Biography & Autobiography

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Subsidence, Helen O'Leary

Subsidence

by Helen O'Leary

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SubsidenceA daughter longs to guide her mother through the hardest of journeys of memory ...

Unabridged: 4 hr 17 min
Narrator: Helen O'Leary
Published: 10/24/2022
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After the Fire A True Story of Friendship and Survival, Robin Gaby Fisher

After the Fire

by Robin Gaby Fisher

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On January 19, 2000, a fire raged through the freshman dormitory at Seton Hall University...

Unabridged: 6 hr 42 min
Narrator: Richard Powers
Published: 08/25/2008
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The Second Journey The Road Back to Yourself, Joan Anderson

The Second Journey

by Joan Anderson

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Nearly a decade after the debut of her bestselling, lifechanging classic A Year by the Se...

Unabridged: 5 hr 2 min
Narrator: Pam Ward
Published: 04/29/2008
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Lopsided How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting, Meredith Norton

Lopsided

by Meredith Norton

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Lopsided is not your ordinary cancer memoir. Neither too serious nor too saccharine, Mere...

Unabridged: 5 hr 48 min
Narrator: Carrington MacDuff...
Published: 06/12/2008
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A Writers People Ways of Looking and Feeling, V. S. Naipaul

A Writers People

by V. S. Naipaul

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Born in Trinidad of Indian descent, a resident of England for his entire adult life, and ...

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min
Narrator: Simon Vance
Published: 04/29/2008
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I am Potential Eight Lessons on Living, Loving, and Reaching Your Dreams, Patrick Henry Hughes with Patrick John Hughes and Bryant Stamford

I am Potential

by Patrick Henry Hughes wi...

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As featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Oprah, this is the powerful story of yo...

Unabridged: 7 hr 27 min
Narrator: Paul Michael Garci...
Published: 10/20/2008
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The Reagan I Knew, William F. Buckley Jr.

The Reagan I Knew

by William F. Buckley Jr.

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In The Reagan I Knew, the late William F. Buckley Jr. offers a reminiscence of thirty yea...

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min
Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartne...
Published: 10/13/2008
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An Education, Lynn Barber

An Education

by Lynn Barber

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When Lynn Barber was sixteen, a stranger in a maroon sports car pulled up beside her as s...

Unabridged: 4 hr 45 min
Narrator: Carolyn Seymour
Published: 02/16/2010
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Tiger The Real Story, Steve Helling

Tiger

by Steve Helling

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At twenty, Tiger Woods made his debut in a Nike commercial. Hello, World, he said. Are yo...

Unabridged: 6 hr 42 min
Narrator: Kevin Kenerly
Published: 05/04/2010
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The Enchanted Places Beyond the World of Pooh, Part 1, Christopher Milne

The Enchanted Places

by Christopher Milne

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This is Christopher Milnes first autobiography, which was followed by Part 2 The Path th...

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min
Narrator: Peter Dennis
Published: 08/26/2010
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Name Dropping Tales From My San Francisco Nightclub, Barnaby Conrad

Name Dropping

by Barnaby Conrad

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When El Matador opened in 1958, Bennett Cerf called it the most attractive room in Americ...

Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min
Narrator: Barnaby Conrad
Published: 01/01/2007
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Tales from the Dugout, Mike Shannon

Tales from the Dugout

by Mike Shannon

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This memorable collection of anecdotes about Americas national pastime will take you into...

Unabridged: 5 hr 26 min
Narrator: Patrick Cullen
Published: 01/01/2007
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You Know Me, Al, Ring Lardner

You Know Me, Al

by Ring Lardner

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Jack Keefe, one of literatures great characters, is talented, brash, and conceited. Selfa...

Unabridged: 5 hr
Narrator: Dennis McKee
Published: 01/01/2006
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Facets of Ayn Rand, Mary Ann Sures and Charles Sures

Facets of Ayn Rand

by Mary Ann Sures and Char...

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Facets of Ayn Rand is based on fortyeight hours of interviews with Mary Ann and Charles S...

Unabridged: 3 hr 52 min
Narrator: Susan O'Malley
Published: 06/24/2005
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Wolves and Honey, Susan Brind Morrow

Wolves and Honey

by Susan Brind Morrow

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Prompted by the emotional loss of two friends, one a trapper and one a beekeeper, the aut...

Unabridged: 4 hr 9 min
Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
Published: 06/26/2005
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Being Martha The Inside Story of Martha Stewart and Her Amazing Life, Lloyd Allen

Being Martha

by Lloyd Allen

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Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with Marthas family, close friends and colleag...

Unabridged: 5 hr 25 min
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Published: 01/01/2006
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Dito Montiel

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saint...

by Dito Montiel

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Dito Montiel grew up wild in the streets of Astoria, Queens and in the underground and pu...

