Education audiobooks

Rapid Chinese (Vol. 1)

By: Earworms Learning

Narrated by: Qianqian Wang & Marlon Lodge

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Earworms MBT Rapid Chinese (Mandarin) - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past,... Read more

American Literature

By: Francis E. Skipp

Narrated by: Stuart Langton

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in their subject field, Barron’s EZ-101 Study Keys give you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and... Read more

The Story of Liberty

By: Charles C. Coffin

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Does America still have a rendezvous with destiny? Is there yet a generation to come forth from this nation which will turn the hearts of not only its countrymen back to the living God, but the heart of the world as well?Charles C. Coffin's The Story of Liberty, originally published in 1879, reaches back into the records of history to observe... Read more

God’s Harvard

By: Hanna Rosin

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Since 2000, America’s most ambitious young evangelicals have been making their way to Patrick Henry College in Virginia, a small Christian school that has earned the nickname “God’s Harvard.” Most of these students are homeschoolers whose idealism and discipline put the average American teenager to shame. The school grooms them to become the... Read more

The English Governess at the Siamese Court

By: Anna Harriette Leonowens

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This 1870 memoir, which was the basis for the musical The King and I, vividly recounts the experiences of Anna Harriette Leonowens, who served as a governess for the sixty-plus children of King Mongkut of Siam and as translator and scribe for the King himself. Bright, young, and energetic, Leonowens was well-suited to her role, and her writings... Read more

The New Rules of College Admissions

By: Stephen Kramer & Michael London

Narrated by: Tom Weiner, Pam Ward, Laura Derocher, Traci Sve...

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Getting into and paying for college has never been harder. Just the application process is a maze to get through. Now College Coach, America’s number one educational consulting company, gathers its team of experts to write a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to find, apply, get accepted to, and pay for college.Stephen Kramer and Michael... Read more

Godsdienstfilosofie

By: Herman Philipse

Narrated by: Herman Philipse

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In de afgelopen halve eeuw is Nederland geseculariseerd en hebben velen die godsdienstig waren opgevoed hun belangstelling voor religie grotendeels verloren. De mensheid als geheel seculariseert echter niet, integendeel. Vooral door de grotere vruchtbaarheid van religieuze bevolkingen zijn godsdiensten bezig aan een demografische inhaalslag, die... Read more

Mozart

By: Leo Samama

Narrated by: Leo Samama

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Mozart geldt als één van de bekendste componisten uit de muziekgeschiedenis. Wereldwijd wordt nog altijd zijn werk uitgevoerd. Leo Samama geeft een compleet beeld van het leven en werk van Mozart; met aandacht voor zijn reizen, zijn belangrijkste composities en zijn leven. Maar ook over de invloed van Mozart op zijn tijdgenoten én componisten na... Read more

Rembrandt

By: Gary Schwartz

Narrated by: Gary Schwartz

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In this lecture series, art historian Gary Schwartz surveys the life, time and work of Rembrandt van Rijn. He reflects on both the 17th century historical context in which Rembrandt emerged as an artist, as well as on his superb techniques. Schwartz presents the listener with a unique re-introduction to the artist's biography in which he gives a... Read more

Mens en Dier

By: Midas Dekkers

Narrated by: Midas Dekkers

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Van de circa één miljoen diersoorten op aarde heeft de mens er een stuk of tien uitverkoren. Waarom houden mensen van dieren? Hoe zit het met het 'mens in het beest' en met het 'beest in de mens'? Wat zegt dat over hun natuur en gedrag? Waar eindigt dierenliefde en begint bestialiteit? Op geestige en heldere wijze legt Midas Dekkers de... Read more

Virussen

By: Ab Osterhaus

Narrated by: Ab Osterhaus

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Vogelgriep, Spaanse Griep, SARS en AIDS. Allemaal virussen waarvan een wereldwijde uitbraak verwoestende gevolgen heeft. Is een pandemie op komst?

