Science & Technology audiobooks

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By: Alan Weisman

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 18 hours

Abridged: No

A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us.

In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his... Read more

Discipline & Punish

By: Michel Foucault

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a man condemned of attempting to assassinate the King of France was drawn and quartered in a grisly spectacle that suggested an unmediated duel between the violence of the criminal and the violence of the state. This groundbreaking book by Michel Foucault, the most influential philosopher since Sartre, compels us... Read more

La mort du roi Tsongor

By: Laurent Gaudé

Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Dans une Antiquité imaginaire, le vieux Tsongor, roi de Massaba, souverain d'un empire immense, s'apprête à marier sa fille. Mais au jour des fiançailles, un second prétendant surgit. La guerre éclate : c'est Troie assiégée, c'est Thèbes livrée à la haine. Le monarque s'éteint ; son plus jeune fils s'en va parcourir le continent pour édifier... Read more

Melting Ice, Warming Waters Could Erode Way of Life

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

More than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Alaska's North Slope is ground zero for global climate change. NewsHour producer April Brown reports the melting ice has opened up opportunity for shipping and other development - industry that could be catastrophic for the way of life of residents. Read more

Oil and Honey

By: Bill McKibben

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben recounts the personal and global story of the fight to build and preserve a sustainable planet

Bill McKibben is not a person you'd expect to find handcuffed and behind bars, but that's where he found himself in the summer of 2011 after leading the largest civil disobedience in thirty... Read more

When Sorry Isn't Enough

By: Gary Chapman & Jennifer Thomas

Narrated by: Kelly Ryan Dolan

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"I said I was sorry!"

Even in the best of relationships, all of us make mistakes. We do and say things we later regret and hurt the people we love most. So we need to make things right. But simply saying you’re sorry is usually not enough.

In this audio book, #1 New York Times best-selling author Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas unveil new ways to... Read more

Seeking Heaven - Abridged

By: Eben Alexander

Narrated by: Eben Alexander

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The #1 bestseller Proof of Heaven has already touched millions of lives, turning skeptics into believers in the existence of a universal dimension characterized by peace, acceptance, and unconditional love that is accessible to all of us.

In the closing pages of Proof of Heaven, Dr. Alexander writes that working with guided audio programs has... Read more

Smarter Than You Think

By: Clive Thompson

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

How technology boosts our cognitive abilities—making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than ever beforeIt’s undeniable: technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson votes yes. The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both... Read more

I Don't Know

By: Leah Hager Cohen

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A short, concise audiobook in favor of honoring doubt and admitting when the answer is: I don’t know.

In a tight, enlightening narrative, Leah Hager Cohen explores why, so often, we attempt to hide our ignorance, and why, in so many different areas, we would be better off coming clean. Weaving entertaining, anecdotal reporting with eye-opening... Read more

I Don't Know

By: Leah Hager Cohen

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A short, concise audiobook in favor of honoring doubt and admitting when the answer is: I don't know.



In a tight, enlightening narrative, Leah Hager Cohen explores why, so often, we attempt to hide our ignorance, and why, in so many different areas, we would be better off coming clean. Weaving entertaining, anecdotal reporting with eye-opening... Read more

This Other London

By: John Rogers

Narrated by: John Rogers & Russell Brand

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten reaches. Foreword written and read... Read more

Weekends with Daisy

By: Sharron Kahn Luttrell

Narrated by: Jane Jacobs

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

She was supposed to teach Daisy how to be a good dog…but Daisy taught her to be a better person.

When Sharron Luttrell joins a weekend “Prison PUP” program for a service dog organization, she knew it was just what she needed to help her move on from the death of her own beloved dog. The position seemed ideal; pick up a puppy on Friday, return it... Read more

Ten Billion

By: Stephen Emmott

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us.
 
As the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look at it, a planet of ten billion people is likely to be a... Read more

Word of Mouse

By: Marc Ostrofsky

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Get Rich Click! delivers cutting-edge advice for consumers and marketers on how to get the most from today’s technology.

Gain a competitive edge— get the most from today’s technology!

Technology changes so fast that it’s easy to be intimidated by it. Our personal choices and business decisions are... Read more

Masterminds and Wingmen

By: Rosalind Wiseman

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A landmark book that reveals the way boys think and that shows parents, educators and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common and difficult challenges -- by the bestselling author who changed our conception of adolescent girls.
 
Do you constantly struggle to pull information from your son, student, or athlete, only to... Read more

The Idealist

By: Nina Munk

Narrated by: Susan Nezami

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Bloomberg • Forbes • The Spectator

Recipient of Foreign Policy's 2013 Albie Award


A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachs's ambitious quest to end global poverty
    
 "The poor you will always have with you," to cite the Gospel of Matthew 26:11. Jeffrey Sachs—celebrated economist, special advisor to the... Read more

Boost Your Brain

By: Majid Fotuhi

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on cutting-edge science, Boost Your Brain is internationally recognized neurologist Majid Fotuhi's complete program for increasing brain size and enhancing brain function, including memory, creativity, comprehension, and concentration.Our brains don't have to decline as we get older, argues Dr. Fotuhi. Depending on the things we do or... Read more

My Brief History

By: Stephen Hawking

Narrated by: Matthew Brenher

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution.
 
My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking’s improbable journey, from... Read more

Before Happiness

By: Shawn Achor

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This fresh, uplifting book is filled with ideas for improving our organizations and our lives.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife

“With his characteristic blend of academic rigor and twinkle in the eye, Shawn Achor will change your view of happiness, of... Read more

Five Days at Memorial

By: Sheri Fink

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 17 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ • A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning physician and reporter

“An amazing tale, as... Read more

Scarcity

By: Sendhil Mullainathan & Eldar Shafir

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In the blockbuster tradition of Freakonomics, a Harvard economist and a Princeton psychology professor team up to offer a surprising and empowering new way to look at everyday life, presenting a paradigm-challenging examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture.

Why do successful people... Read more

Switch on Your Brain

By: Dr. Caroline Leaf

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

According to researchers, the vast majority—a whopping 75-98 percent—of the illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life. What we think about truly affects us both physically and emotionally. In fact, fear alone triggers more than 1,400 known physical and chemical responses in our bodies, activating more than thirty... Read more

The Universe in the Rearview Mirror

By: Dave Goldberg

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A physicist speeds across space, time and everything in between showing that our elegant universe-- from the Higgs boson to antimatter to the most massive group of galaxies-- is shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven all our recent discoveries about the universe and all the ones to come. Why is the sky dark at night? Is it possible to... Read more

Silent Witnesses

By: Nigel McCrery

Narrated by: William Gaminara

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A crime scene. A murder. A mystery.

The most important person on the scene? The forensic scientist. And yet the intricate details of their work remains a mystery to most of us.

Silent Witnesses looks at the history of forensic science over the last two centuries, during which time a combination of remarkable intuition, painstaking observation and... Read more