Nonfiction audiobooks

I Never Played the Game - Abridged

By: Howard Cosell

Narrated by: Howard Cosell

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For years, the legendary sports journalist pulled no punches. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. There's no question that I'm all of those things." His blustery, cocksure personality ensured that this larger-than-life sports commentator remains as well known today as many of the athletes he... Read more

Made in America - Abridged

By: Peter Ueberroth

Narrated by: Peter Ueberroth

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A behind-the-scenes look about how Los Angeles prepared to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.For five years Peter Ueberroth spearheaded the committee that oversaw the 23rd Olympiad held in Los Angeles, California. While the athletes trained, competed, and qualified, this future baseball commissioner and his committee— primarily comprised... Read more

Having It All - Abridged

By: Helen Brown

Narrated by: Helen Gurley Brown

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Helen Gurley Brown was one of the most successful women in America. Best-selling author and editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, Brown became a model for women who won't settle for less than the best in their lives. And now you can sit down and listen to her best advice, in her own voice— as if she were your best friend. In this... Read more

Down With High Blood Pressure

By: Dr. Emmett Miller

Narrated by: Dr. Emmett Miller

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Thoughts, emotions and stress have a major effect on nearly all types of hypertension. Powerful, drug-free methods use the energy of your mind to help return your blood pressure to normal. Includes several different deep relaxation/guided imagery experiences to help guide you in: Reducing tension Discovering the triggers of blood pressure... Read more

Helping Yourself

By: Ram Dass

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In his inimitable and articulate style, Ram Dass talks about serving others, i.e., helping as a path of wholeness. A legend in his own time, he brings a wealth of direct experience as a psychologist, seeker and spiritual teacher together with a wonderful ability to reveal himself fully, serving as a mirror from which we can reflect our own journey. Read more

The Magic Of Believing - Abridged

By: Claude M. Bristol

Narrated by: Various

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND ALMOST ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!
Mystical, motivating and inspiring, The Magic of Believing is an extraordinary self-improvement program which draws on the philosophy that the energy of the subconscious mind can help individuals achieve any goal. With a step-by-step system for tapping and unleashing the powers of the mind,... Read more

How To Get Your Point Across In 30 Seconds Or Less - Abridged

By: Milo O. Frank

Narrated by: Milo O. Frank

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Learn how to get your listener’s attention, keep her interest, and make your point—all in thirty seconds!

Milo Frank, America’s foremost business communications consultant, shows you how to focus your objectives, utilize the “hook” technique, use the secrets of TV and advertising writers, tell terrific anecdotes that make your point, shine in... Read more

How to Turn An Interview Into A Job - Abridged

By: Jeffrey G. Allen

Narrated by: Jeffrey G. Allen

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Every so often, something comes along that not only tell it like it is, but shows you what to do about it."

-- Carol L. Rhodes, President American Employment Association

GETTING HIRED --
IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK

Whether you're looking for your first job, taking the next step up the career ladder, or considering changing fields, Jeffrey... Read more

Apartheid's People Series Segment #3

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The subject in this segment is a white man Janni La Roux, a farmer who lives near Cape Town and who defends the system. Read more

Apartheid's People Series Segment #2

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In this segment we meet a man who lives in two worlds. By day Mtutuzela Matshoba is an executive in the white business world, at night confined by law to his all-black township. Read more

Apartheid's People Series Segment #1

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A profile of a black township called Kwa Thema. It's near the all-white town of Springs, an hour and a half from Johannesburg. More than 30 people have died in Kwa Thema in the last two months in clashes. Read more

Greener Tomorrows

By: Ernest Callenbach, Fritjof Capra & Hazel Henderson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Three of the cultural visionaries of our time come together to explore the emergence of a new paradigm for viewing reality based on the fundamental inter-dependence of all life with the cycles of nature. They stress the shift from a mechanistic and patriarchal world view to a holistic and ecological view, if we are to survive as a species and a... Read more

