Nonfiction audiobooks

Harry S. Truman

By: Robert Dallek

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century

In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the... Read more

The House at Sugar Beach

By: Helene Cooper

Narrated by: Helene Cooper

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Journalist Helene Cooper examines the violent past of her home country Liberia and the effects of its 1980 military coup in this deeply personal memoir and finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award.

Helene Cooper is “Congo,” a descendant of two Liberian dynasties—traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York... Read more

The First Billion Is the Hardest - Abridged

By: T. Boone Pickens

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With a Plan for Reducing U.S. Oil Dependency

It’s never too late to top your personal best.

Now eighty years old, T. Boone Pickens is a legendary figure in the business world. Known as the “Oracle of Oil” because of his uncanny ability to predict the direction of fuel prices, he built Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent oil companies in... Read more

Mystical Traveler

By: Sylvia Browne

Narrated by: Sylvia Browne

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Sylvia Browne takes us on another incredible journey . . . this time presenting information about the Mystical Traveler. She explains the difference between Mystical Travelers and Mission Life Entities (those who have a mission in life); and goes into great depth about who they are, what they do, and even how to become one!Combining factual... Read more

Thin Is the New Happy

By: Valerie Frankel

Narrated by: Marie Caliendo

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Val Frankel is a woman of amazing insight. . . . Read this, weep, and heal."—Stacy London, cohost of What Not to WearYou've heard the phrase "the mirror is not your friend." For Valerie Frankel, the mirror was so much more than "not a friend." It was the mean girl who stole her lunch money, bitch-slapped her in the ladies' room, and cut the... Read more

Fatal Vows

By: Joseph Hosey

Narrated by: Nick Summer

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In March of 2004, Kathleen Savio, the third wife of Police Sergeant Drew Peterson, was found dead in her bathtub. Three years later, in October 2007, twenty-three-year-old Stacy Peterson vanished from the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, leaving behind Peterson and their children. Drew Peterson, thirty years Stacy's senior, steadfastly asserted... Read more

Ahead of the Curve

By: Philip Delves Broughton

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In the century since its founding, Harvard Business School has become the single most influential institution in global business. Twenty percent of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are HBS graduates, as are many of our savviest entrepreneurs (e.g., Michael Bloomberg) and canniest felons (e.g., Jeffrey Skilling). The top investment banks and... Read more

Proust Was a Neuroscientist

By: Jonah Lehrer

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In this technology-driven age, it’s tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery. After all, science has cured countless diseases and even sent humans into space. But as Jonah Lehrer argues in this sparkling debut, science is not the only path to knowledge. In fact, when it comes to understanding the brain, art got there first.Taking... Read more

Preparing for Pregnancy

By: Glenn Harrold & Janey Lee Grace

Narrated by: Glenn Harrold & Janey Lee Grace

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Here's a superb high-quality download by the UK's best-selling audio hypnotherapist, Glenn Harrold, and Janey Lee Grace (co-presenter of the BBC Steve Wright Radio 2 show).

Part One: Creative Conception is an inspirational recording by Janey Lee Grace, which will help anyone endeavoring to become pregnant to look at the various ways they can... Read more

The Anglo Files

By: Sarah Lyall

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Sarah Lyall, a reporter for the New York Times, moved to London in the mid-1990s and soon became known for her amusing and incisive dispatches on her adopted country. As she came to terms with its eccentric inhabitants (the English husband who never turned on the lights, the legislators who behaved like drunken frat boys, the hedgehog lovers,... Read more

Life Is a Test

By: Esther Jungreis

Narrated by: Mare Winningham

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

For over forty years, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis has been a globetrotting spokeswoman for Judaism. Whether counseling a searching soul or addressing a packed house in Madison Square Garden, her message is elegantly universal, while simultaneously addressing the specific needs of contemporary Jews. In Life is a Test, the Rebbetzin's uncompromising... Read more

Autumnal Tints

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From the purple grasses of August, to the yellow elms of October, to the scarlet oak leaves of November, Henry David Thoreau casts his eye on the brilliant colors of autumn and guides us on a journey through the season’s bounty. In this classic essay, first published in 1862, Thoreau delights in fall’s foliage and reveals both a practical and... Read more

Glenn McGrath

By: Glenn McGrath & Daniel Lane

Narrated by: Shane McNamara

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Glenn McGrath is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and was a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to 2007. He holds the world record for Test wickets by a fast bowler. He retired from Test cricket after the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney 2007, whilst the World... Read more

