Language audiobooks

Finding Success in Failure

By: Natalie Goldberg

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Natalie Goldberg recently had her world turned upside down when she made startling discoveries about her beloved Zen Buddhist teacher. In this moving dialogue, with her characteristic honesty, she tells how being forced to look at his failings, as well as the failings of her father, helped her see the light in each of us. Read more

The Soul of Creativity

By: Oriah MountainDreamer

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Oriah Mountain Dreamer believes creativity is a necessary part of an engaged and fulfilling life, and a valuable key to our spirituality. We often feel self-indulgent when we take time out for self-expression, but she helps us recognize why it's one of the most important things we do all day. Read more

The Power in Our Stories

By: Rebecca Solnit

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Bec Kageyama

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Amazing things happen when we take action. Solnit reminds us that some of the most radical ideals of our predecessors are the norms of mainstream society today - only because they took action even when a positive outcome seemed unlikely. She encourages us to remain hopeful and know that we have powerful impact on how the world will look seven... Read more

Magic Words

By: Robert Bly

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

We take our title from an Eskimo poem recited by Bly during this extraordinary dialogue with one of America's greatest contemporary poets. Bly brings us in touch with the deeper chords of consciousness residing in us all. Read more

The Wild And Timeless Poet

By: Thomas Rain Crowe

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“You don’t need to go looking for answers. Probably the best way to find them is to stop looking for them, in the sense of being still and being in one place.” These words from Thomas Rain Crowe come straight from his own experience. After following the poet’s path through Ireland, France, and the beat neighborhoods of San Francisco, he found a... Read more

When Peace Finds Its Own Keepers

By: Sharon Mehdi

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

For ten years Sharon Mehdi struggled to write a book that she hoped would bring the world a step closer to peace. Then one day, after a months of writer's block, as she sat in a small café in Medford, Oregon, a different book began to write itself. It, too, was a book of peace, one she thought would be a simple fable for her newborn granddaughter. Read more

A Deep Ecology of the Heart

By: John Seed

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

John Seed travels the world in service to the earth. As a founding father of the Deep Ecology movement, he’s noticed that “we speak of ‘the environment,’ which makes it sound as though this is something that’s far away from us. But if we hold our breath for a few minutes while we consider the matter, we quickly realize that ‘the environment’ is... Read more

Poetry, Passion and Zen

By: Jane Hirshfield

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Poetry offers depth and color to life and is a natural way to express what it means to be human. Hirshfield offers gentle wisdom about writing and appreciating poetry. She says, "The poem is the speech of the inner heart, the inner mind. If you can simply hear what it's saying as if it were being whispered to you in the dark, you will understand... Read more

A Tribute to Fr. Bede Griffiths

By: Andrew Harvey

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Father Bede, says Harvey, was "the simplest and most eloquent spokesman of the Holy Spirit that our time has seen ... one of the most important people of this century, an authentic prophet, someone who lived out the life of Christ." Listen in to a thoughtful, inspiring explanation of why this is so. Read more

Single Parenting: the Joys and Challenges

By: Shoshana Alexander, Mary Buckley & Conrad Levas...

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

More and more families in contemporary society consist of a single parent with one or more children--in fact, nearly a third of all American families. What are the unique characteristics, challenges and benefits of parenting without a partner? Read more

Deepening Life: Poetic Resonance

By: Jane Hirshfield

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Widely considered one of America's preeminent writers and poets of her generation, Hirshfield has continued to search out new ways to increase poetry's capacities for understanding. This dialogue explores the world of poetry, with its depth of thought and richness of observation. An evocative mix of control and wildness shines through this... Read more

Resist Much, Obey Little: The Writer As Social Critic

By: Edward Abbey

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The environmental movement stands on the shoulders of one of the American West’s leading advocates, the late Edward Abbey. Here he admonishes us to make a difference, “to oppose injustice, to defy the powerful, to speak for the voiceless.” With wry humor and candor, he points to the serious environmental crises caused by “simple greed” and... Read more

The Journey of Losing a Soulmate to Cancer

By: Carla Malden

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

When you lose someone, well-meaning people give you books full of supposedly uplifting platitudes: “time heals all wounds;” “there is a purpose to this;” “you will find closure.” But, as non-religious baby-boomer Carla Malden says, she found them useless. She shares the highs and lows, sparing nothing in her truth-telling. You will be inspired... Read more

