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Just For You! Interesting AudioBook Memoirs and Biographies

Learning about other's journeys can bring richness and insight into our own -- even if that 'other' is a chicken or a bee! If you love to read about lives big and small, this list might have something to delight you.

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11 items

  • How to Be a Good Creature

    a Memoir in Thirteen Animals

    Montgomery, Sy,
    National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals--her friends--who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2018Minneapolis, MN : HighBridge Audio, [2018] — BOUNDLESS EAUDIOBOOK
  • The Chicken Chronicles

    Sitting With the Angels Who Have Returned With My Memories : Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe : a Memoir

    Walker, Alice, 1944-
    The Chicken Chronicles, an extraordinary document of personal discovery, political commitment, and the joys of relating to animals. By turns uplifting and heartbreaking, The Chicken Chronicles is a treat for Walker fans, a powerful touchstone for…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2011Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2011, p2011. — RBDigital
  • Honey and Venom

    Confessions of An Urban Beekeeper

    Coté, Andrew
    Andrew Coté has one of the most intriguing, challenging, and unique jobs in New York City--maintaining millions of honey bees atop some of the city's most iconic buildings. Widely recognized as New York City's premier urban beekeeper, in this debut…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2020New York : Random House Audio, 2020. — BOUNDLESS EAUDIOBOOK
  • My Life in a Cat House

    True Tales of Love, Laughter, and Living With Five Felines

    Cooper, Gwen, 1971-
    This collection of eight purr-fect cat stories is filled with all the humor and heart Gwen's devoted readership has come to know and love.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2018[Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Publishing, [2018] — BOUNDLESS EAUDIOBOOK
  • Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2011[United States] : Findaway World ; Tantor Audio, 2011. — BOUNDLESS EAUDIOBOOK
  • Maid

    Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

    Land, Stephanie, 1978-
    A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2019[Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Publishing, [2019] — BOUNDLESS EAUDIOBOOK
  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    and Other Lessons From the Crematory

    Doughty, Caitlin
    The blogger behind the popular Web series Ask a Mortician describes her experiences working at a crematory, including how she sometimes got ashes on her clothes and how she cared for bodies of all shapes and sizes.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2014Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2014, [2014] — RBDigital
  • The Curve of Time

    the Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest

    Blanchet, M. Wylie (Muriel Wylie), 1891-1961
    After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of "family…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2014[United States] : Post Hypnotic Press : Made available through hoopla, 2014. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • The rock & roll legend examines her illustrious career and complicated personal life, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2018[New York, NY] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2018. — BOUNDLESS EAUDIOBOOK
  • In this delightful documentary about six amazing dogs and their heroic owners, legendary filmmaker Heddy Honigmann explores the close bond between animal and human.
    DVD, 2019New York , NY : Grasshopper Film, [2019] — DVD 362.4048 BUDDY