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56,197 titlesHealth & Personal Development Audiobooks
Audible's selection of over 50,000 health and personal development audiobooks can help you find mindfulness, improve your diet and workouts, get your finances on track, learn parenting tips, become a better communicator, and generally help you become a better you. With Audible, you can work on your health and personal development while your hands are busy, but your mind is free - commuting, working out, doing chores and more.Most Popular
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Man's Search for Meaning
- By: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall110
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Performance100
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Story100
As relevant today as it was when it was first published, Man’s Search for Meaning is a book for finding strength and purpose in times of great despair. “This is a book I reread a lot … it gives me hope … it gives me a sense of strength.”—Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN...
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Finding Meaning
- By Anonymous on 20-06-2026
By: Viktor E. Frankl
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
- By: Dale Carnegie
- Narrated by: Andrew Macmillan, Andrew Macmillian
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,414
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Performance4,374
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Story4,346
Updated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions. One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking...
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worth the listen
- By Michael on 24-05-2016
By: Dale Carnegie
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The Mountain Is You
- Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery
- By: Brianna Wiest
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall567
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Performance495
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Story493
Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence....
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Kept holding out for some wisdom… didn’t find any
- By M Gypsy on 07-08-2023
By: Brianna Wiest
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The Power of Letting Go
- How to Drop Everything That’s Holding You Back
- By: John Purkiss
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall211
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Performance177
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Story175
If you learn to let go, your life will take off. When you let go, you live intuitively. Everything flows, because you are no longer attached to things being a certain way, to being a certain person or always being right. What a relief. The irony is that when you feel stuck in any area of your...
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Literally life changing!!!
- By Mad on 01-12-2022
By: John Purkiss
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The Happiness Trap
- How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
- By: Russ Harris
- Narrated by: Russ Harris
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall116
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Performance104
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Story104
Free yourself from depression, anxiety, and insecurity, and instead build a rich and meaningful life with the updated and expanded edition of the world’s best-selling guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)....
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Great tools for making everyday life easier
- By Chris B on 25-02-2024
By: Russ Harris
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Middle Rage
- By: Myf Warhurst
- Narrated by: Myf Warhurst
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
Myf Warhurst thought she was nailing middle age. Then, thanks to some unexpected curveballs, life shook things up. Myf's usually breezy, sunny demeanour went AWOL, replaced with a quiet, seething fury bubbling deep within that threatened to burst out at any moment. No-one had warned her about...
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Thank you Myf!
- By Hayley on 05-09-2026
By: Myf Warhurst
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Man's Search for Meaning
- By: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall110
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Performance100
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Story100
As relevant today as it was when it was first published, Man’s Search for Meaning is a book for finding strength and purpose in times of great despair. “This is a book I reread a lot … it gives me hope … it gives me a sense of strength.”—Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN...
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Finding Meaning
- By Anonymous on 20-06-2026
By: Viktor E. Frankl
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
- By: Dale Carnegie
- Narrated by: Andrew Macmillan, Andrew Macmillian
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,414
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Performance4,374
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Story4,346
Updated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions. One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking...
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worth the listen
- By Michael on 24-05-2016
By: Dale Carnegie
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The Mountain Is You
- Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery
- By: Brianna Wiest
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall567
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Performance495
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Story493
Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence....
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Kept holding out for some wisdom… didn’t find any
- By M Gypsy on 07-08-2023
By: Brianna Wiest
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The Power of Letting Go
- How to Drop Everything That’s Holding You Back
- By: John Purkiss
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall211
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Performance177
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Story175
If you learn to let go, your life will take off. When you let go, you live intuitively. Everything flows, because you are no longer attached to things being a certain way, to being a certain person or always being right. What a relief. The irony is that when you feel stuck in any area of your...
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Literally life changing!!!
- By Mad on 01-12-2022
By: John Purkiss
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The Happiness Trap
- How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
- By: Russ Harris
- Narrated by: Russ Harris
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall116
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Performance104
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Story104
Free yourself from depression, anxiety, and insecurity, and instead build a rich and meaningful life with the updated and expanded edition of the world’s best-selling guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)....
