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The King's Shadow
By: Edmund Richardson
Narrated by: Julian Elfer
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist, spy, one of the most respected scholars in Asia, and the greatest of nineteenth-century... Read more
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Warlords
By: Simon Berthon & Joanna Potts
Narrated by: Michael Page
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Warlords recreates in forensic and gripping detail the extraordinary mind games between Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, and Roosevelt as World War Two unfolded day by day.
In a unique combination of innovative style and thorough scholarship, Warlords tells the story of World War II through the lives of the four great war leaders: Adolf Hitler,... Read more
Daughters of Chivalry
By: Kelcey Wilson-Lee
Narrated by: Christine Rendel
Length: 12 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized—and largely mythical—notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of Edward I, often known as Longshanks.
The lives of these... Read more
Tasha
By: Brian Morton
Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
Length: 4 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
In the spirit of Fierce Attachments and The End of Your Life Book Club, acclaimed novelist Brian Morton delivers a “superb” (Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air), darkly funny memoir of his mother’s vibrant life and the many ways in which their tight, tumultuous relationship was refashioned in her... Read more
Paper Paradise
By: Glenn Wheatley
Narrated by: Glenn Wheatley
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Paper Paradise: Do What You Want To Do is a roller coaster ride through the sex, drugs and rock and roll of the ’60s and ’70s to the high-flying business world of the ’80s and into the ’90s and beyond—with someone who lived it all.It is a book about ambition, hunger, desperation, success and the fruits thereof. Oh yes, it is also about failure... Read more
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The Devil's Half Acre
By: Kristen Green
Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation’s first HBCUs In The Devil’s Half Acre, New York Times bestselling author Kristen Green draws on years of research to tell the extraordinary and little-known story of young Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who blazed a... Read more
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The Ghost Marriage
By: Kirsten Mickelwait
Narrated by: Kirsten Mickelwait
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Steve and Kirsten Beckwith shared 26 years together. First there was the bliss of courtship, the contentment of marriage, and the love of parenthood—then anger, spite, unforgivable damage. When Steve dies suddenly of colon cancer, he leaves Kirsten saddled with his debts of $1.5 million. As she fights toward recovery, she begins to receive... Read more
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Muggsy
By: Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues & Jake Uitti
Narrated by: Cary Hite
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Growing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong. Twenty years after receiving his first basketball as a toddler, he stood proud—at five-foot-three—as the starting point guard for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA.... Read more
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Serenade
By: Toni Bentley
Narrated by: Leslie Howard & Toni Bentley
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Toni Bentley, a dancer for George Balanchine, the greatest ballet maker of the 20th century, tells the story of Serenade, his iconic masterpiece, and what it was like to dance—and live—in his world at New York City Ballet during its legendary era.
"Reading Bentley's Serenade made me feel as alive as I felt on the stage the moment that I fell in... Read more
Apache
By: Ed Macy
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
"A truly amazing portrayal of the technical, the emotional, and the courageous. Macy puts the reader in the cockpit of our most lethal attack platform." —Dick Couch, New York Times bestselling author
Apache is the incredible true story of Ed Macy, a decorated Apache helicopter pilot, that takes you inside one of the world's most dangerous war... Read more
Sisters of Mokama
By: Jyoti Thottam
Narrated by: Laura Jennings
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
"Sisters of Mokama is proof that faith and courage does move mountains."—Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone
The never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same
New York Times editor Jyoti Thottam’s mother was... Read more
Brazen
By: Julia Haart
Narrated by: Julia Haart
Length: 19 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A riveting, inspiring memoir of one woman’s escape from an extremist religious sect and an extraordinary rise from housewife to shoe designer, to CEO and co-owner of the modeling agency Elite World Group
“An irresistible read . . . Written with great intensity and rare candor, Brazen is a story of longing for more and manifesting that... Read more
The Road Bends
By: Sami Yaffa
Narrated by: Sami Yaffa
Length: 14 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Sami Yaffa is a bass guitar legend, an icon of the rock world, and an uncompromising walker of his own way, who rose to prominence as the bassist of the mythical Hanoi Rocks. A man of lights and shadows, and the embodiment of street credibility, Yaffa has recorded with Bruce Springsteen and Slash, played with the New York Dolls and Joan Jett... Read more
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Lies My Mother Told Me
By: Melissa Rivers
Narrated by: Melissa Rivers
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
If you think Joan Rivers said funny, outrageous, and ridiculous things ONSTAGE, wait ’til you read the funny, outrageous, and ridiculous things she said OFFSTAGE … things that will make you laugh out loud … and keep Melissa in therapy for the foreseeable future.The only thing my mother loved more than making people laugh was lying … or as she’d... Read more
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First Class Fatherhood
By: Alec Lace
Narrated by: Alec Lace
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Read by the author.Did you know that in the United States alone, more than one in four children live in a home without a father?When Alec Lace recognized this crisis and launched his parenting podcast 2018, his mission was simple: to give dads an opportunity to encourage others, by sharing the experiences and wisdom they’ve gained during their... Read more
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What’s Good?
