YA Nonfiction audiobooks

Gods at War Student Edition

By: Kyle Idleman

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The next step in becoming a completely committed follower of JesusFalse gods war within each and every one of us, fighting for a place of glory and control in our lives. In this student edition of gods at war, Kyle Idleman, bestselling author of not a fan, demonstrates how the desire for things like popularity, acceptance, and success can become... Read more

This Star Won't Go Out

By: Esther Earl, Lori Earl & Wayne Earl

Narrated by: Cristina Panfilio, Nick Podehl, John Green, Lor...

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of the journals, fiction, and letters of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16. Essays by family and friends will help to tell Esther’s story along with an introduction by award-winning author John Green who dedicated his #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars to her. Read more

The Port Chicago 50

By: Steve Sheinkin

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin.

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile... Read more

Woyzeck (Szenische Lesung mit Erläuterungen) - Dramen. Erläutert. (Ungekürzt)

By: Georg Büchner

Narrated by: Aischa-Lina Löbbert, Silke Franz, Alexander Wei...

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Georg Büchners Woyzeck in einer spannenden Hörspiel-Fassung für alle Generationen. Erleben Sie Woyzeck von jungen Schauspielern im Original szenisch gelesen und mit lebhaften Hörspielszenen illustriert. Ein Erzähler führt durch die Handlung und erläutert das Werk. Georg Büchner (1813-1837) gehört mit seinen wenigen Werken zu den bedeutendsten... Read more

Open Mic

By: Mitali Perkins

Narrated by: Mitali Perkins, Todd Haberkorn, JD Jackson, Tom...

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race.Listen in as ten YA authors—some familiar, some new—use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers that pretending to be a tai chi master or a... Read more

Homesteading in the 21st Century

By: Janet Williams

Narrated by: Dan Culhane

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate guidebook for self-sufficiency and sustainable living in the 21st century.

I believe everyone can build a self-sufficient homestead with a little help and guidance. You could be just a few weeks away from enjoying your beautiful, sustainable lifestyle. Learn how to:

Create a Sustainable Homestead By Raising Livestock and Gardening. No... Read more

Discovering Wes Moore (The Young Adult Adaptation)

By: Wes Moore

Narrated by: Wes Moore

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

From the governor-elect of Maryland comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Moore. One is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. The other is a Rhodes Scholar, an army veteran, and an author whose book is being turned into a movie produced by Oprah Winfrey.
 
The story of “the other Wes Moore” is one that the... Read more

Gettysburg Voices from the Front

By: Robert Child

Narrated by: Joe Pike

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring collection of first-hand accounts from Privates on up to the commanding Generals at the Battle of Gettysburg woven into a dramatic and compelling narrative. The reader is transported back to the chaos and uncertainty of the sweltering first three days of July 1863 when Lee's Army of Northern Virginia invaded the North threatening... Read more

Essential French in 2 hours with Paul Noble

By: Paul Noble

Narrated by: Paul Noble

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more

Essential Italian in 2 hours with Paul Noble

By: Paul Noble

Narrated by: Paul Noble

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more

Essential Spanish in 2 hours with Paul Noble

By: Paul Noble

Narrated by: Paul Noble

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more

Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People)

By: Tracy Kidder & Michael French

Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •“[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today
 
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains]... Read more

Who Is My Neighbor? (And Why Does He Need Me?)

By: David Webb & John Hay

Narrated by: Marissa Leinart

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Recommended by Chuck Colson on BreakPoint! The third book in the award-winning What We Believe series helps children understand what it means to be salt and light to the world (Matthew 5:13-14). This study will encourage kids to develop a Christlike servant attitude based on these biblical truths: God created me to be a blessing to the world;... Read more

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic

By: Michael McCreary

Narrated by: Michael McCreary

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn’t “look” autistic. But, as he’s quick to point out in this memoir, autism “looks” different for just about everyone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Diagnosed with ASD at age five, McCreary... Read more

Father Water, Mother Woods

By: Gary Paulsen

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Survival in the wilderness – Gary Paulsen writes about it so powerfully in his novels Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter, Brian's Return, and Brian's Hunt because he’s lived it. These essays recount his adventures alone and with friends, taking listeners through the seasons. In Paulsen’s north country, every expedition is a major one, and often... Read more

Dear Teen Me

By: E. Kristin Anderson & Miranda Kenneally

Narrated by: Julia Whelan & MacLeod Andrews

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing pains are an essential part of teenage life, for better and for worse. Some “mistakes” turn into positive, life-changing experiences, and some apparent triumphs seem, in retrospect, like low points. Some first kisses leave you feeling on top of the world, and others can make you want to hide under a rock. In Dear Teen Me, your favorite... Read more

In 80 Tagen um die Welt - Abridged

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Philipp Moog

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Der reiche Engländer Phileas Fogg sorgt im ganzen Land für Aufsehen: Er wettet, dass er es schafft, in 80 Tagen um die Welt zu reisen, und setzt dabei sein ganzes Vermögen aufs Spiel. Niemals kann das gelingen, meinen seine Freunde. Doch Fogg veranlasst seinen Diener zum Packen der nötigsten Sachen und schon sitzen beide im Zug Richtung Dover.... Read more

Blizzard of Glass

By: Sally M. Walker

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

December 6, 1917, started like any other day in Halifax. But everything stopped shortly before nine o’clock that morning, when two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One of the ships was loaded with munitions for the troops fighting in Europe; the other was preparing to collect medical supplies for the war’s victims.

The resulting disaster was... Read more

The Notorious Benedict Arnold

By: Steve Sheinkin

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

On a bitter cold day in January 1741 Benedict Arnold was born. Little did anyone know that he would grow up to become the most infamous villain in American history. But first, he would be one of the country’s greatest war heroes. Fearless in the line of fire, a genius at strategy and motivating his men, General Arnold was America’s first action... Read more

Master of Deceit

By: Marc Aronson

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“King, there is only one thing left for you to do....Take it before your filthy, abnormal, fraudulent self is bared to the nation.”Dr. Martin Luther King received this demand in an anonymous letter in 1964. He believed that the letter was telling him to commit suicide. Who wrote this anonymous letter? Most likely William Sullivan, an assistant... Read more

We All Fall Down

By: Nic Sheff

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In his follow-up to his bestselling memoir Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff reveals a brutally honest account of a young person's struggles with relapse and rehab.

In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through his days as an addict. In this powerful follow-up... Read more

Who Is God? (And Can I Really Know Him?)

By: David Webb & John Hay

Narrated by: Marissa Leinart

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Our children are bombarded daily with competing messages. Every song, movie, book, TV show, blog, and game is full of ideas -- ideas about God, people, truth, beauty, and right and wrong. Not all of these ideas are true. Some are deceptive and even destructive. The What We Believe series helps children learn to discern the truth by using God's... Read more

Who Am I? (And What Am I Doing Here?)

By: David Webb & John Hay

Narrated by: Marissa Leinart

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Our children are bombarded daily with competing messages. Every song, movie, book, TV show, blog, and game is full of ideas -- ideas about God, people, truth, beauty, and right and wrong. Not all of these ideas are true. Some are deceptive and even destructive. The What We Believe series helps children learn to discern the truth by using God's... Read more

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different

By: Karen Blumenthal

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

"Your time is limited. . . . have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."--Steve Jobs

From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of twenty, created Apple in his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniack. Then came the core... Read more