The Noonday Demon - Abridged
By: Andrew Solomon
Narrated by: Andrew Solomon
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
The Noonday Demon is Andrew Solomon’s National Book Award-winning, bestselling, and transformative masterpiece on depression—“the book for a generation, elegantly written, meticulously researched, empathetic, and enlightening” (Time)—now with a major new chapter covering recently introduced and novel treatments, suicide and anti-depressants,... Read more
View audiobookFrom the Literal to the Luminous
By: Mikela Tarlow
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Balancing the intuitive with the rational, the wonders of technology point to a limitless field of possibilities in the 21st Century world of work and business, which includes moving quickly, being flexible, changing directions, and deep trust. Read more
View audiobookWalking the Indigenous Way in Contemporary Times
By: Leslie Gray
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
How do you find balance and inner peace in a world rocked by instability? In the telling of her story, shamanic psychologist Leslie Gray speaks to the importance of learning from our past, and takes us on a journey to an indigenous world, where the earth is honored and people live together in peace on the great turtle island. Read more
View audiobookThe 1960'S Live On In The 21St Century
By: James Fadiman
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
In this dynamic conversation, James Fadiman revisits that seminal moment in our history, and talks about the power and impact of the sixties and why the decade was so important. "Most of everything that we're doing that we're proud of today - the ecology movement, civil rights, and alternative medicine, feminism and more began then. Without... Read more
View audiobookShark Trouble
By: Peter Benchley
Narrated by: Peter Benchley
Length: 4 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Drawing on more than three decades of experience writing about sharks and other marine animals, the bestselling author of Jaws combines high adventure with practical information in a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and around the sea.
“Shark attacks on human beings generate a tremendous... Read more
How Can I Get Through To You? - Abridged
By: Terrence Real
Narrated by: Terrence Real
Length: 5 hours
Abridged: Yes
"What happened to the passion we started with?
Why aren't we as close as we used to be?"
PROBLEM: If you are a woman who is unfulfilled in your marriage...if you feel unheard or overburdened...if you quietly live in a state of slow-burn resentment...
PROBLEM: If you are a man unhappy that your partner seems so unhappy with you...if you feel... Read more
Rediscovering America's Founding Principles
By: Jacob Needleman
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
American democracy has existed for more than two hundred years, surviving challenges, betrayals, bashing, bloody wars, and the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001.Here Jacob Needleman explores the sacred meaning of America. Read more
View audiobookThe Story of Light - Abridged
By: Ben Bova
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the creation of life to the exploration of the heavens and the stars— from the origins of the earth to the possibility of life on other planets, Ben Bova unveils the beauty and science behind the phenomenon of light. Bova masterfully explains how light affects us every day of our lives— from our religions to our sex... Read more
View audiobookUsing Intuition To Heal
By: Judith Orloff, M.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
With humor and compassion, Judith Orloff, M.D. explains that by listening to your inner voice and connecting with your body’s natural powers of healing, you can live a more satisfying and joyful life. “Intuition is about balance. It’s a form of passion for me, a way of enjoying life. It’s listening in a fresh way, every single moment,... Read more
View audiobookThe Universe in a Nutshell
By: Stephen Hawking
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Stephen Hawking’s phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world.
Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the... Read more
Diamond - Abridged
By: Matthew Hart
Narrated by: Daniel Gerroll
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
On a hot morning in May 1999, three Brazilian garimpeiros(small-scale miners) found a large pink diamond in the muddy waters of the Abaete River, a discovery that captivated the diamond trade. Beginning with this dramatic and revealing story, Matthew Hart takes readers on a journey far beyond the window at Tiffany's, into an obsessive, largely... Read more
View audiobookGerms - Abridged
By: Judith Miller
Narrated by: Murphy Guyer
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In this “engrossing, well-documented, and highly readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) New York Times bestseller, three veteran reporters draw on top sources inside and outside the U.S. government to reveal Washington's secret strategies for combating germ warfare and the deadly threat of biological and chemical weapons.
