Science & Technology audiobooks

Why We Make Mistakes

By: Joseph T. Hallinan

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we’d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn’t), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn’t). Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better?

We human beings have design flaws. Our eyes play tricks on us, our stories change in the... Read more

Looking Deeply At Our Relationship With Money

By: Vicki Robin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

You've worked hard all these years, believing you were working to support yourself, your family, your future. But in reality, Vicki Robin tells us, the current economic crisis makes it clear that most of us have been working to support the economic system-a system that is now in a downward spiral. Read more

The Third Chapter

By: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In the twenty-first century, a developmental phase of life is emerging as significant and distinct, capturing our interest, engaging our curiosity, and expanding our understanding of human potential and development. Demographers talk about this new chapter in life as characterized by people—those between ages fifty and seventy-five—who are... Read more

America Anonymous

By: Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

America Anonymous is the unforgettable story of eight men and women from around the country—including a grandmother, a college student, a bodybuilder, and a housewife—who are struggling with addictions. For nearly three years, acclaimed journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis immersed himself in their lives as they battled drug and alcohol abuse,... Read more

The Empathy Gap

By: J. D. Trout

Narrated by: J. D. Trout

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on his sweeping and innovative research, philosopher and cognitive scientist J. D. Trout recruits the latest findings in psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience to answer the question: How can we make better personal decisions and design social policies that improve the lives of everyone?We are touched when faced with the... Read more

Relativity of Einstein

By: Albert Einstein

Narrated by: Jason McCoy

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein describes the theories that made him famous, illuminating his case with numerous examples and a smattering of math (nothing more complex than high-school algebra). Einstein's book is not casual reading, but for those who appreciate his work without diving into the arcana of theoretical... Read more

Cosmic Quest

By: BBC & Heather Couper

Narrated by: Heather Couper & Various

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Heather Couper presents a sweeping history of astronomy, as heard on BBC Radio 4. In this 30-part BBC Radio 4 series, astronomer Heather Couper charts the history of our understanding of the universe. Her journey begins at the beginning as people first gaze in wonder at the life-giving Sun, the wandering planets and the changing phases of... Read more

Remarkable Creatures

By: Sean B. Carroll

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vastly off the mark. And what we believed to be the history of our own species consisted of fantastic myths and fairy tales; fossils, known for millennia, were seen as the bones of dragons and other imagined creatures. How did we learn so much so... Read more

What Would Google Do?

By: Jeff Jarvis

Narrated by: Jeff Jarvis

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“Eye-opening, thought-provoking, and enlightening.”
—USA Today“An indispensable guide to the business logic of the networked era.”
—Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody“A stimulating exercise in thinking really, really big.”
—San Jose Mercury NewsWhat Would Google Do? is an indispensable manual for survival and success in today’s... Read more

Positivity

By: Barbara Fredrickson

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson gives you the lab-tested tools necessary to create a healthier, more vibrant, and flourishing life through a process she calls "the upward spiral."

You’ll discover:

•What positivity is, and why it needs to be heartfelt to be effective
• The ten sometimes surprising forms of positivity
• Why... Read more

D. H. Lawrence in 90 Minutes

By: Paul Strathern

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

By the end of his life, Lawrence had despaired of Western civilization, which he felt had corrupted and weakened the human spirit. He believed that we had somehow lost touch with our instinctual being and no longer responded to the 'true voice' of our blood. We still possessed such truth deep within us, but it was smothered by a dead culture.His... Read more

Quantum Change

By: F. David Peat, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes acting with the very best intentions can lead to disaster. How can you be sure that the good works you do actually have the positive outcome you hope for? F. David Peat has applied the principles of quantum physics to explain why some efforts to implement social change have failed miserably, while others have succeeded beyond anyone’s... Read more

Finding a Deeper Satisfaction in Our Work, Relationships, and Ourselves

By: David Whyte

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Did you know you are currently in at least two, and possibly three marriages? In addition to your relationship with your significant other, you have equally profound relationships with yourself and with your work. When you examine these three areas of your life through the discerning eye of poet David Whyte, you'll find a wealth of opportunity... Read more

Why Him? Why Her?

By: Helen Fisher

Narrated by: Helen Fisher

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The national bestselling book Why Him? Why Her? shows how a better understanding of who you are will help you find and keep the love you want

Why do you fall in love with one person rather than another? In this fascinating and informative book, Helen Fisher, one of the world's leading experts on romantic love, unlocks the hidden code of desire... Read more

The Pluto Files

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. Far from the sun, tiny, and eccentric in orbit, it’s a wonder Pluto has any fans. Yet during the mounting debate over Pluto’s status, Americans rallied behind this extraterrestrial underdog. The year of Pluto’s discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the... Read more

Astronomy I

By: James Kaler

Narrated by: George Wilson

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Take a journey through fascinating outer worlds that lay beyond the earth's sphere.We begin with a unifying overview of the Universe that provides a broad context into which we place the objects of our planetary system. The course then divides into four overlapping portions, exploring the Earth and the layout of the sky, examining the physical... Read more

Astronomy II

By: James Kaler

Narrated by: James Kaler

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

As huge and prominent as it appears to us, our planet and solar system are but small parts of our galaxy, a massive assembly that spatters the sky with billions of stars and that extends away from us for tens of thousands of light years. And this galaxy of ours is in turn but a small portion of the universe of trillions of other galaxies that... Read more

Feeling Good Together

By: David D. Burns, M.D.

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

We all know people who are hard to get along with. It might be your spouse, mother, neighbor, friend, or colleague. In his new book Feeling Good Together, Dr. David D. Burns describes Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy (CIT), a radically different method for developing more loving and satisfying relationships with the people you care about.



Based on... Read more

Elsewhere, U.S.A.

By: Dalton Conley

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the past three decades, our daily lives have changed slowly but dramatically. Boundaries between leisure and work, public space and private space, and home and office have blurred and become permeable. How many of us now work from home, our wireless economy allowing and encouraging us to work 24/7? How many of us talk to our children while... Read more

Voluntary Madness

By: Norah Vincent

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Norah Vincent’s bestselling book of investigative journalism, Self-Made Man, ended on a harrowing note. Suffering from severe depression after her eighteen months living disguised as a man, Vincent felt she was a danger to herself. On the advice of her psychologist, she committed herself to a mental institution.Vincent’s new journey takes her... Read more

Forecast

By: Stephan Faris

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

While reporting just outside of Darfur, Stephan Faris discovered that climate change was at the root of that conflict, and he began to wonder what current and impending—and largely unanticipated—crises such changes have in store for the world.

Forecast provides the answers.

Global warming will spur the spread of many diseases. Italy has... Read more

All Pets Go to Heaven

By: Sylvia Browne

Narrated by: Jeanie Hackett

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

America's leading psychic shares heartwarming, tear-jerking tales about the role of our beloved pets on the Other Side.

It's said that pets don't have souls. World-famous spiritual guide and psychic Sylvia Browne knows better. Drawing on 40 years of research and stories, she explains how animals "live" after death on the Other Side. She also... Read more

The Well-Dressed Ape

By: Hannah Holmes

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 14 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

THE WELL-DRESSED APE, aka Homo sapiens, is a strange mammal. It thinks of itself as complex, intelligent, and in every way superior to other animals – but is it, really? With wit, humility, and penetrating insight, science journalist Hannah Holmes casts the inquisitive eye of a trained researcher and reporter on...herself. And not just on... Read more

Ivory's Ghosts

By: John Frederick Walker

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Long before gold and gemstones held allure, humans were drawn to the “jewels of the elephant” – its great tusks. Ivory is a supreme organic treasure, prized throughout the world for its pale, lustrous beauty and ability to be finely carved. In Ivory’s Ghosts, John Frederick Walker layers rich history and firsthand reportage to tell the... Read more