Biography • Memoir
Share in the childhood tales of A Girl Named Zippy. Hear Kenneth Branagh read Samuel Pepys' exuberant 17th-century diary. Be transformed by the extraordinary women of Half the Sky. You'll find these and other remarkable life stories under biography and memoir.
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Bagehot
by James Grant; read by Jonathan Cowley
The definitive biography of one of the most brilliant and influential financial minds—banker, essayist, and editor of the Economist. Learn More
The Saddest Words
by Michael Gorra; read by Joe Barrett
Interweaving biography, absorbing literary criticism, and rich travelogue, The Saddest Words recontextualizes Faulkner, revealing a civil war within him, while examining the most plangent cultural issues facing American literature today. Learn More
Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik; read by Adam Gopnik
Weaving the magical with the mundane, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik offers a wholly delightful, often hilarious look at what it was to be an American family man in Paris at the end of the twentieth century. Learn More
Through the Children's Gate
Adam Gopnik; read by Adam Gopnik
By turns elegant and exultant, jubilant and poignant, Through the Children's Gate is a loving portrait of a family and their city. Learn More
The End of the World as We Know It
by Robert Goolrick; read by Peter Berkrot
Beautifully written, often humorous, sometimes sweet, ultimately shocking, The End of the World as We Know It is a son's story of looking back with both love and anger at the parents who gave him life and then robbed him of it, who created his world and then destroyed it. Contains mature themes. Learn More
How to Be a Tudor
Ruth Goodman; read by Heather Wilds
From an historian who advised on the BBCs Wolf Hall, an erudite romp through the intimate details of life in Tudor England. Learn More
There Is No Manual for This
by Ilyssa Goodman; read by Coleen Marlo
With great humor and frankness, Ilyssa Goodman offers insights on what having it all means in the twenty-first century. Learn More
The Secrets of Silence
by Shannon Malone Gonzalez; read by Sanya Simmons
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In The Secrets of Silence, Shannon Malone Gonzalez examines the pervasive and often invisible forms of everyday policing that render black women's stories missing from official data, headlines, and community conversations. Learn More
Alex's Wake
Martin Goldsmith; read by the author
This is a tale of two journeys—one, a journey from the ill-fated voyage of the SS St. Louis in 1939 to the death camp at Auschwitz; the other, a grandson’s journey of remembrance seventy years later. Learn More
OCME
by Bruce Goldfarb; read by Adam Barr
Go behind the scenes inside the nation's preeminent Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where good people fight the good fight amid the tragedies and absurdities of our age. Learn More
Mukiwa
by Peter Godwin; read by Peter Godwin
The author shares his experiences as a white child growing up in an African colony rapidly collapsing into chaos, in a memoir of Africa seen through the eyes of a child as a magical, frightening place and then through the haunted eyes of an adolescent soldier. Learn More
John Goblikon's Guide to Living Your Best Life
by John Goblikon with Brandon Dermer & Dave Rispoli; read by John Goblikon & Nicky “Scorpion” Calonne
John Goblikon walks listeners through crucial life steps, from becoming internet famous, to getting dates with special someones, to even correct ordering techniques for the perfect meal at Chili's. Learn More
The Mother-Daughter Relationship Makeover
by Leslie Glass and Lindsey Glass; read by Lindsey Glass
The Mother-Daughter Relationship Makeover combines a compelling mother and daughter memoir with self-help and a formula for listeners to explore their own mother-daughter history, understand and ease their conflicts, and rediscover their appreciation and love. Learn More
The Critic's Daughter
by Priscilla Gilman; read by Priscilla Gilman
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An exquisitely rendered portrait of a unique father-daughter relationship and a moving memoir of family and identity. Learn More
Street Poison
Justin Gifford; read by J. D. Jackson
The first and definitive biography of one of America's bestselling, notorious, and influential writers of the twentieth century: Iceberg Slim, nee Robert Beck, author of the multimillion-copy memoir Pimp and such equally popular novels as Trick Baby and Mama Black Widow. Learn More
Furnishing Eternity
by David Giffels; read by Eric Michael Summerer
From the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose, a vibrant, heartfelt memoir about confronting mortality, surviving loss, finding resilience in one's Midwest roots and seeking a father's wisdom through an unusual woodworking project—constructing his own coffin. Learn More
FDR's Mentors
by Michael J. Gerhardt; read by Danny Campbell
A unique and illuminating exploration of the key relationships that shaped Franklin Delano Roosevelt into one of America's most definitive leaders and impacted his influence on the world stage, from presidential historian Michael J. Gerhardt, the acclaimed author of Lincoln's Mentors and principal adviser in the official annotation of the Constitution at the Library of Congress. Learn More
Lightning Sky
by R.C. George read by John McLain
A U.S. fighter pilot captured by the enemy. A father determined to rescue his son. One of the most remarkable and moving true stories of faith and perseverance to come out of World War II. Learn More
Architects of Self-Destruction
by John Gentile and Brad Logan; read by Brad Logan
Architects of Self-Destruction: An Oral History of Leftöver Crack traces the band's entire history by speaking to the band members themselves, fellow musicians, their fans, and of course, those that still hold a grudge against the LoC. Learn More
Tequila Wars
by Ted Genoways; read by Andrew Joseph Perez
A revelatory history of the vast tequila empire born from the fires of the Mexican Revolution. Learn More
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