Nonfiction audiobooks

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 5: Human Reproduction: The Ecological Piledriver

By: Paul Ehrlich, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the major strains on our environment is population growth, and the need for more and more people to be provided for. Listen as Paul Ehrlich, author of the 1968 classic, The Population Bomb, talks about what has gotten better, what is worse, and what to do now. Read more

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 9: The Bioregional Perspective: Discovering Your Natural Community

By: Kirkpatrick Sale, Stephanie Mills, Dick Roy, Je...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How much do we know about the natural bioregion in which we live, and why does it matter? Listen to Jeanne and Dick Roy, Jerry Mander and others as they talk about the challenge of waking up to the realities of the place where we live, to more fully appreciate the world that keeps us alive. Read more

Stalingrad - Abridged

By: Antony Beevor

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare

Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.

In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that... Read more

Stop Screaming At the Microwave! - Abridged

By: Mary LoVerde

Narrated by: Mary LoVerde

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

AN OVERFLOWING IN-BOX...AN OVERFLOWING SINK FULL OF DIRTY BREAKFAST DISHES...IS THIS WHAT THE EXPERTS MEAN BY "HAVING IT ALL"?
You've organized, prioritized, delegated, and simplified, and you still don't have enough time for your family, your spouse, your friends, your boss -- much less yourself! You're a veteran of the time-management wars,... Read more

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens - Abridged

By: Sean Covey

Narrated by: Sean Covey

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over 3 million copies sold.

Adapted from the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide—now updated for the digital age.

Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future.... Read more

The Enneagram in Life and Work

By: Helen Palmer

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"What stands between me and God?" This is the provocative question to which the Enneagram system offers a sophisticated answer. There are nine basic personality types, explains Helen Palmer, a foremost authority on the Enneagram. Each type has its own "emotional survival strategy" developed to help us cope in life-but this strategy can also be... Read more

Intelligence With a Heart

By: Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The book Emotional Intelligence (Bantam 1995) fundamentally changed our understanding of what qualities enable people to excel in real life.  The phenomenal response from the business community to the book prompted author Daniel Goleman to apply his insights to the workplace. Read more

Happiness Is a Choice - Abridged

By: Barry Kaufman

Narrated by: Susan Clark

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Happiness Is a Choice is a blueprint of simple, concrete methods to empower one's decision to be happy. Barry Kaufman presents a clear and strong statement on the care and feeding of the human spirit. He explores the belief that the secret to happiness lies within each of us, no matter what happens— or doesn't happen— in... Read more

Reinhabit Your World

By: Peter Berg

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

How much do you know about your neighborhood? Noted ecologist Peter Berg will ignite your curiosity about what bioregionalism is, and encourage you to inhabit the region in which you live. It is his experience that this endeavor ignites joy and wonder, and establishes a connection to nature for which everyone is starved. Read more

Taiko Drumming: Bringing Rhythm To Life

By: Heidi Varian

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Anyone who has heard the thunderous power of these magnificent drums recognizes a compelling spiritual force at work.  Heidi Varian speaks of her teacher, Grandmaster Sensei Seiichi Tanaka:  "To be his age and to play with that much spirit and power makes you realize it has to be more than just physical strength--it has to come from somewhere... Read more

Forgotten Heroes

By: Susan Ware

Narrated by: Susan Ware

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

For Forgotten Heroes, thirty-five prominent historians chose their favorite stories of unsung American figures. From Johnny Appleseed and John Quincy Adams to abolitionist Sojourner Truth and Margaret Anderson, the publisher of James Joyce's Ulysses, these profiles remind us that history depends upon the great deeds of women and men, whether... Read more

News Is a Verb

By: Pete Hamill

Narrated by: Dan Lauria

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A volume in a series called “The Library of Contemporary Thought”—which provides top opinion makers a forum to explore the most provocative, fascinating, and relevant issues of the day—News Is a Verb focuses on contemporary journalism and its evolving readership. From sensational headlines to celebrity gossip, Pete Hamill explores how the... Read more

