Nonfiction audiobooks

Richard Ketchum: Saratoga

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From NewsHour Productions — Richard Ketchum: Saratoga, Turning Point of America’s Revolutionary War. Read more

Thinking Like a River

By: David Brower

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Still an activist at the age of eighty-six, Brower’s dedication stemmed from his ever-constant wonder and love of the natural world and his belief that all its elements have the same rights people do. Read more

John Lewis: Walking With The Wind

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) remembers his experiences on the streets and in jail during the civil rights movement. His book is titled, Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. Read more

Getting It Done

By: Alan Sharp & Roger Fisher

Narrated by: Mario Machado

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Does it seem that good ideas go nowhere at your company, that meetings are often a waste of time, and that nobody seems to be in charge? In Getting It Done, Roger Fisher and Alan Sharp tackle the inertia that afflicts many groups. The authors advance the idea of lateral leadership as a means of breaking apart the logjams that inhibit... Read more

Libertarianism

By: David Boaz

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Tens of millions of Americans are rediscovering libertarianism, a visionary alternative to the tired party orthodoxies of left and right. In 1995, a Gallup poll found that 52 percent of Americans said “the federal government has become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.” Later... Read more

No Island of Sanity

By: Vincent Bugliosi

Narrated by: Joseph Campanella

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In a series called “ The Library of Contemporary Thought,” top opinion-makers explore the most provocative, fascinating, and momentous issues that have occurred in the United States. In this first volume, famed Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi takes on the Supreme Court. Considered by some to be an island of... Read more

Team Rodent

By: Carl Hiassen

Narrated by: Richard Gilliland

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Carl Hiaasen doesn't like the Walt Disney Company. A native of Florida, Hiaasen comes by his dislike for Disney honestly. He has witnessed the relentless success of the Disney machine firsthand with the development of Disney World and other properties around Orlando. In Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World, Hiaasen paints a witty and... Read more

Against All Enemies - Abridged

By: Seymour Hersh

Narrated by: James Sutorius

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

While the Gulf War lasted barely six months— from August 1990 until February 1991— many of the veterans who engaged in the conflict suffered long-lasting physical and psychological effects. And yet, those in power who had the ability to address such issues, neglected to do so— at least not in any effective or... Read more

Our Lady of the Freedoms - Abridged

By: Corwin Morman

Narrated by: Charles Kuralt

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A great American voice narrates a poignant tribute to our most outstanding monument. One of Charles Kuralt's last projects, Our Lady of the Freedoms is a full-scale production of writer-director Norman Corwin's account of how the Statue of Liberty came to New York harbor.
Charles Kuralt's brilliant narration accompanies dramatizations of the... Read more

No Island of Sanity - Abridged

By: Vincent Bugliosi

Narrated by: Joseph Campanella

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a series called “The Library of Contemporary Thought,” top opinion-makers explore the most provocative, fascinating, and momentous issues that have occurred in the United States. In this first volume, famed Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi takes on the Supreme Court. Considered by some to be an island of sanity surrounded by a sea of... Read more

Living in the Solution - Abridged

By: James A., John W. & Shadoe Stevens

Narrated by: Dan Lauria

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The meeting rooms are the focus of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous— a place where members share stories, enjoy a sense of fellowship, and begin healing. Living in the Solution: Understanding and Using the Wisdom of the Rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous will give those interested in the recovery process profound insight and a sense of... Read more

Towards A New Eco-Ethic

By: Doug Tompkins

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1990, Tompkins sold his half of his business and began purchasing wildlands in Chile.  He and his spouse Kris McDivitt Tompkins have worked tirelessly to acquire more lands and build a world-class nature reserve entirely through private means. Read more

Reclaiming the Balance, Saving the Future

By: Wiwona LaDuke

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

LaDuke describes the indigenous view of natural beings and political issues relating to our relationship with land, animals and each other. She says, ““In indigenous cultures a lot of the nouns are animate, and as such they have standing, they have spirit. They have whole stories. It puts you in a different relationship when you recognize them... Read more

