Biography & Memoir audiobooks
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Heavy Duty
By:
K.K. Downing
Narrated by:
Maxwell Caulfield
Length:
9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged:
No
Get a backstage pass and see Judas Priest like you’ve never seen them before in this electrifying memoir by the band’s cofounder and former lead guitarist. Judas Priest formed in the industrial city of Birmingham, England, in 1969. With its distinctive twin-guitar sound, studs-and-leather image, and international sales of over 50 million... Read more about Heavy Duty
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#DoNotDisturb
By:
Jedediah Bila
Narrated by:
Jedediah Bila
Length:
7 hours 54 minutes
Abridged:
No
Have you ever looked at your email, then texts, then Facebook, then Twitter, then email, then Instagram, then Candy Crush, then texts, then Snapchat, then texts again, and now you’ve wasted the time you had set aside for more important things? Jedediah Bila has solved her own Obsessive Compulsive Tech Disorder, and she did it without... Read more about #DoNotDisturb
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On Sunset
By:
Kathryn Harrison
Narrated by:
Rebecca Lowman
Length:
6 hours 39 minutes
Abridged:
No
Born in Los Angeles at the dawn of the 1960s to parents who quickly departed, Kathryn Harrison was received by her maternal grandparents as a late-life child. Harry Jacobs and Margaret Sassoon, true wandering Jews, had emigrated to L.A. after leading whirlwind lives in Shanghai, London, Alaska, Russia, and beyond. Harrison grew up in their... Read more about On Sunset
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A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
By:
Helen Jukes
Narrated by:
Jane Collingwood
Length:
6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged:
No
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more about A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings
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Stranger
By:
Jorge Ramos
Narrated by:
Ozzie Rodriguez & Jorge Ramos
Length:
4 hours 57 minutes
Abridged:
No
“There are times when I feel like a stranger in this country. I am not complaining and it’s not for lack of opportunity. But it is something of a disappointment. I never would have imagined that after having spent thirty five years in the United States I would still be a stranger to so many. But that’s how it is”. Jorge Ramos, an Emmy... Read more about Stranger
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Shotguns and Stagecoaches
By:
John Boessenecker
Narrated by:
Alex Hyde-White
Length:
10 hours 47 minutes
Abridged:
No
Shotguns and Stagecoaches tells the true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives.The phrase "riding shotgun" was no teenage game to the men who guarded stagecoaches and trains of the Western frontier. Armed with... Read more about Shotguns and Stagecoaches
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Eat Cake. Be Brave.
By:
Melissa Radke
Narrated by:
Melissa Radke
Length:
6 hours 29 minutes
Abridged:
No
From the star of USA reality show The Radkes and creator of the viral "Red Ribbon Week" video, this is a hilarious and inspiring story of finding self-confidence in a world of naysayers. My name is Melissa Radke, and there is a very real chance you have no idea who I am or why I wrote a book. But admit it, you're curious! Even though millions... Read more about Eat Cake. Be Brave.
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A Sick Life
By:
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins
Narrated by:
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins
Length:
7 hours 37 minutes
Abridged:
No
In addition to the balancing act of juggling an all-consuming music career and her family, TLC's Tionne has struggled with sickle-cell disease since she was a young girl?a debilitating and incurable disease that can render her unable to perform, walk, or even breathe.A Sick Life chronicles Tionne's journey from a childhood spent in and out of... Read more about A Sick Life
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Counting Backwards
By:
Henry Jay Przybylo, MD
Narrated by:
Tom Perkins
Length:
5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged:
No
For many of the 40 million Americans who undergo anesthesia each year, it is a source of great fear and fascination. In Counting Backwards, Dr. Henry Jay Przybylo—an anesthesiologist with more than thirty years of experience—has written an unforgettable account of the routine procedure's daily dramas and fundamental mysteries. Przybylo has... Read more about Counting Backwards
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Jimmy Stewart
By:
Starr Smith
Narrated by:
Adam Grupper
Length:
5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged:
No
Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II—and they were legion—Jimmy Stewart was unique. On December 7th, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality of war, Stewart was already in uniform—as a private on guard duty south of San Francisco at the Army Air Corps Moffet Field. Seeing war on the... Read more about Jimmy Stewart
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Sole Survivor
By:
Holly K. Dunn
Narrated by:
Hillary Huber
Length:
8 hours 13 minutes
Abridged:
No
On August 28, 1997, just as she was starting her junior year of college at the University of Kentucky, Holly Dunn and her boyfriend, Chris Maier, were walking along railroad tracks on their way home from a party when they were attacked by notorious serial killer Angel Maturino Reséndiz, a.k.a. The Railroad Killer.After her boyfriend is beaten to... Read more about Sole Survivor
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Gilded Suffragists
By:
Johanna Neuman
Narrated by:
C.S.E. Cooney
Length:
6 hours 59 minutes
Abridged:
No
In the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Their names—Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany, Vanderbilt, Whitney, and the like—carried enormous public value. These women were the media darlings of their day because of the extravagance of their costume balls and the... Read more about Gilded Suffragists
