Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Space Between the Stars - Abridged

By: Deborah Santana

Narrated by: Deborah Santana

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Deborah Santana is best known for her marriage to music icon Carlos Santana–a thirty-year bond that endures to this day. But as a girl growing up in San Francisco in the 1960s, daughter of a white mother and a black father–the legendary blues guitarist Saunders King–her life was charged with its own drama long before she married.

In this... Read more

Leaving the Saints - Abridged

By: Martha Beck

Narrated by: Martha Beck

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. Wearing... Read more

Taking Heat - Abridged

By: Ari Fleischer

Narrated by: Ari Fleischer

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

For two and a half years, Ari Fleischer served as the official liaison between the White House and members of the press, acting as the voice of President George W. Bush.In Taking Heat, Fleischer goes behind-the-scenes in the West Wing, giving his perspectives on:• September 11, 2001, its aftermath, and the anthrax scare • The pressure-filled... Read more

Gift from the Sea

By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Narrated by: Claudette Colbert & Reeve Lindbergh

Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives. Read more

Between Good and Evil

By: Roger L. Depue & Susan Schindehette

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

He was a pioneer in modern law enforcement, a trailblazing leader in the hunt for serial killers. But after decades of staring deep into the darkness, he entered a seminary to search for the good.
 
No one gets closer to evil than a criminal profiler, trained to penetrate the hearts and minds of society’s most vicious psychopaths. And no one is... Read more

Broken On the Back Row

By: Sandi Patty

Narrated by: Sandi Patty

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Sandi Patty, the most awarded female vocalist in contemporary Christian music, saw her stellar career go into a tailspin. Now she tells the story of her long road to restoration. From the agony of divorce nearly ten years ago, Sandi has moved from center stage to the back row of the church balcony and back into the spotlight. Read more

Goldie

By: Goldie Hawn

Narrated by: Goldie Hawn

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

With her trademark effervescence, Goldie delivers a personal look at private and powerful events that carried her through life: her father’s spontaneity; her mother’s courage; and the joy of being a daughter, a sister, a parent, and a lover. She writes about her childhood dreams of becoming a ballerina. She takes us on a tour of her go-go years... Read more

Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress

By: Susan Jane Gilman

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 13 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of Kiss My Tiara returns with an original and entertaining memoir about childhood dreams, coming of age, ambition and family.

Divided into three sections (Childhood, “Grape Juice and Humiliation”; Adolescence, “Not Just Horny but Obnoxious, Too”; and Adulthood, “Reality Says Hello”), the stories Susan tells are uniquely... Read more

Fifth Quarter

By: Jennifer Allen

Narrated by: Susie Breck

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

George Allen was a top-ranked NFL coach throughout the 1960s and 1970s, coaching in turn the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Raised in a home dominated by her three football obsessed older brothers and her father's relentless schedule, the author came of age in a cauldron of testosterone and a win-at-all-costs... Read more

A Brother's Journey

By: Richard B. Pelzer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Dave Pelzer's bestselling memoir, A Child Called It, introduced the world to the Pelzer family and the shocking abuse that took place in their home. Dave was fortunately rescued from the Pelzer household by the time he was twelve, but at this point, his brother Richard became the target of their mother's alcohol-fueled rage. Subject to... Read more

Ricky Martin: Red-Hot and on the Rise!

By: Kathleen Tracy

Narrated by: Christian Noble & K. McElheny

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Fresh from his Grammy win for best Latin pop album, this sizzling Latin heartthrob is on the verge crossing over into mainstream music superstardom. This timely profile of Martin's life starts with his childhood in Puerto Rico and chronicles his rise to a popular Latin singer, his stint on "General Hospital, " and his Broadway debut in "Les... Read more

Prison, le cri du silence

By: Ruty Paul

Narrated by: Bernard Paccot

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Un regard sans complaisance sur l'univers carcéral.Une descente dans les oubliettes de la République en compagnie de l'auteur, un de ces visiteurs de prison qui se sont donné pour mission d'apporter aux exclus de la chaleur humaine, de la compassion, du réconfort et de l'espoir.La parole donnée à des hommes que la société a rejetés et condamnés... Read more