Winning With the P&G 99 - Abridged

By: Charles L. Decker

Narrated by: Charles L. Decker

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Instantly recognizable as the company behind such familiar products as Ivory soap, Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste, Procter & Gamble is admired as one of the world's best managed companies. Marketing training at P&G rivals that of an MBA degree, and Harvard Business School teaches P&G's brand-management system. Now, a former... Read more

Small Miracles II - Abridged

By: Yitta Halberstam & Judith Leventhal

Narrated by: Yitta Halberstam & Judith Leventhal

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With over half a million copies sold, Small Miracles opened the hearts of people all over the world with real life stories of remarkable coincidences.
Now, authors Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal have assembled a collection of new stories, each recalling a coincidence that is moving, heartwarming, and inspirational.
These wonderful... Read more

Make It Your Business - Abridged

By: Stephan Schiffman

Narrated by: Stephan Schiffman

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than twenty years ago, entrepreneur Stephen Schiffman launched his own business - D.E.I. Management Group Inc. - and built it into a major financial success. Now, Schiffman reveals his innovative business-building strategies in Make It Your Business - a complete and concise guide written specifically for the entrepreneur.

Combining his... Read more

I Am Jackie Chan - Abridged

By: Jackie Chan & Jeff Yang

Narrated by: Daxing Zhang

Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As one of the biggest stars in the world, Jackie Chan has wowed audiences with death-defying stunts for decades. But who really is this boyishly handsome, lightning-fast Charlie Chaplin of martial arts moviemaking? Jackie Chan has never told his own story in his own words. In I Am Jackie Chan, he tells the fascinating, harrowing, ultimately... Read more

Bringing Music To Life: A Gathering of Sound Healers

By: Don Campbell, Pat Moffit Cook, Jeff Volk, John ...

Narrated by: Jeff Wessman & Jeff Volk

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

What is it about sound, rhythm and music that affect us so powerfully?  In this program, presenters from the Sixth International Sound Colloquium, held in Colorado in 1998, discuss the many ways drums, voice, and music are used to change our physical, mental, and emotional states in positive, healing ways. Read more

Meditations For Enhancing Your Immune System

By: Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

Narrated by: Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Strengthen Your Body's Ability to Heal with this amazing audio download. Dr. Siegel gives you the resources to face your health challenges. Read more

The Portable Coach - Abridged

By: Thomas J. Leonard

Narrated by: Jesse Boggs

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Thomas J. Leonard is the father of personal coaching, an explosively growing movement, as well as the founder of Coach University, a virtual university that has trained thousands of personal coaches in thirty countries.

Now, in The Portable Coach, Leonard presents his 28-step Principles of Attraction program -- an exciting, profoundly... Read more

Spiritual Literacy - Abridged

By: Frederic Brussat

Narrated by: Jayne Atkinson & Howard McGillin

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A book that belongs in every seeker's home, Spiritual Literacy answers the universal question, "How can I live a spiritual life every day?" Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat reveal a way to read the texts of our lives and of the world around us for sacred meaning.
Using more than 650 brief examples from contemporary books and movies, they tutor us... Read more

50 Years of Military Integration

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Journalist Haynes Johnson, historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss, and retired Army Lt. Gen. Julius Becton discuss the 50th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman's executive order that formally integrated the armed forces. Read more

Being in the Zone

By: Chungliang Al Huang

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Creating meaning out of our lives gives us a purpose in being alive.  But in all our pondering, sometimes we forget to actually live. Chungliang Al Huang believes that “being alive is more important than the meaning of life.” Read more

Archetypes To Live By

By: Carol Pearson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Heroic archetypes can be powerful guides to help you discover your hidden gifts, solve difficult problems and transform your life. Carol Pearson speaks to the evolving hero in all of us: "Rather than the hero's journey being something for a few very special people, it's now pretty much a required curriculum for all of us if we're going to adapt... Read more

The First People - 11,000 Years of Wisdom

By: Evan T. Pritchard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A descendant of the MicMac Indians and tutored by Algonquin elders, Evan Pritchard has done much to bring recognition of this tribe’s influence on the culture, history and government of the United States.  He speaks of the “crossroads” we now face, and how the ancient Algonquins knew a time would come when, “What we do now matters more than it... Read more