Medicine audiobooks

Rosemary

By: Kate Clifford Larson

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference.Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. And yet, Rosemary was... Read more

Jonas Salk

By: Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 20 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The authoritative account of one of the twentieth century’s most important—and controversial—scientistsWhen a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a... Read more

Infectious Madness

By: Harriet A. Washington

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking look at the connection between germs and mental illness, and how we can protect ourselves.

Is it possible to catch autism or OCD the same way we catch the flu? Can a child's contact with cat litter lead to schizophrenia? In her eye-opening new book, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Harriet Washington reveals... Read more

A Common Struggle

By: Patrick J. Kennedy & Stephen Fried

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private struggles. 

On May 5, 2006, the New York Times ran two... Read more

The Heart Healers

By: James Forrester, M.D.

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 15 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

At one time, heart disease was a death sentence. By the middle of the twentieth century, it was killing millions and, as with the Black Death centuries before, physicians stood helpless. Visionaries, though, had begun to make strides earlier. On September 7, 1895, Ludwig Rehn successfully sutured the heart of a living man with a knife wound to... Read more

The Girl With Nine Wigs

By: Sophie van der Stap

Narrated by: Amanda Leigh Cobb

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

'It's Saturday and everything is different. No, I didn't go to the market this morning and I didn't have my usual coffee on Westerstraat. And no, I wasn't getting ready for a new semester at college. Next Monday, January 31st, I have to admit myself at the hospital for my first chemotherapy session. For the next two months, I'm expected each... Read more

In This Together

By: Ann Romney

Narrated by: Ann Romney

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

When Mitt and Ann Romney met in their late teens, a great American love story began. And their life together would be blessed: five healthy sons, financial security, and a home filled with joy. Despite the typical ups and downs, they had a storybook life.

Then, in 1998, Ann was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She couldn't believe it was real;... Read more

Last Night in the OR

By: Bud Shaw

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The 1980s marked a revolution in the field of organ transplants, and Bud Shaw, MD, who studied under Tom Starzl in Pittsburgh, was on the front lines. Now retired from active practice, Dr. Shaw relays gripping moments of anguish and elation, frustration and reward, despair and hope in his struggle to save patients.


He reveals harshly intimate... Read more

Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential

By: Richard Guare PhD, Peg Dawson EdD & Colin Guare

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"I told you, I'll do it later."

"I forgot to turn in the stupid application."

"Could you drive me to school? I missed the bus again."

"I can't walk the dog--I have too much homework!"

If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now... Read more

Schlaf gut ein (Besser Leben) - Abridged

By: Heinz Schiegl

Narrated by: Wolfgang Rositzka

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

1. Gebrauchsanweisung mit Warnhinweis für 2. Burn-Out-Syndrom (Depressionen) Inhalt: Suggestionsteil - Therapieteil - Suggestionsausleitung 3. Gebrauchsanleitung mir Warnhinweis 4. Schlafstörungen - gesunder Schlaf Inhalt: Suggestionsteil - Therapieteil - Suggestionsausleitung Hilfe durch Mental-Therapie Für das „Burn-Out-Syndrom"... Read more

The Patient's Playbook

By: Leslie D. Michelson

Narrated by: Leslie D. Michelson

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Too many Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical error—mistakes, complications, and misdiagnoses. And many more of us are not receiving the best care possible, even though it’s readily available and we’re entitled to it. The key is knowing how to access it.

The Patient’s Playbook is a call to action. It will change the way you... Read more

Late-Talking Children

By: Stephen M. Camarata

Narrated by: Dana Hickox

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

When children are late in hitting developmental milestones, parents worry. And no delay causes more parental anxiety than late talking, which is associated in many parents' minds with such serious conditions as autism and severe intellectual disability. In fact, as children's speech expert Stephen Camarata points out in this enlightening book,... Read more

Becoming Fluent

By: Richard Roberts & Roger Kreuz

Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot acquire a language as easily as children. Once they begin to learn a language, students may be further discouraged when they find the methods used to teach children don’t seem to work for them. What is an adult language learner to do?In Becoming... Read more

How To Improve Cardiorespiratory Endurance

By: Trevor Clinger

Narrated by: Trevor Clinger

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Most people can walk on a treadmill or around the block, but are they truly improving their health or potentially harming it? Are they simply going through the motions without the motivation to break through a fitness plateau? This informative article highlights the key cardio fitness principles that can enhance your health. No matter your age... Read more

NeuroTribes

By: Steve Silberman

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 18 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This New York Times bestseller upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently.What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is both... Read more

The Man Who Wasn't There

By: Anil Ananthaswamy

Narrated by: René Ruiz

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

*Nominated for the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award*
*An NBC News Notable Science Book of 2015*
*Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2015*
*A Book of the Month for Brain HQ/Posit Science*
*Selected by Forbes as a Must Read Brain Book of 2015*
*On Life Changes Network’s list of the Top 10 Books That Could Change Your Life... Read more

At the Coalface

By: Joan Hart

Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike. Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South... Read more

Anxious

By: Joseph LeDoux

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A comprehensive and accessible exploration of anxiety, from a leading neuroscientist and the author of Synaptic SelfCollectively, anxiety disorders are our most prevalent psychiatric problem, affecting about forty million adults in the United States. In Anxious, Joseph LeDoux, whose NYU lab has been at the forefront of research efforts to... Read more

Forensics

By: Val McDermid

Narrated by: Sarah Barron

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of listeners worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels, McDermid has become familiar with ever branch of forensics, and now she... Read more

Bald is Better With Earrings

By: Andrea Hutton

Narrated by: Andrea Hutton

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

For the one in eight women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, a warm, practical, relatable handbook that dispels the terror and takes you step-by-step through the process, from diagnosis to post-treatment.
When Andrea Hutton was diagnosed with breast cancer, she wanted to know everything. She read books voraciously, devoured... Read more

Healing Developmental Trauma

By: Laurence Heller & Aline Lapierre

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Explaining that an impaired capacity for connection to self and to others underlies most psychological and many physiological problems, clinicians Laurence Heller, PhD, and Aline LaPierre, PsyD, introduce the NeuroAffective Relational Model™ (NARM), a unified approach to developmental, attachment, and shock trauma that emphasizes working in the... Read more

Dorothea's War

By: Dorothea Crewdson

Narrated by: Julia Barrie & Richard Burnip

Length: 15 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In April 1915, Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend Christie, received instructions to leave for Le Tr port in northern France. Filled with excitement at the prospect of her first paid job, Dorothea began writing a diary. 'Who knows how long we shall really be out here? Seems a good chance from all reports of... Read more

The Ghost in My Brain

By: Clark Elliott, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The dramatic story of one man’s recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumas.In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a... Read more

The Theft of Memory

By: Jonathan Kozol

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol is best known for his fifty years of work among our nation’s poorest and most vulnerable children. Now, in the most personal book of his career, he tells the story of his father’s life and work as a nationally noted specialist in disorders of the brain and his astonishing ability, at the onset of... Read more