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*Following Atticus by Tom Ryan
Thu, Mar 01, 2012
“There is something here for most everyone: the journalist, the outdoorsman, the climber, and the dog lover.”
Biographies & Memoirs Archive
The Garner Files by James Garner
Thu, Feb 02, 2012
James Garner grew up during the Depression in a small town, Norman, Oklahoma, most of which he remembers fondly,
*Fire Season by Philip Connors
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
“Sean Runnette’s narration is flawless. His voice convincingly conveys the author’s lyrical passion for his topic.”
In a Dog's Heart by Jennifer Arnold
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
“The book is loaded with useful information for anyone considering their first dog or learning more about how to make your pet the best ever. 1
*The House in France by Gully Wells
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
“In this outrageous, touching, and funny memoir Gully Wells uses her family's house in France to tether the strings of her life in London, the United States and, of course, France.”
South with the Sun by Lynne Cox
Fri, Dec 02, 2011
Award winning open water swimmer Lynne Cox took great interest as a child in the Arctic and Antarctic explorations by the legendary explorer Roald Amundsen, as well as many other explorers and she read everything she could about their preparations for an expedition and their resulting experiences.
*Great Soul by Joseph Lelyveld
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
“[Joseph Lelyveld’s] biography is both thoroughly researched and penetrating in its analysis of one of the world's great souls.”
*Sweet Judy Blue Eyes by Judy Collins
Thu, Dec 01, 2011
“For those who lived through the same time period, this is a wonderful insider’s look at its music and culture.”
The Forgotten Founding Father by Joshua Kendall
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
Most of us are familiar Webster's dictionary but his remarkable influence on the shape this country would take is not as well-known.
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
This true story/tale chronicles the efforts --- physical, psychological and financial --- that went into purchasing and refurbishing a small rundown zoo with over two hundred animals in Devonshire in the southwest of England, fulfilling a long-held dream of the authoR
*The Interrogator by Glenn L. Carle
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
“Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner brilliantly captures the edgy, intense tone of Carle’s prose.”
The Company We Keep by Robert and Dana Baer
Sat, Oct 01, 2011
---“ The narration, enhanced by Richard McGonagle, works well. [The authors] are excellent readers of their material.”
*A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
Sat, Oct 01, 2011
“A delicious romp through a foodie world that will appeal to young and old.”
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain deBotton
Sat, Oct 01, 2011
"Nicholas Bell gives an out-standing narration, handling the French phrases with mastery."
*A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
Sat, Oct 01, 2011
“Award winning narrator Grover Gardner gets Twain's satiric attitude just right and brings out both the beauty of Europe and the vast human comedy. Twain spares no one, not even himself....”
The Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
Anyone who has lost a parent, especially after a long illness, will relate to Meghan O’Rourke’s memoir of her experiences with her mother’s illness and death at 55 when O’Rourke was 32 years old.
Tiger, Tiger by Margaux Fragoso
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
..Fragoso explains what she has discovered in her own recovery and research about pedophiles and what to look for in order to protect our children and to break the cycle of abuse through generations.
If You Ask Me by Betty White
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
This is the latest in Betty White's memoirs, focusing on the past 15 years of her life and covering such topics as aging, of course (she's approaching 90), friendship, her love for animals, and the celebrity life.
*One Hundred Names for Love by Diane Ackerman
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
Diane Ackerman’s outstanding prose deserves the highest praise of course; but it is the pairing here with McCulloh’s precise and lilting voice that makes this deeply moving memoir really come alive.
*The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
With her quiet, sometimes quavery voice, [author Kao Kalia] Yang beautifully narrates her family’s story.
A Secret Gift by Ted Gup
Mon, Aug 01, 2011
Mark Deakins, a film writer, director and producer, does a fine narration of this personal account, and one forgets that it is not the author himself who is speaking.”
The Producer John Hammond and the Soul of American Music by Dunstan Prial
Mon, Aug 01, 2011
A feast for music lovers and a meticulous biography, this production has the sober ring of authority while being completely entertaining.
*Bossypants by Tina Fey
Mon, Aug 01, 2011
Tina Fey’s Bossypants is part memoir, part biographical and all funny
*Does the Noise in My Head Bother You by Steven Tyler
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
Jeremy Davidson (a veteran audiobook reader of Eric Van Lustbader's recent reprisals of the Robert Ludlum Bourne books) tackles the material with a bravado that approximates Tyler's motor-mouthed and irreverent style, which is no small task.
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
When a plane load of WACS and G.I.s took off on a sightseeing trip over Shangri-La, one of World War II's most thrilling survival and rescue stories was about to unfold. This Shangri-La, its name based on the old black and white movie of some 70 years ago, was a lush valley in New Guinea.
*There Are Things I Want You to Know by Eva Gabrielsson
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
Fans of the Millennium Trilogy [The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who played with Fire, The Girl Who kicked the Hornet’s Nest] will devour this and anyone who wants to know the “real, new image of” Sweden will find this of interest. Excellent text; outstanding reading.
*The Obamas by Peter Firstbrook
Wed, Jun 01, 2011
Author Peter Firstbrook has researched thoroughly the Luo tribe of Kenya, to which the Obamas belong, from its first migration from the Sudan to Kenya to the present day, using not only written records and oral histories but also many interviews with current family members.
