Science & Technology audiobooks

The Ruler's Guide

By: Chinghua Tang

Narrated by: Raymond J. Lee

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In the classic tradition of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, here for the first time in English is the timeless wisdom of China’s greatest emperor Tang Taizong (598–649 AD), which is still being studied more than 1,300 years later as an invaluable guide to leading and managing.

Tang Taizong is arguably the greatest Emperor in Chinese history. In Asia,... Read more

Know This

By: John Brockman

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman & Dan John Miller

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The latest volume in the bestselling series from Edge.org—dubbed “the world’s smartest website” by The Guardian—brings together 175 of the world’s most innovative and brilliant thinkers to discuss recent scientific breakthroughs that will shape the future.Scientific developments radically alter our understanding of the world. Whether it’s... Read more

Stretch

By: Scott Sonenshein

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A Rice University social scientist teaches you to rethink what you need to succeed, and do more with what you already have, in this counterintuitive, evidence-based guide to changing the way you work and live.Stretch identifies key ways for people and organizations to work beyond their resources to achieve higher performance. Based on in-depth... Read more

What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear

By: Danielle Ofri, MD

Narrated by: Ann M. Richardson

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Can refocusing conversations between doctors and their patients lead to better health?

Despite modern medicine’s infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion’s share of illnesses. However, what patients say and what doctors hear are often two vastly... Read more

The Perpetual Now

By: Michael D. Lemonick

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking revelations about memory, learning, and consciousness her unique case has... Read more

The World as Will And Idea

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 20 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Schopenhauer was just 30 when his magnum opus, Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, a work of considerable learning and innovation of thought, first appeared in 1818.

Much to his chagrin and puzzlement (so convinced was he of its merits), it didn't have an immediate effect on European philosophy, views and culture. It was only decades later that... Read more

The Stress-Proof Brain

By: Melanie Greenberg, PhD

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Modern times are stressful—and it’s killing us. Unfortunately, we can’t avoid the things that stress us out, but we can change how we respond to them. In this breakthrough book, a clinical psychologist and neuroscience expert offers an original approach to help readers harness the power of positive emotions and overcome stress for good.Stress... Read more

How To Start Green Home Computing

By: HowExpert

Narrated by: Kelly McGee

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to know how to be environmental friendly while using computers at home, then check this How to Start Green Home Computing guide.In this step-by-step guide you will reap the following benefits: Green tips for home personal computers. Techniques to do home green computing. Eco-Friendly tips for home computing. Green tools for building... Read more

How Dogs Learn

By: Mary R. Burch & Jon S. Bailey

Narrated by: Christopher Solimene

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This book explores the fascinating science of operant conditioning, where science and dog training meet. How Dogs Learn discusses the basic principles of behavior and how they can be used to teach your dog new skills, diagnose problems, and eliminate unwanted behaviors. It's for anyone who wants to better understand the learning process in dogs.... Read more

Creating Freedom

By: Raoul Martinez

Narrated by: Steve West

Length: 17 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A manifesto for deep and radical change, Creating Freedom explores the limits placed on freedom by human nature and society. It explodes myths, calling for a profound transformation in the way we think about democracy, equality, and our own identities.Free markets, free elections, free media, free thought, free speech, free will—the language of... Read more

Data For the People

By: Andreas S. Weigend

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Every time we google something, facebook someone, or just carry a phone, we create data. Yet, we do not benefit from this wealth of information as much as we should. Andreas Weigend—an advisor to Alibaba, BMW, Hyatt, MasterCard and Lufthansa, among others—wants to change that. In Data for the People, he proposes six basic data rights that we all... Read more

How to Live to 100

By: Ian Durham

Narrated by: Alison Larkin

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From the picturesque valleys of Wales to the stunning Italian island of Sardinia Welsh-Italian cook Michela Chiappa visits 100 year olds, longevity experts and her own long-lived family in order to unravel the secrets of their success. It's a warm and enchanting journey that mixes food, lifestyle and science in order to come up with a surprising... Read more

Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy

By: Gabriella Coleman

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is the ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists that operates under the non-name Anonymous, by the writer the Huffington Post says "knows all of [Anonymous's] deepest, darkest secrets."



Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of this global phenomenon just as... Read more

The Upstarts

By: Brad Stone

Narrated by: Dean Temple

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store.

Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or a walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb have ushered in a new era:... Read more

Empires of Light

By: Jill Jonnes

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 16 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America's Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world... Read more

Tugenden - Die Meisterschaft des Lebens

By: Christoph Quarch

Narrated by: Christoph Quarch

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Für die alte Philosophie war es eine Selbstverständlichkeit: Wer gut leben will, muss Tugenden ausprägen. Tugenden verstanden die antiken griechischen Denker (allen voran Platon) als Bestheit. Entsprechend seiner Theorie der Seele, unterschied Platon vier zentrale Tugenden des Lebens: Das Maßhalten oder die Besonnenheit als Tugend unserer Triebe... Read more

The Empathy Instinct

By: Peter Bazalgette

Narrated by: Peter Bazalgette

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Empathy is the power of understanding others, imaginatively entering into their feelings. It is a fundamental human attribute, without which mutually co-operative societies cannot function. In a revolutionary development, we now know who has it, who lacks it and why. Via the MRI scanner we are mapping the human brain. This is a new frontier that... Read more

Taken

By: Rosie Lewis

Narrated by: Madeline Gould

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate. Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother’s substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is taken into Rosie’s loving care. Rosie is supposed to help Megan find her new... Read more

The Serengeti Rules

By: Sean B. Carroll

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean B. Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought... Read more

The Thing with Feathers

By: Noah Strycker

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself.



The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing... Read more

The Anatomy of Motive

By: John Douglas & Mark Olshaker

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In this eagerly anticipated book from the internationally bestselling authors of Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, and Obsession, legendary crime fighter John Douglas explores the root of all crime—motive.



Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. Understand the motive and you can solve the mystery. The Anatomy of Motive offers... Read more

Testosterone Rex

By: Cordelia Fine

Narrated by: Cat Gould

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in our development. According to this familiar story, differences between the sexes are shaped by past evolutionary pressures—women are more cautious and parenting-focused, men seek status to attract more mates—re-created in each generation by sex hormones... Read more

The Book That Changed America

By: Randall Fuller

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling portrait of a unique moment in American history when the ideas of Charles Darwin reshaped American notions about nature, religion, science and race

“A lively and informative history.” – The New York Times Book Review

Throughout its history America has been torn in two by debates over ideals and beliefs.  Randall Fuller takes us back... Read more

Opening Skinner’s Box

By: Lauren Slater

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Beginning with B. F. Skinner and the legend of a child raised in a box, Lauren Slater takes us from a deep empathy with Stanley Milgram's obedience subjects to a funny and disturbing re-creation of an experiment questioning the validity of psychiatric diagnosis. Previously described only in academic journals and textbooks, these often daring... Read more