Science & Technology audiobooks

Super Sexual Orgasm - Abridged

By: Barbara Keesling

Narrated by: Barbara Keesling

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

It's common knowledge that the female orgasm has remained an enigma to men-and sometimes to women themselves. But now a breakthrough discovery by noted sex therapist and bestselling author Dr. Barbara Keesling has at last unlocked the mysteries of the female anatomy. In her latest book, Super Sexual Orgasm, Dr. Keesling describes a proven set of... Read more

The Death of Right and Wrong

By: Tammy Bruce

Narrated by: Tammy Bruce

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

If you believe children should be seduced into warped sexual behavior by the Gay Elite, if you think confessed murderers should be set free by defense attorneys who know how to wield the race card, if you feel promiscuous gay men should be empowered to spread AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, don’t read this book.

But if you’ve always... Read more

The Genome War - Abridged

By: James Shreeve

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a private company that within... Read more

The Big Year - Abridged

By: Mark Obmascik

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A classic in the making -- an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.

In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or “birders,” spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world’s quirkiest contests -- the race... Read more

Victory Over Violence

By: Eve Ensler

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A casual conversation about menopause ultimately led to a grassroots movement that raised awareness about violence against women in the form of a play, The Vagina Monologues. Here Ensler discusses how violence against women affects everyone and why patriarchy actually oppresses men as well as women, and much more. Read more

Spiritual Revolution in Business

By: Paul Dolan

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Dolan is a fourth-generation winemaker, former president of the well-known Fetzer Vineyards, and instrumental in introducing American wine lovers to the diverse varieties of wines that now enjoy broad popularity. He launched the organic wine industry in California and around the world. The simple techniques he discovered have opened the... Read more

Of Whales and Belly Flowers, Rebirth and Hope

By: Robin Kobaly & Doug Thompson

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Masculine and feminine, earth and sea, forest and desert, nature and nurture…the balance of life shows up beautifully and metaphorically in the relationship and the work of Robin Kobaly and Doug Thompson. She is one of the nation's foremost experts on native desert plants; he is a leader in experiential research with marine mammals. Read more

Krakatoa

By: Simon Winchester

Narrated by: Simon Winchester

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword... Read more

The Map That Changed the World

By: Simon Winchester

Narrated by: Simon Winchester

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately became the father of modern geology.In 1793 William Smith, a canal digger, made a startling discovery... Read more

Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes - Abridged

By: Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

Narrated by: Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as they discuss the very real—and often very funny—differences between the sexes.
Why... Read more

Finding Serenity in the Age of Anxiety - Abridged

By: Robert Gerzon

Narrated by: Robert Gerzon

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

ANXIETY! Is there anything that does not cause anxiety in a world where stress at the workplace, disillusioned dreams, broken families, and minutes that fly past us are a dominant reality? Finding Serenity in the Age of Anxiety, skillfully proposes that hope, inspiration, and practical solutions do exist. Dispelling the myth that all anxiety... Read more

A Journey of Discovery

By: Ché Vyfhuis

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this engaging discussion, Ché Vyfhuis recounts her courageous choice to leave a safe, secure, well-structured life to strike out on an unknown path with little more than a willingness to follow the guidance of a higher power. With candor and humor she shares her own process of discovery, including the realization that her core personality is... Read more

Scurvy

By: Stephen Bown

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

From the 15th to the mid-19th centuries, scurvy caused more deaths at sea than storms, shipwrecks, combat, and all other diseases combined. The cure for scurvy ranks among the greatest of military successes, yet its impact on history has mostly been ignored. In this intriguing book, Stephen R. Brown delivers a lively recounting of how three... Read more

The Anatomy of Hope - Abridged

By: Jerome Groopman

Narrated by: Jerome Groopman

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can change
the course of illness

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.

The... Read more

The Science and Mysticism of Water

By: West Marrin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In an age where we see water as a commodity to be bought and sold, and we attempt to control it in the hope that it will serve our immediate needs, West Marrin invites us to reexamine our relationship to this substance, which the ancients viewed as a sentient being. Read more

Changes That Heal

By: Henry Cloud

Narrated by: Dick Fredricks

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A down-to-earth plan to help us recover from the wounds of the past and grow more and more into the image of God.Many of us struggle with anxiety, loneliness, and feelings of inadequacy. We know that God created us in his image, but how can we be loving when we feel burned out? How can we be free when we struggle with addiction? Will we ever... Read more

Safe People

By: Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Narrated by: Dick Fredricks

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Safe People will help you discover why good people can get tangled in bad relationships, how to avoid repeating your own mistakes, and how to pick safe, healthy people for the friends you make and the company you keep.Too many of us have invested in relationships that have gone wrong. Maybe you've been judged, manipulated, or controlled. Or... Read more

Gifted Hands - Abridged

By: Ben Carson, M.D.

Narrated by: Ben Carson & Dion Graham

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. If it were not for the persistence of his mother, a single parent who... Read more

Safe People - Abridged

By: Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Narrated by: Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Safe People will help you discover why good people can get tangled in bad relationships, how to avoid repeating your own mistakes, and how to pick safe, healthy people for the friends you make and the company you keep.Too many of us have invested in relationships that have gone wrong. Maybe you've been judged, manipulated, or controlled. Or... Read more

The Fabric of the Cosmos

By: Brian Greene

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 22 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.

Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without... Read more

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea - Abridged

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Olympia Dukakis

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece.
The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated;... Read more

Cultural Nonviolence

By: Satish Kumar

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Jesus, Satish Kumar brings a gentle wisdom to the difficult questions that must be answered if we are to end the pattern of destruction that threatens our world today. His simple, yet comprehensive perspective addresses the violence that is pervasive in human society and, amazingly, offers... Read more

The Anatomy of Hope

By: Jerome Groopman

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can change
the course of illness

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.

The... Read more

Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes

By: Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

Narrated by: Lee Adams & Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you know the top seven things men do that drive women nuts? Or the real reason women cry more than men do? What are men really looking for in a woman—both at first sight and for the long-term? These are only the starting points for Barbara and Allan Pease as they discuss the very real—and often very funny—differences between the sexes.

Why... Read more