Biography & Memoir audiobooks
(Un)Apologetically Me
By: Sophie Neville & Bree Tomasel
Narrated by: Bree Tomasel
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Known and loved by her many New Zealand and Australian fans as a down-to-earth broadcaster, radio host and social media sensation, Bree Tomasel is an irrepressible force of nature.
But behind the banter and success, is a young woman who has battled anxiety and survived a harrowing attack on her as a young child.
Now, for the first time, Bree... Read more
Woodrow Wilson
By: Christopher Cox
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
Length: 25 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A timely reassessment of Woodrow Wilson and his role in the long national struggle for racial equality and women’s voting rights.
More than a century after he dominated American politics, Woodrow Wilson still fascinates. With panoramic sweep, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn reassesses his life and his role in the movements for racial equality... Read more
One Life
By: Barbara Winton
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia at the brink of World War II. Most never saw their parents again. This is his story.
Now a major motion picture starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter
In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old "Nicky" canceled a ski trip and instead spent nine months masterminding... Read more
Rolling Stones
By: One World Media
Narrated by: Alan Shearman & Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 2 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Born in the post-WWII turbulence, The Rolling Stones were destined for greatness. This audiobook chronicles their incredible journey, from the gritty pubs of London to the grand stages of America’s top concert venues, where they cemented their status as the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band ever. With raw energy and an unbreakable spirit, the Stones... Read more
View audiobookAll Out
By: Neil Wagner
Narrated by: Gerard Cronin
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Neil Wagner is one of the greatest bowlers ever to play test cricket for New Zealand. His unique style and passion for the game made him a Black Caps' fan favourite and earned him praise from every corner of the cricket-playing world.
In this revealing memoir, he tells his story for the first time in his own words. From his humble beginnings in... Read more
Carson the Magnificent
By: Bill Zehme
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.
In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson—the only one he’d granted since retiring from hosting... Read more
Living the Asian Century
By: KIshore Mahbubani
Narrated by: Remesh Panicker
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
In this stirring memoir, a preeminent politician and diplomat traces the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse
Growing up in poverty in the 1950s, Kishore Mahbubani expected to become a common textile salesman after finishing high school. Instead, a government scholarship sent him to the... Read more
Pumpkinflowers
By: Matti Friedman
Narrated by: Matti Friedman
Length: 5 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
“A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried -- its Israeli analog.” —The New York Times Book Review
It was just... Read more
An Unruled Body
By: Ani Gjika
Narrated by: Ani Gjika
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
In a searching and powerful debut memoir, award-winning poet and literary translator Ani Gjika tells a different kind of origin story by writing about the ways a woman listens to her own body, intuition, and desire.
Ani Gjika was born in Albania and came of age just after the fall of Communism, a time when everyone had a secret to keep and young... Read more
Adopting an Abandoned Farm
By: Kate Sanborn
Narrated by: Beata Pozniak
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Nominated for a Voice Arts Award - Outstanding Audiobook Narration – Classics – Best VoiceoverAdopting an Abandoned Farm—a woman’s journey as a writer-farmer in a man’s world is a compelling narrative of a trailblazing woman who defies societal norms by pursuing both farming and writing in a male-dominated landscape. Leaving behind city life,... Read more
View audiobookTales from the Frontlines: The Untold Stories of the New York Post
By: Jasper Cormac
Narrated by: Rob Williamson
Length: 2 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Tales from the Frontlines: The Untold Stories of the New York Post
Are you eager to explore the rich tapestry of New York's past and uncover the vibrant stories that have shaped its history?
Looking for an all-encompassing guide that unveils the essential narratives and insights from the New York Post’s archives?
Your search stops here!
This... Read more
The Grocer Who Sold McCarthyism
By: Fred M. Fiske
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Laurence A. Johnson, a supermarket chain owner in Syracuse, New York, wasn't just passionate about fresh produce; he was equally fervent about purging communism from America's airwaves in the early 1950s. Teamed with like-minded anti-communists, Johnson targeted food giants like Borden and Kraft. He threatened to hurt sales of their products if... Read more
View audiobookLetters
By: Oliver Sacks
Narrated by: James Langton & Kate Edgar
Length: 28 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
The letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing his passion for life and work, friendship and art, medicine and society, and the richness of his relationships with friends, family, and fellow intellectuals over the decades, collected here for the first time
“Here is the unedited Oliver Sacks—struggling, passionate, a... Read more
Gulp, Swallow
By: Brooke Boland
Narrated by: Candice Moll
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Memoiric essays on who we were and how we have changed
What happens when who you are is different to who you imagined you'd be?
When her son was three, Brooke Boland was diagnosed with depression. She went back to find where it all started – the panic attacks, the dissociation – in the early days of motherhood. When she found it difficult to read... Read more
Lincoln vs. Davis
By: Nigel Hamilton
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Length: 32 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
From a renowned biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union.