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Great tools for making everyday life easier
- By Chris B on 25-02-2024
By: Russ Harris
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Middle Rage
- By: Myf Warhurst
- Narrated by: Myf Warhurst
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
Myf Warhurst thought she was nailing middle age. Then, thanks to some unexpected curveballs, life shook things up. Myf's usually breezy, sunny demeanour went AWOL, replaced with a quiet, seething fury bubbling deep within that threatened to burst out at any moment. No-one had warned her about...
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Thank you Myf!
- By Hayley on 05-09-2026
By: Myf Warhurst
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
- How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
- By: Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall481
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Performance388
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Story383
In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By...
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great and informative, but disregards one thing
- By Lz on 21-08-2018
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The Untethered Soul
- The Journey Beyond Yourself
- By: Michael A. Singer
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,725
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Performance1,417
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Story1,415
Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider these aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more to you than any of...
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Popularity doesn't guarantee quality
- By Lisa on 17-10-2014
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Don't Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition)
- Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering
- By: Joseph Nguyen
- Narrated by: Joseph Nguyen
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall106
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Performance104
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Story104
New York Times and International Bestseller! Learn how to overcome anxiety, self-doubt, and self-sabotage without needing to rely on motivation or willpower. Now in a beautiful, expanded edition with even more personalized guidance. “An essential first step to letting go of that suffering.”...
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Realisation that I really do overthink much to my detriment
- By Anonymous on 06-04-2025
By: Joseph Nguyen
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking
- Allen Carr's Easyway Series
- By: Allen Carr
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall243
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Performance213
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Story212
This book is the most up-to-date, cutting-edge, best-practice version of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking method that will not only set you free from smoking but will also ensure that you find it easy and even enjoyable to quit.
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absolutely amazing
- By Anonymous on 03-04-2024
By: Allen Carr
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Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- By: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,775
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Performance3,265
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Story3,256
In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its...
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- By You can’t afford not to buy it on 17-04-2018
By: Phil Knight
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The Explosive Child
- A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
- By: Dr. Ross W. Greene
- Narrated by: Dr. Ross W. Greene
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Abridged
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Overall509
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Performance393
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Story387
The Explosive Child is the highly acclaimed, lifechanging parenting guide in which Dr. Greene first delineated the Collaborative Problem Solving approach....
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Life saving content!
- By Emma on 19-02-2015
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Never Finished
- Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
- By: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick, Jacqueline Gardner
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,828
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Performance2,482
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Story2,479
This is not a self-help book. It’s a wake-up call....
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Great for some
- By Anonymous on 21-12-2022
By: David Goggins
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Come As You Are: Revised and Updated
- The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
- By: Emily Nagoski Ph.D., Nicholas Boulton
- Narrated by: Emily Nagoski Ph.D.
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall503
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Performance445
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Story442
A revised and updated edition of Emily Nagoski’s game-changing New York Times bestseller Come As You Are, featuring new information and research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life. For much of the 20th and 21st centuries, women’s sexuality was an...
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Must read for everybody
- By Amanda on 09-03-2021
By: Emily Nagoski Ph.D., and others
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The Year I Met My Brain
- A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD
- By: Matilda Boseley
- Narrated by: Matilda Boseley
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall263
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Performance247
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Story247
Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future. Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's...
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Ruined by rants
- By Morgan on 16-12-2023
By: Matilda Boseley
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Meditations for Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
- A 4-Week Guided Practice for Reprogramming Your Subconscious Mind and Creating a New Future
- By: Joe Dispenza
- Narrated by: Joe Dispenza
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall135
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Performance115
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Story113
Step out of who you’ve been—and into who you’re becoming. In this four-week guided meditation program, New York Times best-selling author and researcher Dr Joe Dispenza teaches you how to access the operating system of the subconscious mind, where your automatic habits, emotional reactions...
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A truly great teacher and meditation
- By Anonymous on 17-07-2022
By: Joe Dispenza
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Relentless
- From Good to Great to Unstoppable
- By: Tim S. Grover, Shari Lesser Wenk
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall726
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Performance602
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Story599
An all-new production of the phenomenal bestseller, now featuring exclusive new conversations with the authors! For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of relentless competitors in sports, business, and...
