Family & Relationships audiobooks

The Second Half of Marriage - Abridged

By: David and Claudia Arp

Narrated by: David Arp & Claudia Arp

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The second half of your marriage can be a time of incredible fulfillment. It can be a time of growing together personally, sexually, and spiritually. A time of learning about each other and about God’s long-term plans for your marriage. And a time of building together sharing dreams, making commitments, working toward a more satisfying union.... Read more

Boundaries in Marriage - Abridged

By: Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Narrated by: Henry Cloud and John Townsend

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Learn how setting healthy boundaries in your marriage can strengthen—or even save—your relationship with your spouse.Most marital conflicts are boundary conflicts where one person crosses the lines of responsibility and respect. When couples learn to embrace personal responsibility and to respect each other’s freedom, love is allowed to... Read more

What Does She Want from Me, Anyway? - Abridged

By: Holly Faith Phillips

Narrated by: Holly Phillips

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

By addressing the tough questions real men are asking--not the questions women think they should ask--Holly helps men and women sit down together to hear and be heard. Drawing on lessons she's learned from her own marriage to Promise Keepers leader Randy Phillips, Holly shows the all-important need for mutual respect . . . and provides a... Read more

Men and Women - Abridged

By: Larry Crabb

Narrated by: Larry Crabb Jr., PhD

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Abridged audio version. Read by Larry Crabb. What does it take to get along for a lifetime? Men and women share a deadly problem that kills good relating. The problem is this: we are committed, first of all, to ourselves. Each of us, without blushing, holds fast to an overriding concern for our own well-being.Sharing people's stories and... Read more

Raising Great Kids - Abridged

By: Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Narrated by: Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cl...

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What does it take to raise great kids? If you've read any books on parenting, conflicting opinions have probably left you feeling confused. Get tough! Show acceptance. Lay down the rules. Lighten up, already!There's got to be a balance--and there is. Joining their expertise with the wisdom of MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers), Drs.... Read more

Five Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home - Abridged

By: Ronald Hutchcraft

Narrated by: Ron Hutchcraft

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Children don’t come with instructions! It has never been more challenging to be a parent -- or more hazardous to be a child. In Five Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home, Ron Hutchcraft presents a practical roadmap for how to raise stable children in an unstable world. No matter how far you are on the parenting road, Hutchcraft can show you... Read more

Boundaries in Dating - Abridged

By: Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Narrated by: Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, Henry Cl...

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This abridged audio edition of Boundaries in Dating offers illuminating insights for romance that can help you grow in freedom, honesty, and self-control as you pursue healthy dating limits that can lead to a happy marriage.Dating can be fun, but it's not easy. Meeting people is just the first step. Once you've met someone, then what? Should you... Read more

What Every Mom Needs - Abridged

By: Elisa Morgan & Carol Kuykendall

Narrated by: Elisa Morgan

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this unabridged audio download, Elisa outlines nine needs identified by members of MOPS--significance, identity, growth, intimacy, instruction, help, recreation, perspective, and hope--and provides tools for achieving each. What Every Mom Needs gives you tips on dealing with loneliness, taking a recreation break, and discovering who you are... Read more

What Husbands Wish Their Wives Knew About Men - Abridged

By: Patrick Morley

Narrated by: Patrick Morley

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If you've ever asked yourself, Who is this man I married? What motivates him? Why isn't he more responsive to my needs?. . .then What Husbands Wish Their Wives Knew About Men will shed light on the things that perplex you most in your marriage. In the vulnerable style that has become his trademark, Patrick Morley does for you what he did for... Read more

Safe People - Abridged

By: Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Narrated by: Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Safe People will help you discover why good people can get tangled in bad relationships, how to avoid repeating your own mistakes, and how to pick safe, healthy people for the friends you make and the company you keep.Too many of us have invested in relationships that have gone wrong. Maybe you've been judged, manipulated, or controlled. Or... Read more

The Goomba's Book of Love - Abridged

By: Steven R. Schirripa

Narrated by: Steven R. Schirripa

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Move over Miss Lonelyhearts . . . Steven R. Schirripa, author of the runaway bestseller A Goomba’s Guide to Life, is back with more life lessons from the neighborhood. Recalling stories of his own colorful journey from the streets of Bensonhurst to the bright lights of Las Vegas and stardom as Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri in the HBO hit series The... Read more

Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes

By: Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

Narrated by: Lee Adams & Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as they discuss the very real—and often very funny—differences between the sexes.

