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Pillar of Fire - Abridged
By: Taylor Branch
Narrated by: CCH Pounder & Joe Morton
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.
In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch... Read more
The Power of Character - Abridged
By: Michael Josephson, Wes Hanson, Warren Bennis, S...
Narrated by: David Ackroyd
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
There is no higher praise we can give people than to say they have good character. But what does this mean, really? What makes this quality so essential to achieving personal success and fulfillment? More importantly, how can we build our own character and live more satisfying lives? Reflecting society's diversity, the contributors to this... Read more
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Abuse of Power
By: Stanley Kutler
Narrated by: William Windom, David Ackroyd & David Dukes
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Twenty-five years after the existence of Nixon's secret White House recordings became known, the tapes were released. These tapes dominated the final two years of Nixon's presidency and almost single-handedly forced his resignation. In Abuse of Power, the listener is invited into the Oval Office with Nixon and the White House staff as they try... Read more
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Lift Every Voice - Abridged
By: Walter Turnbull & Howard Manly
Narrated by: Gregory T. Daniel
Length: 2 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Miracles can and do happen— when one does the footwork. Dr. Walter Turnbull dreamed of creating opportunities and better lives for the children of Harlem, and Lift Every Voice is the inspirational story of how he realized his dream. Dr. Turnbull shares the hard-bought wisdom he learned throughout his life— from his... Read more
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Diana
By: Peter Donnelly
Narrated by: Samantha Eggar
Length: 2 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth, the Honorable Diana Frances Spencer attained wealth, power, and title with her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales. But her ultimate triumph owed nothing to those circumstances and everything to her inner qualities: an innate ability to understand and connect with ordinary people, particularly... Read more
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Angela's Ashes
By: Frank McCourt
Narrated by: Frank McCourt
Length: 15 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.
“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is... Read more
The Children's Book of Heroes - Abridged
By: William J. Bennett
Narrated by: William J. Bennett
Length: 1 hour 10 minutes
Abridged: Yes
William Bennett and Michael Hague, the team that brought us the national bestseller The Children's Book of Virtues, have once again collaborated to create The Children's Book of Heroes, a beautifully illustrated celebration of heroic deeds, both real and fictional, that will delight and inspire millions of young children and their parents.
"We... Read more
Wait Till Next Year - Abridged
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Narrated by: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.
Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were... Read more
Molecules of Emotion - Abridged
By: Candace B. Pert
Narrated by: Candace B. Pert
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The bestselling and revolutionary book that serves as a “landmark in our understanding of the mind-body connection” (Deepak Chopra, MD).
Why do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health?
In her groundbreaking book Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert—an extraordinary neuroscientist who played a pivotal role in the... Read more
Home and Away
By: Kevin Kling
Narrated by: Kevin Kling
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Abridged: No
It is the beginning of the Gulf War. While Iraq is being bombed, deep in the heart of Minnesota the Kling family saga unfolds. Award-winning playwright and author Kevin Kling builds a carefully constructed universe out of materials both familiar and astonishing. Well-known for his gift of taking the weird and mundane experiences of life and... Read more
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All but My Life - Abridged
By: Gerda Weissman Klein
Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
All but My Life tells the haunting story of Gerda Weissman Klein’s experience under the Nazi regime. Taken from her home in Bielitz, Poland, and sent to German labor camps, Gerda survived and was liberated by American troops. In her memoir, Klein takes audiences on an alarming journey from the comforts of life in Poland to the horrifying... Read more
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Unfinished Lives
By: Marilyn Beck
Narrated by: Richard Grieco
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Over his lifetime, Elvis Presley racked up more than 100 top forty hits, including 18 number one singles. One of the world's most iconic performers, the King of Rock ‘ n' Roll died at the age of 42 from a heart attack complicated by years of drug use. By the time she turned eighteen, shy talented Frances Gumm... Read more
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Unfinished Lives
By: Les Whitten
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes
Abridged: No
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, and the youngest man elected to the office. He was assassinated at the age of 46 in 1963. Arthur Ashe was an African American professional tennis player who won more than forty singles titles, including the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, and Wimbledon. He died in 1993 at the age of 49... Read more
