Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Sidney Poitier

By: Sidney Poitier & Joanna Poitier

Narrated by: Rodney Gardiner, Sydney Tamiia Poitier Heartson...

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The speeches of film legend Sidney Poitier—given at commencement addresses, awards shows, memorials, and more, on topics ranging from entertainment history to filmmaking, civil rights, and parenthood—come to vibrant life in this inspirational and stunningly packaged volume from the Poitier estate that sheds new light on the trailblazing artist's... Read more

Star-Spangled Jesus

By: April Ajoy

Narrated by: April Ajoy

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In this hilarious memoir, a social media star and podcast host shares about her time deeply entrenched in Christian Nationalism and how she left it behind to better follow Jesus.

Social media influencer and podcast host April Ajoy wouldn’t have called herself a Christian Nationalist when she performed her original song “America Say Jesus” on the... Read more

Michelangelo

By: Alexandre Dumas & Anne Lefort

Narrated by: Daniel Herbert

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Lassen Sie sich von der eindrucksvollen Lebensgeschichte eines der größten Künstler der Menschheitsgeschichte begeistern: Michelangelo Buonarroti. Alexandre Dumas, der gefeierte Autor von "Die drei Musketiere" und "Der Graf von Monte Christo", widmet in seinem Werk "Drei Meister" dem legendären Bildhauer, Maler und Architekten Michelangelo ein... Read more

Tizian

By: Alexandre Dumas & Anne Lefort

Narrated by: Daniel Herbert

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Renaissance und entdecken Sie das Leben und Werk eines der größten Maler dieser Epoche: Tizian. Alexandre Dumas, der weltberühmte Autor von "Die drei Musketiere" und "Der Graf von Monte Christo", widmet sich in "Drei Meister" drei herausragenden Künstlern der Kunstgeschichte. In diesem Audiobuch... Read more

100 Amazing Facts about Firefighters

By: Marc Dresgui

Narrated by: Marc Dresgui

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the fascinating world of firefighters through 100 surprising and captivating facts that will amaze both children and adults alike! 🚒
Have you ever wondered: Why are fire trucks red? How do firefighters extinguish a forest fire moving at 20 km/h? What are the suits that can withstand temperatures of 1,000 degrees? How do firefighters... Read more

Growing Upward

By: Dustin Pead

Narrated by: Dustin Pead & Chris Comstock

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up, I never thought any of my thoughts were unhealthy. I assumed, like most of us, through the lens of childhood innocence that everyone thought the way I did. I remember thinking regularly that my life and experiences are no different than anyone else’s, rationalizing the abnormalities of childhood in the ’80s and ’90s where the drama... Read more

Q

By: Craig Brown

Narrated by: Craig Brown & Harriet Walter

Length: 19 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and by actor Harriet Walter, known for her roles in Succession, Ted Lasso, and Killing Eve.

With equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret draws a deeply original, hilarious, and telling portrait of the Queen herself.

She was the most famous person on earth; she first... Read more

The Use of Photography

By: Annie Ernaux & Marc Marie

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. An account of Annie Ernaux’s love affair with journalist Marc Marie while she was undergoing treatment for cancer, and their combined project to document images and memories. Love and death cohabit in The Use of Photography, with alternating chapters by the two authors. First published in France in... Read more

Her Word Is Bond

By: Cristalle "Psalm One" Bowen

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“Nowhere near famous but still infamous,” Psalm One is a legend to rap nerds, scholars, and “heads,” and has gone on to work with the brightest names in rap and have her work celebrated and taught around the globe. In Her Word Is Bond, Psalm One tells her own story, from growing up in Englewood, Chicago through her life as a chemist, teacher,... Read more

One From the Hart

By: Stefanie Powers

Narrated by: Stefanie Powers

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The career of Stefanie Powers is one of so many stage, screen, and television credits that her name alone recalls memories as varied as her roles—on screen and off. From movie roles including John Wayne’s daughter in McLintock! and Lana Turner’s rival in Love Has Many Faces, to being terrorized by Tallulah Bankhead in Die, Die My Darling and... Read more

The Big, Brown Suitcase

By: Parvin Kolahdooz

Narrated by: Sarra Blok

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Raised in a traditional Iranian family, eighteen-year-old Parvin Kolahdooz felt increasingly restricted after the 1979 Islamic revolution. She was trapped in a society where just a few strands of her hair showing from under her hijab could land her in jail, where her fatherlessness left her increasingly vulnerable to being given away in... Read more

A Murder of Touts

By: Chris Farrell

Narrated by: Chris Farrell

Length: 14 hours

Abridged: No

At the start of a new relationship, she asked a simple question. His naïve response resulted in a yearlong string of life-threatening experiences, massive spider encounters, unexpected hilarity, and...enlightenment. All in the search for love.In the 1990’s, for the first time in history, it was possible to simply strap on a backpack and circle... Read more

