Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Last Boy of ’66

By: Sir Geoff Hurst

Narrated by: Rupert Farley & Sir Geoff Hurst

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

FOUR FOR ENGLAND. THREE FOR HURST.

'Images of us celebrating have taken their place in the nation’s photo album. Trophy aloft, smiling into our future.

Banksy, George, Jack, Mooro, Ray, Nobby, Bally, Bobby, Martin, Roger. My ten teammates. My old friends. They’ve now all gone. Heroes from an era that is slipping into... Read more

Ignite Passion: Proven Techniques to Energize Your Team

By: Kellan Waverly

Narrated by: Nick Porter

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Ignite Passion: Proven Techniques to Energize Your Team
⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐
Are you eager to advance in your career by unlocking the full potential of your team through inspired passion techniques?
Looking for a comprehensive resource that provides all the necessary strategies to unleash your team's potential?
Your search stops here!
This... Read more

A Dancer's Final Bow

By: Louise Salisbury

Narrated by: Christine LaChance

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A Dancer's Final Bow is a collection of autobiographical sketches based on the author's childhood in Colorado, her experiences as a single mom, and her life as a dancer. "Chokecherries" evokes an early life spent in Cheyenne Canyon surrounded by Native American lore. "The Cherry Coke" commemorates her first romance in fifth grade. "Green" calls... Read more

The Good, the Bad & the Rugby – Unleashed

By: Alex Payne, James Haskell & Mike Tindall

Narrated by: Alex Payne, James Haskell & Mike Tindall

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

The long-awaited book from rugby stars Alex Payne, James Haskell and Mike Tindall Rugby megastars James Haskell, Mike Tindall and Alex Payne get together to discuss the highs and lows of their podcast, friendship and rugby. Among the key questions answered: What happened when Mike took their shambles of a... Read more

Trees in Winter

By: Richard Shimell

Narrated by: Justin Avoth

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

'Trees in Winter by Richard Shimell is a wonderful, beautiful book for anyone who loves printmaking and nature. In this book Richard demonstrates his great skill as a printmaker, artist and writer, with the story of the paths taken to find his art as engaging as the images themselves.'
ANGELA HARDING

'A wonderfully honest, evocative, inspiring... Read more

Recovered

By: Robby Gallaty

Narrated by: Robby Gallaty

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Robby Gallaty is not who you think he is. In Recovered, pastor and author Robby Gallaty tells the story of how God radically saved him from his addictions and called him into a life of discipleship. Robby grew up in a very religious Catholic family who attended church every Sunday and confession on Saturday if needed. Very rarely did he miss... Read more

Vanessa Bares All

By: Vanessa Feltz

Narrated by: Vanessa Feltz

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

She vowed she'd never do it. She lied. Vanessa Feltz has done the unthinkable and written a joltingly honest autobiography.

You think you already know all there is to know about Vanessa? You don't know the half of it. Brace yourself for the achingly funny, deeply moving untold story: the behind the scenes lowdown on the... Read more

Believe

By: Oleksandr Zinchenko

Narrated by: Greg Kolpakchi

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Believe: The Autobiography by Oleksandr Zinchenko, read by Greg Kolpakchi.

The remarkable story of the footballer who battled against the odds to achieve his dreams – only to see his country having to fight to survive, after the shocking invasion of Ukraine.

A fan favourite at Arsenal and previously at Manchester City,... Read more

Hardest Geezer

By: Russ Cook

Narrated by: Russ Cook

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Endurance, Determination and Grit: The first ever man to run the length of Africa shares his inspirational story

10,000 miles. 16 countries. 352 days.

Hardest Geezer, Russ Cook, is the first person to ever run the entire length of Africa. From his starting point in Cape Agulhas, South Africa, through sandstorms in the... Read more

Graphene: The Wonder Material Shaping our Future

By: Neetu Prasad

Narrated by: Neetu Prasad

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"Graphene: The Wonder Material Shaping Our Future" takes readers on a captivating journey into the realm of graphene - a single layer of carbon atoms with extraordinary properties. From its accidental discovery to the present day, we explore historical milestones and ingenious minds behind breakthroughs.Graphene's unparalleled electrical... Read more

Finding Pax

By: Kaci Cronkhite

Narrated by: Abigail Reno & Kaci Cronkhite

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Around the world sailor, Kaci Cronkhite knew better than to buy a wooden boat. But, smitten by the curves of a rare Danish spidsgatter named Pax—she did.Days after the boat’s arrival from Vancouver Island, Canada, to Port Townsend, Washington, startling questions emerged with no answers. Where was proof of the boat’s WWII-era origin and history... Read more

Vaccines and Bayonets

By: Bee Bloeser

Narrated by: Claudia Dunn

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into the heart of a turbulent era with a gripping historical memoir that chronicles one woman’s extraordinary journey in Africa. In this vivid recounting—which one Pulitzer nominee says, “reads like a political thriller, women’s history, and African adventure rolled into one,”—Bee Bloeser unveils the raw reality of her family’s part in the... Read more

