Family & Relationships audiobooks

Saved By Her Soul

By: Carol Orsborn, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Is it possible to be downsized, get a pink slip, hunt for a job, go through rejection, and keep your spirit intact? This is the question Carol Orsborn faced when she, like so many others, was forced to reassess her values, her courage, and her faith during one of life's difficult times. Read more

Toward A More Conscious Economy

By: David Korten, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is a voice of reason that brings not only sanity but consciousness to a real understanding of how our economy works-and why it often doesn't-and how we can apply principles of spirituality and conscious living to the choices we must make for our own financial survival. David Korten understands the economy, and he also knows that money is... Read more

What Would Susie Say?

By: Susie Essman

Narrated by: Susie Essman

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In What Would Susie Say?, Susie Essman sheds the crasser layers to reveal how she went from an anxiety-ridden, struggling stand-up comic to being one of the funniest women on television. Emerging as one of the most successful performers in her field, Essman goes behind the scenes of a life in comedy with her funny cohorts, including Joy Behar,... Read more

Raising Girls

By: Melissa Trevathan & Helen Stitt Goff

Narrated by: Sandy Burr

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"My six-year-old fusses with her hair for hours. Is this normal?" "Yesterday my seventh grader was all sunshine. Today she's wearing black and won't leave her room." "I'm worried my teenager may have an eating disorder."In today's complex world, parenting a girl is harder than ever. It takes more than love. It takes insight into the things that... Read more

The Language of Love and Respect

By: Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Narrated by: Emerson Eggerichs

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Why does communication between couples remain the number one marriage issue? Because most spouses don't know that they speak two different languages.Communication expert Dr. Emerson Eggerichs says that the problem is couples are sending each other messages in 'code,' but they won't crack that code until they see that she listens to hear the... Read more

Cowboy & Wills

By: Monica Holloway

Narrated by: Monica Holloway

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Christened “charming” and “winning” by the Washington Post and “touching” by Publishers Weekly, celebrated author Monica Holloway’s deeply moving memoir shares the unforgettable story of an extraordinary little boy and the irresistible puppy who transformed his life.

The day Monica Holloway learns that her lovable, brilliant three-year-old son... Read more

Your Eternal Bliss

By: Swami Kriyanada

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than sixty years Swami Kriyananda has been a disciple of the revered Paramhansa Yogananda. As a young man the Swami came to understand that logic and intellect would never lead to happiness, and from his first encounter with Yogananda knew he had found his true spiritual path. Read more

The Kids Are All Right

By: Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch & Dan Welch

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Rebecca Lowman, Kathe Mazur & A...

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A blisteringly funny, heart-scorching tale of remarkable kids shattered by tragedy and finally brought back together by love."—People

Somehow, between their father’s mysterious death, their glamorous soap-opera-star mother’s cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed to handle... Read more

Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid

By: Jenny Lee & Howard J. Morris

Narrated by: Justine Eyre & John Allen Nelson

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the dawn of time, when the first smitten caveboy tried to woo the object of his affections by shoving her into the mud, men have demonstrated that when it comes to women, they are profoundly stupid. And when it comes to men, women—no matter how intelligent or mature—are completely crazy.



Based on this simple yet groundbreaking insight,... Read more

Changing the World, Seven Boys At a Time

By: Michael Rosen, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the lead of his racially color-blind son, Michael Rosen and his wife found themselves adopting a group of underprivileged African American boys within the context of their very privileged Caucasian world. What began as a kids' baseball game in the park, became a commitment that would bridge the racial and cultural divide. Read more

Thinking in Pictures

By: Temple Grandin

Narrated by: Deborah Marlowe

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism because she is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us. In this unprecedented book, Grandin... Read more

Mercury in Retrograde

By: Paula Froelich

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Penelope Mercury, an intrepid reporter at the New York Telegraph, has pounded the pavement for five years from city borough to borough, carrying out her boss's eccentric orders to break stories that seem inconsequential to everyone but him. Finally, she is inches away from being promoted to her dream job—covering courtroom drama for the... Read more

The Birth Order Book

By: Kevin Leman

Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Firstborn? Only child? Middle child? Baby of the family? Find out what it means to you, your relationships, and your career. Do you realize that of the first twenty-three astronauts in space, twenty-one were firstborns and the other two were the only child in their family? Are you aware that many successful entrepreneurs are middle children? Is... Read more

A Change in Altitude

By: Anita Shreve

Narrated by: Anna Stone

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Margaret and Patrick have been married just a few months when they set off on what they hope will be a great adventure-a year living in Kenya. Margaret quickly realizes there is a great deal she doesn't know about the complex mores of her new home, and about her own husband.

