Biography & Memoir audiobooks

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

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

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

Humans of Judaism

By: Nikki Schreiber

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

An inspirational, visual collection of 300 Jewish stories, curated by the editor and founder of the popular social media brand @humansofjudaism.

@humansofjudaism is a hugely popular handle, with over 300,000 followers on Instagram; and more than 500,000 followers across all platforms. When her father passed away in 2013, Nikki Schreiber found... Read more

Patriot - Meine Geschichte (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Alexej Nawalny

Narrated by: Joachim Schönfeld

Length: 20 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Die eindringliche und bewegende Autobiographie eines furchtlosen Oppositionsführers, der den höchsten Preis für seine Überzeugungen zahlen musste. Nawalny begann mit der Arbeit an PATRIOT im Jahr 2020, kurz nach dem Giftanschlag auf ihn. Es ist die umfassende Geschichte seines Lebens: seine Jugend, seine Berufung zum Aktivisten, seine Ehe und... Read more

Nobody Is Coming to Save You

By: Scott Mann

Narrated by: Scott Mann & Mike Rowe

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestselling author and leadership coach shares his invaluable secrets for successfully motivating people to action in low-trust, high-stakes environments.

For years, Scott Mann worked in low-trust, high stakes environments where nobody was coming to save him, his men, or the exhausted majority of Afghans they served. There, he... Read more

While I Have Your Attention

By: Lucille O'Neal

Narrated by: Karen Chilton & Jeremy Michael Durm

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Find hope when you see that it is never too late for a new beginning.This book is for…Every person who has experienced struggle and hardship
Every person who knew there was more out there than their own surroundings
Every person who dreamed and wanted more
Every person who hoped to inspire othersWhen Dr. Lucille O'Neal became a mom as a teenager,... Read more

Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time

By: Barry Sonnenfeld

Narrated by: Barry Sonnenfeld

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

One-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell, from his blockbuster career with iconic actors, studio execs, and producers. His humor and insight provide an inside glimpse into how Hollywood really works, or how it doesn’t.

Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time delivers a cavalcade of sometimes baffling, often... 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

"You're Not Doing It Right"

By: Ellen E Patnaude

Narrated by: Ellen Patnaude

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In "You're Not Doing It Right," Ellen Patnaude bravely opens the door to the haunting reality of Lewy body dementia (LBD) and unravels its profound impact on families. One of the most common types of dementia after Alzheimer's disease, LBD is marked by fluctuations in cognition, hallucinations, and motor symptoms. The journey begins with subtle... 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

Black Saturday

By: Trey Yingst

Narrated by: Trey Yingst

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war, offering riveting insight and fresh facts that clarify the scope and magnitude of this latest and most dramatic outbreak in one of the bloodiest, most nuanced, and longest-standing conflicts in modern history.On... 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

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

Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager

By: John Byron

Narrated by: Graham Scott

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Embarking from England as part of Commodore Anson’s expedition to the Pacific, HMS Wager was wrecked on a desert island to the southward of Chiloe. Following the wreck, the crew suffered dreadful privations from famine and descended into mutinous factionalism, theft, and murder. This account by young midshipman John Byron describes the events of... 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

Tokyo Noir

By: Jake Adelstein

Narrated by: Jake Adelstein & Shoko Plambeck

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

A darkly comic sequel to Tokyo Vice that is equal parts history lesson, true-crime exposé, and memoir. It’s 2008, and it’s been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijin crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The global economy is in shambles, Jake is off the police beat but still chain-smoking clove cigarettes, and Tadamasa Goto, the... Read more

IQ, EQ and DQ

By: Yuhyun Park

Narrated by: Ellie Flory Fawcett

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you know that 60% of children around the world have experienced at least one cyber-risk such as cyber-bullying, technology addiction, misinformation, online sexual exploitation, and others? The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the digitalization of global society. Cyber-risks among children, digital skill gaps and societal instability due to... 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

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

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