Today Americans have begun... Read more
The Infinite Field Of Possibilities: Viewing Change Through A Kaleidoscope
By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Eastern philosophy tells us that the only constant in life is change. We move into our day feeling secure about the future, then suddenly we are faced with a catastrophe. A new world is born and our lives are forever altered. In these times of transition what do we do? How do we move beyond fear and anger to live heartfully in the field of... Read more
View audiobookThe Soul Of America
By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Jacob Needleman, internationally acclaimed author and philosopher, takes us on a journey back to the beginning of America and re-tells the story of America in a way that inspires and invites us to explore the lives of our forefathers and the sacred dimension of their founding principles. Read more
View audiobookRiddle of the Compass - Abridged
By: Amir D. Aczel
Narrated by: Henry Leyva
Length: 3 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece of metal was suspended in water, it always pointed north. This unexplainable occurrence led to the... Read more
View audiobookThinking Together: A Socratic Dialogue
By: Christopher Phillips
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1996, Phillips started on a journey across America introducing his love of questions, using the Socratic method, to anyone who was interested. In creating his first Socrates Café, he created an atmosphere of free exchange and energetic thinking, reviving the pleasures of examining one's most cherished beliefs. Read more
View audiobookTheories of the Universe - Abridged
By: Stephen Hawking
Narrated by: Julian Lopez-Morillas
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The theoretical physicist shares his latest thoughts on the nature of space and time in this anthology of selections from Princeton University Press. Along with eminent colleagues, Hawking extends theoretical frontiers by speculating on the big questions of modern cosmology. Read more
View audiobookReligion and Science - Abridged
By: Bertrand Russell
Narrated by: David Case
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"New truth is often uncomfortable," Bertrand Russell wrote, "but it is the most important achievement of our species." In Religion and Science (1961), his popular polemic against religious dogma, he covers the ground from demonology to quantum physics, yet concedes that science cannot touch the profound feelings of personal religious experience. Read more
View audiobookRelativity - Abridged
By: Albert Einstein
Narrated by: Julian Lopez-Morillas
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Albert Einstein described Relativity as a "popular explosion" of his famous theory. Written in 1916, it introduced the lay audience to the remarkable perspective which had overturned theoretical physics. Einstein's genius was to express this perspective in understandable terms. Read more
View audiobookNext
By: Michael Lewis
Narrated by: Michael Lewis
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
In Liar's Poker barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In The New New Thing some guys from Silicon Valley redefined the American economy. Now, with his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how the Internet boom has encouraged great change in the way we live, work, and think. He finds that we are in the midst of one of the... Read more
View audiobookThe Art of Seduction - Abridged
By: Robert Greene
Narrated by: Jeff David
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Robert Greene's previous bestseller, The 48 Laws of Power, distilled 3,000 years of scheming into a guide People praised as "beguiling... literate... fascinating" and Kirkus denounced as "an anti-Book of Virtues."
In Art of Seduction, Greene returns with a new instruction book on the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power—because... Read more
The Power of Myth
By: Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyers
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The complete soundtrack from the phenomenally popular PBS series whose message about myth, ritual, and spiritual potentialities exhilarated millions of people.
Contents:
Program 1: The Hero's Adventure
Program 2: The Message of the Myth
Program 3: The First Storytellers
Program 4: Sacrifice and Bliss
Program 5: Love and the Goddess
Program 6: Masks... Read more
De l'amitié (Cicéron)
By: Cicéron
Narrated by: Jean-Pierre Michaël
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Scaevola, vieillard et augure, rapporte à Cicéron une conversation tenue avec Laelius et Fannius sur l'amitié. Cicéron écrit alors un traité où se mêlent dialogues et récits sur le sens que doit avoir l'amitié, et la conduite qu'elle dicte aux hommes qui se réclament d'elle. Ce texte, écrit en 44 avant J.-C., s'inspire de la philosophie... Read more
View audiobookMatter Of Perception, A: Seeing Your World with Clarity
By: Susan Gregg
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Susan Gregg tells us that "life is as it is," and our whole concept of reality is colored by what we tell ourselves about it. She offers us an ancient Toltec formula for changing our experience of life without changing external situations. Read more
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