Science & Technology audiobooks

The Art of Creativity

By: Betty Edwards

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Here the author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain tells how to use drawing to tap into the powers of the dual brain function for enhancing creativity, imagination, and problem solving. The capacity to create is within everyone, according to Edwards, and she provides a wealth of insight for everyone interested in creative problem solving... Read more

Helping Yourself

By: Ram Dass

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In his inimitable and articulate style, Ram Dass talks about serving others, i.e., helping as a path of wholeness. A legend in his own time, he brings a wealth of direct experience as a psychologist, seeker and spiritual teacher together with a wonderful ability to reveal himself fully, serving as a mirror from which we can reflect our own journey. Read more

Greener Tomorrows

By: Ernest Callenbach, Fritjof Capra & Hazel Henderson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Three of the cultural visionaries of our time come together to explore the emergence of a new paradigm for viewing reality based on the fundamental inter-dependence of all life with the cycles of nature. They stress the shift from a mechanistic and patriarchal world view to a holistic and ecological view, if we are to survive as a species and a... Read more

Sustaining the Land

By: Wes Jackson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Re-connecting to the land and living in harmony with the natural environment are the twin touchstones of this eloquent advocacy of sustainable agriculture. Jackson says that only by returning to nature's roots can we see a valid way out of the fossil fuel farm, which breeds costly high technology, ecological damage and bankrupt small farmers. Read more

Daily Bread

By: Wendell Berry

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This farmer, ecologist, and writer Berry speaks of enduring values, the wholeness of life, and the interdependence of all creatures (including humans). Berry’s self-discipline and ethical sense come through as he leads us from the microcosm of his Kentucky hill farm to the macrocosm of a sane and reasoned planetary vision based on personal... Read more

Walking the Earth

By: Colin Fletcher

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Hard-core wilderness lovers and deep ecology buffs will especially appreciate this conversation with the quintessential walker, Colin Fletcher, author of The Complete Walker III. Fletcher speaks of the joys and wonders of trekking in the real wilderness. Read more

Becoming Whole

By: Virginia Satir

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Acknowledged by her peers as the "therapist's therapist," the late Virginia Satir traveled the planet sharing her insightful wisdom and changing people's lives for the better. In this dialogue she speaks about shifting family and workplace environments, plus a great deal more. Read more

The Fourth World Community

By: Gregory McGee & John Papworth

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In the midst of the Superpowers and the Third World, a new vision is emerging of a Fourth World, encompassing small communities as an alternative to the notion that “bigger is better.” Returning power to a personal level is one of the goals and Papworth provides some useful ways to meet the challenge he so eloquently describes. Read more

Morphic Resonance and the Mind

By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Further explorations into the revolutionary "hypothesis of formative causation" put forth by British biochemist Rupert Sheldrake. Since its debut in 1981, Sheldrake's theory has sent large ripples through the scientific community, and has inspired experimental testing that so far has tended to confirm the theory Read more

Goddesses As Inner Images

By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Psychiatrist Jean Bolen describes seven archetypal patterns embodied in seven of the Greek goddesses. In knowing which “goddess” is present, a woman can have a deeper understanding of everyday occurrences as well as more dramatic events--not to mention the benefits men can realize through a better understanding of the female psyche. Listen in... Read more

Dance of The Tao

By: Chungliang Al Huang

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Huang touches on those principles of inner dancing that make life a joy. In this amusing and enlightening conversation, he encourages us to move freely, to laugh, to embrace paradox, to take ourselves and our world lightly. Take the S out of cosmic and enjoy what’s left.” Read more

On The Trail Of The Hundredth Monkey

By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Daniel Drasin

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a special documentary program featuring Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, the British biologist whose controversial book, A New Science of Life, proposes a nonmaterial basis for heredity, instinct, mind and memory. This program answers many of the most frequently-asked questions about Sheldrake’s radical ideas, and describes recent experiments which... Read more

