Biography Audio Books
Welcome to our Biography Audio Book section.
- An American
Life
In this dramatic and revealing memoir, Ronald Reagan recounts both
his life and his beliefs with uncompromising candor and his
familiar wit.
- Anatomy of
Greed
Brian Cruver first entered the
- An
Englishman Abroad
Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton star as Guy Burgess and Coral
Browne in this BBC Radio Full-cast drama based on a real-life
chance encounter
-
An Evening With Ranulph Fiennes
In his inspirational one-man show Sir Ranulph enthrals theatre
audiences with tales of his amazing exploits and astonishing feats
of physical and mental endurance.
- Angela's
Ashes
When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at
all...
-
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life
Anne Morrow was married to the famous aviator Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh. As hungry for life and adventure as he, she harnessed
his fame and his courage to become a groundbreaking aviator and
writer. The tragic kidnapping and murder of their infant son became
the price Anne paid for her...
- Annie
Oakley: Woman at Arms
Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswomen who ever
lived. Born in 1860 to obscure and impoverished beginnings, she
made herself the best known woman of her time. Cooper traces
Oakley’s extraordinary journey, from her first meeting with Frank
Butler—a shooting match in which the...
- Anton
Chekhov: A Life
He was one of the greatest playwrights and story writers ever.
Anton Chekhov's life was short, intense, and dominated by battles.
Rayfield looks behind Chekhov's restrained façade to show him in
th...
- An
Unfinished Life
The first single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written in
nearly four decades.
- Are You
There Alone
In the tradition of In Cold Blood, Suzanne O'Malley exposes the
human mystery of the most horrifying crime in recent history and
the legal drama surrounding it.
-
Arkansas Mischief: The Birth of a National Scandal
As Bill Clinton's political and business mentor, McDougal, with his
knowledge of embarrassing real estate and banking deals, bribes,
and obstructions of justice, haunted the Clinton White House.
Ji...
- Around
the World in 80 Days
Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan:
to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by fictional
hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier.
- Arrogance
In Arrogance, Goldberg punctures the bubble in which the media
elites live and work.
- Arthur
Conan Doyle - A Life
In his comprehensive biography, Pearson considers how Doyle's life
is reflected in his books.
- Audience
With Barry Norman, An
Behind the silver screen with Britain's best-loved film critic.
-
Austrian Case for the Free Market Process, The
Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and Friedrich Hayek (born 1899) were
perhaps the foremost defenders of the free market and limited
government during the mid-twentieth century ascendancy of Keynesian
e...
-
Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, The
Pat Garrett was the sheriff of Lincoln County who killed Billy the
Kid. When Garrett’s book appeared, eight lurid dime novels had
glorified and falsified the Kid, making him into a murderous
super-outlaw. Garrett’s book tells the more genuine story of a
young, reckless cowhand who became a...
-
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The
In his autobiography we see him as a product of the Age of
Enlightenment, a Yankee statesman who could use the language of
Addison, Steele, Swift, and Defoe. Franklin asks himself, “Who am
I, how did I come to be, and why am I a human being as I am?” He
answers with honesty, wit, and charm,...
-
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The
The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one
of the founding fathers of America.
-
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and the Way to Wealth,
The
An early and influential advocate of the idea that any of us can
create in ourselves the greatness to which we aspire, Franklin
speaks across the centuries to listeners as clearly as ever...
-
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, The
Master Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, Benvenuto Cellini
is best remembered for his magnificent autobiography. In this work
which was actually begun in 1558 but not actually published until
1730, Cellini beautifully chronicles his own flamboyant times. He
tells of his adventures in...
-
Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., The
Written in his own words, this history-making autobiography is
Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and
student who chafed under and eventually rebelled against
segregation.
-
Back in Action: An American Soldier's Story of Courage, Faith and
Fortitude
When an antitank mine tore off Captain David Rozelle's right foot,
the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of
their most determined foes. They were wrong. Refusing to let
his...
- Bad Boy
Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and
unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his
Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s.
-
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World
Poverty
One day Muhammad Yunus loaned $27 from his own pocket to forty-two
stool makers living in a tiny village in Bangladesh. Seeing the
profound effect of a little credit for the very poor, Yunus changed
his life to establish the Grameen Bank, which provides miniscule
loans to the poor of Bangladesh.
|
