Nonfiction audiobooks

Maiden, Mother, Matriarch and Crone: Birthing the Circlesof Our Lives

By: Elizabeth Davis

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Midwife, mother, teacher and visionary, Elizabeth Davis brings new insights to the experience of everywoman as she describes the phases and cycles through which all women pass. At the same time she recognizes the challenges and ambivalence often encountered in moving through each passage. Read more

I Am a Soldier, Too - Abridged

By: Rick Bragg

Narrated by: Rick Bragg

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On March 23, 2003, Private First Class Jessica Lynch was crossing the Iraqi desert with the 507th Maintenance Company when the convoy she was traveling in was ambushed, caught in enemy crossfire. All four soldiers traveling with her died in the attack. Lynch, perhaps the most famous P.O.W. this country has ever known, was taken prisoner and held... Read more

Walking The Bible - Abridged

By: Bruce Feiler

Narrated by: Bruce Feiler

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The first person ever to complete the perilous 10,000 mile journey across the inscrutable desert landscape of the Middle East, Bruce Feiler, a fifth generation Southern Jew, embarks upon a quest to reconnect with the stories of the Bible, and uncover fresh answers to profound questions. This inspiring personal odyssey through the most famous... Read more

Sun Tzu Strategies for Selling

By: Gerald Michaelson

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Winning sales tactics from the greatest strategist of all time Through his bestselling books and popular seminars, Gerald Michaelson has established himself as the world's leading interpreter of Sun Tzu's timeless strategies for the modern business audience. In Sun Tzu Strategies for Selling, the author of the bestselling Sun Tzu: The Art of War... Read more

Creating the Life of Your Dreams

By: Marc Allen

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Marc Allen - author, publisher, musician, and visionary - points to his own experience as evidence that each of us has the ability to create the life we truly want, whether that means attaining financial success, emotional rewards, spiritual growth, or all of these. Read more

Like No Other Time - Abridged

By: Tom Daschle

Narrated by: Tom Daschle

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Tom Daschle, the Majority Leader of the historic 107th Senate, presents a candid insider’s account of the workings of the U.S. government during two of the most tumultuous years in the nation’s history.

The 107th Congress faced a time like no other in the life of the nation. This was the era of the first presidential election to be decided by the... Read more

A Chakra Meditation

By: Glenn Harrold

Narrated by: Glenn Harrold

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

This superb high quality chakra meditation MP3 download by the UK's best selling hypnotherapist Glenn Harrold combines a deeply relaxing meditation with state of the art digital recording technology.

This empowering chakra meditation will help the listener feel energized and uplifted by guiding you on a powerful healing journey through the 7... Read more

An Imperfect God - Abridged

By: Henry Wiencek

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A major new biography of Washington, and the first to explore his engagement with American slavery

When George Washington wrote his will, he made the startling decision to set his slaves free; earlier he had said that holding slaves was his "only unavoidable subject of regret." In this groundbreaking work, Henry Wiencek explores the founding... Read more

The Funny Thing Is...

By: Ellen DeGeneres

Narrated by: Ellen DeGeneres

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

An indispensable reference for anyone who knows how to read—or wants to fool people into thinking they do—The Funny Thing Is... is sure to make you laugh.

Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 bestselling My Point...And I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen... Read more

Intelligence in War - Abridged

By: John Keegan

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In fiction, the spy is a glamorous figure whose secrets make or break peace, but, historically, has intelligence really been a vital step to military victories? In this breakthrough study, the preeminent war historian John Keegan goes to the heart of a series of important conflicts to develop a powerful argument about military intelligence.

In... Read more

The Stone Cold Truth - Abridged

By: Steve Austin, J.R. Ross & Dennis Brent

Narrated by: Steve Austin

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

WWE Superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin shares an unvarnished take on his life and his days as a wrestler from growing up in small town Texas to his long-awaited return to the world of professional wrestling.

He's wrestled under many names, but to the fans he is and will always be Stone Cold Steve Austin™.

His quick wit and colorful use of... Read more

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea - Abridged

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Olympia Dukakis

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece.
The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated;... Read more

The Roots of Violence

By: Susan Griffin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In this dialogue, Susan Griffin explores the relationship between what happens in our intimate lives and the violence we express individually and as a nation. She explains, "The idea that we have to get somebody with a lot of muscles to take care of us happens when our core relationship to our own feelings has been erased." Read more

The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

As elegant as his bestselling How to Know God and as practical as his phenomenal The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, this groundbreaking new book from Deepak Chopra contains a dramatic premise: Not only are everyday coincidences meaningful, they actually provide us with glimpses of the field of infinite possibilities that lies at the heart of... Read more

Bang!

By: Linda Kaplan Thaler, Robin Koval & Delia Marshall

Narrated by: Deborah Marlowe

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The founders of one of today's hottest, most innovative advertising agencies explain how to ignite the kind of marketing explosions that will capture customers' attention.

Linda Kaplan Thaler, the CEO and Chief Creative Officer of the Kaplan Thaler Group, is the brains behind a host of memorable and highly successful ads, from the irresistibly... Read more

Blues City - Abridged

By: Ishmael Reed

Narrated by: Ishmael Reed

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Oakland is a blues city, brawling and husky . . .

Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its twinkling sister city across the Bay, Oakland is itself an American wonder. The city is surrounded by and filled with natural beauty—mountains and hills and lakes and a bay—and architecture that mirrors its history as a Spanish mission, Gold Rush outpost,... Read more

Preachers of Hate - Abridged

By: Kenneth R. Timmerman

Narrated by: Kenneth R. Timmerman

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Like no book before it, Preachers of Hate uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The “new” anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general. It targets our values, our lifestyle, and our freedoms. It is the single most important issue we face when trying to make... Read more

Whatever You Say I Am - Abridged

By: Anthony Bozza

Narrated by: Josh Hamilton

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

does eminem matter?

On assignment for his first cover story for Rolling Stone, the very first national cover story on Eminem, Anthony Bozza met a young blond kid, a rapper who would soon take the country by storm. But back in 1999, Eminem was just beginning to make waves among suburban white teenagers as his first single, “My Name Is,” went into... Read more

Reflections - Abridged

By: Barbara Bush

Narrated by: Barbara Bush

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“There is a myth in the United States—you’ve heard it many times. It says that all American mothers hope that their child will grow up to be President of the United States...” —Barbara Bush

Not since Abigail Adams has one woman been both the wife and mother of presidents. Barbara Bush’s prominent place in American history is matched only by her... Read more

Cultural Nonviolence

By: Satish Kumar

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Jesus, Satish Kumar brings a gentle wisdom to the difficult questions that must be answered if we are to end the pattern of destruction that threatens our world today. His simple, yet comprehensive perspective addresses the violence that is pervasive in human society and, amazingly, offers... Read more

The Genome War

By: James Shreeve

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a private company that within... Read more

Elizabeth and Mary

By: Jane Dunn

Narrated by: Donada Peters

Length: 19 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The first dual biography of two of the world’s most remarkable women—Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots—by one of Britain’s “best biographers” (The Sunday Times).

In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between the regal cousins. It is the story of two queens ruling on one island, each with a... Read more

Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes

By: Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

Narrated by: Lee Adams & Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as they discuss the very real—and often very funny—differences between the sexes.

Why... Read more

The Big Year

By: Mark Obmascik

Narrated by: Del Roy

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic in the making -- an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.

In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or “birders,” spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world’s quirkiest contests -- the race... Read more