Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Trump Revealed - Abridged

By: Michael Kranish

Narrated by: Bill Hathey

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Book summary and Analysis by Loudly, this is an abridged version of the original title Welcome to Trump Revealed, the gripping and comprehensive exploration of one of the most polarizing figures in modern history. This audiobook takes you on a dynamic journey through the life and career of a man whose name has become synonymous with ambition,... Read more

Carson the Magnificent

By: Bill Zehme

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.

In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson—the only one he’d granted since retiring from hosting... Read more

Rolling Stones

By: One World Media

Narrated by: Alan Shearman & Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Born in the post-WWII turbulence, The Rolling Stones were destined for greatness. This audiobook chronicles their incredible journey, from the gritty pubs of London to the grand stages of America’s top concert venues, where they cemented their status as the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band ever. With raw energy and an unbreakable spirit, the Stones... Read more

Letters

By: Oliver Sacks

Narrated by: James Langton & Kate Edgar

Length: 28 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing his passion for life and work, friendship and art, medicine and society, and the richness of his relationships with friends, family, and fellow intellectuals over the decades, collected here for the first time

“Here is the unedited Oliver Sacks—struggling, passionate, a... Read more

An Unruled Body

By: Ani Gjika

Narrated by: Ani Gjika

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In a searching and powerful debut memoir, award-winning poet and literary translator Ani Gjika tells a different kind of origin story by writing about the ways a woman listens to her own body, intuition, and desire.



Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time when everyone had a secret to keep and young... Read more

Unlovable

By: Darren Hayes

Narrated by: Darren Hayes

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Darren Hayes was always a storyteller. As a child, in suburban Queensland in the 1970s, he told himself he was going to be a pop star - and he did it. Throughout Savage Garden's astonishing success - which included multiple Australian number 1s, cracking the US charts and selling more than 35 million albums worldwide - he kept telling us stories... Read more

(Un)Apologetically Me

By: Sophie Neville & Bree Tomasel

Narrated by: Bree Tomasel

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Known and loved by her many New Zealand and Australian fans as a down-to-earth broadcaster, radio host and social media sensation, Bree Tomasel is an irrepressible force of nature.

But behind the banter and success, is a young woman who has battled anxiety and survived a harrowing attack on her as a young child.

Now, for the first time, Bree... Read more

Sea Bean

By: Sally Huband

Narrated by: Sally Huband

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“Sea Bean is a coastal treasure. Its hard-won attentiveness shows the wonder and vulnerability of our interconnected oceans, wildlife, and people. In Sally's writing, beachcombing—an old island pursuit—is modern, revealing and restorative. The next time I am at the shore I will have a deeper appreciation and curiosity.""—Amy Liptrot, author of... Read more

Uncommon Company

By: William H. Luers

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In his revelatory memoir Uncommon Company, William Luers shares stories of his incredible career as a US diplomat to European and Latin American nations, where he introduced art and culture to forge common ground and community, improving the lives of citizens in many countries closed to Western ideas. From touring the Soviet Union with... Read more

One Life

By: Barbara Winton

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia at the brink of World War II. Most never saw their parents again. This is his story.



Now a major motion picture starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter



In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old "Nicky" canceled a ski trip and instead spent nine months masterminding... Read more

Stronger Together

By: Andy Reti & Ibolya Grossman

Narrated by: Helen Kas, Andy Reti, Naomi Azrieli & Marlene K...

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

“Don’t cry darling. We need this baby. You will see.”

With these words from her husband, Zoltán, Ibolya Rechnitzer’s fear of being pregnant during the uncertainty of wartime is somewhat eased. But in November 1942, four months after their baby, Andy, is born, Zoltán is drafted into the forced labour service of the Hungarian army and Ibolya must... Read more

Adopting an Abandoned Farm

By: Kate Sanborn

Narrated by: Beata Pozniak

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Nominated for a Voice Arts Award - Outstanding Audiobook Narration – Classics – Best VoiceoverAdopting an Abandoned Farm—a woman’s journey as a writer-farmer in a man’s world is a compelling narrative of a trailblazing woman who defies societal norms by pursuing both farming and writing in a male-dominated landscape. Leaving behind city life,... Read more

Living the Asian Century

By: KIshore Mahbubani

Narrated by: Remesh Panicker

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse

Growing up in poverty in the 1950s, Kishore Mahbubani expected to become a common textile salesman after finishing high school. Instead, a government scholarship sent him to the... Read more

All Out

By: Neil Wagner

Narrated by: Gerard Cronin

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Neil Wagner is one of the greatest bowlers ever to play test cricket for New Zealand. His unique style and passion for the game made him a Black Caps' fan favourite and earned him praise from every corner of the cricket-playing world.

