Personal Memoirs
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A Monk in the World
by Wayne Teasdale; read by James Anderson Foster
In showing the practical and philosophical issues of his journey to a multifaith spirituality, the author of The Mystic Heart offers inspiration for others on their own spiritual path. Learn More
The Twice-Born
by Aatish Taseer; read by Neil Shah
In The Twice-Born, Aatish Taseer embarks on a journey of self-discovery in an intoxicating, unsettling personal reckoning with modern India, where ancient customs collide with the contemporary politics of revivalism and revenge. Learn More
My Years With General Motors
by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
Only a handful of business books have reached the status of a classic, having withstood the test of over fifty years' time. Even today, Bill Gates praises My Years with General Motors as the best book to read on business, and Business Week has named it the number one choice for its "bookshelf of indispensable reading." Learn More
Down from the Mountain
Bryce Andrews; read by Jonathan Todd Ross
The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West. Learn More
Ladysitting
by Lorene Cary; read by Lorene Cary
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In Ladysitting, Lorene Cary captures the ruptures, love, and, perhaps, forgiveness that can occur in a family as she bears witness to her grandmother's 101 vibrant years of life. Learn More
The Farmer's Son
by John Connell; read by Alyn Smyth
For fans of The Shepherd's Life, a poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world. Learn More
Listen Up!
by Mark Howard & Chris Howard; read by Peter Berkrot
An album-by-album account of working with iconic artists such as Anthony Kiedis, Michael Stipe, Gord Downie, and Bono, from a leader in the field. Learn More
Doing Time Like A Spy
by John Kiriakou; read by Jonathan Yen
Winner of the 2016 PEN First Amendment Award Winner of the 2013 Peacemaker of the Year Award
On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a thirty month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners. Learn More
Man They Wanted Me to Be
by Jared Yates Sexton; read by Jared Yates Sexton
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The author of The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore turns his keen eye to our current crisis of masculinity, using his upbringing in rural Indiana to examine the personal and societal dangers of the patriarchy. Learn More
What A Body Remembers
by Karen Stefano; read by Nicole Poole
What a Body Remembers is the intimate memoir of a woman's traumatic past catching up with her, an honest, from-the-gut account of one woman's journey to regain her power and confidence—a journey that continues to this day. Learn More
Girlvert
by Oriana Small; read by Oriana Small
Proclaimed "girl-pervert" Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue, a veritable artist at heart, weaves through the intricacies of a decade in and out of the adult film industry, love, drugs, and her own firebrand of what it means to live ecstatically. From accolades to agony, Girlvert illuminates the surreality of a life lived beyond all comprehension. Contains mature themes. Learn More
Replacement Child
by Judy L. Mandel; read by Laural Merlington
In her award-winning memoir, Replacement Child—now a New York Times bestseller—Judy L. Mandel tells the true story of a horrifying accident: A plane crashes into a family's home, leaving one daughter severely burned and another dead. The death of the child leaves a hole in the family that threatens to tear it apart. In an attempt to fill the painful gap, the parents have a "replacement child." 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
Midnight
by Victoria Shorr; read by Sarah Mollo-Christensen
Exquisite and nuanced in its storytelling, Midnight crafts intimate, humanizing portraits of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and Joan of Arc that ask us to behold the women behind the icons. Learn More
Overcome
by Amber van de Bunt; read by Amber van de Bunt
With humor, alacrity, and profound insight, Amber van de Bunt reveals her deepest, darkest secrets and pulls no punches—least of all with herself. Learn More
Body Leaping Backward
by Maureen Stanton; read by Coleen Marlo
Body Leaping Backward is the haunting and beautifully drawn story of a self-destructive girlhood, of a town and a nation overwhelmed in a time of change, and of how life-altering a glimpse of a world bigger than the one we come from can be. 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
Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda
by F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Fitzgerald; Edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks; read by Mike Chamberlain & Amy Landon
Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career lows and her institutional confinement, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for over twenty-two years. Now, for the first time, we have the story of their love in the couple's own letters. 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
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
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