Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Closer Together

By: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

Narrated by: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Jonathan Watton, Richa...

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 TORONTO STAR and GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau invites readers on a deeply personal journey toward self-knowledge, acceptance, and empowerment, drawing on the expertise of top psychologists, psychiatrists, scientists, and thought leaders.

As a passionate advocate for mental health, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau believes... Read more

The Great Abolitionist

By: Stephen Puleo

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 17 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tempestuous mid-nineteenth century, as slavery consumed Congressional debate and America careened toward civil war and split apart–when the very future of the nation hung in the balance–Charles Sumner's voice rang strongest, bravest, and most unwavering. Where others preached compromise and moderation, he denounced slavery's evils to all... Read more

The Complications

By: Emmett Rensin

Narrated by: James Gloucester

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

An unflinching, rare account of living with severe mental illness that is also a bold commentary on how we misunderstand this often debilitating disease.The Complications is an intimate portrait of what it’s like to live with schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type as well as a biting, revelatory critique of America’s mental health culture.... Read more

The Forbidden Daughter

By: Zipora Klein Jakob

Narrated by: Robin Siegerman

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth.Elida Friedman was not supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet despite the fear of death, Dr. Jonah Friedman... Read more

The Moment

By: Bakari Sellers

Narrated by: Bakari Sellers

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“Toni Morrison once said, ‘The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction.’ In The Moment, Bakari Sellers brilliantly and precisely cuts through the noise of the calculated, well-financed, and relentless campaign by conservative media, think tanks, and politicians to end the post-George Floyd ‘racial reckoning’ and reverse the... Read more

Dogland

By: Tommy Tomlinson

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

“Delightful.” —Town & Country • “Extraordinary...Tomlinson’s book is a gem.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) • “Moving...Really broke me.” —The Washington Post • “This book wants to lick your face. Let it.” —Kirkus Reviews

Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Tomlinson explores the bond between dogs and their people in this irresistibly appealing,... Read more

Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland

By: Henrik Meinander

Narrated by: Bruce Mann

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to defend its new independence. This iconic figure led the Finnish forces as Commander-in-Chief... Read more

Bare Knuckle

By: Stayton Bonner

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!Father. Fighter. Champion. Outlaw. Hailed as an “exhilarating debut” by Publishers Weekly, Bare Knuckle by former Rolling Stone editor Stayton Bonner (nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal of Excellence in Sportswriting) takes readers into a previously unknown world: the underground circuit of illegal bare-knuckle... Read more

I Just Keep Talking

By: Nell Irvin Painter

Narrated by: Nell Irvin Painter

Length: 17 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it.

Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Painter has published works on such... Read more

Undiplomatic

By: Deesha Dyer

Narrated by: Deesha Dyer

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Without credentials, connections or a college degree, a hip-hop journalist and community leader conquered her imposter syndrome while landing one of the most exclusive, sought-after and fun positions in the White House.
 
From the most unlikely person to end up as a senior official to President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama comes a... Read more

The Sign of Jonas

By: Thomas Merton

Narrated by: Tom McElroy

Length: 14 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Begun five years after he entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, The Sign of Jonas is an extraordinary view of Merton's life in a Trappist monastery, and it serves also as a spiritual log recording the deep meaning and increasing sureness he felt in his vocation: the growth of a mind that finds in its contracted physical world new... Read more

Marshall's Great Captain

By: Kathy Wilson

Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

On May 3, 1943, dozens of planes could be seen flying in and out of Royal Air Force Bovingdon Airfield. Among the aircraft seen that day was a B-24D bomber named Hot Stuff, which carried the Commanding General of US Forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews—the officer charged with formulating a plan to invade Europe. Speculation was... Read more

A Body Made of Glass

By: Caroline Crampton

Narrated by: Caroline Crampton

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definitive biography of hypochondria.Caroline Crampton’s life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a relatively rare blood cancer. After years of invasive treatment, she was finally given the all clear. But... Read more

The Rulebreaker

By: Susan Page

Narrated by: Susan Page

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A “smart, juicy, deeply reported” (Katie Couric) biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page.

