Health audiobooks

Live Strong

By: The Lance Armstrong Foundation

Narrated by: Various

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the now ubiquitous LIVESTRONG™ wristbands became available in May 2004, the Lance Armstrong Foundation has raised more than $50 million for cancer survivorship programs, and the signature phrase has become a battle cry for those who fight the disease every day.

Now, the Lance Armstrong Foundation has compiled, from hours of videotaped... Read more

Making a Good Brain Great

By: Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Daniel Amen, M.D., one of the world’s foremost authorities on the brain, has news for you: your brain is involved in everything you do—learn to care for it properly, and you will be smarter, healthier, and happier in as little as 15 days!

You probably run, lift weights, or do yoga to keep your body in great shape; you put on sunscreen and lotions... Read more

Saving Graces

By: Elizabeth Edwards

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds of similarly grieving families when her own... Read more

Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, New Edition, Updated and Expanded

By: Andrew Weil, M.D.

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Now expanded and updated: The audiobook in which one of America's most brilliant and respected doctors gives us his famous program for improving and maintaining health–already the program of choice for hundreds of thousands.

EIGHT WEEKS TO OPTIMUM HEALTH focuses all of Andrew Weil's expertise in both conventional and alternative medicine on a... Read more

The South Beach Heart Program

By: Arthur S. Agatston, M.D.

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This year more than 1 million Americans will have a heart attack or stroke, making heart disease the leading cause of death in men and women in this country. But thanks to his aggressive prevention approach to treating heart disease, renowned cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, creator of the Agatston Score for measuring coronary calcium, rarely... Read more

The Not So Big Life

By: Sarah Susanka

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever found yourself asking, “Is this all there is to life?” Or wondering if this bigger life you have created is actually a better life? And do you wonder how it all got so out of control? In her groundbreaking bestseller The Not So Big House, architect Sarah Susanka showed us a new way to inhabit our houses by creating homes that were... Read more

Mindless Eating

By: Brian Wansink, PhD

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you’re eating, what you’re eating–or why you’re even eating at all.

• Does food with a brand name really taste better?
• Do you hate brussels sprouts because your mother did?
• Does the size of your plate determine how hungry... Read more

The Art of Aging

By: Sherwin B. Nuland

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In his landmark book How We Die, Sherwin B. Nuland profoundly altered our perception of the end of life. Now, in THE ART OF AGING, Dr. Nuland steps back to explore the impact of aging on our minds and bodies, strivings and relationships. Melding a scientist’s passion for truth with a humanist’s understanding of the heart and soul, Nuland has... Read more

The Exhaustion Cure

By: Laura Stack

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

LAURA STACK, MBA, CSP, is a personal productivity expert and the author of Leave the Office Earlier and Find More Time. As a professional speaker, she helps workers Leave the Office Earlier® with Maximum Results in Minimum Time™. Laura is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., an international time management company whose clients include... Read more

Little Ways to Keep Calm and Carry On

By: Mark A. Reinecke

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

First featured on a British poster produced during World War II, "Keep calm and carry on" has become the mantra of millions — but exactly how to keep calm remains a difficult question for most of us. The next time you are stressed by pressures of work, overwhelmed by life's challenges, or panicked by problems that seem unsolvable, reach for this... Read more

The Perfect Metabolism Plan

By: Sara Vance

Narrated by: Amy Rubinate

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Millions of us have counted calories until we're blue in the face. We've cut fat, eaten less, and exercised more—and we're still heavier than we want to be. Or we lose the weight, only to see it creep back up. It's frustrating, discouraging, and unhealthy! In Sara Vance's The Perfect Metabolism Plan, you'll learn that this inability to stay at a... Read more

Five Lessons I Didn't Learn From Breast Cancer (And One Big One I Did)

By: Shelley Lewis

Narrated by: Judith West

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From the pink ribbons to the chat rooms to the Web sites that sell related accessories and stuffed animals, breast cancer has morphed from a disease to an experience. And at every step of the way, society tells women that this experience can teach them profound lessons, transform them into wiser, more insightful people, and maybe even give them... Read more

Yoga Stretch For Fitness

By: Beth Shaw

Narrated by: Beth Shaw

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this dynamic one-hour program, Yoga Stretch For Fitness, yoga expert Beth Shaw guides the listener through a variety of basic stretching, toning and strengthening movements. She encourages participants of any age, size or body type to follow this program while traveling or in the comfort of home.

