Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Anna Pavlova

By: Vera Krasovskaya

Narrated by: Cheri Gardner

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Episodes from life and work of the great ballerina Anna Pavlova. Read more

Доўгая дарога дадому

By: Васіль Быкаў

Narrated by: Ісай Свістулькін

Length: 16 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Гэта апошняя і найбольш спавядальная кніга Васіля Быкава. Яна была напісана на схіле гадоў і на чужыне, калі ішоў апошні акт драмы пісьменніка: у 1998 г. ён вымушаны быў пакінуць Беларусь. Фінляндыя, Германія, Чэхія — гэтыя краіны далі прыстанішча таму, каго на радзіме называлі сумленнем нацыі.У гэтай кнізе — аповед пра кнігі і сяброўства, пра... Read more

Intermezzo

By: Mihailo Kotskubinsky

Narrated by: Michael L. Brusasco

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

For all its brevity, Intermezzo is a beautiful and deeply profound piece, rightfully considered Kotsubinsky's best work. It speaks of an artist's ongoing struggle to create in the midst of life and all its good, bad, and ugly aspects. It also acknowledges the need to escape and reset - but emphasizes this as a temporary measure only. Read more

Save Me from the Waves

By: Jessica Hepburn

Narrated by: Jessica Hepburn

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes BBC RADIO 4 DESERT ISLAND DISCS clips by Maya Angelou, Emma Thompson, Edmund Hillary and many more

'A breathtaking adventure of a truly inspirational woman' – Maxine Peake

An adventure story – with a difference. From sea to summit. Fully soundtracked.

Jessica Hepburn is an unlikely athlete – she was labelled the ‘arty’ not the ‘sporty’ one... Read more

Ask & Deliver

By: Mary Ann O'Brien

Narrated by: Allyson Grant

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Ann O’Brien, Founder and CEO of award-winning marketing firm OBI, and the brains behind the revolutionary O’Brien Voice of Customer (O.VoC) survey, has been called “The Mother of Modern Marketing.” Now she’s sharing her unique, highly-successful approach to helping clients attract and retain customers in Ask and Deliver: Discover the Heart... Read more

El Caso De Greg Williams

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"El Caso de Greg Williams" es un absorbente thriller judicial que te atrapa desde la primera página y no te suelta hasta el inesperado giro final. Con una trama meticulosamente elaborada y personajes profundamente intrigantes, esta obra te sumerge en un mundo donde la verdad es un juego de sombras y la justicia se debate entre la evidencia y el... Read more

231 Days

By: Herb, Linda Gregg & James Kirby Martin

Narrated by: Brad Arlen Warning

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Some stories are hard to believe. Many of these same stories are deeply inspirational. They can encourage and bolster us in our Christian walks. They can remind us that God's omnipresent power knows no bounds, that through prayer and believing we can triumph in the harrowing battles of life. With this thought, the kidnapping of Christian... Read more

Georgina Holocaust Memoirs

By: Gabriella Kovac

Narrated by: Gabriella Kovac

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

An Incredible True Story of Survival Audacity and Deception from the Darkest Days of the Holocaust. December 1944, whilst heavy snows fall over Budapest and soldiers battle for the streets, Georgina, a young Jewish woman, is nearly starving to death with her newborn son. The battle outside is one of the most savage in the entire war. She knows... Read more

Brigade der Verdammten

By: Franz Taut

Narrated by: Klaus G. Förg

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Weiten Polens und Russlands, die Städte und Dörfer dieser Gebiete waren 1939 gezeichnet von brennenden Häusern, Blut und Tränen. Diese Spuren hinterließ die als »Mordbrigade« bekannte Einheit des SS-Oberführers Dirlewanger. Himmler und sein »Hauptamt SS« schufen diese Truppe, die die Ehre des Frontsoldaten tausendfach mit Füßen trat. Klar... Read more

What I Need To Know Before I Die - Abridged

By: Mavis Beneby Walton

Narrated by: Kierstin Vinson

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"What I Need to Know Before I Die" by Mavis Beneby Walton is a heartfelt and reflective book that began as a personal letter to the author's daughters but evolved into a universal message for all sons and daughters. The book explores the challenges of expressing the attributes of God to young adults and emphasizes the power of written... Read more

