courage - Abridged

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time.

In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether... Read more

The Long Goodbye - Abridged

By: Patti Davis

Narrated by: Patti Davis

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ronald Reagan’s daughter writes with a moving openness about losing her father to Alzheimer’s disease. The simplicity with which she reveals the intensity, the rush, the flow of her feelings encompasses all the surprises and complexities that ambush us when death gradually, unstoppably invades life.

In The Long Goodbye, Patti Davis describes... Read more

Traitor to His Class - Abridged

By: H. W. Brands

Narrated by: Patrick Egan

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the twentieth century, admired by Democrats and Republicans alike. Traitor to His Class sheds new light on FDR's formative years, his remarkable willingness to champion the concerns of the poor and disenfranchised, his combination of political genius,... Read more

Braces - Abridged

By: Donald Davis

Narrated by: Donald Davis

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Braces hurt. Braces are embarrassing. Braces are inconvenient. Many get fitted with them at the very time of their life when their self-confidence is lowest and their self-consciousness is highest. This coming-of-age story, created and performed by Donald Davis, employs the author's trademark characterizations and humor to explore the state of... Read more

Fragments - Abridged

By: Marilyn Monroe

Narrated by: Isabel Keating

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fragments is an event—an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe's humanity.

Marilyn's image is so universal that we can't help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made... Read more

The Cowboy Detective - Abridged

By: Charles Siringo

Narrated by: Michael Martin Murphey

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A fascinating, true-life memoir of an undercover agent in the wild, wild west of the late 1800s!After years of cowboying, Charles A. Siringo settled down in Caldwell, Kansas to run a store— until an acquaintance told him that he was "cut out" for detective work. Thereupon, Siringo joined the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, where... Read more

Soul Survivor - Abridged

By: Philip Yancey

Narrated by: Philip Yancey

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Philip Yancey, whose explorations of faith have made him a guide for millions of readers, feels no need to defend the church. "When someone tells me yet another horror story about the church, I respond, 'Oh, it's even worse than that. Let me tell you my story.'I have spent most of my life in recovery from the church."

Yancey acknowledges... Read more

I Am Spock - Abridged

By: Leonard Nimoy

Narrated by: Leonard Nimoy

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Best known to the world as the actor who created the legendary Mr. Spock in the cult television series that launched the Star Trek phenomenon, Leonard Nimoy has written the definitive Star Trek memoir. In this long-awaited autobiography, Nimoy opens up to his fans in ways the Vulcan never could.Having played the pivotal role of Mr. Spock in the... Read more

The Tempting of America - Abridged

By: Robert H. Bork

Narrated by: Robert H. Bork

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A rare, insider' s look into the Supreme Court nomination process.In July of 1987, Judge Robert H. Bork was nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, but by late October that year, his confirmation was denied. In this candid account of his experiences, Bork describes the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing from his point of... Read more

The Hill Fights - Abridged

By: Edward F. Murphy

Narrated by: Charles Stransky

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a grisly preview of the carnage to come at Khe Sanh, few... Read more

黄克诚：第一敢谏大将兵法谋略 - Abridged

By: 今古传奇纪实版编辑部

Narrated by: 落 塵㊣

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

宁肯"持重待机"，也不"率而应战"， "我不是魔术师会变魔术，也不是孙悟空有七十二变"， "明知不对，让我不说，杀了也不干！" ……在共和国的开国将领中，黄克诚是因讲真话被罢官次数最多的一位。 有人讲，黄克诚天生后脑勺上长"反骨"。 他一生都勇于扮演"反派"角色，但他始终无怨无悔、矢志不渝。 would rather "hold on to the moment" than "take the lead in the battle", "I'm not a magician who can do magic, and it's not that Sun Wukong has seventy-two changes", "I know it's wrong, let me... Read more

The Pontiff in Winter - Abridged

By: John Cornwell

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: Yes

Over more than a quarter of a century, John Paul II has firmly set his stamp on the billion-member strong Catholic Church for future generations and he has become one of the most influential political figures in the world. His key role in the downfall of communism in Europe, as well as his apologies for the Catholic Church’s treatment of Jews... Read more

Cambiar Los Hábitos Alimentarios - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Álvaro

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Adoptar una dieta saludable puede ser un desafío para muchas personas. A menudo estamos acostumbrados a comer ciertos alimentos y seguir ciertos hábitos alimenticios que pueden ser perjudiciales para nuestra salud. Sin embargo, cambiar sus hábitos alimenticios puede tener muchos beneficios para la salud, incluida la prevención de enfermedades... Read more

In Spite of Myself - Abridged

By: Christopher Plummer

Narrated by: Christopher Plummer

Length: 16 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A rollicking, rich portrait of a life. And what a life! By one of our greatest actors.

Plummer tells how “this young bilingual wastrel, incurably romantic, spoiled rotten, tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big bad world of theatre, not from the streets up but from an Edwardian living room down,” and writes of his early... Read more

El Poder de La Elección - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Álvaro

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La relación que tenemos con la comida es una de las más importantes en nuestra vida. Nos nutre , nos reconforta y nos ayuda a expresar nuestras emociones. Sin embargo, nuestra relación con la comida a menudo puede volverse problemática. Podemos comer demasiado, comer muy poco o comer alimentos que no son saludables para nosotros. Estas... Read more

Leaving the Saints - Abridged

By: Martha Beck

Narrated by: Martha Beck

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. Wearing... Read more

The Poet's Guide to Life - Abridged

By: Ulrich Baer

Narrated by: Ethan Hawke

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“You have to live life to the limit, not according to each day but by plumbing its depth.”
–RAINER MARIA RILKE

In this treasury of uncommon wisdom and spiritual insight, the best writings and personal philosophies of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, are gleaned by Ulrich Baer from thousands of pages of... Read more

En Busca Del Equilibrio - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Álvaro

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La nutrición conductual es un enfoque holístico de la alimentación que considera los factores psicológicos y sociales que influyen en lo que comemos. Ella busca ayudar a las personas a elegir alimentos saludables que sean sostenibles en el tiempo, no solo para alcanzar una meta de peso específica. La nutrición conductual se basa en la idea de... Read more

Mente y Vientre Felices - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Álvaro

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La nutrición conductual es un enfoque holístico de la salud y el bienestar que considera la interacción entre la mente, el cuerpo y el medio ambiente. Ella se enfoca en ayudar a las personas a elegir alimentos más saludables al cambiar sus comportamientos y creencias relacionados con los alimentos. Este libro electrónico proporciona una... Read more