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Title: Beethoven

Subtitle: Anguish and Triumph

Author: Jan Swafford

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 39 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 85 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Jan Swafford's biographies have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of legend to get to the living, breathing human being who composed some of the world's most iconic music.

Swafford mines sources never before used in English-language biographies to reanimate the revolutionary ferment of Enlightenment-era Bonn, where Beethoven grew up and imbibed the ideas that would shape all of his future work. Swafford then tracks his subject to Vienna, capital of European music, where Beethoven built his career in the face of critical incomprehension, crippling ill health, romantic rejection, and "fate's hammer," his ever-encroaching deafness.

Critic Reviews:

"Indeed, readers will want to refer to the book often when they listen to Beethoven. A marvelous achievement." (

Booklist)

Members Reviews:

Huge book - musical reader appreciates best

This is an exhaustive book. Not being a trained musician, I found it a little hard to follow some off the discussions of music theory. And because the author often quoted from contemporary sources certain aspects of the composer's life seems to be duplicated. I found that by printing a list of Beethoven compositions and having that available as I listened, I was able to place my favorites in context. It's hard to imagine a more complete version of a person's life from that period. A fine story well told. Had I been more musical I would have rated it much higher.

Very Detailed Biography

What did you like best about this story?

The level of details available about his daily life. Letters and manuscripts (many records kept due to conversations written down because of his deafness).

Any additional comments?

I read other reviews that complained about too much musical composition details. I thought that I would still enjoy that part but found myself eventually skipping through those parts as they could only be enjoyed by another composer. I still enjoyed the book and learned much about Beethoven's life which is what I was hoping to learn.

Enjoyable, engrossing.

Would you consider the audio edition of Beethoven to be better than the print version?

This is a wonderfully in depth examination of Beethoven's life and his times. My only complaint is the occasional mispronunciation.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Although impossible, yes.

Wonderful Biography of A Supreme Artist

Would you listen to Beethoven again? Why?

Yes. You cannot separate the music from the person. The author told the story of Beethoven and wove in the analysis of his music synchronized with his life.

What other book might you compare Beethoven to and why?

There are other masterpiece books about Beethoven, but this one gave the most expert analysis of the music.

Which scene was your favorite?

Beethoven's writing the Heiligenstadt Testament and his death bed.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

No film could do justice to such a person.

Any additional comments?

Mr. Pritchard is an experienced and excellent narrator.

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Title: J.R.R. Tolkien

Subtitle: A Life Inspired

Author: Wyatt North

Narrator: David Glass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-14

Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford. His research on Beowulf is still considered a standard in the field. Tolkien, however, unlike most Oxford dons, stepped out of his role as professor to create popular literature. Tolkien's best-known writings were The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, in which he created a fully realized world known as Middle-earth, vaguely identifiable as Northern Europe in a pre-history that never was. To bring his world to life, he produced detailed geography and cartography as well as a legendary background. He peopled the world with diverse types of inhabitants and created spoken and written languages for them. By doing this, he essentially created modern fantasy literature and a standard for subsequent writers to chase and miss. A British poll at the end of the 20th century named The Lord of the Rings the most important English-language work of that century. During his lifetime, Tolkien did not appreciate people focusing on him rather than on his writings. He felt that his writings were more worthy of attention. With apologies to the late gentleman, he is now due some notice.

Members Reviews:

it says Tolkien so I bought it. Not much to it.

it was ok. not new, nothing deep.

but why are the last few chapters on Pope Francis?

A great story marred by an awful narration

Would you try another book from Wyatt North and/or David Glass?

For the life of me, I cannot understand why the producers chose this narrator, and then stuck with him throughout production. Nasal, high pitched, using an odd rhythm and accenting all the wrong places in the flow of the story. Terrible reading. I have 400 some audio books and I'm never had to just abandon a book like this because of the narrator. How hard could it have been to get a good one? Or even a less bad one?

Would you be willing to try another one of David Glasss performances?

