Family & Relationships audiobooks

Seven Top Tips to Attract the Love You Want

By: Ronnie Ann Ryan

Narrated by: Ronnie Ann Ryan

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you single again? Frustrated with dating? Wonder where the good men are? In this live talk, dating coach Ronnie Ann Ryan shares seven proven strategies to rev up your love life. Find out how to attract men easily, the mechanics of dating, (who should call/pay), and how to apply simple MANifesting techniques. Shift your beliefs about love,... Read more

Fortytude

By: Sarah Brokaw

Narrated by: Sarah Brokaw

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In Fortytude, therapist Sarah Brokaw presents a new understanding of how women can greet midlife with strength and freedom. Brokaw, who happens to be the daughter of Tom Brokaw and who is herself in her late 30s, will share personal experiences as well as professional wisdom-- in a lively, engaging voice. In her practice, Brokaw specializes in... Read more

The Nature Principle

By: Richard Louv

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The Nature Principle presents a compelling case that a conscious reconnection to nature can make us whole again and that the future will belong to nature-smart individuals, families, businesses, and communities. Supported by evidence from emerging empirical and theoretical research and eye-opening anecdotes, Louv shows that when we tap into the... Read more

A Father's Love

By: David Goldman

Narrated by: David Goldman

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring, heart-rending story of a father's unwavering love for his son.

David Goldman and his Brazilian wife, Bruna Bianchi, led what appeared to be a happy life in New Jersey. But in June 2004, Bianchi took their four-year-old son, Sean, to Brazil for what she said would be a two- week vacation. Once there, she informed Goldman that she... Read more

Golfing with Dad

By: David Barrett

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Golfing With Dad is a heartwarming collection of golf's best players' favorite memories with their fathers and how those memories shaped them not only as players but as the men and women they are today. Many professional golfers have been greatly influenced by their fathers, and some of the very best have contributed interviews to this special... Read more

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth

By: Alexandra Robbins

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney

Length: 15 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

These intertwining narratives "beautifully demonstrate . . . that the people who are excluded and bullied for their offbeat passions and refusal to conform are often the ones who are embraced and lauded for those very qualities in college and beyond" (The New York Times).

In a smart, entertaining, reassuring book that reads like fiction,... Read more

S'Mother

By: Adam Chester

Narrated by: Adam Chester

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

S'Mother is a hilarious memoir based on 30 years of unsolicited advice, news updates, and opinions in the form of thousands of inappropriate, embarrassing, and utterly crazy letters showing the pathological extremes maternal instincts can take. Why is a grown woman so frantic that her adult son screw on his windows to keep out killer bees? Are... Read more

Real Boys - Abridged

By: William Pollack

Narrated by: William Pollack

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"While it may seem as if we live in a man's world," reports Pollack, "we do not live in a boy's world." Many boys today are struggling either silently, with low self-esteem and feelings of loneliness and isolation, or publicly, by acting out feelings of emotional and social disconnection through anger and acts of violence against themselves or... Read more

Resolving Everyday Conflict

By: Kevin Johnson & Ken Sande

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Excerpt of best-selling title, The Peacemaker. Conflict-resolution expert Ken Sande shows you how to help permanently resolve disputes in your everyday life. He takes you beyond quick fixes to true, life-changing reconciliation with family members, coworkers, and fellow believers. Read more

The Magic of Positive Parenting

By: Made for Success

Narrated by: Larry Iverson, Jennifer Sedlock & Brian Tracy

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Listen to the experts as they weigh in with time-tested advice on preparing your children for a brilliant future.Parenting great kids doesn't happen by accident, and with the proper training, anyone can raise positive, motivated children. In today's fast-paced culture, vast amounts of information bombard our children from all sides, competing... Read more

A Bittersweet Season

By: Jane Gross

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 15 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In telling the intimate story of caring for her aged and ailing mother, Jane Gross offers indispensable, and often surprising, advice for the rapidly increasing number of adult children responsible for aging parents.

