Nonfiction audiobooks

Lightbeing

By: Max Highstein

Narrated by: Jill Andre

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

About This Guided Meditation

Lightbeing is a colorful journey to another world, where healing begins in a crystal structure full of light and sound. Your host, a gentle being from a beautiful planet, graciously guides you into a deeply relaxed, uplifted state of consciousness.

Max Highstein says, "Some time ago I wanted to incorporate sound and... Read more

Homage to Catalonia

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the POUM militia to fight against the Fascists.In this now justly famous account of his experience, he describes both the bleak and the comic aspects of trench warfare on the Aragon front, the Barcelona uprising in May 1937, his nearly fatal wounding just two... Read more

A Guided Meditation to Help Relieve Asthma

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided meditation for treating asthma naturally contains hypnotic suggestions, soothing guided imagery and powerful affirmations for a holistic approach to symptom relief from asthma, COPD, allergies or other breathing problems. Designed to encourage deeper calmer breathing, this hypnosis for asthma contains powerful suggestions to help... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You With Rheumatoid Arthritis Or Lupus

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided meditation for rheumatoid arthritis or lupus consists of guided imagery and affirmations designed to help reduce inflammation and fatigue, relieve pain and distress, relieve and lift the spirits of those suffering from these autoimmune conditions. This meditation for arthritis features hypnotic imagery of inflamed joints subsiding... Read more

Principle-Centered Leadership - Abridged

By: Stephen R. Covey

Narrated by: Stephen R. Covey

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a foundational guide to leadership.

How do individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change?

Why are efforts to improve organizations failing despite the millions of dollars in time, capital, and human effort being... Read more

Sweet and Sour - Abridged

By: Andy Rooney

Narrated by: Andy Rooney

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For more than thirty years, Andy Rooney had the last word on the most-watched television program in history. "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney"— a segment on 60 Minutes— aired from 1978 to 2011. A man of wit, gruffness, and common sense, Rooney spoke candidly about what drove him— and us— crazy, what... Read more

The Last Great Ride - Abridged

By: Brandon Tartikoff

Narrated by: Brandon Tartikoff

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1980, Brandon Tartikoff became president of NBC Entertainment. At the age of 31, he was the youngest person ever to hold such a position. When he left NBC a decade later, he had held the job longer than anyone, and NBC had attained a streak of dominance never equaled. A list of his successes include some of the greatest shows in television... Read more

Mikhail Gorbachev's Resignation

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Reaction from Moscow, and a conversation with former United States National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Read more

Anger

By: William G. DeFoore

Narrated by: William G. DeFoore

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Within this dynamic and powerful program, you will find a full description and overview of anger management, what it is and why it's needed. You'll hear an explanation of how anger release can become addictive, and can actually develop into extreme rage addiction. You'll learn the relationship between anger and depression and what it means to... Read more

Helping Your Children with their Anger

By: William G. DeFoore

Narrated by: William G. DeFoore

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This program will guide you to a deeper understanding of the issues underlying your child's anger, and provide you with the necessary skills to help. Listen to the program in the presence or absence of your child or adolescent, to learn the causes of the anger problems and the methods and techniques for solving them. Learn about games and... Read more

Rivethead

By: Ben Hamper

Narrated by: Joe Don Baker

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Ben Hamper vowed never to be an autoworker. Life had other plans. In the 1970s and '80s, the General Motors assembly plant in Flint, Michigan provided steady work for the town's citizens. But at what cost? The man the Detroit Free Press calls "a blue-collar Tom Wolfe" delivers a full-barreled blast of truth and gritty reality in Rivethead, a... Read more

Peter the Great

By: Robert K. Massie & John E. Dowling

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 43 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This superbly told story brings to life one of the most remarkable rulers––and men––in all of history and conveys the drama of his life and world. The Russia of Peter’s birth was very different from the Russia his energy, genius, and ruthlessness shaped. Crowned co-Tsar as a child of ten, after witnessing bloody uprisings in the streets of... Read more

