- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: May 3, 2005
- Price: $25.95
Includes the senator's speech from the 2004 Democratic National Convention!
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: November 11, 2008
- Price: $39.95
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: November 11, 2008
- Price: $31.95
When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing ever to happen in the Stern universe, second only to the show’s move to the wild, uncensored frontier of satellite radio. Lange provided what Stern had yet to find all in... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: August 25, 2009
- Price: $35.00
Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 17, 2006
- Price: $50.00
Notes from a Small Island
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 27, 2009
- Price: $35.00
The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles—and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon—the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children—was born on August 4, 1900, and... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: September 29, 2008
- Price: $40.00
Here is THE audiobook recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: November 20, 2001
- Price: $37.95
The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris’s classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down from Mount Marcy, New York, to take his emergency oath of... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: December 30, 2008
- Price: $19.99
An audiobook to be treasured by all history buffs: the companion volume to the ABC TV documentary.
This remarkable biography presents Abraham Lincoln as we have never before seen him. The insightful and vibrant narrative draws extensively on diaries, letters, and other primary sources to provide a remarkably close-up view of Lincoln... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 11, 2005
- Price: $20.00
When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet that lays out his twenty-five years of sex, drugs... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 1, 2002
- Price: $37.95
Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: September 23, 2008
- Price: $25.00
For a world of devoted fans, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.
Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 30, 2007
- Price: $34.95
From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation’s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 6, 2009
- Price: $35.00
From Paul Shaffer, lifelong music junkie, hipster, and longtime leader of David Letterman's band, comes a candid, endearing, hilarious, and star-studded memoir of a life in-and love of-show business.
How does a kid go from a remote Canadian town at the tip of Lake Superior to the bright lights of Broadway and... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: February 3, 2009
- Price: $34.95
Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: February 22, 2005
- Price: $16.00
Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: March 10, 2008
- Price: $44.95
A CD collection featuring the best-selling audiobooks, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father from Grammy® award-winning author, Barack Obama.
The Audacity of Hope
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: November 13, 2001
- Price: $34.95
Read by
5 CDs/6 hours
A companion audiobook to the 4-hour PBS television series.
From the authors of Jazz, Baseball, and The Civil War: a biography of one of the central figures of our literature—the American titan who gave us Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Life on the Mississippi.
Using material from Twain's works... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 10, 2006
- Price: $19.99
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: May 5, 2009
- Price: $30.00
Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning actor with the legendary blue eyes, achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades, broken heroes, and winsome antiheroes in such revered films as The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Verdict, The Color of Money, and Nobody’s Fool. But Newman was also... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: September 25, 2007
- Price: $29.95
Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 9, 2007
- Price: $29.95
“I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came along, I would shun it or run the other way.”
With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: May 8, 2009
- Price: $25.00
Elizabeth Edwards is one of the most beloved political figures in the country and, on the surface, she seems to have led a charmed life. In many ways, she has. Beautiful family. Thriving career. Supportive friendships. But she’s no stranger to adversity. Many know of the strength she showed after her... Read more »
- Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: May 19, 2009
- Price: $32.00
In the most inspiring speech of his career, Ted Kennedy once vowed: "For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Unlike his martyred brothers, John and Robert, whose lives were cut off before the... Read more »
- Format: Abridged Compact Disc
- On Sale: October 23, 2007
- Price: $34.95
As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, comes the first fully... Read more »
