Nonfiction audiobooks

I Should Have Been at Work - Abridged

By: Des Lynam

Narrated by: Des Lynam

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the most sought-after celebrity titles of recent years, Des Lynam’s autobiography gives a frank and opinionated insight into the man behind the myth. Famously guarded about his private life, Des sets the record straight on all the stories that have been written about him, giving a unique view of life at the very top... Read more

Double Your Retirement Income - Abridged

By: Peter Mazonas

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As corporations and the government continue to shift the responsibility for retirement savings to workers, employees at all economic levels must develop a personal plan to ensure a financially secure retirement. In Double Your Retirement Income, financial professional Peter Mazonas provides readers with the tools and information needed to... Read more

Getting Past No - Abridged

By: William Ury

Narrated by: William Ury

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Getting Past No is the most elegant handbook on the challenge of difficult negotiation and difficult people.”—Leonard A. Lauder, president, Estée Lauder Companies

“Bill Ury has a remarkable ability to get to the heart of a dispute and find simple but innovative ways to resolve it.”—President Jimmy Carter
 
WINNER OF THE BOOK PRIZE OF THE CENTER... Read more

American Hostage - Abridged

By: Micah Garen & Marie-Helene Carleton

Narrated by: Micah Garen & Marie-Helene Carleton

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Micah Garen and Marie-Helene Carleton were journalists and filmmakers working in Iraq on a documentary with their Iraqi translator Amir Doshi. In the late summer of 2004, they began to wrap up their work, and Marie-Helene returned home while Micah remained for a final two weeks of filming. As Micah and Amir were filming in a Nasiriyah market,... Read more

Visualization: Directing the Movies of Your Mind - Abridged

By: Adelaide Bry

Narrated by: Adelaide Bry

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This unique audio program teaches you the theory and practice of visualization and—perhaps even more important—how to develop the trust and self-confidence to make it work for you! Discover what scientists, doctors, athletes and executives have proven:What you can visualize, you can have!

• Learn three forms of visualization—programmed, guided,... Read more

The Snakehead - Abridged

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people.

“Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown,... Read more

Reason for Hope - Abridged

By: Jane Goodall & Phillip Berman

Narrated by: Jane Goodall

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope.

Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity.... Read more

ملخص كتاب التأمل المتشككين والملولين - Abridged

By: دان هاريس

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

يشيع بين الناس أن تمارين التأمل ضرب من ممارسات الدجل والشعوذة، لا تختلف عن قراءة الطالع وتحضير الأرواح، لكن نتائج بعض الدراسات العلمية أثبتت أن لها فوائد صحية عديدة، مثل خفض ضغط الدم، تعزيز المناعة، تخفيف أعراض القلق والاكتئاب، رفع إنتاجية العمل، تحسين سلوك الأطفال. إلى جانب ذلك، لا يستلزم التأمل بالضرورة العيش في أجواء الشرق الأقصى وارتداء ثياب... Read more

Plan of Attack - Abridged

By: Bob Woodward

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering, examining the... Read more

Grace and Power - Abridged

By: Sally Bedell Smith

Narrated by: Anne Twomey

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made... Read more

127 Hours Movie Tie- In - Abridged

By: Aron Ralston

Narrated by: Aron Ralston

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The international bestseller Between a Rock and a Hard Place is now a major motion picture starring James Franco.

Hiking into the remote Utah canyonlands, Aron Ralston felt perfectly at home in the beauty of the natural world. Then, at 2:41 P.M., eight miles from his truck, in a deep and narrow slot canyon, an eight-hundred-pound boulder tumbled... Read more

Natural Bodybuilding - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Descubra o segredo para alcançar o corpo dos seus sonhos de forma natural com o livro "Natural Bodybuilding: Guia Completo para Construir Músculos e Força Sem Esteróides". Se você já se perguntou como é possível obter músculos fortes e definidos sem recorrer a esteróides prejudiciais, este é o livro que vai transformar sua jornada... Read more

The Power of Apology - Abridged

By: Beverly Engel

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Fresh and useful . . . excellent practical advice . . . thorough and lucid . . . will be welcomed by many who have struggled to ask forgiveness and to forgive."
-Publishers Weekly

A finalist in the Books for a Better Life Awards competition!

Discover the healing power of apology and put its magic to work in your life

Do you have a difficult time... Read more

Bert Hellinger (resumo) - Abridged

By: Bert Hellinger

Narrated by: Lu Affonso

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este livro é um resumo produzido a partir da obra original. Bert Hellinger é uma das personalidades mais bem-sucedidas no ambiente psicoterapêutico, mas também uma das mais controversas e polêmicas. O que marcou sua trajetória? Quais experiências o levaram a se ocupar tão intensivamente de traumas que muitas vezes influenciam dinâmicas... Read more

Renegade - Abridged

By: Richard Wolffe

Narrated by: Richard Wolffe

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.

