Inglorious Royal Marriages
By: Leslie Carroll
Narrated by: Leslie Carroll
Length: 18 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
It’s no secret that the marriages of monarchs are often made in hell. Here are some of the most spectacular mismatches in five hundred years of royal history …In a world where many kings, queens, and princes lacked nothing but true love, marital mismatches could bring out the baddest, boldest behavior in the bluest of bloodlines. Margaret Tudor,... Read more
View audiobookAll and Nothing
By: Jeff Smoot
Narrated by: Eric Smies
Length: 12 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Once considered a fringe activity, climbing without a rope has entered the mainstream consciousness, largely because of the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo featuring professional climber Alex Honnold. Yet climbers have been free soloing all along—motivated by reasons as varied as the climbers themselves.
All and Nothing delves into the... Read more
Giuliani
By: Andrew Kirtzman
Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
Length: 15 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
What happened to Rudy Giuliani?
Andrew Kirtzman, who has been following Giuliani since the 1990s, answers that question in this “masterful and engrossing” (The Guardian) biography that “cuts through the myth and caricature that has too often defined Giuliani” (Los Angeles Times).
Rudy Giuliani was hailed after... Read more
Taken
By: Michelle Pearson
Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1972, Michelle Pearson gave up her son for adoption.As ‘one of those girls’, she was expected to hide her shame with secrecy. No one should ever find out she’d had a child.But she never forgot the son who was taken from her.In the years that followed she struggled with PTSD, traumatic memory loss, agoraphobia and anxiety – impacting every... Read more
View audiobookDirty Briefs
By: Dave Fendem
Narrated by: Will Close
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
From top to bottom – a shocking and hilarious journey through the legal profession unlike anything seen before.Straight from the bowels of back street police stations, locked psychiatric wards and the criminal courts, these are the brazen tales of a bare-knuckle barrister.“For those who think that all barristers are high flyers blessed with... Read more
View audiobookBlood & Ink
By: Joe Pompeo
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 10 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Vanity Fair’s Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister and his secret mistress, a Jazz Age mega-crime that propelled tabloid news in the 20th century.On September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills were found beneath a crabapple tree on an abandoned farm outside of New... Read more
View audiobookRoosevelt Sweeps Nation
By: David Pietrusza
Narrated by: Jack de Golia
Length: 17 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Award-winning historian David Pietrusza boldly steers clear of the past narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt’s unprecedented 1936 reelection landslide, weaving an enormously more intricate, ever more surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America’s most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at... Read more
View audiobookNightfly
By: Peter Jones
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Donald Fagen will forever be associated with Steely Dan, the band he formed with Walter Becker and four other musicians in 1972.
The smooth, radio-friendly veneer of the duo's songs made Steely Dan internationally popular and famous in the 1970s, but the polish glossed over the underlying layers of anger, disappointment, sleaze, and often... Read more
The Voice
By: C. Ruth Taylor
Narrated by: Candace Barnes
Length: 1 hour 19 minutes
Abridged: No
THE SECRETS OF HER SURVIVALHow would you survive as a single mother, raising nine children?Whether rich or poor, in any era, this is a mammoth task. So, how did Ruth’s grandmother do it in the mid-1950s to the early 80s in rural Jamaica, as a farmer with just a primary school education? What are the secrets of her survival and how did her... Read more
View audiobookEl circo de los pueblos
By: José Ignacio Lladós
Narrated by: Juan Balvin
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Desde la primera mitad del siglo XX el poder busca utilizar el fútbol a su favor: Mussolini, Hitler, la dictadura argentina con el Mundial 78, jeques árabes, Pablo Escobar, la Camorra napolitana, Berlusconi, Macri o George Weah, el primer jugador en convertirse en presidente. Pero también hay víctimas como Maradona, tal vez la persona que... Read more
View audiobookEs ging immer nur um Liebe
By: Musa Okwonga
Narrated by: Benito Bause
Length: 3 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Der britisch-ugandische Autor Musa Okwonga erzählt in seinem autofiktionalen Roman davon, wie es ist, in Berlin anzukommen und sich dort als Person of Colour zurechtzufinden, wie es ist, Freund*innen zu finden, Fußball zu spielen, sich zu verlieben und wieder zu trennen, die Magie des Voodoos zu erfahren, Kuchen zu essen und als Autor zu... Read more
View audiobook101 Amazing Facts about BTS
By: Merlin Mill
Narrated by: Lizzie Abbott
Length: 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Do you know how much BTS contribute to the South Korean economy each year? What Spotify record does the band hold? What video game has Jin played since he was five years old? And which alternative stage names did Jungkook consider before settling on the one we all know and love?In this fantastic audiobook, Lizzie Abbott talks us through more... Read more
View audiobookLeGyandary
By: Asamoah Gyan
Narrated by: Kafui Dey
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
In this book, Gyan bares his soul. He seeks no sympathy; he simply wants his side of an often-one-sided story to be heard, introducing us to names, people and influences we did not know before.Want to know about the penalty miss with Uruguay ? I guessed as much! The book takes us into the mind of the legend and his perspective about life. The... Read more
View audiobookThis Girl Did!
