Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Here If You Need Me

By: Kate Braestrup

Narrated by: Kate Braestrup

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Ten years ago, Kate Braestrup and her husband Drew were enjoying the life they shared together. They had four young children, and Drew, a Maine state trooper, would soon begin training to become a minister as well. Then early one morning Drew left for work and everything changed. On the very roads that he protected every day, an oncoming driver... Read more

Body of Work

By: Christine Montross

Narrated by: Renée Raudman

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a hauntingly moving memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cuts her open.



Christine Montross was a nervous first-year medical student, standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class, preparing herself for what was to come. Entering a room with stainless-steel tables topped... Read more

A Child Called It

By: Dave Pelzer

Narrated by: Brian Keeler

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Dave Pelzer was brutally abused as a child by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother. She considered him a slave - no longer a boy, but an "it".

He was physically and mentally tortured and starved. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare he experienced behind closed doors, and his father was aware of the abuse but turned to denial and... Read more

The Lost Boy

By: Dave Pelzer

Narrated by: Brian Keeler

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Lost Boy has spent over two years on the New York Times best-seller list and has profoundly influenced more than one million readers' lives. Following the tremendous success of Pulitzer Prize nominee A Child Called "It", this book continues the extraordinary tale of author Dave Pelzer's childhood. On the verge of adolescence, Dave is rescued... Read more

No Excuses

By: Robert Shrum

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 22 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

He was named by The Atlantic Monthly "the most sought-after strategist in the Democratic party." He was targeted by National Review as the Democratic Party's "poet goon." From his unique perspective, Robert Shrum gives us an epic and personal story of the struggle for power in America during the past four decades.



With wit and humor, rare candor,... Read more

Savage Kingdom

By: Benjamin Woolley

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first American colony, Savage Kingdom presents a bold, even reckless, political adventure driven by a sense of imperial destiny and dogged by official hostility.



Four centuries ago, and fourteen years before the Mayflower, a group of men—led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat,... Read more

Happy Endings

By: Jim Norton

Narrated by: Jim Norton

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Jim Norton is a pervert

in the truest sense of the word. The physical equivalent of a tall slug, he pays top dollar for massages with happy endings and is fascinated by shitty sitcoms and fat girls. He is also, at times, racially offensive and morally repugnant. He spares no one in his comedy -- least of all himself.

Now, in this... Read more

Quiet Strength - Abridged

By: Tony Dungy

Narrated by: Tony Dungy

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2008 Retailer's Choice Award winner!
Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach—especially a football coach—to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming... Read more

Pistol

By: Mark Kriegel

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father's dream—and the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Pete—a basketball icon for baby boomers—all the Maraviches paid a price. Now acclaimed author Mark Kriegel has brilliantly captured the saga of... Read more

The Blair Years - Abridged

By: Alastair Campbell

Narrated by: Alastair Campbell

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life.

Here are the defining... Read more

Armed and Dangerous

By: William Queen & Douglas Century

Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Under and Alone comes an intimate and riveting account of federal law-enforcement agent William Queen’s relentless hunt for one of America’s most cold-blooded criminals.

As an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, William Queen must tackle a number of challenging cases, including... Read more

The Late Bloomer's Revolution

By: Amy Cohen

Narrated by: Amy Cohen

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Amy Cohen always imagined that by age thirty she would be juggling a thriving career, a devoted English husband, and two adorable children who had shag haircuts and a room in their loft where they could play the drums. But at thirty-five, as she struggled to come to terms with the loss of her adored mother, she found herself “between jobs”... Read more

Ten Points

By: Bill Strickland

Narrated by: Chuck Kourouklis

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“When Bill Strickland writes about cycling, he takes you on one of the most intense, most unforgettable rides of your life.”–Lance Armstrong

Bill Strickland believed he was cursed. No matter how secure his life outwardly seemed, the happiness he had attained with his wife and daughter hung by a thread–threatened by the monster Bill lived in... Read more

Lone Survivor - Abridged

By: Marcus Luttrell

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Follow along a Navy SEAL's firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afghanistan in this true story of survival and difficult choices.

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a... Read more

Bouillon de poulet pour l'âme des femmes - Abridged

By: Jack Canfield

Narrated by: Patrice Laffont

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Des histoires qui nous invitent à l’écoute des jours pour cueillir ce qu’ils nous offrent de meilleur parmi les aléas du quotidien. De merveilleuses histoires, qui vous arrivent droit au cœur. Read more

The Education of Henry Adams

By: Henry Adams

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 19 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

As a journalist, historian, and novelist born into a family that included two past presidents of the United States, Henry Adams was constantly focused on the American experiment. An immediate bestseller awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1919, The Education of Henry Adams recounts his own and the country's education from 1838, the year of his birth,... Read more

The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness

By: Joel ben Izzy

Narrated by: Joel Izzy

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

When a storyteller loses his voice, he believes he's lost everything. In fact, he's been given a great gift.

Once upon a time, a successful storyteller lost his voice to throat cancer. Deprived of the instrument of his art and his livelihood, he retreated into dark, sullen silence and depression. While searching for a spiritual explanation, he... Read more

Byline: Ernest Hemingway

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 15 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A personal glimpse into the life of writer, journalist, war correspondent, adventurer Ernest Hemingway, ranging from experiences in the Spanish Civil War and World War II to his passion for bullfighting and first safari in Africa.

Spanning the years 1920 to 1956, this priceless collection of articles and letters shows Hemingway's work as a... Read more

The Conviction of Richard Nixon

By: James Reston, Jr.

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the office of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel on June 17, 1971, and ended when President Gerald Ford granted Richard M. Nixon a pardon on September 8, 1974, one month after Nixon resigned from office in disgrace. Effectively removed from the reach of prosecutors, Nixon... Read more

Her Way - Abridged

By: Don Van Natta Jr. & Jeff Gerth

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The truth about the most important woman in America

In Her Way, two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalists deliver: Previously undisclosed details about the Clinton's multi-decade plan for powerincluding 8 years in the White House for Bill and 8 years for Hillary.

Never-before-revealed information about Hillary's... Read more

Hey, I'm Italian

By: Judith A. Habert

Narrated by: Hallie Ricardo

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Hey, I’m Italian is an insiders look at growing up Italian in New York.  Abducted at gunpoint, being bitten on the nose by the family dog two days before my wedding, and paying for a lavish Hawaiian honeymoon only to learn that our travel agent had absconded with our money, were but a few of the events that shaped my life. But growing up Italian... Read more

The Diana Chronicles

By: Tina Brown

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 21 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she “the people’s princess,” who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy?

Only Tina Brown, former editor-in-chief of Tatler–England’s glossiest gossip magazine–Vanity Fair,... Read more

GROWING UP REPUBLICAN - Abridged

By: Patricia Beard

Narrated by: Patricia Beard

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

An authorized biography of the New Jersey governor and possible vice-presidential candidate is based on the author's interviews with Christine Todd Whitman, the governor's family and friends, and Whitman's personal documents and photos. Read more

The Diana Chronicles - Abridged

By: Tina Brown

Narrated by: Tina Brown

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Intensely well researched and an un-put-down-able read, Tina Brown's extraordinary book parts the brocaded velvet and allows us an unprecedented look at the world and mind of the most famous person on the planet. A social commentary, a historical document and a psychological examination, written by a superb investigative journalist."

–Academy... Read more