Nonfiction audiobooks

And then the Shark Told Justin

By: Done Wade

Narrated by: Arte Johnson

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling golf writer and historian Don Wade returns with another collection of real-life stories from the greatest players ever to compete in the game. Wade brings together living legends, past champions, and contemporary stars in one entertaining audio that is worth more than a dozen how-to books. The perfect off-course amusement for the... Read more

Quantum Mind--Quantum Joy

By: Amit Goswami

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Goswami delivers this most encouraging statement: "Consciousness in its primacy is joy. Once we have a taste of this primal joy, we can never forget it." He’s an Indian-born physicist and philosopher who has been pursuing a deeper truth in science which has led him to the conclusion that understanding human consciousness is central to... Read more

Walking The Four-Fold Way

By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Arrien gathered wisdom from a variety of indigenous cultures distilling it into four paths of wise, effective action—“showing up, paying attention, telling the truth and being unattached to the outcome.” These are the archetypal paths of the warrior, healer, visionary and teacher. The opportunity to embody these archetypes arises in every... Read more

The Winning Attitude - Abridged

By: John C. Maxwell

Narrated by: John C. Maxwell

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Is there really a such thing as a winning attitude? Do you know to know how you can turn a bad attitude around? John C. Maxwell not only discovered the winning attitude, but he has also experienced the incredible difference it makes.If you’re struggling with an ingrained negative attitude, there's real hope for you. In this book, bestselling... Read more

Lucifer’s Child - Abridged

By: William Luce

Narrated by: Julie Harris

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The spellbinding Julie Harris takes us on a magic carpet into the beautiful and haunting world of writer Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen), romantic author and heroine of Out of Africa. Through her fanciful pact with Lucifer, Dinesen becomes a defiant spirit, an eccentric storytelling sorceress—passionate and wickedly witty.Act I opens on... Read more

Ufos:  Fact Or Fiction?

By: John Mack, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Mack presents evidence pro and con, and various speculative explanations of many aspects of the UFO abductions. Despite a lack of conclusive proof for or against the reality of abductions, Mack says, "If the mystery's there, we might as well embrace it rather than run from it." Read more

Maximum Achievement - Abridged

By: Brian Tracy

Narrated by: Brian Tracy

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Leading authority on success Brian Tracy gives proven principles and step-by-step tips for raising self-esteem and improving your life.

Brian Tracy is one of the world's leading authorities on success and personal achievement, addressing more than 100,000 men and women each year in public and private seminars. In Maximum Achievement, he gives you... Read more

Getting Through - Abridged

By: Stephan Schiffman

Narrated by: Stephan Schiffman

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

MAKE SURE YOUR FIRST CALL ISN'T YOUR LAST!
Everyone in sales knows how to sell -- if they can get to the buyer. But in today's selling climate, the road between seller and buyer is frequently blocked with layer after layer of objections, distractions and delays. Now, America's #1 Corporate Sales Trainer shares his proven techniques for getting... Read more

Here on Gilligan’s Isle - Abridged

By: Russell Johnson & Steve Cox

Narrated by: Russell Johnson

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sit right back and take a nostalgic, first-hand look into the world of Gilligan's Island— everything you ever wanted to know about the show from the Professor himself, Russell Johnson. Directly from the ship's log, Johnson takes you to the day when Sherwood Schwartz shipwrecked seven strangers on a tiny desert isle— and... Read more

A Psychology of Spiritual Optimism

By: Joan Borysenko

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Human beings don't come compartmentalized--and human healing doesn't have to either. Building bridges between medicine, psychology and spirituality is the theme of this heart-centered discussion with a medical psychologist and pioneer of psychoneuroimmunology. Read more

Obsessive Love - Abridged

By: Dr. Susan Forward & Craig Buck

Narrated by: Dr. Susan Forward

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An invaluable guide for anyone consumed by romantic obsession— as well as the objects of their unwanted desire!Millions of otherwise rational and mature men and women are driven to self-defeating, out-of-control behavior by intense, unfulfilled desire. Millions of others— targets of their obsession— find their... Read more

Writing From the Belly

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Isabel Allende talks about her passion for writing. She speaks with great depth of feeling about the death of her daughter Paula. She says, "Every book is triggered by a very strong emotion that has been with me for a long time, and usually that emotion is painful. However, the process of writing is so joyful." Read more

