Biography & Memoir audiobooks
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
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Das Hundeauge. Eine deutsche Familiengeschichte - Abridged
By: Rolf Nagel
Narrated by: Rolf Nagel
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Ein Hundeauge, das ihn im Traum anblickt, lässt Rolf Nagel sein Leben erforschen. Er versucht, die Ursachen seiner Traumata herauszufinden. Seine Eltern, ein Bauernsohn und eine Lehrerstochter, die beide 1892 geboren wurden, und ihre Verletzungen, die sie sich in diesem Deutschland zugefügt haben, spielen eine große Rolle. Als sein Vater 1933 in... Read more
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Klaus Mann: Mephisto - Abridged
By: Klaus Mann
Narrated by: Ingolf Kloss
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Klaus Mann: Mephisto Roman einer Karriere, gelesen von Ingolf Kloss. Klaus Mann schrieb seinen "Mephisto" in weniger als einem halben Jahr. Begonnen hatte er den Roman Anfang 1936 und im Mai desselben Jahres war das Manuskript bereits fertig. Kurz darauf erschien er in einer Pariser Zeitung als Vorabdruck. In der Hauptrolle glänzte der... Read more
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Getting to the Real Me - Abridged
By: Linda Dezenski
Narrated by: Linda Dezenski
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: Yes
How do you navigate a world that wasn't built with you in mind? What's it really like to live with a disability? Linda Dezenski pulls no punches in this raw and revealing memoir. Born with Cerebral Palsy, Linda takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the ups and downs of life with a body that doesn't always cooperate and a society that often... Read more
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Warren Beatty - Abridged
By: Suzanne Finstad
Narrated by: Dylan Baker
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“Whatever you have read or heard about me through articles or gossip, forget it. I am nothing like that Warren Beatty. I am nothing like what you have read.” —Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty guarded his privacy even before he became a movie star, when he burst onto the screen in 1961 as the earnestly handsome all-American boy in Splendor in the... Read more
Rui de Pina e Garcia de Resende - duas biografias - Abridged
By: Alexandre Herculano
Narrated by: Diego Muras
Length: 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
As biografias desses dois cronistas, escritas pelo mestre Alexandre Herculano, mais do que tecer críticas sinceras, oferecem ao leitor um vislumbre desse movimento literário tão caro à literatura portuguesa – as crônicas medievais. De Rui de Pina, destaca ter escrito o maior número de crônicas de que se tem notícia. De Garcia de Resende, um... Read more
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Die Geschichten, die ich nie erzählen wollte - Abridged
By: Alex Diehl
Narrated by: Alex Diehl
Length: 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Bitte werde nie ein Song" ist ein Titel auf dem zweiten Album "Bretter meiner Welt" von Alex Diehl. Diesen Song schrieb er für seine ehemalige Lebensgefährtin, die ihn während der Corona-Pandemie im Oktober nach 8 Jahren Beziehung verlassen hat. Die Trennung kam für den Künstler aus dem Nichts und hinterließ tiefe Spuren. In "Die Geschichten,... Read more
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The Other Woman - Abridged
By: Paula Barbieri
Narrated by: Author
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Paula Barbieri reveals how O. J. Simpson treated women, including his abusive relationship with her. After the murders she turned to religion and became a born-again Christian. Read more
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Boom! - Abridged
By: Tom Brokaw
Narrated by: Tom Brokaw
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In The Greatest Generation, his landmark bestseller, Tom Brokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, in Boom!, one of America’s premier journalists gives us an epic portrait of another defining era in America as he brings to life the tumultuous Sixties, a fault line... Read more
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Chronicles - Abridged
By: Bob Dylan
Narrated by: Sean Penn
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan.
“I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.”
So writes Bob Dylan in... Read more
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
Learning to Sing - Abridged
By: Clay Aiken & Allison Glock
Narrated by: Clay Aiken
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“My mother prophesied years ago that my voice would take me places. She was certain that there was a reason I was able to sing. I am still discovering what that reason is, what it is that God wants to happen.”
