Self-Improvement audiobooks

Why is God Laughing?

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In this refreshing new take on spirituality, bestselling author Deepak Chopra uses a fictional tale of a comedian and his unlikely mentor to show us a path back to hope, joy, and even enlightenment–with a lot of laughter along the way.

Meet Mickey Fellows. A successful L.A. comedian, he’s just a regular guy, with his fair share of fears,... Read more

My Age of Anxiety

By: Scott Stossel

Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom

Length: 15 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting, revelatory, and moving account of the author’s struggles with anxiety, and of the history of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand the condition
 
As recently as thirty-five years ago, anxiety did not exist as a diagnostic category. Today, it is the most common form of officially classified mental illness.... Read more

Saving the World at Work

By: Tim Sanders

Narrated by: Tim Sanders

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Even the actions of a single person can help to change the world. How? Through simple acts of leadership and compassion. Open up this book, and discover the true stories of people whose actions have caused a chain reaction at work and in their communities. Among them:
A manager who gives an employee some supportive praise, and as a result... Read more

Creating Magic

By: Lee Cockerell

Narrated by: Lee Cockerell

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“It’s not the magic that makes it work; it’s the way we work that makes it magic.”

The secret for creating “magic” in our careers, our organizations, and our lives is simple: outstanding leadership—the kind that inspires employees, delights customers, and achieves extraordinary business results.

No one knows more about this kind of leadership... Read more

Showing Up for Life

By: Bill Gates, Sr. & Mary Ann Mackin

Narrated by: Patrick Egan & Bill Gates, Sr.

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartfelt, deeply personal book, Showing Up for Life shines a bright light on the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of “showing up” — lessons that he learned growing up in the Great Depression, and which he instilled in his children and continues to practice on the world stage as the co-chair of the Bill... Read more

32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business

By: Earvin "Magic" Johnson

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

As a young man, Earvin “Magic” Johnson admired his father and other small-town entrepreneurs who created jobs and served as leaders in his Midwestern community. He worked for them, watched them, and his interest in building communities through economic development grew even while his basketball career flourished. His fame as an NBA star gave him... Read more

Switch

By: Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! The ultimate guide to making changes and following through, from the authors of Made to Stick and Decisive—hailed as “witty and instructive” (The Wall Street Journal), “packed with examples and hands-on tools that will get you moving right away” (BusinessWeek)

Why is it so hard to make... Read more

Know Your Power

By: Nancy Pelosi & Amy Hill Hearth

Narrated by: Nancy Pelosi

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

“Never losing faith, we waited through the many years of struggle to achieve our rights. But women weren't just waiting; women were working. Never losing faith, we worked to redeem the promise of America, that all men and women are created equal. For our daughters and our granddaughters today we have broken the marble ceiling. For our daughters... Read more

Joyful Wisdom

By: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche & Eric Swanson

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Yongey Mingyur is one of the most celebrated among the new generation of Tibetan meditation masters, whose teachings have touched people of all faiths around the world.

His new audiobook, Joyful Wisdom, addresses the timely and timeless problem of anxiety. “From the 2,500-year-old perspective of Buddhism,” Yongey Mingyur writes, “every chapter... Read more

Magnificent Mind at Any Age

By: Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

It all starts with your brain: how you think, how you feel, how you interact with others, and how well you succeed in realizing your goals and dreams. When your brain works right, so do you. When it’s out of balance, you feel frustrated, or worse. Yet amid all the advice that bombards us daily about how to keep the rest of our body strong and... Read more

Positivity

By: Barbara Fredrickson

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson gives you the lab-tested tools necessary to create a healthier, more vibrant, and flourishing life through a process she calls "the upward spiral."

You’ll discover:

•What positivity is, and why it needs to be heartfelt to be effective
• The ten sometimes surprising forms of positivity
• Why... Read more

Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Deepak Chopra presents ten lessons to help build awareness and change the distorted energy patterns that are the root cause of aging, infirmity, and disease.

