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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.
- Civil Disobedience / The Liberator
Civil Disobedience discusses Thoreau's arguments for civil disobedience-the deliberate violation of laws for reasons of conscience. Thoreau's
concept is based on the belief that no law should comma...
- Clare Corbett Interview
Actress Clare Corbett discusses her work as a reader for audiobooks.
- Clemente
From the bestselling' author of When Pride Still Mattered... a sports biography destined to become a modern classic...
- Climb
Harrowing accounts of extreme mountaineering and its potentially fatal consequences.
- Colombia and Panama
Colombia in the 1980s became known for its role in the illegal drug trade, and for political instability and violence caused by this problem.
But much of this is a recent development in Colombia's ...
- Common Sense/The Declaration of
Independence
Common Sense examines how Americans defended the right to resist unjust laws, and how this right of resistance was transformed into a right
of revolution. It examines Thomas Paine's views on the di...
- Communist Manifesto / Social Contract
Communist Manifesto examines the theory and goals expounded by Marx. Marx argues that history flows inevitably toward a social revolution,
which will result in a society without economic classes. T...
- Compleated Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin,
The
After ending his life's story in 1757, Franklin was America's advocate in London, represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, and
was America's wartime ambassador to France. Edited from F...
- Confessions of a Video Vixen
The widely anticipated memoir of Karrine Steffans, the once-sought-after sex siren.
- Constitutional Convention, The
In 1783, America emerged from a long and bitter war for Independence. The 13 colonies were now 13 sovereign states, bound together by the
Articles of Confederation. After years of war, men like Tho...
- Course of Human Events, The
On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough presented The Course of Human Events...
- Crime Beat
Crime Beat presents stories as fascinating as they are chilling, from the serial killer of young models who cuts a swath across the country,
masquerades as two people until his hoax finally breaks...
- Dave Barry's Money
Secrets - Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
Finally, Dave reveals his money secrets!!
- David Rintoul Interview
Actor David Rintoul discusses his work as a reader for audiobooks.
- DC Confidential
KGB honey traps in Russia; inside stories on Number 10 and the Foreign Office; and of course life behind the scenes with Blair and George W.
Bush ...
- Death of a
Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB
The assassination of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander
- Deep
Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why: True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death
After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food,
shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better equipped gro...
- Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack
One unforgettable year in Charles Osgood's childhood in Baltimore during WWII.
- Destined for Destiny
The great man we meet here displays his mother's steely resolve and vindictive temper, his father's keen mastery of language, and his own
unique gift of deciding.
- Dickie Bird: An Evening with
Dickie Bird is not only the world's most famous cricket umpire, he is also one of the most entertaining public speakers of our time...
- Different Drummer, A
A warm, personal portrait of Ronald Reagan, A Different Drummer brims with recollections from a relationship that has spanned three
decades.
- Divorced from the
Mob: My Journey from Organized Crime to Independent Woman
Divorced from the Mob breaks the mob code of silence and describes the life of a woman born and bred into the Mafia and her courageous
escape. A view of mob life largely unexplored by film and lite...
- Do-Gooders
In this follow-up to her bestseller Useful Idiots, Mona Charen shows why the liberals are wrong on today’s hottest domestic issues.
- Dogs Who Found Me, The:
What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind
Reluctant dog rescuer Ken Foster finds himself adopting various stray dogs, from a beagle abandoned in a dog run to a pit bull at a truck
stop. The dogs offer a grounding counterpoint to his own misfortunes in New York City after 9/11, in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina,
and during his...
- Don't Kiss Them Goodbye
If you have ever questioned whether there is an afterlife, this audiobook will help you see that there is a living energy beyond death.
- Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes
In Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Dostoevsky's life and ideas, and explains their influence on
literature and on man's struggle to understand his place...
- Douglas Adams at the BBC
Simon Jones, who starred in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy takes a look back at the events and happenings of the life of Douglas
Adams....
- Dr Crippen
Traces the events leading up to and after one of Edwardian London's most publicized crimes
- Dylan Thomas: A New Life
In this authoritative, fresh, and compelling account of the extraordinary life and enduring work of Dylan Thomas—author of Under Milk Wood, A
Child's Christmas in Wales, Adventures in the Skin Trad...
- Eamonn Holmes - This is my Life
Known for his honesty, his humour and his no-nonsense talking, Eamonn Holmes has become a housewives' favourite and one of the nation's
most-loved television and radio presenters...
- East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia
Earhart
Listeners will experience Amelia Earhart not just as a pilot but also as an educator, social worker, lecturer, businesswoman, and tireless
promoter of women’s rights, a remarkably energetic and enterprising woman who succeeded in life beyond her wildest dreams while keeping sight
of her beginnings.
- Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered
This volume brings out the great struggles in the life of Burke: his work for conciliation with the American colonies, his involvement in
cutting back the domestic power of George III, and his resi...
- Einstein
How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious
nature of his personality.
- Einstein (Unabridged)
How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagniation sprang from the rebellious
nature of his personality.
- Elizabeth
An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man’s world, passionately sexual yet...
- Elizabeth
Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli looks past the tabloid version of Elizabeth's life to the person she really is—and how she
evolved from a child star to a woman in her own right.
- Elvis Presley: The Man, the Life, the Legend
That voice, those eyes, that hair, the cars, the girls—Elvis Presley revolutionized American pop culture.
- Endgame
In Endgame, Ritter draws on his experiences to take us inside Saddam Hussein's Iraq and to explain where U.S. policy in Iraq went wrong.
- Ending the War on Drugs: A Solution for
America
In this outstanding examination of the country’s most troubling problem, a conservative Republican shows how and why America is losing the
war on drugs. Author Dirk Eldredge demonstates how the drug war has led only to new crises. He makes the case for an alternative strategy:
tightly controlled...
- English Governess at the Siamese Court, The
The English Governess at the Siamese Court, written in 1870, recounts the experiences of one Anna Harriette Leonowens as governess for the
sixty-plus children of King Mongkut of Siam and as transla...
- Epic: Stories of Survival from the
World's Highest Peaks
A collection of the most memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks and often in the worst possible
conditions.
- Ethiopia
This rich culture of East Africa—known in the Bible as Abyssinia—claims descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Under a Marxist
regime, however, this ancient people has suffered from fami...
- Evening With Alan Titchmarsh, An
Fun and frolics with the award-winning broadcaster!
- Evening With John Simpson, An
In a career spanning more than 35 years, John Simpson, the BBC's World Affairs Editor, has reported from more than 100 different countries
and 30 war zones.
- Every Mother Is a Daughter
In Every Mother is a Daughter, Perri and Sheila tell their mother-daughter story, looking honestly at their own lives and at each other, with
different perspectives, unique voices, and powerful ins...
- Explore
Takes you off the map to those few places where true discovery is still possible. Audio for the armchair traveller.
- Exploring and Mapmaking
The first known navigators were the Phoenicians, who 3000 years ago sailed the Mediterranean and beyond from their base near modern Lebanon.
Justinian's mission to China in the 6th century A.D., th...
- Eyewitness 1970-1979
Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the Twentieth Century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim
Pigott-Smith
- Facets of Ayn Rand
Facets of Ayn Rand is based on forty-eight hours of interviews with Mary Ann and Charles Sures, longtime personal friends of Ayn Rand. Their
recollections make vividly real the Ayn Rand they knew s...
- Facing the Wind
A true story of family tragedy and reconciliation.
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