Biographies
Biography audio books are a great way to learn
more about the person they are written about.
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life
Anne Morrow was married to the famous aviator Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh. As hungry for life and adventure as he, she harnessed
his fame and his courage to become a groundbreaking aviator and
writer. The tragic kidnapping and murder of their infant son became
the price Anne paid for her...
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Annie Oakley: Woman at Arms
Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswomen who ever
lived. Born in 1860 to obscure and impoverished beginnings, she
made herself the best known woman of her time. Cooper traces
Oakley’s extraordinary journey, from her first meeting with Frank
Butler—a shooting match in which the...
- Anton
Chekhov: A Life
He was one of the greatest playwrights and story writers ever.
Anton Chekhov's life was short, intense, and dominated by battles.
Rayfield looks behind Chekhov's restrained façade to show him in
th...
- An
Unfinished Life
The first single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written in
nearly four decades.
- Are
You There Alone
In the tradition of In Cold Blood, Suzanne O'Malley exposes the
human mystery of the most horrifying crime in recent history and
the legal drama surrounding it.
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Arkansas Mischief: The Birth of a National Scandal
As Bill Clinton's political and business mentor, McDougal, with his
knowledge of embarrassing real estate and banking deals, bribes,
and obstructions of justice, haunted the Clinton White House.
Ji...
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Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan:
to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by fictional
hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier.
- Arrogance
In Arrogance, Goldberg punctures the bubble in which the media
elites live and work.
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Arthur Conan Doyle - A Life
In his comprehensive biography, Pearson considers how Doyle's life
is reflected in his books.
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Audience With Barry Norman, An
Behind the silver screen with Britain's best-loved film critic.
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Austrian Case for the Free Market Process, The
Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) and Friedrich Hayek (born 1899) were
perhaps the foremost defenders of the free market and limited
government during the mid-twentieth century ascendancy of Keynesian
e...
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Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, The
Pat Garrett was the sheriff of Lincoln County who killed Billy the
Kid. When Garrett’s book appeared, eight lurid dime novels had
glorified and falsified the Kid, making him into a murderous
super-outlaw. Garrett’s book tells the more genuine story of a
young, reckless cowhand who became a...
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The
In his autobiography we see him as a product of the Age of
Enlightenment, a Yankee statesman who could use the language of
Addison, Steele, Swift, and Defoe. Franklin asks himself, “Who am
I, how did I come to be, and why am I a human being as I am?” He
answers with honesty, wit, and charm,...
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The
The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one
of the founding fathers of America.
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and the Way to Wealth,
The
An early and influential advocate of the idea that any of us can
create in ourselves the greatness to which we aspire, Franklin
speaks across the centuries to listeners as clearly as ever...
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Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, The
Master Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and writer, Benvenuto Cellini
is best remembered for his magnificent autobiography. In this work
which was actually begun in 1558 but not actually published until
1730, Cellini beautifully chronicles his own flamboyant times. He
tells of his adventures in...
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Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., The
Written in his own words, this history-making autobiography is
Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and
student who chafed under and eventually rebelled against
segregation.
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Back in Action: An American Soldier's Story of Courage, Faith and
Fortitude
When an antitank mine tore off Captain David Rozelle's right foot,
the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of
their most determined foes. They were wrong. Refusing to let
his...
- Bad Boy
Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and
unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his
Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World
Poverty
One day Muhammad Yunus loaned $27 from his own pocket to forty-two
stool makers living in a tiny village in Bangladesh. Seeing the
profound effect of a little credit for the very poor, Yunus changed
his life to establish the Grameen Bank, which provides miniscule
loans to the poor of Bangladesh.
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Being Martha: The Inside Story of Martha Stewart and Her Amazing
Life
Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with Martha's family,
close friends and colleagues, Allen reveals the woman behind the
public image, following her from childhood to the early days of
her...
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Belle de Jour: The Intimate Adventures of a London Call
Girl
Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working
in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the autumn
of 2004 Belle charted..
- Benn Tapes
1, The
The first volume of Labour MP Tony Benn's behind the scenes
revelations first broadcast on BBC radio 4 ...
- Benn Tapes
2, The
A second volume of labour MP Tony Benn's behind the scenes
revalations first broadcast on BBC radio 4...
- Best
of Bryson City
A true story with the heart, the humor, and the humility of a raw
young doctor in his very first days as a new family doctor in a
little town in the A
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Between A Rock And A Hard Place
One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told—Aron
Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the
most remote spots in America, and one inspired act of bravery.
- Between
Good And Evil
A master criminal profiler's hunt for society's most violent
predators.
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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick
Winters
The immortalized Band of Brothers suffered huge casualties while
liberating Europe, an unparalleled record of bravery under fire.
Dick Winters was their commander, and only he was present from the
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Big Three in Economics, The: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John
Maynard Keynes
History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views
that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and
economics, due to the turbulent lives and battle of ideas of the
three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith,
Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes.
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Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency (Abridged)
The Clinton presidency began disastrously and deteriorated in a
series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton faced up to his failures and
refashioned himself in the White House thereafter is the focus of
this hitherto unwritten story. In vivid prose, this riveting
narrative charts Clinton’s dramatic...
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