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Biographical Audio Book Index
- Politics
Although over two millennia old, Aristotle's Politics remains central to the perplexing questions posed in the study of political science. His carefully argued analysis is based on a study of more ...
- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A
Joyce describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus.
- Poland
The breakdown of Europe's Eastern Bloc proves that the map of Europe cannot be redrawn merely to serve political ends. Perhaps no country illustrates this more clearly than Poland, whose borders of...
- Our Country
In this rare, sweeping history, Michael Barone draws from deep within the political and social record of modern America to tell the story of how the country of our parents and of our grandparents b...
- Paper Life, A
A story of strength and courage, unflinchingly honest, yet poignant and often funny.
- Red Hat Society
Finally, the official book of The Red Hat Society, which is sweeping the nation.
- Reflections on the Revolution in France / Rights of Man
Reflections on the Revolution in France is a slashing attack on the French Revolution by one of Britain's most famous statesmen. Liberty and social order, Burke argues, are maintained by the tradit...
- Privilege of Youth, The
More than six million readers can attest to the heartbreak and courage of Dave Pelzer's story of growing up in an abusive home. His inspirational books have helped countless others triumph over...
- President's House, The
As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting, but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence,...
- Prince, The / Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
The Prince - Machiavelli wrote The Prince for his ruler as a guide for gaining and keeping power. Central themes of his essay are the relation between politics and ethics; what the best form of gov...
- Miracle in the Andes
A horendous plane crash saw many members of a top Uruguayan rugby team killed, this is the moving true story of survival against all the odds...
- Mornings on Horseback
From the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of John Adams. Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore...
- Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography
In this autobiography, woven from personal pieces composed over the course of a celebrated writing life of more than fifty years, you'll meet William Buckley the boy, growing up in a family of ten ...
- Map That Changed the World, The
From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of the father of modern geology. In 1793, William Smith, the orphan son of a village blacksmith,...
- Mexico
In 1540, Mexico was declared to be New Spain. With a diverse culture and great natural resources, it should have prospered like its northern neighbor. But Mexico's history includes political corrup...
- Nobbut A Lad: A Yorkshire Childhood
A joy from beginning to end and wonderfully read by the author, this is a classic childhood memoir...a Yorkshire childhood, from the nation's best-loved gardener...
- On Liberty/Vindication of the Rights of Woman
On Liberty - John Stuart Mill advocated individual liberty based on a philosophical concept called utilitarianism, or "the greatest happiness for the greater number." This intellectual tradition re...
- Newjack
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing is the story of Conover's rookie year as a guard at Sing Sing. It is a nerve-jangling account of his passage into the storied prison and the culture of its guards - both...
- My Boyfriend's Back
Poignant and heartwarming, My Boyfriend's Back captures the love story of former high school sweethearts Ed Oster and Donna Hanover — journalist, actress and former First Lady of the City of New...
- My Life in the Middle Ages
A comic and poignant memoir that's both personal and generational.
- Truth & Beauty
The author of Bel Canto -- winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize and long-running New York Times bestseller -- turns to nonfiction in a moving chronicle of her decades-long friendship...
- Undaunted Courage (Unabridged)
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and...
- Truman
Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured...
- Trial and the Death of Socrates, The
The trial and death of Socrates remains a powerful document not least because it gives a first-hand account of the end of one of the greatest figures in history. In Apology Socrates defends himself...
- Trip to the Beach, A
This is the true story of a trip to the beach that never ends. It's about a husband and wife who escape civilization to build a small restaurant on an island paradise - and discover that even...
- With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together (Abridged)
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, cherished not...
- Zoo Quest for a Dragon
David Attenborough, Britain's voice of natural history, narrates his early adventures in the wilds of Indon...
- With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together: Part II Hookin' Up (Unabridged)
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Part II Hookin' Up...
- Virgin of Bennington, The
The book her devoted readers have been waiting for. At last, New York Times betselling author Kathleen Norris's first continuous narrative . . .a story of sex, drugs, and poetry. After...
- With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together: Part I Before We Met (Unabridged)
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Part I Before We Met...
- Secret Man, The
In Washington, D. C., where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat—the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in...
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his...
- Running with the Bulls
A chance encounter in Spain in 1959 brought young Irish reporter Valerie Danby-Smith face-to-face with Ernest Hemingway. The interview was awkward and brief, but before it ended something had...
- Rolling Nowhere
The author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes.
- Roman Lives
Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in the first century, a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Here he considers some of the major figures who had left their stamp on the history of...
- Talking of History Number 2: Cardinal Wolsey
CARDINAL WOLSEY... The Last Great Medieval Minister...‘Built Hampton Court, didn`t he?’...
- Toast
Britain’s most popular cook describes his personal culinary odyssey, from dangerous encounters with his mother’s weevil-seasoned cakes to being harangued by readers who think he deliberately styles...
- Talking of History Number 1: Henry VIII and the Death of the Monasteries
The End of the First National Welfare System. In less than fifty months, Henry VIII and his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, swept away the monasteries...
- Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
An amazing insight into the life of one of histories greatest villains...
- Story of My Life, The
When ABC News' Good Morning America asked its viewers to write essays describing true-life experiences, the network never imagined receiving more than twenty thousand pages of inspiring stories....
- Long Walk To Freedom
A moving and exhilarating autobiography of one of the great moral and political leaders of our time.
- Brother's Journey, A
Richard Pelzer tells the courageous and moving story of his abusive childhood.
- 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...
- Breach of Trust
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 - why the system changes...
- 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...
- Blindsided
Illness came calling when Richard M. Cohen was twenty-five years old. A young television news producer with expectations of a limitless future, his foreboding that his health was not quite right...
- 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.
- CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND THE LIBERATOR (KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS) GIANTS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT SERIES
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...
- Chronicles - Volume One
"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." Bob Dylan's...
- Chain of Command
Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his stories in The New Yorker magazine, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu...
- Chile and Argentina
The "southern cone" of South America has a vibrant yet checkered history. Argentina in 1920 was a productive and wealthy nation, yet by the 1980s was reduced to virtual third world status. Chile ha...
- Almond Blossom Appreciation Society, The
The good life abroad just keeps getting better as Christ Stewart, one-time Genesis drummer, turned sheepshearer, turned bestselling writer, returns with a new book..
- Alan Bennett - Untold Stories Part 1: Stories
Untold Stories is a poignant family memoir recalling the marriage of Alan's parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts and the uncovering of a long-held family secret, an incredible piece...
- Against All Enemies
The real war on terror has happened largely behind closed doors, run by the White House, drawing on secret intelligence and operations around the world. There is no man who knows more about it...
- Alan Bennett at the BBC
Alan Bennett presents highlights from his remarkable career at the BBC.
- 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
"It's 3:05 on Sunday, April 27, 2003. This marks my twenty-four-hour mark of being stuck in Blue John Canyon. My name is Aron Ralston. My parents are Donna and Larry Ralston, of Englewood,...
- Benn Tapes 2, The
A second volume of labour MP Tony Benn's behind the scenes revalations first broadcast on BBC radio 4...
- 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...
- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The
The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one of the founding fathers of America.
- John Adams (Unabridged)
The #1 New York Times Bestseller Now Available in a Deluxe Unabridged Audiobook In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the...
- Just As I Am
Billy Graham has touched the hearts and souls of millions with his message of faith. Now, for the first time ever, Dr. Graham tells his life story in a momentous work of insight. Hailed as the...
- Humble Pie
This is Gordon Ramsay’s autobiography – the first time he has told the full story of how he became the world’s most famous and infamous chef...
- Freud - A Very Short Introduction
Anthony Storr investigates the status of Freud's legacy today.
- Future of Freedom, The
More democracy means more freedom. Or does it? American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world. Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is o...
- Lives of the Twelve Caesars
Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian and...
- Lobster Chronicles, The
After seventeen years at sea, Linda Greenlaw figured it was time to take a break from her career as a swordboat captain. She felt she needed to return to Isle au Haut - a tiny island seven miles...
- Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power
Winner of the 2004 Lincoln Prize! This extraordinary biography examines Lincoln both as a rising politician and as president. As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator o...
- Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Elinore Pruitt washed clothes in Denver to provide for herself and her daughter after the death of her husband. In 1909 she took a job with a rancher near Burnt Fork, Wyoming. This was the...
- LEVIATHAN: THOMAS HOBBES (KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS) GIANTS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT SERIES
This presentation explores the social and political turmoil during which Leviathan was written, including an examination of the radical political philosophies spawned by opposition to the Stuart mo...
- Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack
The year is 1942. Charles Osgood is a nine-year-old living in Baltimore. His idols are Franklin Roosevelt and Babe Ruth, a hometown hero. Charlie spends his days delivering newspapers on his daily...
- DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE (KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS) GIANTS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT SERIES
In 1831, the French nobleman, Alexis de Tocqueville, journeyed to America to examine a new political force: democracy. Although alarmed by "the tyranny of the majority", Tocqueville believed that d...
- Course of Human Events, The
On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough presented The Course of Human Events...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- FEDERALIST PAPERS (KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS) THE GIANTS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT SERIES, THE
The U.S. Constitution was approved by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. It was to become law only if it was ratified by 9 of the 13 states. New York was a key state, but it conta...
- Flashback
Nearly five decades of theatrical anecdotes as David Barry {Frankie Abbott in 'Please, Sir!) recalls working with the likes of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh...
- Faith of George W. Bush, The
The first audiobook to explore the religious ideals that drive the policies and politics of Bush as president and that have privately shaped Bush as a man. His life demonstrates the power of faith...
- Do-Gooders
Mona Charen has a loyal following from her syndicated newspaper column (which runs in more than two hundred newspapers) and her many television and radio appearances. Her first book, Useful...
- 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...
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