Nonfiction audiobooks
The Art Of Mindfulness
By: Philip Toshio Sudo
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
If you were to think of integrating the principles ofย Zen Buddhism into music, punk rock would probably not be part of the equation.ย Philip Toshio Sudo, a musician and longtime practitioner of Zen, chose to play punk rockย because "the technique is secondary to the passion and intensity of the performance."ย The type of music you prefer is... Read more
View audiobookConsciousness: What's It All About?
By: Charles Tart
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The science of consciousness and how it is changing, is explored in this dialogue with Charles Tart, a scientist and pioneer in the fields of psychology, parapsychology, dreams and meditation.ย He discusses Eastern wisdom in a way the Western mind readily comprehends.ย The nature of consciousness lies at the heart of it all, for "if we don't... Read more
View audiobookDeath Is Not The Enemy
By: Christine Longaker
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Since suffering is an inescapable fact of life, Longaker says, "what we need to learn is how to go through suffering, how to bring the experiences of suffering into our spiritual path and purpose, because that is how we can transform it." Facing death--either our own or that of our loved ones--is a part of life; eventually, we are all touched. Read more
View audiobookHow To Win Customers And Keep Them For Life - Abridged
By: Michael Leboeuf
Narrated by: Michael Leboeuf
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From Michael LeBoeuf, the bestselling author of Working Smart and the audio programs Working Smarter, Imagineering and The Perfect Business, comes How To Win Customers and Keep Them For Life -- the ultimate guide to building a successful business through customer satisfaction.
The success of any business depends on knowing the answers to these... Read more
Deadly Feasts - Abridged
By: Richard Rhodes
Narrated by: Richard Rhodes
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In this brilliant and gripping medical detective story. Richard Rhodes follows virus hunters on three continents as they track the emergence of a deadly new brain disease that first kills cannibals in New Guinea, then cattle and young people in Britain and Franceโand that has already been traced to food animals in the United States. In a new... Read more
View audiobookAnd the Waters Turned to Blood - Abridged
By: Rodney Barker
Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
In this account, Rodney Barker tells the full and terrifying story of a microorganism popping up along the Eastern seaboardโfar closer to home than the Ebola virus and equally frightening. In the coastal waters of North Carolinaโand now extending as far north as the Chesapeake Bay areaโa mysterious and deadly aquatic organism named Pfiesteria... Read more
View audiobookCharles Kuralt's Spring - Abridged
By: Charles Kuralt
Narrated by: Charles Kuralt
Length: 1 hour 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM!
Throughout his almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has introduced us to people and places that have warmed our hearts. Now in Charles Kuralt's Spring, he disposes with winter's chill by recounting some of the most miraculous rites of spring he has witnessed over the years.
... Read more
John Wayne's America - Abridged
By: Garry Wills
Narrated by: Garry Wills
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of American life and politics to this fascinating, well-drawn protrait of a twentieth-century hero. In this work of great originalityยthe biography of an ideaยGarry Wills shows how John Wayne came to embody Amercian values and... Read more
View audiobookThe Naturalists
By: Diane Ackerman, Gerald Lordhal, Sharon Matola, ...
Narrated by: Diane Ackerman
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Abridged: No
This collection of nine performance pieces reflects the inspirational words of Margaret Mead, who said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful individuals can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Together, these performances memorialize the diversity, beauty, and fragility of our planet. Poet Terry Tempest... Read more
View audiobookRuby Bridges
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school. Thirty-seven years later, Ruby Bridges Hall discusses her memories of the first day she entered her new school in New Orleans, her first year when she was in a class of one, and her efforts to improve education. She spoke with Charlayne... Read more
View audiobookSynchronicity
By: Vic Mansfield
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Even though synchronicity, the term coined by Carl Jung for meaningful coincidences, has attained some renown, according to Mansfield it is badly misconstrued. Here he discusses what synchronicity is, its parallels with quantum mechanics and perhaps why it shows up in our lives. He draws on his studies in physics and Buddhism, as well as his own... Read more
View audiobookAuthentic Work
By: James Autry
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The world of big business is changing, and a new management ethic is emerging. Autry believes business is about values and relationships, not just the bottom line, and that's why downsizing, lay-offs and cutting benefits are not producing the results corporations hoped for. Read more
View audiobookClimbing Up on the Rough Side
By: Hopeful Gospel
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The long-awaited second audio recording by the Hopeful Gospel QuartetยRobin and Linda Williams, Kate MacKenzie, and Garrison Keillorยis old-time gospel singing at its best. Recorded live during broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, it features instrumentals by Butch Thompson, Chet Atkins, and others.
