Best Audio Books of 2009
100 Great Audio Book Gifts from 2009
Looking for some great holiday gifts? At LearnOutLoud.com we've assembled a list of the 100 best new and most popular audio book releases from 2009. You can check out all of our new releases here:
LearnOutLoud.com Audiobook New Releases
All the audio books on our list are available on Audio CD and are in stock and ready to ship from LearnOutLoud.com. No matter who you're giving gifts to this year, you're sure to find an audio book they'll enjoy and learn from. To make it easy, we've divided this list of 100 new releases into categories:
Arts & Entertainment:
A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor
David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure by David Sedaris
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
Last Words by George Carlin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Secondary Phase by Douglas Adams
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
Discover Music of the Romantic Era by David McCleery
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz
Biography:
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane by Walter Isaacson
Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit by Mike Huckabee
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
Lance Armstrong: The Making of the World's Greatest Champion by John Wilcockson
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Business:
Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even by Jim Cramer
Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Stop Acting Rich: And Start Living Like a Real Millionaire by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D.
The E-Myth Enterprise by Michael Gerber
The Leader's Way: The Art of Making the Right Decisions in Our Careers, Our Companies, and the World at Large by His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Lauren Van Den Muyzenberg
The Master-Key to Riches by Napoleon Hill
Passion and Purpose: The Power of Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey
Think Like a Champion by Donald Trump
A Gift to My Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing by Jim Rogers
The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
Leadership from the Inside Out by Kevin Cashman
History:
The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns
Afghanistan: In A Nutshell by Timothy Albone
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas (Narrated by David Strathairn & Richard Dreyfuss)
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Cokie Roberts
Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World by Tom Zoellner
Literature:
The Wild Things by Dave Eggers
The Essential Agatha Christie Stories by by Agatha Christie
The J. R. R. Tolkien Collection by J. R. R. Tolkien
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela
When She Was Good by Philip Roth
My Father's Tears and Other Stories by John Updike
Great Classic Humor: Edited by Mark Twain by Mark Twain
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Precious by Sapphire
Lorraine Hansberry Audio Collection by Lorraine Hansberry
Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
D. H. Lawrence in 90 Minutes by Paul Strathern
Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
Politics:
Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck
End the Fed by Ron Paul
FDR: The First Hundred Days by Anthony J. Badger
Renegade: The Making of a President by Richard Wolffe
Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died by Edward Klein
Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin
Speaking of Freedom by George H.W. Bush
The Essential Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln
American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century by Tony Blankley
America's March to Socialism by Glenn Beck
The Obama Revolution by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer
Religion & Spirituality:
It's Your Time by Joel Osteen
The Memory Quilt: A Christmas Story for Our Times by T.D. Jakes
The True Saint Nicholas: Why He Matters to Christmas by William J. Bennett
The Word of Promise: Complete Audio Bible NKJV
Becoming Enlightened by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Church People: The Lutherans of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor
Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear by Max Lucado
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Self Development:
The Ultimate Happiness Prescription by Deepak Chopra
Embrace the Struggle by Zig Ziglar
Why Our Health Matters by Andrew Weil
The Attractor Factor by Joe Vitale
Deep Sleep with Medical Self-Hypnosis by Steven Gurgevich
Living Without Stress or Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh
Love Is a Verb by Jeffrey Kluger
Reconnecting: A Self-Coaching Solution to Revive Your Love Life by Joseph Luciani
Your Soul's Evolution by Michael Beckwith
Choose Them Wisely: Thoughts Become Things! by Mike Dooley
The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler
The Mystery of 2012 by John Major Jenkins
The Hourglass Solution: A Boomer's Guide to the Rest of Your Life by Jeff Johnson
Life Is Friends by Jeanne Martinet
Making It All Work by David Allen
The Power of Slow by Carl Honore
The Body Fat Solution by Tom Venuto
Feeling Good Together by David D. Burns
Still the Mind: Simple Breathing Practices for Inner Peace by Bodhipaksa
The UltraMind Solution by Mark Hyman
The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey
Other Notable Releases:
Berlitz Mexican Spanish Phrase Book & CD
The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore
Hope for Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid by Howard J. Morris
The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business by Tara Hunt
How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever by Jack Horner
Enjoy these great new releases in audio books from 2009!
New Downloads from BetterListen!
LearnOutLoud.com is now featuring new audio downloads from a great new publisher of inspirational, educational, and socially responsible media for a better world. The publisher BetterListen! is now offering their first dozen audio downloads through our site:
Browse all the BetterListen! Downloads
We are currently offering 12 audio books on audio download from BetterListen!. Here they are with some brief descriptions:
The Art of Flower Arranging by Thich Nhat Hanh - In this classic 1989 talk, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh uses flower arranging as a metaphor for establishing harmony both within ourselves and in our families.
An Evening with Ram Dass - This recently uncovered recording features the iconic Ram Dass speaking at a lively event which was a benefit for the Seva Foundation.
Global Mind Change by Dr. Edgar Mitchell - Dr. Mitchell explores humanity, science, and fulfillment in this recording of what it means to be a human and our place in the universe.
A Magical Life by Thomas Moore - In his New York Times best-seller Care of the Soul, internationally known theologian Thomas Moore recommends a radical shift in priorities: slowing down, living with our human imperfections and designing an intimate life.
Beauty Without Nature by James Hillman - In this thought provoking recording, internationally recognized Jungian teacher and theorist James Hillman, Ph.D. proposes the 21st Century's “new urbanism,” one that integrates city and nature into a harmonious whole.
Dance Without End by Laura Simms - In this artfully presented recording, creation myths and tales about the origin of existence from Aztec, Inuit, Maori, Scandinavian, African and Native American cultures are told by storyteller Laura Simms and beautifully accompanied by musician Steve Gorn’s world music orchestration.
We hope you enjoy these outstanding teachings from BetterListen! and we hope to add more in the future.
A Christmas Carol
Our featured audio book for the month of December is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Listen to the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge as he's haunted by The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
Download A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
This classic tale has become Charles Dickens' immortal holiday gift to generations of readers. This audio book has a running time of 2 Hrs. 45 Min. and is available on MP3 and bookmarkable MPEG-4 download. It is wonderfully narrated by Antonia Bath and can be downloaded exclusively through LearnOutLoud.com from now until the end of December.
Download A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens