Nonfiction audiobooks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fair Ball

By: Bob Costas

Narrated by: Bob Costas

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From his perspective as a journalist and a true fan, Bob Costas, NBC's award-winning broadcaster, shares his views on the forces that are diminishing the appeal of Major League Baseball and proposes realistic changes that can be made to protect and promote the game's best interests.

In this cogent--and provocative--book, Costas examines the... Read more

Desire of the Everlasting Hills

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Brian F. O'Byrne

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization comes a compelling historical narrative about Jesus—an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire who became the central figure in Western Civilization.

"Divertingly instructive...gratifying...[Cahill] makes Jesus a still-living literary presence." —The... Read more

What Falls Away

By: Mia Farrow

Narrated by: Mia Farrow

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In an exquisitely written memoir, Mia Farrow introduces us to the landscapes of her extraordinary life.  Moving from her earliest memories of the walled gardens and rocky shores of western Ireland and her Hollywood childhood to her career as an actress, she writes of these experiences and her struggle to protect her children in a painful custody... Read more

How the Irish Saved Civilization

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Donal Donnelly

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent... Read more

The Language of Life

By: Bill Moyers

Narrated by: Bill Moyers

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen."



In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets, The Language Of Life celebrates language in its "most... Read more