Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Harry Would Be So Proud

By: Eric V. Litsky

Narrated by: Eric V. Litsky

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever looked back and pondered about how you became the person you are today? Scattered throughout our lives are snippets of memories, perhaps the warm glow of nostalgia, mixed with the twinge of loss… and if you’re lucky, some of those memories are as hysterically funny and equally heartwarming as this book’s trip down memory lane.In... Read more

HÁBITOS DO SUCESSO

By: Heitor K. Rodrigues

Narrated by: Heitor K. Rodrigues

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Transforme a sua vida com os hábitos que o levarão ao sucesso!Este livro é o seu guia essencial para cultivar hábitos que farão a diferença na sua vida pessoal e profissional. De uma forma simples e progressiva, irá explorar hábitos-chave com exemplos inspiradores de empresários de sucesso que fizeram destes hábitos a base do seu triunfo. Neste... Read more

My Mother Only Had Me for the Check

By: Crystal Bass

Narrated by: Harlesha Taylor

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey through the pages of "My Mother Only Had Me for the Check." From a childhood marred by abuse and neglect to the challenges of adulthood grappling with dyslexia and mental illness, the author's story is a testament to the resilience and power of a woman's spirit.Growing up in a world where safety and... Read more

«Mir geht's gut, wenn nicht heute, dann morgen.»

By: Dirk Stermann

Narrated by: Adele Neuhauser

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Wunder geschehen, man weiss nur nicht, wann." Fast ihr ganzes Leben hat Erika Freeman in New York verbracht, dann sitzt sie eines Abends in der Talkshow von Dirk Stermann, «Willkommen, Österreich», und verzaubert ihren Gastgeber und die Nation.  Im hohen Alter lebt sie wieder in ihrer Heimatstadt Wien, jeden Mittwoch kommt Dirk sie nun... Read more

I Could Live Here

By: Ellen Barone

Narrated by: Ellen Barone

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Ellen Barone and her husband, Hank, are living a comfortable, creative life when they learn their rented house has sold. With no immediate solution, they hatch a plan to live in Mexico for the length of a visitor visa. They then move to Nicaragua. Then Ecuador …What ensues over the next decade of long-stay travel, as they migrate from one... Read more

Surviving Loss

By: Milton Dennis

Narrated by: Milton Dennis

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

His life was one devastating blow after another,losing multiple family members over the years to suicide,
growing up in foster care, and being bullied.
How does one pull themselves out of a storm like that?
Surviving Loss: My Journey of Hope follows a man who often has reason to ask Why me? Many people ask themselves the same question when life... 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

My My!

By: Giles Smith

Narrated by: Kris Dyer

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A lovely book – as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit’ Daily Mail

‘[A] witty and affectionate account . . . It’s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality’ Sunday Times

My My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits.

This year is the fiftieth... Read more

How to Think Like an Economist

By: Robbie Mochrie

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents How to Think Like an Economist by Robbie Mochrie, read by Ben Onwukwe.

Capturing the essence of history’s most influential economists in enjoyable and illuminating biographical sketches, this book shows how the great economic thinkers are still relevant today.

We live in the economy – and we are part of it. Living through a... Read more

Father and Children

By: Ivan Turgenev

Narrated by: Jason Smith

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"Father and Children" by Ivan Turgenev is a novel that explores the ideological conflict between the older generation of Russian nobility and the younger, nihilist generation. It's a poignant narrative on the challenges of understanding across generational divides, set against the backdrop of changing Russian society in the 19th century. Through... Read more

Inside Out

By: Douglas Thompson

Narrated by: Luke R Francis

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

‘April Ashley was born, aged twenty-five, on 12 May 1960. It was a difficult birth at the Clinique du Parc on rue Lapébie, a back street running parallel to the admired avenue d’Amade in Casablanca, on a day when the Moroccan sunshine was behaving the way the guidebooks say it should . . .’Through her own – often bloody-minded – determination... Read more

The Miracle

By: James M. LeBlanc

Narrated by: James M. LeBlanc

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this unflinching, touching memoir, James LeBlanc recounts his life as a bi-racial adoptee growing up poor among the upper-crust of Berkeley, CA. Abandonment, confusion, abuse and loneliness led to a life of addiction, homelessness and incarceration as he wandered from one coast to another in search of meaning. After surviving a prison riot,... Read more

Elämäni Irakissa: aavikkomyrskystä Bagdadin valtaukseen

By: Eine Al-Sadoon

Narrated by: Johanna Kokko

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Suomalaisen naisen päiväkirjamerkintöjä Persianlahden sodista On vuosi 1991. Suomalaissyntyinen Eine Al-Sadoon asuu perheineen Irakissa Saddam Husseinin hallitessa maata diktaattorin elkein. Vaikka perheen arki pääkaupungissa Bagdadissa on kaukana sota-alueelta, Persianlahden sota varjostaa koko maata julmuuksineen. On varauduttava tilanteen... Read more

Literature for the People

By: Sarah Harkness

Narrated by: Sarah Harkness

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author, Sarah Harkness.

