Language audiobooks

The Secret Life of Pronouns

By: James W. Pennebaker

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

We spend our lives communicating. In the last fifty years, we've zoomed through radically different forms of communication, from typewriters to tablet computers, text messages to tweets. We generate more and more words with each passing day. Hiding in that deluge of language are amazing insights into who we are, how we think, and what we feel.

In... Read more

6 Minute English

By: BBC & BBC Learning English

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn and improve your English with the BBC. Collected here for the first time are 12 episodes from BBC Learning English's popular 6 Minute English series. Aimed at intermediate-level learners of English, each programme examines a different topic which is discussed and explained to help learners increase their knowledge of the English language.... Read more

Public Speaking Survival Kit

By: Brian Tracy & Dianna Booher

Narrated by: Brian Tracy & Dianna Booher

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Effective public speaking starts here. Learn how to create and deliver a dazzling speech for any occasion. In this self-paced audio series, two of the world’s top communicators share the powerful techniques they have developed in their experience speaking to millions of people.In addition to the basics of public speaking, you’ll learn how to... Read more

Top 7 Personality Challenges

By: Made for Success

Narrated by: Dawn Jones

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you like to use your personality to successfully deal with intimidating people? Would you like to use your personality to motivate people to action? Perhaps you’d like to know if your personality is talking people into or out of your ideas, or even discover how the best leaders face personality challenges and succeed. Well now you can!... Read more

Jake's Parrot

By: Paul Hearn & Yetis Ozkan

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

When Jake Stevens goes to work for some months in Ireland, he feels happy. He loves travelling, and talking about his job - making computer games for BananaTech in America. P<>'Your new game's going to be the best thing at the Irish Computer Games Show!' people at BananaTech Ireland tell him. But living with a noisy parrot isn't easy, and... Read more

Pimsleur Swahili Level 1 Lesson 1

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Swahili, or Kiswahili, is the most widely-spoken African language, and is spoken throughout East Africa. It is recognized as an official national language in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. Pimsleur's Swahili teaches Standard Swahili as spoken in and around Nairobi, Kenya.

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

Pimsleur Swahili Level 1 Lessons 11-15

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Swahili
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Swahili — 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 learned, so you can put it... Read more

Pimsleur Swahili Level 1 Lessons 1-5

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Swahili
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Swahili — 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 learned, so you can put it... Read more

Pimsleur Swahili Level 1 Lessons 6-10

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Swahili
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Swahili — 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 learned, so you can put it... Read more

Pimsleur Swahili Level 1 Lessons 26-30

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Swahili
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Swahili — 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 learned, so you can put it... Read more

Pimsleur Swahili Level 1 Lessons 21-25

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Swahili
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Swahili — 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 learned, so you can put it... Read more

Pimsleur Swahili Level 1 Lessons 16-20

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Swahili
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Swahili — 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 learned, so you can put it... Read more

Pimsleur Swahili Level 1

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 16 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Swahili
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Swahili — 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 learned, so you can put it... Read more

The Language Instinct

By: Steven Pinker

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 18 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling... Read more

The Curse of Capistrano

By: Johnston McCulley & Bill Bowler

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

'Senor Zorro is on the road again, they say,' the landlord began. 'Why do I always hear his name?' cried Sergeant Gonzales angrily. Zorro fights to help the poor and weak in California under the Spanish Governor's rule. Sergeant Gonzales has promised to catch and kill him, so how does Zorro always escape? And how will Senorita Lolita - the only... Read more

What’s the Point!

By: Dawn Jones

Narrated by: Dawn Jones

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you like people to respect you more, admire you, and buy into your ideas? Would you like people to grasp the point of your message and remember it? Would you like to know how top speakers create memorable moments by telling great stories that leave their audience inspired, motivated, and wanting more? Well now you can! Internationally... Read more

The Power of Focus

By: Dawn Jones

Narrated by: Dawn Jones

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you like to be respected and admired without saying a word? Would you like to discover and use nonverbal techniques for negotiating a pay raise at work? Would you like to overcome the fear of public speaking? Then this is the program for you! Internationally acclaimed speaker and author Dawn Jones presents The Power of Focus: What Are You... Read more

Perfect Punctuation for Practical People

By: Liv Montgomery

Narrated by: Liv Montgomery

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect punctuation—it’s not just for professors, publishers, and pencil pushers! Whether you are writing the next New York Times bestselling novel or an email to coworkers and customers, you need to know how to skillfully use punctuation in your writing. Whatever issues may be challenging you today, punctuation doesn’t have to be one of them... Read more

Great Grammar for Grownups

By: Liv Montgomery

Narrated by: Liv Montgomery

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Giggle while you learn grammar! Life in the modern era means communication—so how are you coming across? You may know that the English language is anything but pure, with contributions from a jumbled mix of languages, including everything from Greek to Techno Geek. In this shrinking world, if your grammar isn't quite up to par, your customers,... Read more

Conversational Writing

By: Dawn Jones

Narrated by: Dawn Jones

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you like to immediately capture the attention of your reader—and keep it? Would you like people to grasp the point of your message—and remember it? Would you like people to read and respond to your emails and other informal yet crucial correspondence? Or even have your ideas read and respected when writing to a publisher? Well now you... Read more

Getting Published

By: Bryan Heathman

Narrated by: Bryan Heathman

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

As a Publisher, Bryan Heathman speaks with authors daily who ask intelligent questions about getting books into the hands of as many readers as possible. As an author and a speaker, Bryan has investigated the exact same questions himself. This program is an in-depth exploration into the extremely relevant question for today’s authors: Should I... Read more

Draft Your Book in a Day

By: Liv Montgomery

Narrated by: Liv Montgomery

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

There's a book inside you just begging to be written. But if you're like most people, the task of writing it gets pushed aside day by day until weeks become years. So what's stopping you? Odds are, it's the enormous time commitment that's typically involved in writing that all-important, high quality first draft. But what if you could draft your... Read more

Wake Up Your Writing @ Work

By: Mandi Stanley

Narrated by: Mandi Stanley

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

By listening to this audio program loaded with meaningful examples, today's workplace writer will gain the hot tips, tools, and techniques for getting his written message across with the results he wants. Join CSP Mandi Stanley for just thirty minutes and learn 5› quick, cheap, and immediately doable tips to gain credibility through the... Read more

The Story Theater Method

By: Doug Stevenson

Narrated by: Doug Stevenson

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Great stories are more like a movie than a report. Like a good movie, they are crafted to stimulate an emotional as well as a logical response. They are engaging and effective because they activate the listener's imagination. You haven't really connected with your audience until you've told a story. Read more