Family & Relationships audiobooks

Staying Centered in a Busy World

By: Joan Borysenko

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Borysenko shares tools and techniques to help each of us avoid the inevitable burn-out that comes when we cross the line between compassion and codependence. Read more

He's Just Not That Into You

By: Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo

Narrated by: Liz Tuccillo & Greg Behrendt

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrating twenty years since its release, He’s Just Not That Into You remains a game-changer, offering no-nonsense advice for how to spot when a guy just isn’t interested—saving you from wasting time making excuses for a dead-end relationships. Inspired by a memorable episode of the iconic show Sex and the City, it holds its ground as the best... Read more

The Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men - Abridged

By: Jill Conner Browne

Narrated by: Jill Conner Browne

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Sweet Potato Queens like men. They like them so much that they have devoted an absolutely inordinate amount of time to the pursuit of men, marriage, and great sex. And then, when that doesn t work out, they've devoted an inordinate amount of time to divorce, gittin another one and having great sex with him instead. The Sweet Potato... Read more

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: First Edition - Abridged

By: Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling guide to transforming an intimate relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship, in an all new production of the revised and updated text—on CD for the first time
In Getting the Love You Want, Dr. Harville Hendrix presents the relationship skills that have already helped hundreds of thousands of couples to replace... Read more

The O'Reilly Factor for Kids

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

There's no one more blunt, more opinionated, or more outspoken than the average teen. Except, of course, Bill O'Reilly, veteran star journalist, anchor of the most watched cable news program on TV, New York Times bestselling author, husband, father of two and former teacher.In his latest book, O'Reilly talks straight to the readers most likely... Read more

The Know-It-All

By: A.J. Jacobs

Narrated by: Geoffrey Cantor

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A. J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z.



To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A. J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two... Read more

Family First - Abridged

By: Phil McGraw

Narrated by: Phil McGraw

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Do you feel that your family is not what it used to be, or what it has the potential to be? Do you worry that the parenting decisions you're making today may be scarring your child for life? Do you sometimes feel you are in a tug-of-war with the world over who will shape your child's values and beliefs?

With Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan... Read more

Traveling Hopefully

By: Libby Gill

Narrated by: Libby Gill

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In Traveling Hopefully, Libby Gill reveals the heartbreaking family challenges she endured and shares her insights on how she finally shed her negative life themes, shifting her perspective from limiting to liberating. Read more

Navigating Nature Naturally

By: Brenda Peterson

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Brenda Peterson finds her spirituality in the soulfulness, humility, and forgiveness of the natural world. With a voice as gentle as her heart, she shares her first mystical encounter with the spirit of a river, and points the way to a sacredness grounded in the natural world, the wisdom of women, and the love of family. Read more

The DNA of Relationships

By: Gary Smalley, Greg Smalley, Michael Smalley & R...

Narrated by: Chris Fabry

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“Life is relationships; the rest is just details.” We are designed for relationships, yet they often bring us pain. In this paradigm-shifting book, Gary Smalley unravels the DNA of relationships: we are made for three great relationships—with God, others, and ourselves—and all relationships involve choice. Gary exposes a destructive... Read more

The 7 Stages of Motherhood - Abridged

By: Ann Pleshette Murphy

Narrated by: Ann Pleshette Murphy

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Motherhood is the ultimate transformation, a powerful and thrilling metamorphosis. Yet the vast majority of parenting books focus on the how-tos of baby and child care, not on the care or development of mothers. Ann Pleshette Murphy—the former editor of Parents magazine, current parenting contributor to Good Morning America, and herself the... Read more

Getting the Love You Want Audio Companion - Abridged

By: Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt

Narrated by: Harville Hendrix

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An audio companion to the enormously successful New York Times bestselling relationship book, Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples.

