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How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift
Written and Narrated By: Steve Leder
Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
BeYONd Lovely
The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
By: Eddie Jaku / Narrated By: Raphael Corkhill
Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
Less contemplative than Frankl, but oh, that smiling!
How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place
By: David Sheff / Narrated By: Michael Boatman
Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
Listened to it twice cuz once, quite simply, was NOT enough.
In Spite of Everything
By: Viktor E. Frankl / Introduction By: Daniel Goleman / Narrated By: David Rintoul
Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
Much to my shame, I fell asleep a couple of times but was then whacked sensible by extraordinary affirmations
By: Alicia Elliott / Narrated By: Kyla Garcia
Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
Kyla Garcia turns mostly-crotchety essays into chipper and jaunty musings… Whatthe?!?
By: Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill / Narrated By: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
MAGNIFICENT!!!
Written and Narrated By: Kerry Egan
Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
A StoryHolder tells tales of love
By: Monique Gray Smith / Narrated By: Michelle Thrush
Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
What a surprise! What a real pleasure!
A Gratitude Journey
Written and Narrated By: A. J. Jacobs
Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
An irritable guy’s attempt at gratitude
By: Frances Hodgson Burnett / Narrated By: Josephine Bailey
Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
This has GOT to be the Best Audio Production of the many, maaaany versions available!
By: Takashi Hiraide / Narrated By: David Shih
Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
Abrupt ending doesn’t mar the elegance and sensitivity of this story
By: Marlen Haushofer / Narrated By: Kathe Mazur
Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
Almost five years past my review on Audible, the listen this time? WOW…!
A Modern-Day Dairy Tale
Written and Narrated By: David Duchovny
Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
So sue me! Duchovny’s narration has grown on me with this “udderly” (…groan…) wonderful tale!
The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
Written and Narrated By: José Andrés / Foreword By: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Luis A. Miranda Jr.
Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
Ignore the occasional rant, and bask in the glory of people treating each other with dignity and loving kindness
Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard
By: Kristin Schell / Narrated By: Ginny Welsh
Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
Good book, but it works better if you have a yard…
Turning Grief into Healing
By: Rabbi Ben Kamin / Narrated By: Alan Taylor
Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
Forever grateful that I listened to this at just the right time
Written and Narrated By: Rick Bass
Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
Not much on feasting but a lot about traveling; not much on the authors he visits but a lot for the budding writer to take in
The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
Written and Narrated By: Christopher McDougall
Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
What a great story! And what’s this? Did the song at the end leave a tear or two in my eye?
Bringing US Troops’ Dogs and Cats Safely Home from the Combat Zone
By: Terri Crisp, Cynthia Hurn / Narrated By: Nicole Vilencia
Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
I’m so thankful for all the people in this book!
Notes on Hope
Written and Narrated By: Anne Lamott
Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
Being flattened by Life, then breathing again, then again, then one more time