Biography & Memoir audiobooks
Cartas para Andrea Bocelli e Diane Abbott mais jovens - Abridged
By: Andrea Bocelli & Diane Abbott
Narrated by: Ana Maria Moraes
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
ESTE É UM EPISÓDIO DA OBRA "CARTA PARA O MEU JOVEM EU", DE JANE GRAHAM, QUE APRESENTAM CARTAS PARA ANDREA BOCELLI E DIANE ABBOTT MAIS JOVENS. SE QUISER LER TODAS AS CARTAS LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA. Se a viagem no tempo fosse uma possibilidade, o que você diria ao seu eu adolescente, caso o encontrasse? Em Carta Para Meu Jovem Eu, personalidades... Read more
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Carrie Kills A Man - Abridged
By: Carrie Marshall
Narrated by: Carrie Marshall
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: Yes
Carrie Kills A Man* is about growing up in a world that doesn't want you, and about how it feels to throw a hand grenade into a perfect life. It's the story of how a tattooed transgender rock singer killed a depressed suburban dad, and of the lessons you learn when you renounce all your privilege and power. When more people think they've seen a... Read more
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Cartas para Philip Glass e Shania Twain mais jovens - Abridged
By: Philip Glass & Shania Twain
Narrated by: Ana Maria Moraes
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
ESTE É UM EPISÓDIO DA OBRA "CARTA PARA O MEU JOVEM EU", DE JANE GRAHAM, QUE APRESENTAM CARTAS PARA PHILIP GLASS E SHANIA TWAIN MAIS JOVENS. SE QUISER LER TODAS AS CARTAS LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA. Se a viagem no tempo fosse uma possibilidade, o que você diria ao seu eu adolescente, caso o encontrasse? Em Carta Para Meu Jovem Eu, personalidades... Read more
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Two Lives - Abridged
By: Vikram Seth
Narrated by: Vikram Seth
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
""The heartrending story of a two people, a marriage, and a century from the author of A Suitable Boy. . . . “[A] thoughtful, evocative, moving book.”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book WorldTwo Lives is an extraordinary tapestry of India, the Third Reich and the Second World War, Auschwitz and the Holocaust, Israel and Palestine, postwar... Read more
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Why Courage Matters - Abridged
By: John McCain & Mark Salter
Narrated by: John McCain
Length: 2 hours
Abridged: Yes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this inspiring meditation on courage, Senator John McCain shares his most cherished stories of ordinary individuals who have risked everything to defend the people and principles they hold most dear.
“We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear but the capacity for action... Read more
The Curse of the Bambino - Abridged
By: Dan Shaughnessy
Narrated by: Ken Coleman
Length: 2 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Boston Red Sox's loss to the New York Yankees in the final game of last year's playoffs has been called "the game of the century," evidence that the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees is hotter than ever. In the wake of that defeat, author and Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy has updated his bewitching story of the... Read more
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Great Australian Railway Stories - Abridged
By: Bill 'Swampy' Marsh
Narrated by: Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, Chris Pitman, Roger Cardwe...
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In these frustrating days of diesel and electric trains it is hard to remember the smell of coal smoke, the hiss of steam, and the sting of cinders flying into your eyes. With his passion for the olden days and his famous ear for a good yarn, Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh has brought together another enthralling collection of funny, dramatic and... Read more
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio - Abridged
By: Terry Ryan
Narrated by: Terry Ryan
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the “contest era” of the 1950s and 1960s.
Stepping back into a time when fledgling advertising agencies were active partners with consumers, and everyday people saw possibility in every coupon, Terry... Read more
Unconquered - Abridged
By: Adam Davis
Narrated by: John Chancer
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Face your pain. Live unconquered. Trauma is notorious for trapping people in the pain of their past. When you live in defeat, it can be difficult to embrace the hope and victory available in Christ. Former law enforcement officer Adam Davis knows what it's like to feel defeated. In Unconquered, Davis bravely shares his personal experiences... Read more
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Like No Other Time - Abridged
By: Tom Daschle
Narrated by: Tom Daschle
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Tom Daschle, the Majority Leader of the historic 107th Senate, presents a candid insider’s account of the workings of the U.S. government during two of the most tumultuous years in the nation’s history.
The 107th Congress faced a time like no other in the life of the nation. This was the era of the first presidential election to be decided by the... Read more
The Autobiography - Abridged
By: Johnnie Walker
Narrated by: Johnnie Walker
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Johnnie Walker's fantastic autobiography, read by the man himself.
Johnnie Walker is an inspiration. One of the best-known and most beloved broadcasters in Britain, the charismatic BBC Radio 2 Drivetime DJ has achieved legendary status with a hugely loyal following thanks to his tireless pioneering... Read more
Wait Till Next Year - Abridged
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Narrated by: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.
Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were... Read more
The Vanished World of Robert Youngson - Abridged
By: Jim Manago
Narrated by: Nat Segaloff
Length: 3 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Writer-Producer Robert Youngson’s seminal compilation documentaries of silent comedy in the 1960s inspired a Renaissance in the legacies of Charley Chase, Snub Pollard, and, above all, Laurel and Hardy as well as other comedians from movies of the teens and twenties. Youngson died young, but his widow, Jeanne, tells author Manago about her late... Read more
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The Black List - Abridged
By: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders & Elvis Mitchell
Narrated by: Elvis Mitchell & with Contributers
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In The Black List, twenty-five prominent African-Americans of various professions, disciplines, and backgrounds offer their own
stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs, and joys of black life in America and, in the process, redefine "black list" for a new century.
As seen in original portraits by renowned photographer Timothy... Read more
Whatever You Say I Am - Abridged
By: Anthony Bozza
Narrated by: Josh Hamilton
Length: 5 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
does eminem matter?
On assignment for his first cover story for Rolling Stone, the very first national cover story on Eminem, Anthony Bozza met a young blond kid, a rapper who would soon take the country by storm. But back in 1999, Eminem was just beginning to make waves among suburban white teenagers as his first single, “My Name Is,” went into... Read more
Truth and Duty - Abridged
By: Mary Mapes
Narrated by: Mary Mapes
Length: 4 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A riveting account of how the public's right to know is being attacked by an unholy alliance among politicians, news organizations and corporate America.
Truth and Duty was made into the 2015 film Truth, starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace and Elizabeth Moss.
For twenty five years, Mary Mapes has been an award-winning... Read more
I Never Had It Made - Abridged
By: Jackie Robinson
Narrated by: Ossie Davis
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A straightforward yet inspiring story of what it took to be the first man of color to break into the white world of professional sports. Jackie Robinson's story is more than a telling of his tremendous talent; it is also a recollection that showcases his tenacious spirit, bravery and the courage of his ideals. From the early influences of family... Read more
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Soldier - Abridged
By: Karen DeYoung
Narrated by: Roscoe Orman
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and, according to polls, “the most trusted man in America.” From his humble origins as the son of Jamaican immigrants to the highest levels of government in four administrations, he helped guide the nation through some of its... Read more
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Cosmopolitan - Abridged
By: Toby Cecchini
Narrated by: Toby Cecchini
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Cosmopolitan is a memoir of the bartending life structured as a day in the life of Passerby, the bar owned and run by Toby Cecchini. It is, as well, a rich study of human nature—of the outlandish behavior of the human animal under the influence of alcohol, of lust, and of the sheer desire to bust loose and party. As the typical day progresses,... Read more
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Hard Choices - Abridged
By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant & Hillary Rodham Clinton
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
2016 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside look at the choices and challenges she has faced is “a subtle, finely calibrated work…with succinct and often shrewd appraisals of the complex web of political, economic, and historical forces in play around the world” (The New York Times).
In the... Read more
Diana: Her True Story - Abridged
By: Andrew Morton
Narrated by: Stephanie Beacham
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Her life has seemed liek a fairy-tale come true. . .
yet the shocking truth is that for Diana Princess of Wales, life has been far from perfect. Written with the cooperation and support of members of Diana's family and her closest friends, Diana: Her True Story reveals a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who has suffered from chronic illness... Read more
Skinny Women Are Evil - Abridged
By: Mo'Nique
Narrated by: Mo'Nique
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Now in paperback, popular comedienne and television star Mo'Nique tells us how to be a big woman in a small woman's world.
It is NO secret that I am a BIG girl.
Always have been, always will be.
The only way I'll ever wear a size 6, or even a 16, is if you add them together. That's right: I wear a size 22. And I'm proud, because I wear it well.
... Read more
Lebenslauf eines Optimisten - Abridged
By: Ludwig Ganghofer
Narrated by: Bernd Ungerer
Length: 12 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Im 'Buch der Jugend' beschreibt Ludwig Ganghofer seine Ausbildungs- und Studienzeit. Am Ende des Buches beschreibt er auch seine Vorstellung eines idealen Staatswesens in allen Einzelheiten. Einzelne Ideen könnt man auch heute noch herausgreifen und weiter verfolgen, doch im großen und ganzen spiegeln seine Vorstellungen den Zeitgeist jener Zeit... Read more
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Blue Like Jazz - Abridged
By: Donald Miller
Narrated by: Donald Miller
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Donald Miller's fresh and original voice may change the way Christians view the "status quo" faith and build a bridge to seekers who believe that organized religion doesn't meet their spiritual needs."I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. . . . I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of... Read more
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