Metamind — Metamorphosis

By: Albert Hofmann

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In April 1943, working in his Sandoz laboratory, the Swiss research chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann discovered LSD-25, and thus changed the lives of millions over the next decades. Here he tells how LSD affected his own life and, in the process, weaves an intriguing story of mysticism in the midst of science Read more

Parts of the Whole

By: David Bohm, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Theoretical physicist Bohm developed a theory of quantum physics that addresses both matter and consciousness as an unbroken whole. The late Bohm’s concept of “implicate order” provides a basis for bridging science to the realm of spirit. For two decades, he explored this possibility with religious philosopher J. Krishnamurti. Read more

Understanding Mind-Active Drugs

By: Andrew Weil, MD

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In American society one could hardly find a subject more controversial or more apt to raise hackles, prompt desires or trigger fears. For this reason alone it is important for us to dissolve the myths and uncover the truth about substances that cause significant changes in the body and/or mind. Weil, an M.D., provides us with an overview not... Read more

The Deep Self

By: Helen Palmer

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Gifted psychic visionary Helen Palmer explores the inner capacity to tap one’s intuitive nature. She helps us explore our conscious journey across the landscape of the unconscious, so often hidden from our view. Live listener phone-in questions are answered during the second half of this 2-hour program. Read more

Buckminster Fuller: The 50-Year Experiment (documentary)

By: R. Buckminster Fuller

Narrated by: Phil Catalfo & Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a special audio documentary of the life and work of a twentieth-century genius. Included is the story of how the late Bucky transcended failure and despair and devoted his life to serving humanity. There is also a commentary describing his contribution to our time. If you're interested in making the world work, you owe it to yourself to... Read more

Esp In Daily Life

By: Jeffrey Mishlove & William Kautz

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Contrary to popular belief, ESP, or "psi" as it is known in parapsychology, means much more than fork-bending or talk-show advice to the lovelorn. Here two leading researchers in this field tell us things that expand our understanding beyond conventional limits. Read more

Ecotopia Revisited

By: Ernest Callenbach

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The creator of the visionary "ecotopian" view of the world, made famous through his classic book, Ecotopia returns with a fresh vision of an energy-efficient, ecologically responsible future society spread across Northwest America. Read more

A New Science Of Life

By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In the provocative concepts of morphogenetic fields and morphic resonance, we may indeed be more than the sum of our parts; we may have access to all that has gone before. Sheldrake, a biochemist, has postulated an extraordinary new theory that, if correct, could overturn our fundamental concepts about nature, brain function and consciousness. Read more

Bond Of Power

By: Joseph Chilton Pearce

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of The Crack in The Cosmic Egg (Julian Press 1971) and Bond of Power (Dutton 1981) tells of a metamorphosis that has occurred in his life--one he claims is available for each of us, and one based upon our human birthright. Our rational mind can only take us so far, and then we all must tap into the deep well of wisdom residing within. Read more

The Dawn of the Solar Age

By: Hazel Henderson

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Hazel Henderson provides some penetrating insights to help light our way through the darkness. Here she speaks of the death of the old socio/political model and the rise of new ways. Read more

Diving Into The Pool Of Consciousness

By: Arthur Hastings, Ph.D. & Charles Tart, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Two of the world's foremost parapsychologists, Arthur Hastings and Charles Tart, explore the depths of human consciousness in all its myriad forms. ESP, spiritual dimensions, mind/brain, social implications, contemporary rituals, music, the media and more are examined in the clear light of their interaction with human consciousness. Read more

The Gates of Consciousness

By: Stanislav Grof

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring visit with one of the modern pioneers of consciousness exploration. Born in Czechoslovakia, Stan Grof came to the U.S. in the late 1960s and became one of the foremost explorers of LSD-25 as a research tool. Since then he has developed non-drug alternatives for exploring the hidden reaches of the human mind and psyche. Read more