Nonfiction audiobooks

Man to Man: Surviving Prostate Cancer - Abridged

By: Michael Korda

Narrated by: Michael Korda

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the autumn of 1994, Michael Korda was diagnosed as having prostate cancer. For several years, he had been examined, tested, and medicated, always with the assurance that everything was all right - until it wasn't.

But the discovery of the actual cancer was only the beginning of his ordeal. With uncommon frankness, he writes of overcoming... Read more

The Primal Scream - Abridged

By: Arthur Janov

Narrated by: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the mid-1960s, the course of Arthur Janov's professional life as a psychotherapist changed in a single day. During a therapy session, Dr. Janov heard, "an eerie scream welling up from the depths of a young man who was lying on the floor." Janov came to believe that this scream was the product of some unconscious, intangible wound that the... Read more

Caught Me A Big'Un...And then I Let Him Go! - Abridged

By: Jimmy Houston

Narrated by: Jimmy Houston

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the best-known, most-loved TV fishing personalities, Jimmy Houston has become a bass legend. Two-time winner of the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year award, Jimmy now brings you A of the wonderful, entertaining, and instructive stories he's gathered over the years....

CAUGHT ME A BIG 'UN...

and then I let him go!

Anyone who loves fishing -- on... Read more

Golf Is A Game Of Confidence - Abridged

By: Bob Rotella

Narrated by: Bob Rotella

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of the bestselling Golf is Not a Game of Perfect comes a masterly illumination of golf's mental game.

When that book was published, Dr Bob Rotella made accessible for the first time what he had learned from working with the best golfers in the world. Dr Rotella follows up the success of Golf is Not a Game of Perfect with a book... Read more

Putting Time On Your Side

By: Stephan Rechtschaffen

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Not enough time is the mantra of an entire generation of Americans. Often we operate in a state of "hurry sickness," running headlong from one barely-experienced moment to the next. But there is a cure, says Rechtschaffen--we can learn to "expand the present moment" to hold all the awareness and fullness that we need to avoid stress and "time... Read more

The Physics of Star Trek

By: Lawrence M. Krauss

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Explore the science behind one of television’s greatest series. Star Trek shaped and defined the science-fiction genre for generations of television viewers and writers, and now readers can learn more about the science presented on the show. What’s it like traveling at warp speed? What are the different types of dark matter and black holes?... Read more

Timeless Healing - Abridged

By: Herbert Benson

Narrated by: David Brand & Herbert Benson

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Learn how the mind shapes the body, and take charge of your health and wellness with the science and power of belief.

In this life-changing book, Dr. Herbert Benson draws on his twenty-five years as a physician and researcher to reveal how affirming beliefs, particularly belief in a higher power, make an important contribution to our physical... Read more

Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect - Abridged

By: Bob Rotella

Narrated by: Bob Rotella

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella’s delightful book will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player.

Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad... Read more

The Game for a Lifetime: More Lessons and Teachings - Abridged

By: Harvey Penick

Narrated by: Jack Whitaker

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The final work from the legendary teacher.
His gentle demeanor and timeless wisdom made Harvey Penick America's best-loved teacher of the game of golf. At the time of his death in April 1995, Harvey was well along in the work on this, his fourth book of golf instruction. Like his classic Little Red Book, The Game For a Lifetime is filled not so... Read more

Light And Quantum Mind

By: Arthur Zajonc, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Mark Walstrom

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Zajonc explores the history of light and attempts to unravel its mysteries. He has incorporated into his research the struggle to bridge the vital connection between the outer light of nature and our inner spiritual light, stressing the relationship between human experience and scientific exploration. Read more

George Kennan: At A Century's Ending

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

David Gergen talks with George Kennan about his book At a Century's Ending: Reflections 1982-1995. Read more

Choosing A Sustainable Future

By: Duane Elgin

Narrated by: Mark Walstrom

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Faced with dwindling resources, mounting pollution and an exploding population, we are being challenged to come together as a whole family, a whole species, for the first time in human history.  At the same time, however, our technology is creating the very means to accomplish this monumental task.  This is just one of the vitally important... Read more

