Nonfiction audiobooks

Mythic Wisdom from Africa

By: Clyde Ford

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Clyde Ford brings to light the unmapped territory of African mythology, drawing upon sacred stories from the wisdom treasury of this ancient land. Read more

Coaching, Compassion and Making A Difference

By: Maria Nemeth, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Clinical psychologist Maria Nemeth has discovered that while therapy is a great place to air your feelings and gain an understanding of your problems, coaching provides a different level: "In coaching, people observe their psychological process without getting caught up in it, and instead turn their attention toward what they truly want to... Read more

A Beautiful Mind

By: Sylvia Nasar

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 18 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. This book is the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly and directed by Ron Howard.“How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials... Read more

Soul Stories

By: Gary Zukav

Narrated by: Gary Zukav

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Writing with profound psychological and spiritual insight, prize-winning author Gary Zukav has had a major impact on the consciousness of our entire generation. His number-one national bestseller. The Seat of the Soul, has been a life-changing experience for millions of Americans.
In Soul Stories, Gary Zukav shows how this new understanding of... Read more

Pathways to God

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D. & Joan Z. Borysenko, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra, M.D. & Joan Z. Borysenko, Ph.D.

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In this insightful dialogue between Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., and Deepak Chopra, M.D., Borysenko reveals the seven pathways to God that are characteristic of the modern mystic:Path 1: Involves the root chakra, which grounds us, and has to do with our relationship to the earth as a living being.Path 2: The inner union of male and female and what has... Read more

Anton Chekhov

By: Donald Rayfield

Narrated by: Fred Williams

Length: 28 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Chekhov’s life was short, intense, and dominated by battles, both with his dependents and with the tuberculosis that killed him at age forty-four. The traditional image of Chekhov is that of the restrained artist torn between medicine and literature, but Donald Rayfield’s biography reveals the life long hidden behind the noble facade. Here... Read more

A Guided Meditation

By: Glenn Harrold

Narrated by: Glenn Harrold

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Experience deep inner peace and calm when you listen to this superb high quality guided meditation MP3 download by Glenn Harrold the UK's best-selling self-help audio author. Glenn's highly acclaimed techniques and state of the art production will help you achieve a deep state of relaxation and meditation in a safe and natural way.

A Guided... Read more

Complete Relaxation

By: Glenn Harrold

Narrated by: Glenn Harrold

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

This superb, high-quality hypnotherapy program by the UK's best-selling hypnotherapist, Glenn Harrold, combines powerful clinical hypnotherapy techniques with state-of-the-art digital recording technology. Designed to guide the listener into a wonderful deep state of complete mental and physical relaxation. You will also learn valuable... Read more

Heart Of A Heroine:  Saving The Last Redwoods

By: Julia Butterfly Hill

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Julia 'Butterfly' Hill's remarkable and triumphant 738 day tree-sit atop the 1,000 year old, 200 foot tall redwood tree she named "Luna", ended December 18, 1999, when she negotiated a deal to save the ancient tree with Pacific Lumber, a division of the Maxxam Corporation, who owns the land on which "Luna" stands.  Hill's exuberant and... Read more

Practice Makes Perfect

By: Bo Lozoff

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Following your bliss is not always easy.  In fact according to Bo Lozoff, there's only one thing more difficult:  not following your bliss.  Lozoff is following his at the Human Kindness Foundation he co-founded, where he gets to "see people in some of the most profound changes of their lives." Read more

Woodrow Wilson

By: Louis Auchincloss

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Woodrow Wilson sheds new light on Wilson’s upbringing and career and shows the grim determination that carried him to the presidency just before World War I. From the dynamic figure whose ringing speeches hypnotized vast crowds, to the gentle voice reading poetry to his children, to the rising academic and president of Princeton who made the... Read more

Joan of Arc

By: Mary Gordon

Narrated by: Mari Devon

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an army to victory and crowned the king of France, only... Read more

