Nonfiction audiobooks

Lost on Planet China

By: J. Maarten Troost

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Troost charmed listeners with his humorous tales of wandering the remote islands of the South Pacific in The Sex Lives of Cannibals and Getting Stoned with Savages. When the travel bug bit again, he took on the world’s most populous and intriguing nation.As Troost relates his gonzo adventure—dodging deadly drivers in Shanghai, eating yak in... Read more

Tuned In

By: Craig Stull, David Meerman Scott & Phil Myers

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Product and service sensations like the iPod, Starbucks, or FedEx were seemingly successful overnight. But, it wasn't luck, creativity, or clever marketing that led to their breakthroughs. Anyone can create hits that resonate if they stop guessing what people need and start spending their time building real and deep connections to what their... Read more

Escape 101

By: Dan Clements & Tara Gignac

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Think you can't take a career break? Think again!
Escape 101 is a road map for getting away, without sacrificing everything you have invested in your life right now.
That extended time off you've always dreamed of? Escape 101 is a guide to making it a reality - a blueprint to help you travel, reflect, regenerate or just plain relax without... Read more

The Black Hole War

By: Leonard Susskind

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the inside account of the battle over the true nature of black holes—with nothing less than our understanding of the entire universe at stake.What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed that it did—and in doing so, put at risk everything we... Read more

Entspannen - fit in 30 Minuten

By: Dirk Konnertz & Christiane Konnertz

Narrated by: Charles Rettinghaus

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Das Hörvergnügen für Kids auf der Überholspur! Erfahren Sie in diesem Hörbuch: - Prüfungsstress, persönliche Probleme, ständige Müdigkeit? Mit der richtigen Entspannung die nötige Energie tanken - Effektive und wirkungsvolle Entspannungstechniken für den Alltag - Relaxing durch körperliche Fitness und mentale Stärke Read more

Collateral Damage

By: Laila Al-Arian & Chris Hedges

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist Chris Hedges and journalist Laila Al-Arian spent several months interviewing Iraqi war veterans to expose the patterns of the occupation and how it affects Iraqi civilians. The testimonies of these soldiers and marines provide a disturbing window into the indiscriminate killing of unarmed... Read more

Furnace of Creation, Cradle of Destruction - Abridged

By: Roy Chester

Narrated by: Bill Weideman

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over the past few years, devastating tsunamis off the coast of the Indian Ocean have killed hundreds of thousands of people. Even more alarmingly, scientists predict that these tsunamis, as well as a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, may eventually threaten Hawaii, California, and Oregon. The cause of this trinity of natural... Read more

Two Lives, One Russia

By: Nicholas Daniloff

Narrated by: Tom Casaletto

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Nicholas Daniloff's arrest by the KGB in the fall of 1986 made headlines around the world, but the roots of that story ran deeper than anyone knew. Daniloff's imprisonment was in fact an echo of his family's past, for his great-great grandfather, Alexander Frolov, was also a prisoner of the Russian state. In this rich and absorbing book,... Read more

I Never Had It Made - Abridged

By: Jackie Robinson

Narrated by: Ossie Davis

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A straightforward yet inspiring story of what it took to be the first man of color to break into the white world of professional sports. Jackie Robinson's story is more than a telling of his tremendous talent; it is also a recollection that showcases his tenacious spirit, bravery and the courage of his ideals. From the early influences of family... Read more

My Stroke of Insight

By: Jill Bolte Taylor

Narrated by: Jill Bolte Taylor

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The astonishing New York Times bestseller that chronicles how a brain scientist's own stroke led to enlightenment.

