Nonfiction audiobooks

The Millionaire Mind - Abridged

By: Thomas J. Stanley

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Do you have the millionaire mind?
The runaway bestseller The Millionaire Next Door told us who America's wealthy really are. The Millionaire Mind tells how they got there, and how to become one of them. Inside, you'll discover the surprising answers to questions such as...
What success factors made them wealthy in one generation?
What part... Read more

The Fortune Tellers - Abridged

By: Howard Kurtz

Narrated by: Howard Kurtz

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Just as "spin" has taken over politics in America, so too has it come to define the long bull market on Wall Street. The booming trade in stocks has produced an insatiable demand for financial intelligence. On television and the Internet, commentators and analysts are not merely reporting the news, they are making news in ways that provide huge... Read more

The Millionaire Next Door - Abridged

By: Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The incredible national bestseller that is changing people's lives -- and increasing their net worth!
Can you spot the millionaire next door?

Who are the rich in this country?

What do they do?

Where do they shop?

What do they drive?

How do they invest?

How did they get rich?

Can I even become one of them?

Get the answers in The... Read more

It’s a Meaningful Life - Abridged

By: Bo Lozoff

Narrated by: Bo Lozoff

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on his thirty years of teaching and service, Bo Lozoff shows why compassion— not success, self-improvement, or self-esteem— is at the root of happiness. Lozoff covers themes such as developing honesty, learning humility, dealing with anger, and honoring relationships. He shows how practices such as a daily vow of... Read more

The Fourth Mega Market - Abridged

By: Ralph Acampora

Narrated by: Ralph Acampora

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What do you call a bull market that lasts at least ten years, includes steep corrections and cycles of vicious rotation, but results in a quadrupling of the Dow, a stratospheric rise in new technology, and the creation of staggering amounts of wealth? Ralph Acampora, one of Wall Street's most influential analysts, calls it a mega-market.

In... Read more

Knowledge in a Nutshell and Knowledge in a Nutshell on Sports

By: Charles Reichblum

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Find over a thousand of astounding fun facts in this combination audiobook -- a treasure chest for trivia buffs.

Want to be surprised with the truth? Discover how you've been misled for years? Get a kick out of coincidences? Learn about the U.S. state that no longer exists -- the man who was present when THREE U.S. Presidents were assassinated... Read more

The Heart of Fundraising and the Joy of Giving

By: Lynne Twist

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Each of us can contribute to creating a better world that works for everyone, to make a difference and serve something larger than ourselves. Read more

King David

By: Jonathan Kirsch

Narrated by: Jonathan Kirsch

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

David, King of the Jews, possessed every flaw and failing a mortal is capable of, yet men and women adored him and God showered him with many more blessings than he did Abraham or Moses. His sexual appetite and prowess were matched only by his violence, both on the battlefield and in the bedroom. A charismatic leader, exalted as "a man after... Read more

You Go Girl! Winning the Woman's Way

By: Kim Doren & Charlie Jones

Narrated by: Matilda Novak

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of first-person insights, thoughts, and stories from successful women in the world of sports, including Mia Hamm; Gabrielle Reece; Marion Jones; Kerri Strug; Chris Evert; Nancy Lopez; Picabo Street and more. Read more

A Home for Everyone

By: Millard Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"We say in Habitat for Humanity that a house is to a family what soil is to a plant.  It is a place for that family to be rooted."  Be inspired to make a difference in your own community, by listening to this dialogue with Millard Fuller, founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International and author of many books. Read more

Married to Laughter - Abridged

By: Jerry Stiller

Narrated by: Jerry Stiller

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara began performing together in coffehouses in Greenwich Village in the 1960's, and then as frequent guests on The Ed Sullivan Show. They based their standup characters on exaggerated vrsions of themselves, especially in the irrepressible commercials for Blue Nun wine. Offstage they raised two children, Amy and... Read more

Nothing Like It In The World

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn

Length: 15 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job.

Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of... Read more

Nothing Like it In The World - Abridged

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job.

Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of... Read more

Living As If Life Mattered

By: Dawna Markova

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

After being faced with a life-threatening illness, Markova asks herself, "How can I be closer to joy?"  This question pulls her to a lone log cabin in the mountains of Utah where, through self-imposed isolation, she begins the quest of reclaiming true passion and purpose in her life. Through engaging storytelling, Dawna Markova invites us to... Read more

The Gift of Giving

By: Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by stories from her grandfather, an orthodox rabbi and scholar of the Kaballah, Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., tells with wit and inspiration of her emergence from a socialistic, atheistic upbringing to a life and medical practice filled with grace, mystery and wonder. Read more

Leading the Revolution - Abridged

By: Gary Hamel

Narrated by: Gary Hamel

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In today's world, it's incumbents against insurgents, the old guard versus the vanguard. Companies must reinvent themselves and their industries—not just in times of crisis, but continually.

Drawing on the experiences of Charles Schwab, Cisco, Virgin Atlantic, Disney, and other world-class companies, Gary Hamel explains the underlying principles... Read more

Balance Through Bodywork

By: Jon Schreiber, Angela Porter & Denise Berezonsky

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Jon Schreiber, America’s foremost Breema specialist and director of The Breema Center in Oakland, CA, discusses this unique bodywork based on nine universal principles that nurture the mind and body, guiding one towards a unified and harmonious state of well being. Read more

A Journey to Consciousness

By: Alan Lithman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Hitchhiking from London to the extreme desert of Southern India, Alan Lithman followed his calling, merging his 1960s activism with his spiritual hunger, to join the international community of Auroville.  Letting his old spiritual beliefs of "transcendence" go, Lithman embraced  "transformation", which is described by Sri Aurobindo as an... Read more

Peacetrain

By: Harold Bloomfield

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Healing the past serves as the focus in this eloquent dialogue with Harold Bloomfield, M.D., a renowned leader in alternative medicine and integrative psychiatry. "To make peace requires courage." Read more

Keep It Simple

By: Janet Luhrs

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover how to make your home a sanctuary, talk and listen from your heart, make financial peace with your partner, and keep that loving connection going when children become part of the family. Read more

A Culture Emerges

By: Sherry Ruth Anderson & Paul Ray

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An American sub-culture dubbed "Cultural Creatives" has been growing, quietly revolutionizing American life.  This group has been creating new social systems, world views and ways of life.  Sherry Ruth Anderson and Paul Ray, who have spent thirteen years researching this emerging sub-culture explain how this group has reached critical mass,... Read more

Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

By: Stephen Hawking

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Thirteen extraordinary essays shed new light on the mystery of the universe—and on one of the most brilliant thinkers of our time.

“[Hawking] sprinkles his explanations with a wry sense of humor and a keen awareness that the sciences today delve not only into the far reaches of the cosmos, but into the inner... Read more

Woodsong

By: Gary Paulsen

Narrated by: Gary Paulsen

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The award-winning creator of popular survival stories turns his attention to his own real life adventures in Minnesota and Alaska as he prepares for the grueling Iditarod sled dog race.

"The lure of the wilderness is always a potent draw, and Paulsen evokes its mysteries as well as anyone has since Jack London." (The Horn Book) Read more

Bella Tuscany

By: Frances Mayes

Narrated by: Frances Mayes

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy.

Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to... Read more