Study Guides & Language Learning

The Elements of Style: 60 Minutes to Better Writing & Grammar

• UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 14 mins)
• By William Strunk
• Narrated By uncredited

This is the original "Little Book," without add ons by later writers. This is a treasure to writers because it "omit(s)" needless words" and subject matter Professor Strunk did not believe was core to better writing. The brevity encourages relistening to deepen one's knowledge of the subject, the point made by Professor Strunk to his students: "the knowledge comes from rereading" or in our case, relistening. This unabridged version has 25 tracks: 1. Preface. 2. Introduction.

Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and Be More Productive

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 30 mins)
• By Kevin Horsley
• Narrated By Dan Culhane

Do you ever feel like you're too busy, too stressed, or just too distracted to concentrate and get work done? In Unlimited Memory you'll learn how the world's best memory masters get themselves to concentrate at will, anytime they want. When you can easily focus and concentrate on the task at hand and store and recall useful information, you can easily double your productivity and eliminate wasted time, stress, and mistakes at work. In this book you'll find all the tools, strategies, and techniques you need to improve your memory.

Writing Fantasy: The Top 100 Best Strategies for Writing Fantasy Stories

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 57 mins)
• By Blaine Hart
• Narrated By Joshua Mackey

Writing fantasy stories is a fun and exciting way to really put your creative skills and imagination to the test and bring your readers into an exciting and enchanting world of your own making. Not only is writing fantasy fun, but millions of people love reading it! If your story is good enough, you might even find yourself published. Like writing any genre of fiction, fantasy writing is a craft and requires a great deal of practice and precision to get it right.

French: Short Stories for Intermediate Level

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Frederic Bibard
• Narrated By Frederic Bibard, Mariem Nouni

Improve your listening comprehension and make learning new vocabulary so much easier with seven French short stories.

SAT AudioLearn: AudioLearn Test Prep Series

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 50 mins)
• By AudioLearn Test Prep Team
• Narrated By Mike & Cathy

From writing and critical reading to algebra and geometry, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to the NEW SAT - with two characters narrating for easy listening.

The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Gregory Bassham, William Irwin
• Narrated By Susan Duerden

Harry Potter has been heralded as one of the most popular book series of all time and the philosophical nature of Harry, Hermione, and Ron's quest to rid the world of its ultimate evil is one of the many things that make this series special. The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy covers all seven titles in J.K. Rowling's groundbreaking series and takes fans back to Godric's Hollow to discuss life after death, to consider what moral reasoning drove Harry to choose death, and to debate whether Sirius Black is a man or a dog.

French Short Stories for Beginners

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 46 mins)
• By Frederic Bibard
• Narrated By Frederic Bibard, Mariem Nouni

Improve your French pronunciation, and listening skills. Make learning new vocabulary so much easier with 15 fun and engaging French stories. Listening to short stories is an effective and enjoyable method to learning French. For those of you who can't just slip away from life, travel to France, and immerse yourself in the language in order to learn it, this is your solution! Listening to native-spoken French stories is the next best thing.

Once Upon a Slime

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 23 mins)
• By Andy Griffiths
• Narrated By Stig Wemyss

Have you ever wondered where ideas come from and how stories are made? Would you like to know the true stories behind some of Andy’s books and characters? Are you a teacher looking for simple, practical and inspiring writing activities for your next creative writing class? Would you like to discover tons of great ways to have fun with words and pictures? If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions then this is definitely the right book for you!

French Short Stories for Beginners: 8 Provocative Short Stories to Learn French by Reading Fun Tales

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 2 mins)
• By Language Central
• Narrated By Sylvie Pardon

Introducing eight provocative short stories to learn French (including tons of vocabulary and detailed quizzes). you know what's the most popular, breakthrough way of learning a new language nowadays? There's something that's for sure: you already know it isn't common, old-fashioned type of language learning books. Those are incredibly boring and outdated. But there's so much more than that.

Spanish Short Stories for Intermediate Learners: Eight Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way!

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Olly Richards
• Narrated By Susana Larraz

Improve your comprehension, grow your vocabulary, and ignite your imagination with these unconventional Spanish short stories for intermediate learners!

The Human Body: Advanced Biology in Creation, Second Edition

• UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 13 mins)
• By Marilyn Shannon, Rachael Yunis
• Narrated By Marissa Leinart

Apologia's advanced science courses allow the high school student to study independently while mastering in-depth knowledge through hands-on application of contemporary scientific concepts. This completely revised and updated edition of The Human Body will prepare students for college-level science studies as well as life beyond the classroom.

