Science & Technology audiobooks
Storia della Magia
By: Eliphas Levi
Narrated by: Silvia Cecchini
Length: 13 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Eliphas Lévi, (Parigi, 1811-1878) è stato un esoterista e teosofo francese. Fu il più famoso studioso di esoterismo dell’ottocento. Intrattenne rapporti con adepti della Massoneria francese. Fu iniziato ai misteri della cabala da Wronski, che gli impose il nome magico di Eliphas, traduzione in ebraico del suo nome natale Alphonse Louis... Read more
View audiobookBeyond Addiction
By: Jeffrey Foote, PhD, Carrie Wilkens, Ph.D., Nico...
Narrated by: Randye Kaye
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones change. Drawing on forty collective years of research and decades of clinical experience, the authors present the best practical... Read more
View audiobookADD in Intimate Relationships
By: Daniel G. Amen
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 5 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Attention deficit disorder causes intense unhappiness. Men and women who truly desire a close relationship often find that their day-to-day behaviors interfere with the very intimacy they seek. Understanding ADD can provide hope. In this book Dr. Amen shares both a professional and personal knowledge of the disorder. ADD in Intimate... Read more
View audiobookPowers of Two
By: Joshua Wolf Shenk
Narrated by: Andrew Garman
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
A revelatory synthesis of cultural history and social psychology that shows how one-to-one collaboration drives creative success Weaving the lives of scores of creative duos-from John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak-Joshua Wolf Shenk identifies the core qualities of that dizzying experience we... Read more
View audiobookShocked
By: David Casarett
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Not too long ago, there was no coming back from death. But now, with revolutionary medical advances, death has become just another serious complication.
As a young medical student, Dr. David Casarett was inspired by the story of a two-year-old girl named Michelle Funk. Michelle fell into a creek and was underwater for over an hour. When she was... Read more
Physics for Poets
By: Richard T. Kouzes
Narrated by: Richard T. Kouzes
Length: 3 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
For many with a background in humanities, the thought of exploring the sciences can seem to be daunting at best. This can be especially true with regard to physics which often incorporates complex mathematical formulas as well. But that doesn't have to be the case. In fact, many of the most significant principles of physics can be broken down... Read more
View audiobookCloud Surfing
By: Tom Koulopoulos
Narrated by: Tom Koulopoulos
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
When people hear “the Cloud,” they think of cloud computing, just a sliver of what the Cloud is today. The Cloud has grown: it represents the consummate disruptor to structure; a pervasive social and economic network that will soon connect and define more of the world than any other political, social, or economic organization. The Cloud is the... Read more
View audiobookPolitical Ideals - Abridged
By: Bertrand Russell
Narrated by: Peter Bishop
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Russell sets forth the idea that political ideals must be based upon the ideals that best benefit the individual to create the best life possible. He details the issues that his current economic system and the unequal distribution of wealth present in achieving said ideals. He puts forth his beliefs on what the purposes of an economic system... Read more
View audiobookManipulative Relationships
By: Michael Wright
Narrated by: Alex Mendoza
Length: 1 hour 23 minutes
Abridged: No
When you enter into a relationship with someone there is a chance of you being manipulated even though you entered that relationship with pure intentions. A manipulative relationship is often one sided and unbalanced as it only advances the goal of the manipulator at the expense of the person being manipulated. Since it primarily centers on... Read more
View audiobookRewire
By: Richard O'Connor, Ph.D.
Length: 10 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
The bestselling author of Undoing Depression offers a brain-based guide to help us finally get rid of the bad habits that plague usWe humans tend to get in our own way time and time again—whether it comes to not speaking up for ourselves, going back to bad romantic partners, our umpteenth diet, or engaging in any of a range of bad habits we just... Read more
View audiobookGet Up!
By: James A. Levine
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
From the codirector of the Mayo Clinic / Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative and inventor of the treadmill desk comes a fascinating wake-up call about our sedentary lifestyle.That the average adult spends 50 to 70 percent of their day sitting is no surprise to anyone who works in an office environment. But few realize the... Read more
View audiobookChange Your Brain, Change Your Life (Before 25)
By: Jesse Payne, Ed.D.
