Nonfiction audiobooks
Money 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
An Alternative Future
By: Hazel Henderson
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In this radical, visionary look at our possibilities for a sustainable future, Hazel Henderson discusses the “globalization” of human affairs, and proposes new ways of evaluating and improving a city or nation’s quality of life. We need an alternative, she explains, to such indicators as the GNP, which values war weapons but not environmental... Read more
View audiobookOf Kings and Warriors
By: Robert Moore
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Within each of us are four fundamental archetypes--King, Warrior, Magician and Lover--which Robert Moore describes as "programs for human emotional, behavioral and mental functioning." These archetypes need to be recognized and integrated into our lives for us to achieve maturity and self-realization. Read more
View audiobookInterview with Gerald Ford
By: PBS NewsHour
Narrated by: PBS NewsHour
Length: 10 minutes
Abridged: No
An interview with former President Gerald Ford on the prospect of the United States going to war in the Persian Gulf, following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Read more
View audiobookWhere Riches Lie
By: Paul Hwoschinsky
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Money and wealth are not the same thing, asserts Hwoschinsky, a venture capitalist, wilderness photographer and author. By using a "non-financial balance sheet" to identify the assets which, more than money ever could, indicate our aliveness and true wealth--our health, relationships, education, vision and creativity--we can begin to integrate... Read more
View audiobookA Guided Meditation To Help You Manage Diabetes
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Offering affirmations and guided imagery for diabetes, this recording has been endorsed and distributed by AADE, the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Embedded in this soothing, hypnotic meditation for diabetes are suggestions designed to help lower blood sugar naturally. The narrative invokes images in a relaxed, focused state of... Read more
View audiobookA Guided Meditation To Help You With Multiple Sclerosis
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: No
This guided meditation for multiple sclerosis (MS) is designed as a natural, mind-body treatment for MS, to complement standard medical treatment. It is particularly effective aid in combating fatigue, stress and pain. Continued listening to positive affirmations and guided imagery for multiple sclerosis will bolster energy, mood and motivation,... Read more
View audiobookA Guided Meditation To Help You With Chemotherapy
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Guided imagery for chemotherapy is a holistic, mind-body therapy that consists of healing words and images, set to soothing music, to achieve specific healing goals. Repeated listening once or twice a day for 2-3 weeks ensures maximum impact on physical comfort and positive attitude. This particular audio program has been distributed by oncology... Read more
View audiobookA Guided Meditation To Support Your Recovery From Stroke
By: Belleruth Naparstek
Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek
Length: 43 minutes
Abridged: No
A large body of research over the past decade has shown that imagining desired movement in a stroke-affected limb increases motor function recovery, and is a powerful rehabilitation aid, alongside other therapies in programs for recovery after a stroke. The hypnotic suggestions, soothing guided narrative and powerful affirmations on this audio... Read more
View audiobookMozart
By: Marcia Davenport
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Realistic, moving, engrossing, and positively brilliant, this biography recreates Mozart, the man and his music, against the background of the world he lived in. For Marcia Davenport, the research and writing of Mozart was truly a labor of love, during which she retraced every journey he made, saw every dwelling (then extant) in which he had... Read more
View audiobookThe American Heritage History of the Civil War
By: Bruce Catton
Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Infinitely absorbing, Bruce Catton’s The Civil War is one of the most widely read general histories of the war available in a single volume.“America needed its great war of brothers,” wrote Bruce Catton, “to weld in a terrible fire what had been and what might be. The story of the war needs retelling because it helped to change the future of the... Read more
View audiobookThe Tempting of America - Abridged
By: Robert H. Bork
Narrated by: Robert H. Bork
Length: 3 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A rare, insider' s look into the Supreme Court nomination process.In July of 1987, Judge Robert H. Bork was nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, but by late October that year, his confirmation was denied. In this candid account of his experiences, Bork describes the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing from his point of... Read more
View audiobookChutzpah - Abridged
By: Alan Dershowitz
Narrated by: Alan M. Dershowitz
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
According to Alan M. Dershowitz, “ chutzpah” is "boldness, assertiveness, a willingness to demand what is due, to defy tradition, to challenge authority, to raise eyebrows." Assessing his experiences, he brings to bear all the chutzpah for which he is famous in examining such issues as antisemitism, assimilation, the... Read more
View audiobookBootlegger's Boy - Abridged
By: Barry Switzer
Narrated by: Barry Switzer
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
A riveting memoir by one of the most successful football coaches in America!As head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners, Barry Switzer was the fourth most successful coach in NCAA history. Both praised and reviled by the media as the "outlaw" of college football, Switzer was characterized as the "greatest rogue, pirate, hustler, and con man" ever to... Read more
View audiobookThe Inklings
By: Humphrey Carpenter
Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams—remarkable friends, writers, and scholars—met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature and to read aloud from their own works in progress. Calling themselves the Inklings, their circle grew. It was in this company that such classics as The Lord of the Rings,... Read more
View audiobookThe Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. 1
By: William Manchester
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
Length: 41 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the twentieth century.His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our... Read more
View audiobookFurther Along the Road Less Traveled: the Taste for Mystery - Abridged
By: M. Scott Peck
Narrated by: M. Scott Peck
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more
View audiobookTaking Off the Colored Glasses
By: Robert Nozick
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Award-winning author and professor of philosophy at Harvard University,Robert Nozick shares his reflections here on happiness, spirituality, pain and suffering. “The world is unsuspectedly rich if one approaches it with the right attitude,” he tells us, and encourages us “to pay a particular kind of attention to this world, and to view it... Read more
View audiobookThere's a Country in My Cellar - Abridged
By: Russell Baker
Narrated by: Arte Johnson
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
One of America's most beloved social commentators— Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author Russell Baker— followed up his bestselling memoir, The Good Times, with this collection of his best New York Times columns, dating back to 1962. There' s a Country in My Cellar covers Baker's usual wide range of... Read more
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