Non-Fiction Audiobooks

Your Presidential Dream Team: Elect a Super Squad of Presidents to Defend the Planet

Fans of How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous and Kid Presidents can draft their own presidential fantasy team, based on these hilarious-but-true profiles of our past leaders. What if a zombie apocalypse or a robot uprising threatened the nation and you had the power to recruit some of the nation's finest presidents to help save the day? By studying the most successful squads in history, Daniel O'Brien has identified the perfect ingredients for a victorious team. Which president would you choose for: the Brain, the Brawn, the Moral Compass, the Loose Cannon, and the Roosevelt? Choose wisely-the fate of the world is in your hands!

Daniel O'brien, Daniel OBrien (Author), Kirby Heyborne (Narrator)

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Favourite Children's Poems

Here is a collection of 41 favourite classic children's poems by some of our best loved writers including Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and others.

Various (Author), Roy Macready (Narrator)

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Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? junior. Unser Werkzeug

Paul und Lea bauen mit ihrem Vater ein Spielhaus im Garten. Dabei benutzen sie verschiedene Werkzeuge: Paul darf mit Papa zusammen die Säge ausprobieren und mit dem Handbohrer Löcher in die Bretter bohren, Lea misst mit dem Zollstock, wie groß die Kinder sind und klopft mit dem Hammer die Nägel in die Wände. Zusammen streichen sie das Spielhaus noch bunt an. Fertig! Nun müssen alle Werkzeuge aufgeräumt werden - mit einem lustigen Geräuschequiz zum Mitraten macht das allen großen Spaß! Altersgerechte Fragen und Antworten, authentische Geräusche, viele Mitmach-Aktionen und Musik machen die Reihe 'Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? junior' zu einem Hörerlebnis für die Kleinsten. Das Hörspiel basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Buch von Peter Nieländer und Daniela Prusse aus dem Ravensburger Buchverlag.

Daniela Prusse, Peter Nieländer (Author), Marlon Bartel, Niklas Heinecke (Narrator)

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Gedichte für kleine Wichte

Von A-B-C-Katzen und Zappelmännern. Sprache spielerisch erfahren mit Liedern und Reimen. Ob auf dem Sofa, in der Badewanne oder unterwegs: Kleinkinder lieben Reime und Mitmachlieder. Das macht nicht nur großen Spaß, sondern fördert auch den Sinn für Rhythmus, Melodie und Sprache. Hier finden Eltern und Erziehende eine altersgerechte Auswahl der schönsten Bewegungslieder und Fingerspiele für Kinder. Da dreht sich das Fähnchen auf dem Turme, da steigen Himpelchen und Pimpelchen auf einen Berg und alle machen mit beim türkischen Sap-sap-klapp-klapp Tanz. Henning Stolls ideenreiche musikalische Arrangements und die mitreißende Stimme von Ilona Schulz machen das Mitsingen und Mitsprechen für Groß und Klein zum Vergnügen.

Annette Huber, Nina Kuhn (Author), Ilona Schulz (Narrator)

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Die großen Fragen des Lebens für kleine Philosophen

Was ist Glück? Gibt es ein Schicksal? Warum müssen wir sterben? Wie lange dauert die Unendlichkeit? Viele große Fragen, die kleinen Philosophen im Kopf herumschwirren, beleuchtet Julia Knop aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. So werden Kinder mit Leichtigkeit ans Philosophieren herangeführt und lernen, einen eigenen Standpunkt zu beziehen. Ein wunderbares Hörbuch für alle, die sich trauen, quer zu denken.

Julia Knop (Author), Christian Baumann (Narrator)

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Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled 'quiet,' it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society--from van Gogh's sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer.Passionately argued, impressively researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie's birthplace to Harvard Business School, from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Susan Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects. She talks to Asian-American students who feel alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of American schools. She questions the dominant values of American business culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of innovation, and where the leadership potential of introverts is often overlooked. And she draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to reveal the surprising differences between extroverts and introverts.Perhaps most inspiring, she introduces us to successful introverts--from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Finally, she offers invaluable advice on everything from how to better negotiate differences in introvert-extrovert relationships to how to empower an introverted child to when it makes sense to be a 'pretend extrovert.'This extraordinary book has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.

Erica Moroz, Gregory Mone, Susan Cain (Author), Kathe Mazur (Narrator)

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Abenteuer! Maja Nielsen erzählt. Mission im Weltall: Eine Entdeckergeschichte mit Alexander Gerst un

Zwei Männer und der ganz große Traum: Maja Nielsen präsentiert die Sternstunden der Raumfahrt und nimmt Klein und Groß mit auf eine faszinierende Reise. 1978 startet Sigmund Jähn als erster Deutscher ins Weltall. 2014, rund 36 Jahre später, fliegt Alexander Gerst mit seiner Rakete Richtung Unendlichkeit. Im Original-Interview erzählen die beiden Astronauten erstmals gemeinsam vom Leben und Arbeiten auf einer Raumstation, von Weltraumspaziergängen, Schwerelosigkeit und dem überwältigenden Erlebnis, die Erde von ganz oben zu sehen.

Maja Nielsen (Author), Alexander Gerst, Sigmund Jähn (Narrator)

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What Was the Underground Railroad?

No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only 'conductors' who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about 'passengers' on the 'Railroad,' this audiobook chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. In this thrillingly narrated history, the Underground Railroad comes alive!

, Yona Z. McDonough, Yona Zeldis Mcdonough (Author), Deanna Hurst (Narrator)

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Who Was Nelson Mandela?

As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa. He became the country's first black president and went on to live his dream of change. This is an important and exciting addition to the Who Was...? series.

Meg Belviso, Pam Pollack (Author), Mark Bramhall (Narrator)

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Who Was Rosa Parks?

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."

Yona Z. McDonough, Yona Zeldis Mcdonough (Author), Adenrele Ojo (Narrator)

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You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomeness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World

Everyone is talking about the entrepreneur, animator, eco-designer, and girls' rights activist Maya Penn. Her TEDWomen Talk has been viewed over 1,200,000 million times (and is one of the top 15 TEDWomen Talks of all time). Now this amazing teenager has written an inspirational handbook for teens and young adults to help them discover their passions and maximize their full potential for a creative, successful life.Maya Penn is a remarkable teen entrepreneur who has given three TED Talks, created her own eco-friendly fashion line, developed animated films, and appeared on The View with Whoopi Goldberg. She has even been name-checked by bestselling authors Gabrielle Bernstein, Steve Harvey, and Eve Ensler. All while still in middle school! Although Maya is extraordinary in many ways, and her success is a testament to her own creativity, passion, and fearlessness-these are traits that can be cultivated in all of us. In You Got This! Maya shares her incredible journey to becoming an artist, designer, philanthropist, and business owner. She provides a creative blueprint for teens and young adults, along with the tools she used to build an authentic, exciting, and connected life, and offers creative prompts for cultivating success. So let your creativity and passion flow freely and watch as your world transforms-it all starts with you!

Maya S. Penn (Author), Maya S. Penn (Narrator)

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Who Was Galileo?

Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name-a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia Brennan Demuth offers a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous proposition.

Patricia Brennan Demuth (Author), Mark Deakins (Narrator)

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