Education audiobooks

Nat "King" Cole

By: Wink Martindale

Narrated by: Wink Martindale

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Nat King Cole’s musical journey began as a teenager receiving classical piano training, which he later abandoned to pursue jazz with the Nat King Cole Trio. His career continued to evolve as he found success as a singer with hits including “Nature Boy,” “Mona Lisa” and “Too Young.” Narrator Wink Martindale takes listeners on a captivating... Read more

Roger Williams

By: Wink Martindale

Narrated by: Wink Martindale

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Roger Williams stood alone in the world of popular music. He was just three years old when he first sat in front of a piano and played a song. He went on to study piano at Drake University and Julliard and had his first success with the single “Autumn Leaves.”

Williams sat down for a conversation with Wink Martindale in 1972 to discuss his... Read more

Vic Damone

By: Wink Martindale

Narrated by: Wink Martindale

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Vic Damone quit school as a teenager to work at the Paramount Theater to help support his family after his father was injured. During this time he was exposed to a host of accomplished singers both on the stage and behind the scenes. While operating the backstage elevator for Perry Como, Damone asked if he could sing for him to see if he had any... Read more

Frank Sinatra

By: Wink Martindale

Narrated by: Wink Martindale

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

We conclude our four part Hall of Fame spotlight on Frank Sinatra’s career with more little known details about the man and his music. In this installment, you’ll hear about the post-Columbia Records days when he was no longer in demand. He had no hits and no record contract -- that is, until Capitol Records came calling and everything... Read more

Mac Davis

By: Wink Martindale

Narrated by: Wink Martindale

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

It took 12 years for Mac Davis to find success in the music industry, first as a songwriter and later as a singer. Davis originally spent years working, going to college part time and writing his own music. He later dropped out of college and pursued work in the music industry doing radio and sales promotions, all the while cutting bathroom... Read more

The Four Freshmen

By: Wink Martindale

Narrated by: Wink Martindale

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“It’s a Blue World” brought The Four Freshmen onto the charts and into the spotlight in 1952. In the years that followed, the band went through numerous lineup changes but never lost the sound that made them famous.
Wink Martindale spoke with original members Bob Flanigan and Ross Barbour in 1973 about their career and the lasting influence they... Read more

Frank Sinatra

By: Wink Martindale

Narrated by: Wink Martindale

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The second part of our Hall of Fame spotlight on Frank Sinatra’s legendary career features more audio interviews and highlights from Sinatra and the friends and family who knew him best -- including John F. Kennedy, Paul Anka and songwriter Sammy Cahn, among others.

Host Wink Martindale explores the stories behind some of the classic songs in... Read more

Neil Sedaka

By: Wink Martindale

Narrated by: Wink Martindale

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Neil Sedaka had more than a dozen hits from 1958 to 1963, but his career slumped with the arrival of the British Invasion. In 1974 he found his way back to the charts with “Laughter in the Rain.” In March of that year, Wink Martindale sat with Sedaka to discuss his early career and his thrilling comeback.
Sedaka recounts his early life as a... Read more

Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin) Level 5

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Mandarin Chinese
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Mandarin Chinese — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned, so... Read more

From Bean To Chocolate

By: Bruno Faist

Narrated by: Mike Maas

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Dieses Hörbuch zeigt auf, wie Schokolade entsteht. Dabei wird der ganze Weg von der Kakaoblüte bis zur Verarbeitung von Schokolade erklärt. Zusätzlich enthält es ein Booklet, welches die einzelnen Themen mit eindrücklichen Bildern untermalt. Read more

Indentured

By: Joe Nocera & Ben Strauss

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 15 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

 “How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness? How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty? Why won’t anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American values and American justice?”
 
