Nonfiction audiobooks

What Confident Women Do Workbook

By: Kate Richardson

Narrated by: Barbara Rich

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Simple exercises and strategies to overcome the doubts and anxieties in your head and become the strong, self-assured woman you’re meant to be.Do you often talk yourself out of doing things because you don’t feel good enough? Do you have difficulty standing up for yourself?Do you sometimes feel self-loathing?Improve self-esteem, self-confidence... Read more

God Is a Black Woman

By: Christena Cleveland

Narrated by: Robin Eller

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland recounts her personal journey to dismantle the cultural “whitemalegod” and uncover the Sacred Black Feminine, introducing a Black Female God who imbues us with hope, healing, and liberating presence.For years, Christena Cleveland spoke about... Read more

Graceland, At Last

By: Margaret Renkl

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2022 Southern Book PrizeWinner of the 2022 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAn Indie Next Selection for September 2021A Book Marks Best Reviewed Essay Collection of 2021A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2021A Country Living Best Book of Fall 2022A Garden & Gun Recommended Read for Fall 2021A Book... Read more

Everything Is Out of Syllabus

By: Varun Duggirala

Narrated by: Varun Duggirala

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Life seldom comes with an instruction manual or a guidebook. It's often messy and unpredictable too. While our education may prepare us for situations covered within its set syllabus, most of life happens outside this realm and this leaves us grappling with questions around work, life and everything in between. Hence, this book. Varun Duggirala... Read more

So Simple a Beginning

By: Raghuveer Parthasarathy

Narrated by: Anand Jagatia

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Anand Jagatia reveals the hidden unity behind nature’s breathtaking complexity

The form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different from a bacterium or a zebra. The living world is a realm of dazzling variety, yet a shared set of physical principles shapes... Read more

The Founders' Fortunes

By: Willard Sterne Randall

Narrated by: Steve Hendrickson

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

An illuminating financial history of the Founding Fathers, revealing how their personal finances shaped the Constitution and the new nation

In 1776, upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers concluded America’s most consequential document with a curious note, pledging “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.”... Read more

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

By: Ruth Benedict

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

"One of the best books ever about Japanese society . . . [A] thoughtful, nuanced study of the Japanese character." —U.S. News & World Report



Essential for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. The World War II-era study by the cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict paints an... Read more

Slavery Gone For Good

By: Cory Edmund Endrulat

Narrated by: Cory Edmund Endrulat

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

What Is Slavery? Do YOU Know How To Define Slavery?Does Slavery Still Exist?Is Slavery Natural?
You may have been taught about Slavery in school, but there's more to what you must know! In this easy-to-read light-weight book, you will learn everything you need to know about Slavery.
What you will learn in "Slavery Gone For Good":- Simple and clear... Read more

Anchored

By: Deb Dana, LCSW

Narrated by: Deb Dana

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An intense conversation, a spat with a partner, or even an obnoxious tweet—these situations aren't life-or-death, yet we often react as if they are. That's because our bodies treat most perceived threats the same way. Yet one approach has proven to be incredibly effective in training our nervous system to stop overreacting: Polyvagal Theory.



In... Read more

The Subplot

By: Megan Walsh

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

What does contemporary China's diverse and exciting fiction tell us about its culture, and the relationship between art and politics?

The Subplot takes us on a lively journey through a literary landscape like you’ve never seen before: a vast migrant-worker poetry movement, homoerotic romances by “rotten girls,” swaggering literary popstars,... Read more

Letters of Note: Grief

By: author

Narrated by: Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Crystal Clarke, S...

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In Letters of Note: Grief, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about grief, from the heart-wrenching pain of losing a loved one to reliving fond memories of those who have passed on.

Includes letters by:

Audre Lorde, Robert Frost,
Nick Cave, Rainer Maria Rilke,
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette,
Kahlil Gibran, Edith Wharton,
Mary... Read more

Love in the Time of Contagion

By: Laura Kipnis

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In this timely, insightful, and darkly funny investigation, the acclaimed author of Against Love asks: what does living in dystopic times do to our ability to love each other and the world?

