Nonfiction audiobooks

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

Dance of The Tao

By: Chungliang Al Huang

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Huang touches on those principles of inner dancing that make life a joy. In this amusing and enlightening conversation, he encourages us to move freely, to laugh, to embrace paradox, to take ourselves and our world lightly. Take the S out of cosmic and enjoy what’s left.” Read more

The Psychology of Achievement

By: Brian Tracy

Narrated by: Brian Tracy

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Grow with this classic program! Soar to new heights of success and achievement with The Psychology of Achievement. This remarkable program reveals strategies to elevate your income, put your career on the fast track, and accomplish more than you ever dreamed possible. Unlock the secret to doubling your brainpower and sharpening your... Read more

On The Trail Of The Hundredth Monkey

By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Daniel Drasin

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a special documentary program featuring Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, the British biologist whose controversial book, A New Science of Life, proposes a nonmaterial basis for heredity, instinct, mind and memory. This program answers many of the most frequently-asked questions about Sheldrake’s radical ideas, and describes recent experiments which... Read more

Kids and Cash

By: Ken Davis & Tom Taylor

Narrated by: John MacDonald

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Teaching your kids to understand and appreciate the value of money can be difficult. This recording's simple step-by-step approach can help. It includes a section on the many ways kids can earn money for themselves and also provides anecdotes of ways in which famous people earned money when they were children. Read more

12 Cosmic Healers

By: Max Highstein

Narrated by: Leigh Taylor-Young

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

About This Guided Meditation
Very etherial and mystical, 12 Cosmic Healers is a journey into the heavens, where 12 great Archangels, each in a different sign of the zodiac, send healing light and sound to twelve different ares of your body. This program corresponds musical key signatures with astrological signs and the body. It's quite a trip!... Read more

Meditating in the Marketplace Or Living Ultimately

By: Charles Garfield, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Here the founder of the Shanti Project, creator of "Peak Performance" seminars and founding president of the Peak Performance Center talks about ways to enhance life and realize one's personal potential in the middle of the marketplace or the "real" world. Read more

Through the Narrow Gate

By: Karen Armstrong

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this highly personal account of an ex-nun’s transition from a cloistered, disciplined life, to a life in the world, confronting her human feelings and making her own decisions, Karen Armstrong discusses frankly and with humor her process of coping with the shifting values and lifestyles of the secular world. It is a revealing account of her... Read more

The Neuronaut Returns

By: Timothy Leary

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Cosmic, crazy, and comic wisdom abound in this raucous romp through the galactic regions with the late Leary, Pied Piper of the sixties generation. His societal impact was undeniable. Whatever your belief system, Leary's thinking challenges our preconceptions and this conversation is no exception. Read more

Metamind — Metamorphosis

By: Albert Hofmann

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In April 1943, working in his Sandoz laboratory, the Swiss research chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann discovered LSD-25, and thus changed the lives of millions over the next decades. Here he tells how LSD affected his own life and, in the process, weaves an intriguing story of mysticism in the midst of science Read more

Is There Enough to Go Around?

By: R. Buckminster Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This comprehensive imaginative thinker and visionary gives an extraordinary overview of the state of the planet and human history. Asked whether there are enough resources to support our growing population the late Buckminster Fuller, age 85 when this was recorded, responds with a tour-de-force capsule of the history of Western civilization. Read more