Nonfiction audiobooks

Corporate Creativity - Abridged

By: Alan G. Robinson & Sam Stern

Narrated by: Sam Stern

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Most companies know that their creative performance falls far short of potential, but they don't know what to do about it. Corporate Creativity has the answers. Read more

Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute - Abridged

By: Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos & Alan Randolph

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Told in novel form, Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute provides practical and simple concepts that CEOs, COOs, and mangers at all levels in organizations both public and private can apply to their particular situations. Read more

The Experience Economy - Abridged

By: James H. Gilmore & B. Joseph Pine II

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Beyond the service economy of the last century is quietly emerging the next age of commerce, the experience economy. Joseph Pine and James Gilmore present a thought-provoking discussion and glimpse into the next evolution in the marketplace. Read more

Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs - Abridged

By: Dave Barry

Narrated by: Mike Dodge

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Based on the results from Dave Barry's monumental reader survey, Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs is a compilation of some of the worst songs ever written. Read more

A New Dimensions Vision of the Future

By: Michael Toms

Narrated by: Jean Houston

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Since 1973, New Dimensions Radio has presented an ongoing history of the future. As we enter the new millennium, and in celebration of twenty-seven years of consistent quality in broadcasting, we bring you an interview conducted by visionary philosopher, Jean Houston with Michael Toms, co-founder, executive producer, and acclaimed host of New... Read more

Making Love Sacred

By: Marianne Williamson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A must-listen for anyone seeking to find or deepen that mysterious, mystical, magical thing called love. Whether you are in a relationship or searching for one, Williamson shows you how to do both better by getting "involved in a deep and sacred grand romantic adventure." Read more

Money Well Spent: the Personal Path To Sustainability

By: Maria Nemeth

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"A moment of humiliation is a small price to pay for enlightenment."  Maria Nemeth found this out for herself through a series of events that led to a complete personal transformation.  Her story revolved around money; but as she soon discovered, money and life are more closely intertwined than is at first apparent. Read more

Grace Under Pressure

By: Peggy Fleming

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1968, a teenage girl in a chartreuse dress delivered a breathtaking free-skating program that captured the only winter Olympics gold medal for the United States.  Peggy Fleming continued to earn the highest marks in her skating career, but she deserved even higher marks for her grace under pressure off the ice. Read more

Seeing the World Anew

By: Sharif Abdullah

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Is it okay if most of us have jobs, a roof over our heads and enough food to eat if some of us remain hungry and with nowhere to sleep?  Or is it possible to have a world that works for all of us?  Sharif Abdullah says it is--people are inherently good and want to do what's right; it's our systems that need an overhaul. Read more

How Paul Robeson Saved My Life

By: Carl Reiner

Narrated by: Carl Reiner

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Eleven-time Emmy Award winner and icon of American comedy, Carl Reiner, performs a sweet, wry, and whimsical collection of two dozen multi-dimensional short stories— some true and others merely tales. Included in this collection are stories about a man too handsome for his personality, a lifetime bond that is created by a football... Read more

A Jerk on One End

By: Robert Hughes

Narrated by: Peter Renaday

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

For Robert Hughes fishing was a lifelong obsession and the pastime that he loved best. In A Jerk on One End he brings the wit and insight that have characterized his art criticism to the subjects of fish and fishing. He traces his love of fishing to his boyhood on Sydney Harbour and recounts the high and low points of his career with rod and... Read more

All the Best, George Bush - Abridged

By: George H.W. Bush

Narrated by: Barbara Bush & George H.W. Bush

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Former President George H.W. Bush, revealed through his letters and writings from 1941 to 2010, is “worth its weight in gold…a valuable update of the life of an honorable American leader” (The Washington Post).

“Who knew that beneath George Bush’s buttoned-up propriety pulsed the warm heart of a prolific and occasionally poetic writer with a... Read more

Kaddish - Abridged

By: Leon Wieseltier

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After his father died, Leon Wieseltier began to observe the traditional year-long period of mourning, going to the synagogue three times a day to recite the prayer known as the mourner's Kaddish. Struck by the profound, yet unexpected power of this practice and the poverty of his knowledge about it, Leon began to study the history and meaning of... Read more

Speaking My Mind - Abridged

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One man, more than any other, has helped define the most important issues of our time. His name is Ronald Reagan -- one of our nation's most powerful and popular Presidents. This extraordinary audio collection includes historical excerpts from selected addresses that span his political career, laying out his vision for America and the world.... Read more

When Pride Still Mattered - Abridged

By: David Maraniss

Narrated by: David Maraniss

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God.

More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high... Read more

And Never Let Her Go - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Melissa Leo

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From America's most celebrated true-crime writer comes the heartbreaking real-life drama of a doomed young woman hopelessly trapped in a web of sexual intrigue, political manipulation, and emotional deception by her charming and successful—but ultimately deadly—lover.

The author of fifteen New York Times national bestsellers, Ann Rule, a former... Read more

Fire on the Mountain - Abridged

By: John N. Maclean

Narrated by: John N. Maclean

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On the morning of July 3, 1994, the site of a forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado was wrongly recorded by the district's Bureau of Land Management office as taking place in South Canyon, thereby mislabeling forever one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting. That seemingly small human error foreshadowed the numerous... Read more

The Roaring 2000s Investor - Abridged

By: Harry S. Dent

Narrated by: Harry S. Dent

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his national bestseller The Roaring 2000s, Harry S. Dent, Jr. forecast a booming market that he says will continue to rise through the first eight years of the twenty-first century. Dent's many predictions in that book, from unprecedented Dow Jones highs to corrections throughout the year, were consistently correct with an uncanny accuracy.
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'Tis

By: Frank McCourt

Narrated by: Frank McCourt

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A #1 New York Times bestseller and the eagerly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning Angela’s Ashes, this masterpiece from Frank McCourt tells of his American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur.

Frank McCourt’s glorious childhood memoir, Angela’s Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers... Read more

How To Be The Parent You Always Wanted To Be - Abridged

By: Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Narrated by: Elaine Mazlish & Adele Faber

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk and Siblings Without Rivalry, a new edition of the timeless paperback and audio guide that provides parents with need-to-know basics about how to communicate effectively with their children—now with additional material and workbook... Read more

Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem - Abridged

By: Marilyn Sorensen

Narrated by: Kitt Weagant

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the most useful guides to boosting your self-esteem!Your self-esteem affects every part of your life: the choices you make, your relationships, your creativity, even your physical health. Low self-esteem greatly interferes with your ability to achieve satisfaction and accomplish goals. In this wise, warm, and practical program, Dr.... Read more

'Tis - Abridged

By: Frank McCourt

Narrated by: Frank McCourt

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A #1 New York Times bestseller and the eagerly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning Angela’s Ashes, this masterpiece from Frank McCourt tells of his American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur.

Frank McCourt’s glorious childhood memoir, Angela’s Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers... Read more

Personalized Wellness

By: Jay Cooper

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you tried diet after diet only to experience failure again and again?  Do you try different exercise plans only to give them up a few months later?  Jay Cooper has the answer for you.  His breakthrough wellness program caters to your individual metabolic type and body shape and delivers a diet and exercise plan that will work for your... Read more

At the Center of Stillness

By: Anne Armstrong & Jim Armstrong

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspirational intuition is available to us all. Psychic extraordinaire Anne Armstrong says, “Most people who are successful in some activity are using their intuitive abilities…We don’t have to wait for it to ‘come to us’ either; we can invite it in.” Find out how to get intuition working in your life; the answers are closer than you think. Read more