Of all the books written on Abraham Lincoln, there has been one surprising gap: the... Read more
Uncommon Company
By: William H. Luers
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 11 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
In his revelatory memoir Uncommon Company, William Luers shares stories of his incredible career as a US diplomat to European and Latin American nations, where he introduced art and culture to forge common ground and community, improving the lives of citizens in many countries closed to Western ideas. From touring the Soviet Union with... Read more
View audiobook她故事.中国卷:20世纪奇女子长卷
By: 王开林
Narrated by: 娜娜
Length: 12 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
内容简介: 二十世纪一百年,女界涌现了许多天才,出类拔萃的女子身上多半具有相当的传奇性。秋瑾、宋美龄、林徽因、张爱玲、赛金花、小凤仙、阮玲玉、赵一曼……她们活出了美丽和善良,活出了真情和至爱,活出了快乐和成功,也活出了血性和悲伤,她们活出了女人之为女人的最高的生命质量。 写本书时便遭遇到以下三个困难: 其一,如何挑选人物?挂一漏万固然难以避免,错爱和偏心也大有可能; 其二,如何定义"奇女子"?凡是才智、情感、节操、行为方面大异于世俗的女子便是奇女子。这一定义够不够周延? 其三,如何顾全各个领域?上个世纪,女性的文学、艺术、音乐、表演、科学、政治、经济和教育等多方面都有极其出色的表现,很难面面俱到。 Read more
View audiobookAlles büddn wild
By: Annemarie Paulsen
Narrated by: Bettina Hoffmann
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Mit einem persönlichen Vor- und Nachwort von Annemarie Paulsen! Grüne Wiesen, süße Kälbchen, der Käse, wie er immer schon war, und ein naturnahes Leben – das ist die Landidylle aus TV-Serien. 5-Tonner mit 300 PS, viele Stunden harte Arbeit, jede Menge Lärm und Matsch und der ewige Kampf mit der EU-Bürokratie – das ist die Realität für über... Read more
View audiobookMon enfance assassinée
By: Patricia Pattyn
Narrated by: Laurence Wajntreter
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Patricia a cinq ans quand son calvaire commence. Cinq ans et déjà toute la misère du monde pèse sur ses frêles épaules décharnées. Cinq ans, et déjà plus aucune illusion, plus aucun rêve... à part celui, lointain, inaccessible de mourir. Affamée, battue, violée... Patricia ne connaîtra de la vie que ses horreurs, ses pires cauchemars. Et si la... Read more
View audiobookBecoming Elisabeth Elliot
By: Ellen Vaughn & Joni Eareckson Tada
Narrated by: Connie Shabshab
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savagely speared her husband Jim and his four colleagues. Incredibly, prayerfully, Elisabeth took her toddler daughter, snakebite kit, Bible, and journal . . . and lived in the jungle with the Stone-Age people who killed her husband. Compelled by her... Read more
View audiobookWashington and the hope of peace
By: H.G. Wells
Narrated by: Andrew Jackson
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
In this compelling audiobook, we delve into the life and legacy of George Washington, exploring his pivotal role in shaping the future of a nation striving for peace. Through engaging narratives and insightful analysis, listeners will discover Washington's journey from a soldier in the Revolutionary War to the first President of the United... Read more
View audiobook超越百年的人生智慧:周有光自述
By: 周有光
Narrated by: 声宝
Length: 12 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
内容简介: 他是沈从文的连襟,合肥名门张家四姐妹之一张允和的夫君。他是博学的鸿儒,长寿的智者,沈从文给他取外号曰"周百科"。108岁世纪老人的精彩自述,"汉语拼音之父"的人生历程。 本书是当代著名学者、语言学家、"汉语拼音之父"周有光先生的自述文集。包括"百岁口述传记"、 "记忆的碎片"、" 回顾语言学界往事"、"... Read more
View audiobook如此星辰如此月:钱钟书与杨绛的旷世情缘
By: 朱云乔
Narrated by: 春燕
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
内容简介: 钱钟书与杨绛,一个是清华才子,一个是南国佳人。他们的爱情,始于初见,终于死别。不折腾,不做作,不张扬。这一种相守,如同涓涓细流,缓缓流入时光里。因为懂得,所以不离不弃。他们拥有最契合的灵魂,最温暖的坚守,纵使最后生离死别,却依然延续着那份珠联璧合的甜美爱情。 作者简介: 朱云乔,畅销书作家。情致高远,心思细腻。醉心于往昔岁月里的深情故事,放逐心怀于笔墨之间。著有《撒哈拉的眼泪:三毛传》、《面朝大海,春暖花开:海子传》、《情暖三生:梁思成与林徽因的爱情往事》、《一别,如果永不相见:张爱玲传》。 Read more
View audiobook中外名人传记大全集
By: 方洲
Narrated by: 朦胧
Length: 22 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
内容简介: 在源远流长、辉煌灿烂的世界历史岁月中,涌现出成千上万富有创造性和进取精神的名人,留下了一串串不可磨灭的历史印迹。名人以深邃的思想,放射出绮丽的光芒,启迪着人们的心智,照耀着人类的内心世界;名人以卓越的军政才能,主宰着世界的风云,改变着历史的格局,影响着人类的进程。本书如同一座群星璀璨的名人堂,引领大家接近名人,感受名人,从名人的经历和成就中汲取智慧和力量,进行一场心灵的洗礼、一次人生的历练,激励自我,提升素养,像名人一样去奋斗,像名人一样成功! Read more
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