Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Simone Weil au Royaume des oublieux

By: Anne Waeles

Narrated by: Maureen Dor

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Une histoire ... Au Royaume des Oublieux vivaient deux tribus séparées : celle des Têtes, qui commandaient, et celle des Mains, qui exécutaient. La Brigade de la Gomme veillait. Mais un jour, les Mains se mirent en grève et la propre fille du roi des Oublieux, la princesse Amal, disparut de Têtes-ville... ... Et une réflexion sur ...... Read more

Coffret Mauve

By: Louise Guillemot, Yan Marchand, Chiara Pastorin...

Narrated by: Maureen Dor

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

C'est l'erreur de calcul de trop ! Un, Deux, Trois et Quatre se sont échappés, laissant l'univers au bord du chaos. Seul Pythagore peut restaurer l'harmonie du monde, en révélant aux nombres l'antique secret qui rythme leur danse ... Aristote, comme chacun sait, fut le précepteur d'Alexandre. Mais voici longtemps que le turbulent disciple... Read more

Pythagore et la grande évasion des nombres

By: Louise Guillemot

Narrated by: Maureen Dor

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

C'est l'erreur de calcul de trop ! Un, Deux, Trois et Quatre se sont échappés, laissant l'univers au bord du chaos. Seul Pythagore peut restaurer l'harmonie du monde, en révélant aux nombres l'antique secret qui rythme leur danse ... Un grand récit sur les mathématiques, l'harmonie et la beauté de l'univers. De 9 à 99 ans ! Un hommage à... Read more

Aristote et le Philosophe armé

By: Yan Marchand

Narrated by: Maureen Dor

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

« Aristote est le seul homme qu'Alexandre ait jamais craint. » Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Mon cher neveu, J'apprends que tu pars suivre mon disciple Alexandre dans ses glorieuses conquêtes. Je t'en prie, reste sur tes gardes, car sa fougue cache une folie dévorante. Écris-moi vite ! Signé : Aristote L'histoire : Découvrez le... Read more

Galilée part en vrille

By: Chiara Pastorini & Frédéric Morlot

Narrated by: Maureen Dor

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Du haut de la tour de Pise, Galilée précipite des melons, des citrouilles, et même des melons-citrouilles, grâce auxquels il réfute les anciennes idées d'Aristote. Mais il pratique aussi la science dans les tavernes, où la rencontre d'un derviche tourneur lui inspire une théorie audacieuse : et si, contrairement à toute évidence, la Terre... Read more

Gangs

By: London Street Legends

Narrated by: Theo Solomon

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Taking into account their history, this book explores the Black gangs of London. It addresses the important but often overlooked questions, on how, why and when they emerged - all while touching on cultural and societal influences on Black Gangs.

From the Windrush generation to the ongoing stabbing epidemic, the book examines the social issues... Read more

Ruf des Dschungels

By: Sabine Kuegler

Narrated by: Elena Puszta

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Sie war »das Dschungelkind« – doch seit Sabine Kuegler das Paradies ihrer Kindheit verlassen musste, ließ die Sehnsucht sie nicht mehr los. Nun ist sie zurückgekehrt, um herauszufinden: Wo gehöre ich hin?
Bei den Fayu, einem vergessenen Stamm in West-Papua, war sie einst glücklich, hat gefühlt und gehandelt wie eine Eingeborene. Mit vielen der... Read more

Bleeding Fabulous - Abridged

By: Mark Ward

Narrated by: Seb Carrington

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The story of how a boy came to be infected with blood borne viruses, and in spite of multiple death sentences, lived to become the world's first ever LGBTQ+ Ambassador for Haemophilia. 'Faced daily with my own mortality, I chose to live fabulously—each of my fifty-five years has been full of love, laughter, adventure… and feather boas.' Mark... Read more

The Fighter

By: 'John' Wayne Parr & Jarrod Boyle

Narrated by: Nick Farnell

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Fighter is the compelling life story of Australian Muay Thai legend 'John' Wayne Parr - a fighter's odyssey full of twists, turns, world titles, personal challenges and triumphs.

Hailed as a legend in the fighting world, ten-time Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion 'John' Wayne Parr knew ever since The Karate Kid came out that he wanted... Read more

Thing of Beauty

By: Stephen Fried

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

At seventeen, Gia Carangi was working the counter at her father's Philadelphia luncheonette. Within a year, she was one of the world's top models, gracing the covers of Cosmopolitan and Vogue, partying at Studio 54, and redefining the fashion industry's standard of beauty.



But behind the glitz and fame, Gia was a young woman in pain, desperate... Read more

Etulinjoilla Summassa, Yläsommeessa ja Viipurinlahdella

By: Kalervo Reponen

Narrated by: Panu Vauhkonen

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Aikalaiskertomus talvisodan taisteluiden keskeltä. Summan taisteluita käytiin Karjalankannaksella Summan kylässä talvisodan aikaan joulukuussa 1939 ja helmikuussa 1940. Neuvostoliiton valtavan voiman edessä mitattiin suomalaisten kekseliäisyyttä, taitoa ja sisua, kun rajut taistelut alkoivat. Raskaan tykistön jylistessä ympärillä pää piti pitää... Read more

The Accidental Archivist

By: Angela Bier

Narrated by: Elisabeth Ashby

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Family history, modern genetics, and well-kept secrets collide as Angie Bier is drawn into a search for a stranger's birth father hidden somewhere in her own family tree. The search leads to dusty archives, clues hidden in plain sight, and the cutting edge of commercial genetic testing.



