Family & Relationships audiobooks

The Relationship Cure - Abridged

By: John Gottman, PhD & Joan De Claire

Narrated by: John Gottman, PhD & Joan De Claire

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A groundbreaking, practical program for transforming troubled relationships into positive ones

“This is the best book on relationships I have ever read. . . . John Gottman has decoded the subtle secrets that can either enrich or destroy the quality of our ties with others.” Daniel B. Wile, Ph.D., author of After the Fight: Using Your... Read more

The Surrendered Wife - Abridged

By: Laura Doyle

Narrated by: Laura Doyle

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A New York Times bestseller, this controversial guide to improving your marriage has transformed thousands of relationships, bringing women romance, harmony, and the intimacy they crave.

Like millions of women, Laura Doyle wanted her marriage to be better. But when she tried to get her husband to be more romantic, helpful, and ambitious, he... Read more

Embracing Your Dark Side / Seeing Your Light

By: Debbie Ford

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Ford explains that to live an integral life, a grander whole, you must first blend all the aspects of who you are - the light along with the dark, the positive along with the negative. Read more

Emotional Alchemy

By: Tara Bennett-Goleman & Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

We all have coping strategies that let us adapt to adversity. Yet as we grow older these thought patterns are no longer needed and we can even pay a price if we continue to use them. Learn about these patterns, called schemas, that hide our mental habits and shatter our peace of mind. Read more

I SAID NO!

By: Yu'wrian Rise

Narrated by: Books with Voices

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Domestic violence and sexual assault is heartless and mean for anyone that commits such vile act on people. This book is a sad reality of the men that hurt women violently, and encouragement for women not to stay with men that hurt them and learn from their men behaviors that transform them into abusers. Read more

A Parent's Guide to Intuitive Eating: How to Raise Kids Who Love to Eat Healthy

By: Yami Cazorla-Lancaster

Narrated by: Yami Cazorla-Lancaster

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Most children are born with the innate ability to eat the appropriate amount of food to satisfy their hunger and support appropriate growth. Despite this, parents are still anxious and confused about how much and what to feed their children. In addition, many children are labeled as “picky eaters” or develop behaviors such as hiding and sneaking... Read more

Boys and Girls Learn Differently - Abridged

By: Michael Gurian

Narrated by: Chris Ryan

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The best kept secret in educationa controversial manifesto on how the fundamental differences between boys and girls affect the way they learn Read more

Life Strategies For Teens - Abridged

By: Jay McGraw

Narrated by: Jay McGraw

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the son of Dr. Phil McGraw comes Life Strategies for Teens, the New York Times bestselling guide to teenage success, and the first guide to teenage life that won’t tell you what to do, or who to be, but rather how to live life best.

Are you as tired as I am of books constantly telling you about doing your best to understand your parents,... Read more

Deep To The Bone

By: Marion Woodman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Woodman shares her story of "dying into life" through cancer. These quiet years allowed Woodman to delve deeper into her "bones" and gain insight into concepts of co-dependence, life transitions, addiction, spiritual practice, and surrendering. "I no longer waste my time with people who are into judgement and blame...their game is power and my... Read more

A Home for Everyone

By: Millard Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"We say in Habitat for Humanity that a house is to a family what soil is to a plant.  It is a place for that family to be rooted."  Be inspired to make a difference in your own community, by listening to this dialogue with Millard Fuller, founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International and author of many books. Read more

Definitely Above Average

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion.

After the birth of Garrison Keillor's daughter, the stories, songs, and sketches on A Prairie Home Companion took on a distinctly parental bent. This new collection gathers the warmest, funniest, most affectionate examples: dance tunes and comedy with sound effects; songs featuring Chet Atkins,... Read more

Living As If Life Mattered

By: Dawna Markova

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

After being faced with a life-threatening illness, Markova asks herself, "How can I be closer to joy?"  This question pulls her to a lone log cabin in the mountains of Utah where, through self-imposed isolation, she begins the quest of reclaiming true passion and purpose in her life. Through engaging storytelling, Dawna Markova invites us to... Read more

