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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Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
by Michael Bennett; contributing author Dave Zirin; read by JD Jackson
Written with award-winning sportswriter and author Dave Zirin, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable is a sports book for our times, a sports memoir and manifesto as hilarious as it is revealing. Learn More
Thinking Again
by Jan Morris; read by Jennifer M. Dixon
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Jan Morris, one of "Britain's greatest living writers" (Times, UK), returns with this whimsical yet deeply affecting volume on life as a redoubtable nonagenarian. Learn More
This Boy's Life
Tobias Wolff; read by Oliver Wyman
Heralded instantly upon publication by the critics, This Boy’s Life has come to be universally recognized as a true modern classic of autobiography. Learn More
This House of Sky
Ivan Doig; read by Ivan Doig
Masterfully crafted with lyrical and haunting language, Doig’s memoir remains an enduring classic, a story to be savored by anyone who has ever loved a parent or been shaped by the land around them. Learn More
This Is How I Save My Life
by Amy B. Scher; read by Amy B. Scher
This Is How I Save My Life is a powerful and uplifting story of sheer determination for anyone who believes in—or doubts—the existence of miracles and the infinite power of self-healing when it seems like all hope is lost. Learn More
This Is My Story; This Is My Song
by Dr. Willie H. Clemons; read by Mirron Willis
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Dr. Willie H. Clemons's inspiring book, This Is My Story: This Is My Song: One Man's Journey To Turning Oppositions Into Opportunities And Fulfilling His Unique Gifts, shares his personal experiences and insights on growing up in Alabama. Along the way, the author weaves a beautiful and inspiring story of his journey to fulfilling his childhood dreams of a life of service. Learn More
This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire
by Nick Flynn; read by Charles Constant
A searing memoir from critically acclaimed author Nick Flynn, on how childhood spills into parenthood.
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This Narrow Space
by Elisha Waldman; read by Barry Abrams
This Narrow Space is Elisha Waldman's deeply affecting and poignant memoir of the seven years he spent taking care of children—Israeli Jews, Muslims, and Christians; Palestinian Arabs from the West Bank and Gaza—with one devastating thing in common: they had all been diagnosed with some form of pediatric cancer. Learn More
This River
by James Brown; read by Charles Constant
Award-winning author James Brown gained a cult following after chronicling his turbulent childhood and spiraling drug addiction in The Los Angeles Diaries. This River picks up where Brown left off in his first memoir, describing his tenuous relationship with sobriety, telling of agonizing relapses, and tracking his attempts to become a better father. Learn More
This Road I Ride
Juliana Buhring; read by Henrietta Meire
This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman's solo journey around the world by bicycle. Learn More
This Story Will Change
by Elizabeth Crane; read by Elizabeth Crane
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Rachel Cusk meets Nora Ephron in this intimate and evolving portrait about the end of a marriage and how life can fall apart and be rebuilt in wonderful and surprising ways. Learn More
A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention
by Rebecca Schiller; read by Rebecca Schiller
In this "exquisite and probing narrative" (Publishers Weekly) of life on her small farm in the year leading up to a surprising diagnosis of severe ADHD, Rebecca Schiller pens a vivid rallying cry for anyone wondering if different doesn't have to mean broken. Learn More
Three Nights in August
Buzz Bissinger; read by Jeffrey Nordling
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Friday Night Lights follows baseball's 2004 National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa through a three-game series with the arch-rival Chicago Cubs. Learn More
Three Ordinary Girls
by Tim Brady; read by David de Vries
Three Ordinary Girls is an astonishing World War II story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. 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 Titans of the Twentieth Century
by Michael Mandelbaum; read by Tom Parks
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An engaging and original historical portrait of eight of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Gandhi, David Ben-Gurion, and Mao. Learn More
To Hell with All That
Caitlin Flanagan; read by Julia Fletcher
Presented as a series of essays, it follows the natural course of women’s lives. Learn More
To the Lake
by Kapka Kassabova
Kapka Kassabova, the award-winning author of Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, presents her latest book. Learn More
Too Hot
by George Brown; read by Midnite Michael
In Too Hot, drummer, keyboardist, and primary songwriter George Brown describes life in and out of Kool & The Gang, including a raucous life on the road as the band's popularity grew. Learn More
Toscanini
by Harvey Sachs; read by Paul Boehmer
On the 150th anniversary of his birth comes this monumental biography of conductor Arturo Toscanini, whose dramatic life was unparalleled among twentieth-century musicians. Learn More
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