Audiobooks: Non-fiction

Iron curtain [sound recording] : the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956
Anne Applebaum.
At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union, to its surprise and delight, found itself in control of a huge swath of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to Communism, a completely new political and moral system. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were created and what daily life was like once they were complete.
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Control [sound recording]
Glenn Beck.
Glenn Beck provides all those who believe in gun rights with the definitive guide to help them answer those who use tragedy to push gun-control agendas forward. Beck also examines the culture of violence being created and sold to our children by entertainment companies and makes the case that we must all take responsibility and action if we are serious about preventing more tragedies.
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Carrie and me [sound recording] : a mother-daughter love story
Carol Burnett.
In Carrie and Me, Carol Burnett shares her personal diary entries and correspondence revealing her anguish as a mother of a troubled teenager, the epiphanies that helped her help her family, and the grief and then the hope she felt after Carrie's death. Through Burnett's inimitable voice, we get a portrait of an unforgettable young woman that will bring hope to anyone struggling with raising or losing a child.
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You are made for more! [electronic resource] : spiritual inspiration and advice for building a better life
Lisa Osteen Comes.
Lisa shares from her own life stories of facing birth defects, limiting labels as a young woman, an unwanted divorce, criminal attack, infertility, and broken dreams. With every story, in every chapter, she delivers biblical truths and practical help for overcoming hardship and loss.
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Hillbilly heart [sound recording] : a memoir
Billy Ray Cyrus and Todd Gold.
Country musician and actor Billy Ray Cyrus tells his life story, centered around the themes of faith, family and music. He tells listeners of his turbulent beginnings in Kentucky; how Gospel and bluegrass music, discovered through his church, gave him hope; his meteoric rise with "Achy Breaky Heart" and how the resulting fame affected his life; about his love for his daughter Miley; and about how the success of her hit Disney show Hannah Montana led to a challenging period in his life.
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The pioneer woman [sound recording] : black heels to tractor wheels, a love story
Ree Drummond.
Ree Drummond expands on her blog memoir to reveal even more funny, embarrassing, touching, and inspiring moments she's never before shared. She writes candidly of how she coped with the reality of living in the heart of the country, miles away from a real grocery store, and how she came to terms with the life and love she chose. With her trademark humor and warmth, hers is the universal story of a young woman's transition from whimsical youth to full maturity.
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The hormone cure [sound recording] : reclaim balance, sleep, sex drive & vitality naturally with the Gottfried protocol
Sara Gottfried.
Many women see changes in mood, desire, and sleep as normal signs of the aging process. And many also believe that the only way to find relief is to seek out medication. But Dr. Sara Gottfried is not one of those women. Based on ten years' worth of studies, she presents a three-step process that helps balance hormones without relying on prescription medication.
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Those angry days [sound recording] : Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's fight over World War II, 1939-1941
Lynne Olson.
The definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II and a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the nation and ultimately determined the fate of the free world.
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Trident K9 warriors [sound recording] : [my tale from the training ground to the battlefield with elite Navy SEAL canines]
Mike Ritland with Gary Brozek.
Former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland, after retiring from the military, started a company to provide a special service to SEAL teams: training and supplying dogs for SEAL combat missions. Now, listeners will learn more about these spectacular dogs who are much like the soldiers they work beside: fiercely aggressive and athletic, devoted to duty, and tough despite pain, injury, or fear. Ritland explains how the dogs are trained, the missions they undertake, and the character traits required to serve.
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Lean in [sound recording] : women, work, and the will to lead
Sheryl Sandberg.
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO has become one of America's most galvanizing leaders. In Lean In, she urges women to take risks and seek new challenges, to find work that they love, and to remain passionately engaged with it at the highest levels throughout their lives.
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Let's explore diabetes with owls [sound recording] : essays, etc.
David Sedaris.
"From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, Sedaris takes us on side-splitting adventures that are not to be forgotten" -- from publisher's web site.
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Coolidge [sound recording]
Amity Shlaes.
A biography of Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
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Antifragile [sound recording] : things that gain from disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
In 'The black swan' Taleb outlined a problem, and in 'antifragile' he offers a definitive solution: how to gain from disorder and chaos while being protected from fragilities and adverse events. For what Taleb calls the 'antifragile' is actually beyond the robust, because it benefits from shocks, uncertainty, and stressors, just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension. The antifragile needs disorder in order to survive and flourish.
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The Vatican diaries [sound recording] : [a behind-the-scenes look at the power, personalities, and politics at the heart of the Catholic Church]
by John Thavis.
For more than twenty-five years John Thavis has reported on the inner workings of the Vatican. His daily exposure to the power, politics, and personalities in the seat of Roman Catholicism gave him a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on an institution that is far less monolithic and unified than it first appears. Thavis reveals Vatican City as a place where Curia cardinals fight private wars, scandals threaten to undermine papal authority, and reverence for the past is continually upended by the practical considerations of modern life. Thavis takes listeners from a bell tower high above St. Peter's to the depths of the basilica and the saint's burial place, from the politicking surrounding the election of a new pope and the ever-growing sexual abuse scandals around the world to controversies about the Vatican's stand on contraception and more.
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