Science & Technology audiobooks
Mindwalk: The New Paradigm
By: Fritjof Capra
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
From Descartes and Newton to Einstein and Bohr, Capra takes us on a journey through the past four centuries of the scientific revolution and leads us to the birth of a new worldview in response to the escalating world crises. He reveals the difficulty in translating abstract ideas to the screen, and how the use of visual metaphor became a... Read more
View audiobookThe Dream of the Earth - Abridged
By: Thomas Berry
Narrated by: Thomas Berry
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This landmark workโ a foundational volume in the ecological canonโ points to a necessary transformation of consciousness if mankind and the planet are to survive. Drawing upon the wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers, Thomas Berry forges a balanced, deeply felt declaration of planetary independence from the... Read more
View audiobookIf You Really Loved Me - Abridged
By: Ann Rule
Narrated by: Ann Rule
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
There was only one way to please her father: Murder his wife....
David Brown was the consummate entrepreneur: a computer wizard and millionaire by age thirty-two. When his beautiful young wife was shot to death as she slept, Brown's fourteen-year-old daughter, Cinnamon, confessed to killing her stepmother. The California courts sentenced her... Read more
You Just Don't Understand - Abridged
By: Deborah Tannen
Narrated by: Deborah Tannen
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Deborah Tannen's #1 bestseller revolutionized the way men and women talk -- and listen -- to each other -- at home, at work, and wherever the communication gap between the sexes can lead to troublesome misunderstandings. The problem dates back to childhood, when boys and girls learn to use language in distinctly different ways; years later,... Read more
View audiobookPhysics of the Mind: Holographic Realities
By: Michael Talbot
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The mathematics that the brain uses for memory are the same as those used in creating a hologram, says Michael Talbot. This and other scientific evidence suggests that the mind/brain - and perhaps the entire universe โ is a kind of hologram. This revolutionary model of reality sheds new light on such phenomena as psychic powers, poltergeists,... Read more
View audiobookBulow Hammock - Abridged
By: David Wallace
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In Florida, there exists a very special ecosystem where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meetโ Bulow Hammock. Saved by conservationists, it is one of the last stands of forest on the East Coast. This hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine wood is now a State Park where complex life thrives. In the tradition of... Read more
View audiobookOf Kings and Warriors
By: Robert Moore
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Within each of us are four fundamental archetypes--King, Warrior, Magician and Lover--which Robert Moore describes as "programs for human emotional, behavioral and mental functioning." These archetypes need to be recognized and integrated into our lives for us to achieve maturity and self-realization. Read more
View audiobookTaking Off the Colored Glasses
By: Robert Nozick
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Award-winning author and professor of philosophy at Harvard University,Robert Nozick shares his reflections here on happiness, spirituality, pain and suffering. โThe world is unsuspectedly rich if one approaches it with the right attitude,โ he tells us, and encourages us โto pay a particular kind of attention to this world, and to view it... Read more
View audiobookThe Universe is a Story
By: Brian Thomas Swimme, PhD
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
According to cosmologist Swimme, science, humanity, and the natural world have all suffered from a myopic fragmentation of scientific knowledge. Yet some voices in physics today are beginning to echo the wonder and mystery of ancient mystical intuitions, and to present a more unified view of the nature and history of the world. Join Swimme in... Read more
View audiobookImages of Tibet
By: Galen Rowell
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Adventurer, award-winning photographer and collaborator with the Dalai Lama on the book My Tibet (University of California Press 1990), Galen Rowell speaks of the environmental and cultural devastation brought upon Tibet by Communist Chinese occupation. He shares his adventures in mountaineering, and what is needed for true nature conservation. Read more
View audiobook365 Ways You Can Save the Earth
By: Michael Viner
Narrated by: Ed Begley Jr.