Heavenly Man

By: Paul Hattaway & Brother Yun

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

You've seen the headlines - government crackdowns on Chinese house churches; mass arrests and human rights violations...But this intensely dramatic Autobiography makes it real! Learn how God took a young half-starved boy from Henan Province and enabled him to stand strong on the front lines for Jesus, braving horrific opposition and impossible... Read more

Ladies of the Night

By: Gene Simmons

Narrated by: Gene Simmons

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Rock legend, best-selling author, reality television star, accomplished entrepreneur, and renowned ladies' man Gene Simmons presents an entirely original take on a traditionally taboo topic—prostitution. In this informative and entertaining mix of narrative history and Simmons' own unique philosophy, the Kiss frontman delves deep into the legacy... Read more

A Sense of Urgency

By: John P. Kotter

Narrated by: Bill Weideman

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

True urgency is a gut-level determination to move and win, now.It’s practitioners are unusually alert. They come to work each day determined to achieve something important, and they shed irrelevant activities to move faster and smarter. Those with a sense of urgency are the opposite of complacent—but they are not stressed-out and anxious,... Read more

Auch wenn es mich das Leben kostet! - Systemaufstellungen als Lösungshilfe bei Krankheiten und anhaltenden Symptomen (ungekürzt)

By: Stephan Hausner

Narrated by: Philipp Engelhardt

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Es gibt viele Gründe, warum Patienten, trotz aller ärztlichen Kunst, keine positiven Reaktionen auf die medizinische Therapie zeigen, warum Kranke mit chronischen Symptomen von einem Arzt zum nächsten laufen und dennoch keine Linderung erfahren. Stephan Hausner hat in seiner langjährigen Arbeit als Heilpraktiker erfahren, dass... Read more

God's Smuggler

By: Brother Andrew & John Sherill

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

As a boy he dreamed of being a spy - undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself undercover for God. Brother Andrew was his name, and for decades his life story, recounted in God's Smuggler, has awed and inspired millions. This bestseller tells of the young Dutch factory worker's incredible efforts to transport Bibles across closed... Read more

Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice - Abridged

By: Mark J. Plotkin

Narrated by: Mark J. Plotkin

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice has been called one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.As then-chief ethnobotanist for Conservation International, Mark Plotkin spent almost 15 years tracking the shamans of the northeast Amazon. Their knowledge of healing plants may hold the cure to some of today's most devastating diseases. This... Read more

Mike's Election Guide - Abridged

By: Michael Moore

Narrated by: Michael Moore

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After a diastrous war, the failure to catch bin Laden, millions of families who have lost their homes, the Katrina debacle, soaring gas prices feeding record oil company profits, and the largest national debt caused by the biggest spending and borrowing administration in American history, the country has had it with conservatives, right-wingers... Read more

Knee Deep in Paradis - Abridged

By: Brett Butler

Narrated by: Brett Butler

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"I spent the first twenty years of my life waiting for two men I was reasonable certain would never come back - my daddy and Jesus Christ. I don't wait for them anymore. My dad anyway. And at least with Jesus I didn't spend all that time thinking he was gone because of something I did." So begins Brett Butler's extraordinary memoir, the... Read more

Every Move You Make

By: M. William Phelps

Narrated by: J. Charles

Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Con Man
In December 1989, in upstate New York, Gary C. Evans, 35, a master of disguise and career criminal who had befriended David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz, began weaving a web of deadly lies. Evans told a female friend that Damien Cuomo, the father of her child, had deserted her. Of that he could be certain, since he’d killed Cuomo, and... Read more

The Way We'll Be

By: John Zogby

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In this far-reaching examination of contemporary American culture, John Zogby, one of the nation's foremost pollsters, explores who today's Americans are, identifying patterns in our social makeup that hint at the way we'll be. Companies from multinational corporations down to family-owned small businesses can benefit from this detailed... Read more

The Kennedys at War

By: Edward J. Renehan, Jr.

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 15 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed historian Edward J. Renehan, Jr., author of The Lion's Pride, focuses on the World War II era to craft a welcome addition to the Kennedy literature. Renehan shows how family patriarch Joseph was an ambitious but occasionally embarrassing diplomat, while wartime disaster elevated second son John to great heights. Sisters Kathleen and... Read more