Self-Improvement audiobooks

Meditating in the Marketplace Or Living Ultimately

By: Charles Garfield, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Here the founder of the Shanti Project, creator of "Peak Performance" seminars and founding president of the Peak Performance Center talks about ways to enhance life and realize one's personal potential in the middle of the marketplace or the "real" world. Read more

Peace Is Possible: The Work of Eknath Easwaran

By: Michael Nagler & Eknath Eswaran

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael Nagler talks about the work of Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999), founder of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation. Easwaran speaks about the responsibility each of us has to bring peace to the world through our actions. This dialogue centers around living the meditative life in the midst of family and community, and many relevant insights... Read more

The Neuronaut Returns

By: Timothy Leary

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Cosmic, crazy, and comic wisdom abound in this raucous romp through the galactic regions with the late Leary, Pied Piper of the sixties generation. His societal impact was undeniable. Whatever your belief system, Leary's thinking challenges our preconceptions and this conversation is no exception. Read more

A Better Game Than War

By: Robert Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Recovering the natural way and restoring balance to life provides the theme for the Fosters’ extraordinary explorations. In the eye of the hurricane there is calm, and the Fosters’ living expression during turbulent times inspires and challenges us to re-examine our own values. The Fosters direct the School of Lost Borders in Big Pine... Read more

Is There Enough to Go Around?

By: R. Buckminster Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This comprehensive imaginative thinker and visionary gives an extraordinary overview of the state of the planet and human history. Asked whether there are enough resources to support our growing population the late Buckminster Fuller, age 85 when this was recorded, responds with a tour-de-force capsule of the history of Western civilization. Read more

Along the Spiritual Path

By: Swami Muktananda

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In late 1982 Swami Paramahansa Muktananda passed from this world. In tribute to him and his work we are presenting this 1979 interview. In this extraordinary conversation, Muktananda talks about a wide range of spiritual matters including the role of the guru and disciple, social responsibility, choosing a teacher, enlightenment, what the west... Read more

Buckminster Fuller: The 50-Year Experiment (documentary)

By: R. Buckminster Fuller

Narrated by: Phil Catalfo & Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a special audio documentary of the life and work of a twentieth-century genius. Included is the story of how the late Bucky transcended failure and despair and devoted his life to serving humanity. There is also a commentary describing his contribution to our time. If you're interested in making the world work, you owe it to yourself to... Read more

Ecotopia Revisited

By: Ernest Callenbach

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The creator of the visionary "ecotopian" view of the world, made famous through his classic book, Ecotopia returns with a fresh vision of an energy-efficient, ecologically responsible future society spread across Northwest America. Read more

Bond Of Power

By: Joseph Chilton Pearce

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of The Crack in The Cosmic Egg (Julian Press 1971) and Bond of Power (Dutton 1981) tells of a metamorphosis that has occurred in his life--one he claims is available for each of us, and one based upon our human birthright. Our rational mind can only take us so far, and then we all must tap into the deep well of wisdom residing within. Read more

The Gates of Consciousness

By: Stanislav Grof

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring visit with one of the modern pioneers of consciousness exploration. Born in Czechoslovakia, Stan Grof came to the U.S. in the late 1960s and became one of the foremost explorers of LSD-25 as a research tool. Since then he has developed non-drug alternatives for exploring the hidden reaches of the human mind and psyche. Read more

Erotic and Social Transformation

By: George Leonard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

George Leonard (1923-2010) was an American writer, editor, and educator who wrote extensively about education and human potential. Read more

The Future as Transformation

By: Willis Harman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Harman provides a provocative and penetrating analysis of what's going on in the world, with a social scientist/engineer/futurist who plainly feels we're in the midst of a planetary metamorphosis of monumental proportions. Read more

Spiral Into Life

By: Jean Houston

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an enthralling and intriguing conversation with the visionary philosopher Jean Houston, who serves as director of the Foundation for Mind Research in Pomona, New York. She provides considerable insight on ways to fulfill our potential, as well as describing the opportunity on the other side of the problem. Read more

The Psychic World of Helen Palmer

By: Helen Palmer

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Trained as a psychologist, Helen Palmer discovered she possessed rare gifts of psychic intuition and seeing and became a psychic counselor. Her insight, accuracy and professionally original approach have given her an impeccable reputation in a field long sullied by frauds and charlatans. She is a gifted woman rendering a useful service, and here... Read more

The Shining Heart

By: Patricia Sun

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This remarkable philosopher of wholeness speaks to the problems of fragmentation and alienation as few can. How can we go beyond the dichotomies of right/wrong, either/or, yes/no, win/lose - to the experience of integration with life? Listen in for some thought-provoking suggestions. Read more

Around the Universe

By: R. Buckminster Fuller

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A conversation with this visionary inventor, philosopher, and humanitarian. Bucky gives his extraordinarily insightful picture of where the human race is now and how to proceed from here. He describes “cosmic cost accounting,” being a “comprehensivist” instead of a specialist, and doing more with less. He also describes how the space program... Read more

Hearts Aglow

By: Gabrielle Roth

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In this moving interview, Gabrielle talks about five levels of healing and restoring the balance of the feminine principle. She says we need to know how to be an expression of our heart. Read more

Magical Living

By: Joseph Chilton Pearce

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Pearce reappears after several years of living in the wilderness, which included building a log cabin by hand and finding a guru. He discusses meditation, child development, and ways to nurture a sense of wonder in ourselves and our children. Read more

Towards The One

By: Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The head of the Sufi Order in the West speaks to the spiritual crisis of the times. In a deep and moving way, Pir Vilayat brings us back to the heart of the matter, where resolution and transformation are possible. Read more

The Tao, Synchronicity and Self-Discovery

By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Psychiatrist and author of The Tao of Psychology (Harper & Row 1979), Jean Bolen talks about the role of synchronicity in our lives, and ways we can open to new experiences freely. Living with heart and grace comes through as she shares her profound glimpse of the Tao and the nature of our connection with All. Read more

Walden oder Hüttenleben im Walde (Ungekürzt)

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Rob Hackemesser

Length: 13 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein zeitloser Klassiker in einer Neuauflage für moderne Hörerinnen und Hörer. "Walden" ist das Hauptwerk von Henry David Thoreau, einem der einflussreichsten amerikanischen Denker des 19. In diesem Buch stellt Thoreau seine tiefgründigen Gedanken über die Natur, die Gesellschaft und den Sinn des menschlichen Lebens dar. "Walden" gilt als... Read more

Ways to Live in the Spirit

By: Frederick Leboyer, M.D.

Narrated by: Larry Geis & Deirdre Woo

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The world-renowned French obstetrician who pioneered "Birth Without Violence" talks about new ways to live in the spirit. Read more

Creating the Rest of your Life

By: Werner Erhard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Here the creator of est and founder of The Hunger Project brings us up to date on his experience with auto racing and much more. In the process he provides many practical insights on how each of us can see ourselves and the world around us in new and different ways. Candid, revealing and brimming with Werner’s special wisdom. Read more

Meeting With a Remarkable Man

By: Peter Brook

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Listen to an extraordinary and probing conversation with the renowned filmmaker, theater producer, and director of "Lord of the Flies," "Marat-Sade," and "Meetings with Remarkable Men," based on Gurdjieff's book of the same title. Read more