Fifty-something Kathleen used 23andme to identify her... Read more

Our Woman in Havana

By: Vicki Huddleston

Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

After the United States embassy in Havana was closed in 1961, relations between the countries broke off. A thaw came in 1977 with the opening of a de facto embassy in Havana, the United States Interests Section—where Vicki Huddleston would serve under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.



In her memoir of a diplomat at work, she tells gripping... Read more

Rowdy

By: Colt Baird Toombs & Ariel Teal Toombs

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The biggest pro wrestling bio since Bret Hart's Hitman: legendary Rowdy Roddy Piper's unfinished autobiography, reconceived and completed by his children, wrestler/musician Ariel Teal Toombs and wrestler Colt Baird Toombs.



In early 2015, Roderick Toombs, aka Rowdy Roddy Piper, began researching his own autobiography with a trip through Western... Read more

Four Seconds to Heal

By: Laura Andrade & Jean Knight Pace

Narrated by: Belinda Lams

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

With a new life in a new state and more money coming in than Miguel and I had ever imagined possible, you might have thought I’d arrived. In a way, I had. Twelve years clean. Two thousand miles away from the old life I’d once lived. Money in the bank. Now when people met me, I looked like a respectable housewife, not an ex-felon. But life, she... Read more

Under His Wings

By: Emily Compagno

Narrated by: Emily Compagno

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In this celebration of faith and freedom, Fox News Co-Host Emily Compagno shares first person accounts that show the profound role belief in God has played in the lives of U.S. military servicemembers as they served in combat from World War I to today—commemorating the courage, camaraderie, spirit, and sacrifice of America’s heroes.In this... Read more

The Grandfather of Black Basketball

By: Edwin Bancroft Henderson II

Narrated by: Amir Abdullah

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson was the son of working-class parents born in slavery. Henderson attended Harvard University's Dudley Sargent School of Physical Training. There he met the leaders in the new field of physical education and recognized athletics—and basketball, especially—as a public health initiative and a way that young Blacks could... Read more

The Naked Civil Servant

By: Quentin Crisp

Narrated by: Christian Coulson

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A comical and poignant memoir of a gay man living life as he pleased in the 1930s

In 1931, gay liberation was not a movement—it was simply unthinkable. But in that year, Quentin Crisp made the courageous decision to "come out" as a homosexual. This exhibitionist with the henna-dyed hair was harrassed, ridiculed and beaten. Nevertheless, he... Read more

Carlo Acutis

By: Nicola Gori

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Carlo Acutis, born in 1991, fully embraced the gift of life. Known as a computer whiz, he liked to play soccer, video games, and the saxophone. He enjoyed watching his favorite dramas and making short films with his cast of cats and dogs. He had many friends and enjoyed spending time with them.



Yet Carlo was a little "different" at school, in the... Read more

The Story of the Bee Gees

By: Bob Stanley

Narrated by: Paul Fox

Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The Story of the Bee Gees pulls together every fascinating strand to tell the story of a group with the imagination of the Beatles, the pop craft of ABBA, the drama of Fleetwood Mac, and the emotional heft of the Beach Boys. Uniquely, the Bee Gees's tale spans the entire modern pop era—they are the only group to have scored British top-ten... Read more

Gangster Hunters

By: John Oller

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The enthralling, can't-put-down account of the birth of the modern FBI.

J. Edgar Hoover was the face of the FBI. But the federal agents in the field, relentlessly chasing the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s with their own lives on the line, truly transformed the Bureau.

In 1932, the FBI lacked jurisdiction over murder cases, bank robberies,... Read more

Zanim cię zjemy

By: Ruthanne Garlock & H.B.Garlock

Narrated by: Artur Ziajkiewicz

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

W 1920 roku Henry B. Garlock, a kilka miesięcy później jego narzeczona Ruth, udał się do Afryki Zachodniej, aby głosić ewangelię w miejscu znanym jako „grób białego człowieka”. „Zanim cię zjemy” opowiada prawdziwą, fascynującą historię pary misjonarzy, którzy w obliczu chorób i przeciwności losu nie ugięli się i z wiarą głosili wieść o... Read more

Where the Evidence Takes Us

By: Kevin O’Leary

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Told over a period of public service spanning thirty years, this compelling true story unravels the nuts and bolts of policing London, providing an insider's perspective on the challenges, triumphs, and transformations that shaped an era.



Immerse yourself in the heart-pounding narratives of high-profile cases, including the intensity of the... Read more

A Mic for All Seasons

By: Kenny Albert

Narrated by: Kenny Albert

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

When Kenny Albert was growing up, family gatherings sounded a lot like a dispatch from the first all-sports radio station. There was his father, Marv, whose voice shaped the sound of modern basketball, and there too were his uncles Al and Steve—a trio of professional play-by-play men with a listenership that spanned the country.It was only a... Read more