Nonfiction audiobooks

Bioneers Series 2-08: Knowledge From Intimacy: Revaluing The Feminine

By: Paula Gunn Allen, Ph.D., Susan Griffin, Guji Co...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Here we acknowledge the "sheroic" work of 5 women who represent the millions who, in their work for the Earth, embody the "fierce feminine," feminine qualities they say that are in all of us no matter our gender. They are the qualities most called for in these pivotal times. Read more

Bioneers Series 2-04: Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

By: Janine M. Benyus

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Leaders in the fields of agriculture, architecture, the arts, design, physics, engineering, theology, ecology and economics are rediscovering the genius of nature. And it's the genius of nature, they say, that just might save us. Read more

Bioneers Series 2-02: Gaian Wonders of the Co-Evolutionary Dance

By: Jeremy Narby, Ph.D., Steven Foster, Jennifer Gr...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Who needs TV when the waves at the beach are phosphorescing, the fungal internet is pulsing, and the laws of physics are being broken all around us by...water? These Bioneers celebrate the wonders of nature they encounter in their work for the Earth and explore, among other things, "the ocean eye" and variations on a nematode worm. Read more

Bioneers Series 2-12: The Age of Extinction and the Emerging Environmental Health Movement

By: Michael Lerner

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Who doesn't know someone touched by the nightmare of cancer? Scientists have proven that 70-90% of cancers are caused by environmental factors. Why is it so hard to fathom that human health and the health of the Earth are inseparable? The Environmental Health Movement could become THE most potent force for restoring the Earth. Read more

Bioneers Series 2-07: Globalization: The Environment and Living Toward the Local

By: Jerry Mander, Kevin Danaher, Ph.D., Alisa Gravi...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Every dollar we spend is a vote for or against the Earth. These Bioneers call us to recognize that economics is actually a subset of ecology, not the other way around. Behind most environmental harm is an economic motive, so how do we move from the love of money to the love of life? Read more

Bioneers Series 2-09: Honoring the Heritage of Black Farmers on the Land

By: J.L. Chestnut

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Black farmers have been leaving the land at three and a-half times the rate of other farmers. It turns out that this loss of black farmers is due less to farming policies and practices than it is to generations of institutional racism. Civil Rights attorney J.L. Chestnut, in a brilliant and emotional speech, tells the story of the successful... Read more

Bioneers Series 2-13: Nature and Spirit: It's All Alive

By: John Mohawk, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Can a culture built on the infallibility of the rational mind perceive the sacred? Turtle Clan Seneca, John Mohawk, educator and traditional native farmer, is a Bioneer whose work it is to heal the artificial split between spirit and nature, mind and matter, creation and creator. Read more

Bioneers Series 2-11: Global Green Plan and Urban Design

By: Mark Hertsgaard & Francesca Vietor

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Solutions, solutions, solutions. From the Global Green Deal, a comprehensive plan for restoring the Earth, to the inspiring programs and policies of one city that is going green. This program is full of practical strategies to turn eco-centered visions into living realities that deliver jobs and profits. Read more

Bioneers Series 2-06: Rewilding The Earth: Nurturing The Web Of Life

By: Dave Foreman & Dennis Martinez

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Ecosystems are collapsing and Dave Foreman is working to return large carnivores, "keystone species," like the wolf and the jaguar to the American West. Native American Dennis Martinez is a restorative ecologist, who would say the true "keystone species" has traditionally been indigenous humans. Read more

Bioneers Series 2-05: Tree of Knowledge - Tree of Life: Towards an Agriculture of Relationships

By: Joel Salatin, Fred Kirschenmann & Wes Jackson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Agriculture, or industrial farming, as it is practiced today, may be the single most destructive human activity against the Earth that we currently employ. In response, a movement toward Restorative Farming, that looks to nature for its direction, is gaining momentum. Read more

Bioneers Series 2-01: Re-Imagining Design: Becoming Tools of Nature

By: William McDonough

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Bill McDonough has long been at the forefront of what he calls "the next industrial revolution." McDonough suggests that the growth/no growth struggle between business interests and environmentalists is absurd. The real question is "what do you want to grow?" Read more

Bioneers Series 2-03: Environmental Justice – Rising from the Flames

By: Terri Swearingen, RN, Henry Clark, Ph.D. & Carw...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

From the oil fields in Nigeria to an Ohio school yard downwind from a toxic incinerator, to a Richmond, California community surrounded by industry, these are inspiring stories of tragedy and the heroic victories of everyday people who are standing up to the deadly practices of big business polluters. Read more

