Talk Like TED
By: Carmine Gallo
Narrated by: Carmine Gallo
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. In order to succeed, you need to be able to sell your ideas persuasively. This ability is the single greatest skill that will help you accomplish your dreams. Many people have a fear of public speaking or are insecure about their ability to give a successful presentation. Now public speaking... Read More »
The Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips to Clean Up Your Writing
By: Mignon Fogarty
Narrated by: Mignon Fogarty
Length: 1 hour 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Mignon Fogarty can't remember whether it was a misused semicolon, a chronic case of comma splicing, or an "affect" when an "effect" was called for, but at some point she had seen one mangled sentence too many. Determined to counter the slipping standards of good writing in daily discourse, Mignon created a weekly podcast called Grammar Girl's... Read More »
Drive Time Spanish: Beginner Level
By: Living Language
Narrated by: Living Language
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Learn Spanish while running errands, commuting or even while working out! This Spanish language course is easy and convenient in an all-audio format.
Drive Time Spanish is the easiest way to learn Spanish vocabulary, to learn Spanish grammar, to learn Spanish pronunciation, conversation and even Spanish culture — all without a book. The experts... Read More »
How to Write Short
By: Roy Peter Clark
Narrated by: Roy Peter Clark
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing. In HOW TO WRITE SHORT, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed-from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this... Read More »
Behind the Wheel Express - French 1
By: Mark Frobose & Behind the Wheel
Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Behind the Wheel Express French covers beginning to intermediate level French, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in French. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and native speakers to aid with your pronunciation.
This... Read More »
Behind the Wheel - Spanish 1
By: Mark Frobose & Behind the Wheel
Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Behind the Wheel Spanish Level 1 covers beginning to intermediate level Spanish, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in Spanish. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and two native Latin American Spanish speakers to aid... Read More »
Behind the Wheel - Mandarin Chinese 1
By: Mark Frobose & Behind the Wheel
Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Behind the Wheel Chinese Level 1 covers beginning to intermediate level Mandarin, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in Mandarin Chinese. An easy-to-understand companion book is provided in phonetic Pinyin, a system of representing Chinese using the English... Read More »
Behind the Wheel Express - Italian 1
By: Mark Frobose & Behind the Wheel
Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Behind the Wheel Express Italian covers beginning to intermediate level Italian, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in Italian. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and native speakers to aid with your pronunciation.... Read More »
Recommended
In Other Words
By: Jhumpa Lahiri & Ann Goldstein
Narrated by: Jhumpa Lahiri
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
From the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut—an “honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)
In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story—of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession:... Read More »
On Writing
By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No
"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write."
Here is Stephen King's master class on his craft.
On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King's childhood and his early focus on writing to tell a story. A series of vivid memories from adolescence, college, and the struggling years that led up to his... Read More »
All-Audio French
By: Living Language
Narrated by: Living Language
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
LEARN FRENCH ON THE GO–LEARN ANYWHERE
If you have trouble finding time to fit in language lessons, All-Audio French is the perfect solution. Developed by the experts at Living Language®, this program is designed for people on the move. You can learn French as you drive, work around the house, or exercise at the gym.
SHORT, EASY-TO-FOLLOW... Read More »
Rapid Italian, Vols. 1-3
By: Earworms Learning
Narrated by: Marlon Lodge & Filomena Nardi
Length: 3 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Earworms MBT is a revolutionary accelerated technique that takes the hard work out of learning a new language. By repeatedly listening to melodies specially composed with rhythmic repetitions of Italian and English, you will pick up essential words and phrases that will not only be on the tip of your tongue but burned deeply into your long-term... Read More »
Italian Parallel Audio - Learn Italian with 501 Random Phrases using Parallel Audio - Volume 1
By: Lingo Jump
Narrated by: Lingo Jump
Length: 10 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
"Let’s Talk
We will have you speaking Italian in no time! Lingo Jump's parallel audio language learning system makes it easy to learn languages at your leisure. Whether you're relaxing or on the go, our simple, clear, and fun audio lessons help you learn through imitation of our speakers.
Immerse yourself in a new language with confidence—we're... Read More »
We Need to Talk
By: Celeste Headlee
Narrated by: Celeste Headlee
Length: 5 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
“WE NEED TO TALK.”
They are, perhaps, the most dreaded four words in the English language. But in her timely, insightful, and wonderfully practical audiobook, We Need to Talk, Celeste Headlee—who earns a living by talking on the airwaves of National Public Radio—makes the case that they are urgently needed.
Today most of us communicate from behind... Read More »
Italian Parallel Audio - Learn Italian with 501 Random Phrases using Parallel Audio - Volume 2
By: Lingo Jump
Narrated by: Lingo Jump
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
"Let’s Talk
We will have you speaking Italian in no time! Lingo Jump's parallel audio language learning system makes it easy to learn languages at your leisure. Whether you're relaxing or on the go, our simple, clear, and fun audio lessons help you learn through imitation of our speakers.
Immerse yourself in a new language with confidence—we're... Read More »
Pep Talks for Writers
By: Grant Faulkner
Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Every writer knows that as rewarding as the creative process is, it can often be a bumpy road. Have hope and keep at it! Designed to kick-start creativity, this handbook from the executive director of National Novel Writing Month gathers a wide range of insights and advice for writers at any stage of their career. From tips about how to finally... Read More »
Full Voice
By: Barbara McAfee
Narrated by: Barbara McAfee
Length: 5 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Your voice says a lot about you. Based on the tone and expression of your voice alone, your listeners may make up their minds about you before they even process the meaning of your words. And if what you say is at odds with how you say it, they can miss your message altogether. As important as our voices are, few of us know how to use them to... Read More »
Stein on Writing
By: Sol Stein
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
Length: 11 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Stein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether newcomers or accomplished professionals. As Sol Stein, renowned editor, author, and instructor, explains, "This is not a book of theory. It is a book of usable solutions-how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to... Read More »
All-Audio Spanish
By: Living Language
Narrated by: Living Language
Length: 5 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
LEARN SPANISH ON THE GO–LEARN ANYWHERE
If you have trouble finding time to fit in language lessons, All-Audio Spanish is the perfect solution. Developed by the experts at Living Language®, this program is designed for people on the move. You can learn Spanish as you drive, work around the house, or exercise at the gym.
SHORT, EASY-TO-FOLLOW... Read More »
The Etymologicon
By: Mark Forsyth
Narrated by: Don Hagen
Length: 7 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Do you know why… …a mortgage is literally a death pledge? …why guns have girls’ names? …why salt is related to soldier? You’re about to find out… The Etymologicon (e-t?-‘mä-lä-ji-kän) is: *Witty (wi-te\): Full of clever humor *Erudite (er-?-dit): Showing knowledge *Ribald (ri-b?ld): Crude, offensive The Etymologicon is a completely... Read More »
The Mother Tongue
By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells... Read More »
Thank You for Arguing, Third Edition
By: Jay Heinrichs
Narrated by: Jay Heinrichs
Length: 14 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated.
The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for lowering an audience's expectations. And it's also... Read More »
Letters to a Young Poet
By: Rainer Maria Rilke
Narrated by: Marc Allen
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Abridged: No
These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. This luminous translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's classic offers... Read More »
The Language Instinct
By: Steven Pinker
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 18 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling... Read More »
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