In the four years since Joe Nocera asked those ques­tions in a controversial New York Times... Read more

The Importance of Being Little

By: Erika Christakis

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold challenge to the conventional wisdom about early childhood, with a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child’s eye view of the learning environmentParents of young children today are embattled: Pick the “wrong” preschool and your child won’t get into the... Read more

The Battle for Room 314

By: Ed Boland

Narrated by: Ed Boland

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In this insightfully honest and moving memoir about the realities of teaching in an inner-city school, Ed Boland "smashes the dangerous myth of the hero-teacher [and] shows us how high the stakes are for our most vulnerable students" (Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black).
In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as... Read more

Lit Up

By: David Denby

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A bestselling author and distinguished critic goes back to high school to find out whether books can shape lives

It's no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don't read seriously-they associate sustained reading with duty or work, not with pleasure. This indifference has become a... Read more

Blackballed

By: Lawrence Ross

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

"College" is a word that means many things to many people: a space for knowledge, a place to gain lifelong friends, and an opportunity to transcend one's socioeconomic station. Today, though, this word also recalls a slew of headlines that have revealed a dark and persistent world of racial politics on campus.



From Lawrence Ross, author of The... Read more

A Dolphin Wish

By: Natalie Grant

Narrated by: Dr. Simona Chitescu-Weik

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Join twins Mia and Maddie and their sidekick little sister, LuLu, as they travel the country finding adventure, mystery, and sometimes mischief along the way. Together with their famous mother, singer Gloria Glimmer, and their slightly wacky nanny Miss Twist, the sisters learn lessons about being good friends, telling the truth, and a whole lot... Read more

London Art Chase

By: Natalie Grant

Narrated by: Dr. Simona Chitescu-Weik

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In London Art Chase, the first title in the new Faithgirlz Glimmer Girls series, readers meet 10-year-old twins Mia and Maddie and their adorable little sister, LuLu. All the girls are smart, sassy, and unique in their own way, each with a special little something that adds to great family adventures.There is pure excitement in the family as the... Read more

Starthilfe-Hörbuch-Download zum Buch "Der Psychocoach 8: Zu viel Erziehung schadet!"

By: Andreas Winter

Narrated by: Andreas Winter

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Stimme von "Psychocoach" Andreas Winter! Wer seine Starthilfe-CD verloren hat, ein Coaching ohne Buch durchführen möchte oder das E-Book gekauft hat und jetzt noch die CD benötigt, erhält hier den Inhalt der Starthilfe-CD zum Buch "Der Psychocoach 8: Zu viel Erziehung schadet! Wie Sie Ihre Kinder stressfrei begleiten" als... Read more

Individual coaching demystifies college

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Final deadlines for college applications are looming this week, and students who are first in their families to attend college are far less likely to have help navigating the application system. The College Advising Corps aims to change that by recruiting college graduates to advise first-generation applicants. Hari Sreenivasan visits two New... Read more

How to Study 25th Anniversary Edition

By: Ron Fry

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

How to Study reveals the study skills that all students need to know to be successful, whether the goal is landing a top scholarship, excelling in school, or preparing to return to school. This edition includes information on how to create an effective work environment, stand out in class, conduct research online, and much more. Fry also covers... Read more

Bedienungsanleitung für ein menschliches Gehirn

By: Gerald Hüther

Narrated by: Jan Reinartz

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Art und Weise, wie wir unser Gehirn nutzen, hat einen entscheidenden Einfluss darauf, welche neuronalen Verschaltungen angelegt und stabilisiert werden – oder auch nicht. Die innere Struktur und Organisation unseres Gehirns passt sich also an seine konkrete Benutzung an. So stellt sich also die Frage, wie wir eigentlich mit unserem Gehirn... Read more

Etwas mehr Hirn, bitte

By: Gerald Hüther

Narrated by: Gerald Hüther

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Nur wir Menschen sind in der Lage, unsere Lebenswelt immer besser nach unseren eigenen Vorstellungen zu gestalten. Indem wir uns aber immer perfekter an die so gestaltete Lebenswelt anpassen, verlieren wir allzu leicht auch unsere Fähigkeit, immer wieder nach neuen Wegen zu suchen und dabei aus den eigenen Fehlern zu lernen.Doch: Wir sind frei,... Read more

Lost at School

By: Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From the renowned authority on education and parenting, “an in-depth approach to aid parents and teachers to work together with behaviorally challenging students” (Publishers Weekly)—now revised and updated.School discipline is broken. Too often, the kids who need our help the most are viewed as disrespectful, out of control, and beyond help,... Read more

Great Expectations: Part 1

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Xiuye Zhang

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth.In Part 1, Xiaomao (Pip) is raised by his short-tempered older sister and her husband who run a small repair... Read more