Family & Relationships audiobooks

BLACK MEN TRYING

By: Raymond Sturgis

Narrated by: Danny Swopes

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Although black men have made economic and educational improvements than those of the past, there are still problems that make black men today more depressed, stressed and sad about their current conditions. The stereotypes that all black men are irresponsible, make babies, leave their families behind, and create impediments to success, love and... Read more

The Stars Will Still Be There

By: Nicola Nuttall

Narrated by: Melanie Crawley

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring, life-affirming memoir from Nicola Nuttall about her incredible daughter Laura ‘The words were like a wave in the sea that lifted me off my feet, unmoored and scrabbling for something solid to hold me up, but the sand had fallen away, and I was adrift. The sea was vast, and I was lost... Read more

千奇百怪小百科：生活卷

By: 贾月珍

Narrated by: 萧然

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《千奇百怪小百科，生活卷》饮料不如水好?看电视会看出许多病?互联网连着整个世界?人长大了就一定要工作?为什么小孩子都要接种疫苗……我们生活的世界真是千奇百怪。小朋友们想知道其中的奥妙吗?快快打开这本书，它将带你进入一个“奇怪”的生活百科世界，去领略一下人类生活的神奇多彩!作者简介：贾月珍，中国儿童文学研究会会员，儿童心理学研究者，家庭教育高级指导师。作品长于挖掘人物心理活动与引导，行文感情细腻。擅长温暖童话及风趣幼儿小故事的创作，一百余篇小故事在中央人民广播电台作为睡前故事播出。已出版儿童心理成长小说《受气包系列》、少年心灵历练小说《千鸟审判》、儿童心里日记体小说《小孩兵法》、家庭教育小说《淘米妈妈战歌》、幼儿绘本《完美宝宝》系列及《开心国学》系列、儿童科普《千奇百怪小百科》... Read more

千奇百怪小百科：植物卷

By: 贾月珍

Narrated by: 萧然

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《千奇百怪小百科，植物卷》有一类种子过了一千年才发芽？有一种草没有根也能够生长？植物也会跳舞？叶也子会咬人？柳树会发警报？……植物的科学世界真是千奇百怪。小朋友们想知道其中的奥妙吗？快快打开这本书，它将带你进入一个“奇怪”的植物百科世界，去领略植物的神奇魔力！作者简介：贾月珍，中国儿童文学研究会会员，儿童心理学研究者，家庭教育高级指导师。作品长于挖掘人物心理活动与引导，行文感情细腻。擅长温暖童话及风趣幼儿小故事的创作，一百余篇小故事在中央人民广播电台作为睡前故事播出。已出版儿童心理成长小说《受气包系列》、少年心灵历练小说《千鸟审判》、儿童心里日记体小说《小孩兵法》、家庭教育小说《淘米妈妈战歌》、幼儿绘本《完美宝宝》系列及《开心国学》系列、儿童科普《千奇百怪小百科》等作品三十余... Read more

Inselglück auf Umwegen

By: Liv Hansen

Narrated by: Désirée Singson

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Inselglück und Nordseebrise Der erfolgreiche Koch Joris Wilkens kehrt aus Kalifornien zurück auf seine idyllische Heimatinsel Spiekeroog, um das Familienrestaurant zu übernehmen – zumindest für einige Wochen, bis sich sein Vater von einem Herzinfarkt erholt hat. Was er allerdings nicht weiß: Auch seine Jugendliebe Lena ist inzwischen wieder... Read more

Empty Arms

By: Sherokee Ilse

Narrated by: Sherokee Ilse

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Empty Arms is written for surviving the first hours and beyond.

Revised and updated, this classic audiobook is one of the first recommended to newly bereaved parents to offer guidance in decision-making after their baby’s death and to assist caregivers as they support families. Empty Arms encourages families to meet their babies and say hello... Read more

Potty Training in 3 Days

By: Brandi Brucks

Narrated by: Kim Handysides

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Go from dirty diapers to successfully potty trained in 3 days!

Potty training doesn’t have to be hard. Filled with expert advice accrued over thousands of cases, Potty Training in 3 Days makes it easy to get your child to start using the toilet. Detailed instructions, complete with practical advice, take you through preparing for potty... Read more

Self-Care for New Moms

By: Corinne Crossley

Narrated by: Erika Schindele

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Explore postpartum self-care strategies for eating, body image, emotions, nursing and milk production, sex, and so much more!

