Science & Technology audiobooks

To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

By: Lawrence Levy

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success.

“Hi, Lawrence?” the caller asked. “This is Steve Jobs. I saw your picture in a magazine a few years ago and thought we’d work together someday.”

After Steve Jobs was unceremoniously dismissed from Apple, he turned his attention to a little-known graphics art company that he... Read more

How Dogs Work

By: Raymond Coppinger & Mark Feinstein

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

How well do we really know dogs? People may enjoy thinking about them as "man's best friend," but what actually drives the things they do? What is going on in their fur-covered heads as they look at us with their big, expressive eyes? Raymond Coppinger and Mark Feinstein know something about these questions, and with How Dogs Work, they're ready... Read more

Screens and Teens

By: Kathy Koch, PHD

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

If you feel like you’re losing your teen to technology, you’re not alone.Screen time is rapidly replacing family time, and for teens especially, it is hardwiring the way they connect with their world. In Screens and Teens, Dr. Kathy helps you make sense of all this and empowers you to respond. She: ·Exposes the lies that technology can teach... Read more

Depression Proof Yourself

By: Madison Taylor

Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have suffered from depression, you know how terrible it is. It robs you of your will to live and sinks you into a deep hole of social isolation. It makes you feel bad, both physically and mentally. Wouldn’t it be nice to depression-proof yourself? Imagine how it would feel to become immune to depression.
Well, now you can become... Read more

Human Heart, Cosmic Heart

By: Dr. Thomas Cowan

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

While serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price - two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was-and continues to be-practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from... Read more

Heart

By: Johannes Hinrich von Borstel

Narrated by: Ben Allen

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This lively and informative exploration of the heart offers a perfect mix of medical fact and amusing anecdote. A doctor, prospective cardiologist, and former paramedic, von Borstel relates to the human side of heart medicine. His many tips on how to give your ticker the best chance of enduring for as long as possible include one that will... Read more

The Eternal and Infinite Nature of the Self

By: Rupert Spira

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This teacher of non-dualism sheds light on the essential teachings of what is known as “the direct path.” Almost everybody believes that whatever it is we are seeing is something that is outside ourselves. This leads to a most vexing question for science: How is consciousness derived from the brain? No neurologist or brain surgeon has ever found... Read more

Future Humans

By: Scott Solomon

Narrated by: Donald Corren

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In this intriguing book, evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon draws on the explosion of discoveries in recent years to examine the future evolution of our species. Combining knowledge of our past with current trends, Solomon offers convincing evidence that evolutionary forces still affect us today. But how will modernization—including longer... Read more

People of the World

By: Catherine Herbert Howell & K. David Harrison

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 18 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the heart of National Geographic comes this expansive guide to the clans, tribes, ethnicities, and peoples of the world.Organized in keeping with our knowledge of the migration of human groups through history, with statistics and a cultural portrait of each ethnic group, People of the World becomes a fascinating round-the-world tour of... Read more

Secret Service Dogs

By: Maria Goodavage

Narrated by: Nicole Vilencia

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In an age fraught with terrorism, United States Secret Service canine teams risk their lives to safeguard the president, vice president, their families, visiting heads of state, and a host of others. Unprecedented access to these heroic dog teams has allowed a fascinating first-time-ever look at a very special breed of heroes.

Wherever the... Read more

Calculating the Cosmos

By: Ian Stewart

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it’s all going to end. He considers parallel universes, the... Read more

Mars

By: Leonard David

Narrated by: Andrew Reilly

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring exploration of the establishment of humans on Mars—tying into the National Geographic television documentary series MarsThe next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the Red Planet—and human habitation of Mars isn’t much farther off. In October 2015, NASA declared Mars “an achievable goal”; that same season, Ridley Scott and Matt... Read more

The Lost Art of Listening, Second Edition

By: Michael P. Nichols, PhD

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

One person talks; the other listens. It's so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we actually are. Why do we so often fail to connect when speaking with family members, romantic partners, colleagues, or friends? How do emotional reactions get in the way of real communication?... Read more

The Ethics of Invention

By: Sheila Jasanoff

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Technology rules us as much as laws do. It shapes the legal, social, and ethical environments in which we act. Every time we cross a street, drive a car, or go to the doctor, we submit to the silent power of technology. Yet, much of the time, the influence of technology on our lives goes unchallenged by citizens and our elected... Read more

Almost a Psychopath

By: Ronald Schouten & James Silver

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you know someone who is too manipulative and full of himself? Does someone you know charm the masses yet lack the ability to deeply connect with those around her?



Grandiosity and exaggerated self-worth. Pathological lying. Manipulation. Lack of remorse. Shallowness. Exploitation for financial gain. These are the qualities of Almost... Read more

Substitute

By: Nicholson Baker

Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli

Length: 22 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatcher's five-forty a.m. phone call and headed to one of several nearby schools; when he got there, he did his best to follow lesson plans and help his students... Read more

Forbidden Psychology 101

By: Madison Taylor

Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Psychology is the fascinating study of the human mind’s inner workings. Understanding psychology lets you understand people. You can use an understanding of people to make human interaction and life in general easier.
But there is a dark side to psychology. A side that people do not speak about in polite society. A side that is explicitly... Read more

How to Protect (or Destroy) Your Reputation Online

By: John P. David

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

With virtually nonexistent oversight, the Internet can easily become the judge, jury, and executioner for anyone’s reputation. Digital attacks and misinformation can cost you a job, a promotion, your marriage, even your business. Whether you’ve done something foolish yourself, are unfairly linked to another’s misdeeds, or are simply the innocent... Read more

Uncomfortable Ideas

By: Bo Bennett, PhD

Narrated by: Bo Bennett, PhD

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Many of our ideas about the world are based more on feelings than facts, sensibilities than science, and rage than reality.

We gravitate toward ideas that make us feel comfortable in areas such as religion, politics, philosophy, social justice, love and sex, humanity, and morality. We avoid ideas that make us feel uncomfortable. This avoidance... Read more

Dogs Who Serve

By: Lisa Rogak

Narrated by: C.S.E. Cooney

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Military working dogs have played a vital role in the United States armed forces throughout history. In this celebration of their contributions to our nation, Lisa Rogak profiles these heroic dogs, capturing the devotion and respect these amazing canines, their devoted handlers, and fellow soldiers share for each other.



A heartwarming collection... Read more

Mind

By: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Narrated by: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Length: 18 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A scientist’s exploration into the mysteries of the human mindWhat is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ from the brain? Though the mind’s contents—its emotions, thoughts, and memories—are often described, the essence of mind is rarely, if ever, defined.In this book, noted neuropsychiatrist and... Read more

Mindful Birthing

By: Nancy Bardacke

Narrated by: Nancy Bardacke & Donna Postel

Length: 15 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time,... Read more

The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City

By: Margaret Creighton

Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1901, Buffalo, New York, the eighth biggest city in America, wanted to launch the new century with the Pan American Exposition. It would showcase the Western hemisphere and bring millions of people to western New York. With Niagara Falls as a drawing card and with stunning colors and electric lights, promoters believed it would be bigger,... Read more

100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition

By: Clint Emerson

Narrated by: Pete Simonelli

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

From national bestselling author and retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson comes the essential guide for surviving today’s emergencies—from navigating in the wild to staying alive in any disaster.

These 100 skills, adapted for civilians from actual field experiences of special forces operations, offer a complete hands-on and practical guide to help you... Read more