Personal Memoirs
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In the Dark of War
by Sarah M. Carlson; read by Teri Schnaubelt
A CIA officer's inside account of how Libya's descent into rampant violence precipitated the harrowing overland evacuation of the entire US mission from Tripoli after being trapped in the city for weeks. Learn More
In the Country of Women
by Susan Straight; read by Donna Postel
In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. Learn More
In My Mind's Eye
by Jan Morris; read by Jennifer M. Dixon
Riffing on cats and Brexit, the Royals and the annoyances of aging, the nonagenarian Jan Morris delights with her wickedly hilarious first-ever diary collection. Learn More
Illuminating History
by Bernard Bailyn; read by Tom Parks
The brilliance of a master historian shines through this personal account of a lifetime's work. Learn More
If I Live to Be 100
Neenah Ellis; read by Neenah Ellis with excerpts from the original radio broadcasts
There are now more 100-year-olds alive—healthy and engaged in the world—than at any other time in history. Join Neenah Ellis as she meets some of them and hears what insights, memories, wisdom, and just plain common sense tips they have to offer. Learn More
Icons and Instincts
by Vincent Paterson; read by Peter Berkrot
For the first time, the choreographer of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Björk, and many others reveals stage stories through his extraordinary journey. Learn More
I Live a Life Like Yours
by Jan Grue; read by Graham Halstead
A brilliantly rendered essayistic autobiography from an award-winning Norwegian author about life in a vulnerable body. Learn More
I Dream with Open Eyes
by George Prochnik; read by Malcolm Hillgartner
A journey of reckoning and renewal, this story of family history and future dreams is an examination of the individual imagination as a catalyst for social change. Learn More
How to Treat People
by Molly Case; read by Henrietta Meire
A fascinating and poignant memoir of the body and its care, told through the experiences of a young nurse. Learn More
How to Begin When Your World Is Ending
by Molly Phinney Baskette; read by Molly Phinney Baskette
Moving, witty, and probing, Molly Baskette's practical and spiritual perspective will appeal to readers of Lori Gottlieb's Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and Kate Bowler's Everything Happens for a Reason. Learn More
How to Be a Good Creature
by Sy Montgomery; read by Sy Montgomery
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National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals—her friends—who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir. Learn More
How I Shed My Skin
Jim Grimsley; read by Henry Leyva
White people declared that the south would rise again. Black people raised a fist and chanted for black power. Somehow we negotiated a space between those poles and learned to sit in classrooms together. Lawyers, judges, adults declared that the days of separate schools were over, but we were the ones who took the next step. History gave us a piece of itself. We made of it what we could. -Jim Grimsley Learn More
The House of Beauty
by Arabelle Sicardi; read by Arabelle Sicardi
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Equal parts exposé and cultural reckoning, The House of Beauty cracks open an industry that sells dreams and wields power. Learn More
Horses Never Lie About Love
Jana Harris; read by Susanna Burney
When Jana Harris and her husband landed in Washington State, Harris realized that she could fulfill her lifelong dream of raising and riding horses. But in True Colors, her first broodmare, Harris got more than she bargained for: a complex, traumatized animal whose outsized personality would transform everyone around her, both human and equine. Learn More
High Yella
by Steve Majors; read by Terrence Kidd
In his remarkable and moving memoir, Steve Majors gathers the shards of a broken past to piece together a portrait of a man on an extraordinary journey toward Blackness, queerness, and parenthood. High Yella delivers its hard-won lessons on love, life, and family with exceptional grace. Learn More
Her: A Memoir
Christa Parravani; read by the author
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In this haunting memoir of identity and love, photographer Parravani deconstructs the intense bonds between identical twins, as she struggles with the trauma of her charismatic sister’s self-destruction, and an unexpectedly rising tide of similar self-destruction in herself. Learn More
Healing Wounds
by Diane Carlson Evans with Bob Welch; foreword by Joseph Galloway; read by Janet Metzger
What is the price of honor? It took ten years for Vietnam War nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question—and the answer was a heavy one. Learn More
Head On
by Larry Csonka; read by Phil Thron
Larry Csonka's Head On is a captivating, nostalgic account of grit, grace, and gumption told by an iconic Hall of Famer who continues to gain ground—figuratively, literally, and unapologetically—every day. Learn More
Harder to Breathe
by Ryan Dusick; read by Ryan Dusick
Two decades after Songs About Jane, Maroon 5's original drummer presents an unflinching examination of fame, anxiety, mental health, and recovery. Learn More
Hard Work
Roy Williams with Tim Crothers; foreword by John Grisham; read by Alan Winter
How determination took Coach Williams from an impoverished home in the mountains of North Carolina to the very pinnacle of coaching success, culminating in the 2009 NCAA National Championship (his second in five years). An inspirational story for anyone willing to commit themselves to their dreams. Learn More
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