This book is the previously untold and epic story... Read more

Privatsache - Abridged

By: Gabriele Krone-Schmalz

Narrated by: Gabriele Krone-Schmalz

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Leben ist die Kunst, Widersprüche auszuhalten" - dieser Maxime ist Gabriele Krone-Schmalz stets treu geblieben. Erstmals gewährt die engagierte Journalistin, die 1987 als erste Frau den Korrespondentenposten der ARD in Moskau übernahm, Einblicke in ihr privates Leben - die offenherzige und zugleich tiefgründige Bilanz eines besonderen Lebens. Read more

Gorch Fock - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Frank Jacobsen

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gorch Fock: Seefahrt ist not! "Seefahrt ist not!", das ausdrucksstarke Epos über die See erschien 1913 und ist bis heute ein Meilenstein maritimer Literatur. Johann Kinau, 1880 als Sohn eines Fischers in Finkenwerder geboren, schrieb als "Gorch Fock" Erzählungen über die See und das Leben an Bord. Er selbst wurde zunächst Buchhalter. Im... Read more

Ambidextrie in Organisationen - Abridged

By: Christoph Frey & Gudrun L. Töpfer

Narrated by: Claudia Hauboldt & Oliver Zeisberger

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ambidextrie beschreibt die Gleichzeitigkeit einander widersprechender Bestrebungen unternehmerischen Handelns: Sowohl das Bewahren und Optimieren des Bewährten (Exploit) als auch das Erkunden neuer Wege, Produkte oder Geschäftsmodelle (Explore) sind Aufgaben jeder Organisation. Beide Modi sind jedoch widersprüchlich in Methodik, Instrumenten,... Read more

The Procrastinator's Handbook - Abridged

By: Rita Emmett

Narrated by: Rita Emmett

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Is procrastination blowing away your career plans? Exploding your goals? Blasting away your self-esteem? Bursting your relationships?

Almost everyone procrastinates. For some the impact can be serious, causing damaged relationships at home and at work. For most people, procrastination is a troublesome habit they know they should be able to... Read more

Confesiones de un traficante de personas - Abridged

By: Andrea di Nicola & Giampolo Musumeci

Narrated by: Rodrigo Martínez

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Por primera vez hablan los hombres que controlan el tráfico de personas. ¿Qué hay detrás de las dramáticas imágenes de pateras repletas de migrantes que atraviesan el Mediterráneo? ¿Cómo nace el impulso de abandonarlo todo en busca de una vida mejor, y quién satisface esta demanda en un mundo en el que hasta la desesperación se convierte en... Read more

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven - Abridged

By: Susan Jane Gilman

Narrated by: Susan Jane Gilman

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's memoir is a hilarious and harrowing journey—a modern heart of darkness filled with Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes. 

They were young, brilliant, and bold. They set out to conquer the world. But the world had other plans for them.

Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's new memoir is a hilarious... Read more

Inteligencia Emocional ¡ya! - Abridged

By: Juan David Arbelaez

Narrated by: Juan David Arbelaez

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

¿Quiere Saber Cómo Desarrollar Su Inteligencia Emocional?
Un libro para aprender la que ahora es considerada, la más útil de las inteligencias, y la más solicitada habilidad gerencial: La capacidad de administrar las emociones tanto propias como las ajenas. Si usted quiere contar con una capacidad casi “telepática” de saber qué sienten los demás,... Read more

Ein Gespräch über Ernest Hemingway - Die Killer + Das kurze glückliche Leben des Francis Macomber - Klassiker der Literaturgeschichte 11 (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Ulrike Draesner, John von Düffel, Timo Brunke &...

Narrated by: Ulrike Draesner, John von Düffel, Timo Brunke &...

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Für seine Novelle "Der alte Mann und das Meer" wird Ernest Hemingway 1953 mit dem Pulitzer Preis ausgezeichnet. Nur ein Jahr später erhält der Autor den Literaturnobelpreis. In der Short Story "Die Killer", erschienen 1927, wird Nick Adams, ein wiederkehrender Charakter in Hemingways Texten, Zeuge eines Überfalls auf ein Lokal. Zwei Gangster... Read more

People of the Lie Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dr. M. Scott Peck has inspired millions by combining the deepest insights of psychiatry with those of religion. In this second of a three volume audio series based on his best-selling book People of the Lie, Dr. Peck once again integrates religious teaching with the science of psychology as he offers hope for healing one of society's most... Read more