Family & Relationships audiobooks
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
View audiobookEmotional 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
View audiobookI 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
View audiobookA 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 โpicky eatersโ or develop behaviors such as hiding and sneaking... Read more
View audiobookBoys 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
View audiobookLife 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 wonโt 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
View audiobookA 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.ย It is a place for that family to be rooted."ย 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
View audiobookDefinitely 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?"ย 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
View audiobookKeep 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
View audiobookHis 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 Steelโs tribute to her lost son is a gift of life, hope, healing, and understanding to us all.
โThis 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
Babyhood
By: Paul Reiser
Narrated by: Paul Reiser
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
I'm going to be totally honest.ย ย This is not the kind of audiobook that can help you.ย ย It's not a "how-to," a "when-to," or a "what-to-expect."ย ย It's not even endorsed by anyone remotely connected to the medical profession.ย ย (Although a cousin of mine who sells carpeting to doctors' offices not only found it "insightful" and "informative," but... Read more
View audiobookFaithful 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
View audiobookThe Shelter of Each Other - Abridged
By: Mary Pipher, PhD
Narrated by: Mary Pipher, PhD
Length: 4 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
โSimple solutions for survival in this family-unfriendly culture. . . . Eye-opening. . . heart-wrenching and uplifting.โโSan Franciscoย Chronicleย
Even more resonant today than at its original publication in 1996,ย The Shelter of Each Otherย traces the effects of our societyโs โanti-familyโ way of life, where parents are overtaxed, children are... 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
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
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.
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Gail Sheehy uncovers the lifelong imprint of Hillary's drillmaster father and the frustrated mother who taught her to bottle up her... 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 โข Aย murder tale "from inside the house where murder is born."ย 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
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 ofย ย life. A veteran comic performer, Reiser is best-knownย ย as the co-creator and star of the highly-rated NBC comedy, "Mad About You", which Time Magazine... Read more
View audiobookPassion
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
View audiobookIf 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, Chรฉrie 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
It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now - Abridged
By: Barbara Sher
Narrated by: Barbara Sher
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Sher has transformed the lives of millions with her phenomenally successful books, workshops, and television appearances.ย ย Now, in a work that explores and demystifies one of life's most challenging and bewildering passages, she shatters the myth that turns midlife into a crisis and offers a bold new... Read more
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