Discovering Creativity Through Writing

By: Deena Metzger

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"The creative unconscious is so much wiser than we are," says Deena Metzger. Writing is how she accesses that wisdom, and anyone can do it. She describes the process of finding a "guide" -- whether we choose to see it as an actual spirit person or an imaginary being -- to take us deep into unknown regions of the psyche, and return with gifts... Read more

The Story of Your Soul

By: Brenda Peterson

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Brenda Peterson has discovered writing a memoir as a powerful tool for uncovering elements of your psyche that may have eluded every other attempt at self-examination. It forces you to see your life from an entirely different perspective. Read more

Inhabiting the Poetry of Our Lives

By: Mark Nepo

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Nepo’s creative works, books, poems, workshops are all about creating a sacred place where the experience of honest truth can happen. Even in our deepest moments of suffering, he encourages us to seek out slivers of light seeping through the broad slats of darkness. His genius is to discover metaphors as a way of understanding and making meaning... Read more

The Creative Process: A Visit with a Writer

By: Mary Mackey, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Mackey writes both prose and poetry and has published many novels and books of poetry. She reveals her writing and creative process and how each kinds of writing requires a different approach and describes her process of “creative trance” that helps her to move into her own unconscious. She takes us from Western Kentucky to the Brazilian... Read more

Everything Is A Road

By: Phil Cousineau

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Noticing life out of the corner of our eye takes some attention. We are often dazzled by the spectacle of what is in front of us. However, there are precious treasures that may only be seen by a fleeting glance. From his extensive, world-circling travels Cousineau observes: “We’re going to be blinded by the glamour of the world, by what... Read more

Ingles vocabulario para principiantes

By: Dorota Guzik

Narrated by: Maybe Theatre Company, Cristina Ceballos Jiméne...

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Este es un curso en audio para aprender escuchando con el propósito de romper la barrera comunicativa. Todas las palabras y expresiones están grabadas con sus traducciones, lo que permite un uso más fácil del curso y consigue un resultado más rápido en lo que se refiere al dominio y consolidación del material. Se trata de aprendizaje eficaz,... Read more

German on Holiday - New Edition

By: Dorota Guzik

Narrated by: Maybe Theatre Company, Doris Wilma & Martin Brand

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want to speak German fluently in various situations on holiday?

Listen to „German on Holiday. Deutsch für die Ferien – New Edition”. This audio course quickly and effectively prepares you for going abroad. The course teaches the authentic language used in everyday situations. Each lesson presents a new subject of typical conversations and... Read more

Niemiecki w podróży - Nowe wydanie

By: Dorota Guzik

Narrated by: Maybe Theatre Company, Doris Wilma & Martin Brand

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Chcesz szybko opanować słownictwo przydatne w podróży?

Ucz się z kursem „Niemiecki w podróży. 1000 podstawowych słów i zwrotów – Nowe wydanie”, który wprowadza praktyczne tematy i rozwija słownictwo przydatne w różnych sytuacjach w podróży i podczas pobytu za granicą. Kurs przeznaczony jest dla osób zaczynających naukę i tych, którzy po przerwie... Read more

Polnisch Sprachtraining fur Anfanger

By: Dorota Guzik

Narrated by: Barbara Kubica-Daniel, Doris Wilma, Aleksy Pers...

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Sie wollen fließend Polnisch sprechen?

Dieser Kurs zum selbstständigen Lernen durch Hören hat das Ziel, beim Überwinden von Sprachbarrieren zu helfen. Auf Grundlage dieses Kurses werden Sie sich die wichtigsten Vokabeln und Redewendungen aneignen und dadurch das Sprachverständnis (Hörverstehen) und Sprechen weiter entwickeln.

Der Kurs besteht aus... Read more

Archangel Ink Self-Publishing Report

By: Rob Archangel

Narrated by: Rob Archangel

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Go from pending to published.

Want to publish a book?

If the idea of becoming an author is at the top of your bucket list, this is the good news you've been waiting for: it's not nearly as difficult as it used to be to create a book and get it published. Yet when you're still in the dream phase, your book-to-be is basically in perpetual pending... Read more

TOEFL

By: AudioLearn Content Team

Narrated by: Ruth Rosen

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

AudioLearn's Crash Courses presents TOEFL: Complete Test Prep and Review for the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your "Test of English as a Foreign Language" or TOEFL.The audio is focused and high-yield,... Read more