Nonfiction audiobooks

Sustaining Hope in Impossible Times

By: Paul Loeb

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Loeb has gathered the stories of activists and visionaries, people who have faced enormous challenges and worked against seemingly insurmountable odds and found their efforts answered, sometimes in unexpected ways. When things look bleakest, Mr. Loeb explains, they've found that "there's something deeper that's more sustaining, that exists... Read more

Founding Mothers

By: Cokie Roberts

Narrated by: Cokie Roberts

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Cokie Roberts's #1 New York Times bestseller We Are Our Mothers Daughters examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a ""custodian of time-honored values."" Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts, described American marriages throughout history. Now... Read more

Brothers in Arms - Abridged

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anthony Walton

Narrated by: Peter Francis James

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A powerful wartime saga recounting the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II.
 
“More than a combat story . . . it’s also the story of how black soldiers had to fight (literally and figuratively) for the right to fight the Germans.”—USA Today 
 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar first... Read more

Deliver Us From Evil - Abridged

By: Sean Hannity

Narrated by: Sean Hannity

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As Americans face the ongoing war against terrorists and their state sponsors around the world, Sean Hannity reminds us we must also cope with the continuing scourge of accommodation and cowardice at home. With his trademark blend of passion and hard-hitting commentary, he urges Americans to recognize the dangers of putting our faith in... Read more

Grace and Power - Abridged

By: Sally Bedell Smith

Narrated by: Anne Twomey

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made... Read more

My Life Among the Serial Killers - Abridged

By: Helen Morrison

Narrated by: Helen Morrison

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled more than eighty serial killers around the world. What she has learned about them will shatter every assumption you've ever had about the most notorious killers known to man.Dr. Helen Morrison, a leading expert on serial killers, has spent as many as four hundred hours alone with depraved murderers. In My Life... Read more

Let Freedom Ring - Abridged

By: Sean Hannity

Narrated by: Sean Hannity

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The hard-hitting and provocative first book from the fastest-rising conservative voice in the countrySean Hannity is the hottest phenomenon in TV and talk radio today. His gutsy, take-no-prisoners interviews and commentary on the Fox News Channel’s Hannity & Colmes has made him one of the network’s most popular personalities. And his... Read more

Ugly Americans - Abridged

By: Ben Mezrich

Narrated by: TBD

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ugly Americans is the true story of John Malcolm, a Princeton graduate who traveled halfway around the world in search of the American dream and pulled off a trade that could be described as the biggest deal in the history of the financial markets.Without speaking a word of Japanese, with barely a penny in his pocket, Malcolm was thrown into the... Read more

Dark Nights of the Soul

By: Thomas Moore

Narrated by: Thomas Moore

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Every human life is made up of the light and the dark, the happy and the sad, the vital and the deadening. How you think about this rhythm of moods makes all the difference.

Our lives are filled with emotional tunnels: the loss of a loved one or end of a relationship, aging and illness, career disappointments or just an ongoing sense of... Read more

How to Ruin Your Life

By: Ben Stein

Narrated by: Ben Stein

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

How to Ruin Your Life is a powerful self-help tool in the form of a work of humor. It is sardonic advice, presented with tongue in cheek, explaining how people can "ruin" their lives. The essays cover topics such as "Convince Yourself That You're All That Matters," Think the Worst of Everyone," "Pour Salt on Those Wounds," and "You Can Change... Read more

Positive Affirmations for Being Smoke-Free

By: Jane Ehrman

Narrated by: Jane Ehrman

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided meditation uses guided imagery which is designed to help you become smoke free. Guided imagery is most effective when a firm commitment has been made to stop smoking. It is an especially effective tool when used with self-hypnosis to bring about a change in behavior. Suggestions are offered to: release stress and enhance relaxation;... Read more

The Outlaw Sea

By: William Langewiesche

Narrated by: William Langewiesche

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Riveting stories of our last frontier and the acts of God and man upon it

