Nonfiction audiobooks
From Confusion to Clarity: Understanding Mind
By: Lama Sogyal Rinpoche
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Here Sogyal Rinpoche, an incarnate lama and meditation master, provides insights about the nature of mind and how we can bring more wisdom into our lives. His comments about death as a healing; enlightenment; family relationships and Buddhism in the West are especially provocative. Read more
View audiobookRetrospective on the Gulf
By: Neal Conan
Narrated by: Neal Conan
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
It was phenomenally successful in the air, strikingly decisive on the groundโand suddenly the war in the Persian Gulf was over, with an overwhelming victory for the allied forces. But what really happened? Why did the air war work so well? Why did the massive, allied casualties many predicted for the ground phase never materialize? Why was it... Read more
View audiobookRyan White - Abridged
By: Ryan White, Greg Louganis & Ann Marie Cunningham
Narrated by: Lukas Haas
Length: 2 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Ryan White was a typical 13-year-old living in a small town in the Midwest. Then, it was discovered that Ryan had contracted AIDS through tainted blood products he had been given for his hemophilia. Denied the right to return to school, he went to court. Newspaper headlines followed the many legal battles, and although Ryan won the court case,... Read more
View audiobookMindwalk: The New Paradigm
By: Fritjof Capra
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
From Descartes and Newton to Einstein and Bohr, Capra takes us on a journey through the past four centuries of the scientific revolution and leads us to the birth of a new worldview in response to the escalating world crises. He reveals the difficulty in translating abstract ideas to the screen, and how the use of visual metaphor became a... Read more
View audiobookMeeting of Minds
By: Steve Allen
Narrated by: Steve Allen
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes
Abridged: No
By โ assemblingโ some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were... Read more
View audiobookMeeting of Minds
By: Steve Allen
Narrated by: Steve Allen
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Abridged: No
By โ assemblingโ some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were... Read more
View audiobookMeeting of Minds
By: Steve Allen
Narrated by: Steve Allen
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Abridged: No
By โ assemblingโ some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were... Read more
View audiobookMeeting of Minds
By: Steve Allen
Narrated by: Steve Allen
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Abridged: No
By โ assemblingโ some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were... Read more
View audiobookThe Dream of the Earth - Abridged
By: Thomas Berry
Narrated by: Thomas Berry
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This landmark workโ a foundational volume in the ecological canonโ points to a necessary transformation of consciousness if mankind and the planet are to survive. Drawing upon the wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers, Thomas Berry forges a balanced, deeply felt declaration of planetary independence from the... Read more
View audiobookIf You Really Loved Me - Abridged
By: Ann Rule
Narrated by: Ann Rule
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
There was only one way to please her father: Murder his wife....
David Brown was the consummate entrepreneur: a computer wizard and millionaire by age thirty-two. When his beautiful young wife was shot to death as she slept, Brown's fourteen-year-old daughter, Cinnamon, confessed to killing her stepmother. The California courts sentenced her... Read more
Flashbacks - Abridged
By: Timothy Leary
Narrated by: Timothy Leary
Length: 3 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Timothy Leary (1920-1996) was an American psychologist, educator, and author who advocated the use of psychedelic drugs. His books included Exo-Psychology, Your Brain Is God, and Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out. Read more
View audiobookYou Just Don't Understand - Abridged
By: Deborah Tannen
Narrated by: Deborah Tannen
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Deborah Tannen's #1 bestseller revolutionized the way men and women talk -- and listen -- to each other -- at home, at work, and wherever the communication gap between the sexes can lead to troublesome misunderstandings. The problem dates back to childhood, when boys and girls learn to use language in distinctly different ways; years later,... Read more
View audiobookThat's Not What I Meant - Abridged
By: Deborah Tannen
Narrated by: Deborah Tannen
Length: 1 hour 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
You know the feeling: You thought you said exactly what you wanted to, but somehow a different message comes across. You end up feeling misunderstood...and the relationship that you're building -- at home, on the job, on a date, or in an interview -- slips a little further out of your control.
Talk is the key to any relationship and... Read more
The Prize - Abridged
By: Daniel Yergin
Narrated by: Bob Jamieson
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as โthe best history of oil ever writtenโ by Business Week, Daniel Yerginโs โspellbindingโฆirresistibleโ (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.
Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts... Read more
Physics of the Mind: Holographic Realities
By: Michael Talbot
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The mathematics that the brain uses for memory are the same as those used in creating a hologram, says Michael Talbot. This and other scientific evidence suggests that the mind/brain - and perhaps the entire universe โ is a kind of hologram. This revolutionary model of reality sheds new light on such phenomena as psychic powers, poltergeists,... Read more
View audiobookSinger in the Real World
By: Holly Near
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
"What has to take place for the light to come into your eye?" asks Holly Near. Not only a talented singer and songwriter, she demonstrates in this lively interview that she is also a passionate, humorous and articulate spokesperson for peace and sanity in the world. Read more
View audiobookLight Touch - Abridged
By: Malcolm Kushner
Narrated by: Malcolm Kushner
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
YOUR CARRER IS NO LAUGHING MATTER, BUT...
Humor is a powerful and often forgotten tool in building business success. It can relieve tension, enhance relationships and motivate people. Now in this breakthrough audio cassette, Malcolm Kushner, America's premier humor consultant tells you how to tap this overlooked natural resource.
This is not... Read more
Bulow Hammock - Abridged
By: David Wallace
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In Florida, there exists a very special ecosystem where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meetโ Bulow Hammock. Saved by conservationists, it is one of the last stands of forest on the East Coast. This hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine wood is now a State Park where complex life thrives. In the tradition of... Read more
View audiobookMoney Sense
By: Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Have you mastered money in your life, or does it master you? Dominguez and Robin describe their own philosophy and techniques for knowing "how much is enough," for living below your means and not needing to work for money. They challenge us in new ways to re-examine our relationship to money and things financial. Read more
View audiobookMoney and Spirit
By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Money has become for our generation what sex was for the earlier generations," says philosopher Jacob Needleman, "a force that is at the back of almost everything people do, but which we're not yet able to face without hypocrisy." In this refreshingly candid and insightful interview, Needleman discusses the meaning of money and its place in the... Read more
View audiobookThe Next Century
By: David Halberstam
Narrated by: E.G. Marshall
Length: 4 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
What can we learn from the events of the 20th century? David Halberstam set out to answer that question in this perceptive and eye-opening work which examines the past in order to determine the future. From the rise of the Japanese economy to the startling changes that reshaped the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Halberstam argues that the... Read more
View audiobookFurther Along the Road Less Traveled: Mythology and Human Nature - Abridged
By: M. Scott Peck
Narrated by: M. Scott Peck
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more
View audiobookEscaping Into Life
By: Shinzen Young
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the most challenging problems we face in life is that we don't know how to concentrate. In this dialogue Young, a Westerner who lived as a monk in Japan and learned Vipassana meditation, emphasizes the importance of self-observation and focus as the way to personal freedom. Read more
View audiobookLearned Optimism - Abridged
By: Martin E. P. Seligman
Narrated by: Martin E. P. Seligman
Length: 1 hour 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes
ARE YOU HOLDING YOURSELF BACK?
Without knowing it, most of us impose limits on our achievement and our happiness by approaching life's problems and challenges with unnecessary pessimism. Now, Dr. Martin Seligman, a pioneer in cognitive psychology and motivational research, tells you how to identify your own self-defeating thought patterns --... Read more