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Biography audio books are excellent to get the inside scoop on the people who interest you.
Below is our current selection of Biography audio books.
- Being Martha: The Inside
Story of Martha Stewart and Her Amazing Life
Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with Martha's family, close friends and colleagues, Allen reveals the woman behind the public
image, following her from childhood to the early days of her...
- Belle de Jour: The Intimate
Adventures of a London Call Girl
Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of
2004 Belle charted..
- Benn Tapes 1, The
The first volume of Labour MP Tony Benn's behind the scenes revelations first broadcast on BBC radio 4 ...
- Benn Tapes 2, The
A second volume of labour MP Tony Benn's behind the scenes revalations first broadcast on BBC radio 4...
- Best of Bryson City
A true story with the heart, the humor, and the humility of a raw young doctor in his very first days as a new family doctor in a little town
in the A
- Between A Rock And A Hard Place
One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told—Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote
spots in America, and one inspired act of bravery.
- Between Good And Evil
A master criminal profiler's hunt for society's most violent predators.
- Beyond Band of Brothers: The War
Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
The immortalized Band of Brothers suffered huge casualties while liberating Europe, an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Dick
Winters was their commander, and only he was present from the ...
- Big Three in Economics,
The: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes
History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics,
due to the turbulent lives and battle of ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John
Maynard Keynes.
- Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency (Abridged)
The Clinton presidency began disastrously and deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton faced up to his failures and refashioned
himself in the White House thereafter is the focus of this hitherto unwritten story. In vivid prose, this riveting narrative charts Clinton’s
dramatic...
- Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency
(Unabridged)
The Clinton presidency began disastrously and deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton faced up to his failures and refashioned
himself in the White House thereafter is the focus of this hitherto unwritten story. In vivid prose, this riveting narrative charts Clinton’s
dramatic...
- Bill of Rights and Additional Amendments, The
In 1791, the Constitution was amended to include ten amendments, which are commonly referred to as The Bill of Rights. These were the
guarantees of individual liberty upon which critics of the Cons...
- Bill Wallis Interview
Actor Bill Wallis discusses his work as a reader for audiobooks.
- Bing Crosby: The Early Years
In this commanding biography, eminent cultural critic Gary Giddins takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a provincial young law
student from Spokane, Washington, to the pinnacle of the en...
- Blowers: An Evening with
One of cricket's greatest raconteurs and his hilarious one-man stage show...
- Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of
Childhood and Family
Providing a fresh view of America via generations of two adventurous families, as well as information about conducting genealogical research,
Mrs. Cheney entertains and enlightens.
- Boys of
Everest, The: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
This book tells the gripping story of Bonington’s Boys, a band legendary climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades
after Everest’s first ascent. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement, and heartbreaking loss.
- Breach of Trust: How Washington
turns outsiders in to insiders
Tom A. Coburn, a congressional maverick who kept his promise to serve three terms and then leave Washington, offers a candid look at the
inner workings of Congress.
- Bringing Elizabeth Home
The miraculous true-life story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and return home.
- Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
Ray Charles led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he reveals his life story unsparingly, from the
chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addic...
- Brother's Journey, A
Richard Pelzer tells the courageous and moving story of his abusive childhood.
- Buddha's Child
Buddha's Child floods the shadowy corners of South Vietnam's Byzantine political world with the bright light of truth.
- Building Bridges
Stephen King accepts the 2003 National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature with grace and wit.
- Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Frances
Burton
Explorer, inventor, soldier, poet, archaeologist and diplomat, Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was the most remarkably versatile man of
his age. The explorer in Central Africa who discovered Lake Tanganyika also translated The Arabian Nights, made a dangerous pilgrimage to
Mecca in disguise,...
- Busting Vegas
In the classroom they were geeks, on the casino floor they were unstoppable. Busting Vegas is an unbelievable true story; a riveting account
of monumental greed, violence and excess at its best...
- By Myself and Then Some
The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to astound generations with her audacious spirit and on-screen
excellence.
