Nonfiction audiobooks

The Brass Wall - Abridged

By: David Kocieniewski

Narrated by: Greg Salata

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the tradition of Serpico and Prince of the City, a brilliantly reported true story of power and betrayal in the NYPD set against the worlds of the Mafia and big-city politics

In 1993, Vincent Armanti, Undercover Detective #4126 agreed to infiltrate a branch of the Luchese family responsible for the homicide of a beloved fireman. Already a... Read more

They Marched Into Sunlight - Abridged

By: David Maraniss

Narrated by: David Maraniss

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

David Maraniss tells the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967.

With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while examining questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of... Read more

A Mighty Heart - Abridged

By: Mariane Pearl

Narrated by: Mariane Pearl

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now a major motion picture starring Angelina Jolie!

The unforgettable story of two journalists who fell in love with their work and with each other, a portrait of a partnership built on the ideals of love, truth, and justice—and a critical look at the methods and structure of the Al-Qaeda network.

For five weeks, the world waited for news about... Read more

The Alchemy Of Healing

By: Nicki Scully

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever thought of yourself as a healer? Do you believe you have the capacity to transform disease? Nicki Scully believes that everyone has the capacity to do just that.  A gifted healer in one of the world's most ancient traditions, she is sought after all over the world for her knowledge of metaphysics, shamanism and the Egyptian... Read more

Who's Looking Out For You?

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Media powerhouse and expert critic Bill O'Reilly's most comprehensive book yet offers new insight into the current state of life in America. In examining the social, political, and economic aspects of our daily lives, O'Reilly exhausts every bureaucratic system to see what our higher-ups are doing to take care of us, and points out the people... Read more

Bushwhacked - Abridged

By: Molly Ivins & Lou Dubose

Narrated by: Molly Ivins

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

From Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, authors of Shrub, Bushwhacked is a hilarious, no-holds-barred look at George W. Bush and his administration, and an essential book for understanding the full, destructive impact of his presidency.

For years, bestselling political commentator Molly Ivins has been sounding the alarm about George W. Bush. In Shrub,... Read more

The Successful Investor

By: William J. O'Neil

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BUSINESSWEEK, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BUSINESS BESTSELLER HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN STOCKS! Simple-to-follow strategies for making--and keeping--profits in today's perilous stock market More than 80 million investors lost 50 to 80 percent of their savings in the recent stock market crash. Investor's Business Daily... Read more

Find a Husband After 35 Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School - Abridged

By: Rachel Greenwald

Narrated by: Rachel Greenwald

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Harvard MBA shares her revolutionary program for using marketing tactics to find a husband after age 35.

This is “Marriage 911”! For many single women over the age of 35, the rules for finding the right mate have changed. There are fewer eligible men and fewer opportunities to meet them. Now successful dating coach Rachel Greenwald shares her... Read more

True Notebooks - Abridged

By: Mark Salzman

Narrated by: Mark Salzman

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Mark Salzman is invited to visit a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles’s most violent teenage offenders, he scrambles for a polite reason to decline. He goes—expecting the worst—and is so astonished by what he finds that he becomes a teacher there himself. True Notebooks is an account of Salzman’s first years... Read more

Making Friends With Money

By: Fred Brown

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Fred Brown tells us that money is about energy, balance and flow. He points out that in making friends with money we become healthier in our spiritual growth. This conversation is filled with practical suggestions about approaching money concerns that will lead us to peace of mind and financial flow. Read more

One Water, One Air, One Mother Earth

By: Corbin Harney

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Come and sit with this wise and gentle-spoken Western Shoshone elder and spiritual leader. You'll hear stories of his childhood in a white man's world, and teachings he learned from his grandmother. In the measured words of a wise man, he explains the hazards we face in a nuclear world, and how we can live respectfully on this one mother earth. Read more

Mark Twain In Person Vol. 1

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Richard Henzel

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Studio recordings of the best monologues from Richard Henzel’s one man play Mark Twain In Person. Selections include the familiar and the rarely heard excerpts from Mark Twain’s writings, speeches, and private remarks mixed with improvisational moments as well. Includes: Whitewashing The Fence - Tom Sawyer learns a valuable lesson - from The... Read more

