Nonfiction audiobooks

The Little Book That Builds Wealth

By: Pat Dorsey

Narrated by: Steve Blane

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

All highly profitable firms attract competitors, and only firms that are able to keep competition at bay will earn above-average profits for an extended period of time. An economic moat - or competitive advantage - allows a company to fend off competitors and earn sustainable excess economic profits.
In The Little Book That Builds Wealth, Pat... Read more

Superclass

By: David Rothkopf

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 16 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Each of them is one in a million. They number 6,000 on a planet of 6 billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the world's most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. They are the global superclass, and they are shaping the... Read more

Liberal Fascism

By: Jonah Goldberg

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 15 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fascists," "Brownshirts," "jackbooted stormtroopers"—such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst?

Liberal Fascism offers a startling new perspective... Read more

The Man Who Made Lists

By: Joshua Kendall

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Peter Mark Roget—polymath, eccentric, and synonym aficionado—was a complicated man. He was an eminent scholar who absorbed himself in his work, yet he also possessed an allure that endeared him to his mentors and colleagues—not to mention a host of female admirers. But, most notably, Roget made lists.



From the age of eight, Roget kept these lists... Read more

Hug Your People

By: Jack Mitchell

Narrated by: James Boles

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"Giving great personalized customer service has always been the foremost goal in my family, but one thing we never lose sight of is that you can't possibly deliver great service if you don't treat your own associates right." So says Jack Mitchell, CEO of his family's astoundingly successful chain of clothing stores. In Hug Your People, he shares... Read more

Inspired Marketing!

By: Joe Vitale & Craig Perrine

Narrated by: Joe Vitale & Craig Perrine

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

How do you get customers to open their wallet and buy from you if you can't even get their attention? How do you get them to act now without resorting to overused scare tactics and high pressure sales copy? How can you get customers to believe you when all your competitors offer pretty much the same things you don't?

Inspired Marketing is the... Read more

The Perfect Scent

By: Chandler Burr

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances. Now, writing with wit and elegance, he juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes—one created by a... Read more

That Mean Old Yesterday

By: Stacey Patton

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Stacey Patton penned this moving memoir describing her tumultuous childhood growing up first in a state institution and then in a fractured foster family. She makes a strong case to illustrate how the brutal legacy of slavery continues to affect African-American families today. "... a document ... striking in... Read more

The Shawnees and the War for America

By: Colin Calloway

Narrated by: George Wilson

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed historian Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth professor of history and American Indian studies, is the series editor for The Penguin Library of American Indian History. Rich in detail and highly readable, this compelling narrative portrays the Shawnees' valiant struggle to maintain their way of life. "A remarkably accessible distillation of... Read more

No hay principe y otras verdades que tu madre nunca te conto

By: Maureen Walsh & Marilyn Graman

Narrated by: Adriana Sananes

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Descubre los secretos que han ayudado a miles de mujeres a conseguir la relacion con la que siempre sonaron. Si alguna vez. - te has enamorado de alguien que no era lo mejor para ti; - te has conformado con un hombre porque no querias estar sola; - intentaste cambiar a alguien para que fuera lo que tu deseabas; - mantuviste una relacion negativa... Read more

El juego de la vida para mujer

By: Florence Scovel Shinn

Narrated by: Silvia Sierra

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

Sabiduria intemporal ., un estilo divertido., explicaciones faciles de entender sobre el exito. En esta obra ya clasica, Florence Scovel Shinn se perfilo como una escritora excepcional, cuyas practicas y reveladoras sugerencias atrajeron en su epoca a lectores y mujeres emprendedoras de todos los ambitos. Mas aun, anos despues sus libros... Read more

Farewell, My Subaru

By: Doug Fine

Narrated by: Doug Fine

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Like many Americans, Doug Fine enjoys his creature comforts, but he also knows full well they keep him addicted to oil. So he wonders: Is it possible to keep his Netflix and his car, his Wi-Fi and his subwoofers, and still reduce his carbon footprint? In an attempt to find out, Fine up and moves to a remote ranch in New Mexico, where he brazenly... Read more

Groundswell

By: Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff

Narrated by: Josh Bernoff

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Corporate executives struggle to harness the power of social technologies. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube are where customers discuss products and companies, write their own news, and find their own deals but how do you integrate these activities into your broader marketing efforts? It's an unstoppable groundswell that affects every industry... Read more

Groundswell

By: Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff

Narrated by: Josh Bernoff

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Corporate executives struggle to harness the power of social technologies. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube are where customers discuss products and companies, write their own news, and find their own deals but how do you integrate these activities into your broader marketing efforts? It's an unstoppable groundswell that affects every industry... Read more

Twenty Chickens for a Saddle - Abridged

By: Robyn Scott

Narrated by: Robyn Scott

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A glorious new voice on Africa, Robyn Scott's adventures growing up in Botswana in a loving but eccentric family will be one of the season's most talked-about memoirs. Read more

McMafia

By: Misha Glenny

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 15 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Misha Glenny's groundbreaking study of global organized crime is now the inspiration for an 8-part AMC crime drama starring James Norton (War and Peace), Juliet Rylance, and David Strathairn. 

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and... Read more

Go Green, Live Rich

By: David Bach & Hillary Rosner

Narrated by: David Bach & Oliver Wyman

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Let David Bach show you a whole new way to prosper—by going green

Internationally renowned financial expert and bestselling author David Bach has always urged readers to put their financial lives in line with their values. But what if your values are a cleaner and greener earth? Most people think that “going green” is an expensive choice they... Read more

The Last Lecture

By: Randy Pausch

Narrated by: Eric Singer

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic."We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —Randy PauschA lot of professors give talks titled "The Last... Read more

The Game-Changer

By: A. G. Lafley & Ram Charan

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

How you can increase and sustain organic revenue and profit growth . . . whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job.

Over the past seven years, Procter & Gamble has tripled profits; significantly improved organic revenue growth, cash flow, and operating margins; and averaged earnings per share growth of 12... Read more

The Last Lecture

By: Randy Pausch

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
--Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world... Read more

The Game-Changer - Abridged

By: A. G. Lafley & Ram Charan

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How you can increase and sustain organic revenue and profit growth . . . whether you’re running an entire company or in your first management job.

Over the past seven years, Procter & Gamble has tripled profits; significantly improved organic revenue growth, cash flow, and operating margins; and averaged earnings per share growth of 12... Read more

Ladies of Liberty - Abridged

By: Cokie Roberts

Narrated by: Cokie Roberts

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

“This collection succeeds in emphasizing that many unsung women left their mark well before the suffrage movement.” —Publishers WeeklyFans of #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts, also a celebrated journalist for ABC and NPR, will love this stunning nonfiction picture book, as will parents and educators looking for a more in-depth... Read more

McMafia - Abridged

By: Misha Glenny

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by forecasts of limitless expansion into newly open markets. No one would foresee that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the... Read more

The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments - Abridged

By: George Johnson

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the acclaimed New York Times science writer George Johnson, an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science—moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a crisp, unambiguous reply.

Johnson takes us to those times when the world seemed filled with mysterious... Read more