Science & Technology audiobooks

Real Time

By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

It seems as if time is speeding up and most of us are feeling like victims of “busyness” as we become obsessed with being more efficient. Needleman likens time management to "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." He discusses the meaning of time, how we may experience the gifts of time, and time as a question rather than a problem. Read more

Imagine Yourself Well

By: Emmett Miller, M.D. & Martin Rossman, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

If someone asked you to name a major factor in better health, would you think imagination?  Probably not. Yet, as Martin Rossman points out, "The most common use of imagery is worrying," which shows us there's nothing mysterious about it at all.  Visualization and guided imagery have become integral elements in the growing field of mind/body... Read more

The Soul's Hidden Face

By: Connie Zweig

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Deep within the cavern of our unconscious reside our forbidden feelings, secret wishes, hidden hurts and creative urges.  Over time, these forces become what we call our "shadow."  Bringing our shadow out into the light brings deeper self-knowledge and authenticity, better relationships, and often the ability to tap into our creative depths. Read more

Lifelong Learning

By: Marilyn Schlitz & Tom Hurley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Institute of Noetic Sciences was founded in 1973 after astronaut Edgar Mitchell traveled to the moon and saw Planet Earth from outer space--a journey that transformed his life.  Tom Hurley and Marilyn Schlitz talk with Michael Toms about how Noetic Sciences was founded, what it has accomplished and where it is headed. Read more

Kabbalah Revealed

By: Rabbi David Cooper

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Ancient Jewish sages developed the tradition of the kabbalah.  Rabbi David A. Cooper is among the first to bring the mystery and mysticism of kabbalah to us in a way that is easy to understand.  Kabbalah is about bringing human consciousness to its full potential, recognizing that we are partners with God in the continuous process of creation. Read more

Finding Your Inner Goddess

By: Carol Christ

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing numbers of people have begun to turn back to old ways of worshipping the divine in a feminine sense.  Carol Christ provides a guide to understanding this new Goddess-spirituality movement.  According to Christ, "the Goddess brings about a great metaphoric shift in the way we think about God," and the changes that Goddess-religion can... Read more

New Ways Of Healing

By: Joel Alter, D.O. & Cheri Quincy, D.O.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Cheri Quincy and Joel Alter, two osteopathic physicians, discuss their approach to health and healing, drawing on their extensive experience practicing medicine as well as dramatic experiences of recovery in their own personal lives. Read more

Living Systems

By: Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

At the heart of understanding living systems is the knowledge that everything is interconnected and interrelated. Out of this awareness comes the greatest challenge of our times - creating sustainable communities. Capra describes what he means when he suggests that we must shift from linear thinking to systems thinking. Read more

Love, Power And Mastery

By: Lynn Andrews

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

We all want love, and we all want power.  Can we have both?  Lynn Andrews says yes.  First we need to figure out who we are, love who we are, and stop thinking of power as an inherently evil way to control other people.  Next, realize that power will never be given to you. Read more

The Expectant Universe

By: James Redfield

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of one of the most successful self-published books of all time, The Celestine Prophecy (Warner 1993), James Redfield discusses the personal experiences that made it possible. He says that we need to open ourselves to the mysterious coincidences that we would see happening in our lives all the time, if we would only take notice. "We... Read more

The Science Of Soul

By: Fred Alan Wolf

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most compelling questions of all time is, do we have a soul?  And if we do, what exactly is it?  Fred Alan Wolf, well-known resident physicist on Discovery Channel's "No-Zone" program, gives us an answer and a unique definition.  He also discusses spirit, space, time, consciousness and the possible origins of the universe. Read more

The Mysteries Of Healing

By: Caroline Myss

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

It is often taken for granted that everyone who is sick or injured wants to heal.  Caroline Myss has discovered that this isn't always true.  Some don't want to give up the manipulative power and attention that illness has brought; others have identified so strongly with their illness that they've literally become one with it.  While illness can... Read more

Buddhism For Everyone

By: Slyvia Boorstein

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Boorstein found a deepening and enrichment of her Jewish faith through years of meditation practice. She says, "You don't have to be a Buddhist to practice Buddhism. It's not about being a something--a Buddhist, a Jew or a Christian--it's about being more awake." Read more