Beyond Hope

By: Bariz Shah

Narrated by: Ubai Dahoud

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful story of how one man didn't let other people define him
'Bariz gifts us his truth-telling, delivered with unwavering optimism.' Matt Brown, author of She Is Not Your Rehab'Beautifully written. Takes us right inside a young person's life and is ultimately uplifting in the way they take control of that life.' Kathryn Ryan, RNZ Nine to... Read more

The Silver River

By: Jim Moginie

Narrated by: Jim Moginie

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving and inspiring memoir of families lost and rediscovered, by a founding member of legendary band Midnight Oil.
For fifty years, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player Jim Moginie was a driving force behind one of Australia's most iconic rock bands, Midnight Oil. As they made their way through the nascent domestic punk scene and the... Read more

Domino On Your Radio

By: Dom Testa

Narrated by: Dom Testa

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

I’m an introvert who pretends to be an extrovert.There are many of us.
With those words, Dom Testa unlocks the door on a fascinating radio odyssey that has lasted nearly 50 years.In this captivating memoir, Dom reveals the often funny—and sometimes embarrassing—stories that highlight his long career in broadcasting.He also pulls back the curtain... Read more

Once Upon a Villa

By: Andrew Kaplan

Narrated by: Phillip Nathaniel Freeman

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In this wise, warm-hearted, witty, and LOL hilariously funny true account, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Kaplan tells what it’s like when he, his wife, and two-year-old son decided to chuck it all and live the fantasy in a villa by the sea in that extraordinary corner of the world – part international café society, part billionaires’... Read more

Three Steps Up to Mediocrity

By: Pamela Reband

Narrated by: Pamela Reband, Brett Wilson

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“I couldn’t stop reading it. It is well written with good imagery and appeals to those of us who have dealt with fear on any level…” ~ Bruce Weary, D.C., endurance riderSometimes raw, sometimes humorous, but always honest, this is a true account of a woman’s struggle to overcome a paralyzing fear, get back into the sport she loves, and the... Read more

Run!

By: Ken Yeager, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Dave Cavallaro

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Run! tells the story of how LGBTQ+ people in San Jose/Silicon Valley progressed from being political outcasts to becoming a force that gained political power, equality, and acceptance.Having lived and breathed queer activism for almost 40 years, Ken Yeager is uniquely positioned to tell the story of how this happened. The strategies he used and... Read more

Royal Audience

By: David Charter

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

70 years on the throne. 13 American presidents. One extraordinary queen.

From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts—and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her seventy-year reign, she developed extraordinary and varied... Read more

A Good Bad Boy

By: Margaret Wappler

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, George Newbern & Margaret ...

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210.

Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019. There have been other deaths of nineties stars, but this one hit different. Gen X was reminded... Read more

The Riddles of the Sphinx

By: Anna Shechtman

Narrated by: Anna Shechtman

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen’s Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator’s compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women’s work and feminist protest.The indisputable “queen of crosswords,” Anna Shechtman published her first New York... Read more

The Tudors

By: Jane Bingham

Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The Tudor dynasty presided over one of the most dynamic periods in English history, an era that witnessed courtly conspiracies and public executions, religious reformation and exploration. Its fearsome monarchs transformed England from a minor medieval kingdom into a major player on the world stage. The Tudors reveals the complex personalities... Read more

Dark Luminosity

By: Jah Wobble

Narrated by: Jah Wobble

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

Written in his own unmistakable voice and with a new afterword by the author, this is the frank and fascinating memoir by arguably the greatest bass player of his generation. Beginning with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the War, he takes us on a journey through the beginnings of punk and post-punk as a founding member... Read more

The Boys and Me

By: Mark Miller

Narrated by: Mark Miller

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Boys and Me is the behind-the-scenes, untold story of front man and lead singer Mark Miller and his band—country music icons Sawyer Brown!Before The Voice and American Idol, there was Star Search with Ed McMahon. In the first season, an eclectic and charismatic country-rock band called Sawyer Brown appeared on the show, taking America by... Read more

Henrietta Szold

By: Francine Klagsbrun

Narrated by: Dina Pearlman

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and a Zionist trailblazer



Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, which quickly became one of the most successful of all Zionist groups. In her work with... Read more

Waiting for the Monsoon

By: Rod Nordland

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A legendary New York Times war correspondent delivers his unforgettable final dispatch: a deeply moving meditation on life inspired by his sudden battle with terminal brain cancer.For thirty years, Rod Nordland shadowed death. As one of his generation's preeminent war correspondents, he reported in over 150 countries, many of which were in... Read more