Biography & Memoir audiobooks

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

Warped Factors - Abridged

By: Walter Koenig

Narrated by: Walter Koenig

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is actor Walter Koenig's story— from growing up as the neurotic child of Russian immigrants in 1940s Manhattan through his rise to fame on Star Trek as Pavel Chekov, Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise. With wry wit, striking candor, and a true gift for storytelling, Koenig takes us on a sometimes bumpy but often... Read more

Ghost Light - Abridged

By: Frank Rich

Narrated by: Frank Rich

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is a theater superstition that if the emptied house is ever left completely dark, a ghost will take up residence. To prevent this, a single "ghost light" is left burning at center stage after the audience and all of the actors and musicians have left. In this eloquent and moving memoir, celebrated New York Times drama critic and columnist... Read more

Stalin - Abridged

By: Edvard Radzinsky

Narrated by: David McCallum

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of The Last Tsar, the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has fully obtained: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined. Stalin... Read more

When Money Is King - Abridged

By: Richard Hack

Narrated by: Joseph Campanella

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Financier Ronald O. Perelman is one of the richest men in America, building a personal business empire worth billions. Linked to society's most dazzling beauties, Perelman owns palatial estates in Palm Beach, East Hampton, Manhattan, Sun Valley, and Bel Air, plus an impressive art collection, a fleet of automobiles, and two G-4 jets. This first... Read more

Elizabeth and Mary - Abridged

By: Jane Dunn

Narrated by: Isla Blair

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The first dual biography of two of the world’s most remarkable women—Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots—by one of Britain’s “best biographers” (The Sunday Times).

In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between the regal cousins. It is the story of two queens ruling on one island, each with a... Read more

The Great Getty - Abridged

By: Robert Lenzner

Narrated by: Liz Smith

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) was a shrewd industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942, ultimately becoming a dominant player in the oil industry. In The Great Getty, Robert Lenzner presents an in-depth biography of the savviest entrepreneur of the 20th century and the world's richest private citizen at the time of his death— ... Read more

The 2nd Daws Butler Collection - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Joe Bevilacqua & a full ...

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

His voice can be heard in countless classic animated cartoons still seen on television around the world. He was Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and a hundred others. His fans included Groucho Marx, Lionel Barrymore, and even Albert Einstein. His work with satirist Stan Freberg sold millions of records. You have probably never heard of him. His... Read more

The Elephant to Hollywoo - Abridged

By: Michael Caine

Narrated by: Michael Caine

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Charming, engaging, and surprisingly forthright, Michael Caine gives us his insider's view of Hollywood and the story of his brilliant second act When he was in his late fifties, Michael Caine believed his glamorous, rags-to-riches Hollywood career had come to an end. The scripts being sent his way were worse and worse. When one script really... 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

Diana: Her True Story - Abridged

By: Andrew Morton

Narrated by: Stephanie Beacham

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Her life has seemed liek a fairy-tale come true. . .
yet the shocking truth is that for Diana Princess of Wales, life has been far from perfect. Written with the cooperation and support of members of Diana's family and her closest friends, Diana: Her True Story reveals a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who has suffered from chronic illness... Read more

Rey del Cachopo, rey del engaño - Abridged

By: Recopilación.

Narrated by: Abril Baja.

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este libro examinará las claves del caso: ¿cómo un empresario aparentemente exitoso se convirtió en un asesino frío y metódico? ¿Qué llevó a Román a escribir esa carta de confesión? Acompáñanos en un viaje a través de los titulares, las investigaciones y los testimonios para descubrir la verdad detrás del Rey del Cachopo. Read more

Angela's Ashes - Abridged

By: Frank McCourt

Narrated by: Frank McCourt

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.

“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is... Read more

Oriente Medio, Oriente roto - Abridged

By: Mikel Ayestaran

Narrated by: Toni Astigarraga

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Cuando Mikel Ayestaran decidió convertirse en reportero de guerra, dejando atrás un apacible trabajo de redacción, no tuvo demasiadas dudas sobre hacia dónde iba a dirigir sus pasos. Oriente Medio no es la única zona caliente del planeta, pero, de entre ellas, es la que no falta ningún día en las secciones de internacional de los medios de todo... Read more

A Man's Got to Have a Hobby - Abridged

By: William McInnes

Narrated by: William McInnes

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William McInnes is a talented writer and a natural storyteller. A tail-end baby boomer, he recalls summer holidays that seemed to go on forever, when he and his mates would walk down to fish in the bay; a time when the Aussie battler stood as the local Labor candidate and looked out for his mates; and a time when the whole family would rush into... Read more

To the Stars - Abridged

By: George Takei

Narrated by: George Takei

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Best known as Mr. Sulu, helmsman of the Starship Enterprise™ and captain of the Starship Excelsior, George Takei is beloved by millions as part of the command team that has taken audiences to new vistas of adventure in Star Trek®—the unprecedented television and feature film phenomenon.

From the program’s birth in the changing world of the 1960s... Read more

Warrior King - Abridged

By: Nathan Sassaman & Joe Layden

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The startling and controversial memoir of combat and betrayal, written by one of the most prominent members of the U.S. fighting forces in Iraq.

A West Point graduate, a former star quarterback who carried Army to its first bowl victory, and a courageous warrior who had proven himself on the battlefield time and again, Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman... Read more

Iron Rose - Abridged

By: Cindy Adams & Susan Crimp

Narrated by: Cindy Adams

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Iron Rose takes an intimate look at the incredible life of Rose Kennedy—head of the Kennedy dynasty and one of the 20th century's most influential women—and her nine famous children. A riveting account of the power behind America's political throne for several decades, Iron Rose reveals the secrets behind the triumphs and tragedies of the... Read more

Debbie - Abridged

By: Debbie Reynolds & David Patrick Columbia

Narrated by: Debbie Reynolds

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Debbie: My Life is a heartfelt, feel-good autobiography that chronicles the rags-to-riches-to-rags story of the indomitable Debbie Reynolds. The much-beloved actress first grabbed America's heart when, as a poor 16-year-old, she entered and won the Miss Burbank contest. Ms. Reynolds went on to embody fresh-faced American grace and gumption in... Read more

Copy This! - Abridged

By: Paul Orfalea & Ann Marsh

Narrated by: Todd Cummings

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No business autobiography has ever let it all hang out like this one. In building an unconventionally democratic multinational company that has been named by Fortune, Forbes, and Working Mother magazines as one of the best places to work in America, Paul Orfalea never tamed his impulsive, rebellious nature, and he discusses his flaws and... 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

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

Las siniestras predicciones de Baba Vanga Para 2024 - Abridged

By: victor montas

Narrated by: victor montas

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Las siniestras predicciones de Baba Vanga Para 2024Baba Vanga, nacida en 1911 y fallecida en 1996, fue una misteriosa vidente búlgara que ha capturado la atención del mundo con sus supuestas predicciones sobre eventos globales. A lo largo de su vida, se le atribuyeron muchas profecías que abarcaban desde desastres naturales hasta cambios... Read more