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min
Narrator: Jason Collins
Published: 01/01/2006
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The Bag Lady Papers The Priceless Experience of Losing It All, Alexandra Penney

The Bag Lady Papers

by Alexandra Penney

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Throughout her life, Alexandra Penney's worst fear was becoming a bag lady. Even as she w...

Unabridged: 5 hr 2 min
Narrator: Marguerite Gavin
Published: 02/16/2010
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Low Down Junk, Jazz, and Other Fairy Tales from Childhood, A.J. Albany

Low Down

by A.J. Albany

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Emmy-nominated Game of Thrones star Lena Headey reads the acclaimed memoir that inspired ...

Unabridged: 4 hr 14 min
Narrator: Lena Headey
Published: 12/03/2013
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Paris A Love Story; a Memoir, Kati Marton

Paris

by Kati Marton

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This is a memoir for anyone who has ever fallen in love in Paris, or with Paris-and for a...

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min
Narrator: Kathe Mazur
Published: 08/14/2012
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Heart Earth, Ivan Doig

Heart Earth

by Ivan Doig

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National Book Award finalist Ivan Doig had only a vague memory of his mother until he dis...

Unabridged: 4 hr 38 min
Narrator: Tom Stechschulte
Published: 12/17/2010
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Against Football One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto, Steve Almond

Against Football

by Steve Almond

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In Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no long...

Unabridged: 4 hr 45 min
Narrator: Peter Berkrot
Published: 02/17/2015
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Divided Soul The Life of Marvin Gaye, David Ritz

Divided Soul

by David Ritz

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In this intimate biography of the Prince of Soul, David Ritz provides a candid look at a ...

Abridged: 6 hr 38 min
Narrator: Dion Graham
Published: 08/07/2008
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Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Hulk Hogan

Hollywood Hulk Hogan

by Hulk Hogan

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You think you knowHollywood Hulk Hogan™?Brother, you don't know squat about me.Yeah,...

Abridged: 1 hr 51 min
Narrator: Hulk Hogan
Published: 11/01/2002
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Diana: Her New Life, Andrew Morton

Diana: Her New Life

by Andrew Morton

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The publication in 1992 of Andrew Morton's Diana: Her True Story shook the British Royal ...

Abridged: 1 hr 32 min
Narrator: Lynn Redgrave
Published: 12/01/1994
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The Defense Is Ready: Life in the Trenches of Criminal Law, Leslie Abramson

The Defense Is Ready: Life in the...

by Leslie Abramson

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In The Defense is Ready, Leslie Abramson, the brilliant and outspoken defense attorney, t...

Abridged: 3 hr 10 min
Narrator: Leslie Abramson
Published: 02/01/1997
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John Wayne's America The Politics of Celebrity, Garry Wills

John Wayne's America

by Garry Wills

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and...

Abridged: 2 hr 38 min
Narrator: Garry Wills
Published: 03/01/1997
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My Story:  An Autobiography and Battle with Schizophrenia, Zahid Zaman

My Story: An Autobiography and B...

by Zahid Zaman

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An Autobiography and batle with schizophrenia from a young male Asian perspective. Read t...

Unabridged: 2 hr 8 min
Narrator: John Paul
Published: 01/01/2012
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I Love Being Old The Last Phase of Life Can Be Made The Best, Armiger Jay Jagoe

I Love Being Old

by Armiger Jay Jagoe

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"For the 46 million Americans over age 65, I Love Being Old, will be a breath of fre...

Unabridged: 3 hr 27 min
Narrator: Armiger Jagoe
Published: 02/04/2019
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My Grape Wedding, Laura Bradbury

My Grape Wedding

by Laura Bradbury

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My Grape Wedding takes fans of Laura Bradbury's Grape Series from London to the enchantin...

Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min
Grape Series #3
Narrator: Hope Newhouse
Published: 01/03/2020
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My Grape Village, Laura Bradbury

My Grape Village

by Laura Bradbury

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Five years after My Grape Escape, Laura and Franck are back in Burgundy to tackle their n...

Unabridged: 11 hr 43 min
Grape Series #5
Narrator: Hope Newhouse
Published: 01/09/2020
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Prepared for a Purpose The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege, Antoinette Tuff

Prepared for a Purpose

by Antoinette Tuff

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True Story of Courage and Compassion in a School Under Siege As 870 children waited in f...

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min
Narrator: Robin Miles
Published: 01/21/2014
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Inventor's Secret, The What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford, Suzanne Slade

Inventor's Secret, The

by Suzanne Slade

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Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curi...

Unabridged: 23 min
Narrator: Susie Berneis
Published: 12/15/2015
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Soldier A Poet's Childhood, June Jordan

Soldier

by June Jordan

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With Soldier, world-renowned poet June Jordan presents a deeply personal memoir of her fo...

