Health audiobooks

Full Body Burden

By: Kristen Iversen

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter & Kristen Iversen

Length: 13 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“An intimate and deeply human memoir that shows why we should all be concerned about nuclear safety, and the dangers of ignoring science in the name of national security.”—Rebecca Skloot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
 
A shocking account of the government’s attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic... Read more

That's Why I'm Here

By: Chris Spielman

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Spielman, an Ohio State football legend and a four-time NFL Pro Bowl linebacker, didn't tackle his toughest opponent until his playing career was almost over.In 1998, Spielman's wife, Stefanie, was diagnosed with breast cancer, launching an eleven-year journey that brought joy and suffering to the Spielmans and hope and inspiration to... Read more

The Tools

By: Phil Stutz & Barry Michels

Narrated by: Phil Stutz & Barry Michels

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Change can begin right now. Learn to bring about dynamic personal growth using five uniquely effective tools—from psychotherapist Barry Michels and psychiatrist Phil Stutz, subject of the Netflix documentary Stutz.

“These tools are emotional game changers. They do nothing less than deliver you to your best and most... Read more

American Grown - Abridged

By: Michelle Obama

Narrated by: Michelle Obama, Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, Chr...

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The former First Lady, author of Becoming, and producer and star of Waffles + Mochi tells the inspirational story of the White House Kitchen Garden and how gardens can transform our lives and the health of our communities.
 
Early in her tenure as First Lady, despite being a novice gardener, Michelle Obama planted a... Read more

The Speckled Monster

By: Jennifer Lee Carrell

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 19 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SPECKLED MONSTER is both a hair-raising tale of courage in the face of the deadliest disease that has ever struck mankind, and a gripping account of the birth of modern immunology. Jennifer Lee Carrell's dramatic story follows two parents who, after barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, flouted eighteenth-century European... Read more

The First 20 Minutes

By: Gretchen Reynolds

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Every Wednesday, Gretchen Reynolds singlehandedly influences how millions of Americans work out. In her Phys Ed column for The New York Times, she debunks myths, spurs conversation, and creates arguments among her readers by questioning widely held beliefs about exercise.
Expanding upon her popular columns, Reynolds tackles the questions we all... Read more

Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old

By: Lisa Abidin & Suzy Giordano

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

There is no bigger issue for healthy infants than sleeping through the night. In this simple, straightforward book, Suzy Giordano presents her amazingly effective "Limited-Crying Solution" that will get any baby to sleep for twelve hours at night—and three hours in the day—by the age of twelve weeks old.

Giordano is the mother of five children... Read more

Dream New Dreams

By: Jai Pausch

Narrated by: Amanda Carlin

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A remarkably frank, deeply moving, and inspiring memoir by Jai Pausch, whose husband, Randy, wrote the bestseller The Last Lecture while battling pancreatic cancer.
 
"Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself," Randy Pausch wrote about his wife. "Jai knows that she’ll have to give herself permission to make herself a... Read more

The Skinny Rules - Abridged

By: Bob Harper & Greg Critser

Narrated by: Bob Harper

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With so much conflicting weight-loss advice out there to confuse your efforts, it’s no wonder you haven’t been successful losing weight and keeping it off. But with Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC’s hit show The Biggest Loser as your personal authority and coach, you can and will finally shed the pounds—whether you want to lose... Read more

Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger

By: Lee Smith

Narrated by: Debra Monk, Susan Bennett, Cynthia Darlow, Juli...

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Virginia native Lee Smith has won two O. Henry Awards, the Southern Book Critics Circle Award, and the Robert Penn Warren Prize for her engaging works. A collection of 14 tales-both new stories and previously published favorites-Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger is sure to delight listeners with its warm humor and unforgettable characters.... Read more

My Big Bottom Blessing

By: Teasi Cannon

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Loving the girl in the mirror isn't about changing how you look, but allowing God to change how you see. Teasi Cannon’s lifelong battle with body image nearly destroyed her. Yet today she feels blessed—not because the size of her lower half has changed but because her perspective has. In her often hilarious, no-nonsense style, Teasi's gut-honest... Read more

Take Control of Your Cancer

By: James W. Forsythe

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Cancer rates continue to skyrocket, and the overall survival rate for stage IV cancer patients in the United States is a grim 2.1 percent. Clearly, the extensive use of expensive—sometimes ineffective—toxins in conventional oncology protocols is a failing strategy. Even the few survivors of these harsh slash-and-burn treatments can have a... Read more

Once a Warrior---Always a Warrior

By: Charles W. Hoge, M.D.

