Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Coffret Orange

By: Jean Paul Mongin, Miriam Henke, Marguerie Lena ...

Narrated by: Maureen Dor

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Socrate va par les rues d'Athènes, interpellant ceux qu'il trouve sur son chemin : Connais-toi toi- même ! Ne te soucie pas des richesses, cherche la vérité et deviens philosophe ! Ce n'est pas du goût des Athéniens. Au terme d'un procès, Socrate est condamné à boire la ciguë. Va-t-il s'enfuir ? Un philosophe doit-il craindre la mort ? Par... Read more

中国历史故事精选

By: 竭宝峰

Narrated by: 咚咚

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：书籍是用生命镌刻的铭文，是用智慧雕塑的丰碑。它伴着我们奋斗的历程，伴着我们生命的足迹。鉴于此，我们精心为您编写了此套《引导青少年的千万个学习故事》。岁月磨洗不去历史的沧桑，风霜阻挡不了温暖的记忆。生命长河静静流淌，丝丝感悟、缕缕情意都是河面泛起的涟漪。徜徉于其中的我们，是否真的能在人生的波澜中，体味爱的真谛?是否真的能在岁月的磨砺中，洞察奋斗的价值?是否真的能在命运的风雨中，感悟生命的意义?..... Read more

Ausgeschieden

By: Lisa Hödl

Narrated by: Matthias Gross

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Das Enthüllungsbuch über die dunklen Machenschaften und obskure Methoden im Pferderennsport! In "Ausgeschieden - mein Leben im Galopprennsport" öffnet Lisa Hödl, eine ehemalige Insiderin des Galopprennsports, die Türen zu einer verborgenen Welt. Mit ihrer persönlichen Geschichte führt sie uns durch die Höhen und Tiefen ihrer Karriere und... Read more

Fire Shut Up in My Bones

By: Charles M. Blow

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Notable Book | Lambda Literary Award Winner | Long-listed for the PEN Open Book Award

“Charles Blow is the James Baldwin of our age.” — Washington Blade

“[An] exquisite memoir . . . Delicately wrought and arresting.” — New York Times

Universally praised on its publication, Fire Shut Up in My Bones is a pioneering journalist’s... Read more

Live Dead

By: John Brackett

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing more than 2,300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead's reputation as a "live band" was—and continues to be—sustained by thousands of live concert recordings from every era of the group's long and colorful career. In Live Dead, musicologist John... Read more

The War Memoirs

By: Charles de Gaulle

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

Length: 41 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete war memoirs of the resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who led France out of its darkest hour during the Nazi occupation during World War II.

“Faced with the political disaster, I had to become France.” This was how Charles de Gaulle answered the call of history. One of the few French battlefield leaders to have distinguished... Read more

Better Man

By: Bruce Langdon

Narrated by: Brycen Raymond

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Better Man describes one man's journey through romantic relationships. The author navigates college, graduate school, and then present day as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. Better Man is a story about love, heartbreak, and the difficult lessons learned while traveling the treacherous road of dating. Striving to become a better man,... Read more

Meetings with Remarkable Magicians

By: Carl Abrahamsson

Narrated by: Carl Abrahamsson

Length: 16 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

• Explores the author’s extensive connections with infamous occultists and organizations, including Genesis P-Orridge and Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth, Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan, and the Ordo Templi Orientis

• Details the underlying occult impulses and magical experiences guiding the author’s artistic journey, his experiences in... Read more

Songbird

By: Lesley-Ann Jones

Narrated by: Lucy Tregear

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In this revealing portrait of keyboardist, lyricist, and vocalist Christine Mcvie of Fleetwood Mac, readers will get an exclusive glimpse of the band's "mother figure".

Christine McVie–born Christine Perfect–was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac. She wrote and performed many of... Read more

And Goliath

By: David Brown

Narrated by: Basil Sands

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Former US Navy SEAL David Brown was the unlikeliest of candidates for the world's most grueling military selection process. Standing just 5' 3" and weighing 110 pounds, he was unlike any of the others around him who aspired to be SEALs. But through dogged determination and an iron will, he overcame every obstacle that life put in front of him to... Read more

That Deserves a Wow

By: Chris Myers

Narrated by: Chris Myers & Dan Bittner

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The Emmy Award–winning FOX Sports broadcaster provides a front row seat to some of the most memorable moments in sports history.Emmy Award–winning broadcaster Chris Myers reflects on his illustrious career as one of the most trusted and renowned journalists in sports. Myers has witnessed and participated in his fair share of historic events: on... Read more