The Healing Heart - Abridged

By: Norman Cousins

Narrated by: William Conrad

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the United States alone, 1 in every 5 deaths results from heart failure. Norman Cousins should know— a massive heart attack nearly killed him. Here is the dramatic account of that trauma, the events leading up to the attack, his intensive rehabilitation program, and his recovery. Cousins' experience is an inspirational case study... Read more

Sustaining the Land

By: Wes Jackson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Re-connecting to the land and living in harmony with the natural environment are the twin touchstones of this eloquent advocacy of sustainable agriculture. Jackson says that only by returning to nature's roots can we see a valid way out of the fossil fuel farm, which breeds costly high technology, ecological damage and bankrupt small farmers. Read more

Daily Bread

By: Wendell Berry

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This farmer, ecologist, and writer Berry speaks of enduring values, the wholeness of life, and the interdependence of all creatures (including humans). Berry’s self-discipline and ethical sense come through as he leads us from the microcosm of his Kentucky hill farm to the macrocosm of a sane and reasoned planetary vision based on personal... Read more

Doing What You Love and Making Money Too!

By: Nancy Anderson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Making a living while following one's bliss is too often seen as an impossible dream, too idealistic and pragmatically unattainable. Not so, according to Nancy Anderson, who provides a wealth of wisdom and myriad ways to discover your passion and follow your heart to a financially and personally rewarding career. Read more

The Healing Waterfall

By: Max Highstein

Narrated by: Jill Andre

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

About This Guided Meditation
The Healing Waterfall is waiting for you on a beautiful mountainside. Deeply relax while you slowly step forward into the pool, as the water heals and soothes every part of you. A perennial best seller, this luxurious, gentle meditation with it’s rich, soft music has been adored by many, many people over the years.... Read more

Interview with Gerald and Betty Ford

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In an interview at the 1984 Republican Convention, former President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford talk about the re-nomination of President Reagan and Vice President Bush, the conservative movement in the Republican Party, the rising federal deficit, women’s issues and more. Read more

Walking the Earth

By: Colin Fletcher

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Hard-core wilderness lovers and deep ecology buffs will especially appreciate this conversation with the quintessential walker, Colin Fletcher, author of The Complete Walker III. Fletcher speaks of the joys and wonders of trekking in the real wilderness. Read more

Becoming Whole

By: Virginia Satir

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Acknowledged by her peers as the "therapist's therapist," the late Virginia Satir traveled the planet sharing her insightful wisdom and changing people's lives for the better. In this dialogue she speaks about shifting family and workplace environments, plus a great deal more. Read more

The Fourth World Community

By: Gregory McGee & John Papworth

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In the midst of the Superpowers and the Third World, a new vision is emerging of a Fourth World, encompassing small communities as an alternative to the notion that “bigger is better.” Returning power to a personal level is one of the goals and Papworth provides some useful ways to meet the challenge he so eloquently describes. Read more

Morphic Resonance and the Mind

By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Further explorations into the revolutionary "hypothesis of formative causation" put forth by British biochemist Rupert Sheldrake. Since its debut in 1981, Sheldrake's theory has sent large ripples through the scientific community, and has inspired experimental testing that so far has tended to confirm the theory Read more

Will The Real Goddess Please Stand Up?

By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Share with us in this illuminating, self-revealing search for a new vision for the roles of women in these times and new modes of expressing that vision. Jean Shinoda Bolen penetrates beyond the “historicity” of Greek myth to find living archetypes of psychological modes and life roles of women today. Read more

Goddesses As Inner Images

By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Psychiatrist Jean Bolen describes seven archetypal patterns embodied in seven of the Greek goddesses. In knowing which “goddess” is present, a woman can have a deeper understanding of everyday occurrences as well as more dramatic events--not to mention the benefits men can realize through a better understanding of the female psyche. Listen in... Read more