COVID-19 has produced new taxonomies of love, intimacy, and vulnerability. Will its cultural afterlife be as lasting as that of HIV, which reshaped... Read more

How to Host a Viking Funeral

By: Kyle Scheele

Narrated by: Kyle Scheele

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring speaker and artist asked 20,000 people around the world to share the regrets they wanted him to burn in a mock Viking ship. This is the story of what he learned about letting go of the pain of the past and embracing the future with hope.Turning 30, artist and speaker Kyle Scheele wanted to do something unusual to mark this... Read more

Red Carpet

By: Erich Schwartzel

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"This is a fascinating book. It will educate you. Schwartzel has done some extraordinary reporting."  — The New York Times Book Review
 
“In this highly entertaining but deeply disturbing book, Erich Schwartzel demonstrates the extent of our cultural thrall to China. His depiction of the craven characters, American and Chinese, who have enabled... Read more

Deadly American Beauty

By: John Glatt

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Greg DeVillers was a top biotech executive, and Kristen Rossum was embarking on a career in toxicology at the San Diego Medical Examiner's office. They seemed to be happily married, living the American dream. But only months shy of their second anniversary, Kristen found her handsome husband dead from a drug overdose—his corpse sprinkled with... Read more

The Writer’s Crusade

By: Tom Roston

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse-Five, an enduring masterpiece on trauma and memoryKurt Vonnegut was twenty years old when he enlisted in the United States Army. Less than two years later, he was captured by the Germans in the single deadliest US engagement of the war, the Battle of the Bulge. He was taken to a POW camp, then... Read more

Lifting Heavy Things

By: Laura Khoudari

Narrated by: Siiri Scott

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In this innovative title, celebrated trainer and trauma practitioner Laura Khoudari brings a fresh approach to healing after trauma, using strength training as an embodied movement practice. Compassionate, witty, and fastidiously researched, Khoudari's debut, Lifting Heavy Things, is a breakthrough title that will empower and inspire you to... Read more

Tasteandsee WKU Textbook

By: Ckl Carstarphen Klan Lafamilia

Narrated by: Bruce Cullen

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The color of life.

I cannot complain. I cannot feel any pain. I can never be afraid. I can never walk away out of your life. I cannot live in vain. I cannot go astray.

I cannot be ashamed. I cannot be Castaway, I will always remain. I did not ask to be this way. I did not choose to set the stage.

You all did, not me. So if you're looking for... Read more

Belly of the Beast

By: Da'Shaun L. Harrison

Narrated by: Da'Shaun L. Harrison

Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

**The 2022 Lammy Award Winner in Transgender Nonfiction**
Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.

To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness. Hyper-policed by state and society, passed over for... Read more

Insurgency

By: Jeremy W. Peters

Narrated by: Jeremy W. Peters

Length: 13 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • How did the party of Lincoln become the party of Trump? From an acclaimed political reporter for The New York Times comes the definitive story of the mutiny that shattered American politics.

“A bracing account of how the party of Lincoln and Reagan was hijacked by gadflies and grifters who reshaped... Read more

My Dark Companion

By: Shaun OGorman

Narrated by: Shaun OGorman

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Shaun O’Gorman knows what it’s like to suffer from PTSD, depression and to battle with suicide. He served a 13-year career as a Police Officer including 9 years as a Police K9 handler. The violence, death, and depravity he saw people perpetrate against each other had a lasting effect on him. It culminated with him lying in bed, with a Glock... Read more

The Authority Gap

By: Mary Ann Sieghart

Narrated by: Mary Ann Seighhart

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronized by women.

Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by them.

Imagine people always addressing the woman you are with before you.

Now imagine a world in which the reverse of this is true.

The Authority Gap provides a startling perspective on the... Read more

Grip

By: Rick Pastoor

Narrated by: Rick Pastoor

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“If you feel like a hostage of your to-do list and struggle to find time for what matters most, this book will be a huge help.” —Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of When and DriveWe’re all familiar with the signs that things are getting out of hand. The week has barely started and already you’re playing catch-up. At the end... Read more

Lajja

By: Taslima Nasrin

Narrated by: Mala Mangla

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A savage indictment of religious extremism and man's inhumanity to man, Lajja was banned in Bangladesh but became a bestseller in the rest of the world. This brand-new translation marks the twentieth anniversary of this controversial novel. The Dattas Sudhamoy and Kironmoyee and their children, Suronjon and Maya have lived in Bangladesh all... Read more