No, no, no, no, no. Don't understand how he got into the business.

Was J.R.R. Tolkien worth the listening time?

No, because of the narration. I will read the book instead as I am a huge Tolkien fan.

Nice History of Tolkien

Good account of Tolkien's life, including the Inkling era. However, I wasn't impressed with the last two chapters that had nothing to do with Tolkien and were just previews of the author's biography on the current pope.

Good in formation......BUT.......

For such a short book it has plenty of information in it that is very interesting. Here is where the BUT comes in.......the narrator is beyond poor.....sounds like a robot very very poor and takes away from the book because of it.

So interesting...

I have always been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien and learning more of what inspired his works makes the series all the more special.

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Title: 33 Artists in 3 Acts

Author: Sarah Thornton

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-18-14

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 118 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

33 Artists in 3 Acts offers unprecedented access to a dazzling range of artists, from international superstars to unheralded art teachers. Sarah Thornton's beautifully paced, fly-on-the-wall narratives include visits with Ai Weiwei before and after his imprisonment and Jeff Koons as he woos new customers in London, Frankfurt, and Abu Dhabi. She meets Yayoi Kusama in her studio around the corner from the Tokyo asylum that she calls home. She snoops in Cindy Sherman's closet, hears about Andrea Fraser's psychotherapist, and spends quality time with Laurie Simmons, Carroll Dunham, and their daughters Lena and Grace.

Through these intimate scenes, 33 Artists in 3 Acts explores what it means to be a real artist in the real world. Divided into three cinematic "acts" - politics, kinship, and craft - it investigates artists' psyches, personas, politics, and social networks. Witnessing their crises and triumphs, Thornton turns a wry, analytical eye on their different answers - and non-answers - to the question, "What is an artist?"

Critic Reviews:

"With effortless sophistication, Thornton takes readers on a journey across the globe and into the homes and minds of contemporary artists." (

Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Very interesting, not engaging read

Love the interviews. Sarah Thornton def had lovely access. Not so into her descriptions and francophiliac writing. Not a fan of the narrator. All that said, totally worth the listen. Excellent subjects and interviews.

vulgar

This book gives a seedy view of the art world, while true it seemed to focus on the sensational aspects of the art world and not on the substance. It was pretentious about its open unpretentiousness.

Very interesting interview reportage

The narrative flows nicely from one artist to the next.The author incorporates not only insights into the specific artists' approaches and philosophies but puts it all in a global context. The author looks at the people and the rolls they play in the art world today. It's difficult to conclude after listening to this book, that what is being touted today as the best contemporary art will stand the test of time.

Fabulous!!

If you could sum up 33 Artists in 3 Acts in three words, what would they be?

Fascinating, enlightening and real.

What was one of the most memorable moments of 33 Artists in 3 Acts?

I loved Sarah Thorton's subtle comparison of Ai Weiwei with Jeff Koons. I had never considered the artists to be opposites before and yet their work symbolically critiques each other. Brilliant!

What about Tavia Gilberts performance did you like?

Gilbert's inflection was perfect, her pauses were appropriate and her voice felt warm and welcoming. I enjoyed spending 12 hours in the car with her.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I could never listen to this book in a single sitting. I listened to it in 30 minute chunks, and it gave me a lot to think about at the end of each day.

Any additional comments?

This book is for art lovers and delves deep into the art market. A text version of this book with photos would be much more enjoyable to a casual art lover.

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Title: A Russian Journal

Author: John Steinbeck

Narrator: Richard Poe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-14

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 58 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Steinbeck and Capa's account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writing.

Just after the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This rare opportunity took the famous travelers not only to Moscow and Stalingrad - now Volgograd - but through the countryside of the Ukraine and the Caucasus. Hailed by the New York Times as "superb" when it first appeared in 1948, A Russian Journal is the distillation of their journey and remains a remarkable memoir and unique historical document.