Healing Hope: Paul Farmer's Impact on Global Health

By: Jasper Ashby

Narrated by: Alan Winnigton

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Healing Hope: Paul Farmer's Impact on Global Health
⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide with Explanations Included ⭐⭐
Are you eager to advance in your career while deepening your understanding of global health?
Searching for a thorough resource that encompasses everything you need to make a meaningful impact in global health?
Your pursuit ends here!
This guide... Read more

Christine & Alexandra

By: C. A. Barrington

Narrated by: Robin Howatt Shrock

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a true story that spans the sweeping account of a unique affair between two women. In the face of adversity and against all odds, the relationship has blossomed immeasurably and thrived happily. Christine, a 59 year old English lady, meets 33 year old charismatic and lovely Alexandra, in Cape Town in 2002. Alexandra is working in a... Read more

Dream Chasing

By: Bob Weis

Narrated by: Bob Weis

Length: 15 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Disney experiences enthrall millions of guests around the world. How does it all become a reality? Find out in this action-packed narrative journey! Dream Chasing is a recounting by author Bob Weis of four decades of creating and seeing to completion challenging projects, leading teams from the top secret, high-tech corridors of Walt Disney... Read more

VON PUMPS IN GUMMISTIEFEL

By: Ute Schlieper

Narrated by: Irena Neumaier

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"Interessant! Du lebst in einem Van?" Die Autorin schildert ihre Erlebnisse eines minimalistischen Lebensexperiments im Van nach der Auflösung ihres gesamten Hausrats. Als sie sich von Norden nach Süden auf dem Weg zur Selbstfindung begibt, stellt sie sich die Fragen: Was macht mich glücklich? Was brauchen meine Seele und mein Körper? Welchen... Read more

Citizen

By: Bill Clinton

Narrated by: Patrick Twinem

Length: 18 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Die kraftvollen, offenen und detailreichen Memoiren einer amerikanischen Ikone, die zeigen, wie das Leben nach der Präsidentschaft aussieht: Triumphe, Schwierigkeiten und alles andere. Am 20. Januar 2001, nach fast dreißig Jahren in der Politik - acht davon als Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten - war Bill Clinton plötzlich ein Privatmann. Er... Read more

A Man Named Joseph

By: Joe Heschmeyer

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

After spending more than a millennium in relative obscurity, Saint Joseph has become the second-most mentioned saint in the papal magisterium after the Virgin Mary. To understand the life and importance of Saint Joseph, a good place to start is with the first papal title ever granted him: "Patron of the Universal Church."



What is it that Saint... Read more

Seniors' Stories Volume 10

By: Colleen Parker

Narrated by: Janine Penfold, Chloe Schwank & David Tredinnick

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to Seniors' Stories Volume 10. These stories are so worthwhile because we have all come through the same decades and changes in our lives which is why we relate to the stories so well. We know they are believable, we know they tell of our life changes for entertainment for us, but also they educate those readers who didn’t, especially... Read more

A Chance Meeting

By: Rachel Cohen

Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Weaving a tapestry of creativity and circumstance, this chronicle of the many links and serendipitous meetings between giants of American culture—from Henry James to Gertrude Stein to Zora Neale Hurston to Marcel Duchamp—now includes a new afterword by the author.



Rachel Cohen's A Chance Meeting is a dazzling group portrait that offers a striking... Read more

Defiant Hope

By: Michael Gerson

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The best writings from George W. Bush’s speechwriter Michael Gerson, a pioneer of the compassionate conservative movement, a champion of Christian engagement, and an eloquent defender of the poor and the marginalized.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Michael Gerson possessed one of the most important consciences of his generation. As the... Read more

Everywhere the Undrowned

By: Stephanie Clare Smith

Narrated by: Natasha Soudek

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This is what it is to survive. You find what floats and you hold on. Even if it is smaller than you.



Holding on is all fourteen-year-old Stephanie Clare Smith can do when she's left home alone in New Orleans during the summer of 1973. As she seeks to ease her solitude through her summer school algebra class, her wandering in the city, and her... Read more

Indochina Hand

By: Barry Michael Broman

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Barry Broman joined the CIA in 1971 straight out of the Marine Corps, choosing a career in intelligence largely because he wanted to spend his working life in Southeast Asia. Over the next thirty years, he had the privilege of working with brave men and women who were prepared to put their lives on the line in support of the free world during... Read more

It's What You Do Next

By: Megan Barry

Narrated by: Megan Barry

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2015, after a historic run-off election, Megan Barry became the first female mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Quickly becoming one of the most popular progressive politicians in the Bible Belt, Barry was a beloved leader with a sky-high approval rating and an unshakable hope for a new, forward-thinking, modern South. For her first few years in... Read more

Last One Walking

By: Greg Shaw

Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

You probably know the story of the late Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. You might not recognize the name of her husband, Charlie Soap, yet his role as a Native community organizer is no less significant. Last One Walking charts for the first time the life and work of this influential... Read more