Audie Award - Biography/Memoir

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The Audie Awards are given out annually by the Audio Publisher's Association for the best in audio books.

 

2008

Walter Isaacson. Read by Edward Hermann. Einstein: His Life and Universe
A narrative portrait based on the complete body of Einstein's papers offers insight into his contributions to science, in an account that describes the influence of his discoveries on his personal views about morality, politics, and tolerance. (Unabridged & Abridged CD)

2007

Frank McCourt. Read by Frank McCourt. Teacher Man
The third installment of McCourt's memoirs (after Angela's Ashes and 'Tis) covers his thirty-year teaching career in New York City's public high schools. (Unabridged CD)
 

2006

Ruth Reichl. Read by Ruth Reichl. Garlic and Sapphires

2005

Bob Dylan. Read by Sean Penn. Bob Dylan Chronicles: Volume One
Explores the critical junctions in Dylan's life and career. (Abridged CD)

2004

Edith Hahn Beer with Susan Dworkin. Read by Barbara Rosenblat. The Nazi Officer's Wife
Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith & her mother into a ghetto, issuing them papers branded with a "J." Soon, Edith was taken away to a labor camp, & though she convinced Nazi officials to spare her mother, when she returned home, her mother had been deported. Knowing she would become a hunted woman, Edith tore the yellow star from her clothing & went underground, scavenging for food & searching each night for a safe place to sleep. Her boyfriend, Pepi, proved too terrified to help her, but a Christian friend was not: With the woman's identity papers in hand, Edith fled to Munich. There she met Werner Vetter, a Nazi party member who fell in love with her. And despite her protests & even her eventual confession that she was Jewish, he married her & kept her identity secret. (Unabridged Cassette)

2003

Michael J. Fox. Read by Michael J. Fox. Lucky Man
The beloved comic actor (ABC's "Spin City") shares his inspiring life story, from his early acting years on "Family Ties" to his starring role in the "Back the Future" film series to his current battle with Parkinson's disease. (Abridged Cassette & CD)