Getting Here From There

By: Clara Atmane

Narrated by: Clara Atmane

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn to tell your truth from a reflective, honest, nonreactive prospective.Recently retired from a challenging legal career, Clara Atmane was asking the big questions: Who am I now? Why am I here now? Why am I still so lonely?Digging into the first ten years of her life, Atmane uncovered secrets and hidden treasure. Blame and anger turned to... Read more

Wrinkles Welcome

By: Gaby Laurent

Narrated by: Gaby Laurent

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

At twenty-six, Gaby felt like her life was just beginning. Newly married and pregnant with her first child, she was on top of the world.
But that joy was shattered when a routine blood test led to a diagnosis of AML Leukemia-and the treatment she needed could harm her baby or save them both.
As a mother and cancer survivor, Gaby navigated the... Read more

A Woman's War Record

By: Septima M. Collis

Narrated by: Julie Ann Marra

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A Woman's War Record by Septima M. Collis, narrated by Julie Ann Mara, offers a rare and compelling first-person account of life during the American Civil War from a woman’s perspective. Collis, the wife of a Union army officer, shares her experiences witnessing the war up close, detailing the struggles, bravery, and resilience of both soldiers... Read more

Yankee Doodle Dandy

By: Elizabeth Titrington Craft

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Playwright, composer, actor, director, and producer George M. Cohan looms large in musical theater legend. Remembered today for classic tunes like "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "Give My Regards to Broadway," he has been called "the father of musical comedy," and his statue stands in the heart of the New York theater district. Cohan's early... Read more

The Kid Across the Hall

By: Reid Saaris

Narrated by: Mike Lenz

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Growing up, Reid was confused and disturbed by the different opportunities his best friend received. The gap widened as Reid's classes enabled him to pursue an elite college degree across the country studying educational opportunity and teaching.



Then, Reid became a teacher at an under-resourced South Carolina high school where efforts to serve... Read more

F*ck You, God

By: Phil Williams

Narrated by: Phil Williams

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

What could lead a little fellow to set a putt-putt course on fire or host a keg party at his parents’ house during high school (when his father was a prominent pastor in town) or defy all odds and become perhaps a combination of the smallest and slowest starting wide receiver in major college football history? And how did that youngster... Read more

A Few Words in Defense of Our Country

By: Robert Hilburn

Narrated by: Rob Hilburn Jr.

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive biography of songwriter Randy Newman, told with his full cooperation, by acclaimed biographer and longtime Los Angeles Times music critic, Robert Hilburn
 
Randy Newman is widely hailed as one of America’s all-time greatest songwriters, equally skilled in the sophisticated melodies and lyrics of the Gershwin-Porter era and the... Read more

Home and Away

By: Mats Sundin

Narrated by: Alan Carlson

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER

In one of the last great remaining untold stories in all of sports, the Hall of Fame Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin shares for the first time an unfiltered look at playing hockey in Sweden and across North America as part of the sport’s most fabled franchises.

Growing up in Sollentuna, Sweden, on the outskirts of... Read more

Mondrian

By: Nicholas Fox Weber

Narrated by: Patty Nieman

Length: 25 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • The extraordinary and surprising life of Piet Mondrian, whose unprecedented geometric art revolutionized modern painting, architecture, graphic art, fashion design, and more—from acclaimed cultural historian Nicholas Fox Weber

"As fastidiously passionate as his subject's paintings. How wonderful it... Read more

My Good Bright Wolf

By: Sarah Moss

Narrated by: Morven Christie

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Morven Christie's limpid, Scottish-inflected voice and gentle, enticing tone combine to lure listeners into Sarah Moss's astonishing seventh novel as effectively as mermaids tempt sailors into the sea" —AudioFile on Summerwater (Earphones Award winner)

A New York magazine Most-Anticipated Book of the Fall

From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall,... Read more

Julia Child’s Kitchen

By: Paula J. Johnson

Narrated by: Jacques Pépin & Elizabeth Wiley

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Julia Child's 20' x 14' kitchen was a serious workspace and recipe-testing lab that exuded a sense of mid-century homey comfort. Now, it has been on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, for most of the past twenty years.



Between lively narrative and detailed commentary on Julia's favorite kitchen gadgets, Julia... Read more

Donald Writes No More

By: Eddie Stone

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

For the fiftieth anniversary of his murder, this gritty, engrossing, definitive biography of the legendary Black writer Donald Goines—the Godfather of Urban Street Lit and "one of hip hop's greatest inspirations" (The Source Magazine)—is back.



Addict, thief, pimp, pusher, player—and most notably, groundbreaking writer. Donald Goines was all of... Read more