Nonfiction audiobooks

Positive Plus - Abridged

By: Joyce Brothers

Narrated by: Joyce Brothers

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Turn negative traits like nagging, perfectionism, and compulsive behavior into positives with this simple guide from renowned psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers. For decades Dr. Brothers was a sage, down-to-earth voice of reason to the millions who read her books and newspaper and magazine columns and heeded her advice on television and radio.... Read more

10 Steps to Financial Prosperity - Abridged

By: Bill Griffeth

Narrated by: Bill Griffeth

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Years of borrowing and spending have left many Americans in perilous financial shape. To secure their futures and achieve financial independence, Americans must begin to save and invest. In his characteristically clear and congenial style, award-winning financial news anchor Bill Griffeth provides a simple 10-step program for lifelong financial... Read more

Leaving Home - Abridged

By: Art Buchwald

Narrated by: Art Buchwald

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Funny men don't necessarily have funny childhoods. Art Buchwald had to find his humor the hard way. In this poignant memoir, Buchwald writes with intimacy and candor about his early years— of a life constantly on the move and in the company of strangers. Shortly after he was born, he and his mother were separated. He tells of a... Read more

Thomas Merton the Man

By: Ron Seitz

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In late 1993, Michael Toms made a "pilgrimage" to the hermitage of Thomas Merton at the Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. This is a recording of his visit with Ron Seitz, who was a young poet when he befriended and was mentored by Merton. Here Seitz offers memories and insight from the life of the brilliant Trappist monk and spiritual teacher. Read more

O Jerusalem!

By: Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 23 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

At the center of this massive and brilliant book is the most universal of man's cities: Jerusalem, the mystic heart of three great religions, condemned to pay for the passions it inspires by being, through forty centuries, the most bitterly disputed site in the world.Collins and Lapierre's story is the fruit of five years of intensive research... Read more

Gangland - Abridged

By: Howard Blum

Narrated by: Jerry Orbach

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the bestselling tradition of Wiseguy and Boss of Bosses -- the inside story of the fall of the "Teflon Don"

The team: A handpicked squad of FBI agents -- led by a war hero determined to get the job done. The target: John Gotti, the seemingly invincible head of the richest and most powerful crime of modern-day Untouchables, the FBI's C-16... Read more

Human Energy Fields and Healing

By: Barbara Brennan, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A skilled explorer of the possibilities of healing through unconventional methods, Barbara Brennan is gifted with the ability to see and affect energy colors and patterns in and around the body--an ability she says everyone potentially has. Deep and thorough healing occurs, she explains, through the honoring of subtle energies on physical,... Read more

Embraced by the Light - Abridged

By: Betty J. Eadie

Narrated by: Betty J. Eadie

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At the age of 31, Betty Eadie died after routine surgery. The events that followed can only be described as the most profound and extensive near-death experience ever recorded. During the time she was clinically dead, Betty was given knowledge of the afterlife that would make even the greatest skeptic think twice. As she traveled through the... Read more

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places - Abridged

By: Le Hayslip & Jay Wurts

Narrated by: Nancy Kwan

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

This haunting memoir tells the brutal story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of an innocent victim whose childhood was dominated by violence, devastation, and conflicts between the teachings of her culture and the realities of war. Le Ly Hayslip— the youngest in a close-knit Buddhist family— was 12 years old when... Read more

Fortune's Favorite - Abridged

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Return to Ancient Rome - where politics, ambition, and greed collide in the fortunes of two fiercely powerful men: Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the great general who returns from exile to be installed as dictator, and then stuns Rome with his startling self-imposed retirement; and Pompey, the young scion of an enormously powerful rural family, who... Read more

See I Told You So - Abridged

By: Rush Limbaugh

Narrated by: Rush Limbaugh

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rush Limbaugh, America's #1 radio talk-show host, bounded to the top of the bestseller lists with The Way Things Ought to Be, the #1 New York Times bestseller and the fastest-selling audio in history. Now, this consummate entertainer and provocative political commentator, whom conservatives love and liberals love to hate—this “harmless little... Read more

Straight Talk on Money - Abridged

By: Ken Dolan

Narrated by: Ken Dolan

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A husband and wife broadcast and writing team, who are also columnists for Money magazine, offer routine financial advice available from nearly any source. There is a note of huckstering in their presentation. Read more