What they saw and movingly recorded in words and on film was what Steinbeck called "the great other side there... the private life of the Russian people." Unlike other Western reporting about Russia at the time, A Russian Journal is free of ideological obsessions. Rather, Steinbeck and Capa recorded the grim realities of factory workers, government clerks, and peasants, as they emerged from the rubble of World War II - represented here in Capa's stirring photographs alongside Steinbeck's masterful prose.

Members Reviews:

Extremely Interesting

I thought I had read all of John Steinbecks works needless to say; I was surprised when I came across this book published in 1948. I had never heard of it.

Steinbeck and Robert Capa, photographer, embarked on a six week Soviet Union tour during the early stages of the Cold War era. They visited Soviet Georgia, Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kiev. The report they created on life under Joseph Stalins command, is a highly valuable historical document.

The people portrayed in their literary and photographic archive, are seen living in totally different conditions from those in the West. They were rebuilding a war torn country with the use of only primitive tools as the Germans destroyed all mechanized equipment as they pulled out of Russia. Steinbeck and Capa tried to avoid meeting officials and ministers, but to find time to travel across the cities to speak to people and to understand the way they were living. They tried for honest reporting without drawing conclusions.

The book sort of reminds me of Travels with Charley because it is a non-fiction travel memoir. Steinbeck was a great observer of life, and characters. He wrote of the Russian people with great respect. Steinbeck writes very well about the humor in situations, like the nightmares of bureaucracy and the difficulties of travel. Great book and a must read for those interested in history or just a good Steinbeck story. Richard Poe narrated the book.

Steinbeck non-fiction is always good!

I love Steinbeck's writing, both his fiction and his non-fiction. So I am biased perhaps. This audio is as good as any of Steinbeck's later narratives, like Travels with Charley and Sea of Cortez, both of which I loved. A Russian Journal details Steinbecks' travels in Russia with Robert Capa after World War II. They went there to see how common folk lived and what was going on at ground level in the country. Steinbeck was the words man and Capa the photographs man. And Steinbeck reported in this book all the types of details and human interest events that he was known for in all his writing.

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Title: The Art of Asking

Subtitle: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

Author: Amanda Palmer

Narrator: Amanda Palmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-14

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 101 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Imagine standing on a box in the middle of a busy city, dressed as a white-faced bride, and silently using your eyes to ask people for money. Or touring Europe in a punk cabaret band, and finding a place to sleep each night by reaching out to strangers on Twitter. For Amanda Palmer, actions like these have gone beyond satisfying her basic needs for food and shelter - they've taught her how to turn strangers into friends, build communities, and discover her own giving impulses. And because she had learned how to ask, she was able to go to the world to ask for the money to make a new album and tour with it, and to raise over a million dollars in a month.

In The Art of Asking, Palmer expands upon her popular TED talk to reveal how ordinary people, those of us without thousands of Twitter followers and adoring fans, can use these same principles in our own lives.

This audio digital download includes a PDF featuring photographs and song lyrics.

Members Reviews:

Loved it!

I loved every minute of it. Amandas voice was perfect for reading the book but I wish it was longer

This. Is. Good. Art.

This book showes what to do when life gets tough. As Gaiman himself has said it "make good art."

If artists would take Gaiman's advice and created their art in the example of this book, then maybe the story of Amanda Palmer wouldn't seem so alien. And as a result we could have a world filled with stronger and healthier relationships between artists and their fans.

I hope every striving artist read this book and decide to take the leap and ask the world. This book opened my eyes and I will do my best to ask or at least notice when I turn away donuts someone is gifting me.

The pleasure of giving is all I want to do with my art, so I will try to not take it away from others. (Artist or not)

Thx, Amanda.

touching

It is a fantastic, honest, touching book! I see myself so much in this story!

Amazing Amanda

It's better in Audible. Cuz when Ananda reads it for you the effect is doubled. Everything is in sauce of music of Dresden dolls. Thank you.

What a beautiful story and narration!

The story and the narration by Amanda herself is absolutely beautiful! She is genuine, authentic and at times very vulnerable... I'm impressed by her deep personality and views of life. Highly recommended!