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Before 25) is based on Dr. Jesse Payne's and Daniel Amen’s work together with young people and parents and educators who work with young people. It is an owner’s manual specifically written for the developing brain, packed with interesting information, relatable stories and easy-to-follow brain prescriptions... Read more
View audiobookBlue Mind
By: Wallace J. Nichols
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being.
Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In BLUE MIND, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the... Read more
The Clinton, Inc.
By: Daniel Halper
Narrated by: Harvey Betancourt
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Weekly Standard editor Daniel Halper provides a meticulously researched account of the brilliant calculations, secret deals, and occasionally treacherous maneuverings that led to the Clintons’ return to political prominence.In the twelve years since the Clintons left the White House, they have gone from being virtually penniless to... Read more
View audiobookBlue Mind
By: Wallace J. Nichols
Narrated by: Wallace J. Nichols
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being.
Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the... Read more
How God Changes Your Brain
By: Andrew Newberg, MD & Mark Robert Waldman
Narrated by: James C. Lewis
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
God is great—for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies and a wide-reaching survey of people's religious and spiritual experiences, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, MD, and therapist Mark Robert Waldman offer the following breakthrough discoveries:
Not only do prayer and spiritual... Read more
Autism Breakthrough
By: Raun K. Kaufman
Narrated by: Raun K. Kaufman
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
As a boy, Raun Kaufman was diagnosed by multiple experts as severely autistic, with an IQ below 30, and destined to spend his life in an institution. Years later, Raun graduated with a degree in biomedical ethics from Brown University and has become a passionate and articulate autism expert and educator with no trace of his former condition.... Read more
View audiobookEnchanted Objects
By: David Rose
Narrated by: Corey Brill
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tradition of Who Owns the Future, an MIT Media Lab scientist imagines how everyday objects can intuit our needs, improve our lives, and form “an ethereal interconnection of gadgets and human desires that...will pervade our lives in the very near future” (The Wall Street Journal).
We are now standing at the precipice of the next... Read more
Discovering The Place Where You Live
By: Gary Kamiya
Narrated by: Phil Cousineau
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Kamiya drove a cab for 7 years in San Francisco. But he says to truly know your town you must do some “systematic flitting.” He describes this as walking around and “letting the city come to you as you maintain a sense of discovery and wonderment…Then you are motivated to start doing some research…The more you delve in, the more fascinating... Read more
View audiobookThe Skeleton Crew
By: Deborah Halber
Narrated by: Laural Merlington
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
The Skeleton Crew provides an entree into the gritty and tumultuous world of Sherlock Holmes–wannabes who race to beat out law enforcement—and one another—at matching missing persons with unidentified remains.
In America today, upwards of forty thousand people are dead and unaccounted for. These murder, suicide, and accident victims, separated... Read more
Buzz
By: Katherine Ellison
Narrated by: Author
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
"An absorbing, sharply observed memoir."
-Kirkus Reviews
A hilarious and heartrending account of one mother's journey to understand and reconnect with her high-spirited preteen son-a true story sure to beguile parents grappling with a child's bewildering behavior.
Popular literature is filled with the stories of self-sacrificing mothers bravely... Read more
Haatchi & Little B
By: Wendy Holden
Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 International Bestseller
When Owen met Haatchi, the lives of one adorable little boy and one great, big dog were destined to change forever.
Owen-known to his family as "little buddy" or "Little B"-has a rare genetic disorder that leaves him largely confined to a wheelchair. Before being united with Haatchi, Little B was anxious and found it... Read more
Physics for Rock Stars
By: Christine McKinley
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
From the host of the History channel’s Brad Meltzer’s Decoded: the laws of the universe like you’ve never experienced them before.
This approachable audiobook explains the world of physics with clarity, humor, and a dash of adventure. Physics for Rock Stars is not a weighty treatise on science, but a personal tour of physics from a quirky... Read more
The Dolphin Way
By: Shimi Kang
Narrated by: Karen Saltus
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
In this inspiring book, Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and expert in human motivation Dr. Shimi Kang provides a guide to the art and science of inspiring children to develop their own internal drive and a lifelong love of learning. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, Dr. Kang shows why pushy “tiger parents”... Read more
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