Read by Barrett Whitener. — Blackstone Audiobooks, 2001. — 96 kbps. — Duration 09:20:00. Frank Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, alias Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most hunted con men, fraudulent check writers, master forgers in history — and the world’s greatest impostor. Ersatz airline pilot, assistant state attorney, pediatrician, college...
Read by ReadAloudToMe. — 86-93 kpbs. — Duration 07:47:20. At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that she had a story to tell. For the first 50 years of her life, nothing out of the ordinary ever happened to her. She was a spinster watchmaker living contentedly with her sister and their elderly father in the tiny house over their shop in Haarlem. Their...
Read by ReadAloudToMe. — 86-93 kpbs. — Duration 07:47:20. At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that she had a story to tell. For the first 50 years of her life, nothing out of the ordinary ever happened to her. She was a spinster watchmaker living contentedly with her sister and their elderly father in the tiny house over their shop in Haarlem. Their...
Performed by Bill Bryson. — BBC, 2006. — 160 kbps. Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for twenty-four carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero: in his case, he ran around the house wearing a...
Performed by Bill Bryson. — BBC, 2006. — 160 kbps. Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for twenty-four carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero: in his case, he ran around the house wearing a...
Performed by Bill Bryson. — BBC, 2006. — 160 kbps. Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for twenty-four carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero: in his case, he ran around the house wearing a...
Performed by Bill Bryson. — BBC, 2006. — 160 kbps. Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for twenty-four carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero: in his case, he ran around the house wearing a...
Read by Benedict Cumberbatch. — CSA Word, 2006. — 256 kbps. — Duration 05:05:00 He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction. He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. He spent his last years in Bohemia as a librarian in Count Waldstein's household, where he...
Read by Benedict Cumberbatch. — CSA Word, 2006. — 256 kbps. — Duration 05:05:00 He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction. He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. He spent his last years in Bohemia as a librarian in Count Waldstein's household, where he...
Unabridged recording. Narrated by Susan Adams. Publisher: Recorded Books, 1982. CDs 1 - 4. Total running time: 4:42:23. Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the...
Unabridged recording. Narrated by Susan Adams. Also includes the Epilogue containing notes on Anne Frank and her Diary. Publisher: Recorded Books, 1982. CDs 5 - 8. Total running time: 4:12:38. Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all...
Random House Audio, 2003.— 128 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo. — 02:55:46. Abridged edition. Admired and beloved by movie audiences for over sixty years, four-time Academy Award-winner Katharine Hepburn is an American classic. Now Miss Hepburn breaks her long-kept silence about her private life in this absorbing and provocative memoir. A New York TIMES Notable Book of the Year. A...
Read by Ray Porter. — Blackstone audio, 2009. — 64 kbps. — Duration 08:28:00. Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977. From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal...
Read by Diana Bishop. — Hachette, 2006. — 64 kbps. — Duration 09:38:00. Between April 20th and June 22nd of 1945 the anonymous author of A Woman in Berlin wrote about life within the falling city as it was sacked by the Russian Army. Fending off the boredom and deprivation of hiding, the author records her experiences, observations, and meditations in this stark and vivid...
Read by Scott Kelly. — Random House Audio, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:39:00. — ASIN B075RMMYYK. From the NASA astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently. The veteran of four space...
Read by Scott Kelly. — Random House Audio, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:39:00. — ASIN B075RMMYYK. From the NASA astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently. The veteran of four space...
Read by Norbert Leo Butz. — Simon & Schuster Audio, 2016. — 256 kbps. — Duration 13:21:00. In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Young,...
Read by Norbert Leo Butz. — Simon & Schuster Audio, 2016. — 256 kbps. — Duration 13:21:00. In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Young,...
Read by Roy McMillan. — Audible, 2012. — 64 kbps. — Duration 25:20:00. Although T. E. Lawrence, commonly known as "Lawrence of Arabia", died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A...
Read by Roy McMillan. — Audible, 2012. — 64 kbps. — Duration 25:20:00. Although T. E. Lawrence, commonly known as "Lawrence of Arabia", died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A...
