Nonfiction audiobooks

Mistrial of the Century - Abridged

By: Tracey Kennedy, Judith Kennedy & Alan Abrahamson

Narrated by: Judith Kennedy & Tracey Kennedy

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A behind-the-scenes look at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.In this insider' s look at one of the 20th century' s most infamous trials, ex-juror Tracy Kennedy discloses what life was like for himself and his wife in the days leading up to the O.J. Simpson trial, and how it subsequently differed so much from their... Read more

Dead By Sunset - Abridged

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Sharon Gless

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From bestselling author Ann Rule comes the true story of Bradly Morris Cunningham, the handsome and successful entrereneur who married five different women and destroyed each of them.

The author of eight New York Times bestsellers, Ann Rule first won nationwide acclaim with The Stranger Beside Me, about serial killer Ted Bundy. Her Crime Files... Read more

It's Better to Laugh...Life Good Luck Bad Hair Days & QVC - Abridged

By: Kathy Levine

Narrated by: Joan Rivers & Kathy Levine

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The ultra-popular host of QVC shares her fascinating life story!


"I am who I am, and you like it or don't. I'm not changing. Since I made the decision to be myself, I've had more fun and better relationships than ever. No lightning bolt is going to strike this girl twice!"

Kathy Levine is the girl next door who answered an ad in 1986 and became a... Read more

Everyday Enlightenment

By: Richard Moss & Ariel Moss

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

These dedicated explorers of human consciousness offer a stimulating view of what could be possible if we learned to use our everyday situations, our body awareness, and our family relationships to live toward a new definition of enlightenment. They describe how to use sensation and intuition as guides to spiritual growth. Read more

An Offering of Native Wisdom

By: Anne Wilson Schaef

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This "recovering psychotherapist" discovered her own Native American heritage when she was well into adulthood. Her journeys into many indigenous cultures revealed how her "white mind" could begin to learn the truths that they have practiced for millennia. Read more

The HP Way

By: David Packard

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifty-six years ago, two college friends named Bill Hewlett and David Packard decided to start a company out of a one-car garage. Today, that company-Hewlett-Packard-is universally acclaimed as the world's most admired technology corporation. Hewlett-Packard produces thousands of innovative products for customers around the globe and boasts... Read more

Audrey Hepburn

By: Warren G. Harris

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Beginning with her harsh childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland, Warren Harris chronicles Audrey Hepburn’s meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom: her chance encounter with Colette that led to the lead role in the Broadway version of Gigi, and her first starring role in Roman Holiday, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.Hepburn played... Read more

No Ordinary Time - Abridged

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and the outset of World War II.

With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story... Read more

Pocahontas - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Seelye & Shauna Zurbrugg

Narrated by: Melissa Manchester

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The story of Pocahontas, the young daughter of Chief Powhatan, is one that has captured the imagination of children and adults for more than 400 years. Responsible for saving the life of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas also saved Jamestown colonists from starvation and saved them from being massacred by her father's warriors. To this day, no one... Read more

Iron Rose - Abridged

By: Cindy Adams & Susan Crimp

Narrated by: Cindy Adams

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Iron Rose takes an intimate look at the incredible life of Rose Kennedy—head of the Kennedy dynasty and one of the 20th century's most influential women—and her nine famous children. A riveting account of the power behind America's political throne for several decades, Iron Rose reveals the secrets behind the triumphs and tragedies of the... Read more

Pavarotti - Abridged

By: Luciano Pavarotti

Narrated by: David Dukes

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the world of opera, no figure in modern times loomed larger than the late Luciano Pavarotti, especially in his triumphant collaborations with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras as the Three Tenors. Pavarotti captured the imagination of audiences around the world. In this memoir, the Grammy-award winning legend shares both the fortunate and the... Read more

The Melatonin Miracle - Abridged

By: Walter Pierpaoli

Narrated by: William Regelson & Walter Pierpaoli

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A revolutionary medical breakthrough suggests that aging is actually a preventable disease, and two key scientists at the center of this groundbreaking research are now going public for the first time.
For centuries scientists have labored to identify and reverse the cause of aging, and now that effort has converged on one gland, one hormone, and... Read more

Dark Sun - Abridged

By: Richard Rhodes

Narrated by: Richard Rhodes

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War.

Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet... Read more

Principles of the Peaceful Warrior

By: Dan Millman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

All my life, says Dan Millman, "I've searched for principles that seem to have a certain integrity and permanence, that apply in all conditions." Here we are treated to the fruits of this search, as Millman discusses the "Laws of Spirit" that he has discovered, and how we can use them to live the life of the "Peaceful Warrior"--a life of... Read more

The New Approach to Medicine

By: Andrew Weil, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Our modern medical system, based on high technology tests and treatments, is beginning to topple under its own weight and expense. But there is another approach to medicine that is less expensive and often more effective, especially for chronic conditions. Read more

Towards Gender Partnership

By: Riane Eisler, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In the war of the sexes, both lose. says Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade, a seminal study of early societies based on partnership rather than domination, continues her keen re-thinking of social reality by focusing here on gender, pleasure and sexuality. Read more

Laugh Your Way to Health

By: Allen Klein

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

It may be just a mood, but when it's bad, it's bad! You do, however, have the power to improve that mood, and humor is still the quickest and healthiest way to do it. "Humor is all around, and it will come out of any situation," says Allen Klein, who at one time worked with Captain Kangaroo and Jackie Gleason. Read more

Heads-Up Baseball

By: Ken Ravizza & Tom Hanson

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"This book provides practical strategies for developing the mental skills which help speed you to your full potential."---Dave Winfield

What does it mean to play heads-up baseball? A heads-up player has confidence in his ability, keeps control in pressure situations, and focuses on one pitch at a time. His mental skills enable him to play... Read more

Inside the White House

By: Ronald Kessler

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“If the general public knew what was going on inside the White House, they would scream.” So states one Secret Service agent, just a small link in the chain of security that has guarded the public image of the presidency and the men who define it—until now.With unprecedented access to Secret Service agents, domestic servants, Air Force One... Read more

Once Upon A More Enlightened Time - Abridged

By: James Finn Garner

Narrated by: James Finn Garner

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The hilarious sequel to the #1 phenomenon Politically Correct Bedtime Stories.
"If we can cleanse these stories and put an end to the lies our children are spoon-fed while being spoon-fed...the world may finally become a decent place for persunkind and other, equally important species." -- James Finn Garner
Spurred by the overwhelming success of... Read more

Marilyn - Abridged

By: George Barris & Marilyn Monroe

Narrated by: Jill Eikenberry

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No one looked like her. No one walked like her. No one talked like her. Sexy, yet vulnerable, and unexpectedly talented, Marilyn Monroe was no ordinary screen goddess. But few really knew her. On June 1, 1962— Marilyn's 36th birthday— famed photographer and reporter George Barris visited Marilyn on the set of what would... Read more

Single Parenting: the Joys and Challenges

By: Shoshana Alexander, Mary Buckley & Conrad Levas...

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

More and more families in contemporary society consist of a single parent with one or more children--in fact, nearly a third of all American families. What are the unique characteristics, challenges and benefits of parenting without a partner? Read more

The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez

By: Lyle Menendez

Narrated by: Lyle Menendez

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In August of 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, to death—a cold-blooded act that shocked the nation. Seven years later, the brothers were convicted of murder, and both were sentenced to life in prison without parole. The brothers' first trial started a media frenzy and was filled with lurid details, but... Read more

Lessons at the Halfway Point

By: Michael Levine

Narrated by: Michael Levine

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

At age 40, people are basically at the halfway mark in their lives, one that often induces a so-called “mid-life crisis.” In Lessons at the Halfway Point, Michael Levine takes a thought-provoking look at this milestone birthday. With wit and humor, Levine examines one man's courageous journey to understand life from the perspective of reaching... Read more