Science & Technology audiobooks

Conquering Fear

By: Harold S. Kushner

Narrated by: Harold S. Kushner

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an illuminating book about fear—and what we can do to overcome it.

An inescapable component of our lives, fear comes in many guises: fear of unemployment; fear of aging, illness, losing beauty; fear of a terrorist attack or natural disaster. In uncertain times, coping with... Read more

Exploring Nature's Wildness In The City

By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Even in the midst of a city we can rediscover our connection with the natural world. Haupt reminds us that “we’re intimately involved in the more-than-human world at every moment.” This author of Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness delights us with fascinating stories of crows and more. Read more

Weekends at Bellevue

By: Julie Holland

Narrated by: Julie Holland

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room. Deciding who gets locked up and who gets talked down would be an awesome responsibility for most people. For her, it was just another day at the office...In... Read more

Cowboy & Wills

By: Monica Holloway

Narrated by: Monica Holloway

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Christened “charming” and “winning” by the Washington Post and “touching” by Publishers Weekly, celebrated author Monica Holloway’s deeply moving memoir shares the unforgettable story of an extraordinary little boy and the irresistible puppy who transformed his life.

The day Monica Holloway learns that her lovable, brilliant three-year-old son... Read more

The Age of Empathy

By: Frans de Waal

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Is it really human nature to stab one another in the back in our climb up the corporate ladder? Competitive, selfish behavior is often explained away as instinctive, thanks to evolution and "survival of the fittest," but, in fact, humans are equally hard-wired for empathy.



Using research from the fields of anthropology, psychology, animal... Read more

Hope for Animals and Their World

By: Jane Goodall

Narrated by: Jane Goodall

Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes an inspiring message about the future of the animal kingdom.



With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall - along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard - shares fascinating... Read more

Connected

By: Nicholas A. Christakis & James H. Fowler

Narrated by: Nicholas A. Christakis

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A colleague’s husband’s sister can make a person fat, even if they don’t know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much people truly influence each other are revealed in the studies of Drs. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page news nationwide. Their... Read more

Come Back, Como

By: Steven Winn

Narrated by: Paul Hernandez

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a beloved ten-part series in the San Francisco Chronicle, Come Back, Como is Steven Winn’s tender and hilarious memoir of his uncommonly rich experience with a dog who wanted nothing whatsoever to do with him. With humor and pathos, Winn describes the exasperating but ultimately rewarding effects the pet had on his family, the ordeals... Read more

Nothing Was the Same

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

Narrated by: Renée Raudman

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Perhaps no one but Kay Redfield Jamison—who combines the acute perceptions of a psychologist with writerly elegance and passion—could bring such a delicate touch to the subject of losing a spouse to cancer. In spare and at times strikingly lyrical prose, Jamison looks back at her relationship with her husband, Richard Wyatt, a renowned scientist... Read more

Spontaneous Remission For A Terminally Ill Planet

By: Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D. & Steve Bhaerman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Every day, it appears, the news about climate change is worse, as is the precarious balance of global politics. When it seems we are bent on destruction Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman see our dire state as evidence of an evolutionary shift, as profound as the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly. Read more

The Greatest Show on Earth

By: Richard Dawkins

Narrated by: Richard Dawkins & Lalla Ward

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold millions of copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of "Intelligent Design" in his New York Times bestseller, The... Read more

Sonst noch Fragen?

By: Ranga Yogeshwar

Narrated by: Ranga Yogeshwar

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Tanzende Wassertropfen auf der heißen Herdplatte, feuchte Keller ausgerechnet im Sommer und kalte Füße im Bett - die Welt ist voller kleiner Wunder. Dieses Hörbuch zeigt in unterhaltsamen Geschichten, wie man sie entdecken und was man daraus lernen kann. Haben Sie schon mal im Sommer auf einer Wiese gelegen, ein bisschen geträumt, die Wolken... Read more

Plato and Aristotle

By: Aryeh Kosman

Narrated by: Richard Davidson

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This course is an introduction to the philosophical thought of the two most important philosophical figures of ancient Greece. By working through parts of their central texts and thoughts, we will gain an understanding of Plato and Aristotle's relevance in the past and today as well. After each section of this guide, you will find some questions... Read more

Rescue Ink

By: Rescue Ink

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the true story of ten tough and tattooed bikers who rescue animals in danger while spreading the message that “Abusers Are Losers.”When Joe Panz, Johnny O, Batso, Big Ant, G, Angel, Des, and Eric initially met at tattoo and motorcycle conventions, they soon learned that they shared another passion: animals. Each had been rescuing... Read more

Justice

By: Michael J. Sandel

Narrated by: Michael J. Sandel

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens

What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing... Read more

Confessions of a Radical Industrialist

By: Ray C. Anderson

Narrated by: Ray C. Anderson

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

His story is now legend. In 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson felt a “spear in the chest.” The founder of Interface, Inc., a billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer, realized that his company was plundering the environment and he needed to steer it on a new course. Since then, Interface has cut its greenhouse... Read more

Justice - Abridged

By: Michael J. Sandel

Narrated by: Michael J. Sandel

Length: 15 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A renowned Harvard professor's brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society--and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens

What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing... Read more

Three Plays

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Robin Field

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Published together for the first time are three of Ayn Rand’s compelling stage plays. The courtroom drama Night of January 16th, a 1935 Broadway success famous for leaving the verdict to the audience, is presented here in its definitive, final revised text—a superb dramatization of Rand’s vision of human strengths and weaknesses. Also included... Read more

The National Parks

By: Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns

Narrated by: Ken Burns

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War.

America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this... Read more

The National Parks - Abridged

By: Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns

Narrated by: Ken Burns

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War.

America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this... Read more

NurtureShock

By: Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman

Narrated by: Po Bronson

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What's the single most... Read more

Uranium Wars

By: Amir D. Aczel

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly unstable and radioactive. If broken apart, it unleashes the tremendous power within the atom—the most controversial type of energy ever discovered. Set against the darkening shadow of World... Read more

No Impact Man

By: Colin Beavan

Narrated by: Colin Beavan

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man's decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year—while still living in New York City—to see if it's possible to make no net impact on the environment.

In No Impact Man, a guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes... Read more

Emergency - Abridged

By: Neil Strauss

Narrated by: Neil Strauss

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. ""I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes."" So begins Neil Strauss's harrowing new book: his first... Read more