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Our earth home is in trouble: plastic pollution, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, and hazardous waste all affect many processes that shape global climate and ecosystems. However, we don't have to go out with a whimper. We can fight back. Even better, we can win. The battlegrounds are our homes, schools, workplaces, and vacation... Read more
View audiobookEssential Reality
By: David Bohm, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Bohm addresses the nature of thought and thinking, and how our conditioned minds become subordinate to the way we think. He says the thinking process โis a representation of what is, but is not what isโ and goes on to challenge our perception of time and space as illusory. This conversation ranges from mindless thought to experiencing each... Read more
View audiobookTowards Wholeness
By: David Bohm, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Renowned physicist, David Bohm, describes scientific theory as the myth that drives our culture, and points out the fallacy of our belief system. He also presents his alternative for addressing the worldโs mega-problems through engaging in a new level of โdialogueโ among small groups of people. Read more
View audiobookLiving and Working With Heart
By: Linda Marks
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Tapping the power that resides within each of us to encode all of our actions with love provides the central focus of this dialogue. Finding purpose, facing pain, learning trust, understanding money, discovering joy are covered by Marks, a body-centered psychotherapist, lifework counselor and management consultant. Read more
View audiobookBeyond Blame, Guilt and Shame
By: Joan Borysenko
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Trained as both a biologist and a psychologist, Joan Borysenko has had a lifelong interest in the connections between science, psychology and spirituality. Exploring ways to shed self-blame and the pessimism of unhealthy guilt, she retrieves the wonder and mystery of being alive, and reviews the 21 telling โexpressionsโ that indicate excessive... Read more
View audiobookAn Astronaut'S Path To Inner Space
By: Brian O'Leary
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Astronomer, scientist, and former astronaut encourages scientific research to include the serious study of paranormal events such as telepathy, UFOs, and the Faces on Mars project. He says, "No problem can be solved from the place it was created." O'Leary shares the possibilities of space exploration as having the potential for global cooperation. Read more
View audiobookPerennial Wisdom
By: Huston Smith, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
A new wind is blowing ... and the future is radically open, says the eminent philosopher, professor and author of the now-classic Religions of Man (republished as The World's Religions, HarperSanFrancisco 1992), as he recalls his spiritual roots and points to a new balance between the worlds of science and mysticism. Read more
View audiobookMyths, Symbols, Stories: Bi-Cultural Vision
By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A Basque native, Arrien is at the forefront of those who see the common threads that unite us while honoring our differences. She speaks of the importance of myth and symbol in everyday life and combines the two disciplines of anthropology and psychology. Her cross-cultural approach provides both a universal and practical means of addressing... Read more
View audiobookThe Hero Inside
By: Carol Pearson
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
What are the six main archetypes of the Heroโs journey? Pearson provides a map to chart and examine the heroic archetypes that exist in all of us, enabling us to better understand our own quest. Read more
View audiobookReturn of the Goddess
By: Marija Gimbutas, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Almost single-handedly, through her excavations and discovery of artifacts and remnants from European cultures predating both Egyptian and Greek civilization, the late Marija Gimbutas revamped both history and the field of archaeology. Here she speaks about the thousands of Goddess-related figurines she unearthed, pointing to the existence of... Read more
View audiobookThe Philosophy Of Wildness
By: Paul Shepard
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Shepard intimates that, In contrast to the modern technological world, wildness is part of our heritage. Even though suppressed, its lure is constant. He spent a lifetime exploring the wonders of the wild. He reveals the dangers of domesticating animals. He tells some great stories about bears and encourages us to recognize our kinship with all... Read more
View audiobookWho Needs God? - Abridged
By: Harold Kushner
Narrated by: Harold Kushner
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
CAN YOU BEAT THE ODDS?
In today's high pressure world the odds are that you may feel overwhelmed, dissatisfied or unable to cope with unforeseen problems in your life. Harold Kushner's philosophy has brought inspiration to millions, and now he tells you how to live with more confidence and hope no matter what challenges you face in life.... Read more
The Gods in Everyone
By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Both men and women carry the archetypal patterns of gods and goddesses. Here, Bolen, a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, discusses the power of this dynamic in our lives. She describes the Greek gods and their relevance in a patriarchal culture. Through understanding the different aspects of these gods, we can come to inhabit our lives more... Read more
View audiobookQuantum Theory, Creativity and Consciousness
By: F. David Peat
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This conversation with theoretical physicist Peat ranges from chaos theory to synchronicity. Influenced strongly by David Bohm and J. Krishnamurti, he makes the connection between the worlds of science and spirit. Exploring the question "What is the nature of order?" provides the impetus for Peat to attempt to build a bridge between matter and... Read more
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