Mark Twain In Person Vol. 2

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Richard Henzel

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Studio recordings of the best monologues from Richard Henzel’s one man play Mark Twain In Person. Selections include the familiar and the rarely heard: excerpts from Mark Twain’s writings, speeches, and private remarks, mixed with improvisational moments as well. Includes: My Platonic Sweetheart - Mark Twain's Dreamland Romance - Adapted from... Read more

Mountains Beyond Mountains - Abridged

By: Tracy Kidder

Narrated by: Tracy Kidder

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •“[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today
 
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains]... Read more

The Ultimate Weight Solution - Abridged

By: Phil McGraw

Narrated by: Phil McGraw

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Free yourself from diets that don't work and discover The Ultimate Weight Solution.

You have made the decision to take control of your weight, but diets don't seem to work and they aren't always sustainable for everyday life. Dr. Phil McGraw's powerful bestseller gives you the tools for life-changing weight loss. If you're ready to get real about... Read more

Healing Anxiety and Depression - Abridged

By: Daniel G. Amen, MD

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dr. Amen has pioneered the clinical use of brain SPECT imaging in psychiatry. His clinics' signature brain scans have discovered that the illnesses of anxiety and depression are, in large part, the result of brain dysfunction. Scans have also determined that anxiety and depression often occur together, and there are seven distinct types of... Read more

In the Wake of the Plague

By: Norman F. Cantor

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times best-seller, Norman F. Cantor digs through the medical evidence and concludes that the Black Death of the 14th century was probably two diseases at once: bubonic plague and anthrax. He shows how these diseases affected the masses as well as individuals, and thus altered history. Concise, informative, and touched with dark... Read more

Saint Therese of Lisieux

By: Kathryn Harrison

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

St. Therese of Lisieux, largely unknown when she died in a Carmelite convent at the age of twenty-four, became - through her posthumously published autobiography - one of the world's most influential religious figures. No less a luminary than Andre Gide modeled one of his characters after her in his novel STRAIT IS THE GATE. Originally the... Read more

The Progress Paradox

By: Gregg Easterbrook

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improved in the past century--and yet today, most men and women feel less happy than in previous generations. Why this is so and what we should do about it... Read more

The Darkest Jungle

By: Todd Balf

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“Commit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Darién—and in God’s is the way out.”

The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America’s first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Darién, a place that loomed large in the minds of the world’s most courageous adventurers... Read more

7 Money Mantras for a Richer Life

By: Michelle Singletary

Narrated by: Lee Adams

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The best financial planner Michelle Singletary ever knew was Big Mama, her grandmother. Big Mama raised Michelle and her four brothers and sisters on a salary that never reached more than $13,000 a year. Yet at her death, Big Mama owned her own home, had paid off a car loan, and had a beautiful collection of Sunday-go-to-meeting church hats and... Read more

Talk Your Way to the Top

By: Kevin Daley & Laura Daley-Caravella

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Field-proven presentation tips and communication skills, from two of today's top corporate coaches Every business situation is both a presentation and a chance to leave a positive impression. In Talk Your Way to the Top, corporate communications gurus Kevin Daley and Laura Daley-Caravella give readers the know-how to recognize and maximize the... Read more

The Law of Success, Volume III

By: Napoleon Hill

Narrated by: Mario Rosales

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

THE MOST UPDATED AND MOST COMPLETE EDITION OF NAPOLEON HILL'S MASTERWORK Napoleon Hill stunned America when he published the first edition of The Law of Success. It had taken Hill twenty years to research and write. He had personally met with hundreds of the most famous self-made multimillionaires so he could study their habits, analyze their... Read more

Negotiate This!

By: Herb Cohen

Narrated by: Herb Cohen

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Master negotiator and New York Times bestselling author of You Can Negotiate Anything Herb Cohen says, "Negotiation is the game of life." With his signature humor and self-deprecating style, Cohen explains how to learn powerful yet subtle negotiating ploys to help in business, career, and even family relationships. With his extensive... Read more