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Title: Maeve's Times

Subtitle: In Her Own Words

Author: Maeve Binchy

Narrator: Kate Binchy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-14

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 57 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Five decades of selected writings from the Irish Times by the beloved and best-selling author, filled with her hallmark humor, candor, and wisdom - a timeless gift to her legion of fans.

Maeve Binchy once confessed: "As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might consider the trivia of other people's lives." She was an accidental journalist, yet from the beginning, her writings reflected the warmth, wit, and keen human interest that audiences would come to love in her fiction. From the royal wedding to boring airplane companions, Samuel Beckett to Margaret Thatcher, "senior moments" to life as a waitress, Maeve's Times gives us wonderful insight into a changing Ireland as it celebrates the work of one of our best-loved writers in all its diversity - revealing her characteristic directness, laugh-out-loud humor, and unswerving gaze into the true heart of a matter.

Editorial Reviews:

"Delightful This warm, down-to-earth collectionworks wonderfully. Fans of the authors novels will enjoy learning more about her early life and about an earlier Ireland." (Henrietta Verma, Library Journal)

Critic Reviews:

"Binchy's trademark warmth, humor, and humanity characterize this volume. Wit, sarcasm, and big-heartedness emerge as hallmarks of [her] 'direct and uncluttered style.'... While the collection makes an enjoyable read on the merit of humor alone, editor Ingles selections capture Binchy's journalistic apprenticeship, record an intelligent woman's perspective on a changing world, and offer entertaining glimpses of a biography that Binchy fans will adore." (Publishers Weekly)

"Spanning five decades, this collection of Binchy's trademark columns celebrates her unabashed delight in the human condition, yes; but it also uncovers a much sharper wit and a more trenchant observer with a more cynical attitude than she ever divulged in her fiction. For the legions of fans who mourned her passing, this revelatory collection of essays brings a little of their cherished Maeve back, and then some." (Carol Haggas, Booklist)

Members Reviews:

A glimpse into the writer's memory.....

How wonderful it would be if all of our favorite authors took the time to share with us their favorite memories of their careers. It was delightful to listen to this trip back through the archives of MB's career highs and lows and points in between.

Great Times!

What a brilliant wit Meave Binchy is. She's such a woman of her times and so wonderfully Irish. You see the sexual revolution, women's liberation, even the drama of the Brittish royals through her unflinchingly honestly eyes.

A GLIMPSE THROUGH MAEVE'S LOOKING GLASS

Would you listen to Maeve's Times again? Why?

Definitely! Each chapter is a perfectly balanced vignette....a rich embroidery of witty, self-effacing comments about the subject matter.

What did you like best about this story?

Maeve's ability to see the real side of characters and situations without being judgmental.

Which scene was your favorite?

No particular one......They're all delightful.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes and no.

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Title: Leonardo and the Last Supper

Author: Ross King

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-14

Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 79 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work in Milan on what would become one of history's most influential and beloved works of art - The Last Supper. After a dozen years at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point personally and professionally: at 43, in an era when he had almost reached the average life expectancy, he had failed, despite a number of prestigious commissions, to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing promise. His latest failure was a giant bronze horse to honor Sforza's father: His 75 tons of bronze had been expropriated to be turned into cannons to help repel a French invasion of Italy. The commission to paint The Last Supper in the refectory of a Dominican convent was a small compensation, and his odds of completing it were not promising: Not only had he never worked on a painting of such a large size - 15' high x 30' wide - but he had no experience in the extremely difficult medium of fresco. In his compelling new book, Ross King explores how - amid war and the political and religious turmoil around him, and beset by his own insecurities and frustrations - Leonardo created the masterpiece that would forever define him. King unveils dozens of stories that are embedded in the painting. Examining who served as the models for the Apostles, he makes a unique claim: that Leonardo modeled two of them on himself. Reviewing Leonardo's religious beliefs, King paints a much more complex picture than the received wisdom that he was a heretic. The food that Leonardo, a famous vegetarian, placed on the table reveals as much as do the numerous hand gestures of those at Christ's banquet. As King explains, many of the myths that have grown up around The Last Supper are wrong, but its true story is ever more interesting. Bringing to life a fascinating period in European history, Ross King presents an original portrait of one of the world's greatest geniuses through the lens of his most famous work.

