Education audiobooks

Please Stop Helping Us

By: Jason L. Riley

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price... Read more

The Student Success System

By: Howard Stephen Berg

Narrated by: Howard Stephen Berg

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine what it would be like to study for less time and get all "A"s.
Imagine never again having to cram for exams and "acing" every test every time.
How would you like to complete college in only 3 years?
With "The Student Success System", you could :

- Learn how to study more efficiently and effectively
- Study less and get far better... Read more

Speed Reading Secrets the World's Fastest Reader

By: Howard Stephen Berg

Narrated by: Howard Stephen Berg

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

With Speed Reading Secrets you could:

- Remember what you read
- Read and understand complex materials and textbooks
- Devour information faster than ever
- Save time and energy by reading materials in minutes instead of hours
- Go through emails, magazines, and other information quickly
- Complete projects ahead of schedule
- Absorb... Read more

The Heart a Teacher

By: Paula J. Fox

Narrated by: Lyndsay Vitale

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Heart of a Teacher is a celebration of thanks to the teachers of the world. The Heart of a Teacher is filled with inspirational stories and poems that reflect the hearts of teachers and their commitment to making a difference in each life they touch. Mac Anderson explains why he chose to publish this book: "Part of my intention in publishing... Read more

Make It Stick

By: Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III & Mark A....

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

To most of us, learning something 'the hard way' implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Many common study habits and practice routines... Read more

Kindermeditation

By: Sabine Thalmayr

Narrated by: Sabine Thalmayr

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Mit diesem Hörbuch können Kinder Stärkung und Kraft tanken und Ruhe erfahren. Alle Geschichten führen zur Entspannung und zeigen in der Sprache der Kinder Lösungsmöglichkeiten zur Zielerreichung für Themen wie: Mut, Schule, Konzentration und Erfolg. Read more

Frankenstein de Mary Shelley (Analyse de l'oeuvre)

By: lePetitLitteraire, Claire Cornillon & Nasim Hamou

Narrated by: Denise Dubois

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Décryptez Frankenstein de Mary Shelley avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de Frankenstein, le roman emblématique du gothique ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche : • Un résumé complet • Une présentation des personnages... Read more

Journal d'un chat assassin de Anne Fine (Fiche de lecture)

By: lePetitLitteraire & Mathilde Le Floc'h

Narrated by: Denise Dubois

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Décryptez Journal d'un chat assassin d'Anne Fine avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir du Journal d'un chat assassin, le roman rempli d'humour pour la jeunesse ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé... Read more

La Bête humaine d'Émile Zola (Analyse de l'oeuvre)

By: lePetitLitteraire, Cécile Perrel & Johanna Biehler

Narrated by: Denise Dubois

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Décryptez La Bête humaine d'Émile Zola avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de La Bête humaine le roman naturaliste mêlant le monde criminel et le monde ferroviaire ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un... Read more

The Available Parent

By: John Duffy

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

We have a tendency today to over-parent, micromanage, and underappreciate our adolescents. Dr. John Duffy's The Available Parent is a revolutionary approach to taking care of teens and tweens.Teenagers are often left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by the changes in their child at adolescence and by... Read more

Middle School Makeover

By: Michelle Icard

Narrated by: Rose Itzcovitz

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Middle School Makeover is a guide for parents and educators to help the tweens in their lives navigate the socially fraught hallways, gyms, and cafeterias of middle school. The audiobook helps parents, teachers, and other adults in middle school settings to understand the social dilemmas and other issues that kids today face. Author Michelle... Read more

Why More Seniors are retiring on college campuses

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Retirement communities with ties to universities are a growing trend. Catering to the college-educated baby-boomer generation, nearly 100 schools have revived relationships with former students and others who live in nearby senior communities. Special correspondent Spencer Michels talks to residents of one such community in Florida. Read more

Harnessing Boys' Strengths and Passions to Improve Academic Achievement

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Increasingly, boys appear to be falling behind girls academically. Test statistics, grades and college degrees are part of the story, but experts are also concerned about the messages young men get about masculinity. Gwen Ifill talks with Michael Thompson, author of Raising Cain, Ever Forward Club founder Ashanti Branch and Christina Hoff... Read more

Conform

By: Glenn Beck

Narrated by: Jeremy Lowell

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, considers the hot-button issue of education in the US, exposing the weaknesses of the Common Core school curriculum and examining why liberal solutions fail.

Public education is never mentioned in the constitution. Why? Because our founders knew that it was an issue for state... Read more

Congratulations, by the way

By: George Saunders

Narrated by: George Saunders

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address.

Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting... Read more

You Are Not Special

By: David McCullough, Jr.

Narrated by: David McCullough, Jr.

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

David McCullough, Jr.'s high school commencement address of 2012, dubbed "You Are Not Special," was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earned from raising four children and teaching high school students for nearly thirty years, McCullough expands on his speech—taking a hard look at hovering parents,... Read more

Lean In for Graduates

By: Sheryl Sandberg

Narrated by: Elisa Donovan

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The perfect graduation gift: the iconic #1 best seller, expanded and updated exclusively for graduates entering the workforce

This extraordinary edition of Lean In includes a letter to graduates and six additional chapters from experts offering advice on finding and getting the most out of a first job; résumé writing; best interviewing... Read more

The Horologicon

By: Mark Forsyth

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you’re philogrobolized.

Find yourself pretending to work? That’s fudgelling.

And this could lead to rizzling, if you feel sleepy after lunch. Though you are sure to become a sparkling deipnosopbist by dinner. Just don’t get too vinomadefied; a drunk dinner companion is never appreciated.

The Horologicon (or book... Read more

The Etymologicon

By: Mark Forsyth

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Do you know why…

…a mortgage is literally a death pledge? …why guns have girls’ names? …why salt is related to soldier?

You’re about to find out…

The Etymologicon (e-t?-‘mä-lä-ji-kän) is:
*Witty (wi-te\): Full of clever humor
*Erudite (er-?-dit): Showing knowledge
*Ribald (ri-b?ld): Crude, offensive


The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide... Read more

They Say, I Say

By: Cathy Birkenstein & Gerald Graff

Narrated by: Cyndee Maxwell & Tony Craine

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The best-selling book on academic writing—in use at more than 1,500 schools.

“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all... Read more

Pimsleur Portuguese (Brazilian) Level 1 Lessons 6-10

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Brazilian Portuguese
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Brazilian Portuguese — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve... Read more

Pimsleur Portuguese (Brazilian) Level 1 Lesson 1

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Portuguese is the mother tongue of about 230 million people, mainly in Portugal and the Portuguese islands in the Atlantic, Brazil, and Portugal’s former overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Pimsleur’s Brazilian Portuguese teaches the São Paulo metropolitan accent.

The Pimsleur® Method has worked for millions all over the world. Totally... Read more

Pimsleur Portuguese (Brazilian) Level 1 Lessons 11-15

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Brazilian Portuguese
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Brazilian Portuguese — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve... Read more

Pimsleur Portuguese (Brazilian) Level 1 Lessons 1-5

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Brazilian Portuguese
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Brazilian Portuguese — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve... Read more