Gross deftly weaves the specifics of her personal experience—a widowed mother with mounting health problems, the attendant... Read more

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals

By: Immanuel Kant

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Immanuel Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals, first published in 1785, lays out Kant's essential philosophy and defines the concepts and arguments that would shape his later work. Central to Kant's doctrine is the categorical imperative, which he defines as a mandate that human actions should always conform to a universal,... Read more

No Biking in the House Without a Helmet

By: Melissa Fay Greene

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

When the two-time National Book Award finalist Melissa Fay Greene confided to friends that she and her husband planned to adopt a four-year-old boy from Bulgaria to add to their four children at home, the news threatened to place her, she writes, "among the greats: the Kennedys, the McCaughey septuplets, the von Trapp family singers, and perhaps... Read more

Games People Play

By: Eric Berne

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Over forty years ago, Games People Play revolutionized our understanding of what really goes on during our most basic social interactions. More than five million copies later, Dr. Eric Berne's classic is as astonishing and revealing as it was on the day it was first published.



We play games all the time—sexual games, marital games, power games... Read more

The Long Goodbye

By: Meghan O'Rourke

Narrated by: Meghan O'Rourke

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial love.

What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside rituals that acknowledge grief? After her mother died of cancer at the age of fifty-five, Meghan O'Rourke found that... Read more

Two Kisses for Maddy

By: Matthew Logelin

Narrated by: Matthew Logelin

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Matt Logelin writes a courageous and searingly honest memoir about the first year of his life following the birth of his daughter and the death of his wife.

Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts. After years of long-distance dating, the pair finally settled together in Los Angeles, and they had it all: a perfect marriage, a gorgeous... Read more

What Happened to My Little Girl?

By: Nancy N. Rue

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Dads, finally a guide to your tween daughter! This companion book to the FaithGirlz novels, devotionals, and Bibles, focuses on four tween issues: appearance, body and mood changes, girl politics, and authenticity.Let tween expert Nancy Rue, and her husband, Jim, guide you in helping your daughter live as a girl-child rather than a... Read more

Using Limits and Consequences

By: EDCON Publishing

Narrated by: Professional Associates

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio-book will teach you to manage children using limits and consequences. Organizational patterns of families are reviewed. Limits for managing behavior of children are discussed and eight practical techniques for effective usage of limit setting are reviewed. When to set limits, how to set them and important points to remember, is also... Read more

Stopping Stress Before It Stops You

By: Kevin Leman

Narrated by: Lucille Cole

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

You can reduce stress and enjoy your life! Homemaker, career woman, wife, supermom—sometimes the roles you have to fill all at once can get to be too much. Internationally known psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman has seen scores of women who are overcome by stress. With humor, insight, and practical solutions, this bestselling author helps you manage... Read more

A Mother's Gift

By: Dan Gediman

Narrated by: various

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring collection of the personal philosophies and core values of a fascinating group of Americans with a focus on motherhood. The perfect Mother's Day gift.

Based on the NPR series of the same name, this new 1-CD collection of This I Believe essays will again gather a diverse group of essayists—ranging from famous to previously... Read more

Join the Club

By: Tina Rosenberg

Narrated by: Dana Green

Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In the style of The Tipping Point or Freakonomics, a groundbreaking book that will change the way you look at the world.

The fearless Tina Rosenberg has spent her career tackling some of the world's hardest problems. The Haunted Land, her searing work on how Eastern Europe faced the crimes of Communism, garnered both the National Book Award and... Read more

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?

By: Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Beleaguered parents will breathe sighs of relief and gratitude over this bestselling guide to raising teenagers. In this revised edition, Dr. Anthony E. Wolf tackles the changes in recent years with the same wit and compassion as the original edition.

Delve into a practical and compassionate tour of adolescence, laden with insight and... Read more

The Wisdom of Each Other

By: Eugene H. Peterson

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

An illuminating example of friendship as a vital way God answers our need for guidance, encouragement, affirmation, and correction.Most of the time, what we need to help us through the struggles in our lives is not the advice of an expert but the wisdom of a friend. Through this series of eloquent letters written to a life-long friend, author... Read more

Be Different

By: John Elder Robison

Narrated by: John Elder Robison

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

“I believe those of us with Asperger’s are here for a reason, and we have much to offer. This book will help you bring out those gifts.”
 
In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison described growing up with Asperger’s syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn’t exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents... Read more