Science & Technology audiobooks

Far From the Tree

By: Andrew Solomon

Narrated by: Andrew Solomon

Length: 40 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times *

* WINNER of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Books for a Better Life Award * The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year *

This masterpiece by the National Book Award–winning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only... Read more

What's a Dog For?

By: John Homans

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

John Homans adopted his dog, Stella, from a shelter for all the usual reasons: fond memories of dogs from his past, a companion for his son, an excuse for long walks around the neighborhood. Soon enough, she is happily ensconced in the daily workings of his family. And not only that: Stella is treated like a family member—in ways that dogs of... Read more

The Economics and Politics of Race

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Robert Morris

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

How much of a racial group’s economic fate is determined by the surrounding society it lives in and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world? Using an international framework to analyze group differences, Sowell has pioneered a new approach for pursuing this important study based on historical experience and... Read more

Twentysomething

By: Robin Marantz Henig & Samantha Henig

Narrated by: Pam Ward & Emily Durante

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be young today?In the summer of 2010, Robin Marantz Henig wrote a provocative article for the New York Times Magazine called "What Is It about 20-Somethings?" It generated enormous reader response and started a conversation that included both millennials and baby boomers. Now, working with her millennial daughter Samantha,... Read more

Personality Challenges

By: Made for Success

Narrated by: Larry Iverson & Dawn Jones

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Join a #1 bestselling author and an internationally published psychologist in an entertaining look at successfully dealing with intimidating personality types. Get prepared for crucial conversations with the top seven personality types and learn how successful leaders deal with their challenges. Mastery in dealing with difficult people and... Read more

Super Brain

By: Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D. & Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Narrated by: Shishir Kurup

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A manual for relating to the brain in a revolutionary new way, Super Brain shows you how to use your brain as a gateway for achieving health, happiness, and spiritual growth.

Two pioneers, bestselling author and physician Deepak Chopra and Harvard Medical School professor Rudolph E. Tanzi, one of the world's foremost experts on the causes of... Read more

Hallucinations

By: Oliver Sacks

Narrated by: Dan Woren & Oliver Sacks

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Hallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. Here Dr. Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have... Read more

The Spirit of Kaizen

By: Bob Maurer

Narrated by: Bob Maurer

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The easy-to-implement guide to driving organizational change by applying the proven concept of kaizen
UCLA psychologist and organizational consultant Dr. Robert Maurer provides a simple and proven effective technique for making major changes with minimal disruption. Applying the operational concept of kaizen—small, continual improvements—to... Read more

Machen Sie doch, was Sie wollen!

By: Maja Storch

Narrated by: Gundi Eberhard

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Machen Sie eigentlich das, was Sie wollen? Wissen Sie überhaupt, was Sie wollen? Falls nicht, sind Sie damit nicht allein. Viele Menschen wissen nicht, was sie wollen. Und es ist auch gar nicht so einfach herauszufinden, was man wirklich will. Oft werden unsere Entscheidungen oder sogar ganze Lebensstile von dem bestimmt, was die Eltern, die... Read more

How to Have Great Sex

By: Jo Hemmings

Narrated by: Andrea Powell

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

When you want to buy or rent your dream home, you go to an estate agent. When you want to learn to cook, you buy a recipe book from TV's latest celebrity chef. But who is there for you when you want to learn about having great sex? Or when you want to revive a flagging sex life?

How to Have Great Sex is the answer. This step-by-step guide takes... Read more

Apple and Google Compete

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels takes a look at the way digital maps have evolved online as multiple companies each try their own spin on letting users explore the world through computers, tablets, and even phones. Read more

Assholes

By: Aaron James

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.

What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people for whom there is no... Read more

Crossing The Murky Moral Terrain Of Ethics

By: Mark Matousek

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Are we moving toward a more ethical future? Here Matousek discusses universal human ethics He points out that ethics may be a minefield of opposing ideologies, special interest and temperamental proclivities. The good news is that humans are hardwired to care for one another, have a sense of justice and fairness, and share a sense of group... Read more

Island Practice

By: Pam Belluck

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

If you need an appendectomy, he can do it with a stone scalpel he fashioned himself. If you have a condition nobody can diagnose—"creeping eruption" perhaps—he can identify what it is and treat it. A baby with hair tourniquet syndrome, a human leg that's washed ashore, a horse with Lyme disease, a narcoleptic falling face-first in the street, a... Read more

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

By: Kevin Dutton

Narrated by: Erik Bergmann

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In this engrossing journey into the lives of psychopaths and their infamously crafty behaviors, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of "madness" along which we all sit. Incorporating the latest advances in brain scanning and neuroscience, Dutton demonstrates that the brilliant neurosurgeon who lacks empathy has... Read more

Proof of Heaven

By: Eben Alexander

Narrated by: Eben Alexander

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience—for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven.

Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real,... Read more

The One World Schoolhouse

By: Salman Khan

Narrated by: Salman Khan

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education... Read more

The Problems With Philosophy

By: Bertrand Russell

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Problems of Philosophy' discusses Bertrand Russell's views on philosophy and the problems that arise in the field. Russell's views focus on knowledge rather than the metaphysical realm of philosophy. 'The Problems with Philosophy' revolves around the central question that Russell asks in his opening line of Chapter 1 - Is there any... Read more

The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness

By: Samuel Avery

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

Written for both the layman and the professional scientist, The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness opens an astounding world and points out that further progress of science depends upon a transcendence of the material world.

Samuel Avery opens a ‘Pandora’s box’… and presents a ‘through the looking glass’ glimpse of the structure of... Read more

Darwin

By: Paul Johnson

Narrated by: John Curless

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of more than 40 books, acclaimed historian Paul Johnson also writes for Forbes and theSpectator. With Darwin, Johnson sheds new light on a man many regard as the most influential scientist in history. Darwin's theories of evolution transformed the world's view of biology. Here, in meticulous detail, Johnson describes Darwin's... Read more

In Search of Cleo

By: Gina Gershon

Narrated by: Gina Gershon

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Film and television icon Gina Gershon may be best known for her movie roles in Bound and Showgirls and television appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm and How to Make It in America, but deep down she is a self-described cat lady. In Search of Cleo follows Gina's desperation and despair when her assistant loses her beloved cat, Cleo. Gina spends... Read more

First Principles & Natural Law Part II

By: Hadley Arkes

Narrated by: Hadley Arkes

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In Part II of First Principles and Natural Law, Professor Hadley Arkes delves further into the classic connection between morality and law. Indeed, this link between the basis of law and the principles that form the groundwork of moral judgment is very much at play in today's world, as evidenced in everything from Supreme Court decisions to... Read more

A World without Cancer

By: Margaret I. Cuomo

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative and surprising investigation into the ways that profit, personalities, and politics obstruct real progress in the war on cancer—and one doctor's passionate call to actionAs a diagnostic radiologist who has watched patients, friends, and family suffer with and die from cancer—and who was deeply affected by the enraged husband of... Read more

The Launch Pad

By: Randall Stross

Narrated by: René Ruiz

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Twice a year in the heart of Silicon Valley, a small investment firm called Y Combinator selects an elite group of young entrepreneurs from around the world for three months of intense work and instruction. Their brand-new two- or three-person start-ups are given a seemingly impossible challenge: to turn a raw idea into a viable business, fast.
 ... Read more