Further Along the Road Less Traveled - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Perhaps no one in this generation has had a more profound influence upon our intellectual and spiritual lives than Dr. M. Scott Peck. His first book, The Road Less Traveled, published over fifteen years ago, continues to reach an ever-growing audience, with sales of more than five million copies and translation into more than twenty languages.... Read more

Feeling Alive and "In the Flow"

By: Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

We experience flow when we are totally absorbed in a challenging activity for its own sake, and not for the sake of the results. The flow state is accessible to everyone, can occur at any level of skill, and is in fact necessary for real enjoyment of life beyond simple pleasure-seeking. Read more

And then the Shark Told Justin

By: Done Wade

Narrated by: Arte Johnson

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling golf writer and historian Don Wade returns with another collection of real-life stories from the greatest players ever to compete in the game. Wade brings together living legends, past champions, and contemporary stars in one entertaining audio that is worth more than a dozen how-to books. The perfect off-course amusement for the... Read more

Walking The Four-Fold Way

By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Arrien gathered wisdom from a variety of indigenous cultures distilling it into four paths of wise, effective action—“showing up, paying attention, telling the truth and being unattached to the outcome.” These are the archetypal paths of the warrior, healer, visionary and teacher. The opportunity to embody these archetypes arises in every... Read more

Quantum Mind--Quantum Joy

By: Amit Goswami

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Goswami delivers this most encouraging statement: "Consciousness in its primacy is joy. Once we have a taste of this primal joy, we can never forget it." He’s an Indian-born physicist and philosopher who has been pursuing a deeper truth in science which has led him to the conclusion that understanding human consciousness is central to... Read more

The Winning Attitude - Abridged

By: John C. Maxwell

Narrated by: John C. Maxwell

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Is there really a such thing as a winning attitude? Do you know to know how you can turn a bad attitude around? John C. Maxwell not only discovered the winning attitude, but he has also experienced the incredible difference it makes.If you’re struggling with an ingrained negative attitude, there's real hope for you. In this book, bestselling... Read more

Lucifer’s Child - Abridged

By: William Luce

Narrated by: Julie Harris

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The spellbinding Julie Harris takes us on a magic carpet into the beautiful and haunting world of writer Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen), romantic author and heroine of Out of Africa. Through her fanciful pact with Lucifer, Dinesen becomes a defiant spirit, an eccentric storytelling sorceress—passionate and wickedly witty.Act I opens on... Read more

Ufos:  Fact Or Fiction?

By: John Mack, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Mack presents evidence pro and con, and various speculative explanations of many aspects of the UFO abductions. Despite a lack of conclusive proof for or against the reality of abductions, Mack says, "If the mystery's there, we might as well embrace it rather than run from it." Read more

Maximum Achievement - Abridged

By: Brian Tracy

Narrated by: Brian Tracy

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Leading authority on success Brian Tracy gives proven principles and step-by-step tips for raising self-esteem and improving your life.

Brian Tracy is one of the world's leading authorities on success and personal achievement, addressing more than 100,000 men and women each year in public and private seminars. In Maximum Achievement, he gives you... Read more

Getting Through - Abridged

By: Stephan Schiffman

Narrated by: Stephan Schiffman

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

MAKE SURE YOUR FIRST CALL ISN'T YOUR LAST!
Everyone in sales knows how to sell -- if they can get to the buyer. But in today's selling climate, the road between seller and buyer is frequently blocked with layer after layer of objections, distractions and delays. Now, America's #1 Corporate Sales Trainer shares his proven techniques for getting... Read more

Here on Gilligan’s Isle - Abridged

By: Russell Johnson & Steve Cox

Narrated by: Russell Johnson

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sit right back and take a nostalgic, first-hand look into the world of Gilligan's Island— everything you ever wanted to know about the show from the Professor himself, Russell Johnson. Directly from the ship's log, Johnson takes you to the day when Sherwood Schwartz shipwrecked seven strangers on a tiny desert isle— and... Read more

A Psychology of Spiritual Optimism

By: Joan Borysenko

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Human beings don't come compartmentalized--and human healing doesn't have to either. Building bridges between medicine, psychology and spirituality is the theme of this heart-centered discussion with a medical psychologist and pioneer of psychoneuroimmunology. Read more