Science & Technology audiobooks

Weber, l'esprit du capitalisme - Abridged

By: Weber

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

" L'éthique protestante et l'esprit du capitalisme " est une des œuvres fondatrices de la sociologie moderne. Max Weber propose de comprendre l'organisation capitaliste de l'économie. Il construit l'idéal type, qui consiste en une rationalisation de la production et du travail afin d'assurer le profit maximal. Cet idéal type trouve son origine... Read more

The World Until Yesterday

By: Jared Diamond

Narrated by: Jay Snyder

Length: 18 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former... Read more

To Sell Is Human

By: Daniel H. Pink

Narrated by: Daniel H. Pink

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times Business Bestseller 
#1 Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller
#1 Washington Post bestseller

From the bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind comes a surprising--and surprisingly useful--new book that explores the power of selling in our lives.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works... Read more

The Particle at the End of the Universe

By: Sean Carroll

Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Caltech physicist and acclaimed author Sean Carroll offers listeners this eye-opening profile of the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the mysterious Higgs boson particle, the subatomic building block that imbues elementary particles with mass. Here Carroll chronicles how such a complex project got off the ground in the first place and... Read more

How to Think More About Sex

By: Alain de Botton

Narrated by: David Thorpe

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SCHOOL OF LIFE IS DEDICATED TO EXPLORING LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS IN HIGHLY-PORTABLE PAPERBACKS, FEATURING FRENCH FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGES, THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS "DAMNABLY CUTE." WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT WE WILL DIRECT YOU TOWARDS A VARIETY OF USEFUL IDEAS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO STIMULATE, PROVOKE, AND CONSOLE.

We don't think too... Read more

The Elephant Whisperer

By: Lawrence Anthony & Graham Spence

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them.
 
In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years... Read more

In Haiti, a Mission of Religion and Medicine

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Father Rick Frechette went to Haiti 25 years ago on a religious mission to shelter families "broken by tragedy." In his mid-40s, he decided to become a doctor, and then built a modern pediatric medicine facility Fred de Sam Lazaro reports as part of our Agents for Change series on the constant challenges Frechette has faced. Read more

Traction

By: Gino Wickman

Narrated by: Kevin Pierce

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you?All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations: personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It’s not complicated or theoretical.The... Read more

Mastering Influence & Persuasion

By: Made for Success

Narrated by: Chris Widener

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Every salesperson needs help when it comes to developing skills to influence people. Learn the secrets to the trade, which when used effectively can turn any salesperson into a powerful force of persuasion. Imagine what you can accomplish by using this system to shape the opinions of buying committees, tough buyers, and resistant shoppers.... Read more

Warriors for the Human Spirit

By: Margaret Wheatley, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this time of constant distractions and disappointment we become exhausted and heartsick as our good work is ignored. Wheatley speaks with fierce honesty as she gives us the map of where we are. She also gives us tools that enliven and reinvigorate us in our work and relationships. She's the author of So Far From Home: Lost and Found in Our... Read more

Co-Creating A Dream Of A Modern Day Oz

By: Jean Houston, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Here Houston takes us on a whirlwind tour of the authentic American myth of the Wizard of Oz. She answers the question of what it means to have a brain, a heart, and to act with courage. Using the characters of the scarecrow, tin man, lion, and Dorothy, Houston inspires us to follow our deep yearning in order to develop and contribute to a... Read more

Complete Kitten Care

By: Amy Shojai

Narrated by: Amy Shojai

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

COMPLETE KITTEN CARE is your go-to guide for kittens information on kittens health, new kitten care, and buying a kitten or adopting a stray or shelter kitten for your family. You’ll learn all the latest about raising a cat of your dreams and introducing a new kitten to the rest of your family. 
PRAISE for COMPLETE KITTEN CARE:
"What baby expert... Read more

