Biography & Memoir audiobooks

George Washington

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

George Washington was an American soldier, statesman, and Founding Father who worked as the nation's first president from 1789 to 1797. Washington was called leader of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress, and he led the Patriot forces to triumph in the American Revolutionary War.He also commanded the Constitutional Convention of... Read more

Abraham Lincoln

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1861 till his assassination in 1865, Abraham Lincoln was an American legal representative and statesman who functioned as the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, preserving the Union, eliminating slavery, enhancing the federal government, and helping the economy of the United... 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

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

Defiant Brides

By: Nancy Rubin Stuart

Narrated by: Ann M. Richardson

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The fascinating true story of two Revolutionary-era teenagers who defied their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold—“an effortless read and a fresh perspective on the American Revolution” (Shelf Awareness).

When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero... 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

Al Capone

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Chris Newman

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Al Capone was an infamous mob boss between the two world wars, in the city of New York and surrounding areas. His name and style have been emulated in movies. The mass shootings, tax evasion, and revenge on Italian murders in the mafia gangs on the United States east coast were so notorious that they have become iconic and stereotyped.How did Al... 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

Martin van Buren

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin Van Buren was an American attorney and statesman who acted as the United States' 8th president between 1837 to 1841. He was the ninth ruler of New York, the tenth US Secretary of State, and the 8th Vice President of the United States.He was a creator of the Democratic Party. With the support of well-known leaving President Andrew Jackson... Read more

Ulysses Grant

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer and political leader who acted as the United States' 18th president from 1869 to 1877. Grant was an achieved civil liberties executive at the time of his presidency, developing the Justice Department and teaming up with the Radical Republicans to secure African Americans at the time of Restoration.... Read more

Jack the Ripper

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Chris Newman

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack the Ripper was an unknown serial killer active in the mainly poor parts around the Whitechapel district of London in the year 1888. In both the criminal case files and modern journalistic books, the killer was referred to as the Whitechapel Killer and Leather Apron.He caused quite some havoc, going after some of the most impoverished... Read more

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

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

Looking Like the Enemy

By: Mary Matsuda Gruenewald

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The author at 16 years old was evacuated with her family to an internment camp for Japanese Americans, along with 110,000 other people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. She faced an indefinite sentence behind barbed wire in crowded, primitive camps. She struggled for survival and dignity, and endured psychological scarring that has... Read more

Richard Nixon

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Milhous Nixon was the United States' 37th president, serving from 1969 to 1974. Nixon, a Republican politician, formerly worked as the 36th Vice President from 1953 to 1961, after rising to country prominence as a California agent and senator.Following the Watergate occurrence, he ended up being the only president to leave from office... Read more

Lizzie Borden

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Chris Newman

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The infamous double murder that inspired elementary school rhymes is a controversial one: Partially because of the insidious nature and grossness of the crime and on the other hand because some people still believe the defendant is innocent. There are many reasons to believe why Lizzie killed both her parents with an axe, and there are some that... 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

This Boy We Made

By: Taylor Harris

Narrated by: Iesha Nyree

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A Black mother bumps up against the limits of everything she thought she believed—about science and medicine, about motherhood, and about her faith—in search of the truth about her son.One morning, Tophs, Taylor Harris’s round-cheeked, lively twenty-two-month-old, wakes up listless, only lifting his head to gulp down water. She rushes Tophs to... 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

Andrew Jackson

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Andrew Jackson was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who acted as the seventh president of the U.S. from 1829 to 1837. Jackson rose to prominence as a basic in the US Army and served in both homes of Congress before being chosen to the presidency.Jackson, an expansionist president, defended the rights of the "commoner" and the Union... Read more

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

The Girl in the Middle

By: Anais Granofsky

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In this poignant and timely memoir—written with the searing power of Beautiful Struggle and Born a Crime—Degrassi Junior High star Anais Granofsky contemplates the lingering impact of a childhood spent in two opposite and warring worlds.Though recognized around the world for her role as Lucy Hernandez on the hit show Degrassi, Anais Granofsky’s... 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

Dostoevsky in Love

By: Alex Christofi

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Dostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and brutality. Sentenced to death as a young revolutionary, he survived mock execution and Siberian exile to live through a time of seismic change in Russia, eventually being accepted into the Tsar's inner circle. Somehow, amidst all this, he found time to write short stories, journalism, and novels... Read more