Nonfiction - Biography & Memoir

 
Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work

Stephen Hawking: His Life and Work

Author: Kitty Ferguson

Reader: Carole Boyd

Stephen Hawking is one of the most remarkable figures of our time, a Cambridge genius who has earned international celebrity as a brilliant theoretical physicist and become an inspiration and...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Author: Benjamin Franklin

Written as a letter to his son, this is Franklin's account of his personal life and career ending with his first mission to England in 1757. Winner of a Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award.

The World's Strongest Librarian

The World's Strongest Librarian

Author: Josh Hanagarne

Reader: Stephen R. Thorne

At first glance, Josh Hanagame seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6'7'', competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette Syndrome. But books are his first...

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Lessons from Everest

Lessons from Everest

Author: Dr. Tim Warren

Reader: Dr. Tim Warren

After a devastating failed attempt to climb Mt. Everest in 2007 and a brief period of mourning, Dr. Tim Warren became focused on learning the lessons that had been revealed to him while hiking...

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My Foot is Too Big for the Glass Slipper

My Foot is Too Big for the Glass Slipper

Author: Gabrielle Reece

Reader: Gabrielle Reece

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Much has happened to Gabrielle Reece since her 1997 bestseller Big Girl in the Middle. She's still gorgeous, still 6'3'', and a dominant force on and off the beach, but in the last fifteen years,...

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Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 1)

Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 1)

Author: Sue Clark Productions

Reader: Lisa 'Simone' Kelly

Winner of The Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Music Documentary. Nina's daughter Simone explores the life and career of her mother - the protest singer, jazz chanteuse, blues artist and live...

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Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 2)

Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 2)

Author: Sue Clark Productions

Reader: Lisa 'Simone' Kelly

In the second episode of this two-part documentary series, Nina's daughter Simone explores her mother's musical style and what she was like as a live performer. Her musical style can only be...

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Let Me Tell You a Story

Let Me Tell You a Story

Author: Renata Calverley

Reader: Anna Bentinck

Poland, 1939. Three-year-old Renata is woken in the middle of the night and bundled into the basement. No one has explained to Renata what war is. She only knows her Tatus, a doctor, is in Europe...

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The Girl with No Name

The Girl with No Name

Author: Marina Chapman

Reader: Pam Ward

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In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. So begins the incredible true story of Marina Chapman, who went...

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The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov

The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov

Author: Andrea Pitzer

Reader: Susan Boyce

Nabokov famously decreed his works "art for art's sake," drawing ire from other Russian exiles like Solzhenitsyn, who wondered why emigre authors like Nabokov did not write about the "blood...

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Wainwright: The Biography

Wainwright: The Biography

Author: Hunter Davies

Reader: Stephen Thorne

Alfred Wainwright's unique hand-drawn and hand-written Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells have been an inspiration to walkers for over 40 years. Yet despite many bestselling books and three...

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The Man Who Was George Smiley

The Man Who Was George Smiley

Author: Michael Jago

Reader: Christian Rodska

After the Iraq War, when the reputation of Britain's spooks hit an all-time low, John le Carré's intellectual hero George Smiley came to be seen as the perfect spy, a man who would never allow...

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Roots

Roots

Author: Alex Haley

Reader: Avery Brooks

This monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning saga and iconic bestseller is available for the first time on audio. 'Roots' begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later...

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The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov

The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov

Author: Andrea Pitzer

Reader: Susan Boyce

Nabokov famously decreed his works "art for art's sake," drawing ire from other Russian exiles like Solzhenitsyn, who wondered why emigre authors like Nabokov did not write about the "blood...

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Mick Jagger In His Own Words

Mick Jagger In His Own Words

Author: AudioGO

Reader: Mick Jagger

A fascinating collection of archive interviews with the famed lead singer of the Rolling Stones. In this archive we hear--in his owns words--about being the voice of his generation. He talks about...

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The Girl with No Name

The Girl with No Name

Author: Marina Chapman

Reader: Pam Ward

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In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. So begins the incredible true story of Marina Chapman, who went...

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Let Me Tell You a Story

Let Me Tell You a Story

Author: Renata Calverley

Reader: Anna Bentinck

Poland, 1939. Three-year-old Renata is woken in the middle of the night and bundled into the basement. No one has explained to Renata what war is. She only knows her Tatus, a doctor, is in Europe...

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Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 1)

Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 1)

Author: Sue Clark Productions

Reader: Lisa 'Simone' Kelly

Winner of The Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Music Documentary. Nina's daughter Simone explores the life and career of her mother - the protest singer, jazz chanteuse, blues artist and live...

Download $1.99 $9.95
Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 2)

Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 2)

Author: Sue Clark Productions

Reader: Lisa 'Simone' Kelly

In the second episode of this two-part documentary series, Nina's daughter Simone explores her mother's musical style and what she was like as a live performer. Her musical style can only be...

Download $1.99 $9.95
My Foot is Too Big for the Glass Slipper

My Foot is Too Big for the Glass Slipper

Author: Gabrielle Reece

Reader: Gabrielle Reece

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Much has happened to Gabrielle Reece since her 1997 bestseller Big Girl in the Middle. She's still gorgeous, still 6'3'', and a dominant force on and off the beach, but in the last fifteen years,...

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Lessons from Everest

Lessons from Everest

Author: Dr. Tim Warren

Reader: Dr. Tim Warren

After a devastating failed attempt to climb Mt. Everest in 2007 and a brief period of mourning, Dr. Tim Warren became focused on learning the lessons that had been revealed to him while hiking...

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The World's Strongest Librarian

The World's Strongest Librarian

Author: Josh Hanagarne

Reader: Stephen R. Thorne

At first glance, Josh Hanagame seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6'7'', competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette Syndrome. But books are his first...

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