Tracks:
Climbing Up On... Read more
Saving The World, Saving Ourselves
By: Thomas Berry, C.P., Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
We have discovered that the universe is dynamically alive and interconnected, and the implications are profound. Berry speaks of a vision of a restorative, creative relationship with the natural world. He is a deep believer that recognizing our connection to the natural world is imperative to our healing of our global environmental crisis. Read more
View audiobookAinsi parlait Zarathoustra
By: Friedrich Nietzche
Narrated by: Michaรซl Lonsdale
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Livre ยซ ร part ยป, comme Nietzsche le nomma lui-mรชme. Dans Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra apparaรฎssent pour la premiรจre fois des thรจmes comme la volontรฉ de puissance ou le surhomme. Ces idรฉes comptent au nombre de celles qui ont le plus fortement marquรฉ la pensรฉe contemporaine. Read more
View audiobookJourney into Darkness - Abridged
By: John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Narrated by: John E. Douglas
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
New York Times bestselling author of Mindhunter John Douglas reveals more unique cases from his time as head of the FBI's elite Investigative Support Unit.
In the #1 New York Times bestseller Mindhunter, John Douglas, who headed the FBI's elite Investigative Support Unit, told the story of his brilliant and terrifying career tracking down some of... Read more
The Defense Is Ready: Life in the Trenches of Criminal Law - Abridged
By: Leslie Abramson
Narrated by: Leslie Abramson
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In The Defense is Ready, Leslie Abramson, the brilliant and outspoken defense attorney, takes you inside today's courtroom for a stunning firsthand account of how the courage and timidity, wisdom and folly, selflessness and venality of real lawyers, judges, victims and defendants are interwoven into the complex fabric of our often frustrating... Read more
View audiobookGet A Financial Life - Abridged
By: Beth Kobliner
Narrated by: Beth Kobliner
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A completely revised and updated fourth edition of the New York Times bestseller, designed to guide younger adults through the world of personal finance.
More than ever before, people in their twenties and thirties need help getting their financial lives in order. And who could blame them? These so-called millennials have come of age in the wake... Read more
Wall Street Money Machine - Abridged
By: Wade B. Cook
Narrated by: Wade B. Cook
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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For beginners and more experienced investors alike, Wall Street Money Machine is a dynamic and innovative guide to understanding Wall Street and making it work for you.
Wade B. Cook's is a classic rags-to-riches story: he started out as a cab driver, then became a real estate investor, author, and educator -- and he is now a renowned stock... Read more
It's All In Your Mind
By: Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Lama Thondup draws on his early childhood in Tibet traveling with his nomadic parents, followed by years of classical Buddhist education in a Tibetan monastery. He had to rely on the goodness of others when forced to leave his homeland after the Chinese invasion and relocate to India, learning a new language and new skills. Read more
View audiobookGlobal Capitalism: Beyond Conventional Wisdom
By: William Greider
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
If you are curious about what global capitalism means, and concerned about how it affects human equity, justice and quality of life, you must listen to this provocative discussion with William Greider. Driven by his compassion for the people on the front lines of the factories, Greider exposes the fundamental instabilities at the heart of the... Read more
View audiobookA Guided Meditation To Help You Stop Smoking
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No
In this powerful, hypnotic, research-proven guided meditation for smoking cessation, positive encouragement to quit smoking naturally comes from imagining the lungs healing and toxins clearing from the body, while capacity grows each day for taking in more and more rich, energizing, life-giving oxygen. In addition to anticipating the return of a... Read more
View audiobookA Guided Meditation to Support Your Recovery From Alcohol & Other Drugs
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No
This audio was created with the help of recovering alcoholics and addicts, those who belong to various 12-step groups', chemical dependency counselors and chemical dependency professionals who understand the importance of partnering meditation and addiction. Those following a program or individual methods to achieve their sobriety and abstinence... Read more
View audiobookThe Red Limit
By: Timothy Ferris
Narrated by: Timothy Ferris
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
For centuries, it was assumed that our universe was static. Then, in the late 1920s, astronomers made a startling new discoveryโfrom Earth, the light of distant galaxies appeared to be red. This meant those galaxies were receding from us, and a revolutionary realization was born: the universe is expanding. In The Red Limit, Timothy Ferris... Read more
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