Fifteen years after his #1 New York Times bestseller, Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra revisits "the forgotten miracle"–the body's infinite capacity for change and renewal. You... Read more

Complaint Free Relationships

By: Will Bowen

Narrated by: Will Bowen

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A revolutionary approach to improving every relationship in your life, Complaint Free Relationships picks up where the internationally successful A Complaint Free World left off, with all-new methods to help you overcome toxic habits and build strong, successful connections with others.
 
The original Complaint-Free movement has exploded into an... Read more

Mandela's Way

By: Richard Stengel

Narrated by: Richard Stengel

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A compact, profoundly inspiring book that captures the spirit of Nelson Mandela, distilling the South African leader’s wisdom into 15 vital life lessons

We long for heroes and have too few. Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013 at the age of ninety-five, is the closest thing the world has to a secular saint. He liber­ated a country from a system of... Read more

Get Motivated!

By: Tamara Lowe

Narrated by: Tamara Lowe

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Motivated people advance further and faster in their careers, earn more money, are more productive, experience more satisfying relationships and are happier than the less- motivated people around them. But true motivation cannot be faked or forced.

In the same way that each person has a different fingerprint and a distinct combination of DNA,... Read more

Promises to Keep

By: Joe Biden

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 15 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER • President Joe Biden, the author of Promise Me, Dad, tells the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama’s beloved, influential vice president.
 
“I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my chosen profession is a noble... Read more

The Art of Negotiation

By: Gerard I. Nierenberg

Narrated by: Various

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From real estate to romance, politics to promotions, everything is negotiable.
    Negotiation expert Gerard I. Nierenberg will teach you how to become a successful
negotiator through a series of simple and proven techniques that will help you to:

* Buy everything at the lowest price
* Position yourself for success
* Resolve conflicts
* Win raises
*... Read more

How to Read a Person Like a Book

By: Gerard I. Nierenberg & Henry H. Calero

Narrated by: Various

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

How to Read a Person Like a Book teaches listeners how to understand the strangers, friends, work colleagues around them by reading their body language. Read more

Age Is Just a Number

By: Dara Torres & Elizabeth Weil

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From legendary Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres comes a motivational, inspirational memoir about staying fit, aging gracefully, and pursuing your dreams.

Dara Torres captured the hearts and minds of Americans of all ages when she launched her Olympic comeback as a new mother at the age of forty-one—years after she had retired from competitive... Read more

One Less Thing to Worry About

By: Jerilyn Ross & Robin Cantor-Cooke

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

When it comes to having anxiety, women outnumber men two to one. Fluctuations in levels of estrogen and other hormones, as well as physiological factors unique to women, seem to cause us not only to experience anxiety differently at different times in our lives, but also to worry about different things in different ways. Now a pioneer in the... Read more

Broken Open

By: Elizabeth Lesser

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring guide to healing and growth illuminates the richness and potential of every life, even in the face of loss and adversity.

In the more than twenty-five years since she co-founded Omega Institute—now the world’s largest center for spiritual retreat and personal growth—Elizabeth Lesser has been an intimate... Read more

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

By: Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The key to a better body is a healthy brain. Based on the latest medical research, as well as on Dr. Amen’s two decades of clinical practice at the renowned Amen Clinics, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body shows you how to take the very best care of your brain. With fifteen practical, easy-to-implement solutions Dr. Amen shows you how to:
•... Read more

The Amen Solution

By: Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A breakthrough, easy-to-follow brain-based program to lose weight and keep it off—for the rest of your life—from the bestselling author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, Magnificent Mind at Any Age, and Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
 
Have you tried diet after diet without success? Want to know the two major secrets why most diets... Read more

Conquering Fear

By: Harold S. Kushner

Narrated by: Harold S. Kushner

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an illuminating book about fear—and what we can do to overcome it.

An inescapable component of our lives, fear comes in many guises: fear of unemployment; fear of aging, illness, losing beauty; fear of a terrorist attack or natural disaster. In uncertain times, coping with... Read more