Self-Improvement audiobooks

Life, Death And Beyond: the Near Death Experience

By: Raymond A. Moody, Jr., MD, PhD

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Moody describes how it feels to die, and what people learn about life from the dying experience. In a natural and straightforward manner, Moody gives us reason to pause and reflect on the mystery of death and the age-old question: What happens after we die? Read more

Quantum Odyssey

By: Fritjof Capra

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Capra relates his personal journey of meeting and interacting with some of the leading contemporary thinkers and visionaries. What emerges is a wisdom packed dialogue about new ways of thinking and being. From Krishnamurti's spiritual insight to Gregory Bateson's intellectual prowess, Capra weaves an intricate and informative web of influences... Read more

Further Along the Road Less Traveled - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Further Along the Road Less Traveled takes the lectures of Dr. Peck and presents his profound insights into the issues that confront and challenge all of us today: spirituality, forgiveness, relationships, and growing up. In this aid for living less simplistically, you will learn not to look for the easy answers but to think multidimensionally.... Read more

The Pilgrim's Way

By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Here psychiatrist and author Bolen speaks of her archetypal pilgrimages to Chartres, Glastonbury, Ireland, Greece and India. The magic and mystery of sacred places and their power and energy for transformation, as well as the earth as healer, provide the central themes for this dialogue. Read more

Osgood on Speaking - Abridged

By: Charles Osgood

Narrated by: Charles Osgood

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For many, the thought of public speaking strikes them with dread and paralysis. This helpful guide aims to take the fear out of public speaking with a straightforward, relaxing style. Former news correspondent Charles Osgood offers practical and humorous advice that can save the day when one is called upon to speak in public. Osgood draws on... Read more

From Physics to Peace: Finding New Truths

By: Robert Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an inspiring, engrossing tale of one man's odyssey from physics professor and college president to citizen diplomat, searching for "a better game than war." Fresh, candid and compassionate, he challenges us all in new ways to find our passion and respond to it, to think about our values and the nature of change and risk. Read more

Beyond Crisis

By: Ann Kaiser Stearns

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone experiences personal crisis of one form or another. In this dialogue, Stearns, a clinical psychologist, tells how new growth can occur through pain, grief and trauma. Turning losses into victories underscores the conversation, as she describes what enables and inspires some people to transform tragedy into rebirth while others are... Read more

Seeking Wisdom

By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Learning to listen to our inner voice, living in relationship, suffering and liberation, finding providential help along the way and much more are covered by Needleman as he speaks to the depth and breadth of the spiritual search. He emphasizes the power of the oral tradition and the need to be open and receptive to truth when it appears. Read more

You Can If You Think You Can - Abridged

By: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

Narrated by: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

Norman Vincent Peale, the author of the international bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking—which has had an unprecedented influence on millions of people throughout the world—shares his inspirational classic that shows you how to develop the vital knowledge of inner power to carry you over every obstacle.

When you have a problem—no matter... Read more

You Are the Message - Abridged

By: Roger Ailes

Narrated by: Roger Ailes

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's presidents, senators and leading CEO's turn to Roger Ailes to get their message through. Become a great communicator. Learn how to inform, persuade, influence and entertain.

For decades, Roger Ailes has been on the inside - helping politicians, executives and movie stars face cameras, live audiences and tough reporters. Here are the... Read more

Experience High Self-Esteem - Abridged

By: Ph.d. Branden & Nathaniel Branden

Narrated by: Nathaniel Branden

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more

Expressing the Inner Voice: Writing Your Way Through Crisis

By: Gabriele Rico

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Rico tells how through writing about deep feelings, emotions can take shape, come to the surface, and be clarified, instead of being repressed to emerge later as destructive behavior. Read more

A New World View

By: Willis Harman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

According to Harman, we are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history—a change in the actual belief structure of Western industrial society—which points to extraordinary new possibilities for human consciousness. Read more

New Visions of Consciousness

By: Stanislav Grof, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A pioneer in the exploration of the human mind and psyche, Grof points to a vast domain, far beyond the mechanistic conception of human memory, that opens to the full range of the human past and present. He speaks to a unity underlying apparent separateness--a continuity of experience which pervades consciousness. Read more

Effective Listening - Abridged

By: Kevin J. Murphy

Narrated by: Kevin J. Murphy

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS.
ARE YOU STILL HEARING WHAT PEOPLE SAY?

Every day you face dozens of important decisions -- but have you heard everything you need to know to make the right choice? Kevin J. Murphy believes that listening is the most neglected managerial skill. In this powerful audio program he demonstrates what effective... Read more

Further Along the Road Less Traveled - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Further Along the Road Less Traveled takes the lectures of Dr. Peck and presents his profound insights into the issues that confront and challenge all of us today: spirituality, forgiveness, relationships, and growing up. In this aid for living less simplistically, you will learn not to look for the easy answers but to think multidimensionally.... Read more

The Ground of Being

By: Huston Smith, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A dialogue with one of the world's foremost scholars of religion and philosophy about the role of spirit in modern life, focusing on how to understand the difference between the secular and the sacred in a scientifically biased world. Professor Smith is the wisdom guide as he spins the mystical mandala pointing to the unity of all the great... Read more

Growing A Business - Abridged

By: Paul Hawken

Narrated by: Paul Hawken

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

He started his career with almost nothing but his own imagination - and ever since he's been challenging conventional wisdom. In this extraordinary audio program Paul Hawken demonstrates that the answers to small business problems today cannot be solved by college degrees, training or money - but only by you.

Listen in as Paul Hawken explores:
... Read more

The Heart of Healing

By: Stephen Levine

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Out of his extraordinary work with those who came to him to die, Levine has emerged with a vision of healing capable of opening the heart and mind as well as the body. He speaks of the "real healing" as "the one we took birth for." We're all born in this realm to become complete. Read more

The Different Drum - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For a World in Conflict...
New Hope for Wholeness in the Modern Age!
A society of rugged individualists and economic competitors A world of nuclear politics and uncontrollable forces For many, modern living means loneliness, disaffection, apathy and isolation.
Is there an escape?

In a startling, life-affirming work by one of America's... Read more

Clear Mind, Clear Medicine

By: Bernie Siegel, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The courage to live and embrace love may make the difference between living and dying. In this exhilarating dialogue, surgeon Siegel displays a remarkable reliance on the natural capacity of people to manifest self-healing. He speaks of music in the operating room, inner guides and love as the principal force for healing. Read more

Heart to Heart

By: Irina Tweedie

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Tweedie provides a candid and inspiring account of her intensive training in the spiritual tradition of Sufism, with a master whose methods were often difficult and disconcerting. She was the first Western woman to be trained in this ancient lineage. As her enthralling story unfolds, it is evident that much can be learned from her experience. Read more

Creating Freedom

By: James Fadiman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Freedom comes from within and requires seeing and transforming the blocks inside that hold us captive. Psychologist Fadiman views himself as "seeing things differently, and I call it consulting." Indeed, his perspective challenges us to examine how we hold ourselves back and to explore the possibilities for greater freedom and sanity in our lives. Read more

Developing Winner's Habits - Abridged

By: Denis Waitley

Narrated by: Denis Waitley

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Recorded before a live (and delighted) audience, best-selling author and audio star Denis Waitley presents a captivating and inspirational program that will allow you, quite literally, to re-create yourself and your outlook on living. Dr. Waitley not only shows you how attitude can trigger your success--he'll explain how to develop that attitude... Read more