Medicine audiobooks

YOU: The Owner's Manual - Abridged

By: Mehmet C. Oz & Michael F. Roizen

Narrated by: Mehmet C. Oz & Michael F. Roizen

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The #1 bestseller that gives YOU complete control over your body and your health.With new health studies and advice bombarding us every day, few people know much about what chugs, churns, and thumps throughout the miraculous system that is the human anatomy.YOU: The Owner's Manual challenges preconceived notions about how the human body works... Read more

The House on Beartown Road

By: Elizabeth Cohen

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In this beautiful book, Elizabeth Cohen gives us a true and moving portrait of the love and courage of a family.Elizabeth is a member of the "sandwich generation"—people caught in the middle of simultaneously caring for their children and for their aging parents. She is the mother of Ava and the daughter of Daddy, and she's responsible for both... Read more

Scourge

By: Jonathan B. Tucker

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this... Read more

What One Man Said to Another

By: Peter Josyph

Narrated by: Peter Josyph & Raymond Todd

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

What One Man Said to Another is, on one level, a series of extended conversations between friends. On another, it is the spoken autobiography of Richard Selzer, respected surgeon and writer, as recorded by artist and writer Peter Josyph.In these pages, we learn firsthand of Selzer’s life as a surgeon in an isolated village in Korea in the early... Read more

Hot Relationships

By: Tracey Cox

Narrated by: Marie-Louise Walker

Length: 19 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you madly in love or driven mad by it? Happily single or looking for a partner? Living together, married with kids or dumped and desperate? Whatever the state of your love life, Hot Relationships has the answers to all your dating and relating dilemmas. It's packed with advice on everything from flirting and flings to monogamy and marriage.... Read more

Conduct Under Fire

By: John Glusman

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 24 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners of the Japanese.

In Conduct Under Fire, John A. Glusman chronicles these events through the eyes of his father and three fellow Navy doctors captured on Corregidor in May... Read more

Conduct Under Fire - Abridged

By: John Glusman

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners of the Japanese.

In Conduct Under Fire, John A. Glusman chronicles these events through the eyes of his father and three fellow Navy doctors captured on Corregidor in May... Read more

The Acne Prescription - Abridged

By: Nicholas Perricone

Narrated by: Robb Webb

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perricone Prescription comes a powerful new weapon in the fight for clear and healthy skinLong recognized as a pioneer in reversing skin damage caused by aging, board certified dermatologist and #1 bestselling author Nicholas Perricone, M.D., now turns his scientific knowledge and experience... Read more

The Perricone Prescription - Abridged

By: Nicholas Perricone

Narrated by: Robb Webb

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The groundbreaking, scientifically based anti-aging program for people of all agesMany people believe that sags, bags, and wrinkles—on the face and body—are inevitable. According to award-winning research scientist and dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, M.D., they are due to inflammation at the cellular level caused by poor nutrition, pollution,... Read more

Splendid Solution

By: Jeffrey Kluger

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The riveting story of one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century, from the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Apollo 13.



With rivalries, reversals, and a race against time, the struggle to eradicate polio is one of the great tales of modern history. It begins with the birth of Jonas Salk, shortly before one... Read more

Right & Wrong

By: Hugh Mackay

Narrated by: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In life there are few, if any, moral absolutes for us to rely on, and facing an increasing array of choices we often lack the confidence of knowing we have made the right choice. In Right & Wrong, respected social commentator Hugh Mackay suggests some personal strategies that will make it easier to work out what is right and wrong for each... Read more

Invisible Heroes

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic event, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and your spirit. Life-threatening accidents, illnesses, assaults, abusive relationships-or a tragedy like 9/11-all can leave deep emotional wounds that persist long after physical scars have healed. Survivors become "invisible... Read more

The Bible Cure for High Blood Pressure

By: Don Colbert

Narrated by: Tim Lundeen

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Listen your way to better health! You can lower your blood pressure and feel better—naturally! How hard is your heart working? In this concise easy to understand audio book you’ll discover a wealth of information to help you reduce and prevent high blood pressure. Learn biblical secrets on health and the latest medical research on how to bring... Read more

Beating Back the Devil

By: Maryn McKenna

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASES, THEY ARE THE SPECIAL FORCES.