- Caddy For Life
Behind every top golfer, there is an amazing caddy. And Bruce Edwards, who became a caddy after foregoing college in favor of life on the
Tour, is one of the best.
- California Characters: An Array of Amazing
People
California Characters is a collection of stories about unusual individuals profiled by Hillinger. Characters like Down the Road Dugan,
Sweetwater Clyde, Dr. Tinkerpaw, Spaceship Ruthie, and Warmly Ormly will delight, amuse, and perhaps inspire the listener with their tales
and reasons why...
- Call To Conscience, A: The Birth Of A New
Nation
From the
- Call to Conscience, A:
The Landmark Speeches of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
Featuring Never-Before-Collected, Original Recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Edited by Clayborne Carson and Kris Shepard.
- Camp
How the life lessons from summer camp shaped Michael D. Eisner into the man he is today.
- Captured by Indians: A True Account by
Mary Rowlandson
This marvelous reading of Mary Rownlandson's account of the Narragansett Indian siege, descriptive and mindful of the will of God, this is a
very powerful audiobook.
- Captured, The: A True
Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
Based on the life experiences of his great-great-great-uncle and his extensive research, Scott Zesch paints a vivid portrait of life on the
Texas frontier in The Captured and offers one of the few ...
- Case for Democracy, The
In this brilliantly analytical yet personal book, non-democratic societies are put under a microscope to reveal the mechanics of tyranny that
sustain them. In exposing the inner workings of a
- Case for Hillary Clinton, The
With arguments both stirring and sensible, she reminds us that if Hillary should succeed America and the World would be changed forever and
for the better.
- Central Europe
Central Europe's ancient civilizations have long been dominated by empires: The Roman Empire, the Habsburg Empire (based in Austria) and more
recently, the Soviet Communist. But the decline of comm...
- Chain Gang, The
“I’m afraid they’re going to get me,” said Frank Wood, publisher of the Green Bay News-Chronicle, in a phone call to colleague Richard
McCord. Wood could not hold out much longer against a devouring giant, the Gannett Company. McCord, as a publisher of the Santa Fe Reporter,
had successfully...
- Chain of Command
In Chain of Command, Hersh takes an unflinching look behind the public story of President Bush's
- Charles Hillinger's America:
People and Places in All 50 States
“Charles Hillinger’s America is not the crisis-ridden, argumentative, highly politicized country that we read about on the front pages. It’s
much more neighborly. . . it’s much truer to our real lives, too. If some historian of the future wants to know what we Americans were like
in the second...
- Chasing The Devil
Sheriff David Reichert ---
- Chelsea Dreaming
A quizzical look at the life and legend of celebrated poet Dylan Thomas, through the critical eyes of the infamous Chelsea Hotel...
- Children of
Jihad: A Young American's Travels among the Youth of the Middle East (TK)
Defying foreign government orders and interviewing terrorists face-to-face, a young American tours hostile lands to learn about Middle
Eastern youth.
- China
Since Marco Polo, the fabled markets of China have drawn the west like a magnet. This ancient culture has been colonized by foreign powers,
buffeted by war and revolution – yet China remains one of...
- Christian Dior: The Man Who Made the World
Look New
Christian Dior, the legendary French fashion designer, caused a worldwide sensation in 1947, in a Paris struggling to recover from wartime
devastation. Reintroducing the flowing, ankle-length skirt...
- Chronicles - Volume One
Revealing, poetical, passionate and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences.
- Churchill Remembered
A fascinating and illuminating audio portrait of the life and career of one of Britain's greatest leaders, recounted by those who knew him
and in his own words from the BBC archive.
- Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee's autobiographical tale of his childhood in a secluded Cotswold valley has become a modern classic. This BBC Radio 4 production
was recorded on location in Gloucestershire.
- Circus Fire, The
Stewart O'Nan has fashioned both an incomparably gripping narrative and a profound, measured glimpse into the extremes of human behavior
under duress.
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