Right Turns

By: Michael Medved

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 16 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Nationally syndicated talk-radio host and noted film critic Michael Medved has taken an extraordinary journey from liberal activist to outspoken conservative. Along the way he has earned millions of admirers—and more than his share of enemies—by advancing controversial, often counterintuitive arguments, including:

• Liberals love losing because... Read more

Right Turns - Abridged

By: Michael Medved

Narrated by: Michael Medved

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nationally syndicated talk-radio host and noted film critic Michael Medved has taken an extraordinary journey from liberal activist to outspoken conservative. Along the way he has earned millions of admirers—and more than his share of enemies—by advancing controversial, often counterintuitive arguments, including:

• Liberals love losing because... Read more

Race to the Pole

By: Ranulph Fiennes

Narrated by: David Povall

Length: 16 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

During the Golden Era of Exploration, Captain Robert Scott and his competitor Roald Amundsen conquered the unconquerable: Antarctica. Their perilous race to the South Pole claimed Scott's life and became the stuff of legend as well as endless scrutiny. In this compelling biography of Captain Scott and his fatal journey, renowned modern-day... Read more

Douglas Adams At The BBC Part 1

By: Chris Emmett

Narrated by: Simon Jones & Various

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Simon Jones, who played Arthur Dent in ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, presents a look back at the life and work of a writer who has captivated the imagination of millions. When Douglas Adams created ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ for BBC Radio 4, it was the genesis of a science fiction comedy legend. Yet his career at the BBC... Read more

We Are All the Same

By: Jim Wooten

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The extraordinary story of the little South African boy whose bravery and fierce determination to make a difference despite being born with AIDS has made him the human symbol of the world's fight against the disease, told by the veteran American journalist whose life he changed.



Five million more people contracted HIV last year alone. We've all... Read more

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Abridged

By: Roy Jenkins

Narrated by: Richard Rohan

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A masterly, posthumous work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Gladstone

A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. In a ranking of chief executives, no more than three of his predecessors could truly be placed in contention... Read more

Sharing Good Times

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Jimmy Carter

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Following his New York Times bestselling classics comes this sparkling account of the joys of sharing the simple pleasures of life from Jimmy Carter.

In this wonderfully evocative volume, Jimmy Carter writes about the things that matter most, the simple relaxed days and nights that he has enjoyed with family and friends through the years and... 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

The Long Goodbye - Abridged

By: Patti Davis

Narrated by: Patti Davis

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ronald Reagan’s daughter writes with a moving openness about losing her father to Alzheimer’s disease. The simplicity with which she reveals the intensity, the rush, the flow of her feelings encompasses all the surprises and complexities that ambush us when death gradually, unstoppably invades life.

In The Long Goodbye, Patti Davis describes... Read more

He's Been Faithful - Abridged

By: Carol Cymbala

Narrated by: Ann Spangler

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Carol Cymbala’s ministry in a tough inner-city neighborhood in New York can be summed up in one word: unlikely. A shy girl who struggled through school and never learned to read music, she is the last person you’d expect to stand before a packed house confidently directing The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. But Carol’s God is the God of the... Read more

Mark Twain’s Letters from Hawaii

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: McAvoy Layne

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The Huck Finn of foreign correspondents provides a colorful account of old Honolulu, the island nobility, the City of Refuge on the Kona coast, and the active volcano of Kilauea. These selections of Mark Twain's newspaper dispatches are both charming and informative. The light touch of the great humorist is seldom missing as he reveals the... Read more

The Pat Conroy Cookbook - Abridged

By: Pat Conroy

Narrated by: Pat Conroy

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's favorite storyteller is back—with a memoir of good food and good company from his beloved South and beyond.

This audiobook is the story of my life as it relates to the subject of food. It is my autobiography in food and meals and restaurants and countries far and near. Let me take you to a restaurant on the Left Bank of Paris that I... Read more