Keep It Simple

By: Janet Luhrs

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover how to make your home a sanctuary, talk and listen from your heart, make financial peace with your partner, and keep that loving connection going when children become part of the family. Read more

Babyhood

By: Paul Reiser

Narrated by: Paul Reiser

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

I'm going to be totally honest.  This is not the kind of audiobook that can help you.  It's not a "how-to," a "when-to," or a "what-to-expect."  It's not even endorsed by anyone remotely connected to the medical profession.  (Although a cousin of mine who sells carpeting to doctors' offices not only found it "insightful" and "informative," but... Read more

His Bright Light

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: Traci Godfrey

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

At once a loving legacy and an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness, Danielle Steel’s tribute to her lost son is a gift of life, hope, healing, and understanding to us all.

“This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live, and a race... Read more

Difficult Conversations - Abridged

By: Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen & Bruce Patton

Narrated by: Douglas Stone

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dealing with your ex-husband, who can't seem to show up reliably for weekends with the kids; navigating a workplace fraught with office politics or racial tensions; saying "I'm sorry" or "I love you".

We all have difficult conversations, no matter how confident or competent we are. And too often, no matter what we try, things don't go well.... Read more

The Shelter of Each Other - Abridged

By: Mary Pipher, PhD

Narrated by: Mary Pipher, PhD

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Simple solutions for survival in this family-unfriendly culture. . . . Eye-opening. . . heart-wrenching and uplifting.”—San Francisco Chronicle 

Even more resonant today than at its original publication in 1996, The Shelter of Each Other traces the effects of our society’s “anti-family” way of life, where parents are overtaxed, children are... Read more

Hillary's Choice - Abridged

By: Gail Sheehy

Narrated by: Gail Sheehy

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

This is the story of a woman and a marriage, both so famous the world over, we think we know everything there is to know. But Hillary's Choice renders America's First Lady fully human for the first time.
        
Gail Sheehy uncovers the lifelong imprint of Hillary's drillmaster father and the frustrated mother who taught her to bottle up her... Read more

Protecting the Gift - Abridged

By: Gavin De Becker

Narrated by: Gavin De Becker

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Safety skills for children outside the home
Warning signs of sexual abuse
How to screen baby-sitters and choose schools
Strategies for keeping teenagers safe from violence

All parents face the same challenges when it comes to their children's safety: whom to trust, whom to distrust, what to believe, what to doubt, what to fear, and what not to... Read more

Faithful Travelers - Abridged

By: James Dodson

Narrated by: James Dodson

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In Final Rounds, James Dodson told the poignant story of the golf trip of a lifetime with his terminally ill father. Now, armed with a fly-fishing rod and reel, he embarks with his seven-year-old daughter on an equally memorable journey across America in search of clear-running streams, swift elusive fish, and the eternal truths that only nature... Read more

Shot in the Heart - Abridged

By: Mikal Gilmore

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A murder tale "from inside the house where murder is born." Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vein of American life that most of us would rather ignore. It is a book that will leave no reader unchanged.

Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer... Read more

Passion

By: Barbara De Angelis

Narrated by: Barbara De Angelis

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Barbara De Angelis explores passion and its essential place in our lives in a compact tour-de-force for all seasons. A primary motive force that invests life with color, purpose and ultimate meaning, our passion defines how we approach each day and is at the heart of our closest relationships and our most profound achievements. Now, drawing upon... Read more

If Love Is a Game, These Are the Rules

By: Cherie Carter-Scott

Narrated by: Cherie Carter-Scott

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you wish you knew the rules for the game of love?

In her #1 New York Times bestseller If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules, Chérie Carter-Scott gave us ten rules for conquering life's challenges and managing its unpredictable ups and downs. Now, in If Love Is a Game, These Are the Rules, she presents ten simple rules to help us find true... Read more

Couplehood

By: Paul Reiser

Narrated by: Paul Reiser

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of the #1 best-seller SeinLanguage, Bantam Books proudly presents the first book by Paul Reiser, television's sharpest, funniest observer of love, marriage and other mysteries of  life. A veteran comic performer, Reiser is best-known  as the co-creator and star of the highly-rated NBC comedy, "Mad About You", which Time Magazine... Read more