The role of motherhood is one where women are continuously asked to focus on the needs of everyone else but themselves. This is a significant issue in the arena of self-care, where we often ignore our own hunger,... Read more

Sources

By: Uta Hagen

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Uta Hagen, one of the great ladies of the American theatre wrote a deeply personal memoir of her life, from her childhood in Germany to the present. Sources is Miss Hagen’s lyrical account of the special ways love of nature is intertwined with love of art in her life, providing a rare glimpse of the off-stage life of an actress.



Originally... Read more

千奇百怪小百科：自然卷

By: 贾月珍

Narrated by: 萧然

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

 内容简介：《千奇百怪小百科，自然卷》地球不是空心球，它的内部像鸡蛋?月亮的光是跟太阳借来的?天狗吃日是传说吗?温泉能治疗百病?海水为什么时涨时落……自然的世界真是千奇百怪。小朋友们想知道其中的奥妙吗?快快打开这本书，它将带你进入一个“奇怪”的自然百科世界，去领略大自然的神奇魔力!作者简介：贾月珍，中国儿童文学研究会会员，儿童心理学研究者，家庭教育高级指导师。作品长于挖掘人物心理活动与引导，行文感情细腻。擅长温暖童话及风趣幼儿小故事的创作，一百余篇小故事在中央人民广播电台作为睡前故事播出。已出版儿童心理成长小说《受气包系列》、少年心灵历练小说《千鸟审判》、儿童心里日记体小说《小孩兵法》、家庭教育小说《淘米妈妈战歌》、幼儿绘本《完美宝宝》系列及《开心国学》系列、儿童科普《千奇百怪小百科》... Read more

千奇百怪小百科：人体卷

By: 贾月珍

Narrated by: 萧然

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《千奇百怪小百科，人体卷》为什么人一生下来只哭不笑?人的眼睛是一部摄像机?鼻子是前后无门的通道?牙齿是人体最坚硬的器官?人死后，大脑会依然活着……我们人体的世界真是千奇百怪。小朋友们想知道其中的奥妙吗?快快打开这本书，它将带你进入一个“奇怪”的人体百科世界，去领略一下我们人体的神奇魔力!作者简介：贾月珍，中国儿童文学研究会会员，儿童心理学研究者，家庭教育高级指导师。作品长于挖掘人物心理活动与引导，行文感情细腻。擅长温暖童话及风趣幼儿小故事的创作，一百余篇小故事在中央人民广播电台作为睡前故事播出。已出版儿童心理成长小说《受气包系列》、少年心灵历练小说《千鸟审判》、儿童心里日记体小说《小孩兵法》、家庭教育小说《淘米妈妈战歌》、幼儿绘本《完美宝宝》系列及《开心国学》系列、儿童科普《... Read more

千奇百怪小百科：动物卷

By: 贾月珍

Narrated by: 萧然

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《千奇百怪小百科，动物卷》世界上最大的鸟却不会飞翔？脖子最长的长颈鹿却不会发声？猫要磨爪子、老鼠要磨牙？蜗牛为什么一定要背着房子走天涯……动物的世界真是千奇百怪。小朋友们想知道其中的奥妙吗？快快打开这本《千奇百怪小百科·动物卷》，它将带你进入一个“奇怪”的动物百科世界，去领略动物的神奇魔力！作者简介：贾月珍，中国儿童文学研究会会员，儿童心理学研究者，家庭教育高级指导师。作品长于挖掘人物心理活动与引导，行文感情细腻。擅长温暖童话及风趣幼儿小故事的创作，一百余篇小故事在中央人民广播电台作为睡前故事播出。已出版儿童心理成长小说《受气包系列》、少年心灵历练小说《千鸟审判》、儿童心里日记体小说《小孩兵法》、家庭教育小说《淘米妈妈战歌》、幼儿绘本《完美宝宝》系列及《开心国学》系列、儿童科... Read more

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child, Expanded Fourth Edition

By: Nicholas Long, Rex Forehand & Deborah J. Jones

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1996, Parenting the Strong-Willed Child established itself as a seminal guide for parents who want to manage challenging behavior with parenting techniques grounded in positive reinforcement, without yelling or harming a child's self-esteem. Packed with brand-new content, this fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to integrate... Read more

Vows

By: Cheryl Mendelson

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the “timely” (The New Yorker), “fascinating, and morally serious,” (The Wall Street Journal) story of our wedding vows—what they mean and why they still matter.