The Zen Of Work

By: Les Kaye

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1970, Les Kaye asked the management at IBM if he could take a three-month leave of absence to live in a Zen monastery.  Suprisingly, they said yes.  A year later, he was ordained as a Zen monk.  Back at IBM, he discovered joy, harmony and fluid relationships in a job that had previously been an endless desert of problems to overcome and goals... Read more

Love Your Job

By: Barbara Reinhold

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

An estimated twenty million Americans are staying in jobs they hate in order to keep their health insurance, while research indicates that job stress will ensure they use it.  We can't all quit our jobs, so how do we cope?  Barbara Reinhold offers some excellent solutions for managing stress and taking more control in your life. Read more

Next of Kin - Abridged

By: Roger Fouts

Narrated by: Roger Fouts

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Roger Fouts fulfilled humankind's age-old dream of talking to animals by pioneering communication with chimpanzees through sign language. Now, in Next of Kin, Fouts tells the dramatic story of his odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist and caretaker of a family of chimpanzees, to his impassioned awakening as a crusader for the... Read more

Ideas That Matter:  The Life and Legacy of Thomas Merton

By: Lawrence Cunningham & Brother Patrick Hart

Narrated by: Mark Walstrom

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A gifted and complex man, the late Thomas Merton is considered by many to be a pivotal figure in 20th-century writing and spirituality. A Trappist monk, Merton was a voracious reader, prolific writer, great music lover (especially of jazz), and a social activist who believed there was more to the contemplative life than "simply denying oneself." Read more

Scrooge Transformed

By: Joe Cusumano

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Through a series of synchronistic experiences, Joseph Cusumano was compelled to read, re-read and ultimately re-interpret Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol. Cusumano sees the story as much more than a heartwarming Christmas fable, and believes it offers keys to a spiritual rebirth. Read more

Molecules of Emotion - Abridged

By: Candace B. Pert

Narrated by: Candace B. Pert

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling and revolutionary book that serves as a “landmark in our understanding of the mind-body connection” (Deepak Chopra, MD).

Why do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health?

In her groundbreaking book Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert—an extraordinary neuroscientist who played a pivotal role in the... Read more

May The Farce Be With You

By: Swami Beyondananda

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet Swami Beyondananda, the brainchild and alter ego of writer/humorist Steve Bhaerman, who has been characterized as a cross between Ram Dass and Haägen-Dasz.  Bhaerman's brand of humor is transformational, breaking cultural and individual "trances" to awaken us from old patterns of separation, victimhood, violence and greed. Read more

Ancient Oracle For Modern Times

By: Paul O'Brien

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

You may know that the I Ching, or Book of Changes is one of the world's oldest texts, written four to five thousand years ago and used by emperors and sages of advanced civilizations.  What you may not know is that this ancient divination system uses an intricate, numerically based concept of changing dual states that assisted in the development... Read more

Recovering The Divine Feminine

By: Andrew Harvey

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Harvey, a renowned writer and modern mystic, speaks of the re-emergence in our patriarchal society of sacred feminine values for people of all faiths throughout the world.  Drawing from his penetrating studies of religion and spirituality as well as his own profound mystical experiences, Harvey believes that until we acknowledge the full... Read more

Rumi: The Supreme Mystical Guide

By: Andrew Harvey

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

There is probably no one more qualified to illuminate the life and work of Jalaluddin Rumi, the great thirteenth-century Sufi mystic and poet, than Andrew Harvey, who possesses the very eloquence and passion he admires in Rumi's work.  Harvey likens Rumi to Buddha, Ramakrishna, Shakespeare and Jesus Christ. Read more

Re-Creating Community

By: Robert Theobald

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The pace of technology and shifting scientific paradigms have shaken the foundations of our planet.  Robert Theobald compares the acceleration of change in our lives to riding the rapids:  "We can decide whether we're going to go down the rapids and enjoy ourselves, or go down the rapids and be terrified.  But we can't say we're not going to go... Read more