Members Reviews:

Informative yet creative

Ross King is the best at making non-fiction material read like a novel. While this story is full of solid research and scholarship it is also an enjoyable read.

Kudos

This book was extremely well written and read. A coherent story told from the contemporary perspective. I will listen to this several times as there is so much detail. Kudos.

If you were curious about davinci...

It was a good narrative for art enthusiasts who want to know more about this era of art history. A very enjoyable book!

Narrator is tone deaf.

This complex story suffers from a narrators voice that fails to modulate between war sags, biographic tales, and direct quotations from multiple primary sources. Probably a better read than audible version.

Fascinating Topic Becomes Dull

Between the slow pace of the narrator and the droning language from the author, a potentially exciting topic was about as interesting as watching grass grow.

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Title: Even This I Get to Experience

Author: Norman Lear

Narrator: Norman Lear

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-14

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 216 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

The dynamic and always controversial television producer shares 50 years of show business and politics, with all the candor and wisdom expected from the creator of All in the Family

The legendary creator of iconic television programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Norman Lear remade our television culture - while leading a life of unparalleled political, civic, and social involvement. Sharing the wealth of Lear's 90 years, Even This I Get to Experience is a memoir as touching and remarkable as the life he has led.

In the 1970s, Lear's comedies were viewed by 120 million people per week - yes, 120 million - with stories that reflected the most serious issues of their lives and still left them howling. But before this, Lear led a charmed life throughout postwar Hollywood's golden years, befriending the likes of Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks; writing and directing Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, Dick Van Dyke, and Martha Raye; becoming the highest paid comic writer in the country while working for Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Not to mention, Lear flew some 50 bombing missions over Germany with the 15th Air Force.

Shamelessly in love with the country the Founding Fathers laid out for him while his own father was serving time, Lear won the first American Legion Oratorical Contest speaking about the Constitution. He later founded People For the American Way, a national organization to protect the civil rights and liberties of us all, and bought an original copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed the night of July 4, 1776, not to hang on a wall in his home, but to travel across the country to schools, and libraries, and public institutions to be shared with citizens everywhere.

Critic Reviews:

"[Lear's] pacing and timing are excellent as he keeps the material fresh, his tone reflecting his memories as he recounts them." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

Norman Lear-a timeless soul

What did you love best about Even This I Get to Experience?

Norman Lear's new book, "Even This I Get to Experience," is a thoughtful and well-written book. Instead of reading it, I listened to it because Norman was actually reading his own audio book. Hearing him tell his own story is like sitting at the foot of a wizened elder as he peels back the decades of learning, struggles, accomplishments, and love. Norman's not only a brilliant writer and spell binding story teller, he speaks with a convincing simplicity lodged between emotion and matter of fact objectivity.

At times I found myself learning, laughing, and sometimes blushing. I loved his family stories, career highs and lows, and his ceaseless desire to make the world a better and more interesting place. He speaks bluntly about his failed marriages, divorce, business failures, world issues, and more. Even better, he talks about what worked in his life, his love for his wife Lyn, and his unrelenting positive views on life. It's so unusual to listen to a 90 year old man whose agile mind operates at a 40 year old person's level of creativity. Norman Lear is a timeless soul.

Listen!

I'm sure Reading this book would be great but hearing Norman Lear tell you about his life is pure pleasure!

I got to Experience Mr.

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Title: Walk to Beautiful

Subtitle: The Power of Love and a Homeless Kid Who Found the Way

Author: Jimmy Wayne, Ken Abraham (contributor)

Narrator: Gabe Wicks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-07-14

Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 182 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

A story of unconditional love and acceptance where you least expect it.

