The Tipping Point - Abridged
By: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a... Read more
A Gentler Way to Communicate
By: Marshall Rosenberg
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, diagnose and to think and communicate in terms of โrightโ and โwrongโ โ all of which can generate needless conflict. Rosenberg has developed a form of communication that provides a peaceful alternative to the violence that underlies most of our communication. Read more
View audiobookCrazybusy
By: Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Narrated by: Don Leslie
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Are you too busy? Are you always running behind? Is your calendar loaded with more than you can possibly accomplish? Is it driving you crazy? You're not alone. Crazybusyโthe modern phenomenon of brain overloadโis a national epidemic. Without intending for it to happen, we've plunged ourselves into a mad rush of activity, expecting our brains to... Read more
View audiobookCrazybusy - Abridged
By: Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Narrated by: Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Length: 3 hours
Abridged: Yes
Look at what's happened to the usual how-are-you exchange. It used to go like this: "How are you?" "Fine." Now it often goes like this: "How are you?" "Busy." Or "Too busy." Or simply "Crazy."
Without intending for it to happen or knowing how, when, or why it got started, many people now find that they live in a rush they never wanted. If... Read more
Till Death Do Us Part
By: Matt Birkbeck & Robi Ludwig
Narrated by: Ellen Archer
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Every day six people are murdered in the United States by a spouse or intimate partner. The stories of killer spouses capture the public's attentionโwe wonder how such normal and seemingly happy people can go over the edge. In every relationship there are "extreme moments" where scary feelings surface. But what happens when those feelings turn... Read more
View audiobookYou're Wearing That?
By: Deborah Tannen
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Deborah Tannen's #1 New York Times bestseller You Just Donโt Understand revolutionized communication between women and men. Now, in her most provocative and engaging book to date, she takes on what is potentially the most fraught and passionate connection of womenโs lives: the mother-daughter relationship.
It was Tannen who first showed us that... Read more
You're Wearing That? - Abridged
By: Deborah Tannen
Narrated by: Deborah Tannen
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Deborah Tannen's #1 New York Timesbestseller You Just Donโt Understand revolutionized communication between women and men. Now, in her most provocative and engaging book to date, she takes on what is potentially the most fraught and passionate connection of womenโs lives: the mother-daughter relationship.
It was Tannen who first showed us that... Read more
Sex and the Seasoned Woman
By: Gail Sheehy
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 12 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experience. . . . She can be alternately sweet, tart, bubbly, mellow. She can be maternal and playful. Bossy and submissive. Strong and soft. . . . The seasoned woman knows who she is. She could be any one of us, as long as she is committed to living fully and passionately in the second... Read more
View audiobookSex and the Seasoned Woman - Abridged
By: Gail Sheehy
Narrated by: Gail Sheehy
Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experience. . . . She can be alternately sweet, tart, bubbly, mellow. She can be maternal and playful. Bossy and submissive. Strong and soft. . . . The seasoned woman knows who she is. She could be any one of us, as long as she is committed to living fully and passionately in the second... Read more
View audiobookOne Nation Under Therapy
By: Christina Hoff Sommers & Sally Satel
Narrated by: Dianna Dorman
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Americans have traditionally placed great value on self-reliance and fortitude. Recent decades, however, have seen the rise of a therapeutic ethic that views Americans as emotionally underdeveloped, requiring the ministrations of mental health professionals to cope with lifeโs vicissitudes. Today, having a book for every ailment, a counselor for... Read more
View audiobookThe Art of Being
By: Erich Fromm
Narrated by: Raymond Todd
Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
This classic work by psychologist and social philosopher Eric Fromm builds upon his previous popular book, To Have or to Be? In The Art of Being, Fromm teaches us to avoid the tantalizing illusions of our consumer-driven world by learning to function as a whole person from a state of inner completeness or being. The transition from an identity... Read more
View audiobookNurturing Your Inner Child
By: William G. DeFoore
Narrated by: William G. DeFoore
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Using a powerful combination of relaxation, visualization and affirmations, Dr. DeFoore gently introduces you to the fragile, wounded and joyful child within you. You will have an opportunity to re-parent your inner child, healing emotional and sexual wounds and establishing a new foundation for self love and self esteem. Providing nothing less... Read more