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Unfinished Lives
By: Paul Rosenfield
Narrated by: Adrian Pasdar
Length: 1 hour 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Norma Jean Baker was a Hollywood starlet who transformed into Marilyn Monroe, a Hollywood sex symbol and one of the world's most iconic figures. Sadly, she died at age 36 in 1962 from a drug overdose. Montgomery Clift was a highly regarded actor who earned four Academy Award nominations for such classics as A Place in the Sun and From Here to... Read more
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Point Last Seen
By: Hannah Nyala
Narrated by: Hannah Nyala
Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Point Last Seen is the story of one woman's harrowing journey to safety for herself and her children. For seven years, Hannah Nyala and her two children were physically and psychologically abused by Hannah's husband. Although they escaped, he soon found the trio and abducted the children. Seeking solace in the desert wilderness to make sense of... Read more
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My Most Unforgettable Character
By: Reader's Digest
Narrated by: Mason Adams
Length: 1 hour 37 minutes
Abridged: No
From Reader's Digest magazine's popular series, “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met” comes a collection of stories about people who made a big impact on the lives of these contributors. Each individual shares something in common: They struck home in the memory of the storyteller. These figures enriched lives through humor, wisdom,... Read more
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Apocalypse Wow - Abridged
By: James Finn Garner
Narrated by: James Finn Garner
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
As the year 2000 bears down, the best-selling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner, confronts a series of monumental questions: Will we remember to order new checks from the bank? Did our invitation to the Kennedy New Year's party get lost in the mail again? Are we all poised on the brink of worldwide enlightenment or... Read more
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John Wayne's America - Abridged
By: Garry Wills
Narrated by: Garry Wills
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of American life and politics to this fascinating, well-drawn protrait of a twentieth-century hero. In this work of great originalitythe biography of an ideaGarry Wills shows how John Wayne came to embody Amercian values and... Read more
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The Defense Is Ready: Life in the Trenches of Criminal Law - Abridged
By: Leslie Abramson
Narrated by: Leslie Abramson
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In The Defense is Ready, Leslie Abramson, the brilliant and outspoken defense attorney, takes you inside today's courtroom for a stunning firsthand account of how the courage and timidity, wisdom and folly, selflessness and venality of real lawyers, judges, victims and defendants are interwoven into the complex fabric of our often frustrating... Read more
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“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”
By: Richard P. Feynman
Narrated by: Raymond Todd
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that “buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist” (Science Digest).Richard Feynman, one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists, thrived on adventure. His outrageous exploits once shocked a Princeton dean’s wife... Read more
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People Are Like That
By: Teri Garr
Narrated by: Teri Garr
Length: 1 hour 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Submitted by readers of Catholic Digest, here are dozens of original accounts of true incidents that illustrate the compassion and kindness of which we all are capable. These real-life stories demonstrate the instinctive goodness of people and provide inspirational signposts of the humanity we all share. Listeners to this treasury will find... Read more
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False Prophets - Abridged
By: Dale Jakes & Connie Jakes
Narrated by: Dale Jakes
Length: 3 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Dale and Connie Jakes, working for the FBI, provide a firsthand account of life under the deepest cover inside the violent, armed strongholds of the Montana Freemen organization. In 1995, the Jakes lived in the Montana mountains, discovering a major center of American terrorism. They exposed vital information about how widespread,... Read more
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King of Comedy - Abridged
By: Shawn Levy
Narrated by: Marty Ingels
Length: 2 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A revealing biography of comic legend Jerry Lewis.Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) achieved superstardom in the 1950s and 1960s with such films as The Caddy, The Bellboy, and The Nutty Professor. Later, Lewis was almost as well known for his dedication to the cause of muscular dystrophy and his annual Labor Day telethon, which he hosted for more than... Read more
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Exploded
By: Tom Bodett
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Abridged: No
There are certain defining events that occur to people— the sort of things we use as markers in the timetables of our lives: Birth and Deaths. Marriages and Divorces. Windfalls and Calamities. For Tom Bodett, it was the day he got electrocuted. On May 27, 1975, about seven o'clock in the morning, Tom Bodett was “ ... Read more
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