Biography & Memoir audiobooks


Mississippi Sissy - Abridged
By: Kevin Sessums
Narrated by: Kevin Sessums
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Mississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South.
As he grew up in Forest, Mississippi, befriended by the family maid, Mattie May, he became a young man who turned the word "sissy" on its... Read more


Speaking My Mind - Abridged
By: Ronald Reagan
Narrated by: Ronald Reagan
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes
One man, more than any other, has helped define the most important issues of our time. His name is Ronald Reagan -- one of our nation's most powerful and popular Presidents. This extraordinary audio collection includes historical excerpts from selected addresses that span his political career, laying out his vision for America and the world.... Read more
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The State of Jones - Abridged
By: Sally Jenkins & John Stauffer
Narrated by: Don Leslie
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes
New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.
The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the... Read more


Growing Up King - Abridged
By: Dexter Scott King
Narrated by: Dexter Scott King
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the bestselling tradition of such family portraits as Brooke Hayward's Haywire and Christopher Dickey's Summer of Deliverance comes a disarmingly candid memoir from the youngest son of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dexter King was only seven when an assassin's bullet took his father's life, shattering the boy's childhood. And as he stumbled into... Read more


My Life in Three Acts - Abridged
By: Helen Hayes
Narrated by: Helen Hayes
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
In this extremely candid and honest account, Helen Hayes, acclaimed "First Lady of the American Theater", looks back on her life and career, and you are invited to a private listening session. So sit back, relax, and listen to behind-the-scenes portraits and anecdotes of personalities such as Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, John F. Kennedy, Al... Read more
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The Man Who Owns the News - Abridged
By: Michael Wolff
Narrated by: Michael Wolff
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes
If Rupert Murdoch isn’t making headlines, he’s busy buying the media outlets that generate the headlines. His News Corp. holdings—from the New York Post, Fox News, and most recently The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few—are vast, and his power is unrivaled. So what makes a man like this tick? Michael Wolff gives us the definitive answer... Read more
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Population: 485 - Abridged
By: Michael Perry
Narrated by: Michael Perry
Length: 7 hours
Abridged: Yes
Mike Perry’s extraordinary and thoughtful account of meeting the people of his small hometown by joining the fire and rescue team was a breakout hit that “swells with unadorned heroism” (USA Today)Welcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485) where the local vigilante is a farmer’s wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior... Read more
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Fome de poder (resumo) - Abridged
By: Ray Kroc
Narrated by: Everton Ferreira
Length: 26 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Este produto é um resumo do livro original de mesmo título. "Um livro excepcionalmente valioso àqueles que desejam construir a própria empresa, independentemente da fase de vida."Do prefácio de Paul D. Paganucci, professor de Administração de EmpresasAté mesmo os inimigos de Ray Kroc concordam que havia três coisas que ele fazia extremamente... Read more
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Are You Somebody? - Abridged
By: Nuala O'Faolain
Narrated by: Nuala O'Faolain
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Are You Somebody is a moving and fascinating portrait of both Ireland and one of its most popular and respected commentators. This gem of honesty and insight had its first life as the introduction to a collection of Nuala O'Faolain's Irish Times columns that became a number-one bestseller in Ireland. It now stands alone. Ireland has fallen in... Read more
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