I Will Do Better

By: Charles Bock

Narrated by: Charles Bock

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An acclaimed writer’s frank and tender memoir of parenting his toddler daughter in the wake of his wife’s untimely deathThe novelist Charles Bock was a reluctant parent, tagging along for the ride of fatherhood, obsessed primarily with his dream of a writing career. But when his daughter Lily was six months old, his wife, Diana, was diagnosed... Read more

Unlike the Rest

By: Chika Stacy Oriuwa

Narrated by: Heni Zoutomou

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In this personal story of becoming, belonging and being seen, a psychiatry resident pulls back the curtain on the journey to becoming a doctor.From childhood, Chika Oriuwa dreamed of being a doctor. She knew that she was destined to wear the white coat one day, no matter what it took. The high of being accepted to the University of Toronto’s... Read more

Ojos llenos de alegría

By: Toni Montesinos

Narrated by: Simon Gómez & Santiago Gómez

Length: 19 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Un viaje apasionante a través de la vida y el pensamiento de uno de los filósofos más destacados de su tiempo: Ralph Waldo Emerson. «Es la vida lo que tiene valor, no el haber vivido.» Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson fue en su tiempo y será por siempre una fuente de inspiración infinita. Adalid de la autoconfianza y de la adopción de un... Read more

The Paranormal Ranger

By: Stanley Milford, Jr.

Narrated by: Stanley Milford, Jr. & Duane Minard

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!*A Navajo Ranger’s chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and unexplained in NavajolandAs a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent, Stanley Milford Jr. grew up in a world where the supernatural was... Read more

Twitter. El pájaro de la discordia

By: Kurt Wagner

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

La historia definitiva de cómo una revolucionaria herramienta de información se convirtió en el mayor desastre empresarial del siglo Kurt Wagner se adentra en la fascinante historia de la empresa que revolucionó los medios de comunicación a escala global. Un extraordinario reportaje que parte desde sus orígenes hasta la brutal batalla legal y... Read more

Cómo luchar contra un dictador

By: Maria Ressa

Narrated by: Sara Gómez & Sonia Gómez

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

El libro de la premio Nobel de la paz, la periodista que puso en jaque a una dictadura. «Por su esfuerzo por salvaguardar la libertad de expresión como condición imprescindible para la democracia y la paz duradera.» Con esas palabras reconocía la Academia sueca la labor y el esfuerzo de Maria Ressa. Este libro es el mejor resumen de su... Read more

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) - Leben, Werke, Bedeutung - Basiswissen (ungekürzt)

By: Bert Alexander Petzold

Narrated by: Tom Mallner & narrator

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Friedrich Nietzsche - Großer Provokateur als Philosoph und Antichrist Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold präsentiert verständlich und strukturiert Basiswissen zum größten Provokateur der Philosophiegeschichte, der gleichermaßen verachtet und bewundert wird. Der deutsche Philosoph Friedrich Nietzsche wurde am 15. Oktober 1844 in... Read more

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) und Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) - Leben, Werke, Bedeutung - Basiswissen - Basiswissen (ungekürzt)

By: Bert Alexander Petzold

Narrated by: Michael Seeboth

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Erich Fromm und Herbert Marcuse - Die zweite Generation der Kritischen Theorie Der erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold erläutert verständlich und strukturiert Basiswissen zu den berühmten Philosophen der Frankfurter Schule Erich Fromm und Herbert Marcuse. Beide teilten zunächst eine kritische Perspektive auf den Kapitalismus... Read more

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) - Leben, Werke, Bedeutung - Basiswissen (ungekürzt)

By: Bert Alexander Petzold

Narrated by: Otto Schumann & narrator

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Arthur Schopenhauer - Erklärer unserer subjektiven Weltsicht Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold erläutert verständlich und strukturiert Basiswissen zum Pessimisten unter den Philosophen, der bestehende Lehrmeinungen hinterfragte. Schopenhauer entwickelte eine Philosophie, die Erkenntnistheorie, Metaphysik, Ästhetik und Ethik... Read more

How Women Made Music

By: National Public Radio, Inc & Alison Fensterstock

Narrated by: Alison Fensterstock, Ann Powers, Janina Edwards...

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The audiobook edition of How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History brings listeners closer than ever to their creative heroes. Featuring rare interview excerpts with Nina Simone, Sinead O’Connor, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Solange, and many more.NPR’s launch of the multi-platform series Turning the Tables in 2017,... Read more

Uses for Obsession

By: Ben Shewry

Narrated by: Ben Shewry

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate, searing and hopeful memoir meets manifesto that reframes the way we think about restaurants, cooking, hospitality, leadership and humanity from one of the most respected chefs in the world.

Chef and restaurateur Ben Shewry knows obsession well. Whether it's crispy-edged lasagne, saltwater crocodile ribs or the perfect potato,... Read more

Shatterproof

By: Lauren Sisler

Narrated by: Lauren Sisler

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

She lost her parents to secret opioid addictions. She lost her voice when the shame shattered her heart. But when she fell in love with her story, she became shatterproof.College football fans have welcomed Emmy Award-winning ESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler into their homes weekly since 2016. But the popular journalist known for asking... Read more