Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Absolutely American - Abridged

By: David Lipsky

Narrated by: David Lipsky

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"A superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life.... Powerful.... Wonderfully told." --The New York Times Book Review

As David Lipsky follows a future generation of army officers from their proving grounds to their barracks, he reveals the range of emotions and desires that propels these... Read more

الدحيحة - غزو أمريكا - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

أكبر إبادة عرقية في التاريخ! في القرن الخمستاشر، بينما الصراعات الدينية والعسكرية مشتعلة في أوروبا والحروب الأهلية في إنجلترا أو ما يسمى بحرب الورود، ملهمة الروائي جورج رر مارتن بكتابة سلسلة صراع العروش، كان المستكشف الإيطالي كريستوفر كولومبوس على ميعاد مع اكتشاف هيغير مجرى التاريخ! أقنع كولمبوس ملك إسبانيا بتمويل رحلاته لأمريكا بعد اكتشافها... Read more

Upfront and Personal - Abridged

By: Coleen Nolan

Narrated by: Coleen Nolan

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Writing with the warmth and humour that have made her so popular, Coleen describes her eventful life, from joining her sisters' band The Nolans when she was only nine to growing up in the spotlight as they went on to chart-topping success around the world.

Coleen also reveals how she coped with her tumultuous marriage to television star Shane... Read more

الدحيحة - محمد صلاح - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

زي ما عندهم كريستيانو عندنا صلاحيانو! في الوقت بدل الضايع من ماتش المنتخب المصري مع الكونغو في تصفيات كاس العالم، كان صلاح على ميعاد مع تسجيل أهم ضربة جزاء في تاريخ كرة القدم المصرية، أمام 80 ألف متفرج في استاد القاهرة، وكانت سبب في تأهل مصر لكاس العالم بعد غياب 28 سنة.ملايين المصريين شافوه واقف يسدد بهدوء وثبات وتركيز، لكن اللي محدش يعرفه إنه... Read more

Kabarettistisches um, über und mit Joachim Ringelnatz - Abridged

By: Peter Eckhart Reichel & Joachim Ringelnatz

Narrated by: Michael Quast & Moritz Stoepel

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Joachim Ringelnatz zählt heute zu den wenigen Dichtern, die das deutschsprachige Kabarett seinerzeit überhaupt hervorgebracht hat. Aber nicht nur auf den Brettl-Bühnen, auch im alltäglichen Leben war er ein Original, ohne dies überhaupt sein zu wollen. Mit seinen Streichen lieferte er jedoch ausreichend Stoff für unzählige Anekdoten, die... Read more

الدحيحة - محمد علي كلاي - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

يطفو كالفراشة ويلدغ كالنحلة! قصة أشهر ملاكم في التاريخ، فاز ببطولة العالم في الوزن التقيل وعمره اتنين وعشرين سنة، وأول تصريح ليه بعد الفوز كان قنبلة مدوية في الأوساط العالمية، أعلن اعتناقه الإسلام وانضمامه لمنظمة "أمة الإسلام" تحت اسم محمد علي كلاي! حول الملاكمة من رياضة أقرب لمصارعة التيران لفن معتمد على المهارة والذكاء وسرعة رد الفعل قبل... Read more

The Pro - Abridged

By: Butch Harmon

Narrated by: David Bishins

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Butch Harmon is the world’s number one golf coach. He taught Tiger Woods through one of the greatest stretches of victories in golf history (and, perhaps even more conspicuously, did not teach Tiger Woods following his unprecedented run), as well as superstars like Greg Norman, Adam Scott, Fred Couples, Darren Clarke, Natalie Gulbis, and Davis... Read more

Over the Edge - Abridged

By: Greg Child

Narrated by: Aramand Schultz

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The climbers swept up in the events of August 2000 are people little different from the rest of us. Though their climbing skills taught them a thing or two about survival, it was their individual characters and their compassion for one another that kept them alive. Like anyone who has witnessed warfare and death, they feel pain over the... Read more

Bootlegger's Boy - Abridged

By: Barry Switzer

Narrated by: Barry Switzer

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A riveting memoir by one of the most successful football coaches in America!As head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners, Barry Switzer was the fourth most successful coach in NCAA history. Both praised and reviled by the media as the "outlaw" of college football, Switzer was characterized as the "greatest rogue, pirate, hustler, and con man" ever to... Read more

See No Evil - Abridged

By: Robert Baer

Narrated by: Robert Baer

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“See No Evil is a compelling account of America’s failed efforts to ‘listen in’ on the rest of the world, especially the parts of it that intend to do us harm.”—The Wall Street Journal

In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling... Read more

Into Africa - Abridged

By: Martin Dugard

Narrated by: Simon Jones

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is an extraordinarily ... Read more

Shot in the Heart - Abridged

By: Mikal Gilmore

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A murder tale "from inside the house where murder is born." Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vein of American life that most of us would rather ignore. It is a book that will leave no reader unchanged.

Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer... Read more

الدحيحة - مالكوم إكس - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

قصة حياة الحاج مالك الشباز. في مايو 1925 تحديدًا في مدينة أوماها بولاية نبراسكا، اتولد مالكوم ليتل ومعاه نبوءته. مالكوم ابن العائلة الفقيرة لأب داعية مسيحي فقير وأم ذات شخصية قوية وشجاعة، كان بيحمل صفات اسم المدينة اللي اتولد فيها. أوماها، تعني المشي عكس التيار! من هو مالكوم ليتل الذي تحول لمالكوم إكس؟ وإزاي قصة حياته كانت مؤثرة في المجتمع... Read more

Jetzt sag ich's - Abridged

By: Marina C. Watteck

Narrated by: Waltraut Haas

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Mariandl" erinnert sich Waltraut Haas ist seit über 70 Jahren eine Ikone des deutschsprachigen Films und der Bühne. An der Seite von Stars wie Peter Alexander, Johannes Heesters, Conny Froboess, Heinz Rühmann, Curd Jürgens oder Hans Moser spielte sie in zahlreichen Musik- und Unterhaltungs-filmen, darunter "Der Hofrat Geiger", "Im weißen... Read more

Memoirs of an Unfit Mother - Abridged

By: Anne Robinson

Narrated by: Anne Robinson

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The grand inquisitor of The Weakest Link bares all in this humor-laced memoir.The first woman in nearly half a century to host a prime-time game show and the highest-paid female journalist in British history, Anne Robinson warranted fan mail, death threats, unqualified admiration, and unabashed hatred. From pioneering journalist to overnight... Read more

One Direction: Who We Are - Abridged

By: One Direction

Narrated by: One Direction

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For the first time EVER, global superstars One Direction are releasing their 100% official autobiography, offering a new, intimate insight into their lives as never before seen or heard! In their first in-depth autobiography, pop sensations Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis tell the story of their lives. From nervously... Read more

Buddha His Life and Teachings - Abridged

By: Osho

Narrated by: Osho

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

'OSHO SINGLE': This is an "Osho Single", a short audio, one talk, which is the original companion CD for the print book with the same title. This is not the complete book on audio. An authority on the world's spiritual traditions, Osho is celebrated for his unique ability to refresh ancient wisdoms for a contemporary audience. Here he takes... Read more

Donnie Brasco - Abridged

By: Joseph D. Pistone

Narrated by: Joseph D. Pistone

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Posing as a jewel thief Donnie Brasco, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone worked undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant and deadly community of Mafia wise guys, captains and bosses. Now his eyewitness account brings to pulsing life the code of honor, loyalties and treacheries, and dirty dealings of unforgettable characters. Read more

I Am The New Black - Abridged

By: Tracy Morgan & Anthony Bozza

Narrated by: Tracy Morgan

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian.

Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor behind the sly and ingenious character Tracy Jordan on the award-winning hit sitcom 30 Rock,... Read more

The Last American Man - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

Narrated by: Patricia Kalember

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An unforgettable look at a truly pioneering, but thoroughly modern, American hero.Finalist for the National Book Award 2002In this rousing examination of contemporary American male identity, acclaimed author and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert explores the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway. In 1977, at the age of seventeen, Conway left his... Read more

Stranger Than Fiction - Abridged

By: Chuck Palahniuk

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris & Chuck Palahniuk

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Chuck Palahniuk's world has always been, well, different from yours and mine. The pieces that comprise Stranger than Fiction, his first nonfiction collection, prove just how different, in ways both highly entertaining and deeply unsettling. Included are encounters with alternative culture heroes Marilyn Manson and Juliette Lewis; the peculiar... Read more

الدحيحة - نجيب محفوظ - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

هل يرضيك كل هذا الظلم يا جبلاوي؟ بعد نجاحه في نشر أول رواية أخد أجره خمسميت نسخة من الناشر، نزل على عربية حنطور يلف على المكتبات لحد ما لقى مكتبة في باب اللوق وافقت تعرضهم عندها، لكنها مش هتديله أجر غير بعد بيع نسخ من الرواية! وافق طبعًا، وفضل يروح كل يوم يتطمن في حد اشترى الرواية ولا لأ، وفي يوم ملقاش ولا نسخة على الرف، وكان في شدة السعادة لحد... Read more

Mayday - das Hörbuch - Abridged

By: Stefan Kruecken & Jochen Pioch

Narrated by: Till Demtrøder

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sie fahren raus in den Sturm, wenn alle anderen Schiffe längst im Hafen liegen. Sie riskieren alles, um anderen zu helfen. für Fischer und Seeleute sind sie vor der Küste die letzte Lebensversicherung. Und mancher von ihnen hat dafür einen hohen Preis bezahlt. In Mayday berichten Seenotretter von ihren Einsätzen, ihrem Mut und ihren Ängsten.... Read more

The Golden Needle - Abridged

By: Gillian Bickley

Narrated by: Verner Bickley

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Frederick Stewart, born in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was the first headmaster of the HK Govt Central School for Boys (now Queen's College) and second Inspector of Schools. He was considered by contemporaries as the Founder of Hong Kong Government Education. At the Central School, his consistent policy was to educate pupils in Western... Read more