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In the second installment of Laurie Berkner’s Song and Story Kitchen, young listeners ages four to eight can join Laurie with her buddies Thelonious and Rosetta Pig, as she whips up yummy food, songs, and stories, helping young listeners work through some of life’s challenges. Each chapter of this delightful Audible Original features a different recipe and tells a new story set in the magical world of Juniper Fields with Laurie's friends: Newcomer Harry Munkin the chipmunk, and old friends Oscar Beebee the bumblebee, Layla Meeska the mouse, Tallulah Jones the dinosaur.

In this third audiobook in the Extreme Ownership series, a retired fighter pilot and TOPGUN instructor, now serving as the Chief Development Officer at Echelon Front, teaches readers the importance of leadership and how to implement it. This program is read by the author. The Need to Lead...

Are you tired of tripping over piles of “important” stuff you forgot you owned? Or your house looking like a thrift store exploded and nobody survived? Has finding your keys turned into and extreme sport? Welcome to Hoard Today, Gone Tomorrow, the laugh-out-loud guide to turning your cluttered chaos into an actual, livable space—without transforming into a minimalist monk. It’s a practical guide to taking back your home—and your sanity—one cluttered corner at a time. This isn’t just another decluttering book telling you to thank your paperclips and let go of “anything that ...

Army Air Corps doctor Jack Monroe was performing his usual duties in an army hospital in England soon after the end of World War II. Monroe along with French, British and Soviet doctors is ordered to witness the autopsy of a Nazi bureaucrat. What starts as a routine assignment leads him into a world of intrigue, romance and mortal danger.

From the award-winning historian: the remarkable life of "the most beautiful woman of 19th-century Baltimore", whose marriage in 1803 to Jérôme Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon, became inextricably bound to the diplomatic and political 19th-century histories of the United States, France, and England.

The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American, and Carol Berkin shows us that women played a vital role throughout the struggle. Berkin takes us into the ordinary moments of extraordinary lives. We see women boycotting British goods in the years before independence, writing propaganda that radicalized their neighbors, raising funds for the army, and helping finance the fledgling government. We see how they managed farms, plantations, and businesses while their men went into battle.

Meet Kylie Carson. She’s a fourth grader with a big problem. How will she make friends at her new school? Should she tell her classmates she loves monster movies? Forget it. Play the part of a turnip in the school play? Disaster! Then Kylie comes up with a delicious idea: What if she starts a cupcake club?

Chill Bro: The Guy’s No-Bullsh*t Guide to Stress-Free Living By Jay Berk, author of Man Up Bro: The Self-Help Book for Guys Who Don’t Do Self-Help Jay Berk is back, bro, and this time he’s taking on stress with his signature no-bullsh*t, laugh-out-loud humor. Following the success of his first book, Man Up Bro, Jay’s second book in the Bro series, Chill Bro, dives into the art of living life stress-free—without all the fluff and cheesy motivational quotes. Chill Bro is packed with hilarious, straight-to-the-point advice on how to: Master the fine art of doing absolutely nothing (...

We know - and love - the story of the American Revolution, from the Declaration of Independence to Cornwallis' defeat. But our first government was a disaster, and the country was in a terrible crisis. So when a group of men traveled to Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to save a nation in danger of collapse, they had no great expectations for the meeting that would make history.

 In these moving stories of Angelina Grimke Weld, wife of abolitionist Theodore Weld; Varina Howell Davis, wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis; and Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Carol Berkin reveals how women understood the cataclysmic events of their day. Their stories, taken together, help reconstruct the era of the Civil War with a greater depth and complexity by adding women's experiences and voices to their male counterparts. 

"Man Up, Bro: The Self-Help Book for Guys Who Don’t Do Self-Help" is the no-nonsense, funny, and brutally honest guide you’ve been waiting for. Tired of boring self-help books that make you feel like you’re in therapy? This book ditches the fluff and gives you the straight talk you need to take control of your life—without taking itself too seriously. Packed with practical advice and delivered with a heavy dose of humor, "Man Up, Bro" is here to help you break bad habits, crush your goals, and stop sabotaging your own success. Whether it’s learning how to stop making excuses, ...

After an accident that left him permanently paralyzed over ten years ago, Dr. Bradford Berk made it his mission to help others recover from acute neurological injury (ANI). As the founder and director of the University of Rochester Neurorestoration Institute, he brings his abundant experience in working with patients and making his own ongoing recovery to Getting Your Brain and Body Back, the most up-to-date guide for survivors of spinal cord injury (SCI), stroke, and traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Read by the author, Dave Berke The third book in the Extreme Ownership series, following on the phenomenal success of ex-Navy Seals Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s Extreme Ownership and The Dichotomy of Leadership. The Need to Lead invokes the classic Top Gun movie quote. It is also an...

Revered today for articulating America's founding principles, the first 10 amendments - the Bill of Rights - were in fact a political stratagem executed by James Madison to preserve the Constitution, the federal government, and the latter's authority over the states.

Active managers persistently lag the returns of benchmarks and index funds that track them, with the excuses for underperformance recycled every year. This comprehensive book is the antidote for the active managers’ siren song. If you understand the benefits of indexing, or systematic investing, it will reinforce your commitment while increasing your knowledge. In this greatly expanded second edition, Swedroe and Berkin show you how to develop an investment plan that focuses on what risks to take, and how much of them, as well as how to build a diversified portfolio.

MVP Sadie knows what it takes to win—both on the court and in the kitchen. But when Coach Walsh gets sick and has to temporarily leave school, Sadie’s suddenly at a loss. What will she do without Coach’s spot-on advice and uplifting encouragement? Luckily, Sadie’s got Peace, Love, and Cupcakes on her side. Her friends know that the power of friendship—and cupcakes—might be just what Sadie needs! 

A breathtaking audiobook by award-winning author Ari Berk about a young bat setting off into the world using only his good sense! Sense is the song you sing out into the world, and the song the world sings back to you. With these words, Chiro's mother sends him off into the night for the first time alone. It's an adventure, but how will he find his way? And how will he find his way home? As the young bat discovers, navigating the world around him is easy as long as he uses his good sense.

Red, Blue, and Totally Screwed: United in Division Since 1776 America: land of freedom, opportunity, and the uncanny ability to turn literally anything into a full-blown argument. From the Founding Fathers bickering through the Constitution to modern-day Twitter flame wars, this country has spent nearly 250 years proving one undeniable truth: we excel at dysfunction. In Red, Blue, and Totally Screwed, Jay Berk dives headfirst into the chaotic circus that is American life. Part roast, part reality check, this book takes on everything from our endless culture wars to the generational blame ...

From the Fab Five--the beloved hosts of Netflix's viral hit Queer Eye--comes a book that is at once a behind-the-scenes exclusive, a practical guide to living and celebrating your best life, and a symbol of hope. Feeling your best is about far more than deciding what color to paint your...

Summer camp turns sinister in Camp Murderface, a spooky middle grade read perfect for fans of scare masters like R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike. The year: 1983. The place: Ohio. The camp: Scary as heck. Camp Sweetwater is finally reopening, three decades after it mysteriously shut down. Campers...