Travels with Epicurus

By: Daniel Klein

Narrated by: James Jenner

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The best-selling coauthor of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, Daniel Klein delivers a stirring meditation on the simple pleasures to be found late in life. Traveling to the Greek island of Hydra, Klein set out to discover what could be learned about aging from the sage philosopher Epicurus. Equal parts travel book and guide to living well,... Read more

Navigating Crisis With Mindfulness Practices

By: Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Glen Sebera

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How may we use mindfulness practices to overcome crises? Here Alexander shares his innovative program for using mindfulness meditation, creative thinking, and cutting-edge positive psychology tools to transform times of crisis into opportunities for greater personal awareness, clarity, and creativity. Read more

Endangered Coral Reefs Die

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In addition to negative consequences caused by overfishing and pollution, coral reefs face another major existential threat: increased acidity from warming oceans. Hari Sreenivasan reports from Florida about the dire outlook for coral reefs, as well as efforts and research to try and save them. Read more

Women Who Love Too Much

By: Robin Norwood

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The world-renowned bestseller for women addicted to unhealthy relationships—updated and with a new introduction

If your relationships are unhappy, unfulfilling, even ego destroying… If your yearning for love is frustrated by a partner who is more interested in work, substances, or other women than in you… If being in love means being in... Read more

Phèdre

By: Platon

Narrated by: Pierre Tissot

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Phèdre est un des nombreux dialogues socratiques transmis par Platon. Il y est question de la beauté et de l'amour, entendu comme désir, dans un premier temps, puis de la beauté d'un discours et de la rhétorique dans un second temps. L'amour comme la rhétorique peuvent éléver la beauté de l'âme mais ils peuvent tout aussi bien l'abaisser, en... Read more

Darwin on Trial

By: Phillip E. Johnson

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Is evolution fact or fancy? Is natural selection an unsupported hypothesis or a confirmed mechanism of evolutionary change?Darwin's theory of evolution is accepted by most educated Americans as simple fact, but what if this idea is wrong? What if "evolution" is just a word that covers up scientific ignorance of how the wonders of the living... Read more

We Hold These Truths

By: Mortimer J. Adler

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Mortimer Adler devoted a lifetime to studying the great ideas of Western culture and explaining even the most difficult concepts to the average citizen, earning Time magazine's praise as a "philosopher for everyman." In We Hold These Truths, Dr. Adler caps his life's work by illuminating the ideas and ideals that have made the United States of... Read more

Climate Change Causes Insurers to Rethink Price of Risk After Hurricane Sandy

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The insurance industry looks at historical data, old and new, in order to assess the risk for potential disasters and put a price on premiums. But when Sandy hit the Northeast, some insurance companies reconsidered if they priced insurance high enough for the greater risks brought on by climate change. Paul Solman reports. Read more

Protecting New York From Future Superstorms

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

As thousands of residents continue to clean up from Hurricane Sandy, many are anticipating future disasters and considering how New York will cope with rising seas and potentially more devastating flooding. In this November 2012 report, Hari Sreenivasan looks at options like barriers that could protect the region from future storm surges. Read more

Saving Each Other

By: Victoria Jackson & Ali Guthy

Narrated by: Amanda Troop & Lori Tritel

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

On the surface, Victoria Jackson is the American Dream personified: from a troubled childhood and unfinished high school education, she overcame immeasurable odds to create a cosmetics empire valued at more than half a billion dollars. Married to Bill Guthy — self-made principal of infomercial marketing giant Guthy-Renker — Victoria’s most... Read more

The Law

By: Frédéric Bastiat

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

First published as a pamphlet in June 1850, The Law is already well over 150 years old, and it will still be read when another century has passed.America now faces the same situation France did in 1848 and the same socialist-communist plans and ideas adopted there are now sweeping America—the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe... Read more

Principled Design Based on the Laws of Nature

By: William McDonough

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

McDonough describes what is meant by the idea of “Cradle to Cradle,” and says “Things are designed to either go back to biology or back to technology without contaminating each other.” He tells us that we can and must design things to go back into an intelligent material pool for human benefit without contaminating the environment. Read more