They always keep a bag packed. They seldom have more than twenty-four hours' notice before they are dispatched. The phone calls that tell them to head to the airport, sometimes in the middle of the night, may give them no more information than the country they are traveling to and the... Read more

Hot Sex

By: Tracey Cox

Narrated by: Fiona Macleod

Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Practical, down-to-earth, explicit and funny, Hot Sex is the must have sex and relationships book for every woman and man. Hot Sex is an easy-to-follow guide that cuts straight to the nitty gritty to deliver candid advice and a healthy dose of humour. Packed with tips and techniques that work, Hot Sex includes everything from a blow-by-blow,... Read more

Best of Bryson City Tales

By: Walt Larimore, MD

Narrated by: Walt Larimore

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"We walked out onto a side porch, with woven-seat rocking chairs strewn across it, to look out at the hills that were literally ablaze with color--reds and yellows were painted across the promontories, with amber and orange hues specked the bluffs. The spectacular view all the way to the peak of the distant Frye Mountain reminded us of why so... Read more

Don't Give Up!

By: Paul Hanna

Narrated by: Paul Hanna

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In Don't Give Up!, Paul Hanna inspires his readers to put their hands on the steering wheel of life and look forward to what they want to achieve, not keep looking in the rear-vision mirror at what has happened or what might have been. With the passion, love of living and never-say-die attitude that pulled him through the most trying time of his... Read more

Healthcare Under Duress

By: Swannee Rivers

Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In an emotional story that details one woman's struggle within a medical organization that was filled with massive illegal billing, her faith shines through. Healthcare Under Duress:An Inside look at the University of Washington Billing Scandal presents one woman's personal account and experience within a prestigious University Hospital... Read more

You Can Be Happy

By: Amanda Gore

Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Juggling a career, family and other commitments is often overwhelming in today's busy world; happiness can seem to ebb away. But you CAN be happy, using Amanda Gore's simple and practical techniques. Enjoy your relationships, make the most of your career and money, reduce stress, escape energy-suckers, and look after your health. The 'mind body'... Read more

Blindsided

By: Richard M. Cohen

Narrated by: Richard M. Cohen & Richard Ferrone

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A hopeful look at coping with the ravages of serious chronic illness by an accomplished journalist, a contributing columnist for the New York Times, and former senior producer of the CBS Evening NewsRichard Cohen, a veteran journalist, has lived with multiple sclerosis for 30 years. Diagnosed with colon cancer twice in recent years, Cohen... Read more

Eat, Drink, & Be Merry - Abridged

By: Dean Edell

Narrated by: Dean Edell

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

""Help me, Dr. Dean! I want to be healthy, but I just don't know where to turn for advice.""No wonder. How often have you felt whipsawed by the experts, confused by conflicting advice, or torn with guilt over what you eat, drink, think? Prepare yourself for a shock: You can relax, enjoy life, and still be healthy.Renowned for candid straight... Read more

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness - Abridged

By: Dean Edell

Narrated by: Dean Edell

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The Cure for America's Health Anxiety!Whether you're interested in advice on sex, health, arthritis, or spotting medical myths -- millions of Americans have come to revere Dr. Dean Edell for his refreshingly candid health talk on radio and television, and in the bestselling Eat, Drink and Be Merry. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness... Read more

Super Sexual Orgasm - Abridged

By: Barbara Keesling

Narrated by: Barbara Keesling

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

It's common knowledge that the female orgasm has remained an enigma to men-and sometimes to women themselves. But now a breakthrough discovery by noted sex therapist and bestselling author Dr. Barbara Keesling has at last unlocked the mysteries of the female anatomy. In her latest book, Super Sexual Orgasm, Dr. Keesling describes a proven set of... Read more

Scurvy

By: Stephen Bown

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

From the 15th to the mid-19th centuries, scurvy caused more deaths at sea than storms, shipwrecks, combat, and all other diseases combined. The cure for scurvy ranks among the greatest of military successes, yet its impact on history has mostly been ignored. In this intriguing book, Stephen R. Brown delivers a lively recounting of how three... Read more