In this revealing memoir, he tells his story for the first time in his own words. From his humble beginnings in... Read more

The Grocer Who Sold McCarthyism

By: Fred M. Fiske

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Laurence A. Johnson, a supermarket chain owner in Syracuse, New York, wasn't just passionate about fresh produce; he was equally fervent about purging communism from America's airwaves in the early 1950s. Teamed with like-minded anti-communists, Johnson targeted food giants like Borden and Kraft. He threatened to hurt sales of their products if... Read more

Hemingway's Passions

By: Nancy W. Sindelar

Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Ernest Hemingway's passion was writing, and he was inspired by a lifetime of daring adventures and encouraged by the many women in his life. His masculine, adventurous spirit appealed to women of all ages, including four wives and a long list of legendary actresses, and he frequently transformed the women in his life into memorable fictional... Read more

Gulp, Swallow

By: Brooke Boland

Narrated by: Candice Moll

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Memoiric essays on who we were and how we have changed

What happens when who you are is different to who you imagined you'd be?

When her son was three, Brooke Boland was diagnosed with depression. She went back to find where it all started – the panic attacks, the dissociation – in the early days of motherhood. When she found it difficult to read... Read more

Pumpkinflowers

By: Matti Friedman

Narrated by: Matti Friedman

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

“A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried -- its Israeli analog.” —The New York Times Book Review

It was just... Read more

Tales from the Frontlines: The Untold Stories of the New York Post

By: Jasper Cormac

Narrated by: Rob Williamson

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Tales from the Frontlines: The Untold Stories of the New York Post
Are you eager to explore the rich tapestry of New York's past and uncover the vibrant stories that have shaped its history?
Looking for an all-encompassing guide that unveils the essential narratives and insights from the New York Post’s archives?
Your search stops here!
This... Read more

人间最美是柳词

By: 詹亮浈

Narrated by: 依依

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介： 他是坠入凡尘的仙子，他是放荡不羁的浪子，他是诗书满腹的才子；他奉旨填词，他偎红倚翠，他宦海沉浮，他羁旅劳顿，他孤独地走，他寂寞地哭。他很穷困，却又富有，他很卑微，却又伟大，他很惆怅，却又精彩。这就是说不完。他是柳永。 夜深人静之时，放下一身的疲惫，关闭身边所有的电子设备，冲泡一盏清茶，手执一卷诗书，方能听见自己的心声。这时，或许才能放声大哭，或者大呼过瘾，找到真正的自己。 心里住着一位词人，一位伟大的词人，就是与一段历史交流，与一种心情对话。我愿与柳永对话，与柳词共眠。 Read more

Mon enfance assassinée

By: Patricia Pattyn

Narrated by: Laurence Wajntreter

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Patricia a cinq ans quand son calvaire commence. Cinq ans et déjà toute la misère du monde pèse sur ses frêles épaules décharnées. Cinq ans, et déjà plus aucune illusion, plus aucun rêve... à part celui, lointain, inaccessible de mourir. Affamée, battue, violée... Patricia ne connaîtra de la vie que ses horreurs, ses pires cauchemars. Et si la... Read more

Becoming Elisabeth Elliot

By: Ellen Vaughn & Joni Eareckson Tada

Narrated by: Connie Shabshab

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savagely speared her husband Jim and his four colleagues. Incredibly, prayerfully, Elisabeth took her toddler daughter, snakebite kit, Bible, and journal . . . and lived in the jungle with the Stone-Age people who killed her husband. Compelled by her... Read more

Washington and the hope of peace

By: H.G. Wells

Narrated by: Andrew Jackson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In this compelling audiobook, we delve into the life and legacy of George Washington, exploring his pivotal role in shaping the future of a nation striving for peace. Through engaging narratives and insightful analysis, listeners will discover Washington's journey from a soldier in the Revolutionary War to the first President of the United... Read more

超越百年的人生智慧：周有光自述

By: 周有光

Narrated by: 声宝

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介： 他是沈从文的连襟，合肥名门张家四姐妹之一张允和的夫君。他是博学的鸿儒，长寿的智者，沈从文给他取外号曰"周百科"。108岁世纪老人的精彩自述，"汉语拼音之父"的人生历程。 本书是当代著名学者、语言学家、"汉语拼音之父"周有光先生的自述文集。包括"百岁口述传记"、 "记忆的碎片"、" 回顾语言学界往事"、"... Read more