Science & Technology audiobooks

Gods, Heroes & Monsters

By: Mark Daniels

Narrated by: Mike Cooper

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the dawn of communication, humankind has looked around itself and used myths and legends to make sense of the world. Imaginative tales of goddesses, heroes, villains and beasts bring understanding to the biggest questions in life: Who made the world? What happens when we die? Where did we come from? How should we live our lives? Gods,... Read more

The Weight of Nature

By: Clayton Page Aldern

Narrated by: Clayton Page Aldern

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A New York Times Editors' Choice

A Next Big Idea Club and Sierra Magazine Must-Read Book

A Behavioral Scientist’s Summer Book List Pick

A Financial Times Best Summer Book

A deeply reported, eye-opening book about climate change, our brains, and the weight of nature on us all.

The march of climate change is stunning and vicious, with rising seas,... Read more

Dairy of an Infant, Joseph's dairy

By: Iman Esawy

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The sweetest, kindest, and cutest thing you can ever hear in your life, and this is really true, by the way, if you are a father or a mother Read more

The Opposite of Depression

By: David M. Carreon, MD

Narrated by: Rob Vlock

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Stanford-trained psychiatrist David Carreon, MD, reveals what it takes to move from nagging disappointment, dissatisfaction, or depression to a life of thriving. One of the pioneers of the use of an intense form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in severely depressed patients, Dr. Carreon was astonished by how quickly and dramatically... Read more

Die Geschichte der abendländischen Philosophie

By: August Messer

Narrated by: Volker Braumann

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Im vierten Teil seiner "Geschichte der abendländischen Philosophie" führt August Messer in bündiger und verständlicher Art und Weise in die Philosophien von Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling und Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel ein - also in die Gedankenwelten jener Philosophen, die seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts... Read more

Music and Mind

By: Renée Fleming

Narrated by: Gina Daniels, Carin Gilfry, Patty Nieman, Cary ...

Length: 22 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"This book inspires us all to immerse ourselves in the vast potential of music and other creative arts to heal our wounds, sharpen our minds, enliven our bodies, and restore our broken connections.” —Bessel van der Kolk, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score

World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renée Fleming... Read more

Common Sense

By: Thomas Paine

Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10,... Read more

Official Guidebook of the San Diego Zoo

By: Zoological Society Of San Diego

Narrated by: Joseph Tabler

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsOfficial Guidebook of the San Diego Zoo by Zoological Society of San Diego, 1927. It is in the public domain.This is a lovely piece of history of the renowned zoo. Easily noted are the magnificent donations of Ellen B. Scripps and the great time and energy of Dr. Harry Wegeforth among... Read more

Grown Woman Talk

By: Sharon Malone, M.D.

Narrated by: Sharon Malone, M.D.

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A must-read for anyone who cares about their quality of life . . . Dr. Sharon Malone is the first person I turn to for a whole host of issues, especially my health.”—MICHELLE OBAMA

A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading OB/GYN and... Read more

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners

By: Thomas D. Seeley

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners takes listeners inside a world seldom seen even by beekeepers, shedding light on twenty of the most compelling mysteries of honey bee behavior.



Thomas Seeley has devoted a lifetime to the study of honey bees and their colonies, unraveling the secrets of these wondrous insects in a career spanning six... Read more

Atlantis and Lemuria

By: M. Doreal

Narrated by: Chas Mandala

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

I have a subject to discuss that has aroused almost as much controversy as any other subject under the sun except religion; nothing can compare to that; That is, "Atlantis and Lemuria." Read more

Calming Ocean Music

By: author

Narrated by: Ocean Mind Studios Hawaii

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Close your eyes and wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of the sea. "Calming Ocean Music" is your personal escape to a serene beachfront paradise. Lose yourself in a symphony of nature's finest melodies: The gentle rhythm of waves lapping at the shore, a natural white noise lullaby. Soothing ocean breezes rustling through... Read more

DK Life Stories: Amelia Earhart

By: Libby Romero

Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the inspiring story of Amelia Earhart - the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean...