Unabridged: 4 hr 57 min
Narrator: Robin Miles
Published: 05/10/2013
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Just a Lucky So and So, Lesa Cline-Ransome

Just a Lucky So and So

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

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Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Al...

Unabridged: 15 min
Narrator: Arnell Powell
Published: 08/16/2016
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Benjamin Franklin, Citizen, Fredd Wayne

Benjamin Franklin, Citizen

by Fredd Wayne

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Ben Franklin's wisdom is just as potent now as it was more than two hundred years ago. A ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 20 min
Narrator: Fredd Wayne
Published: 01/01/1995
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Lives of the Writers Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought), Kathleen Krull

Lives of the Writers

by Kathleen Krull

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History comes to life in this dynamic volume! Here are inside views of twenty writers-peo...

Unabridged: 2 hr 5 min
The Lives of Series
Narrator: John C. Brown; Mel...
Published: 04/30/2010
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Memoranda During the War from Specimen Days, Walt Whitman

Memoranda During the War

by Walt Whitman

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"The real war will never get in the books," Walt Whitman wrote in this diary he kept duri...

Unabridged: 4 hr 4 min
Narrator: Robert Gorman
Published: 03/07/2008
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Famous Heroes of the American West, William Roberts

Famous Heroes of the American Wes...

by William Roberts

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Famous Heroes of the American West is a lively account of the ‘Wild West’ and...

Unabridged: 2 hr 23 min
Narrator: Adam Sims
Published: 05/28/2012
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Famous People in History – Volume 2, Nicolas Soames

Famous People in History – ...

by Nicolas Soames

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There is a need for accessible short biographies of key people for younger listeners. Fol...

Unabridged: 2 hr 37 min
Narrator: Daniel Philpott, L...
Published: 03/01/2000
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Benjamin Franklin Diplomat, Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

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He was a publisher, printer, scientist and inventor, but Ben Franklin's greatest success ...

Unabridged: 4 hr 38 min
Narrator: Adrian Cronauer
Published: 01/15/2008
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Conversations with Lincoln Little-Known Stories from Those Who Met America's 16th President, Gordon Leidner

Conversations with Lincoln

by Gordon Leidner

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An inspiring collection of stories from ordinary Americans who sought Lincoln's help duri...

Unabridged: 3 hr 27 min
Narrator: Graham Winton
Published: 06/07/2016
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Cards for Brianna A Mom’s Messages of Living, Laughing, and Loving as Time is Running Out, Heather McManamy

Cards for Brianna

by Heather McManamy

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After being diagnosed in her early thirties with terminal breast cancer, Heather McManamy...

Unabridged: 3 hr 21 min
Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
Published: 04/12/2016
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Space Precinct Unmasked, Richard James

Space Precinct Unmasked

by Richard James

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‘The name’s James, Richard James. In 1994 I played a part in a TV series call...

Unabridged: 5 hr 21 min
Narrator: Richard James
Published: 09/05/2020
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The Icon Black Lives Matter Series, America's Eternal Shame 30 Years A Slave, Louis Huges

The Icon Black Lives Matter Serie...

by Louis Huges

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In Thirty Years A Slave Hughes provides vivid descriptions and explicit accounts of how t...

Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min
Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano ...
Published: 09/26/2020
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Silent Thunder; Meher Baba; Divine Discourses, Geoffrey Giuliano

Silent Thunder; Meher Baba; Divin...

by Geoffrey Giuliano

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Meher Baba, took up his avataric duties early in 1922 after seven years of intense work w...

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min
Narrator: Raj Rass
Published: 05/22/2020
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The Beatles Story; In Their Own Words, Geoffrey Giuliano

The Beatles Story; In Their Own W...

by Geoffrey Giuliano

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Here is the Beatles' incredible story in their own words! Once again, internationally acc...

Unabridged: 1 hr 37 min
Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano
Published: 05/23/2020
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The Beatles; 50 Years, Geoffrey Giuliano

The Beatles; 50 Years

by Geoffrey Giuliano

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The Beatles, the most famous rock group in the world, continue to entertain, inspire, and...

Unabridged: 1 hr 45 min
Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano
Published: 05/23/2020
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Pete Townshend & The Who; Rock of Ages, Geoffrey Giuliano

Pete Townshend & The Who; Rock of...

by Geoffrey Giuliano

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The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their original line-up consist...

Unabridged: 1 hr 54 min
Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano
Published: 05/23/2020
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The Eternal Legend Of The People's Princess Diana, Avalon Giuliano

The Eternal Legend Of The People'...

by Avalon Giuliano

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"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge...

Unabridged: 1 hr
Narrator: Avalon Giuliano
Published: 02/28/2021