Nonfiction audiobooks

Self Matters - Abridged

By: Phil McGraw

Narrated by: Phil McGraw

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Self Matters, Dr. Phillip C. McGraw helps you to demystify your self-concept, and learn how to reclaim your authentic self.

What if there is a You that has never seen the light of day, has never got to say, "Hey, what about me?"

What if there is a You that you have never even met and certainly never permitted to just be, without fear of... Read more

Germs - Abridged

By: Judith Miller

Narrated by: Murphy Guyer

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this “engrossing, well-documented, and highly readable” (San Francisco Chronicle) New York Times bestseller, three veteran reporters draw on top sources inside and outside the U.S. government to reveal Washington's secret strategies for combating germ warfare and the deadly threat of biological and chemical weapons.

Today Americans have begun... Read more

Every Day I Pray - Abridged

By: Iyanla Vanzant

Narrated by: Iyanla Vanzant

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey

From the bestselling author of Until Today! and One Day My Soul Just Opened Up comes a unique invitation to prayer—and her most deeply personal book yet.

Over the years, bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant has received many letters from readers who want to know how... Read more

What If...? Vol 2 - Abridged

By: Robert Cowley

Narrated by: Murphy Guyer

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is no surer way to feel the danger or the good fortune of our collective past than to contemplate those moments when the world's future hung in the balance. Our brightest historians speculate on some of these intriguing crossroads and the ways in which our lives might have been changed for the better -- or the worse.

These unabridged essays... Read more

Reaching for Glory - Abridged

By: Michael R. Beschloss

Narrated by: Michael R. Beschloss

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Reaching for Glory lets us eavesdrop on LBJ's private, often tortured thoughts during the most crucial year of his presidency -- when his dreams of being hailed as the equal of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt were destroyed by the war in Vietnam.
As Reaching for Glory opens, LBJ is campaigning for the greatest presidential landslide in... Read more

Leading Up - Abridged

By: Michael Useem

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eight true stories show that Leaders today aren’t just bosses, they’re self-starters who take charge even when they haven’t been given a charge. Upward leaders get results by helping their superiors lead. They make sure that good ideas don’t die on the vine because a boss’s understanding doesn’t reach down deep enough into the organization.... Read more

The Infinite Field Of Possibilities: Viewing Change Through A Kaleidoscope

By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Eastern philosophy tells us that the only constant in life is change. We move into our day feeling secure about the future, then suddenly we are faced with a catastrophe. A new world is born and our lives are forever altered. In these times of transition what do we do? How do we move beyond fear and anger to live heartfully in the field of... Read more

The Ecology of Power

By: Robert Fuller, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes power tick and how does it become entrenched and abused? Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, so the saying goes. What lies beneath power? Understanding the nature of power can help us move towards a world of freedom, justice and economic equity for all. Read more

Andy Warhol

By: Wayne Koestenbaum

Narrated by: Arthur Addison

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In his bravura account of Warhol's life and work, scholar and culture critic Wayne Koestenbaum gets past the contradictions and reveals the man behind the blond wig and dark glasses. Nimbly weaving brilliant and witty analysis into an absorbing narrative, Koestenbaum makes a convincing case for Warhol as a serious artist, one whose importance... Read more

Marlon Brando

By: Patricia Bosworth

Narrated by: Edward Holland

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Following his development from moody Oklahoma teenager to the method-trained star to the eccentric recluse of his later years, Patricia Bosworth offers a penetrating look at Marlon Brando’s evolving persona: the volcanic Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, the sensitive rebel in The Wild Ones, the iconic Don Corleone in The Godfather.... Read more

The Soul Of America

By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Jacob Needleman, internationally acclaimed author and philosopher, takes us on a journey back to the beginning of America and re-tells the story of America in a way that inspires and invites us to explore the lives of our forefathers and the sacred dimension of their founding principles. Read more

McKinsey Mind

By: Paul N. Friga & Ethan M. Rasiel

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The groundbreaking follow-up to the international bestseller­­a hands-on guide to putting McKinsey techniques to work in your organization

McKinsey & Company is the most respected and most secretive consulting firm in the world, and business readers just can't seem to get enough of all things McKinsey. Now, hot on the heels of his acclaimed... Read more

