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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The Secret Public
by Jon Savage; read by Liam Gerrard
A monumental history of the gay influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979. Learn More
Penman of the Founding
by Jane E. Calvert; read by Kitty Hendrix
Despite the key part he played in the country's founding, few Americans today have heard of John Dickinson. Early chroniclers and historians cast him as a coward and Loyalist for not signing the Declaration. Many later historians have simply accepted and echoed this distorted and dismissive view. Jane Calvert's fascinating, authoritative, and accessible biography, the first complete account of Dickinson's life and work, restores him to a place of prominence in the nation's formative years. Learn More
Lawless Republic
by Josiah Osgood; read by David Holt
A historian of Rome "at the height of his powers" (Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire) narrates the erosion of law and order in the last years of the Roman Republic through the rise and fall of its most famous lawyer, Cicero. Learn More
Boutwell
by Jeffrey Boutwell; read by Perry Daniels
The first major biography of the statesman who fought for racial and economic equality alongside Presidents Lincoln and Grant. Learn More
The California Kid
by Owen Hanson and Alex Cody Foster; read by Kyle Tait
You've read the shocking one-sided tale of international drug kingpin Owen Hanson in Rolling Stone, VICE, and the LA Times—but now he's ready to tell his side of the story. Learn More
Colette
by Michele Roberts; read by Katherine Anderson
In this entry in the My Reading series, Michèle Roberts explores Colette's work and reflects on how Colette has inspired and encouraged her throughout her own writing life. Learn More
Israel's Black Panthers
by Asaf Elia-Shalev; read by Tova Katz
The powerful story of an activist movement that challenged the racial inequities of Israel. Learn More
It's What You Do Next
by Megan Barry; read by Megan Barry
A must-listen memoir from Megan Barry, the first female mayor of Nashville. Learn More
No Scrap Left Behind
by Teralyn Pilgrim; read by Teralyn Pilgrim
The story of a mother's quest to end her family's food waste—and all the blunders that came with it. Learn More
Surviving Life as a Miracle Child
by Brandon C. Gandy; read by Brian Wiggins
This is a true story about Brandon C. Gandy, who overcame fifteen birth defects, twenty-eight surgeries, a medically induced coma, and cancer, and became the eighth person in the world to have a testicular and kidney transplant. During all of his near-death medical challenges, Brandon persisted. His journey sheds light on real-life struggles of what a miracle child has to go through growing up and how he turned his preconceived weaknesses into his ultimate strengths with his endless faith. Learn More
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