In de afgelopen eeuw hebben uitbraken van virusinfecties de levens van miljoenen mensen geëist. Al deze infecties vonden hun oorsprong in het overspringen van virussen tussen dieren en mensen. Ook nu... Read more

Het Christendom

By: Willemien Otten

Narrated by: Willemien Otten

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Het christendom is één van de grootste religies in de wereld en het christelijke cultuurgoed is diep verankerd in de Westerse samenleving. Willemien Otten behandelt de periode vanaf het vroege christendom tot en met de hedendaagse ontwikkelingen. Met aandacht voor het ontstaan en de verspreiding van het christelijke geloof, de fundamentele... Read more

Rapid Japanese (Vol. 1)

By: Earworms Learning

Narrated by: Tomomi Trebing & Marlon Lodge

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Earworms MBT Rapid Japanese - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past, present and... Read more

Literatuurgeschiedenis

By: Joep Leerssen

Narrated by: Joep Leerssen

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In dit college wordt een overzicht gegeven van de belangrijkste perioden in de Europese literatuurgeschiedenis aan de hand van acht thema's. Deze thema's spelen in bepaalde perioden een centrale rol in de Europese literatuur, maar zij kennen ook een voorgeschiedenis en een nawerking. Zo schakelt Joep Leerssen bij een thema als natuurgevoel... Read more

Humanisme

By: Paul Cliteur

Narrated by: Paul Cliteur

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Wat is humanisme? Vanuit welke cultuur en filosofie is het humanisme ontstaan en hoe heeft de humanistische gedachte vorm gekregen? In dit hoorcollege wordt een beeld gegeven van het humanisme aan de hand van vier thema's die in de humanistische traditie een belangrijke rol spelen. atheïsme, vrijdenken, de scheiding van moraal en religie en het... Read more

Rapid Spanish (Vol. 1)

By: Earworms Learning

Narrated by: Beatriz Toscano & Marlon Lodge

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Earworms MBT Rapid Spanish (Latin Ameican) - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past,... Read more

Gedragsbiologie

By: Jan van Hooff

Narrated by: Jan van Hooff

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Lang werd aangenomen dat moraal was voorbehouden aan de mens. Maar Jan van Hooff laat zien dat ook dieren coalities aangaan, in harmonie proberen samen te leven en altruïstisch gedrag kunnen vertonen. Hoe leggen dieren hun ruzies bij, hoe zorgen ze voor elkaar en welke moraal hebben ze? Van Hooff vertelt energiek over de evolutionaire aspecten... Read more

Psychology

By: Don Baucum

Narrated by: Stuart Langton

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in its subject field, Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys give you a valuable overview of your college-level course. Classroom-style notes emphasize important facts, remind you what you need to remember for term papers and exams, and help guide you through the complexities of lectures and... Read more

Children at Play - Changing the World

By: Rosario Villasana-Ruiz

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Rosario Villasana-Ruiz, an early childhood education specialist, describes how children develop and learn naturally.  She explains why we should school the child's imagination, involve all of the child's senses, provide models of rich descriptive language, and invest the time to be in relationship with children. Read more

Teacher Man

By: Frank McCourt

Narrated by: Frank McCourt

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2007 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir and Finalist for Narration by the Author

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice.

Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at... Read more

Teacher Man - Abridged

By: Frank McCourt

Narrated by: Frank McCourt

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the 2007 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir and Finalist for Narration by the Author

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice.

Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at... Read more

Teaching Ecological Imagination

By: David Orr

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world on the brink of ecological disaster, David Orr is hopeful that we can still turn the tide if we recognize that the people who will create the sustainable society of the future are sitting in our classrooms today. Read more

Raising a Wondrous Child

By: Dawna Markova

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dawna Markova launched a movement to free parents from worrying about "fixing" their children's differences, and instead help their youngsters recognize the enormous value they have in the world, just as they are. It's a radical shift from our current standardized educational paradigm - and it's a joyous one. Read more

Über den Umgang unter Freunden - Abridged

By: Adolph Freiherr von Knigge

Narrated by: Anette Daugardt

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Über den Umgang unter Freunden" lautet das Kapitel aus seinem großen Werk über den Umgang mit Menschen, das hier zu hören ist. Knigge schreibt auch hier wohlmeinend, ratschlagend, und ohne besserwisserisch zu wirken, wie sich Freunde gegenseitig zu verhalten haben. "Hast Du einen treuen Freund gefunden, so bewahre ihn auch! Halte ihn in Ehren,... Read more