Religion audiobooks

The Carousel - Abridged

By: Richard Paul Evans

Narrated by: Michael Gross

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is the love story of Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow, a love story that takes place not in seclusion, but in the real world, with the challenges that all lovers must face. No relationship is an island: there are threads that bind us all and pull at our lives: the demands of family, friends, work, and social obligation. And there are... Read more

The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader's Day - Abridged

By: John C. Maxwell

Narrated by: John C. Maxwell

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Leadership can be a heavy load, wearing you down over time. In The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader's Day, you will learn the daily habit that can transform your leadership and organization from the world's #1 leadership expert.John Maxwell, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker, gives the roadmap to becoming a more... Read more

It’s a Meaningful Life - Abridged

By: Bo Lozoff

Narrated by: Bo Lozoff

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on his thirty years of teaching and service, Bo Lozoff shows why compassion— not success, self-improvement, or self-esteem— is at the root of happiness. Lozoff covers themes such as developing honesty, learning humility, dealing with anger, and honoring relationships. He shows how practices such as a daily vow of... Read more

King David

By: Jonathan Kirsch

Narrated by: Jonathan Kirsch

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

David, King of the Jews, possessed every flaw and failing a mortal is capable of, yet men and women adored him and God showered him with many more blessings than he did Abraham or Moses. His sexual appetite and prowess were matched only by his violence, both on the battlefield and in the bedroom. A charismatic leader, exalted as "a man after... Read more

Genesis

By: Bill Moyers

Narrated by: Mandy Patinkin & Alfre Woodard

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

People need stories to make sense of the world--to hold their lives together, and to fasten on to those values that last. The greatest stories are found in the Bible, enduring through the centuries. In Genesis, acclaimed television journalist Bill Moyers brings together some of the world's liveliest minds for spirited round-table discussions of... Read more

How the Irish Saved Civilization

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Donal Donnelly

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent... Read more

Desire of the Everlasting Hills

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Brian F. O'Byrne

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization comes a compelling historical narrative about Jesus—an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire who became the central figure in Western Civilization.

"Divertingly instructive...gratifying...[Cahill] makes Jesus a still-living literary presence." —The... Read more

When Bad Things Happen to Good People - Abridged

By: Harold S. Kushner

Narrated by: Harold S. Kushner

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

As a young theology student, Harold Kushner puzzled over the Book of Job. As a small-town rabbi he counseled other people through pain and grief. But not until he learned that his three-year-old son, Aaron, would die in his early teens of a rare disease did he confront one of life's most difficult questions: Where do we find the resources to... Read more

How the Irish Saved Civilization - Abridged

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Liam Neeson

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent... Read more

Seven Years in Tibet - Abridged

By: Heinrich Harrer

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dramatized in a motion picture starring Brad Pitt, Seven Years in Tibet is the autobiographical account of a young Austrian adventurer and the escape from an internment camp that changed his life forever. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, a noted mountain climber and skier, slipped out of captivity in India and made his way through the Himalayan passes... Read more

Awakening the Buddha Within - Abridged

By: Lama Surya Das

Narrated by: Lama Surya Das

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the first comprehensive book of Western Buddhism for the modern-day spiritual seeker.

Buddhism offers a profound yet practical path to enlightenment.  In this loving and generous book, the American-born and Tibetan-trained Lama Surya Das offers at once a... Read more

Ishmael - Abridged

By: Daniel Quinn

Narrated by: Anthony Heald

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author.
 
“A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet . . . laid out for us with an... Read more

Holy Bible NLT the New Testament

By: author

Narrated by: Mike Kellogg

Length: 18 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A dramatic, multivoice recording of the New Living Translation, New Testament, featuring original music and sound effects.

FEATURES Original music and sound effects Easy-to-understand New Living Translation A perfect companion for commuters, vacationers, and business travelers Over 17 hours of inspirational listening Voice of Mike Kellogg,... Read more

Solitude and Service: Spiritual Activism

By: Sister Helen Prejean, Jonathan Montaldo & Bless...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

This program highlights interviews and public presentations inspired by the life and legacy of the renowned spiritual practitioner and contemplative, the late Thomas Merton. Gathered together in a unique forum sponsored by the Thomas Merton Center Foundation, the presenters represent many cultures, vocations, and spiritual faiths. Read more

Dalai Lama

By: Diki Tsering

Narrated by: Arabella Hong

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Born to humble but prosperous peasants in 1901, the Year of the Ox, Diki Tsering grew up a simple girl with a simple life and the ordinary ambition to be a good wife and mother. When faith and fate led her son Lhamo Dhondup to be recognized as the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, her world altered completely.
In Dalai Lama, My Son she recounts her own... Read more

The Camino - Abridged

By: Shirley MacLaine

Narrated by: Shirley MacLaine

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It has been nearly five decades since Shirley MacLaine commenced her brave and public commitment to chronicling her personal quest for spiritual understanding. Now Shirley is back -- with her most breathtakingly powerful and unique book yet.

The Camino is the story of a riveting odyssey that began with a pair of anonymous handwritten letters... Read more

Till Death

By: William X. Kienzle

Narrated by: Edward Holland

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

UNHOLY DEATH

For years, a little group of priests and nuns have struggled together to recover from the rule of virtual slavery imposed upon them by tyrannical Father Angelico, now thankfully gone to his reward. But for some of them the group is no longer a godsend. The ties that once bound beloved Father Rick Casserly, beautiful former nun Dora... Read more

Mythic Wisdom from Africa

By: Clyde Ford

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Clyde Ford brings to light the unmapped territory of African mythology, drawing upon sacred stories from the wisdom treasury of this ancient land. Read more

The Adventure Toward the Sacred

By: Elizabeth Lesser

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Just as America is the melting pot of race and culture, so too does it provide a fertile breeding ground of diverse spiritual and religious paths.  Elizabeth Lesser performs the magic of synthesizing the rich blends of the world's wisdom traditions, focusing on our right to individual choice. Read more

Success God's Way - Abridged

By: Charles F. Stanley

Narrated by: Charles Stanley

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Success is defined by a continuing desire to be the person God called you to be and to achieve those goals that God helps you to set," says Charles Stanley. In Success God's Way, Stanley teaches God's principles for success, including ten steps to help you reach God's goals in your life, and what to do about the seven success blockers that... Read more

Spiritual Rx - Abridged

By: Frederic Brussat & Mary Ann Brussat

Narrated by: Mary Ann Brussat

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on more than thirty years of experience, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat offer useful guidelines and activities—a spiritual prescription to help contemporary pilgrims begin their journey. Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You Improve Self-Confidence and Reach Peak Performance

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This guided imagery for improving self-confidence and self-esteem, allows the listener to envision success while practicing a mental rehearsal of an anticipated, anxiety-producing activity, such as test-taking, work performance, sports, public speaking, auditions, social engagements or some other potentially anxiety producing activity. By... Read more

Guided Meditation To Support A Healthy Pregnancy & Successful Childbirth

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This meditation for pregnancy and childbirth offers powerful and effective guided imagery and affirmations on how to best prepare for carrying and delivering a baby. This is a natural, holistic, mind-body tool for anyone anticipating a pregnancy or expecting a baby, to help with the discomforts, anxieties and unwanted symptoms that can accompany... Read more

The Brook Kerith (Unabridged)

By: George Moore

Narrated by: Gabriel Woolf

Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The premise of this story is Jesus of Nazareth doesn't die on the cross but is indeed saved by Joseph of Arimathea. The novel depicts the live of Jesus, continued for a quarter of a century after the cruxifiction. Read more