Young Mandela by David James Smith
Sun, May 01, 2011
David James Smith was born in south London in 1956 and has been a journalist all of his work life. He wrote for the monthly magazineEsquire before joining the Sunday Times Magazine. He is the author of The Sleep of Reason, All About Jill, and Supper with the Crippens: A New Investigation into One of the Most Notorious Domestic Murders in History.
Dewey's Nine Lives by Vicki Myron
Sun, May 01, 2011
Vicki Myron was Dewey's Mom and the director of the Spencer Public Library for twenty years. As the author of the bestseller Dewey, she speaks throughout the country. Myron lives in Spencer, Iowa.
Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres
Sun, May 01, 2011
Louis de Bernieres is the best-selling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book in 1995. His most recent novel is A Partisan's Daughter
Americans in Paris by Charles Glass
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Charles Glass is the author of Tribes with Flags, Money for Old Rope, and The Northern Front. A world-famous journalist, he was chief Middle East correspondent for ABC News from 1983 to 1993 and has covered wars in Lebanon, Eritrea, Rhodesia, Somalia, Iraq, Egypt, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. His writing appears in Harper's Magazine, The Independent, and the Spectator.
Escape from the Land of Snows by Stephan Talty
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Stephan Talty is a widely published journalist who has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, Time Out New York, Details, and many other publications. He is the author of the bestselling Empire of Blue Water, The Illustrious Dead, and Mulatto America.
Return to the Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Actress Carol Drinkwater is best known for her role as Helen Herriot in the BBC series ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. Also an accomplished novelist, she has achieved bestselling status with her much-loved memoirs, The Olive Farm series. She is currently working with UNESCO on a lavish documentary series inspired by THE OLIVE ROUTE and THE OLIVE TREE.
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Hillenbrand’s New Yorker article, “A Sudden Illness,” won the 2004 National Magazine Award. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children, a charity that provides school supplies to children through American troops.
*Poser by Claire Dederer
Fri, Apr 01, 2011
Claire Dederer’s essays, criticism, and reporting have appeared in Vogue, The New York Times, Slate, Yoga Journal, Real Simple, and The Nation. She lives on an island near Seattle.
*Murder in the High Himalayas by Jonathan Green
Wed, Mar 02, 2011
Jonathan Green is an award-winning journalist and reporter who has had demanding assignments in West Africa, Sudan, Borneo and Alaska. His writing has been published in major publications, including the New York Times and Esquire.
Katie Up and Down the Hall by Glenn Plaskin
Tue, Mar 01, 2011
Glenn Plaskin, a resident of New York City, is surrounded by more than 300 dogs in his Battery Park City complex, a neighborhood that inspired this book and the remarkable events in it.
Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
Tue, Mar 01, 2011
Stacy Schiff is the author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupéry, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; and A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, winner of the George Washington Book Prize and the Ambassador Book Award. Schiff has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. The recipient of an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she lives in New York City.
The Wave by Susan Casey
Tue, Mar 01, 2011
Susan Casey, the author of the bestseller The Devil’s Teeth, is the Editor-in-Chief of O, the Oprah Magazine, and has also served as creative director of Outside magazine.
Keep the Change by Steve Dublanica
Tue, Mar 01, 2011
The Waiter waited his first table at age thirty-one. In 2004 the author started his wildly popular blog, www.WaiterRant.net, winning the 2006 "Best Writing in a Weblog" Bloggie Award. He is interviewed regularly by major media as the voice for many of the two million waiters in the United States. The Waiter lives in the New York metropolitan area.
The Art Detective by Philip Mould
Tue, Mar 01, 2011
Philip Mould appears frequently on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. He is an art adviser to the British House of Commons, and owns an art gallery in London.
Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guiliano
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Mireille Guiliano is the bestselling author of French Women Don't Get Fat and French Women For All Seasons. Born and raised in France, she is married to an American and lives most of the year in New York and Paris.
Life by Keith Richards
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Keith Richards was born in London in 1943. A guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and cofounder of the Rolling Stones, he has also released solo albums with his band, The X-Pensive Winos. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Patti Hansen. James Fox was born in Washington, D.C., in 1945 and has known Keith Richards since the early 1970's when he was a journalist for the Sunday Times in London. His books include the international bestseller White Mischief.
Socrates by Paul Johnson
Sat, Jan 01, 2011
“Narrator John Curless sounds like a British philosophy professor and the Greek names trip off his tongue eloquently....”
Claiming Ground by Laura Bell
Sat, Jan 01, 2011
“[Narrator] Birmingham’s voice sets the perfect tone and her pacing is such that the listener can relish the beauty of the author’s writing, yet be eagerly anticipating the next personal adventure to be revealed.
No Buddy Left Behind by Terri Crisp
Sat, Jan 01, 2011
“Narrator Nicole Valencia deserves abundant kudos for an outstanding reading which can bring tears to the eyes of listeners even those who may not be dog or cat lovers.”
*Just Kids by Patti Smith
Sat, Jan 01, 2011
“...like [Patti Smith’s] music, Just Kids is poetic, edgy, and sometimes plain weird, focusing on the exciting and confusing time when she and her lover and best friend, Robert Mapplethorpe, were just kids.
The Big Sea by Langston Hughes
Sat, Jan 01, 2011
“...fascinating as a glimpse into the mind of a successful poet before that success really hit.”