Biography & Memoir audiobooks

A Great Improvisation

By: Stacy Schiff

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 21 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“In December 1776, a small boat delivered an old man to France.” So begins a dazzling narrative account of Benjamin Franklin’s French mission, the most exacting—and momentous—eight years of his life. 

When Franklin embarked, the colonies were without money, munitions, gunpowder, or common cause; like all adolescents, they were to discover that... Read more

The Poet's Guide to Life - Abridged

By: Ulrich Baer

Narrated by: Ethan Hawke

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“You have to live life to the limit, not according to each day but by plumbing its depth.”
–RAINER MARIA RILKE

In this treasury of uncommon wisdom and spiritual insight, the best writings and personal philosophies of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, are gleaned by Ulrich Baer from thousands of pages of... Read more

A Great Improvisation - Abridged

By: Stacy Schiff

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“In December 1776, a small boat delivered an old man to France.” So begins a dazzling narrative account of Benjamin Franklin’s French mission, the most exacting–and momentous–eight years of his life.

When Franklin embarked, the colonies were without money, munitions, gunpowder or common cause; like all adolescents, they were to discover that... Read more

The Disappointment Artist

By: Jonathan Lethem

Narrated by: Jonathan Lethem

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In a volume he describes as “a series of covert and no-so-covert autobiographical pieces,” Jonathan Lethem explores the nature of cultural obsession—in his case, with examples as diverse as western films, comic books, the music of Talking Heads and Pink Floyd, and the New York City subway. Along the way, he shows how each of these “voyages out... Read more

Space Between the Stars

By: Deborah Santana

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

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

So Help Me God

By: Roy S Moore

Narrated by: Roy S Moore

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Moore's refusal to follow a court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state court building cost him his position as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. In this fascinating memoir, he reflects on his struggle to comply with the law and be true to his faith. His essential premise is that our Founding Fathers, via the... Read more

Don't Kiss Them Good-bye

By: Allison DuBois

Narrated by: Allison DuBois

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Allison DuBois, inspiration for the hit TV show Medium, shares fascinating stories of encounters with the dead and adventures as a criminal profiler.

Her visions have helped solve crimes; her instincts have helped find missing people.

She can predict future events and read your mind.

When she was six years old, Allison's deceased... Read more

Ponzi's Scheme

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

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

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

Leaving the Saints

By: Martha Beck

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Jefferson's Secrets

By: Andrew Burstein

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In this moving and intimate look at the final days of our most enigmatic president, Andrew Burstein sheds new light on what Thomas Jefferson actually thought about sexuality, race, gender, and politics.



Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, leaving behind a series of mysteries that captured the imaginations of historical investigators-an... Read more

Kiss Me Like A Stranger

By: Gene Wilder

Narrated by: Gene Wilder

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Told in his own words, a very personal story from the star of many beloved and classic comedies, including Young Frankenstein, The Producers, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Gene Wilder is one of the great comic actors who defined the 1970s and 1980s in movies. From his work with Woody Allen, to the rich group of movies he made with Mel... Read more

My Life in the Middle Ages - Abridged

By: James Atlas

Narrated by: James Atlas

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Striving children, aging parents, job pressures, financial anxieties, physical ailments, generalized hope and dread—a memoir of middle age that is both literary and confessionalWhat is the most baffling period in our lives? Not childhood, not old age, but the decades of our forties and fifties, the period now generously known as middle age. Of... 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

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

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

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