On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not... Read more

Career Warfare

By: David D'Alessandro

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“A refreshing message . . . from someone who has fought many corporate wars.”-The New York Times

With the latest stories from D’Alessandro’s neverending collection of corporate derring-do and new insight on the global battlefield, the nationally bestselling Career Warfare is more essential than ever when navigating your way to... Read more

Pieces of Glass

By: Sarah Kay

Narrated by: Connie Wetzell

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes joy and grief are separated by mere moments. A last-minute run down a ski slope … a catastrophic accident … and an amazing young man is reduced to a comatose form in a hospital bed. His adoring fiancée remains to weep, pray, grieve, rage, and struggle with the jagged trauma of suffering and loss. Some questions have no answers. Some... Read more

Letting Love In

By: Lucinda Drayton

Narrated by: Lucinda Drayton

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This second MP3 Download in the simple truths series by Lucinda Drayton is an inspirational three track meditation to help open the heart and create a healthy love for the self and others. This MP3 Download will help you to improve existing relationships by encouraging a positive attitude towards those in your life, as well as attracting new... Read more

Black Wave

By: John Silverwood & Jean Silverwood

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie & Joe Barrett

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

When John and Jean Silverwood, both experienced sailors, decided to give their four children a taste of life on the high seas, they hoped the trip would offer important learning experiences, not only about the natural world but about the beauty of human life stripped down to its essence, far from civilization. But the adventure that awaited them... Read more

I'll Be Watching You

By: M. William Phelps

Narrated by: J. Charles

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The true-crime story of Edwin Snelgrove, an American serial killer who wanted to out-kill Ted Bundy, from the New York Times bestselling author.In September 2001, Carmen Rodriguez, a beautiful thirty-two-year-old Hartford mother of four, went missing. At first police were stymied . . . until a killer's crucial mistake led investigators down a... Read more

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown

By: Charles Morris

Narrated by: Nick Summers

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The sub-prime mortgage crisis was only the beginning: a more profound economic and political restructuring was on the way. The astronomical leverage at investment banks with their hedge fund and private equity clients virtually guaranteed massive disruption in global markets. A quarter century of free-market zealotry that extolled asset... Read more

Prisoners of Our Thoughts

By: Alex Pattakos

Narrated by: Alex Pattakos

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

World-renowned psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning is one of the most important books of modern times. Frankl's personal story of finding a reason to live in the most horrendous of circumstances, Nazi concentration camps, has inspired millions. Now, Prisoners of Our Thoughts applies Frankl's philosophy to the workplace,... Read more

The Romantic Manifesto

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.In her ethics AynRand extolled the virtue of... Read more

Jennie Churchill

By: Anne Sebba

Narrated by: Joanna David

Length: 16 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

After a three-day romance, Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into the British aristocracy to become Lady Randolph Churchill. At a time when women had few freedoms, she was a cornerstone of high society and behind-the-scenes political dynamo. However it was Jennie's love life that marked her out, causing scandal and earning her the epithet... Read more

This is Not a Drill

By: Paul Carter

Narrated by: Paul Carter

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with action and mayhem galore This is Not a Drill sets an unrelenting pace that just doesn't let up, as Paul almost drowns when the Russian rig he's working on begins to capsize; is reunited with his... Read more

Out of Mao's Shadow

By: Philip P. Pan

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Prize-winning journalist Philip P. Pan offers an unprecedented inside look at the momentous battle underway for China's future. On one side is the entrenched party elite determined to preserve its authoritarian grip on power. On the other is a collection of lawyers, journalists, entrepreneurs, activists, hustlers, and dreamers striving to build... Read more

Soul Wisdom

By: Zhi Gang Sha

Narrated by: Marilyn Smith

Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

East meets West as renowned healer and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Sha teaches readers a radical new way to heal through meditation and communication with the soul.

This introductory book in the Soul Power series takes integrative medicine to a whole new and exciting place far beyond “mind over matter,” emphasizing instead the concept... Read more

Foxe's Book of Martyrs

By: John Foxe

Length: 17 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Beginning with the story of Stephen from the book of Acts, considered the first Christian martyr, the drama builds to the passion of the early Church's persecution under the Roman Empire. The hardy and radical faith of those first believers spawned medieval missionary movements that spread the gospel across Europe and into England, Scotland, and... Read more

La transformación total de su dinero

By: Dave Ramsey

Narrated by: Roberto Mendiola

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Aquí tiene una metodología seria y directa para armar un presupuesto fuerte que usted puede seguir y soportar.
Las historias de éxito hablan solas en este audiolibro del maestro del dinero Dave Ramsey. En lugar de prometer la dosis normal de remedios rápidos, Ramsey ofrece un método atrevido y sensato para los asuntos de dinero, proveyendo no... Read more