In 1988, Harville Hendrix in partnership with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, published a terrifically successful relationship guide, Getting the Love You Want. The book introduced thousands to their Imago... Read more

Power of Love, The: A Dr. Laura Audio Collection - Abridged

By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Narrated by: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Three of Dr. Laura’s Ten Stupid Things audios, all on CD and in one box.Three of Dr. Laura’s very popular backlist titles available for the first time on CD in a box set, Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr. Laura uses real-world examples to take a clear-eyed look at self-damaging behavior and helps you move to a... Read more

The Excellent 11 - Abridged

By: Ron Clark

Narrated by: Ron Clark

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When The Essential 55 was published, Ron Clark became a tireless promoter, traveling the country to speak to large groups of teachers and fans. And when his Oprah appearance shot the book onto the New York Times bestseller list, he kept the heat on. We can expect the same tenacious commitment to promoting his follow-up book, The Excellent 11.The... Read more

The Bitch in the House - Abridged

By: Cathi Hanauer

Narrated by: Cathi Hanauer

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Despite more power and choices than ever before, women are still angry -- that's not necessarily a bad thing, as anger is what continues to open the door for change. In this collection, 15 women speak boldly and passionately about choices they've made -- about sex, children, love and work -- and explore what's working and what is not. Their... Read more

The Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men

By: Jill Conner Browne

Narrated by: Jill Conner Browne

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sweet Potato Queens like men. They like them so much that they have devoted an absolutely inordinate amount of time to the pursuit of men, marriage, and great sex. And then, when that doesn t work out, they've devoted an inordinate amount of time to divorce, gittin another one and having great sex with him instead. THE SWEET POTATO... Read more

The New Strong-Willed Child - Abridged

By: James C. Dobson

Narrated by: John Fuller

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist!
Dr. James Dobson has completely rewritten, updated, and expanded his classic best seller The Strong-Willed Child for a new generation of parents and teachers. The New Strong-Willed Child follows on the heels of Dr. Dobson’s phenomenal best seller Bringing Up Boys. It offers practical how-to advice on raising... Read more

Evolution Through Conflict

By: Deidre Combs, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

It's clear that conflict is unlikely to go away any time soon. In fact, it may even be built into our design as a vehicle for growth. With wisdom gained from years of spiritual and cross-cultural studies, Dr. Combs has identified four phases that each of us moves through as we strive to resolve differences, not only with others, but with... Read more

Time, Myth and the Artist's Way

By: Bokara Legendre

Narrated by: Neil Harvey

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The thin membrane through which artists birth poems, sculpture, images, and sound is like the membrane through which spirit manifests. One might ask, "Is the realm of the spiritually attuned artist much different than that of the shaman?" Like the wounded healer, artists often appear to hover around the gates of heaven as well as the gates of... Read more

The 7 Stages of Motherhood

By: Ann Pleshette Murphy

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

While dozens of parenting books address child development, Ann Pleshette Murphy's THE 7 STAGES OF MOTHERHOOD addresses the development of mothers, who are transformed right alongside their children. As the former editor of Parents magazine and current parenting contributor to Good Morning America, Murphy brings the voices of the experts and a... Read more

Making Love Last a Lifetime With Linda Bloom & Charley Bloom

By: Linda Bloom & Charley Bloom

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Through their own experience and their work coaching other couples, Linda and Charlie have developed a valuable tool chest of information and skills that can help all of us overcome pitfalls and find deep meaning and joy in our relationships. Read more

Four Simple Questions That Dispel Unhappiness

By: Byron Katie

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Byron Katie has discovered that each of us maintains a web of beliefs - about our parents, our partners, our neighbors, our government - that are entirely untrue, and yet they're the foundation for much of our unhappiness. Read more

The Bastard on the Couch - Abridged

By: Daniel Jones

Narrated by: Daniel Jones

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Two books in one!Turns out that The Bitch In the House was only half the story. Daniel Jones, husband of Cathi Hanauer, has rallied the men for the ""literary equivalent of The Full Monty,"" in which a group of thoughtful, passionate and often hilarious men lay it bare when it comes to their wives and girlfriends, their hopes and fears. Many of... Read more

The Dance of Intimacy - Abridged

By: Harriet Lerner

Narrated by: Harriet Lerner

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Dance of Intimacy takes a careful look at relationships where intimacy is most challenged by too much emotional distance, too much intensity, or simply too much pain. In clear, direct and dramatic terms, Dr. Lerner illustrates how we can move differently in these relationships -- be they with a distant or unfaithful spouse, a depressed... Read more