Biography & Memoir audiobooks
An American Son - Abridged
By: Marco Rubio
Narrated by: Marco Rubio
Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. Here is the full story of his unlikely journey.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio electrified the 2012 Republican National Convention by telling the story of his parents, who were struggling immigrants from Cuba. They embraced their new country and taught their children to... Read more
Miracle in the Andes - Abridged
By: Nando Parrado & Vince Rause
Narrated by: Josh Davis
Length: 5 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A harrowing, moving memoir of the 1972 plane crash that left its survivors stranded on a glacier in the Andes—and one man’s quest to lead them all home
“In straightforward, staggeringly honest prose, Nando Parrado tells us what it took—and what it actually felt like—to survive high in the Andes for seventy-two days... Read more
Give Me a Break - Abridged
By: John Stossel
Narrated by: John Stossel
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Ballooning government? Millionaire welfare queens? Tort lawyers run amok? A $330,000 outhouse, paid for with your tax dollars? John Stossel says, ""Give me a break.""When he hit the airwaves thirty years ago, Stossel chased snake-oil peddlers, rip-off artists, and corporate thieves, winning the applause of his peers. But along the way, he... Read more
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Los chicos de Hidden Valley Road - Abridged
By: Robert Kolker
Narrated by: Bill Hathey
Length: 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Resumen del libro por Strem readers, esta es una versión abreviada del título original. "Los chicos de Hidden Valley Road" narra la historia de una familia estadounidense que, marcada por la tragedia, se enfrenta a la esquizofrenia de varios de sus hijos. El libro explora cómo la enfermedad mental afecta a cada miembro de la familia y cómo, a... Read more
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Wasted - Abridged
By: Marya Hornbacher
Narrated by: Marya Hornbacher
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Precociously intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and ambitious, Marya Hornbacher grew up in a comfortable middle-class American home. At the age of five, she returned home from ballet class one day, put on a enormous sweater, curled up on her bed, and cried--because she thought she was fat. By age nine she was secretly bulimic, throwing up at... Read more
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Pete Hamill on Eddie Stanky - Abridged
By: Pete Hamill
Narrated by: Pete Hamill
Length: 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
It's a cold spring day in 1944. A young Pete Hamill is with his father watching the Brooklyn Dodgers play the Boston Braves. The wartime teams are just dismal - many major league players are serving their country and the teams have been clogged with has-beens and guys that are 4-F. But Pete's father tells him to "watch this little guy." His name... Read more
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The Mountain of the Women - Abridged
By: Liam Clancy
Narrated by: Liam Clancy
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In an irresistible tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy, of the legendary Irish group the Clancy Brothers, describes his eventful journey from a small town in Ireland in the 1930s into the heart of the New York music scene in the 1950s and ’60s.
Following in the grand tradition of such Irish memoirs as Angela’s Ashes and ... Read more
Queen Victoria’s Highland Journals - Abridged
By: Mr Punch
Narrated by: Virginian McKenna OBE
Length: 2 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Queen Victoria’s Highland Journals performed by VIRGINIA McKENNA in a dramatised setting “...these journals offer us so many insights into the paraphernalia that accompanied the royal progress north... Virginia McKenna reads beautifully.” (Sunday Times) “This quirky and vivid aural tapestry is jam-packed with sound effects... and is further... Read more
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Scott of the Antarctic: The Diary of Captain Scott - Abridged
By: Mr Punch
Narrated by: Edward Fox OBE & Gordon Fithen
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Scott of the Antarctic: The Diary of Captain Scott performed by EDWARD FOX in a dramatised setting “One to consider for a winter jaunt is Edward Fox’s stiff-upper-lip reading of Scott’s Last Journey.” (The Spectator) “The audio’s editors have made a good selection, from the courageous good cheer and sea shanties at the beginning to the last... Read more
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The Letters of Jane Austen - Abridged
By: Mr Punch
Narrated by: Fiona Shaw CBE
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Letters of Jane Austen performed by FIONA SHAW in a dramatised setting “Frequently indiscreet and occasionally acerbic or heartless, Jane Austen’s letters are always engaging. Fiona Shaw gives a sensitive reading”. (Daily Telegraph) “Fiona Shaw as Jane Austen babbles like a little brook of a petit-point life in Hampshire and Bath”. (The... Read more
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The Letters of Charlotte Brontë - Abridged
By: Mr Punch
Narrated by: Imogen Stubbs
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Letters of Charlotte Brontë performed by IMOGEN STUBBS in a dramatised setting “Imogen Stubb’s reading of her letters show us a character so fine, so sympathetic that in the end we are uplifted... by her account of life in the dark, dank vicarage at Haworth.” (Good Book Guide) “These provide a welcome addition to our collection of... Read more
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The Letters & Journals of Lord Nelson - Abridged
By: Mr Punch
Narrated by: Charles Dance OBE
Length: 2 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Letters & Journals of Lord Nelson performed by CHARLES DANCE in a dramatised setting “Letters and journals always make lively intimate listening. It is Nelson who opens up with almost shocking frankness in courteous, suddenly passionate love letters to Emma Hamilton” (The Independent) Viscount Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), known as... Read more
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The Letters of Lord Byron - Abridged
By: Mr Punch
Narrated by: Robert Powell
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Letters of Lord Byron performed by ROBERT POWELL in a dramatised setting “If you want to see into man’s soul, start with this self-portrait. IT’S MAGNIFICENT”. (The Guardian) “...these are a splendid introduction, leading us from his university days, setting up a bear to sit for a fellowship at Cambridge, to his very last few weeks of... Read more
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The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth - Abridged
By: Mr Punch
Narrated by: Jenny Agutter OBE & Robin Welch
Length: 2 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth performed by JENNY AGUTTER in a dramatised setting “The English countryside at the end of the 18th century is brought almost photographically before us and Jenny Agutter brings her splendidly to life.” (Good Book Guide) “...Her prose and obvious love of nature rival her brother’s poetic interpretations...... Read more
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William Conrad - Abridged
By: Charles Tranberg
Narrated by: Nat Segaloff
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes
William Conrad (1920–1994) was one of the most prolific and recognizable voices of the golden age of radio drama on such programs as The Whistler, Escape, Suspense, Favorite Story, Lux Radio Theater, and many others, but it was his performance as Marshal Matt Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke that made him a radio institution. In addition... Read more
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Diário de uma Mulher Tímida - Abridged
By: Ana Abelha
Narrated by: Ana Abelha
Length: 2 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Diário de uma Mulher Tímida traz histórias sobre a vida de uma garota tímida nascida no interior de Santa Catarina que viveu traumas na infância, sofreu e curtiu a adolescência ao máximo, às vezes perigosamente, e agora, jovem adulta, revisita esta série de acontecimentos com um olhar gentil para responder a grande pergunta de sua vida: afinal,... Read more
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