Nonfiction audiobooks

The Healing Waterfall II

By: Max Highstein

Narrated by: Jill Andre

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The Healing Waterfall II transports you to a beautiful tropical setting, where you can experience deep relaxation, inner healing, and forgiveness.

From the journey:
There is a special place, deep within, where the gifts of healing, balance, and inner strength await you. That place is calling to you now, asking you to slow down, set the world... Read more

Hit and Run - Abridged

By: Nancy Griffin

Narrated by: John Slattery

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hit and Run tells the improbable and often hilarious story of how two Hollywood film packagers went on a campaign to reinvent themselves as studio executives -- at Sony's expense. Veteran reporters Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters chronicle the rise of Jon Peters, a former hairdresser, seventh-grade dropout, and juvenile delinquent, and his... Read more

And Then Jack Said to Arnie - Abridged

By: Don Wade

Narrated by: Arte Johnson

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fascinating anecdotes by— and about— some of the most famous golfers in history including Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.Former Golf Digest editor Don Wade has collected literally hundreds of anecdotes from some of the greatest names in the sport and delivers those stories in a series of captivating volumes. This... Read more

The Private Diary of My Life with Lana - Abridged

By: Eric Root

Narrated by: Eric Root

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lana Turner was the last of the great screen goddesses. A legendary blonde bombshell, Turner led a fairy-tale life that turned into a nightmare following the bizarre murder of her gangster lover, Johnny Stompanato, in 1958. Eric Root met Lana Turner in 1971, serving as her makeup artist and hairstylist before becoming her escort, spokesman,... Read more

Shattered - Abridged

By: Faye Resnick

Narrated by: Meredith MacRae & Dominick Dunne

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A memoir by the author of Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted.In this sensitive memoir, Faye Resnick— friend of Nicole Brown Simpson— recounts the story of how she found herself in the middle of the O. J. Simpson trial. In her attempt to defend the truth about the murder of her friend, Nicole,... Read more

Aaron Spelling - Abridged

By: Aaron Spelling

Narrated by: Aaron Spelling

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A captivating memoir by the man behind so many beloved programs including Charlie' s Angels, Charmed, and Beverly Hills 90210.No one else produced as many television programs as Aaron Spelling. And very few enjoyed such career longevity, with more than forty years in the business— from Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater in... Read more

Trying to Get to Heaven - Abridged

By: Dixie Carter

Narrated by: Dixie Carter

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dixie Carter has an opinion on just about everything--from the inside scoop on plastic surgery to the importance of etiquette and grooming, from the value of the family to the courage to be yourself.

Trying to Get to Heaven: Opinions of a Tennessee Talker is one long conversation that you never want to end. Read more

Acts Of Faith - Abridged

By: Iyanla Vanzant

Narrated by: Iyanla Vanzant

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey

In an updated and expanded 25th anniversary edition, the beloved “purple book” Acts of Faith guides people of color with daily encouragement, comfort, and enlightenment.

For over a quarter of a century, millions have turned to bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant’s... Read more

Inside the NRA - Abridged

By: Jack Anderson

Narrated by: Jack Anderson

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A chilling examination of the NRA and its powerful influence on America.In 1996, deaths by gun violence in the United States totaled roughly 14,000. With so many casualties—along with an astounding rise of armed militias and the discovery of huge caches of weapons stockpiled in private residences—Americans were forced to re-examine what it meant... Read more

Live Rich - Abridged

By: Barry Kaye

Narrated by: Barry Kaye

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Live life to the fullest is the message of Live Rich, an audio that addresses every person's desire for self-respect, a greater understanding of life, motivation, and creativity— as well as financial, personal, and romantic success. Freeing ourselves from the controlling influence of our fears can set the stage for a wealth of new... Read more

Talk Your Way to Success - Abridged

By: Lilyan Wilder

Narrated by: Lilyan Wilder

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's foremost speech consultant shares her secrets for communicating more effectively.
Lilyan Wilder has coached politicians, executives and celebrities such as George Bush, Oprah Winfrey and Charles Osgood to become better speakers. Now Wilder provides you with the same key to success -- effective communication -- as her more famous... Read more