Imagine yourself a 13-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station and drives off into the night with her lover. That's the real life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It's a miracle that Jimmy survived being hungry, homeless, and bouncing in and out of the foster care system, and sleeping in the streets. But he didn't just overcome great adversity in his life; he now uses his country music platform to help children everywhere, especially teenagers in foster care who are about to age out of the system.

Walk to Beautiful is the powerfully emotive account of Jimmy's horrendous childhood and the love shown him by Russell and Bea Costner, the elderly couple who gave him a stable home and provided the chance to complete his education. Jimmy says of Bea, "She changed every cell in my body." It also chronicles Jimmy's rise to fame in the music industry and his Meet Me Halfway campaign - his walk halfway across America to raise awareness for foster kids.

Members Reviews:

EXCELLENT LISTENING EXPERIENCE!

This is a very touching story! Provides a great insight into a very worthy cause.

Inspiring - Shows the Impact One Person Can Have

Where does Walk to Beautiful rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This is one of the best books I've ever read or listened to! I literally lost sleep because I wanted to find out what happened next!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Walk to Beautiful?

There was one part of the story that sounded like something out of a horror movie but it was real life to Jimmy and his sister, Patricia. No one should have to experience something like that, especially a child! I don't want to give away the details. It's really amazing that Jimmy and Patricia lived through some of these terrible situations. For all of the bad things described in the first part of the book, they are outweighed by the beautiful love and appreciation that comes through later in the story when Jimmy speaks of Russell and Bea Costner, the couple who welcomed him into their home when he was living on the street.

Which scene was your favorite?

Crowd surfing at the concert at Madison Square Garden - Silly and cool at the same time! How many people can say they've done that? Jimmy completing the walk half way across the country was incredibly inspiring. I can't imagine taking 7 months out of your life to do something like that! It took such dedication to keep going and complete the walk even though it took longer than planned and Jimmy dealt with multiple physical hardships along the way. It was touching how many people reached out to help Jimmy Wayne and support Project Meet Me Halfway!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Jimmy Wayne approached legendary songwriter Skip Ewing with a song idea and they planned a meeting to write together! That took guts and it was the beginning of his career taking off.

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Title: One Direction: Who We Are

Subtitle: Our Official Autobiography

Author: One Direction

Narrator: One Direction

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-14

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 534 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

In their first in-depth autobiography, pop sensations Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Louis tell the story of their lives. From nervously auditioning for The X Factor and meeting one another for the first time, to filming their hit movie This Is Us and releasing their best-selling third album, Midnight Memories, it really has been one incredible journey. For the first time, the boys loyal fans will be given an unprecedented insight into all of it, from their humble beginnings and lives before The X Factor, to recording their first single, touring the world, winning awards, breaking records, and much, much more.

What has it been like for them? What did they really think of one another when they first met? What inspires their song-writing? How do they handle life on the road and long breaks away from those they care about and love? And what do they think is next for them as a band who have achieved so much so quickly?

Taking you behind the scenes of the creation of their music, their tours and their incredible friendship in their very own words, One Direction are ready to lay themselves bare in a way weve never heard before.

Get ready for the incredible story of a lifetime from an incredible set of lads.

Members Reviews:

This is a bomb ass book that you need to check out

This is the best book on this whole website 100% recommend to everyone. Like mystery? Check out this book to find out what one direction really think of their job. Like drama? Listen to Liam Payne talk about the troubles him and fellow band member louis Tomlinson face. This is a great book for everyone no matter which genre of books you are into this book includes all of them.

Very cute

It was a really cute story and emotional if you've been a fan for a long time. I loved hearing them narrate it.

So Happy

This is the best thing I have ever heard in my entire life.

100% pleased. I loved it so much!

Phenomenal

I honestly loved it!! I love hearing their voices, it feels like their right next to me:) I wouldn't change anything about it

Beautiful

I'm biased. One direction will always be amazing. I hope they've do more audiobooks it was PERF! Spend the money!