Science & Technology audiobooks

The Field Updated Ed

By: Lynne McTaggart

Narrated by: Lynne McTaggart

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking classic, investigative journalist Lynne McTaggart reveals a radical new paradigm—that the human mind and body are not separate from their environment but a packet of pulsating power constantly interacting with this vast energy sea, and that consciousness may be central in shaping our world. The Field is a highly readable... Read more

Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

An experiment. A declaration. A spiritual awakening. Noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months and two days chronicling his near-isolation in a small cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond, on land owned by his mentor and the father of Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Immersing himself in nature and... Read more

What Should We Be Worried About?

By: John Brockman

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot, Antony Ferguson, Michelle Ford &...

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

John Brockman, editor of This Will Make You Smarter, presents his latest thought-provoking book, featuring insights from leading thinkers such as Steven Pinker, Lisa Randall, Matt Ridley, and Daniel C. Dennett. Read more

Choice Theory

By: William Glasser

Narrated by: John Meagher

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. William Glasser offers a new psychology that, if practiced, could reverse our widespread inability to get along with one another, an inability that is the source of almost all unhappiness. For progress in human relationships, he explains that we must give up the punishing, relationship–destroying external control psychology. For example, if... Read more

Can the U.S. compel global collaboration?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The global approach to addressing climate change has shifted from putting the onus on wealthy countries, to recognizing that big, fast-growing developing countries must also play a big part in reducing emissions. Judy Woodruff talks to Andrew Steer of the World Resources Institute and Scott Barrett of Columbia University about ways countries... Read more

Atomic Accidents

By: James Mahaffey

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 15 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping narrative of nuclear mishaps and meltdowns around the globe, all of which have proven pivotal to the advancement of nuclear scienceFrom the moment radiation was discovered in the late nineteenth century, nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative scientific exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents, and... Read more

A Storm Too Soon

By: Michael J. Tougias

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, survival, and daring rescue from a master storytellerSeventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out to sea in one of the world's most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, Jean Pierre de Lutz, a dual citizen... Read more

Earthquake Storms

By: John Dvorak

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The lives of millions will be changed after it breaks, and yet so few people understand it, or even realize it runs through their backyard. Dvorak reveals the San Andreas Fault's fascinating history—and its volatile future.It is a prominent geological feature that is almost impossible to see unless you know where to look. Hundreds of thousands... Read more

Redefining Success And Thriving

By: Arianna Huffington

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

After collapsing from exhaustion, Huffington began to question what true success really means in this age of hyperconnectivity. In her terms, success is more than the accumulation of money or power. It’s about the quality of our well-being. It’s about the wisdom and wonder that manifests in our lives as well as the contribution we make to others. Read more

Doctor's Notes

By: Dr Rosemary Leonard

Narrated by: Kirsty Besterman

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

'I'm in the wrong job,' I said to our practice nurse, 'I should definitely have been a detective.'

For BBC Breakfast's Dr Rosemary Leonard, a day in her GP's surgery is full of unexplained ailments and mysteries to be solved.

From questions of paternity to apparently drug-resistant symptoms, these mysteries can sometimes take a while to get to the... Read more

Edible

By: Daniella Martin

Narrated by: Daniella Martin

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Insects. They’re what’s for dinner. Can you imagine a world in which that simple statement is not only true but in fact an unremarkable part of daily life? Daniella Martin, entomophagist and blogger, can.In this rollicking excursion into the world of edible insects, Martin takes us to the front lines of the next big trend in the global food... Read more

The Improbability Principle

By: David J. Hand

Narrated by: Paul Hodgson

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month.
But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal. His definition of... Read more

Mindwise

By: Nicholas Epley

Narrated by: Nicholas Epley

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

You are a mind reader, born with an extraordinary ability to understand what others think, feel, believe, want, and know. It’s a sixth sense you use every day, in every personal and professional relationship you have. At its best, this ability allows you to achieve the most important goal in almost any life: connecting, deeply and intimately and... Read more

Wieso Frauen immer Sex wollen und Männer immer Kopfschmerzen haben

By: Christian Thiel

Narrated by: Andreas Denk

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Irrungen und Wirrungen der Liebe Liebe auf den ersten Blick? Gibt es nicht! Die Zahl der Ehescheidungen? Steigt nicht! Und Männer wollen noch können immer. Fazit: Das meiste, was wir über die Liebe zu wissen glauben, ist falsch! Nirgendwo sonst leisten wir uns so viel Ignoranz gegenüber den Fakten. Die Liebe führt also eine Art Doppelleben... Read more

Voyager

By: Joan Marie Verba

Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1977, NASA launched the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. This book tells of what was known about those planets and their moons before the Voyager missions, as well as what Voyager discovered about those planets and their moons. This book is written for the middle-grade reader, and can be... Read more

Sex After…

By: Iris Krasnow

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of The Secret Lives of Wives offers a refreshingly honest look at how to enjoy a long, satisfying sex life no matter what life throws at you.Hooking up, marriage, childbirth, infidelity, divorce, menopause, widowhood—women's lives have many stages, changes, and challenges. A prevailing question on women's minds as they age... Read more

Extreme Medicine

By: Kevin Fong, MD

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Little more than one hundred years ago, maps of the world still boasted white space: places where no human had ever trod. Within a few short decades the most hostile of the world's environments had all been conquered. Likewise, in the twentieth century, medicine transformed human life. Doctors took what was routinely fatal and made it... Read more

This Explains Everything

By: John Brockman

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot, Antony Ferguson, Michelle Ford &...

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically programmed to be in conflict with each other? Those are... Read more

Demon Camp

By: Jennifer Percy

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2005 a Chinook helicopter carrying sixteen Special Ops soldiers crashed during a rescue mission in a remote part of Afghanistan, killing everyone on board.

In that instant, machine gunner Caleb Daniels lost his best friend, Kip Jacoby, and seven members of his unit. Back in the U.S., Caleb begins to see them everywhere—dead Kip, with his... Read more

The Race Underground

By: Doug Most

Narrated by: John H. Mayer

Length: 15 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts.  When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City to a halt, a solution had to be found. Two brothers—Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York City—pursued the dream... Read more

Loveology

By: John Mark Comer

Narrated by: John Mark Comer

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Finally--a theology of love that will help you navigate the confusing waters of modern relationship.In the beginning, God created Adam. Then he made Eve. And ever since we've been picking up the pieces.With an autobiographical thread that turns a book into a story, pastor and speaker John Mark Comer shares about what is right in male/female... Read more

Play Is More Than Just Fun

By: Stuart Brown, M.D.

Narrated by: Phil Cousineau

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Play is deeply embedded in our natures. It contributes to optimism and hope for the future. It enables us with the ability to persevere. Brown concludes, “Play is a fundamental survival drive of humanity without which long term survival of our species may be at stake.” He describes research showing that most sociopaths suffer from play... Read more

The Search For Wisdom

By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Phil Cousineau

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Philosopher Needleman eloquently shares with us how the ability to focus our attention is an energy that is uniquely human. He astounds us with ideas of what love is and how it may be sustained. Further, he talks about time and the two fundamental natures of humankind, the external nature and the divine nature. All this and more is covered in... Read more

Mindless

By: Simon Head

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs)—the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de-skilling the jobs of... Read more