Memoirs Audiobooks | Biography & Memoir

Jarred McGinnis (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Future Relic: Failures, Disasters, Detours, and How I Made a Career as an Artist

"From broke Brooklyn artist to collaborations with Pharrell, Dior, and Porsche—discover the exact blueprint Daniel Arsham used to build his multi-million dollar art empire. The real business guide every creative needs but art school won't teach you. Daniel Arsham went from sleeping in his studio to solo exhibitions in Paris, from rejection letters to creative partnerships with Tiffany & Co., Adidas, and serving as Creative Director for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now, he's revealing the tactical playbook that transformed him into one of the most respected and sought-after visual artists of his generation. "His work makes you pay attention to humanity' (Pharrell Williams). Future Relic isn't another romanticized artist memoir—it's your strategic handbook for creative success in the real world. Inside, you'll discover: - How to land gallery representation without connections or an MFA - The business fundamentals that turned a studio practice into a global brand - Negotiation tactics for licensing deals and brand partnerships worth millions - Financial frameworks for scaling from solo artist to studio team of 20+ - The rejection-to-opportunity system that turned every 'no' into career fuel - Behind-the-scenes breakdowns of projects with Dior Men's, Pokémon × Uniqlo, and Porsche This book "inspires the next generation to create with purpose and courage' (Nobu Matsuhisa). From building relationships with collectors to structuring legal entities, from pricing your work to managing cash flow during lean months—Arsham shares the hard-won lessons from two decades at the intersection of art and commerce. Whether you're an emerging artist tired of the starving artist myth, a creative entrepreneur ready to scale, or anyone who believes their best work deserves real success—this is your companion for mastering the art world game and building a sustainable creative career. Stop waiting for inspiration. Start building your empire."

Daniel Arsham (Author), Daniel Arsham (Narrator)

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Upside-Down Love: A Memoir in Two Voices

"With a message of hope that is both timely and timeless, Upside-Down Love is an extraordinary memoir—irreverent, funny, and profoundly uplifting—of an Israeli lawyer, a Palestinian professor, and a love that transcends all division. Osama is a Palestinian professor, originally from Gaza, who cannot leave the West Bank city of Ramallah. Sari is an Israeli-American lawyer and long-distance runner who petitions Israel’s Supreme Court for his right to travel freely. When the case began, neither expected to fall in love—and when it was over, nobody expected their love to endure. First published in Hebrew in 2021, Osama and Sari’s star-crossed romance—an intimate, vulnerable portrait of an astoundingly resilient Israeli-Palestinian relationship—has since become a beacon of hope in the aftermath of October 7, 2023. Now on its way to becoming an international cult sensation, Upside-Down Love speaks to the unique circumstances of this specific moment in history, while also illustrating a timeless truth: love will triumph over bigotry and destruction."

Sari Bashi (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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And She Got Up: Shattered by Loss, Restored by Jesus

"Faced with an unimaginable loss, Courtney Pray Duke invites you to discover that when life knocks you down, Jesus is nearer than ever, reaching out to help you get back up and stand strong. Have you found yourself wondering, Will I ever be able to make sense of the disappointments and disasters I've endured? Can I trust God with my pain? Will my life ever be restored? Perhaps you've done everything you can to rebuild the ruins of your life, but true restoration still seems so far off, if not impossible. And She Got Up is a firsthand account of being knocked down by tragedy and loss while relying on the power and presence of Jesus to rise and heal. After being widowed at twenty-nine, Courtney Pray Duke found herself lying next to her husband's grave feeling like she couldn't go on. But she had three young kids who needed her and a faithful God who she knew could do anything. Told in four sections-The Breaking, The Making, The Rising, and The Sending-Courtney walks readers through her decades long journey from devastation to the abundant life God had in store for her. And She Got Up will help readers - find hope in their greatest devastation through an honest and vulnerable account of Courtney's personal journey, coupled with the reality and the truth of who God is and what He is able to do. - move forward amid pain that can be paralyzing, helping them to believe God for their own miracle, no matter how hopeless their circumstance may seem. - gain confidence that God is available and able to help anyone get back up and live an abundant life of hope, purpose, and peace. God sees you now, right where you are. His heart is for you. It's time to rise, to heal, to find purpose and joy again."

