Science & Technology audiobooks

Dark Methods Of Persuasion

By: Michael Pace

Narrated by: Stacy Towar

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you like to know how to negotiate with terrorists to let a group of innocent captives free from a burning building? Would you like to know how to talk your girlfriend into having sex with you even when she feels fat and ugly? Would you like to convince people that they are ugly or fat while simultaneously making them feel that giving you... Read more

Signature in the Cell

By: Stephen C. Meyer

Narrated by: Derek Shetterly

Length: 19 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Named one of the top books of 2009 by the Times Literary Supplement (London), this controversial and compelling audiobook from Dr. Stephen C. Meyer presents a convincing new case for intelligent design (ID), based on revolutionary discoveries in science and DNA. Along the way, Meyer argues that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution as expounded in... Read more

Free Days With George

By: Colin Campbell

Narrated by: Rudy Sanda

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

After Colin Campbell went on a short business trip abroad, he returned home to discover his wife of many years had moved out. No explanations. No second chances. She was gone and wasn't coming back. Shocked and heartbroken, Colin fell into a spiral of depression and loneliness.



Soon after, a friend told Colin about a dog in need of rescue—a... Read more

All These Worlds Are Yours

By: Jon Willis

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy.

Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope,... Read more

Darwin's Doubt

By: Stephen C. Meyer

Narrated by: Derek Shetterly

Length: 14 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,” many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil... Read more

The Optimistic Child

By: Martin E. P. Seligman

Narrated by: Paul Costanzo

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thirty-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism—dwelling on the most catastrophic cause of any setback—and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach... Read more

Apology

By: Plato

Narrated by: Edward Miller

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The Apology of Socrates by Plato, presents the speech of self-defence given by Socrates in his trial for impiety and corruption (399 BC).The Apology of Socrates is the dialogue that depicts the death of Socrates, and is one of the four works, along with Euthphro, Phaedo, and Crito, through which Plato details the final days of the philosopher... Read more

Piensa diferente, vive diferente

By: Wayne W. Dyer

Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

El autor de Tus zonas erróneas propone un manual para dotar de flexibilidad a nuestra mente y saber doblegar fácilmente los prejuicios y los malos hábitos mentales que hemos cultivado toda la vida. En pocas palabras: «No te creas todo lo que piensas». Todos tenemos dominio sobre nosotros mismos, todos disponemos del poder para decidir qué hacer... Read more

What Customers Crave

By: Nicholas J. Webb

Narrated by: James Foster

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The best companies in the world discover what their customers desire—and then deliver it in memorable and deeply human experiences. How well do you know your customers?What Customers Crave examines how the hyper-connected economy is radically changing consumer expectations, and reveals what companies need to do to stay on top. The solution rests... Read more

People Skills

By: Robert Bolton

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Improve your personal and professional relationships instantly with this timeless guide to communication, listening skills, body language, and conflict resolution.

Maybe a wall of silent resentment has shut you off from someone you love. Maybe you listen to an argument in which neither party seems to hear the other. Or maybe your mind drifts to... Read more

How To Live With Bipolar Disorder

By: HowExpert

Narrated by: Kelly McGee

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to learn how to live and deal with bipolar disorder, then get "How To Live With Bipolar Disorder" written by a person with real life experience in this topic.This is a how to guide on how to live with bipolar disorder. It’s about bipolar disorder or manic depressive illness. The methods expressed in this how to deal with bipolar... Read more

The Selfishness of Others

By: Kristin Dombek

Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

They’re among us, but they are not like us. They manipulate, lie, cheat, and steal. They are irresistibly charming and accomplished, appearing to live in a radiance beyond what we are capable of. But narcissists are empty. No one knows exactly what everyone else is full of—some kind of a soul, or personhood—but whatever it is, experts agree that... Read more

Im digitalen Hamsterrad - Abridged

By: Gerald Lembke

Narrated by: Gerald Lembke

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Im digitalen Hamsterrad Ein Plädoyer für den gesunden Umgang mit Smartphone & Co. Wir glauben, mit unserer digitalen Mobilität freier und autonomer geworden zu sein. Stattdessen schlittern wir unaufhörlich in eine Gesellschaft mit andauernden digitalen Ablenkungen und mobilem Entertainment. Das Analoge ist dem Virtuellen längst... Read more

A Spaceship Named Mcguire

By: Randall Garrett

Narrated by: Edward Miller

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A Spaceship Named McGuire is a sci-fi short story by Randall Garrett, published in 1961. This tale is kind of a mix between detective, sci-fi and thriller; as detective Daniel Oak investigates the possibly sabotaged "brain" of a spaceship (!) amongst spaceship big shots, criminals and ladies... Fun and exciting. Read more

Remembering John Glenn, space pioneer and American statesman

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Former astronaut and senator John Glenn has died at age 95. In every chapter of his life, whether on Earth or above it, Glenn accumulated achievements -- serving as a Marine fighter pilot in two wars and later launching into space exploration. After retiring from politics, he continued to advocate for NASA. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with science... Read more

Utilitarianism/On Liberty

By: Johnn Stuart Mill

Narrated by: Derek Le Page

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

John Stuart Mill (1808-1873) was a torchbearer for liberal thought in the 19th century, including liberty of the individual and freedom of speech, and he championed women's suffrage in Parliament. A remarkable man - he learned Greek aged three and at eight had read Herodotus, Xenophon and Plato - he campaigned all his life for a just society.... Read more

The Art of War

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Dating back to the 5th century B.C.,The Art of War is an ancient Chinese text on military strategy whose teachings have become very influential and popular in the west. Though authorship is attributed to Sun Tzu (Master Sun), many scholars believe the bulk of the text was written by his descendant Sun Bin, who lived some hundred years later. Its... Read more

Streaming, Sharing, Stealing

By: Michael D. Smith & Rahul Telang

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Traditional network television programming has always followed the same script: executives approve a pilot, order a trial number of episodes, and broadcast them, expecting viewers to watch a given show on their television sets at the same time every week. But then came Netflix's House of Cards. Netflix gauged the show's potential from data it... Read more

Of a Fire on the Moon

By: Norman Mailer

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 17 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer—the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction—wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. A classic chronicle of America’s reach for greatness in the midst of the Cold... Read more

Earth in Human Hands

By: David Grinspoon

Narrated by: David Grinspoon

Length: 17 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

NASA Astrobiologist and renowned scientist Dr. David Grinspoon brings readers an optimistic message about humanity's future in the face of climate change.
For the first time in Earth's history, our planet is experiencing a confluence of rapidly accelerating changes prompted by one species: humans. Climate change is only the most visible of the... Read more

Against Empathy

By: Paul Bloom

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our intimate relationships with friends and family.Most people, including many policy makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers, have encouraged us to be more empathetic—to... Read more

Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition

By: Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Narrated by: Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The 20th anniversary edition of the definitive classic on defeating obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author.

An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over.... Read more

River of Time

By: Naomi Judd

Narrated by: Naomi Judd & Carolyn Cook

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Naomi Judd's life as a country music superstar has been nonstop success. But offstage, she has battled incredible adversity. Struggling through a childhood of harsh family secrets, the death of a young sibling, and absent emotional support, Naomi found herself reluctantly married and an expectant mother at age seventeen. Four years later, she... Read more

Whiplash

By: Joi Ito & Jeff Howe

Narrated by: James Foster

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This "brilliant and provocative" (Walter Isaacson) guide shares nine principles to adapt and survive the technological changes shaping our future from the director of the MIT Media Lab and a veteran Wired journalist.The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting... Read more