Nonfiction audiobooks

Ethnic Diversity:  A Time of Change

By: Ronald Takaki

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Ronald Takaki, a third-generation American of Japanese ancestry and professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley for over two decades, reflects on the past and the future of America's expanding ethnic diversity and how this diversity will affect the way we relate as individuals and as a nation to the rest of the world. Read more

Natural Blonde - Abridged

By: Liz Smith

Narrated by: Liz Smith

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

From Tallulah Bankhead to Joan Crawford to the Kennedys and Madonna, the ultimate insider, Liz Smith has hobnobbed, air-kissed, and lunched with just about everybody who's been anybody over the last half-century--and then rushed to tell the world all about it. Now, in this candid, down-to-earth autobiography, she tells all about herself, and... Read more

Prayers

By: Sylvia Browne

Narrated by: Sylvia Browne

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The prayers on this audio program are taken from Sylvia Browne's own sermons, delivered at her church, Society of Novus Spiritus. In each case, the words were "infused" into her by her spirit guide Francine, and of course, by God. Granted, these words are a passive mode of prayer, yet the goal is to recharge your spiritual battery so that you'll... Read more

How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett

By: Timothy Vick

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A $10,000 investment in Warren Buffett's original 1956 portfolio would today be worth a staggering $250 million ... after taxes! What are his investing secrets? How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett contains the answers and shows, step-by-profitable-step, how any investor can follow Buffett's path to consistently find bargains in all markets:... Read more

Life Makeovers

By: Cheryl Richardson

Narrated by: Cheryl Richardson

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Take Time for Your Life now shows you how to reclaim your life one week at a time

Cheryl Richardson, bestselling author and one of the most sought-after lecturers in the country, knows firsthand how tough it can be to juggle the daily demands of living in a fast-paced world, and how easily you can... Read more

The Power of Intention

By: Marilyn Schlitz & Elisabeth Targ

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Elisabeth Targ, M.D. and Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D. discuss how the research and study of consciousness has progressed steadily to a new era of human possibilities. Read more

A Galactic Adventure

By: Ken Croswell

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the first grade, Ken Croswell, an astronomer and Ph.D. from Harvard, has been totally fascinated by our solar system. Get caught up in his extraordinary enthusiasm as he discusses everything from Black Holes, brown dwarfs, the Milky Way, the red giant, quasars and collisions with floating matter. Read more

The Last River - Abridged

By: Todd Balf

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers,... Read more

The O'Reilly Factor - Abridged

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The million-copy New York Times bestseller from the Fox News anchor who’s brought new excitement–and massive amounts of populist common sense and rock-solid honesty–to television news.

Now four seasons strong, Bill O’Reilly’s nightly cable news program, “The O’Reilly Factor,” is one of the hottest shows on the air. In book form, The O’Reilly... Read more

The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader's Day - Abridged

By: John C. Maxwell

Narrated by: John C. Maxwell

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Leadership can be a heavy load, wearing you down over time. In The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader's Day, you will learn the daily habit that can transform your leadership and organization from the world's #1 leadership expert.John Maxwell, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker, gives the roadmap to becoming a more... Read more

Land of a Thousand Hills

By: Rosamond Halsey Carr

Narrated by: C. M. Hébert

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

When Rosamond Halsey Carr first arrived in Africa, she didn’t realize that she would spend the rest of her life there. As a young fashion illustrator living in New York City in the 1940s, she seemed the least likely candidate for such a life of adventure. But marriage to a hunter-explorer took her to what was then the Belgian Congo, and divorce... Read more

Lost and Found Sound

By: The Kitchen Sisters & Jay Allison

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

On January 1, 1999, All Things Considered aired the first in a series of richly layered stories that trace the soundtrack of the 20th century. Broadcast weekly through 1999, continuing monthly through 2000, Lost & Found Sound chronicles, reflects, and celebrates the human experience in rare recordings and "sonic snapshots" submitted by... Read more

The 10-Second Internet Manager

By: Mark Breier

Narrated by: Mark Breier

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

All managers today are Internet managers, whether they're ready to admit it or not.  It doesn't matter if their business is large or small, old economy or new. In a faster, electronic, and more direct economy, every manager needs help. And here it is. The 10-Second Internet Manager offers quick, no-nonsense tips, tactics, and strategies for... Read more