In the West, marrying is so thoroughly identified with ceremonial promises that “taking vows” is a synonym for getting married. So, it’s... Read more

Love Is a Burning Thing

By: Nina St. Pierre

Narrated by: Nina St. Pierre

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting memoir about a daughter’s investigation into the wirings of her loving, unpredictable mother: a woman who lived her life in pursuit of the divine, and who started two big fires, decades apart.
 
Ten years before Nina was born, her mother lit herself on fire in a dual suicide attempt. During her recovery in the burn-unit, a nurse... Read more

Matrescence

By: Lucy Jones

Narrated by: Lucy Jones

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A New Statesman and Daily Mail BOOK OF THE YEAR


'The best book I've ever read about motherhood' Jude Rogers, Observer
'I kept scribbling in the margins: 'We need to know this stuff!'' Joanna Pocock, Spectator

A radical new examination of the transition into motherhood and how it affects the mind, brain and body

During pregnancy, childbirth, and... Read more

little astronaut

By: J. Hope Stein

Narrated by: J. Hope Stein

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A poetry collection about the beautiful and disorienting period of new motherhood, exploring an experience both otherworldly and very, very human. 

little astronaut is a fully revised and updated edition of the limited-release poetry collection by critically acclaimed poet J. Hope Stein. Featuring over 50 pages of new poems this book brings to... Read more

Parenting That Works

By: Edward R. Christophersen, PhD & Susan L. VanSco...

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Being a parent is probably the most important job many of us will ever have. In this book, clinical psychologist Dr. Edward Christophersen and his colleague, child psychologist Dr. Susan Mortweet, show parents how to raise their child to become the adult we'd all like to be—one who is happy and compassionate, confident but not aggressive, and... Read more

Breath Taking

By: Jessica Fein

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

"A master class in how to be a person." --Joanna Rakoff, bestselling author of My Salinger Year"Astonishing...one of the most moving memoirs I've read." --Caroline Leavitt, best-selling author of With or Without You and Days of Wonder.
In Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes, Jessica Fein takes readers on a powerful journey... Read more

First Love

By: Lilly Dancyger

Narrated by: Lilly Dancyger

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A “vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays” (Associated Press) that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly are, from the critically acclaimed author of Negative Space

“A tender, unswerving homage to her found family, but also an insightful study of friendship as identity-crafting.”—Elle

Lilly Dancyger always thought... Read more

Love and the Working Class

By: Karen Lystra

Narrated by: Lisa S. Ware

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Love and the Working Class is a unique look at the emotions of hard-living, nineteenth-century Americans who were often on the cusp of literacy. These laboring folk highly valued letters and, however difficult it was, wrote to stay connected to those they loved. This book displays the personal expression of factory hands, manual laborers,... Read more

I Shouldn't Feel This Way

By: Alison Cook, PhD

Narrated by: Alison Cook, PhD

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.You can find emotional freedom. Learn to see through the haze of conflicted feelings and move forward in your life with confidence. Licensed therapist and bestselling author Dr. Alison Cook guides you through a groundbreaking 3-step process to find the freedom you crave.When you're tangled up inside, it's hard to find clarity.... Read more

Becoming Homeschoolers

By: Monica Swanson

Narrated by: Monica Swanson & Sarah Molitor

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Monica Swanson helps you navigate your real-world concerns about school, culture, and what it takes to create an amazing homeschool experience that you and your kids will never regret!If you've ever wondered whether you have what it takes to homeschool your children, look no further. Parenting author, podcaster, and homeschool... Read more

Wild Mothering

By: Tami Lynn Kent

Narrated by: Tami Lynn Kent

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Whether you are pregnant, trying to conceive, recovering from childbirth, or raising children, this newly updated classic will help you tap into your feminine energy while exploring a creative holistic approach to women's health.



Tami Lynn Kent, women's health physical therapist, acclaimed author, and founder of Holistic Pelvic Care, applies her... Read more