Learn German: By Reading Fantasy (German Edition)

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 7 mins)
• By Mozaika Educational, Dima Zales
• Narrated By Lidia Buonfino, Emily Durante

Do you want to master German? Do you like fantasy novels? Are you tired of reading boring textbooks in order to learn German? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, this is a book you should consider.

Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser: Von den Anfängen bis zum Mittelalter

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 42 mins)
• By Ernst H. Gombrich
• Narrated By Christoph Waltz

Ernst H. Gombrich, einem der herausragendsten Gelehrten des 20. Jahrhunderts, gelang, was heute unglaublich erscheint: die Geschichte der Menschheit prägnant und überzeugend zu schildern. Eine bis heute nicht erreichte und schon gar nicht überholte Leistung dieses großen Mannes.

Life Strategies for Teens

• ABRIDGED (1 hr and 54 mins)
• By Jay McGraw
• Narrated By Jay McGraw

Life Strategies for Teens is the first guide to teenage life that won't tell you what to do, or who to be, but rather how to live life best. Employing the techniques from Dr. Phil McGraw's Life Strategies, his son Jay provides teens with the 10 Laws of Life that make the journey to adulthood an easier and more fulfilling trip. Whether dealing with the issues of popularity, peer pressure, ambition, or ambivalence, Life Strategies for Teens is an enlightening guide.

Ich REDE. In der Schule: Bessere mündliche Noten

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Isabel García
• Narrated By Isabel García

Wie reagiert man schlagfertig? Wie gestaltet man einen wirklich interessanten Vortrag? Und wie begeistert man sein Publikum? Referate, Präsentationen und mündliche Prüfungen sind heutzutage fester Bestandteil des schulischen Alltags und stellen Schüler vor große Herausforderungen. Häufig sind diese unsicher und haben Angst, vor einem Publikum zu sprechen.

Band of Brothers

• ABRIDGED (4 hrs and 33 mins)
• By Stephen E. Ambrose
• Narrated By Cotter Smith

In the summer of 1942, a band of citizen soldiers were brought together by the desire to be better than the other guy. At its peak, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 through Utah Beach, Market-Garden, the Bulge, and Hitler's Eagle's Nest, WWII historian Stephen Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company.

Italian Short Stories for Beginners: 8 Provocative Short Stories to Learn Italian by Reading Fun Tales

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 57 mins)
• By Language Central, Nicoletta Fornaro
• Narrated By Susana Larraz, Carmen Lov

Do you know what's the most popular, breakthrough way of learning a new language nowadays? There's something that's for sure: you already know it isn't common, old-fashioned type of language learning books. Those are incredibly boring and outdated. But there's so much more than that. Today, the most popular, hustle-free way of learning a foreign language is this: by reading short stories, fun tales, and captivating narratives that keep you hooked from beginning to end.

2012 TOEFL Vocabulary Audio Learn

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 59 mins)
• By AudioLearn Editors
• Narrated By AudioLearn Voice Over Team

Audio Review of Over 500 2012 TOEFL Vocabulary Words. Improve your spelling. Gain a better understanding of sentence structure. Increase your TOEFL scores. AudioLearn includes more than 500 words that commonly appear on the 2012 TOEFL exam, making it your indispensable study guide when it comes to TOEFL vocabulary! You can study TOEFL Vocabulary words at the gym, review spelling and sentence usage in the car, and memorize new words before you sleep at night.

Out of the Labyrinth: Setting Mathematics Free

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 36 mins)
• By Ellen Kaplan, Robert Kaplan
• Narrated By Noah Michael Levine

Who hasn't feared the math Minotaur in its labyrinth of abstractions? Now, in Out of the Labyrinth, Robert and Ellen Kaplan - the founders of The Math Circle, the popular learning program begun at Harvard in 1994 - reveal the secrets behind their highly successful approach, leading listeners out of the labyrinth and into the joyous embrace of mathematics.

Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Collection One, Lessons 1-5

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 32 mins)
• By Silas Brazil
• Narrated By Eric Fallah

Get fluent with Fluent Penguin language learning tools. Designed for self-taught language learners, Fluent Penguin picks up where Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone leave off. By exposing you to a wide variety of translated conversations in everyday situations, Fluent Penguin builds your vocabulary and intuitive recognition of grammar, sentence structure, and idiomatic phrases.