The Adventure Toward the Sacred

By: Elizabeth Lesser

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Just as America is the melting pot of race and culture, so too does it provide a fertile breeding ground of diverse spiritual and religious paths.  Elizabeth Lesser performs the magic of synthesizing the rich blends of the world's wisdom traditions, focusing on our right to individual choice. Read more

Eating Wisdom

By: Andrew Weil, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

One of life's greatest pleasures is eating, according to Weil, who cuts through the national obsession with diet and weight like a knife through an overripe papaya. Dr. Andrew Weil believes there doesn't have to be a distinction between healthy food and pleasurable food. His sensible advice stems from a belief in a natural, balanced approach to... Read more

How to Close Every Sale

By: Joe Girard

Narrated by: Richard Davidson

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The Guinness Book of World Records named Joe Girard "the world's greatest salesman." Now best-selling author Girard reveals field-tested techniques, insider tips, and useful common sense reminders that are guaranteed to give your career a boost. Every salesperson knows that closing is the moment of truth. But closing isn't something that happens... Read more

Appreciating Your Originality

By: Thomas Moore

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

As former monk Thomas Moore points out many of us are working overtime to "build and manufacture a self, just as we build and manufacture the world."  Moore explores how and why we cover up who we really are and offers a vivid sense of what it means to live with passion and creativity through following the lead of your authentic self. Read more

Papa Bravo Romeo - Abridged

By: Wynn Goldsmith

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Our mission was independent, no-holds-barred combat against a stubborn enemy in the enemy's backyard."                

In Vietnam, river warfare was often conducted in the dark. It was always dangerous, sometimes fatal--especially in the eastern end of the Cong-plagued Mekong Delta. In 1967, U.S. Navy Lt. Wynn Goldsmith was the "river rat" who... Read more

The Promise of Sleep - Abridged

By: William C. Dement & Christopher Vaughan

Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

SLEEP BETTER, LIVE LONGER WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING INFORMATION AND STEP-BY-STEP PROGRAM IN THIS REVOLUTIONARY AUDIOBOOK
Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity, more influential than diet, exercise, or heredity. And yet we are a sleep-sick society, ignorant of the facts of sleep --... Read more

Life Stories

By: David Remnick

Narrated by: Amy Irving, Philip Bosco & Alton Fitzgerald White

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

One of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words. The New Yorker has met this challenge more successfully and more originally than any other modern American journal. It has indelibly shaped the genre known as the Profile. Starting with light-fantastic evocations of glamorous and idiosyncratic figures of the... Read more

The Global Century

By: Harlan Cleveland

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Wisdom elder Harlan Cleveland says, "Our problem is not one of access, but one of selection."  His advice on choosing what's relevant brings you the tools for true wisdom, not mindless data accumulation. Read more

The Sword and the Shield - Abridged

By: Christopher Andrew & Vasili Mitrokhin

Narrated by: Charles Stransky

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Sword and the Shield is a compelling—and historically significant—narrative destined to cast new light on the Soviet era. Read more

Spiritual Ecology

By: Thom Hartmann

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet a man who has helped set up hospitals, famine relief programs, schools and communities for orphaned and blind children on five continents:  Thom Hartmann.  He describes scenes that may bring tears to your eyes, but will awaken your heart to matters that  cry out for our attention. Read more

Recipes for Sustainability

By: Vicki Robin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Vicki Robin discusses the multiple dimensions of freedom, including paradox, and how this relates to sustainability—both personal and planetary.  "If we make certain choices—personally, socially, politically, culturally—there is an emergent, practical, beautiful, delicious and fun reality that is waiting for us to step into." Read more

Success God's Way - Abridged

By: Charles F. Stanley

Narrated by: Charles Stanley

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Success is defined by a continuing desire to be the person God called you to be and to achieve those goals that God helps you to set," says Charles Stanley. In Success God's Way, Stanley teaches God's principles for success, including ten steps to help you reach God's goals in your life, and what to do about the seven success blockers that... Read more