Family & Relationships audiobooks

The Sweet Potato Queens' Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide

By: Jill Conner Browne

Narrated by: Jill Conner Browne

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

You are cordially invited to attend...

The Sweet Potato Queens are bona fide experts at planning a marvelous marriage (and ending one—flip this book right on over if you're looking for advice on dumping a deadweight hubby!), so who better to provide this handy wedding planner? And even if you're not planning your own nuptials, surely you have... Read more

The Sweet Potato Queens' Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide - Abridged

By: Jill Conner Browne

Narrated by: Jill Conner Browne

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You are cordially invited to attend...

The Sweet Potato Queens are bona fide experts at planning a marvelous marriage (and ending one—flip this book right on over if you're looking for advice on dumping a deadweight hubby!), so who better to provide this handy wedding planner? And even if you're not planning your own nuptials, surely you have... Read more

Love Smart - Abridged

By: Phil McGraw

Narrated by: Phil McGraw

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Love Smart, bestselling author Dr. Phil McGraw tells people who are dissatisfied with their love lives to stop making excuses and start taking action.

You deserve a committed relationship and it's within your control to have the one you want. First, though, you need to determine what you want in a partner, plot your course, and get out there... Read more

Children at Play - Changing the World

By: Rosario Villasana-Ruiz

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Rosario Villasana-Ruiz, an early childhood education specialist, describes how children develop and learn naturally.  She explains why we should school the child's imagination, involve all of the child's senses, provide models of rich descriptive language, and invest the time to be in relationship with children. Read more

Full Exposure - Abridged

By: Susie Bright

Narrated by: Susie Bright

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Hailed by Utne Reader as ""a visionary"" and the San Francisco Chronicle as ""the X-rated intellectual,"" Susie Bright is indisputably the sexpert of our times. Now, in a frank and intimate look at our own erotic experience, she delves into the most personal aspects of sex and shows us how our sexual passion can be a source of creativity and... Read more

Why Do I Love These People? - Abridged

By: Po Bronson

Narrated by: John Dossett

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Po Bronson takes us on an extraordinary journey

Calling upon his gift for powerful nonfiction narrative and philosophical insight Po Bronson explores the incredibly complicated feelings that we have for our families.

Each chapter introduces us to people and we come to know them intimately, following the story of their relationship as they... Read more

Raising Your Spirited Child - Abridged

By: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Narrated by: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The spirited child—often called ""difficult"" or ""strong-willed""—can easily overwhelm parents, leaving them feeling frustrated and inadequate.Spirited kids are, in fact, simply ""more""—by temperament, they are more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and uncomfortable with change than the average child. Through vivid examples and a... Read more

Men, Women and Relationships - Abridged

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus shows you how to improve your relationships by accepting and celebrating the differences between the sexes.Men and women are different—there’s no denying it. So why do we constantly expect the same actions and feelings from them? This enormously helpful book not only enables you... Read more

Raising a Wondrous Child

By: Dawna Markova

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dawna Markova launched a movement to free parents from worrying about "fixing" their children's differences, and instead help their youngsters recognize the enormous value they have in the world, just as they are. It's a radical shift from our current standardized educational paradigm - and it's a joyous one. Read more

The Mother Dance - Abridged

By: Harriet Lerner

Narrated by: Harriet Lerner

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bestselling Author Harriet Lerner leads you in the most magnificent dance of all: The Mother Dance!Her phenomenally successful audio books have profoundly changed the way we think about anger and intimacy. Now psychologist and mother Harriet Lerner tackles the most emotionally charged, issue of all time: motherhood.In her own candid, and... Read more

Two Opponents, One Flag

By: Deidre Combs

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Deidre Combs explains how to recognize the larger lessons available to both parties in a conflict, and unearth the real fears and failings hiding behind the anger and harsh words. Read more

It's Called A Breakup Because It's Broken

By: Greg Behrendt

Narrated by: Various

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

It's past two in the morning. You're on your third glass of wine. You're wearing his sweater because it still smells like him (and quite frankly, he never really smelled that great, but we'll give it to you). Stamp out that dumb French cigarette and put down that phone. No, really, don't make that call. Why? Because you're not that girl, looking... Read more

It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken - Abridged

By: Greg Behrendt & Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt

Narrated by: Greg Behrendt & Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt

Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There’s no doubt about it—breakups suck. But in the first few hours or days or weeks that follow, there’s one important truth you need to recognize: Some things can’t and shouldn’t be fixed, especially that loser who dumped you or forced you to dump him. It’s over for a reason, and deep down inside you probably know what that reason is. It’s... Read more

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed

By: Alan Alda

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

He’s one of America’s most recognizable and acclaimed actors–a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances.

“My mother didn’t try to... Read more

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed - Abridged

By: Alan Alda

Narrated by: Alan Alda

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

He’s one of America’s most recognizable and acclaimed actors–a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances.

“My mother didn’t try to... Read more

What Were You Thinking??

By: Mark Barondess

Narrated by: Mark A. Barondess

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Wouldn't it be nice if you could sit down with an attorney who normally charges $600 per hour—or more—and receive expert legal advice on what is no doubt one of the biggest decisions you will ever make? Listening to What Were You Thinking?? gives you that opportunity. This is an absolutely indispensable guide for anyone considering coupling or... Read more

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will - Abridged

By: Adele Faber

Narrated by: Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and teens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence.Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with their breakthrough, bestselling books Siblings Without Rivalry and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So... Read more

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles - Abridged

By: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Narrated by: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

 Parents and kids pitted against one another, opposing forces pulling in different directions - both determined to win! Every family experiences power struggles, but these daily tugs of war are not inevitable. In Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka presents real strategies for getting to the root of the emotions and needs... Read more

Feathers from My Nest

By: Beth Moore

Narrated by: Beth Moore

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

“They lifted up effortlessly into the sky and headed toward a masterfully painted horizon. Mr. Sparrow glanced back one last time. ‘A fine nest it was.’ Mrs. Sparrow was finally content to look ahead, her tears drying in the autumn breeze. There would be more tears. But there would also be more breezes to dry them. She looked to her right... Read more

Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt)

By: Philip Van Munching

Narrated by: Philip Van Munching

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Life can be pretty tricky when you're a teenage girl. New things matter: Clothes. Parties. Boys. Suddenly being liked and being popular don't mean the same thing. Your parents get completely bizarre when the subject of dating comes up. A friend you've had forever stabs you in the back for no good reason. Everybody you know seems to feel free to... Read more

The 4 Seasons of Marriage

By: Gary Chapman

Narrated by: Gary Chapman

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Spring, summer, winter, fall. Marriages are perpetually in a state of transition, continually moving from one season to another—perhaps not annually, as in nature, but just as certainly and consistently. Sometimes we find ourselves in winter—discouraged, detached, and dissatisfied; other times, we experience springtime with its openness, hope,... Read more

Three Weeks with My Brother

By: Nicholas Sparks & Micah Sparks

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller, follow the author of The Notebook as he travels the world with his brother learning about faith, loss, connection, and hope.

As moving as his bestselling works of fiction, Nicholas Sparks's unique memoir, written with his brother, chronicles the life-affirming journey of two brothers bound by memories, both... Read more

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The Phenomenal #1 New York Times Bestseller In his classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray, provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication and relationships by acknowledging the differences between them.Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy... Read more

Children are from Heaven

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray (Reader)

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In his travels, lectures, and seminars, the book John Gray has been most often asked to write is a parenting book. After years of serious thought, workshops, and practical applications, John Gray has created a brilliantly original and effective system that he calls positive parenting, for children of all ages, from birth though the teenage... Read more