By: Alice Kyarimpa
Narrated by: Anabel Moda
Length: 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Alice experienced the harsh realities of life in Uganda. Not only was it hard, but the people around her made it more complicated.She came from a family stricken by poverty and lived in a town where education was reserved, for boys. How would you get out of a situation when you are not allowed the opportunity to an education and a life-changing... Read more
View audiobookPull the Chocks, I'm Launching
By: Major General (Ret.) David E.B. (DEB) Ward
Narrated by: Michael DelGaudio
Length: 16 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching is an inspirational metaphor for removing obstacles in your path to obtaining your dream. In August 1967 I fulfilled my dream of becoming a fighter pilot when I was accepted into the 123rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, the Redhawks, of the Oregon Air National Guard. That dream became indelibly ingrained in my... Read more
View audiobookQueen Elizabeth II
By: Geoffrey Giuliano
Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Queen Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926. in Mayfair, London, as the child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War. In November of 1947,... Read more
View audiobookAnne Frank
By: Giancarlo Villa
Narrated by: Anna Ryźlak
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Już od prawie wieku historia Anne Frank nadal ekscytuje i zaskakuje. Twarz tej dziewczynki stała się symbolem Shoah, Holokaustu, zbiorowej tragedii, którą umiejętnie udokumentowała w swoim słynnym dzienniku, czytanym przez miliony ludzi na całym świecie. Podczas II wojny światowej Anne musiała zmierzyć się z brutalnością Hitlera, przechodząc... Read more
View audiobookBombmannen från Gladsaxe
By: Diverse
Narrated by: Iggy Malmborg
Length: 49 minutes
Abridged: No
I nio månader mellan 1977 och 1978 levde köpenhamnsborna i konstant fruktan för den bombman som härjade fritt i stadens nordvästra delar. Allting börjar med en bomb som exploderar i en telefonkiosk och skadar en ung kvinna. Bombdelarna undersöks och det fastställs snart att bomben var hemmagjord. Till polisen kommer även ett brev från... Read more
View audiobookShe’s In CTRL
By: Anne-Marie Imafidon
Narrated by: Anne-Marie Imafidon
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
An inspirational exploration of why women are under-represented in tech, why it matters, and what we can do about it.
Our eyes are now open to the dangerous fact that our technology is built by a series of big decisions made by a small number of people, mainly men. It means our technology is derived from the gender,... Read more
Ten Things I Hate About Me
By: Joe Tracini
Narrated by: Joe Tracini
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
'This is a remarkable book. The honesty is startling and potent'
Dawn French
'You have to buy this book. I mean it. It's very funny and sad and utterly true. It's a life-saver'
Miriam Margolyes
Hi. I hope you're ok.
My name's Joe, and I have one job, every day: don't kill myself.
I live with a complex mental illness called Borderline Personality... Read more
Unafraid
By: Eddie Penney & Keith Wood
Narrated by: Eddie Penney
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Hot Wash | noun: The review held after military training and real-world operations facilitating growth and improvement; an honest evaluation of strengths and weaknesses
As a special operator in the US Navy’s most elite unit and actively engaged in the Global War on Terrorism, Eddie Penney had achieved his childhood dream. He was the tip of the... Read more
A Someday Courtesan
By: Sephe Haven
Narrated by: Sephe Haven
Length: 11 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”“A prostitute!” said no girl ever.Decades into her life as a secret courtesan, Sephe Haven is asking herself, how did this become my life? Why did this slipper fit?From the author of the 2022 Reader's Favorite Gold Metal Winner: My Whorizontal Life, is the five-star rated prequel, A Someday Courtesan.... Read more
View audiobookEuropa-turisterna
By: Diverse
Narrated by: Iggy Malmborg
Length: 1 hour 1 minute
Abridged: No
Aluvo och Leba träffades i sitt hemland Jugoslavien år 1973. Tillsammans började de begå brott, grova stölder och brott riktade mot staten. De avtjänade sina straff och flydde sedan från sitt hemland för att fortsätta på en stöldturné runt om i Europa. I Italien hamnade de i klorna på maffian och kom snabbt att få framträdande roller inom den... Read more
View audiobookAgatha Christie
By: Lucy Worsley
Narrated by: Lucy Worsley
Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
"Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was."
Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in... Read more