Freedom at Midnight

By: Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 22 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the story of the eclipse of the British Raj and the birth of an independent India and Pakistan. The fabled India of the maharajas, with their palaces and harems, their gold-caparisoned elephants and their glittering private armies—the India of Kipling’s legendary army, with its young British officers commanding troops of a dozen races,... Read more

Down and Out in Paris and London

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Orwell's own experiences inspire this semi-autobiographical novel about a penniless man living in Paris in the early 1930s. The narrator's poverty brings him into contact with strange incidents and characters, which he manages to chronicle with great sensitivity and graphic power. The latter half of the book takes the English narrator to his... Read more

Captain History

By: Alan Katz & Gary Owens

Narrated by: Mel Blanc

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

For anyone who's ever nodded off in history class or gotten lost amidst a commotion of confusing names, dates, and other incidentals— it's Captain History to the rescue! Flanked by his two wise-cracking sidekicks, Elmo and Nero, Captain History makes learning United States history fun and entertaining. From the American Revolutionary... Read more

The Eternal Feminine

By: Marion Woodman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

For both men and women, this dialogue offers tremendous insights into who we are and what we need. In fairy tales, Woodman explains, the hero needs a container in which to bring the hard-won treasure home, or else it may be lost or stolen. She tells us that container is the "eternal feminine" quality of being receptive instead of fearing and... Read more

Beating the Street - Abridged

By: Peter Lynch

Narrated by: Peter Lynch

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Legendary money manager Peter Lynch explains his own strategies for investing and offers advice for how to pick stocks and mutual funds to assemble a successful investment portfolio.

Develop a Winning Investment Strategy—with Expert Advice from “The Nation’s #1 Money Manager.” Peter Lynch’s “invest in what you know” strategy has made him a... Read more

Bound for Glory - Abridged

By: Woody Guthrie

Narrated by: Arlo Guthrie

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Legendary folk singer and activist, Woody Guthrie and his songs changed the world. Born in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, Guthrie traveled America by boxcar, thumb, and foot. Along the journey, he composed and sang songs that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. This remarkable autobiography brings to life... Read more

The Mythic Power of Film

By: Geoffrey Hill

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

After listening to this exploration of the mythological significance of films, you will never watch movies with the same eyes again. Psychotherapist Geoffrey Hill describes cinema as an art form revealing the fears and desires, symbols and issues of contemporary times. Read more

Smart Negotiating - Abridged

By: James C. Freund

Narrated by: James C. Freund

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

DEAL YOURSELF A WINNING HAND!
Whether you're closing a multi-million dollar acquisition or the purchase of a new family home, securing a raise from a tough minded boss or reaching an agreement with a partner, the pitfalls of negotiating are the same. Now the brilliant strategist behind some of the business world's toughest negotiations tells... Read more

Harvey Penick's Little Red Book - Abridged

By: Harvey Penick

Narrated by: Jack Whitaker

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The twentieth anniversary edition of this classic work—the bestselling golf instruction book of all time and hailed as “the golfer's equivalent of The Elements of Style” (The New York Times)—includes a new introduction by a prominent golfer, twenty new illustrations, and never-before-published materials from the Penick family archives.

The most... Read more

Taming Your Inner Critic

By: Hal Stone, Ph.D. & Sidra Stone

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The Inner Critic is one of the inner selves that Hal and Sidra Stone have identified through decades of Voice Dialogue therapy; and it can be a very destructive voice unless we learn how to identify and deal with it. Here they tell us the differences between men and women in this regard; how to recognize and understand the Inner Critic; and most... Read more

Creativity, Chaos and the Madwoman

By: Linda Leonard

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Madwoman is a paradoxical archetype whose manifestations range from insanity and fury to passion, ecstasy and creative chaos. In some form or other, she is part of the inner chorus in every personality, in both men and women. Linda Leonard has a personal acquaintance with the Madwoman both through her professional therapy practice and her... Read more

Marlene Dietrich - Abridged

By: Steven Bach

Narrated by: Roddy McDowall

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Marlene Dietrich was an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe. In a grand and sweeping biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on this singular star, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth. Based on six... Read more