The Oregon Trail - Abridged

By: Francis Parkman

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Francis Parkman's journal—written more than 150 years ago in 1846—provides an eye-witness account of one of the grandest adventures in American history. At age twenty-three, the Harvard-educated Bostonian traveled the Rocky Mountains, living among the Dakota Sioux. In his journal, he captured the color, spirit, and perspective of his era, as... Read more

Frank Sinatra, My Father - Abridged

By: Nancy Sinatra

Narrated by: Nancy Sinatra

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the twentieth century, with more than 100 charted songs and a successful film career, as well as the recipient of an Academy Award and nine Grammys. As the icon to millions of fans around the world, Sinatra was the subject of countless tabloid stories as well as several unauthorized... Read more

Sacred Hoops - Abridged

By: Phil Jackson & Hugh Delehanty

Narrated by: Phil Jackson

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball." -- Phil Jackson

One of the most successful coaches in NBA history, Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson provides an inside look at the higher wisdom of teamwork with Sacred Hoops -- Jackson's philosophy of mindful basketball and his lifelong quest... Read more

The Moral Compass - Abridged

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: William J. Bennett

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Moral Compass is the inspiring and instructive companion volume to William J. Bennett's bestselling work, The Book of Virtues, offering many more examples of good and bad, right and wrong, in great works from literature and in exemplary stories from history.

Organized by the stages along life's journey, these stories and poems serve as... Read more

Life After Death - Abridged

By: Mary T. Browne

Narrated by: Mary T. Browne

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the #1 bestselling tradition of Embraced By the Light...an inspiring journey into the spirit world.

An end and a beginning...

For more than 12 years, world-renowned psychic and spiritual healer Mary T. Browne has drawn on her visions of the other side and her communications with spirit teachers there to help clients all over the world. Now she... Read more

Colin Powell - Abridged

By: Colin Powell

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The son of Jamaican immigrants, Colin Powell became one of the most influential Americans of the last century. In this dramatic series of interviews, General Powell describes his ascent from the ROTC to four-star general and eventually to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and mastermind of Desert Storm. He discusses his assignments in... Read more

Remembering Dr. Hamilton Holmes

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Produced by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, this is an interview with Charlayne Hunter-Gault about her friend, Dr. Hamilton Holmes, who accompanied Charlayne as they became the first two African-Americans to attend the University of Georgia. Read more

So Far…

By: Kelsey Grammer

Narrated by: Kelsey Grammer

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than twenty years, Kelsey Grammar played the brilliant but fussy psychiatrist Frasier Crane, first on Cheers, then on the wildly successful spinoff, Frasier. During those two decades, Grammer received 17 Emmy nominations, winning four as the psychiatrist-turned-radio host and another one for providing the voice of Sideshow Bob on yet... Read more

Decoding Your Dreams

By: Gayle Delaney

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms & Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are dreams important? How can we remember more of our dreams, or use the dreams we remember to inform our waking life? Through years of research and dream analysis, Dr. Delaney has developed a "dream interview" technique that truly gives us the keys to decoding our own dreams. Read more

Hope for the Universal Human

By: Barbara Marx Hubbard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Exciting developments are taking place in human evolution. Past, present and future point toward tremendous leaps in our awareness and co-creative capacity. And Barbara Marx Hubbard is a scout on the edge of evolution, pointing the way and cheering us on. Read more

A Good Life - Abridged

By: Ben Bradlee

Narrated by: Ben Bradlee

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The classic New York Times bestselling memoir by legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post Ben Bradlee—with a new foreword by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and an afterword by Sally Quinn.

The most important, glamorous, and famous newspaperman of modern times traces his path from Harvard to the battles of the South Pacific to the... Read more

Charles Kuralt's America - Abridged

By: Charles Kuralt

Narrated by: Charles Kuralt

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album!

All New Journeys From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of A Life On The Road
I keep thinking I will find something wonderful just around the bend.
Ever since October 1967, when he set off in a battered motor home to explore America and talk to its people, Charles Kuralt has been one of our... Read more

Mindhunter - Abridged

By: John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker

Narrated by: John E. Douglas

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now a Netflix original series

Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country’s most notorious serial killers and criminals.

In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind... Read more