Psychology audiobooks

Composing a Further Life

By: Mary Catherine Bateson

Narrated by: Sevanne Kassarjian

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Catherine Bateson sees aging today as an "improvisational art form calling for imagination and willingness to learn," and in this ardent, affirming study, she relates the experiences of men and women—herself included—who, upon entering this second adulthood, have found new meaning and new ways to contribute, composing their lives in new... Read more

On Second Thought

By: Wray Herbert

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Our brains are marvels, hard-wired by millions of years of evolution to boast a number of mental shortcuts, biases, and tricks that allow us to negotiate our complicated lives without overthinking every choice and decision we have to make. Unfortunately, those ancient shortcuts don't always work to our advantage in our modern lives—when we don't... Read more

The Man Who Lied to His Laptop

By: Clifford Nass & Corina Yen

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

STARTLING INSIGHTS INTO PERSUASION, TRUST, EMPATHY, AND TEAMWORK BASED ON REVELATIONS ABOUT HOW WE TREAT OUR COMPUTERS The driver was insistent: “A woman should not be giving directions.” Despite the customer service rep’s reassurance that the navigation system in his car wasn’t actually a woman—just a computer with a female voice—the driver... Read more

30 Minuten Selbstcoaching

By: Stefanie Demann

Narrated by: Gilles Karolyi, Gabi Franke & Heiko Grauel

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"Einen persönlichen Coach zu haben, das wäre toll!" Haben Sie das auch schon mal gedacht? Aber ob mit oder ohne Coach: Jeder Mensch ist für seinen persönlichen Erfolg selbst verantwortlich. Was kann ich? Was will ich? Wie erreiche ich das? – Das sind die zentralen Fragen eines Selbstcoachings. Dieses Hörbuch hilft Lesern dabei, zu engagierten... 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

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

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

On Human Nature

By: Edward O. Wilson

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

No one who cares about the human future can afford to ignore Edward O. Wilson's audiobook. On Human Nature, Revised Edition, begins a new phase in the most important intellectual controversy of this generation: Is human behavior controlled by the species' biological heritage? Does this heritage limit human destiny?With characteristic pungency... Read more

Click

By: Ori Brafman & Rom Brafman

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

You know the feeling. You meet someone new—at a party or at work—and you just hit it off. There is an instant sense of camaraderie.
 
In a word, you “click.”
 
From the bestselling authors of Sway,Click is a fascinating psychological investigation of the forces behind what makes us click with certain people, or become fully immersed in whatever... Read more

Being Wrong

By: Kathryn Schulz

Narrated by: Mia Barron

Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

“Both wise and clever, full of fun and surprise about a topic so central to our lives that we almost never even think about it.”
—Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

In the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and Predictably Irrational comes Being Wrong, an illuminating exploration of what it means to be in error, and... Read more

Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man

By: Bill Clegg

Narrated by: Joshua Ferris

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Bill Clegg had a thriving business as a literary agent, a supportive partner, trusting colleagues, and loving friends when he walked away from his world and embarked on a two-month crack binge. He had been released from rehab nine months earlier, and his relapse would cost him his home, his money, his career, and very nearly his life.

What is... Read more

The Shallows

By: Nicholas Carr

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“Is Google making us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that question in an Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: as we enjoy the internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply?Now, Carr... Read more

The Shadow Effect

By: Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson & Debbie Ford

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra & Marianne Williamson

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking exploration, three New York Times bestselling authors—Debbie Ford (The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Why Good People Do Bad Things), Marianne Williamson (The Age of Miracles, A Return to Love), and Deepak Chopra (Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment)—deliver a comprehensive and practical guide to harnessing the power of our... Read more

The Invisible Gorilla

By: Christopher Chabris & Daniel Simons

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. Two renowned psychologists explain how and why our intuitions lead us astray, “[spinning] the plain world [we] know into a wonderment of surprising new insights” (Time).
 
“A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how the mind works.”—Associated Press 
 
In The... Read more

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

By: Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack.By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction—it’s no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing what EQ is and... Read more

Getting beyond Hello

By: Jeanne Martinet

Narrated by: Jeanne Martinet

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Getting beyond Hello is a practical and amusing book of advice and wisdom from Miss Mingle, who answers a variety of questions about social situations."Relax," says Miss Mingle. It's easy to avoid the "hell" in "hello," deflect the unwanted greeting kiss, feel okay when you're dressed all wrong, solve modern dilemmas such as meeting same-sex... Read more

Bursts

By: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A revolutionary new theory showing how we can predict human behavior-from a radical genius and bestselling author

Can we scientifically predict our future? Scientists and pseudo scientists have been pursuing this mystery for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. But now, astonishing new research is revealing patterns in human behavior... Read more

Bounce

By: Matthew Syed

Narrated by: James Clamp

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of the international bestselling Freakonomics, award-winning journalist Matthew Syed reveals the hidden clues to success—in sports, business, school, and just about anything else that you’d want to be great at. Fans of Predictably Irrational and Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point will find many interesting and helpful insights in... Read more

US

By: Lisa Oz

Narrated by: Lisa Oz

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"The key to real and lasting change lies somewhere between what you know and what you do. It’s what you think." —Lisa Oz

Being social creatures, we yearn for connection but often fall into bad habits that interfere with our ability to have rewarding relationships. We begin to see ourselves as alone, isolated, or at odds with the rest of the... Read more

Golf's Sacred Journey

By: David L. Cook

Narrated by: Herschel Miller

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Join David Cook--world-renowned sports and performance psychologist, speaker, and bestselling author--as he teaches you that in golf and in life, it's time to get out of your own way and let your true self shine.Based on thousands of athletes Cook has counseled and great mentors and teachers from whom he has learned, Golf's Sacred Journey is... Read more

The Husbands and Wives Club

By: Laurie Abraham

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Starting in spring 2006, journalist Laurie Abraham sat in with five troubled couples as they underwent the searing process of group marriage therapy. Published as "Can This Marriage Be Saved?" the resulting article generated intense reader response. While space limitations allowed Abraham to focus only on one couple in her article, this book,... Read more

Married to Distraction - Abridged

By: Edward Hallowell, Sue Hallowell & Melissa Orlov

Narrated by: Edward Hallowell & Sue Hallowell

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Modern marriage is busy, distracted, and overloaded to extremes, with ever-increasing lists of things to do, superficial electronic connections, and interrupted moments. Now Edward M. Hallowell, the bestselling co-author of Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction, teams up with his wife, Sue George Hallowell, a couples’ therapist,... Read more

Your Intuitive Mind Could Save the World

By: Claudio Naranjo, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Claudio Naranjo shares stories from his lifelong journey, and the teachers who molded his mind and his spirit. He explains the origins of the patriarchal attitudes that led to the violence, oppression, and greed that plague the world today, and identifies the consequences of our dependence on reason at the expense of instinct. Read more

The Genius in All of Us

By: David Shenk

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

With irresistibly persuasive vigor, David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic “giftedness,” and presents dazzling new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual.

DNA does not make us who we are. “Forget everything you think you know about genes, talent, and intelligence,” he writes. “In recent... Read more