The Meaning of Refuge

By: Terry Tempest Williams

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Williams connects two catastrophic events: living downwind of atomic nuclear testing in the deserts of Utah and the record breaking flooding of the Great Salt Lake. These events have deeply affected her sense of the need for refuge. She poetically conveys to us her personal perspectives on grief, love, and the spirituality of nature, lake and... Read more

Awaken the Giant Within - Abridged

By: Tony Robbins

Narrated by: Tony Robbins

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wake up and take control of your life! From the bestselling author of Inner Strength, Unlimited Power, and MONEY Master the Game, Anthony Robbins, the nation's leader in the science of peak performance, shows you his most effective strategies and techniques for mastering your emotions, your body, your relationships, your finances, and your... Read more

Still Talking - Abridged

By: Joan Rivers & Richard Meryman

Narrated by: Joan Rivers

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Picking up where her successful autobiography Enter Talking left off, Joan Rivers delivers a searing and funny account—as only she can—of private tragedy, a public fall from grace, and triumph against all odds. In Still Talking, Joan opens up about her rise to the top, dishes on fellow celebrities, and recounts the end of her treasured... Read more

Grass Crown - Abridged

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: F. Murray Abraham

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of the captivating bestseller
THE FIRST MAN IN ROME...
the timeless saga of power, passion
and conflict of Ancient Rome continues...

The magnificent glory of Republican Rome is threatened when a struggle for power erupts among the men who shaped its hard-won peace. At its center are two extraordinary leaders: Gaius Marius,... Read more

Mind At Large

By: William Irwin Thompson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Open your mind and brace yourself as this visionary intellect blasts brilliant, biting and provocative insights across every subject he faces, including CNN, global politics, pop culture, the men's movement, virtual reality, Joseph Campbell and Rudolf Steiner. Whether comparing television to radio or Aztec human sacrifice to computer terminal... Read more

Warrior for Peace

By: Danaan Parry

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an extraordinary interview on conflict and peace. Parry tells deeply moving stories from his own life - from the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland to his own neighborhood laundromat. They are stories of anger, truth and healing. Read more

Stories of Love and Wisdom

By: Diane Wolkstein

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Stories are a combination of that which happens and that of which we also dream, says storyteller Diane Wolkstein. In this interview brimming with stories and dreams, she tells how she discovered the variety and similarities in the world's oldest love stories from many cultures. Read more

Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space

By: Isaac Asimov

Narrated by: Michael Jackson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

For anyone who has ever looked up at the stars and wondered what it all means, Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space is indispensable. In this audio, Asimov's gift for popular and entertaining exposition has never been better deployed, with his succinct answers to the most intriguing questions about planets, stars, and galaxies. What are... Read more

The Popcorn Report - Abridged

By: Faith Popcorn

Narrated by: Faith Popcorn

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Future Is In Your Hands

Faith Popcorn has seen it coming -- and now she tells you how to profit from the enormous transformation that will sweep mainstream America in the coming years. The founder of BrainReserve, the top-dollar trend-spotter for the nation's biggest blue-chip companies, Popcorn now shares her vision of the future for... Read more

The Secret Power of Writing With Gabriele Rico

By: Gabriele Rico

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Gabriele Rico describes how she repressed the pain of her mother’s death when she was seven years old, and suffered from her own constricted feelings until she discovered the healing power of writing. Here she shares with us her discovery of how to acknowledge and release long-held feelings which prevent us from living fully and freely. Read more

Further Along the Road Less Traveled - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Further Along the Road Less Traveled takes the lectures of Dr. Peck and presents his profound insights into the issues that confront and challenge all of us today: spirituality, forgiveness, relationships, and growing up. In this aid for living less simplistically, you will learn not to look for the easy answers but to think multidimensionally.... Read more

Interview with diplomat George Kennan

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert MacNeil interviews American diplomat George Kennan about the failed coup in the Soviet Union to overthrow Gorbachev. Read more