Barbara Walters was a force from the time TV was... Read more

Ascent to Power

By: David L. Roll

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 20 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From Franklin Roosevelt’s final days through Harry Truman’s extraordinary transformation, this is the enthralling story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history. 

When Roosevelt, in failing health, decided to run for a fourth term, he gave in to the big city Democratic bosses and reluctantly picked Senator Truman as... Read more

Rough Magic

By: Miranda Newman

Narrated by: Rebecca Auerbach

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A harrowing but ultimately uplifting memoir about living with borderline personality disorder—the most stigmatized diagnosis in mental health.

“I didn’t know whether to take you to a psychologist or an exorcist.”

This is how Miranda Newman’s mother described the experience of trying to find an explanation for her... Read more

Willkie Sprint

By: Kerry Hellmuth

Narrated by: Kerry Hellmuth

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A sport-loving college freshman, Kerry Hellmuth commits instantly to riding in the first women's Little 500 race at her first dorm floor meeting. Only later does she learn what the Little 500 is--a bicycle race around a cinder track pitting dorm teams against independents and sororities--and how much riding in the historic first edition of the... Read more

ENDURE: The Anatomy of Resilience

By: Jeremy J.R. Robinson

Narrated by: Jeremy J.R. Robinson

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Author, Entrepreneur, and Founder and CEO of the JR Law Group, Jeremy "J.R." Robinson details his extraordinary journey as he navigated a tough childhood in Louisiana to become the esteemed veteran and lawyer that he is today. J.R. pulls no punches as he speaks about his complicated relationship with his mother, tackling race and societal... Read more

Flowers, Guns, and Money

By: Lindsay Schakenbach Regele

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook version of this book.

A fascinating historical account of a largely forgotten statesman, who pioneered a form of patriotism that left an indelible mark on the early United States.

Joel Roberts Poinsett’s (1779–1851) brand of self-interested patriotism illuminates the paradoxes of the antebellum United States.... Read more

Steh auf, mein Kind, und geh!

By: Marie Kresbach & Priska Lachmann

Narrated by: Hanna Kersten

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Marie ist neun Jahre alt, als in ihrem Heimatland Ruanda der Völkermord ausbricht. Unzählige Tutsi verlieren ihr Leben - darunter auch enge Familienangehörige. Mit einem Mal ist sie auf sich allein gestellt und weiß nicht, was sie tun soll. Bis sie unvermittelt eine leise Stimme hört, die ihr genau sagt, was als Nächstes dran ist. Durch... Read more

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

By: Mary Rowlandson

Narrated by: Anna Isaksen

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the pioneering American bestseller, The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. This enthralling memoir presents an unflinching account of survival and spiritual endurance during King Philip's War in 1676. Captured by Native Americans, Mary Rowlandson endured an extraordinary eleven weeks in captivity,... Read more

EL PODER DE LA MENTE

By: Javier F. Jiménez

Narrated by: Javier F. Jiménez

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

¡Déjate inspirar por los relatos extraordinarios de personajes que conquistaron la adversidad!Sumérgete en un viaje cautivador, donde estas historias cortas pero poderosas, llenas de lecciones y motivación, guiarán tu camino hacia el descubrimiento de las aptitudes que te hacen inquebrantable y conoce la asombrosa capacidad humana para superar... Read more

THE POWER OF THE MIND

By: Kai L. Wood

Narrated by: Kai L. Wood

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Be inspired by extraordinary tales of characters who conquered adversity!Immerse yourself in a captivating journey, where these short but powerful stories, full of lessons and motivation, will guide your way to discover the skills that make you unbreakable and learn about the amazing human capacity to overcome challenges, transform obstacles... Read more

Metaphysical Sherpa: Misunderstood Mystic - Abridged

By: Nick Mirisola

Narrated by: Gill Mills & Nick Mirisola

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: Yes

Metaphysical Sherpa. Misunderstood Mystic by Nick MirisolaA Condensed Autobiography and more…An Anthology of a life’s work, with Artwork, Memes, and Meditative Animal Song Lyrics.Accompanied by a Philosophy of Science Paper first published in The International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation Points About Points with a PointNature... Read more