The Spiritual Journey

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D. & Richard Moss, MD

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra, M.D. & Richard Moss, MD

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

On this inspirational audio program, spiritual teachers Richard Moss, M.D., and Deepak Chopra, M.D., discuss our relationship with the infinite, the meaning of the spiritual path, and our intimacy with that which is eternal. Moss defines the spiritual path as a process that ultimately brings us to a deep and innate sense of joy, and that takes... Read more

Das Manifest der kommunistischen Partei (Ungekürzt)

By: Karl Marx

Narrated by: Christian Brückner

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein Text von 1848, Utopie und Programm einer Bewegung, angetreten, die Welt zu verändern. Illusion und Hoffnung von Millionen.... Christian Brückner liest ein Stück Weltliteratur, liest an gegen das Vergessen, läßt Fragen und Nach-Denken entstehen, wo alle Antworten gegeben und das Urteil der Geschichte gefällt scheint. Read more

The Millionaire Next Door

By: Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The incredible national bestseller that is changing people's lives -- and increasing their net worth!
Can you spot the millionaire next door?

Who are the rich in this country?

What do they do?

Where do they shop?

What do they drive?

How do they invest?

How did they get rich?

Can I even become one of them?

Get the answers in The... Read more

The Millionaire Mind

By: Thomas J. Stanley

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you have the millionaire mind?
The runaway bestseller The Millionaire Next Door told us who America's wealthy really are. The Millionaire Mind tells how they got there, and how to become one of them. Inside, you'll discover the surprising answers to questions such as...
What success factors made them wealthy in one generation?
What part... Read more

The Fourth Mega Market - Abridged

By: Ralph Acampora

Narrated by: Ralph Acampora

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What do you call a bull market that lasts at least ten years, includes steep corrections and cycles of vicious rotation, but results in a quadrupling of the Dow, a stratospheric rise in new technology, and the creation of staggering amounts of wealth? Ralph Acampora, one of Wall Street's most influential analysts, calls it a mega-market.

In... Read more

The Millionaire Next Door - Abridged

By: Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The incredible national bestseller that is changing people's lives -- and increasing their net worth!
Can you spot the millionaire next door?

Who are the rich in this country?

What do they do?

Where do they shop?

What do they drive?

How do they invest?

How did they get rich?

Can I even become one of them?

Get the answers in The... Read more

The Fortune Tellers - Abridged

By: Howard Kurtz

Narrated by: Howard Kurtz

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Just as "spin" has taken over politics in America, so too has it come to define the long bull market on Wall Street. The booming trade in stocks has produced an insatiable demand for financial intelligence. On television and the Internet, commentators and analysts are not merely reporting the news, they are making news in ways that provide huge... Read more

The Millionaire Mind - Abridged

By: Thomas J. Stanley

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Do you have the millionaire mind?
The runaway bestseller The Millionaire Next Door told us who America's wealthy really are. The Millionaire Mind tells how they got there, and how to become one of them. Inside, you'll discover the surprising answers to questions such as...
What success factors made them wealthy in one generation?
What part... Read more

Do I Stand Alone? - Abridged

By: Jesse Ventura

Narrated by: Jesse Ventura

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With jackhammer force and candor, Governor Ventura issues an urgent wake-up call to America -- a resounding indictment of our creeping national cynicism, and how our political system rewards mediocrity while turning a blind eye to accountability.
In Do I Stand Alone? Ventura decries the ease with which most Americans surrender their freedoms... Read more

It’s a Meaningful Life - Abridged

By: Bo Lozoff

Narrated by: Bo Lozoff

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on his thirty years of teaching and service, Bo Lozoff shows why compassion— not success, self-improvement, or self-esteem— is at the root of happiness. Lozoff covers themes such as developing honesty, learning humility, dealing with anger, and honoring relationships. He shows how practices such as a daily vow of... Read more

Knowledge in a Nutshell and Knowledge in a Nutshell on Sports

By: Charles Reichblum

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Find over a thousand of astounding fun facts in this combination audiobook -- a treasure chest for trivia buffs.

Want to be surprised with the truth? Discover how you've been misled for years? Get a kick out of coincidences? Learn about the U.S. state that no longer exists -- the man who was present when THREE U.S. Presidents were assassinated... Read more