A British couple invites the newlyweds to join on a climbing... Read more

I Love You More

By: Les and Leslie Parrott

Narrated by: Ruth & Max Bloomquist, Ruth Bloomquist & Max Bl...

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

How to make the thorns in your marriage come up roses.The big and little annoyances in your marriage are actually opportunities to deepen your love for each other. Relationship experts and award-winning authors Les and Leslie Parrott believe that your personal quirks and differences--where you squeeze the toothpaste tube, how you handle... Read more

You Were Always Mom's Favorite

By: Deborah Tannen

Narrated by: Deborah Tannen

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Deborah Tannen, New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster hits You Just Don’t Understand and You’re Wearing THAT? delivers the last word on sisters.

Communications expert Dr. Deborah Tannen turns her witty and wise eye to sisters as she shares insights, anecdotes, and practical solutions to help us understand the special gifts and... Read more

The Possibility of Everything

By: Hope Edelman

Narrated by: Hope Edelman

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Motherless Daughters, here is the real-life story of one woman’s search for a cure to her family’s escalating troubles and the leap of faith that took her on a journey to an exotic place and a new state of mind.In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her marriage, her profession, and her... Read more

Real Boys

By: William Pollack

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 21 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

After more than two decades of research at Harvard Medical School, clinical psychologist William Pollack concludes that our sons are in trouble. In this provocative study, as he examines the causes of this crisis, Dr. Pollack offers ways we can help boys grow up into healthy adults. Just as Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia offers hope for troubled... Read more

The Marriage Code

By: Bill Farrel & Pam Farrel

Narrated by: Bill Farrel & Pam Farrel

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

How is it that your spouse can be a source of joy and of frustration all on the same day? How can your marriage move so quickly from hard to easy (and vice versa)? Why is it such a challenge to get in sync with your mate? It’s possible to have a secure and successful marriage, but you have to know the access code that keeps the heart-to-heart... Read more

Traveling with Pomegranates

By: Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor

Narrated by: Sue Monk Kidd

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An introspective and beautiful dual memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and her daughter. Look out for Ann Kidd Taylor's new novel, The Shark Club, which will be published in June 2017. 

Sue Monk Kidd has touched millions of readers with her novels The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair and with her acclaimed nonfiction.... Read more

The Gift of an Ordinary Day

By: Katrina Kenison

Narrated by: Katrina Kenison

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The Gift of an Ordinary Day is an intimate memoir of a family in transition, with boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, and an attempt to find a deeper sense of place—and a slower pace—in a small New England town.

This is a story of mid-life longings and discoveries, of lessons learned in the search for home and a new... Read more

The Meaning of Matthew

By: Judy Shepard

Narrated by: Judy Shepard

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Unabridged CDs * 7 CDs, 9 hours

The mother of Matthew Shepard shares her story about her son’s death and the choice she made to become an international gay rights activist. Read more

Building a Home with My Husband

By: Rachel Simon

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Rachel Simon's historic home on a charming tree-lined street was hardly ideal. It was too small, too dark, and there was a gaping hole in the dining room ceiling. So when the house is burglarized, Rachel and her husband, Hal, agree it's time to sell. But in a difficult housing market, and with Hal being an architect, they soon realize: Why leave... Read more

Smart Love

By: Martha Heineman Pieper & John Pieper

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

No wonder Smart Love has gotten media attention galore and was even recommended by Ann Landers. The smart love approach offers a new and better way to steer through the extremes of "tough love" and unbridled permissiveness. Parents and children alike will benefit from these innovative principles for raising happy and responsible adults. The good... Read more