Music tracks, which accompany Beth’s vocal... Read more

The Way We Eat

By: James Mason & Peter Singer

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A thought-provoking look at how what we eat profoundly effects all living things and the environment—and how we can make healthful, more humane food choices. Read more

On Immunity

By: Eula Biss

Narrated by: Tamara Marston

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear—fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in your child's air, food, mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you cannot immunize your child, or yourself, from the world.

In this bold, fascinating book, Biss investigates the metaphors and... Read more

Thinner This Year

By: Chris Crowley & Jennifer Sacheck

Narrated by: Eliza Foss & Jim Frangione

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Flying in the face of our quick-fix culture, the New York Times bestselling Younger Next Year and its sequel, Younger Next Year for Women , crossed the 1,000,000-copy milestone by essentially telling readers to work out six days a week. Forever. This same honest, no shortcuts approach is woven into the DNA of Thinner This Year. Chris Crowley,... Read more

The Energies of Love

By: Donna Eden & David Feinstein, PhD

Narrated by: Melissa Hurst

Length: 16 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling authors of Energy Medicine and Energy Medicine for Women present a complete program for using energy medicine to heal and strengthen romantic relationships. A relationship begins with the meeting of two unique energies. This union of energies, though invisible, determines the way you communicate, fight, love, and want to be... Read more

Deadly Invaders

By: Denise Grady

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

An epidemic strikes the United States, plunging the country into chaos. New York Times medical reporter Denise Grady uses this terrifying scenario, taken from the pages of a U.S. government report on the potential outcome of a pandemic, as the starting point for a journey into the gripping world of emerging diseases. In search of a better... Read more

Running Like a Girl

By: Alexandra Heminsley

Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In her twenties, Alexandra Heminsley spent more time at the bar than she did in pursuit of athletic excellence. When she decided to take up running in her thirties, she had grand hopes for a blissful runner’s high and immediate physical transformation. After eating three slices of toast with honey and spending ninety minutes on iTunes creating... Read more

The Nursing Mother's Companion-7th Edition

By: Kathleen Huggins

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Breastfeeding is natural, but it is not entirely instinctive for either mothers or babies. The Nursing Mother's Companion has been among the best-selling books on breastfeeding for over 30 years, with over 1 million copies sold. It is respected and recommended by professionals, including The International Lactation Consultant Association, T.... Read more

Dancing with Rose

By: Lauren Kessler

Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

An acclaimed biographer, Lauren Kessler immerses herself in her work to construct compelling portraits of her subjects. In Dancing with Rose, she recounts her time at a West Coast Alzheimer's facility. Working as an unskilled resident assistant, Kessler learns important lessons about humanity while conducting interviews with patients in various... Read more

Then Came Life

By: Geralyn Lucas

Narrated by: Geralyn Lucas

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy dares all women who have had a stumble in life to harness their fighting spirit and stand back up with courage and optimism. One mastectomy, two C-sections, three pant's sizes, and lots of red lipstick later, Geralyn Lucas is dealing with the same issues as other women her age. Her miracle... Read more

The Ultra Mindset

By: Travis Macy & John Hanc

Narrated by: Brian Hutchison

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Travis Macy has summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into limestone caves in China, and raced through parched deserts in Utah. In 2013, he famously won the Leadman Series, a combination of nearly 300 miles of high-altitude trail running and mountain biking over the course of five epic endurance races. Macy achieved all of these... Read more

Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger

By: Lee Smith

Narrated by: Debra Monk, Julia Gibson, Kate Forbes, Susan Be...

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Virginia native Lee Smith has won two O. Henry Awards, the Southern Book Critics Circle Award, and the Robert Penn Warren Prize for her engaging works. A collection of 14 tales-both new stories and previously published favorites-Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger is sure to delight listeners with its warm humor and unforgettable characters.... Read more