–CLAY AIKEN, from Learning to Sing
When he was a kid singing in his church choir, Clay Aiken never dreamed of becoming a pop music star.... Read more
Wie ich meine Zeitung verlor - Abridged
By: Birk Meinhardt & Sebastian Dunkelberg
Narrated by: Jan Katzenberger
Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Er ist jung und eifrig. Er ist stolz auf sich und auf die große Zeitung, bei der er arbeiten darf. Er genießt es, die Dinge kühl und gegebenenfalls scharf niederschreiben zu dürfen, er genießt es umso mehr, da es in seinem vorherigen journalistischen Leben nicht möglich war; er ist der erste Ostler in der Redaktion. Zunächst arbeitet er im... Read more
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Urchin on the Beat - Abridged
By: Uwe Siemon-Netto & Uwe Netto
Narrated by: Charles Fox
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Urchin on the Beat is the captivating second volume of Uwe Siemon-Netto's memoir series, detailing his tumultuous teenage years in post-war Germany. The story picks up in 1947, where young Uwe endures daily persecution in the Soviet-controlled zone, targeted by his Communist teacher for being a Christian. Desperate for freedom, he escapes to... Read more
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Up and Doing - Abridged
By: James A. Harmon
Narrated by: James A. Harmon
Length: 12 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"The tales of this one man's astonishing journey are irresistible, riotous, resonant, heartfelt, and subtly revealing of where America has been and where we're headed. I loved this book." —Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist From championing developing nations to funding our carbon-free future, investor and advisor James Harmon... Read more
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Grace and Power - Abridged
By: Sally Bedell Smith
Narrated by: Anne Twomey
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made... Read more
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Alfie - Abridged
By: Alfie Boe
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
A car mechanic turned internationally acclaimed opera star, Alfie Boe has taken Broadway by storm, conquered the West End and has won the hearts of the nation.
The first official bad boy of opera, this is the story of his life - the ups and the downs, from finding fame to losing his father - and of his love affair with music.
A story not typical... Read more
A Good Life - Abridged
By: Ben Bradlee
Narrated by: Ben Bradlee
Length: 4 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The classic New York Times bestselling memoir by legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post Ben Bradlee—with a new foreword by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and an afterword by Sally Quinn.
The most important, glamorous, and famous newspaperman of modern times traces his path from Harvard to the battles of the South Pacific to the... Read more
Real Estate, A Love Story - Abridged
By: Joshua Benaim
Narrated by: Joshua Benaim
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Real Estate, A Love Story shows the next generation of entrepreneurs how to pursue profit while building a human-centered future for American cities. Growing up on New York's Upper West Side in a bustling family of Jewish immigrants, Joshua Benaim discovered the power of place as he learned from his grandfather the art of minimizing risk while... Read more
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And You Know You Should Be Glad - Abridged
By: Bob Greene
Narrated by: Bob Greene
Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A highly personal and moving true story of friendship and remembrance from the New York Times bestselling author of Duty and Be True to Your School.Growing up in Bexley, Ohio, Bob Greene and his four best friends -- Allen, Chuck, Dan, and Jack -- were inseparable. Of the four, Jack was Bob's very best friend, a bond forged from the moment they... Read more
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North by Northwestern - Abridged
By: Sig Hansen & Mark Sundeen
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the tradition of Sebastian Junger and Linda Greenlaw comes Captain Sig Hansen's rags-to-riches epic of his immigrant family's struggle against deadly Alaskan seas, freezing shipwrecks, and dangerously brutal conditions to achieve the American Dream
Sig Hansen has been a star of the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch from the pilot to the... Read more
Ponzi's Scheme - Abridged
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
Narrated by: David Birney
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: Yes
You’ve heard of the scheme. Now comes the man behind it. In Mitchell Zuckoff's exhilarating book, the first nonfiction account of Charles Ponzi, we meet the charismatic rogue who launched the most famous and extraordinary scam in the annals of American finance.
It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous... Read more
Pieces of My Heart - Abridged
By: Robert J. Wagner
Narrated by: Robert J. Wagner
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The New York Times bestseller Pieces of My Heart is the revelation-filled memoir from one of Hollywood’s most talented actors, Robert J. Wagner. He offers readers a candid and deeply personal look at his life and career, from his rise to stardom among legends like Cary Grant and Barbara Stanwyck to his troubled marriage, divorce, and remarriage... Read more
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An American Son - Abridged
By: Marco Rubio
Narrated by: Marco Rubio
Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. Here is the full story of his unlikely journey.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio electrified the 2012 Republican National Convention by telling the story of his parents, who were struggling immigrants from Cuba. They embraced their new country and taught their children to... Read more
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