Read by Nicholas Boulton. — Naxos Audio, 2018. — 64 kbps. — Duration 06:40:00 Naples '44 is an unflinching autobiographical account of a year in Naples after the armistice and Allied landings in Sorrento in 1943. Working as a British counterintelligence officer under the Allied occupation, Lewis documents the rich pageant of life in the city and its surrounding areas. There is...
Hachette Audio, 2012. Narrator: Kevin Collins Listening Length: 14 hours and 21 minutes Version: Unabridged Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to have a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days...
Hachette Audio, 2012. Narrator: Kevin Collins Listening Length: 14 hours and 21 minutes Version: Unabridged Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to have a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days...
Hachette Audio, 2012. Narrator: Kevin Collins Listening Length: 14 hours and 21 minutes Version: Unabridged Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to have a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days...
Read by Bridget Wareham. — ECW Press, 2018. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:27:00. — ASIN B07GL5X3T5. A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world's most enigmatic continent - Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only...
Read by Bridget Wareham. — ECW Press, 2018. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:27:00. — ASIN B07GL5X3T5. A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world's most enigmatic continent - Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only...
Read by Michelle Obama. — Random House Audio, 2018. — 64 kbps. — Duration 19:03:18. An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America — the first African...
Read by Michelle Obama. — Random House Audio, 2018. — 64 kbps. — Duration 19:03:18. An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America — the first African...
Read by Michelle Obama. — Random House Audio, 2018. — 64 kbps. — Duration 19:03:18. An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America — the first African...
Read by Paul Ansdell. — Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 11:11:00. — ASIN B072FCS9P8. On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining,...
Read by Paul Ansdell. — Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2017. — 64 kbps. — Duration 11:11:00. — ASIN B072FCS9P8. On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining,...
Atria Books, 2009. — 128 kbps. — Duration approximately 05:30:00. In a career spanning more than 30 years, the late Patrick Swayze made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he became one of our most beloved actors. But in February 2008, Patrick announced he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic...
Atria Books, 2009. — 128 kbps. — Length approximately 05:30:00. In a career spanning more than 30 years, the late Patrick Swayze made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he became one of our most beloved actors. But in February 2008, Patrick announced he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic...
Read by Karen White. — HighBridge, 2020. — 64 kbps. — Duration 07:21:00. — ASIN B08DG5KZ4X. Susan Tate Ankeny was sorting through the belongings of her late father-a World War II bombardier who had bailed from a burning B-17 over Nazi-occupied France in 1944-when she found two boxes. One contained her dad's Air Force uniform, and the other an unfinished memoir, stacks of...
Read by Roger Clark. — Tantor Media, 2019. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:25:22. — ISBN: 978-1515949121. There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest. What starts with a trouble-free trek into the Nepalese highlands explodes into a gripping tale of hardship, peril, and adversity. Pushed beyond their physical and mental limits, climbers drop by the wayside. Their...
Read by Roger Clark. — Tantor Media, 2019. — 64 kbps. — Duration 13:25:22. — ISBN: 978-1515949121. There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest. What starts with a trouble-free trek into the Nepalese highlands explodes into a gripping tale of hardship, peril, and adversity. Pushed beyond their physical and mental limits, climbers drop by the wayside. Their...
Read by Sir Ben Kingsley. — Self-Realization Fellowship, 2004. — 64 kbps. — Duration 17:51:00. This audio edition contains the complete text of Paramahansa Yogananda's life story, read by Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley. Footnotes are captured in an accompanying booklet. Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a...
Read by Sir Ben Kingsley. — Self-Realization Fellowship, 2004. — 64 kbps. — Duration 17:51:00. This audio edition contains the complete text of Paramahansa Yogananda's life story, read by Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley. Footnotes are captured in an accompanying booklet. Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a...
Read by Sir Ben Kingsley. — Self-Realization Fellowship, 2004. — 64 kbps. — Duration 17:51:00. This audio edition contains the complete text of Paramahansa Yogananda's life story, read by Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley. Footnotes are captured in an accompanying booklet. Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a...
Read by Sir Ben Kingsley. — Self-Realization Fellowship, 2004. — 64 kbps. — Duration 17:51:00. This audio edition contains the complete text of Paramahansa Yogananda's life story, read by Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley. Footnotes are captured in an accompanying booklet. Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a...
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