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Saint Mick
By:
Mick Foley
Narrated by:
Mick Foley
Length:
5 hours 31 minutes
Abridged:
No
From beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author and WWE Hall-of-Famer Mick Foley comes a Yuletide tale like no other. After a lifetime of putting his body on the line to entertain his dozens (and dozens!) of fans, the Hardcore Legend is paying the price—physically and emotionally. When the final bell on Mick's career tolls, not in the ring,... Read more about Saint Mick
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A Handful of Hard Men
By:
Hannes Wessels
Narrated by:
Jack Chekijian
Length:
12 hours 17 minutes
Abridged:
No
It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so... Read more about A Handful of Hard Men
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Goddess
By:
Anthony Summers
Narrated by:
Donna Postel
Length:
19 hours 39 minutes
Abridged:
No
Marilyn Monroe, born to deprivation and a series of foster homes, became an acting legend of the twentieth century. She married famous men, Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, and her many lovers included President John F. Kennedy. Her death, at thirty-six, is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Anthony Summers interviewed 600... Read more about Goddess
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Paradise Lost
By:
David S. Brown
Narrated by:
David Colacci
Length:
15 hours 29 minutes
Abridged:
No
Pigeonholed in popular memory as a Jazz Age epicurean, a playboy, and an emblem of the Lost Generation, F. Scott Fitzgerald was at heart a moralist struck by the nation's shifting mood and manners after World War I. In Paradise Lost, David Brown contends that Fitzgerald's deepest allegiances were to a fading antebellum world he associated with... Read more about Paradise Lost
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Packing My Library
By:
Alberto Manguel
Narrated by:
James Cameron Stewart
Length:
3 hours 55 minutes
Abridged:
No
In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Packing up his enormous, 35,000-volume personal library, choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel found himself in deep reverie on the nature of... Read more about Packing My Library
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President Carter
By:
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Narrated by:
Brian Troxell, Madeleine Albright & Stuart E. E...
Length:
37 hours 24 minutes
Abridged:
No
This program includes a forward written and read by Madeleine Albright, with a preface and introduction read by Stuart E. Eizenstat.The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments—drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes.Stuart E. Eizenstat was at Jimmy... Read more about President Carter
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The Widower's Notebook
By:
Jonathan Santlofer
Narrated by:
Jonathan Santlofer
Length:
6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged:
No
Written with unexpected humor and great warmth, The Widower's Notebook is a portrait of a marriage, an account of the complexities of finding oneself single again after losing your spouse, and a story of the enduring power of familial love."This is deeply moving ... beautifully written and modulated, with a dollop of droll, black... Read more about The Widower's Notebook
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Now My Heart Is Full
By:
Laura June
Narrated by:
Laura June
Length:
7 hours 47 minutes
Abridged:
No
A deeply affecting memoir of motherhood and daughterhood, and how we talk about both, from popular writer Laura June“Laura June writes with wit and melancholy, unabashed joy and tenderness. . . . When I reached the end, I found myself in tears.” —Roxane Gay Laura June’s daughter, Zelda, was only a few moments old when she held her for the... Read more about Now My Heart Is Full
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A Girl's Guide to Missiles
By:
Karen Piper
Narrated by:
Rebecca Lowman
Length:
10 hours 28 minutes
Abridged:
No
A surreal and poignant coming of age on a secretive missile facility, and "an incredible view of...life in a town built for war."--BooklistThe China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy.... Read more about A Girl's Guide to Missiles
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Operation Greylord
By:
Terrence Hake & Wayne Klatt
Narrated by:
Charles Constant
Length:
10 hours 14 minutes
Abridged:
No
Operation Greylord was the longest and most successful undercover investigation in FBI history, and the largest corruption bust ever in the U.S. It resulted in bribery and tax charges against 103 judges, lawyers, and other court personnel, and, eventually, more than seventy indictments.And it was led by Terrence Hake, a young assistant... Read more about Operation Greylord
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This Victorian Life
By:
Sarah A. Chrisman
Narrated by:
Laural Merlington
Length:
11 hours 37 minutes
Abridged:
No
We all know that the best way to study a foreign language is to go to a country where it's spoken, but can the same immersion method be applied to history? How do interactions with antique objects influence perceptions of the modern world?From Victorian beauty regimes to nineteenth-century bicycles, custard recipes to taxidermy experiments, oil... Read more about This Victorian Life
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Lalechka
By:
Amira Keidar
Narrated by:
Neil Hellegers & Elizabeth Wiley
Length:
9 hours 11 minutes
Abridged:
No
It's a warm and muggy Saturday night in August of 1942. The Nazis are liquidating the ghetto of Shedlitz, an industrial town east of Warsaw, Poland. Zippa, a twenty-seven-year-old Jewish woman, finds temporary shelter in a small attic, together with her baby daughter and a hundred frightened Jews. When the Nazi noose is tightened around her... Read more about Lalechka
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