Courtney Pray Duke (Author), Courtney Pray Duke (Narrator)

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In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man

"From two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod, a searching, brilliantly stylized memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hid, the son's obsessive quest to uncover them, and ultimately, the true meaning of manhood Big Lou Junod dominated every room he entered. He worshipped the sun and the sea, his own bronzed body, Frank Sinatra, and beautiful women. He was a successful traveling handbag salesman who carried himself like a celebrity. He'd return from the road with stories of going to nightclubs where the stars-Ava Gardner, maybe Liz Taylor-"couldn't keep their eyes off . . . your father." He had countless affairs and didn't do much to hide them. Lou could be cruel to Fran, his wife of fifty-nine years, but he loved his youngest son. Tom was a skin-and-bones, nervous boy, devoted to his mother, but Lou sought to turn him into a version of himself. He showered him with advice about how to dress ("A turtleneck is the most flattering thing a man can wear"), how to be an alpha male, and especially, how to attract and bed women. His parting speech when Tom went to college was: "Do yourself a favor and date a Jewish girl. They're all nymphos." When Tom started seeing his future wife, Janet, Lou's efforts to entice Tom into his version of manhood accelerated on nights in New York, L.A., and Paris. Tom wrestled with Lou's imposing presence all his life. When one of Lou's mistresses stood up at his funeral and announced, "Can we all . . . just agree . . . that this . . . was a man," Tom set off to learn the facts of his father's life, and why he was the way he was. The stunning secrets he uncovered-about his father, his father's lovers, and deceptions going back generations-staggered Tom, but in the process allowed him, at last, to become his own man, by his own lights. In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man is an intensely emotional detective story powered by a series of cascading revelations. The book is a triumph of bravura writing; it is a tale of a son reckoning with the consequences of his father's life, and in the end, the story of the son's redemption."

Tom Junod (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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An Top of the Morgen!: An Irishman’s Misadventures in Germany

Laurence Falconer (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Kutchinsky's Egg: A Family Story of Love, Loss and Obsession

"A gorgeous, heart-stopping memoir about the author's search for the object that consumed her father's dreams – and spelled her family's downfall When she was eleven years old, Serena Kutchinsky's life changed completely. Her father Paul, who owned the high-end jewellery company the House of Kutchinsky, was seized by a wild idea. He wanted to build the world's largest jewelled egg to rival any of Fabergé's. The ambition consumed him. When the Argyle Library Egg was unveiled, it was astonishing: it stood two feet tall, made of solid gold and dripping with pink diamonds. The problem was: nobody would buy it. Just like that, Paul lost everything. The House of Kutchinsky collapsed, his marriage fell apart, and he sank into a spiral of drink and drugs. Within ten years he was dead. As for the egg, it was seized by its creditors and disappeared without trace. For thirty-five years its location has been unknown. Over time the mystery of the egg began to eat away at Serena. Why did her father risk everything for the pursuit of this outlandish dream? And where in the world was this invaluable object, valued by some modern estimates at £100 million? Desperate for answers, she set out to find her father's decadent, ill-fated creation. It is a journey that begins in the slums of London's East End where her great, great grandparents arrived as Jewish immigrants from Russia – and ends in the most unexpected of places. Kutchinsky's Egg is a stunning story of obsession and lost glamour, fathers and daughters, for readers of The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal."

Serena Kutchinsky (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Missing Me: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis and the Long Road Back

"A stunning memoir by writer and mental health advocate about motherhood, postpartum mental health, and finding ground when you lose all control. When writer and blogger Ayana Lage became pregnant, she prepared as any parent would: voraciously researching, Redditing, preparing for anything. And having experienced a previous miscarriage, she braced herself for the worst. But days after giving birth, Ayana's sense of control began to break when God started speaking to her. After growing up Pentecostal and longing to hear from God, she heard him audibly for the first time-and often. God told her that she had been chosen. He told her that her daughter was the second coming of Jesus Christ. She carried around notebooks to ensure she didn't miss any divine words. Eventually, she was diagnosed with post-partum psychosis and sent to a psychiatric ward, unable to see loved ones or her baby and sometimes unsure whether she'd actually had a baby at all. Her once-rational thought process was consumed with delusions, and overnight, the self-professing people-pleaser turned into a fearless charismatic, obeying what she believed to be God's orders-including pulling the fire alarm to force an evacuation in the hospital-and shouting at anyone who disagreed with her. Slowly, the medication and treatment began to work, and when she was well enough to be released, the hard road to recovery began. Ayana struggled to adjust to normal life after the breaks she endured-both the psychosis itself and the experience of feeling betrayed by her mind. Once a fierce mental health advocate, she still remained hesitant to share about psychosis, because of the stigma associated with this mental health disorder. Drawing from Ayana's notebooks and medical records, Missing Me is a gorgeously-written exploration of the revelations Ayana received during her psychotic episode, the surprising lessons about her life and faith revealed in the aftermath, and the long road to trusting her mind once again."