Even if we live within sight of the sea, it is easy to forget that our world is an ocean world. The open ocean spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natural and manmade. And at a time when every last patch of land is claimed by... Read more

Meditations For Peace of Mind

By: Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

Narrated by: Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Relax and Appreciate Your Uniqueness! Meditation of peace, love, joy, and optimism. Learn how to rejoice in yourself with these positive meditations. Read more

The Law of Success, Volume I

By: Napoleon Hill

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A scheduled three-hour interview between a young Napoleon Hill and Andrew Carnegie strung out to three days. During that time, Carnegie revealed his secrets of success and then offered young Hill the task of organizing and systematizing the world's first philosophy of individual achievement based on the principles. From that moment on, Napoleon... Read more

Fit to Lead - Abridged

By: Christopher P. Neck, Tedd L. Mitchell, Charles ...

Narrated by: Richard Rohan

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Improve your body, improve your career: An executive fitness plan by experts from the Cooper Wellness Clinic

• Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza, runs four miles a day and spend 30 minutes on the Nautilus machine
• Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., CEO of Columbia/HCA Healthcare, uses time between flights to jog around airports
• Julian C. Day,... Read more

How to Make Big Money In Your Own Small Business - Abridged

By: Jeffrey J. Fox

Narrated by: Jeffrey J. Fox

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the tradition of Fox's bestselling How to Become a Rainmaker, entrepreneurs and small business owners learn how to compete in the marketplace and make their businesses thrive

Ever dream of starting your own business? According to USA Today, more than 47 million people want to own their own businesses and over 20 million people actually do. In... Read more

The Physiology of a Peak Experience

By: James Austin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As both a neurologist and a Zen practitioner, James Austin brings a quiet logic to the mysteries of enlightenment, and explains how moments of spiritual awakening alter brain function and body chemistry to make us happier and more creative. Read more

When Fish Fly

By: John Yokoyama & Joseph Michelli Ph.D

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The World Famous Pike Place Fish Market is renowned worldwide as a model company. In this revealing business advice book, its owner John Yokoyama explains in his own words just how he transformed his business and encouraged his employees to live a powerful, unified vision of the market. 

When Fish Fly offers Yokoyama's cohesive strategy for... Read more

Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer

By: Warren St. John

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fresh and funny… St. John has crafter a winner.” —Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic

In the life of every sports fan, there comes a moment of reckoning. It may happen when your team wins on a last-second field goal and you suddenly find yourself clenched in a loving embrace with a large hairy man you’ve never met. . . . Or in the... Read more

Winning Every Time - Abridged

By: Lis Wiehl

Narrated by: Lis Wiehl

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Whether you’re hoping to obtain a raise from your boss, convince an insurance claim representative to reimburse your medical treatment, or persuade your spouse into spending less time watching TV and more time with you, Winning Every Time will be your guide for truly practical and helpful advice about how to make that case effectively—and win it... Read more

Fanatics and Fools

By: Arianna Huffington

Narrated by: Arianna Huffington

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Arianna Huffington takes another sweeping look at how right wing zealots have taken charge of the Republican Party and the government—and the American leadership who let it happen. Read more

Funny Cide - Abridged

By: Sally Jenkins & Funny Cide Ventures, LLC

Narrated by: Jamey Sheridan

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

They had no business being there. They were up against million-dollar horses owned by patricians, oilmen, Arab sheiks, and Hollywood producers. They were ten regular guys, and all they wanted was to win a race. Instead, they won the hearts of America.

In 2003, a three-year-old with the unlikely name of Funny Cide became "the people's horse," the... Read more

Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy - Abridged

By: Partha Bose

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Alexander the Great endures as one of the most admired and emulated leaders in world history. In our time, his example of unprecedented and unparalleled success has inspired leaders of business and government, from media mogul Ted Turner (who keeps a bronze bust of Alexander in his office) to Desert Storm commander General Norman Schwarzkopf... Read more

Plan of Attack - Abridged

By: Bob Woodward

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering, examining the... Read more