Changewave Investing 2.0 - Abridged

By: Tobin Smith

Narrated by: Tobin Smith

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his groundbreaking first book, Changewave Investing, investment guru Tobin Smith revealed his secrets for scoring triple-digit returns in the stock market by focusing on the emerging sectors that had the best potential for explosive growth, what Smith referred to as change waves. Now, in an all new audiobook that extends the ChangeWave... Read more

The Agenda - Abridged

By: Michael Hammer

Narrated by: Michael Hammer

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

New rules for the new game:
the ideas that every business needs to win in the customer economy

In The Agenda, Michael Hammer shows companies how to prosper in today’s world of slow growth, fierce competition, and enormously powerful customers. The winners in this extraordinarily difficult environment—companies like IBM, Duke Power, Progressive... Read more

Last Breath - Abridged

By: Peter Stark

Narrated by: Peter Stark

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Sudden, extreme deaths have always fascinated us-- and now more than ever as athletes and travelers rise to the challenges of high-risk sports and journeys on the edge. In this spellbinding book, veteran travel and outdoor sports writer Peter Stark reenacts the dramas of what happens inside our bodies, our minds, and our souls when we push... Read more

Riddle of the Compass - Abridged

By: Amir D. Aczel

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece of metal was suspended in water, it always pointed north. This unexplainable occurrence led to the... Read more

Christmas In Plains

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Jimmy Carter

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Jimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength, respite, friendship, and vacation fun in this charming portrait.

In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood—the simplicity of family and community gift-giving, his father’s eggnog, the children’s house... Read more

Narren des Zufalls - Die unterschätzte Rolle des Zufalls in unserem Leben (Ungekürzt)

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Narrated by: Stefan Barth

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In diesem Hörbuch geht es um Glück und Zufall, genauer gesagt darum, wie wir Glück und Zufall im Alltags- und Geschäftsleben wahrnehmen und damit umgehen. Die meisten Menschen denken, dass die Erfolge auf ihre "Strategie" und ihr "Können" zurückführen. Doch bestimmen Glück und Zufall unser Leben stärker, als wir denken. Nassim Nicholas... Read more

The Big Enchilada

By: Stuart P. Stevens

Narrated by: Edward Holland

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Six years ago he owned a baseball team. Now he's the leader of the free world. "The Big Enchilada" is a comic anthem to the wild and improbable crusade that propelled George W. Bush into the White House and to the close-knit group of Texans who made it happen, written by "the Bush campaign's Renaissance man" (Time magazine).

Writer and political... Read more

The Camera My Mother Gave Me

By: Susanna Kaysen

Narrated by: Susanna Kaysen

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Susanna Kaysen, who wrote about her teenage depression in the bestseller Girl, Interrupted, now takes on another taboo subject: her vagina—which suddenly and inexplicably starts to hurt. The Camera My Mother Gave Me takes us through Susanna Kaysen's often comic, sometimes surreal encounters with all kinds of doctors—internists, gynecologists,... Read more

Memoirs of an Unfit Mother - Abridged

By: Anne Robinson

Narrated by: Anne Robinson

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The grand inquisitor of The Weakest Link bares all in this humor-laced memoir.The first woman in nearly half a century to host a prime-time game show and the highest-paid female journalist in British history, Anne Robinson warranted fan mail, death threats, unqualified admiration, and unabashed hatred. From pioneering journalist to overnight... Read more

Gonzo Marketing - Abridged

By: Christopher Locke

Narrated by: Christopher Locke

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gonzo Marketing is a knuckle-whitening ride to the place where social criticism, biting satire, and serious commerce meet...and where the outdated ideals of mass marketing and broadcast media are being left in the dust. As master of ceremonies at the wake for traditional one-size-fits-all marketing, Locke has assembled a unique guest list, from... Read more

The Rehnquist Choice - Abridged

By: John W. Dean

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines & John W. Dean

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The explosive story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the only person who could have revealed this information—John W. Dean.

In 1971, William Rehnquist seemed the perfect choice to fill a seat on the United States Supreme Court. He was a young, well-polished lawyer who shared many of President Richard Nixon's... Read more

The Broken Hearth

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: Eric Park

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author William Bennett addresses the central social issue of our time—the deline of the family—in a book as intellectually provocative and politically controversial as his landmark The Death of Outrage.

Our recent economic prosperity has masked the devastation of the American family, which is now under seige as never before. From the... Read more