Why... Read more

Find a Husband After 35 Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School - Abridged

By: Rachel Greenwald

Narrated by: Rachel Greenwald

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Harvard MBA shares her revolutionary program for using marketing tactics to find a husband after age 35.

This is “Marriage 911”! For many single women over the age of 35, the rules for finding the right mate have changed. There are fewer eligible men and fewer opportunities to meet them. Now successful dating coach Rachel Greenwald shares her... Read more

Saving Milly

By: Morton Kondracke

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Morton Kondracke never intended to wed Millicent Martinez, but the fiery daughter of a radical labor organizer eventually captured his heart. They married, raised two daughters, and loved and fought passionately for twenty years. Then, in 1987, Milly noticed a glitch in her handwriting, a small tremor that would lead to the shattering diagnosis... Read more

Intentional Community: Creating A Life Together

By: Diana Leafe Christian

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Diana Leafe Christian tells us, "All of us have a gene for community, and we're yearning for that sense of connection and harmony and good will with others, living with shared resources and more cooperation than we do in mainstream culture." A resurgence of interest in joining with like-minded individuals and families to live in support of one... Read more

Words that Heal

By: Judith Prager

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Judith Simon Prager has found that "when a person is in shock, fear, pain, any of those really strong emotions, that person is in an altered state of consciousness. It's like being in a trance. That means you can speak directly to the part of the mind that regulates blood flow, the part that regulates the heart rate, the pulse rate, the body... Read more

Ask the Right Questions: Choose An Extraordinary Life

By: Debbie Ford

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Author Debbie Ford explains that life is about choice. The life we live today is the result of choices we made in the past, and the future is determined by the choices we make today. Read more

Sex and the Married Girl

By: Mandi Norwood

Narrated by: Mandi Norwood

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The marriage revolution is at hand—it's going on right now—led by straight-shooting, brutally honest, gloves-off contemporary “Married Girls.” So, what makes the marriages of these women different from those of their mothers? The answers lie within Sex and the Married Girl, a smart, sexy, and candid guide that reveals the most intimate... Read more

Making Friends With Death

By: Jane Hughes Gignoux

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

How will making friends with death inform our lives? Gignoux invites us to see into this great mystery as we relate to a friend. She has assembled stories that people have been telling one another over many centuries about the mysteries of life, death and beyond. Read more

Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex - Abridged

By: Dave Barry

Narrated by: Ed Begley, Jr.

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

No book can guarantee you a long and happy relationship, even if the author didn't know about your secret hygiene problem. But the cover of a book is no place to discuss that. In Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex, one of America's most beloved writers turns his keen, if somewhat rheumy, eye to the institution of marriage.Dating. "These... Read more

Are You the One for Me? - Abridged

By: Barbara De Angelis

Narrated by: Barbara De Angelis

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The ultimate guide to understanding compatibility and getting the most out of your relationship. With the powerful advice and techniques that have helped thousands of people transform their lives, Dr. De Angelis helps you evaluate your past and present relationships, freeing you to love in a more healthy way. Whether you're single, married or... Read more

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? - Abridged

By: Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Anthony E. Wolf updates his bestselling classic blockbuster as times change. The first edition of Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? became an enormous success. The words of Dr. Wolf were so on target that parents wondered if he had placed tape recorders around their homes.

But the world has not stood... Read more

Lost in America

By: Sherwin B. Nuland

Narrated by: Sherwin B. Nuland

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

He walks with me through every day of my life, in that unsteady, faltering gait that so embarrassed me when I was a boy. Always, he is holding fast to the upper part of my right arm . . . As we make our way together, my father—I called him Daddy when I was small, because it sounded American and that is how he so desperately wanted things to... Read more

The Myth of Laziness - Abridged

By: Mel Levine

Narrated by: Mel Levine

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“When we call someone lazy, we condemn a human being,” writes Mel Levine, M.D. In The Myth of Laziness, the bestselling author of A Mind at a Time shows that children dismissed as unproductive or “lazy” usually suffer from what he calls “output failure”—a neurodevelopmental dysfunction that can continue to cause difficulties into adulthood if... Read more