Science & Technology audiobooks

The Disappearing Spoon

By: Sam Kean

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The periodic table is one of man's crowning scientific achievements. But it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the... Read more

Dog & Puppy Tips

By: Joe Inglis

Narrated by: Joe Inglis

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Dog and puppy tips - something that every dog owner will treasure! Presented by Joe Inglis, star of the highly successful BBC series Vets In Practice and former Blue Peter vet, it is full of great tips - whether you are looking to buy a new puppy or already have a faithful canine friend. A friendly style, clear summaries and sections (including... Read more

Cat & Kitten Tips

By: Joe Inglis

Narrated by: Joe Inglis

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Witness the events which shaped this prosperous capital and brought its lively cosmopolitan population together. See a unique living chronicle of Cardiff; the bustling streets if horse drawn carts and electric trams, the thriving docks as they were, the hey-day of sail and steam at the zenith of the coal trade, and a stirring record of how the... Read more

Freemasons

By: David Greenland

Narrated by: David Greenland

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Freemasons: the largest charitable organisation in the world or a secretive society with an ulterior motive?

Freemasons: Behind The Craft delves into a world of age-old allegory, infamous rituals and secret associations to reveal a fascinating, enigmatic and often misunderstood organisation.

A series of fascinating interviews from current and... Read more

Give Us Liberty

By: Dick Armey & Matt Kibbe

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and leading organizer of the Tea Party movement, Dick Armey offers a Tea Party Manifesto: Give Us Liberty. Written with Matt Kibbee, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, Give Us Liberty defines the issues and agenda of the wildfire grassroots movement that is electrifying the nation, as... Read more

Through a Dog's Eyes

By: Jennifer Arnold

Narrated by: Jennifer Arnold

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring, inspiring book with the power to change the way we understand and communicate with our dogs.
 
Few people are more qualified to speak about the abilities and potential of dogs than Jennifer Arnold, who for the past twenty years has trained service dogs for people with physical disabilities and special needs. Arnold has developed a... Read more

Confessions of a GP

By: Benjamin Daniels

Narrated by: Eamonn Riley

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions. A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor. A woman with a common cold demanding (but not receiving)... Read more

Florence Nightingale

By: Laura E. Richards

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The name of Florence Nightingale is a household word, but the exact nature and scope of her work, and the difficulties and discouragement under which it was accomplished, are unknown to many in the present generation. This story of that justly beloved woman’s life is told by one whose father was in part responsible for Miss Nightingale’s... Read more

Zoo Story

By: Thomas French

Narrated by: John Allen Nelson

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to the savage and surprising world of Zoo Story, an unprecedented account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants, both animal and human. Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgettable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: an alpha chimp with a weakness for blondes, a ferocious tiger who revels in... Read more

Wind

By: Jan DeBlieu

Narrated by: Mary Woods

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Siroccos, Santa Anas, chinooks, monsoons … the wind has as many names as moods. Few other forces have so universally shaped the lands and waters of the earth and the patterns of exploration, settlement, and civilization. Few other phenomena have exerted such a profound influence on the history and psyche of humankind. In Wind, Jan DeBlieu brings... Read more

Packing for Mars

By: Mary Roach

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can’t walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers?... Read more

The Most Dangerous Man in America

By: Catherine Drinker Bowen

Narrated by: Lois Betterton

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

There have been numerous biographies of Benjamin Franklin, including his own notorious autobiography. This is the most charming and captivating account of all. Every chapter is a bewitching gem, and Franklin lives and breathes on every page.This is the last book in Catherine Drinker Bowen’s brilliant career. With this, she did not intend to... Read more

Looking At Your Life Through The Powers Of Sacred Theatre

By: Peggy Rubin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Peggy Rubin encourages us to view our lives from the perspective of a theatrical performance, incorporating many different characters, and audiences. We are the primary actors in the play of our own lives. Read more

ProBlogger

By: Darren Rowse & Chris Garrett

Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Turn Your Passion for Blogging into Extra Revenue
There are no magic wands, hidden tricks, or secret handshakes that can bring you immediate success in the blogging world, but with the help of this audio book, you can get there. Written by two leading authorities on creating and monetizing blogs, ProBlogger carefully lays out the steps you need... Read more

A Child's Work

By: Vivian Gussin Paley

Narrated by: Beth Richmond

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The buzz word in education today is accountability. But the federal mandate of "no child left behind" has come to mean curriculums driven by preparation for standardized tests and quantifiable learning results. Even for very young children, unstructured creative time in the classroom is waning as teachers and administrators are under growing... Read more

Truth and Truthfulness

By: Bernard Williams

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more... Read more

Primates and Philosophers

By: Frans de Waal

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality.In this provocative audiobook, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim... Read more

Philosophy and Real Politics

By: Raymond Geuss

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from... Read more

Why Not Socialism?

By: G. A. Cohen

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise audiobook, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for... Read more

Reason and Rationality

By: Jon Elster

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short audiobook, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view... Read more

Quantum

By: Manjit Kumar

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 14 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you aren’t shocked by quantum theory, you don’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a... Read more

Meeting Every Moment Without Fear Or Worry

By: Guy Finley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

We all get into ruts of the mind. Our mind turns a thought around and around without going any place. We often have regrets and we repress our feelings. Philosopher and teacher, Guy Finley encourages us not to turn away from accepting those things we don't like about ourselves and shares how we may cultivate the courage to wake up, let go, and... Read more

KaChing

By: Joel Comm

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Make Your Virtual Cash Register Go KaChing!

The Web is a powerful “money button” that can connect you with vast networks of customers, solidify your business image, and create continual growth. The key is in knowing how to install that button effectively. In an era of blogging, social networking, message boards, and web sites for every subject... Read more

This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording

By: David Foster Wallace

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This Is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the... Read more