Survive and Profit from a Mid-Career Change

By: Daniel Moreau

Narrated by: Dave Madden

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Thinking of a mid-career change? Downsized? Laid off? Or one of the many who took part in the great resignation? Sooner or later, we may face a time when we must make choices—important choices—about the future of our work lives. It's a big decision to make at any time, but significantly more important—even crucial—at the midpoint of one's... Read more

Empowering Women

By: Louise Hay

Narrated by: Louise Hay

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Louise's goal is to see that all women experience self-love, self-worth, self-esteem, and a powerful place in society. In her inimitably warm and forthright manner, she offers penetrating insights on how women of all ages and backgrounds can achieve this goal and make the coming years the most productive, fulfilling, and empowering ones ever. Read more

Management of the Absurd - Abridged

By: Richard Farson

Narrated by: Richard Farson

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

An original, contrarian philosophy that challenges today's leaders to look past the quick fix and deal thoughtfully with the real complexities of managing people.
In organizations, as in life, human behavior is often irrational -- and problems do not easily lend themselves to the simplistic answers and gimmickry offered in the myriad business... Read more

Answers to Distraction - Abridged

By: Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey

Narrated by: John J. Ratey

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Millions of adults and children are discovering that the reason they can't seem to get organized, stop procrastinating, sit still, pay attention, and finish what they started is not a lack of self-discipline but, rather, an inborn neurological condition: Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD.

From the authors of Driven to Distraction -- their... Read more

Alchemy of Love and Lust - Abridged

By: Theresa L. Crenshaw

Narrated by: Theresa L. Crenshaw

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From Simon & Schuster, The Alchemy of Love and Lust is Theresa L. Crenshaw's guide to how our sex hormones influence our relationships.

The Alchemy of Love and Lust identifies the role our hormones play in the different sexual stages, exploring the age-old concept of chemistry between the sexes and how hormones can determine the course of... Read more

Dancing with the Devil - Abridged

By: Rodney Barker

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1986, newspapers across America called it "the espionage case of the century." While serving as a security guard at the American Embassy, Sgt. Clayton Lonetree, a Native American marine, fell in love with a beautiful Russian woman. Then, a KGB officer posing as the woman' s "Uncle Sasha" recruited Lonetree to become a spy for the... Read more

Blood Sport - Abridged

By: James B. Stewart

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart takes readers behind the scenes in the Clinton White House as it reels in the wake of the Whitewater scandal, Vincent Foster’s suicide, and Paula Jones’ allegations of sexual misconduct.

In July 1993, White House official Vincent Foster wrote an anguished lament: “in Washington...ruining people is considered... Read more

Dirty Laundry

By: Maggie Rowe

Narrated by: Maggie Rowe

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Every other Thursday on Santa Monica Boulevard's Comedy Central Stage, a motley assortment of Hollywood writers, actors, and comics convened to reveal the most personal—and colorful—parts of their lives. Their soul-baring monologues revealed the sources of their creative genius, from wacky families and psycho exes to random ramblings and... Read more

Peacework

By: Ciaran McKeown

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Issues of peace around the world are a tangled weave, and extremely volatile. This conversation illuminates the complexities in Northern Ireland, and helps us to develop greater compassion and a deepening of our own thinking regarding ethnic factions within any nation. A respected political journalist in Northern Ireland, McKeown became an... Read more

Learn to Earn - Abridged

By: Peter Lynch & John Rothchild

Narrated by: Peter Lynch

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mutual fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of the stock market and business in an investing guide that will enlighten and entertain anyone who is high school age or older.

Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the sketchiest idea of how the stock market works. The... Read more

Reasonable Doubts - Abridged

By: Alan M. Dershowitz

Narrated by: Alan M. Dershowitz

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

One of America's leading appeal lawyers, Alan Dershowitz, examines the American criminal justice system, critically analyzing its strengths and weaknesses. Using the O.J. Simpson murder case as the backdrop, Reasonable Doubts explores the larger issues that shape our country's legal system.

Chosen to prepare the appeal should O.J. Simpson be... Read more

We're Right they're Wrong - Abridged

By: James Carville

Narrated by: James Carville

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"They are wrong and we are right and I'm going to prove it to you!" -- Harry S. Truman, Democratic National Convention, 1948

A rousing political manifesto from The New York Times bestselling co-author of All's Fair

One of Washington's most prominent Democratic strategists and co-author of the New York Times bestseller All's Fair offers a timely,... Read more