Education audiobooks

How to Talk So Kids Can Learn - Abridged

By: Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Narrated by: Lisa Nyberg & Rosalyn Anstine Templeton

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The leading experts on parent-child communication show parents and teachers how to motivate kids to learn and succeed in school.

Using the unique communication strategies, down-to-earth dialogues, and delightful cartoons that are the hallmark of their multimillion-copy bestseller How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele... Read more

Stop Dieting and Love Your Body

By: Carol Munter & Jane Hirschmann

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite progress in economic and social areas, many women often still feel oppressed by their own self-image and "weight problems." This dialogue offers a refreshing alternative to the vicious circle of dieting and weight gain--a way to deal with poor body image that reaches to its core issues. Read more

Quantum Consciousness

By: Danah Zohar

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

What are the implications of quantum theory for mystical spirituality? This conversation covers a broad range of topics such as the nature of human consciousness, physical reality, God, creativity, social activity, the future of science, and more. Zohar says the vast implications of being quantum people makes us full members and partners in this... Read more

The Book of Virtues Volume II - Abridged

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: Joseph Bennett, John Bennett & Elayne Glover Be...

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The second audio volume of William Bennett's Book of Virtues, an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop moral character—and helps parents teach it to them.

Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our... Read more

The Book of Virtues - Abridged

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: William J. Bennett, Elayne Glover Bennett, Char...

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of The Moral Compass and The Death of Outrage, William J. Bennett's bestselling The Book of Virtues is an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop moral character—and helps parents teach it to them.

Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits... Read more

Exploring Life Before Birth

By: Troye Turner & John Richard Turner

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing evidence indicates that parents' experiences during pregnancy significantly affect the mental and physical condition of the child throughout life. Here is an approach that considers the effects of parental and even past lives, to lend insight and healing power to our current life situations. Read more

Bringing the Song Inside Out

By: Rachel Bagby

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Breaking into chant and song even as she is speaking, Rachel Bagby shows us how music can do more than we ever thought possible. She believes in, "giving the sacred back to our breath, and giving our breath back to the sacred," and describes what happens when we start listening to and expressing the music inside of us. Read more

The Blessings of Mourning

By: Rabbi Anne Brener

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

More than comfort is offered here, as Brener unfolds for us a unique perspective on grieving and mourning. In this discussion we gain tools for healing current grief and even long-ago losses that we have not fully processed. Read more

Thomas Merton the Man

By: Ron Seitz

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In late 1993, Michael Toms made a "pilgrimage" to the hermitage of Thomas Merton at the Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. This is a recording of his visit with Ron Seitz, who was a young poet when he befriended and was mentored by Merton. Here Seitz offers memories and insight from the life of the brilliant Trappist monk and spiritual teacher. Read more

Evolution, Intelligence and the Future

By: Joseph Chilton Pearce

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The awesome potential of the human brain can only be tapped by providing the best possible learning environment at the earliest possible age. Scientific research has shown that television damages the full neural development of children's brains, crippling their capacity for symbol and metaphor. Other factors also contribute to antisocial... Read more

The Passion of Grace

By: Bernadette Roberts

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

After spending nine years in a Catholic convent, Bernadette Roberts went on to earn degrees in philosophy and education, start a Montessori school, and raise four children. Here she shares the nature of self and its relationship with God, the action of grace in our lives, the spiritual value of suffering, the meaning of the Virgin Mary, the... Read more

Return of the Goddess

By: Marija Gimbutas, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Almost single-handedly, through her excavations and discovery of artifacts and remnants from European cultures predating both Egyptian and Greek civilization, the late Marija Gimbutas revamped both history and the field of archaeology. Here she speaks about the thousands of Goddess-related figurines she unearthed, pointing to the existence of... Read more

Natural Intelligence and the Heart

By: Joseph Chilton Pearce

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The combination of the latest brain research with the new image of the shape of reality emerging from quantum physics challenges us to see ourselves anew, according to Pearce, who provides a wealth of knowledge about how we develop, learn, create and relate to the universe we inhabit. He suggests that intelligence is much more than just... Read more

Creativity, Natural Philosophy and Science

By: David Bohm, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Bohm tells us why science has become specialized and fragmented at the cost of its soul. He describes his theory of “implicate order” and its implications for human consciousness. He observes that thought is based in memory but true creativity depends on getting beyond the thought process. Read more

Adventures of the Mind

By: Joseph Chilton Pearce

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Understanding the basis of learning and how the brain works lie at the core of Pearce's message, which is both disturbing and inspiring. His natural fervor and steady presentation of facts challenge the mind to recognize its limitations while seeing its possibilities. Read more

Educating for Peace

By: Dr. Rodrigo Carazo, Murray Silberman & Willis H...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this illuminating conversation, Carazo, former president of Costa Rica and founder of the University for Peace is joined by Murray Silberman, Director of Planning and Development, and Willis Harman, President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Member of the Board of Regents of the University of California. Peace, they affirm, is not an... Read more

Parts of the Whole

By: David Bohm, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Theoretical physicist Bohm developed a theory of quantum physics that addresses both matter and consciousness as an unbroken whole. The late Bohm’s concept of “implicate order” provides a basis for bridging science to the realm of spirit. For two decades, he explored this possibility with religious philosopher J. Krishnamurti. Read more

Understanding Mind-Active Drugs

By: Andrew Weil, MD

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In American society one could hardly find a subject more controversial or more apt to raise hackles, prompt desires or trigger fears. For this reason alone it is important for us to dissolve the myths and uncover the truth about substances that cause significant changes in the body and/or mind. Weil, an M.D., provides us with an overview not... Read more

A Modern Political Promethean

By: Daniel Ellsberg

Narrated by: Re Couture

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A look into the motives, insights and visions of a modern political promethean and pacifist. Alive with inspirations and practical observations on the challenging times we live in. Read more

Moshe Feldenkrais: Life and Human Nature

By: Moshé Feldenkrais, D. Sc. & Will Schutz, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Re Couture

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of Awareness Through Movement shares his vision, warmth and wisdom in discussing life and human nature. Read more

Петербургский ростовщик - Abridged

By: Nikolay Nekrasov

Narrated by: Valery Merkuryev, Olga Lebzak & Bruno Frejndlikh

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Спектакль "Петербургский ростовщик" по мотивам одноимённого водевиля Николай Алексеевич Некрасова (1821 — 1877).
Ростовщик Лоскутков всё на свете измеряет деньгами. Его дочь Лиза влюбляется в красавца Налимова Ивана Федоровича. Налимов просит у ростовщика Лоскуткова руки его дочери. Лоскутов требует денег от жениха. Но влюбленный Налимов... Read more