HighBridge Audio - Biography * Memoir: Women & Persons of Color

The Breakthrough

Gwen Ifill; read by the author

A veteran journalist surveys the American political landscape and illuminates the evolution of the African-American politician—and the future of American democracy. Learn More

Call the Midwife

Jennifer Worth; read by Nicola Barber

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Companion to the PBS series. An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary woman. Learn More

Diana vs. Charles

James Whitaker; read by Graeme Malcolm

From secret tapes to “Camilla-gate,” Britain’s leading authority on the Royal Family tells the definitive story of the Battle Royal. Learn More

Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly as she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds her. Learn More

Grayson

Lynne Cox; read by Lynne Cox

Seventeen-year-old long distance swimmer Lynne Cox was out training in the cold Pacific one morning when she became aware that an 18-foot baby gray whale was following her, apparently lost and separated from its mother, without whom it would surely die. Something so enormous as a mother whale 50 feet long suddenly seemed very small in the vast Pacific. . . . Learn More

Half the Sky

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn; read by Cassandra Campbell

An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
Winner-Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year
A New York Times Bestseller!

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“Women hold up half the sky”—Chinese proverb

With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as your guide, undertake a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of women struggling under profoundly dire circumstances—and an equally extraordinary group that have triumphed. Learn More

Her: A Memoir

Christa Parravani; read by the author

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In this haunting memoir of identity and love, photographer Parravani deconstructs the intense bonds between identical twins, as she struggles with the trauma of her charismatic sister’s self-destruction, and an unexpectedly rising tide of similar self-destruction in herself. Learn More

The Journey of Crazy Horse

Joseph Marshall III; read by Joseph Marshall III

The Journey of Crazy Horse is a unique opportunity to hear legends of a great man as they have told for generations—and rarely shared outside the Native American community. Learn More

The Latehomecomer

Kao Kalia Yang; read by the author

A young Hmong woman tells the true story of her grandmother's struggles to bring her family out of war-torn Laos to a new homeland in America. Learn More

The Lemon Tree

Sandy Tolan; read by Sandy Tolan

The true story of an unlikely friendship that encompasses the entire modern history of Israelis and Palestinians and that holds in its framework a hope for true peace and reconciliation for the region. Learn More

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress

Rhoda Janzen; read by Hillary Huber

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Written with wry humor and huge personality—and tackling faith, love, family, and aging—Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing, certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead. Learn More

My Experiments with Truth

Mohandas Gandhi; read by Frederick Davidson

This work is Gandhi’s autobiography, documenting his spiritual journey amidst the political strife of his times. Learn More

The Pact

George Jenkins, Sampson Davis, and Rameck Hunt with Lisa Frazier Page; read by George Jenkins, Sampson Davis, and Rameck Hunt

The Pact is an extraordinary testament to the power of male friendship. Learn More

The Receptionist

Janet Groth; read by Judith West

Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining look back at her 21 years (1957 to 1978—the William Shawn years) of lateral trajectory at America’s most literary of institutions. Learn More

The Receptionist (Digital Edition)

Janet Groth; read by Susanna Burney

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Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining look back at her 21 years (1957 to 1978—the William Shawn years) of lateral trajectory at America’s most literary of institutions. Learn More

Russell Rules

Bill Russell with David Falkner; read by Rif Hutton

More than any other sports figure of the modern era, Bill Russell combined sheer athletic dominance with a depth of character that truly set him apart, both on and off the basketball court. Learn More

She Got Up Off the Couch

Haven Kimmel; read by Haven Kimmel

Picking up where A Girl Named Zippy left off, Haven Kimmel crafts a tender portrait of her mother, a modestly heroic woman who took the odds that life gave her and somehow managed to win. Learn More