The Intelligent Asset Allocator

By: William J. Bernstein

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Profit through good times and bad with a resilient, diversified portfolio The Intelligent Asset Allocator has helped thousands of people like you build wealth through carefully diversified portfolios. Now, with global markets in constant flux, balancing risk and reward is more critical than ever. Self-taught investor William Bernstein offers... Read more

The Coalwood Way - Abridged

By: Homer Hickam

Narrated by: David Lansbury

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's fall, 1959, and Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High, launching handbuilt rockets that soar thousands of feet into the West Virginia sky. But in a season traditionally marked by celebrations of the spirit, Coalwood finds itself at a painful crossroads.

The strains can be felt within the... Read more

The Power of Gold - Abridged

By: Peter L. Bernstein

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Over the centuries, gold had stirred the passions for power and glory, for beauty and security, and even for immortality.  No other object has commanded so much veneration over such a long period of time.  The most striking feature of this long history is that gold led most of the protagonists in the drama into the ditch.  Gold had them, rather... Read more

Off Camera - Abridged

By: Ted Koppel

Narrated by: Ted Koppel

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of America's most admired TV anchors gives us an intimate chronicle of the final year of the twentieth century. In this engrossing narrative, a national bestseller, are all the most significant matters of that year--from Bill Clinton’s impeachment to Columbine, from the war in Kosovo to Y2K and the mass-marketing of Viagra. Here are the... Read more

Lives of Moral Leadership - Abridged

By: Robert Coles

Narrated by: Harry Goz

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this rich and illuminating book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Robert Coles creates a portrait of moral leadership--what it is, and how it is achieved--through stories of people who have led and inspired him: Robert Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Erik Erikson, a Boston bus driver, teachers in college, medical... Read more

Nutritional Tools for Diabetes

By: Julian Whitaker

Narrated by: Julian Whitaker

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Although doctors are quick to prescribe medication to lower blood sugar, they often overlook the adverse side effects. While drugs may decrease blood sugar levels, they also increase the risk of heart disease, which is the cause of death for 75 percent of all diabetics. Dr. Julian Whitaker's experience over the past 25 years in treating... Read more

Blackbird - Abridged

By: Jennifer Lauck

Narrated by: Jennifer Lauck

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With the startling emotional immediacy of a fractured family photo album, Jennifer Lauck's incandescent memoir is the story of an ordinary girl growing up at the turn of the 1970s and the truly extraordinary circumstances of a childhood lost. Wrenching and unforgettable, Blackbird will carry your heart away.

To young Jenny, the house on Mary... Read more

Ghost Light - Abridged

By: Frank Rich

Narrated by: Frank Rich

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is a theater superstition that if the emptied house is ever left completely dark, a ghost will take up residence. To prevent this, a single "ghost light" is left burning at center stage after the audience and all of the actors and musicians have left. In this eloquent and moving memoir, celebrated New York Times drama critic and columnist... Read more

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life - Abridged

By: Richard Ben Cramer

Narrated by: Richard Ben Cramer

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the hard-knuckled thirties, Joe DiMaggio was the immigrant boy who made it big. He was the dominant star in the New York Yankees dynasty. As World War II loomed, Joltin' Joe launched a fifty-six game hitting streak -- and the nation literally sang his name. In the age of postwar ease and plenty, he became Broadway Joe, the icon of elegance... Read more

Organizing From The Inside Out - Abridged

By: Julie Morgenstern

Narrated by: Julie Morgenstern

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hundreds of thousands of people have broken through the clutter and streamlined their lives with Julie Morgenstern's proven techniques. There's no magic, no mystery. Getting organized is a skill that anyone can learn. The beauty of Julie's system, honed during her many years as a professional organizer, is that it enables you to design a unique... Read more

Time Management From The Inside Out - Abridged

By: Julie Morgenstern

Narrated by: Julie Morgenstern

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

These days, we face no greater challenge in our personal and professional lives than organizing and managing our time. Now Julie Morgenstern, whose bestselling Organizing from the Inside Out has helped hundreds of thousands of people conquer the clutter in their lives, explains how to overcome the time challenge once and for all. Her... Read more

Leonardo Da Vinci

By: Sherwin Nuland

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In Leonardo Da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his 20-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was a painter, architect, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. What was it that propelled Leonardo's insatiable curiosity? Nuland finds clues in his subject's art, relationships, and scientific studies. He detects the siren... Read more