Amelia Earhart is one of the world's most famous aviators in the history of flight and a role model for women everywhere. Follow the story of this trailblazing pilot - from her childhood adventures in Kansas, USA, to her... Read more

Stephen Hawking Genius at Work

By: Roger Highfield

Narrated by: Roger Highfield

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate exploratory tour of Stephen Hawking's office, providing a unique insight into the mind of a genius, the things that inspired him and explanations of his seminal theories.

A behind-the scenes tour of the inner sanctum of one of the world's most prominent scientific thinkers.

In 2021, the Science Museum made a once-in-a-lifetime... Read more

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

By: Charles Darwin

Narrated by: Kevin Theis

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into the fascinating world of one of history's most renowned scientists with "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin" by Charles Darwin, now available as an engaging audiobook. In this captivating memoir, Darwin provides a firsthand account of his remarkable life and groundbreaking discoveries that revolutionized our understanding of the... Read more

Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth

By: Kate Schapira

Narrated by: Helen Laser

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Climate anxiety is real—and this practical, accessible guide helps address it on personal, relational, and structural levels, from the founder of the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth. Summer after summer is the hottest on record. People’s homes are flooding, burning, blowing away. We live with the loss, pain, and grief of what’s happened, and... Read more

LIT: Life Ignition Tools

By: Jeff Karp & Teresa Barker

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Radically simple experimental tools to help anyone tap into a high-energy brain state to fire up innovative potential and shape their lives with intention—by the founder of a Harvard biomedical engineering innovation lab.In an age of convenience and information overload, it’s easy to go through the motions, pressured, distracted, and seeking... Read more

A Field Guide to the Apocalypse

By: Athena Aktipis

Narrated by: Athena Aktipis

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A common sense field guide to understanding, surviving, and thriving in our time of complex chaos and crises. Is this finally it? The end times?Because from COVID-19 to climate catastrophe to the looming AI revolution—not to mention the ever-growing background hum of rage, fear, and anxiety—it’s starting to feel like the party we call... Read more

Fusion Strategy

By: Venkat Venkatraman & Vijay Govindarajan

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, and Google can collect real-time data from billions of users. For companies that design and manufacture physical products, that type of fluid, data-rich information used to be a pipe dream. Now, with the rise of cheap and powerful sensors, supercomputing, and artificial intelligence, things are changing—fast.



In... Read more

Human Nature And Conduct

By: John Dewey

Narrated by: Andrew Jackson

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Human Nature And Conduct" by John Dewey is a seminal work in philosophy and psychology, first published in 1922. In this book, Dewey explores the relationship between human nature, ethics, and social conduct. He argues that human behavior is not predetermined by fixed instincts or traits but is instead shaped by the interaction between... Read more

60 Days to a Greener Life

By: Heather White

Narrated by: Heather White

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Are you worried about the climate crisis? Are you suffering from eco-anxiety? Do you want to help but you're not sure how? Do you want to learn how to make greener choices? If you answered yes to any of those questions, author and environmentalist Heather White's 60 Days to a Greener Life is the resource you need. You can read... Read more

The Emotional Lives of Animals (revised)

By: Marc Bekoff

Narrated by: Kane Stewart

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A seminal exploration of animal emotion, sentience, and cognition, revised and expanded to incorporate a surge of new science

When award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff penned the first edition of this book in 2007, he predicted that over time our understanding of animal cognition and emotion would grow “richer, more accurate, and possibly... Read more

The Ritual Effect

By: Michael Norton

Narrated by: Michael Norton

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In the bestselling tradition of Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit and Angela Duckworth’s Grit, a renowned social psychologist demonstrates how a subtle turning of habits into rituals can “clear a little space for everyday magic” (The Guardian) in our lives.

Our lives are filled with repetitive tasks meant to keep us on track—what we come to... Read more

Trivergence

By: Bob Tapscott

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In Trivergence, Bob Tapscott, writer, speaker, complex system designer, and former CIO, introduces an exciting new concept in explaining how the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) will transform business and society. He explains the synergies between these technologies and the disruptive... Read more