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Nothing to see here
- By DeeKay on 14-05-2021
By: Tim S. Grover, and others
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Complex PTSD
- From Surviving to Thriving
- By: Pete Walker
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall222
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Performance172
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Story167
The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes - in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous. If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised...
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Voice for audiobook was intolerable
- By pigeonpants on 15-08-2020
By: Pete Walker
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The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
- By: C. G. Jung
- Narrated by: Martyn Swain
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance23
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Story23
What are archetypes? What is the collective unconscious? Both these concepts are two of Jung’s most famous and exciting ideas. In this volume, taken from the Collective Works, Jung describes and elaborates upon these two central concepts of his psychology. Included are essays on specific...
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Unlistenable AI garbage performance
- By Matt Johnstone on 28-08-2023
By: C. G. Jung
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The Comfort Crisis
- Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
- By: Michael Easter
- Narrated by: Michael Easter
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall436
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Performance372
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Story373
Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild—from the New York Times bestselling author of Scarcity Brain. “If you’ve been looking for something different to level up your health, fitness, and personal growth...
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I Can Listen To This Over and Over
- By Mike In Melbourne on 06-09-2023
By: Michael Easter
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The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery
- Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life
- By: W. Lee Warren M.D.
- Narrated by: W. Lee Warren M.D.
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
A New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller! What if it were possible for you to make structural changes to your own brain so it’s healthier and less prone to depression, anxiety, grief, worry, and other issues that make you unhappy and keep you stuck? In this neuroscience-based...
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Engaging, informative book by a skilled and caring brain surgeon , teacher & communicator.
- By Angela Cartland on 10-06-2026
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Vaping
- By: Allen Carr
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall127
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Performance120
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Story120
The Easyway method tackles addiction from an entirely different angle. Rather than employing scare-tactics and enforcing painful restrictions on your vaping habits, it unravels the cognitive brainwashing behind your addictive behaviour.
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Phenomenal
- By Anonymous on 24-11-2024
By: Allen Carr
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The Killing Code: A Scottish Crime Thriller
- DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, Book 3
- By: JD Kirk
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall570
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Performance522
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Story517
After 20 years on the force, Detective Chief Inspector Jack Logan thinks he has seen it all. He is wrong....
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fantastic read
- By Chrissie on 23-05-2020
By: JD Kirk
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
- The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
- By: Joseph Campbell
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, John Lee, Susan Denaker
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall199
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Performance171
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Story164
Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In this book, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of...
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Every writer should read this.
- By Amazon Customer on 12-11-2017
By: Joseph Campbell
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Thinking in Bets
- Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
- By: Annie Duke
- Narrated by: Annie Duke
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall287
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Performance233
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Story233
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result in “the ultimate guide to thinking about risk” (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit). “A big favorite among...
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Broad and introductory general book on the topic of decision making.
- By OscarCharlieZulu on 27-12-2025
By: Annie Duke
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The Complete Australian Guide to Pregnancy and Birth
- By: Sophie Walker, Jodi Wilson
- Narrated by: Jodi Wilson, Annabelle Tudor
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance25
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Story25
'I wish someone had told me!' It's a phrase uttered by countless women after they give birth for the first time. Here's the audiobook that shares the wisdom of women and their birth stories, so that you can make informed and empowered decisions that are best for you....
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Incredible book for Australians
- By Melissa mason on 04-10-2024
By: Sophie Walker, and others
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Why Does Everybody Hate Me?
- Living and Loving with Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
- By: Alex Partridge
- Narrated by: Alex Partridge
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Story14
The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestselling Guide to ADHD, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) and emotional resilience from the host of the ADHD Chatter podcast. "This book is life changing, I don't say this lightly... it's one you will pick up again in future to remind you of the tools to use like a...
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I had been waiting for this book.
- By Anonymous on 03-04-2026
By: Alex Partridge
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Raising a Secure Child
- How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore
- By: Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, Bert Powell, and others
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall148
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Performance113
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Story115
Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell have...
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Hard to listen to narration.