By: Peter Hoffman
Narrated by: Peter Hoffman
Length: 16 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A culinary pioneer blends memoir with a joyful inquiry into the ingredients he uses and their origins
What goes into the making of a chef, a restaurant, a dish? In his highly anticipated first book, influential chef Peter Hoffman offers thoughtful and delectable answers to these questions. Hoffman tells the story of his upbringing,... Read more
Time Traveler
By: Dr. Ronald L. Mallett
Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining elements of Rocket Boys and Elegant Universe, Time Traveler follows Mallett's discovery of... Read more
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Pablo Escobar
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the big lords of the drug cartels in Colombia is Pablo Escobar, a criminal who became a leader and expanded his influence on organized crime throughout the North and South American continents. With billions in his bank account, in cash, and in other assents, it’s not easy to ignore his name and the power he gained.In 1976, Escobar... Read more
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John F. Kennedy
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Doug Greene
Length: 51 minutes
Abridged: No
JFK, or John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was an American political leader who functioned as the 35th President of the US from 1961 till his assassination to the conclusion of his 3rd year in office. Kennedy was president throughout the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his time in office was spent handling the Soviet Union and Cuba. Prior to... Read more
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Growing Up Biden
By: Valerie Biden Owens
Narrated by: Valerie Biden Owens
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden’s younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. Valerie, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, writes of the role of family, faith, and fate in shaping her life, and the power of empathy and kindness in the face of... Read more
Two Billion Caliphs
By: Haroon Moghul
Narrated by: Haroon Moghul
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Explains the attraction of Muslims to their faith, and discusses the challenges contemporary Islam confronts, and how we might imagine an Islamic theology and identity ready to face tomorrow
Islam is often associated with and limited to the worst of the world—extremism, obscurantism, misogyny, bigotry. So why would so many people associate with... Read more
Grief Is Love
By: Marisa Renee Lee
Narrated by: Marisa Renee Lee
Length: 4 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A trusted grief expert shares advice on how to navigate the loss of a loved one in this incisive and compassionate guide: “calm, lucid prose… humanizing exploration of coping with the life-changing tides of loss” (Kirkus Reviews).In Grief is Love, author Marisa Renee Lee reveals that healing does not mean moving on after losing a loved... Read more
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Edmund Kemper
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No
Initially diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and after a separation of his parents, Edmund Kemper already showed his twisted mind at 15 years old, when he murdered both his grandparents, who were taking care of him. Whether through nature or nurture, this man didn’t show a promising future from the get-go. But perhaps nobody could have... Read more
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Always Remember Your Name
By: Andra Bucci & Tatiana Bucci
Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
Length: 4 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
A haunting WWII memoir of two sisters who survived Auschwitz that picks up where Anne Frank’s diary left off and gives voice to the children we lostOn March 28, 1944, six-year-old Tati and her four-year-old sister Andra were roused from their sleep and arrested. Along with their mother, Mira, their aunt, and cousin Sergio, they were deported to... Read more
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