Family & Relationships audiobooks

The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

By: David Shields

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Mesmerized–at times unnerved–by his ninety-seven-year-old father’s nearly superhuman vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an investigation of the human physical condition. The result is this exhilarating audiobook: both a personal meditation on mortality and an exploration of flesh-and-blood existence from crib to oblivion–an... Read more

Hurry Down Sunshine

By: Michael Greenberg

Narrated by: Michael Greenberg

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg’s daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally’s sudden visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan psychiatric ward during the city’s most... Read more

Perfectly Imperfect

By: Lee Woodruff

Narrated by: Lee Woodruff

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“You can tell a woman’s whole life story from the possessions in her jewelry box. Like reading a palm, you can trace the points where her life has intersected with memorable events, people, places, and loves. You can speculate on the essence of her personality, all from what she has accumulated in that box.”—from Perfectly Imperfect

In her... Read more

Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg

By: Kathie Lee Gifford

Narrated by: Kathie Lee Gifford

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

As one of America’s most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And that’s why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething (!) devoted mother and dedicated television personality yet to be revealed.

Just When I Thought I’d Dropped... Read more

The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan

By: Ben Foss

Narrated by: Ben Foss

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Finally, a groundbreaking book that reveals what your dyslexic child is experiencing—and what you can do so that he or she will thrive

More than thirty million people in the United States are dyslexic—a brain-based genetic trait, often labeled as a “learning disability” or “learning difference,” that makes interpreting text and reading... Read more

The Heavy

By: Dara-Lynn Weiss

Narrated by: Amanda Tepe

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Bringing Up Bebe, a mother’s unflinching memoir about helping her seven year-old daughter lose weight, and the challenges of modern parenting.
 
When a doctor pronounced Dara-Lynn Weiss’s daughter Bea obese at age seven, the mother of two knew she had to take action. But how could a woman with... Read more

Masterminds and Wingmen

By: Rosalind Wiseman

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A landmark book that reveals the way boys think and that shows parents, educators and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common and difficult challenges -- by the bestselling author who changed our conception of adolescent girls.
 
Do you constantly struggle to pull information from your son, student, or athlete, only to... Read more

Son of a Gun

By: Justin St. Germain

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

In the tradition of Tobias Wolff, James Ellroy, and Mary Karr, a stunning memoir of a mother-son relationship that is also the searing, unflinching account of a murder and its aftermath

Tombstone, Arizona, September 2001. Debbie St. Germain’s death, apparently at the hands of her fifth... Read more

Dad Is Fat

By: Jim Gaffigan

Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Jim Gaffigan never imagined he would have his own kids.

Though he grew up in a large Irish-Catholic family, Jim was satisfied with the nomadic, nocturnal life of a standup comedian, and was content to be "that weird uncle who lives in an apartment by himself in New York that everyone in the family speculates about." But all that changed when he... Read more

Promises Kept

By: Dr. Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson & Hilary B...

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin & Dominic Hoffman

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

As seen on PBS’s POV

An unprecedented guide to helping black boys achieve success at every stage of their lives—at home, at school, and in the world
 
Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black boys must confront and surmount the “achievement gap”: a divide that shows up not only in our sons’ test scores, but in their social... Read more

Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty

By: Diane Keaton

Narrated by: Diane Keaton

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks.
 
Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In... Read more

New Life, No Instructions

By: Gail Caldwell

Narrated by: Gail Caldwell

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of Let’s Take the Long Way Home now gives us a stunning, exquisitely written memoir about a dramatic turning point in her life, which unexpectedly opened up a world of understanding, possibility, and connection. New Life, No Instructions is about the surprising way life can begin... Read more

Stand Strong

By: Nick Vujicic

Narrated by: Nick Vujicic

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In Stand Strong Nick Vujicic gives you strategies for developing a “bully defense system” so you can handle bullies of all kinds, by building your strength from the inside out.With no arms, no legs, and no defense, Nick Vujicic has experienced bullying of all kinds for being “different.” He knows what it feels like to be picked on and pushed... Read more

The Matheny Manifesto

By: Mike Matheny & Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny's New York Times bestselling manifesto about what parents, coaches, and athletes get wrong about sports; what we can do better; and how sports can teach eight keys to success in sports and life.
 
Mike Matheny was just forty-one, without professional managerial experience and looking for a next step after a... Read more

Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat

By: Jen Mann

Narrated by: Jen Mann

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Laurie Notaro and Jenny Lawson comes an uproarious and oddly endearing essay collection for anyone trying to survive the holidays in one piece.

When it comes to time-honored holiday traditions, Jen Mann pulls no punches

In this hilariously irreverent collection of essays, Jen Mann, nationally bestselling author of People I Want to... Read more

The Book of Joan

By: Melissa Rivers

Narrated by: Melissa Rivers

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Joan Rivers was known all over the world—from the Palace Theater to Buckingham Palace, from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the footlights of Broadway, from the days of talkies to hosting talk shows. But there was only one person who knew Joan intimately, one person who the authorities would call when she got a little out of hand.  Her... Read more

Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes

By: Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

Narrated by: Lee Adams & Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as they discuss the very real—and often very funny—differences between the sexes.

Why... Read more

Love in the Driest Season

By: Neely Tucker

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Foreign correspondent Neely Tucker and his wife, Vita, arrived in Zimbabwe in 1997. After witnessing firsthand the devastating consequences of AIDS on the population, especially the children, the couple started volunteering at an orphanage that was desperately underfunded and short-staffed. One afternoon, a critically ill infant was brought to... Read more

Grace and Power

By: Sally Bedell Smith

Narrated by: Lee Adams

Length: 20 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made... Read more

Saving Milly

By: Morton Kondracke

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Morton Kondracke never intended to wed Millicent Martinez, but the fiery daughter of a radical labor organizer eventually captured his heart. They married, raised two daughters, and loved and fought passionately for twenty years. Then, in 1987, Milly noticed a glitch in her handwriting, a small tremor that would lead to the shattering diagnosis... Read more

The 7 Stages of Motherhood

By: Ann Pleshette Murphy

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

While dozens of parenting books address child development, Ann Pleshette Murphy's THE 7 STAGES OF MOTHERHOOD addresses the development of mothers, who are transformed right alongside their children. As the former editor of Parents magazine and current parenting contributor to Good Morning America, Murphy brings the voices of the experts and a... Read more

The Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men

By: Jill Conner Browne

Narrated by: Jill Conner Browne

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sweet Potato Queens like men. They like them so much that they have devoted an absolutely inordinate amount of time to the pursuit of men, marriage, and great sex. And then, when that doesn t work out, they've devoted an inordinate amount of time to divorce, gittin another one and having great sex with him instead. THE SWEET POTATO... Read more

A Brother's Journey

By: Richard B. Pelzer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Dave Pelzer's bestselling memoir, A Child Called It, introduced the world to the Pelzer family and the shocking abuse that took place in their home. Dave was fortunately rescued from the Pelzer household by the time he was twelve, but at this point, his brother Richard became the target of their mother's alcohol-fueled rage. Subject to... Read more

Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D., David Simon, M.D. & Vicky ...

Narrated by: Shishir Kurup

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A much-needed antidote to our modern, assembly-line approach to childbirth, this new book is designed as a guide for all who wish to participate in the wondrous process of bringing new life into the world. Its ideas derive from two sources: the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, with its emphasis on body, mind, and spirit, and the latest Western... Read more