Longevity: The True Wealth of Nations

By: Theodore Roszak, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Centenarians are the fastest-growing age group in the industrial world, and the founding members of history’s first senior-dominant society. Rather than seeing the aging population as a burden on society, Roszak views it as a precious spiritual resource. He’s the author of America the Wise: Longevity and the Culture of Compassion. Read more

The Way Of Wisdom

By: John Broomfield

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Examining alternative and complementary ways of learning about reality is a wondrous way to enlarge your perspective and become a more whole human being.  Rediscovering sacred traditions, ancient cultures and your own intuition, as well as communing with nature and discovering the more holistic explanations of how things happen are some of the... Read more

The Titanic Disaster Hearings - Abridged

By: Tom Kuntz & Michael York

Narrated by: Roscoe Lee Browne

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On April 10, 1912, The RMS Titanic embarked on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. But on the night of April 14, the British passenger liner collided with an iceberg, which resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 lives. Merely one day after the Titanic survivors arrived in New York City, a United States Senate committee began an... Read more

The Artist's Way at Work - Abridged

By: Mark Bryan & Julia Cameron

Narrated by: Mark Bryan & Julia Cameron

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The groundbreaking book The Artist's Way has helped more than a million people access their creativity and realize their dreams. Now, authors Mark Bryan, Julia Cameron, and Catherine Allen extend and expand the original Artist's Way tools in an all-new program specifically designed to encompass the world of the workplace.

The authors asked... Read more

The Art Of Leadership

By: James Autry & Stephen Mitchell

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on the wisdom of the world's oldest leadership manual, the Tao Te Ching, James Autry and Stephen Mitchell discuss how to transform the workplace.  Says Autry, "Where does leadership begin?  On the inside.  The transition from management--knowing what to do--to leadership--knowing how to be--is a transition from the external to the... Read more

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 8: Honoring The Wild

By: Gary Snyder

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Gary Snyder is a renowned poet, activist, and ecologist. Here he offers specific advice on practical ways to improve your personal relationship to wild nature, understand the global situation more fully, and work to improve the ecological health of your own local community. Read more

Chocolate for A Womans Heart - Abridged

By: Kay Allenbaugh

Narrated by: Victoria Dillard, Arija Bareikis & Jayne Atki...

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Love, like chocolate, comes to us in many varieties—pure and simple, rich and complicated, sweet and bittersweet, and always memorable. Now, the creator of the bestselling Chocolate for a Woman's Soul serves up another selection of delectable new "chocolate stories," once again written by and especially for women.
These real-life tales celebrate... Read more

Spin Cycle - Abridged

By: Howard Kurtz

Narrated by: Howard Kurtz

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bill Clinton is the most investigated president since Richard Nixon—facing inquiries into Whitewater, campaign fundraising abuses, and sexual misconduct—and yet he began 1998 with approval ratings as high as those of Ronald Reagan. But the new year has brought a barrage of new allegations, and the president and his advisers face once again the... Read more

About This Life - Abridged

By: Barry Lopez

Narrated by: Barry Lopez

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

National Book Award winner Barry Lopez captivated the world with his bestselling books Arctic Dreams and Of Wolves and Men. Now, in this memoir, Lopez takes the listener on a literal and figurative journey through essays that provide great wisdom and insights into our times. Lopez leads listeners from Japan's beautiful Hokkaido Island to the... Read more

Warped Factors - Abridged

By: Walter Koenig

Narrated by: Walter Koenig

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is actor Walter Koenig's story— from growing up as the neurotic child of Russian immigrants in 1940s Manhattan through his rise to fame on Star Trek as Pavel Chekov, Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise. With wry wit, striking candor, and a true gift for storytelling, Koenig takes us on a sometimes bumpy but often... Read more

Rising Tide - Abridged

By: John M. Barry

Narrated by: George Grizzard

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.

An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of... Read more