View audiobookStatus Anxiety
By: Alain de Botton
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Anyone who's ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor's Lexus had better read Alain de Botton's irresistibly clear-headed bookโimmediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents turns his attention to the insatiable quest for status, a quest that has less to do with material comfort... Read more
View audiobookThe Identity Code
By: Larry Ackerman
Narrated by: Brian Emerson
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
In this life-transforming book, Larry Ackerman will introduce you to the person you were meant to beโand already are. The secret to uncovering your purpose, he explains, is built into you in the form of a code: the identity code. Much like your genetic code, your identity code provides a complete map of how you were designed to live.As you are... Read more
View audiobookPsychology
By: Don Baucum
Narrated by: Stuart Langton
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in its subject field, Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys give you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and... Read more
View audiobookIntroducing Goodfinding
By: William G. DeFoore
Narrated by: William G. DeFoore
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Abridged: No
This program gives you an introduction to Goodfinding, and a full understanding of the steps to building gratitude, appreciation and optimism in your everyday life, which will lead you to the motivation and fulfillment you're looking for. This is nothing short of re-training your brain to make you happy! Note: This audiobook is a recording of a... Read more
View audiobookExpectations In Marriage
By: William G. DeFoore
Narrated by: William G. DeFoore
Length: 45 minutes
Abridged: No
This program will help you understand yourself and your spouse at a deeper level. Explore your expectations for your marriage, and discover how to use this insight to make your connection stronger, and get through the tough times more smoothly and easily. You will gain insight into the processes that lead to conflict and anger, and what to do... Read more
View audiobookAnger in Teens
By: William G. DeFoore
Narrated by: William G. DeFoore
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: No
This program will guide you to a deeper understanding of the issues underlying teen anger, and provide you with the necessary skills to help. Listen to the program in the presence or absence of your teens, to learn the causes of adolescent anger problems and the methods and techniques for solving them. Learn specific things to say to your teens... Read more
View audiobookAnger Management Techniques
By: William G. DeFoore
Narrated by: William G. DeFoore
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No
This powerful, information-packed program will give you all of the basics of anger management, based on Dr. DeFoore's 50 years of counseling experience. You will understand the value and benefit of your emotions, and how to express and control them for your own benefit and for the good of your loved ones. Recognize how anger can work for you... Read more
View audiobookWhy Do I Love These People? - Abridged
By: Po Bronson
Narrated by: John Dossett
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Po Bronson takes us on an extraordinary journey
Calling upon his gift for powerful nonfiction narrative and philosophical insight Po Bronson explores the incredibly complicated feelings that we have for our families.
Each chapter introduces us to people and we come to know them intimately, following the story of their relationship as they... Read more
Our Inner Ape
By: Frans de Waal
Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy, and morality by virtue of our genes? What if our behavior actually makes us apes? What kind of apes are we?
From a scientist and writer E. O. Wilson has called "the world authority on primate... Read more
Brain Games
By: David Weiner
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
David Weiner brings a witty, down-to-earth perspective to this exploration of what we know and what we don't know about our brains. In layman's terms Mr. Weiner shares his wonder at things even his scientific mind can't comprehend, and points to tantalizing new discoveries about our potential to change the way we think, feel, and act. Read more
View audiobookAging And Saging
By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Our culture is bent on avoiding aging. The problem with that is every one of us is aging every day. Arrien points to the enormous possibilities for cultural change as we come into our wisdom years. She opens a gateway to personal possibility and an affirmation that we truly can look ahead to the best years of our lives. Read more
View audiobookBeyond Reason
By: Roger Fisher & Daniel Shapiro
Narrated by: Daniel Shapiro
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
In Getting to Yes, renowned educator and negotiator Roger Fisher presented a universally applicable method for effectively negotiating personal and professional disputes. Building on his work as director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, Fisher now teams with Harvard psychologist Daniel Shapiro, an expert on the emotional dimension of... Read more
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