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Being back home can be as difficult, if not more so, than the time spent serving in a combat zone. It's with this truth that Colonel Charles W. Hoge, M.D., a leading advocate for eliminating the stigma of mental health care, presents Once a Warrior—Always a Warrior, a groundbreaking resource with essential new insights for anyone who has ever... Read more

Drop Dead Healthy

By: A. J. Jacobs

Narrated by: A. J. Jacobs

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller in hardcover, a chronicle of A.J. Jacob’s mission to radically improve every element of his body and mind—from his brain to his fingertips to his abs.

From the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All comes the truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in... Read more

Love, Medicine and Miracles

By: Bernie S. Siegel

Narrated by: Bernie S. Siegel

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day—patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery. Read more

Reversing Diabetes

By: Don Colbert

Narrated by: Kelly Ryan Dolan

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

It is possible to manage and even reverse diabetes through natural means, and in Reversing Diabetes, Dr. Colbert shows you how. Most people view diabetes as a dead-end street—once you receive a diabetes diagnosis, your only option is to manage the symptoms with a restricted diet, close monitoring of blood sugar, and expensive medications. Dr.... Read more

The Simple Diet

By: James W. Anderson, M.D. & Nancy J. Gustafson, M...

Narrated by: John Allen Nelson

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have tried to lose weight and failed, or lost weight and failed to keep it off, you're not alone. Two out of three Americans are overweight, many with between thirty and one hundred pounds to lose. Now Dr. James W. Anderson, a professor of medicine and clinical nutrition at the University of Kentucky, shares his groundbreaking,... Read more

The Autism Revolution

By: Dr. Martha Herbert & Karen Weintraub

Narrated by: Denice Stradling

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Move beyond conventional thinking about autism. . . .
 
After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, prominent Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a child’s genes and... Read more

The Lean

By: Kathy Freston

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

If you’ve ever dieted, you’ve undoubtedly worked very hard to achieve results—only to experience the disappointment of having the pounds creep back on. But now wellness expert Kathy Freston lets readers in on her secret: losing weight doesn’t have to be difficult, and it can last. With this book she shares the powerful concept of the Lean—a... Read more

Gossip

By: Beth Gutcheon

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

“A gifted storyteller...her characters are intelligent, brave, and witty...human and real.”
—Susan Isaacs, New York Times Book ReviewThe critically acclaimed author of Good-bye and Amen, Leeway Cottage, and More Than You Know, Beth Gutcheon returns with Gossip, a sharply perceptive and emotionally resonant novel about the power of knowing things... Read more

Your Body's Many Cries For Water

By: F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This book explains a new discovery that lack of water in the body—chronic dehydration—is the root cause of many painful degenerative diseases, asthma, allergies, hypertension, excess body weight, and some emotional problems, including depression. The book explains the damaging effects of dehydration in the fourth dimension of time.

You will learn... Read more

Cancer Is Not a Disease!

By: Andreas Moritz

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In Cancer Is Not a Disease!, bestselling author and internationally acclaimed health expert Andreas Moritz argues that cancer is the physical symptom of the body’s final attempt to eliminate specific life-destructive causes. He claims that removing such causes sets the precondition for complete healing of the body, mind, and emotions. This book... Read more

Heart 411

By: Marc Gillinov & Steven Nissen

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 19 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive guide to heart health from two of America’s most respected doctors at Cleveland Clinic, the number-one hospital for cardiac care in America Are you one of the eighty-two million Americans currently diagnosed with cardiovascular disease—or one of the millions more who think they are healthy but are at risk? Whether your goal is to... Read more

Better Than Normal

By: Dale Archer, MD

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Bestseller

A groundbreaking new view of human psychology that shows how eight key traits of human behavior—long perceived as liabilities—can be important hidden strengths.

What if the inattentiveness that makes school or work a challenge holds the secret to your future as an entrepreneur? What if the shyness in groups that you... Read more