- By Sarah Montelongo on 02-07-2018
By: Kent Hoffman, and others
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How to Have an Epic Retirement
- By: Bec Wilson
- Narrated by: Bec Wilson
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance26
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Story26
The bestselling guide for modern retirees, now updated with must-have advice for readers in both Australia and New Zealand. If you are planning to retire or want to make the most of your retirement, this is your essential handbook for navigating your finances, health and wellbeing, travel and...
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Practical book
- By Brian Chan on 23-08-2024
By: Bec Wilson
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Flow
- The Psychology of Optimal Experience
- By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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Story6
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s famous investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with...
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Outdated
- By George Hunn on 28-12-2025
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Hitler
- A Biography
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall342
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Performance301
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Story297
Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness. From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail, strewn with contradictory tales and overgrown with self-created myths. One truth prevails: the sheer scale of the evils that he unleashed on the world has made him a demonic figure without equal in the 20th century.
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Excellent, life saver
- By Emily on 25-02-2016
By: Ian Kershaw
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Sound Asleep
- Guided Sleep Meditations
- By: Mary Hoang, Rich Lucano, Audible Sleep
- Narrated by: Mary Hoang
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3
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Performance3
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In this Audible Original series, Mary Hoang has paired proven psychological techniques with sound therapy to create a guided journey to a restful sleep. Cocoon yourself with the soundscapes by sound therapy composer Rich Lucano, choose the meditation that feels right for you and fall sound asleep.
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great for sleep
- By Kindle Customer on 08-10-2025
By: Mary Hoang, and others
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Sex at Dawn
- How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
- By: Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Jonathan Davis, Christopher Ryan (Preface)
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall551
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Performance471
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Story468
Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream science - as well as religious and cultural institutions - has maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man's possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman's fertility and fidelity. But this narrative is collapsing....
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Interesting and good, but flawed
- By Brendan on 01-06-2018
By: Christopher Ryan, and others
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Twopence to Cross the Mersey
- By: Helen Forrester
- Narrated by: Liane-Rose Bunce
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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Story12
This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever hear. When Helen Forrester's father went bankrupt in 1930, she and her six siblings were forced into utmost poverty and slum surroundings in Depression-ridden Liverpool. The running of the household and the care of the younger children all fell on 12-year-old Helen. Writing about her experiences later in life, Helen Forrester shed light on an almost forgotten part of life in Britain.
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Fantastic
- By fishcakesgirl on 17-03-2024
By: Helen Forrester
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Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond
- A Meditator's Handbook
- By: Ajahn Brahm
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance41
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Story41
In Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond, self-described meditation junkie Ajahn Brahm shares his knowledge and experience of the jhanas - a core part of the Buddha's original meditation teaching. Never before has this material been approached in such an empowering way, by a teacher of such authority and popularity. Full of surprises, delightfully goofy humor, and entertaining stories that inspire, instruct, and illuminate, Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond will encourage those new to meditation, and give a shot in the arm to more experienced practitioners as well.
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A fantastic guide
- By Andrew G on 19-11-2016
By: Ajahn Brahm
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall666
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Performance533
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Story527
In the best-selling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. Now he turns his attention inwards to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological makeup.
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Not Bryson’s best
- By Chelsea on 08-10-2019
By: Bill Bryson
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Hitler
- A Biography
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall342
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Performance301
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Story297
Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness. From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail, strewn with contradictory tales and overgrown with self-created myths. One truth prevails: the sheer scale of the evils that he unleashed on the world has made him a demonic figure without equal in the 20th century.
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Excellent, life saver
- By Emily on 25-02-2016
By: Ian Kershaw
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Sound Asleep
- Guided Sleep Meditations
- By: Mary Hoang, Rich Lucano, Audible Sleep
- Narrated by: Mary Hoang
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
In this Audible Original series, Mary Hoang has paired proven psychological techniques with sound therapy to create a guided journey to a restful sleep. Cocoon yourself with the soundscapes by sound therapy composer Rich Lucano, choose the meditation that feels right for you and fall sound asleep.
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great for sleep
- By Kindle Customer on 08-10-2025
By: Mary Hoang, and others
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Sex at Dawn
- How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
- By: Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Jonathan Davis, Christopher Ryan (Preface)
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Overall551
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Performance471
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recommend
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I would give this 6.5 stars if i could.
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