Ayana Lage (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Getting Naked: The Quiet Work of Becoming Perfectly Imperfect

NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR From beloved actress and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli, her most vulnerable book yet offering wisdom hard-won through divorce, menopause, and generational pain, with a powerful message of self-acceptance and embracing the past with compassion. With her signature warmth and disarming humor, the beloved actress and New York Times bestselling author strips away the polished façade and shares what it's really like to grow older, love harder, and start over. Now in her mid-sixties, Valerie reflects on the hard-won lessons of aging, self-worth, and letting go. From her experiences with menopause, relationships, and family trauma, she writes with clarity and compassion about the insecurities that have haunted her for decades: shame and anxiety about her body, and the false belief that her value depended on perfection. Through it all, Valerie reflects on the quiet, daily work of self-acceptance-the kind that doesn't make headlines but changes lives. Getting Naked isn't just a story of survival. It's a reckoning-with her past, her family history, and the generational pain that shaped her. It's about the myths we believe when we're young-about beauty, love, success-and how we carry them until they break us open. It's about unlearning the script that says women must please, endure, and stay silent. The result is a deeply personal, unexpectedly funny, and profoundly uplifting look at the inner journey we all share. Getting Naked isn't about vulnerability for vulnerability's sake. It's about finally letting go of the need to be perfect, quieting the harsh inner critic, and choosing compassion over judgment. After all, it's never too late to make peace with yourself-and to fall madly in love with the perfectly imperfect person you already are.

Valerie Bertinelli (Author), Valerie Bertinelli (Narrator)

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When Longing Becomes Your Lover: Breaking from Infatuation, Rejection, and Perfectionism to Find Aut

"What does it look like to be hopelessly, serially, persistently, and stubbornly in love not with someone, but with longing itself? Journalist and late-in-life virgin Amanda McCracken dated over 100 men before she realized she was addicted to longing, setting her on a 10-year journey to understand the fallacies behind her beliefs about love, sex and commitment. She invites you along for the sometimes thrilling, sometimes heartbreaking, always insightful ride. As Amanda endured one disappointment, letdown, and torpedoed fantasy after another, she began to understand that longing feels good. In fact, it can feel even better than actually being in love. Longing gives us a sense of control in our uncertain lives, and when we can always envision a more perfect relationship, we can ignore the very real problems that all relationships face. But longing can also become an addictive neurochemical boost that derails us from forming healthy, intimate relationships. Amanda describes her early childhood hero fantasies and how they evolved in her tween and teen years into a commitment to the purity movement espoused at her church. As she grew into young womanhood, her obsession with an idealized version of love led her to become addicted to longing - constantly craving the ideal partner in the ideal location at the ideal time, reveling in the high of anticipating the sex she knew she wasn't going to have. It became a protective mechanism in a "sex positive" dating world that demands physical intimacy but admonishes emotional intimacy, where options seem plentiful but connections ambiguous. In this searingly honest book, Amanda chronicles her many romantic encounters in today's dating world and what she learned about a concept called "limerence": an obsessive rumination on a version of someone that doesn't truly exist. Amanda weaves together her personal journey with research, storytelling, soul-searching questions, and quotes from experts and nonexperts alike to reveal the addictive nature of longing while providing hope through her journey of overcoming it and ultimately choosing of the path towards healthy, authentic intimacy."

Amanda McCracken (Author), Amanda McCracken (Narrator)

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The Street Clinic: 10 Young Lives on the Frontline of Gang Culture

"Through the live of ten young people, award-winning nurse Dorcas Gwata reveals the impact of gang culture on mental health. Dorcas Gwata specialises in mental health. She has worked closely with vulnerable young people exposed to the knife crime, sexual exploitation, drug use and poor mental health associated with gangs. In The Street Clinic, we accompany her in her work as she meets and cares for young people on the street and on their terms. We meet Fuz, who is on trial for aggravated assault. There's Abdul, who's exploring his sexuality and has been humiliated online. Louise's promising future is compromised by her controlling boyfriend. And there's Alfie, whose parents' divorce opens up an emotional hole in his life that's plugged by an ill-chosen new friendship. Drawing on her own experiences of loss and social injustice, and twenty-five years on the NHS frontline, Dorcas offers a bird's-eye view of London: its multicultural population, wealth inequalities, tireless healthcare professionals, and an NHS that doesn't always work for everyone. And she asks the big questions: What lies behind London's youth violence crisis? What is its impact on the mental health of its victims? How are the families of our young people and the wider community affected? Exposing some uncomfortable truths about British society, The Street Clinic is also a powerful story of resilience, strength and, ultimately, hope."

Dorcas Gwata (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Wilderness Mum: How I left city life behind to raise a family in nature

"Raised in busy East London, Kate followed the expected path: excelling in school and forging a promising teaching career. But beneath the layers of her conventional life simmered an irrepressible desire to explore the world and live a life of adventure. Kate's journey led her through the vibrant landscapes of South America and into the dangerous terrains of Afghanistan. Then one day on a cliff top in Scotland, fate struck when she crossed paths with fellow adventurer Chris Lewis. This chance meeting became a love story of epic proportions as together the couple walked the UK's entire coastline for the armed forces charity SSAFA. Their adventure took an unexpected turn with the arrival of baby Magnus, yet Kate's spirit remained as wild and resolute as ever. With baby Magnus in tow, she continued navigating the rugged coastline of the UK, learning valuable lessons about herself and about motherhood with every step. In Wilderness Mum, Kate blends her expertise in early years education with the invaluable lessons of raising a child surrounded by nature. Her story is a testament to living fearlessly, fostering curiosity, and embracing life's uncertainties."

Kate Barron (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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