From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world. Their remarkable achievements are revealed in this entertaining, superbly researched... Read more

JANEY

By: Janey Godley

Narrated by: Janey Godley

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR FROM COMEDY LEGEND JANEY GODLEY

'A great comedian and an extraordinary life' - Billy Connolly

'Properly laugh-out-loud funny' - The Times

Janey was a determined fighter all her life, from her tough Glasgow childhood to becoming a national treasure. Time and again she needed her strength to survive life's hardest moments.... Read more

Cold Kitchen

By: Caroline Eden

Narrated by: Caroline Eden

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Cold Kitchen written and read by Caroline Eden.

A Financial Times and Observer "best summer read"

'With its union of practicality and magic, a kitchen is a portal offering extended range and providing unlikely paths out of the ordinary. Offering opportunities to cook, imagine and create ways back into other times, other lives... Read more

The Stars Will Still Be There

By: Nicola Nuttall

Narrated by: Melanie Crawley

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring, life-affirming memoir from Nicola Nuttall about her incredible daughter Laura ‘The words were like a wave in the sea that lifted me off my feet, unmoored and scrabbling for something solid to hold me up, but the sand had fallen away, and I was adrift. The sea was vast, and I was lost... Read more

My Bondage and My Freedom

By: Frederick Douglass

Narrated by: Kenny Davis

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"My Bondage and My Freedom" by Frederick Douglass is an autobiographical account of Douglass' life as a slave and his journey to freedom. This work expands on his earlier narrative, providing more detail on his experiences and reflections on the injustices of slavery. It's not just a personal story but also a powerful critique of the institution... Read more

Z Hitlerem do końca. Wyznania osobistej sekretarki wodza III Rzeszy

By: Traudl Junge & Melissa Müller

Narrated by: Ewa Sobczak

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Wspomnienia sekretarki Hitlera spisane przez nią po upadku III Rzeszy. W 1942 roku Traudl Junge miała dwadzieścia dwa lata i marzyła o zostaniu tancerką. Kiedy zaproponowano jej pracę w berlińskim biurze Führera, dostrzegła możliwość ucieczki z rodzinnego Monachium, wtedy postrzeganego przez nią jako małomiasteczkowego. Niedługo po przybyciu do... Read more

Ich möchte einfach noch Bäume ausreißen! Aber nur kleine.

By: Doreen Mechsner

Narrated by: Dana Golombek von Senden, Holger Deamgen & Yvon...

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Fast Hundertjährige erzählen Die Zukunft ist so kurz. Wie sollen wir dem begegnen? (Ricarda R.) "Wie tickten die Menschen früher? Wie lebten sie? Was ist aus ihnen geworden? Und wie konnten sie die sein, die sie einmal waren?" Mich interessieren weniger die großen Politiker und Heerführer, nein, ich will wissen, wie lebten die einzelnen... Read more

Sources

By: Uta Hagen

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Uta Hagen, one of the great ladies of the American theatre wrote a deeply personal memoir of her life, from her childhood in Germany to the present. Sources is Miss Hagen’s lyrical account of the special ways love of nature is intertwined with love of art in her life, providing a rare glimpse of the off-stage life of an actress.



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This Autistic Girl Went to Japan

By: Bianca Toeps

Narrated by: Jessica Harris

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This Autistic Girl Went to Japan is the inspiring story of a young woman who moved halfway around the world in pursuit of happiness. With humor and remarkable candor, Bianca describes the challenges of applying for a visa during a time of terrifying uncertainty, slogging through endless red tape, and the loneliness that comes with being a... Read more

A Tribute To Mike Pinder

By: Geoffrey Giuliano

Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

I first met Mike Pinder when the interview you are about to hear was conducted in the mid-1990s. Tt was generally known that Mike was very spiritually evolved and able to mirror his deep realizations through his incredible music both as a solo artist and with the Moody Blues. As an interviewer, I was taken by the sincerity, depth, and breadth... Read more

Incansable

By: Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Narrated by: Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Lectura esencial de una voz experta que necesita nuestro país: las memorias personales y políticas de Luis Miranda revelan un profundo conocimiento de la cultura latina y el desarrollo de una comunidad que puede cambiar nuestro mundo para bien.
 
Siendo un veterano de Nueva York y de la política nacional, Luis Miranda encarna el espíritu... Read more