Science & Technology audiobooks

Mind

By: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Narrated by: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Length: 18 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A scientist’s exploration into the mysteries of the human mindWhat is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ from the brain? Though the mind’s contents—its emotions, thoughts, and memories—are often described, the essence of mind is rarely, if ever, defined.In this book, noted neuropsychiatrist and... Read more

Final Destination: Disaster

By: George Jehn

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Final Destination: Disaster informs the public, for the very first time, of what actually precipitated the controversial sale of Eastern Airlines—at one time the second largest airline in the free world—to Frank Lorenzo’s Texas Air Corporation, which led to its certain demise. This unbelievable story is written by an eighteen-year veteran... Read more

Escaping The Introvert World

By: Madison Taylor

Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever heard that introversion is a personality flaw? Have you been raised to believe that introverts finish last and only extroverts have a chance to thrive in this world? Do you hate the fact that you are an introvert?
There is nothing wrong with being an introvert. But modern society is built by extroverts for extroverts, so being an... Read more

The Distracted Mind

By: Larry D. Rosen & Adam Gazzaley

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Distracted Mind leading psychologist Larry Rosen, and pioneering neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley, explain why our minds have become addicted to email, text messages, virtual worlds and social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Through compelling true stories and scientific research, they show how digital distractions affect every aspect of... Read more

Street Farm

By: Michael Ableman

Narrated by: Michael L. Caanan

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia—one of the worst urban slums in North America—who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood. It is a story of recovery, of land and food, of people, and of the power of... Read more

Wilki

By: Adam Wajrak

Narrated by: Roch Siemianowski & Adam Wajrak

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Barwna opowieść o najbardziej fascynujących drapieżnikach Europy. Adam Wajrak, uwielbiany przez Polaków dziennikarz przyrodnik, opowiada o latach tropienia wilków i swej niecodziennej przyjaźni. Read more

Come and Take It

By: Cody Wilson

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A startling philosophical manifesto for the twenty-first century on freedom of information, Come and Take It is the controversial yet thrilling story of the first ever-3D printable gun, developed by self-described crypto-anarchist and rogue thinker Cody Wilson.

In Defense Distributed, Cody Wilson’s employees worked against all odds to defend... Read more

Heal Your Mind

By: Louise Hay

Narrated by: Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D.

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Many of us grapple with how to stay happy, calm, and focused in a world that seems to get more complex by the minute. How do we keep our wits about us, our mood stable, and our memory intact when our brains and bodies are bombarded with information and influences from every side? This one-of-a-kind resource combines cutting-edge science with... Read more

American Philosophy

By: John Kaag

Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The epic wisdom contained in a lost library helps the author turn his life around.In American Philosophy, John Kaag—a disillusioned philosopher at sea in his marriage and career—stumbles upon a treasure trove of rare books on an old estate in the hinterlands of New Hampshire that once belonged to the Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking.... Read more

Robots

By: John M. Jordan

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Robots are entering the mainstream. Technologies have advanced to the point of mass commercialization -- Roomba, for example -- and adoption by governments -- most notably, their use of drones. Meanwhile, these devices are being received by a public whose main sources of information about robots are the fantasies of popular culture. We know a... Read more

The Essence of Resilience

By: Tanya Lauer & Kathleen Parrish

Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

When trauma enters the lives of the unsuspecting, it steals from their very soul. It not only robs them of peace and joy, it can take years and decades from their lives while they desperately try to fill the hole in their heart, pretending that their soul isn't leaking out of it. No one is ever prepared for trauma, and no one is ever left... Read more

Chernobyl 01:23:40

By: Andrew Leatherbarrow

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl's fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands, and crippled the Soviet Union. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated, and inaccurate stories.

This book, the result of five... Read more

Pupy ogonki i kuperki

By: Mikolaj Golachowski

Narrated by: Wiktor Zborowski

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: No

PUPY OGONKI i KUPERKI w brawurowej i mistrzowskiej interpretacji Wiktora Zborowskiego to znakomita popularnonaukowa książka, w której każdy - zarówno mały jak i duży czytelnik - odkryje nieznane i ekscytującego fakty ze świata przyrody!Posłuchaj o fascynujących tajemnicach ukrytych w pupach zwierząt! Czy hipopotam ma naprawdę tam helikopterek a... Read more

The Get to the Point! Guide to Microsoft Word 2016

By: Marc Allan Moore

Narrated by: Marc Allan Moore

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

GET TO THE POINT, GET WHAT YOU NEED, & GET IT DONE! Most people don't need to know how to use every obscure feature of Microsoft Word 2016—so when you want to get up and running without having to study dozens of commands you'll never use, the Get to the Point! Guide to Microsoft Word 2016 will show you how to do what you need to quickly,... Read more

Manology

By: Tyrese Gibson & Rev Run

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller, Tyrese Gibson, multiplatinum R&B singer and movie star, and Rev Run of Run-DMC and star of Run’s House, present a bold, honest, and uncensored look into the male mind.Tyrese and Rev are the unlikeliest of best friends—Rev is married with six kids, and Tyrese is a single dad still hesitant to settle down.... Read more

Driverless

By: Hod Lipson & Melba Kurman

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In the year 2014, Google fired a shot heard all the way to Detroit.Google’s newest driverless car had no steering wheel and no brakes. The message was clear: cars of the future will be born fully autonomous, with no human driver needed. In the coming decade, self-driving cars will hit the streets, rearranging established industries and reshaping... Read more

Peggy and Me

By: Miranda Hart

Narrated by: Miranda Hart

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The hilarious and heartwarming account of Miranda and her life changing dog, the inimitable and most lovable Peggy.

Hello dear audiobook browser and welcome to Peggy and Me. The story of my life since getting a beautiful Shih-Tzu Bichon Frise cross puppy (I call the breed a Shitty Frise - fun) in the form of Peggy.

Some of you may be thinking: ... Read more

Darkness Visible

By: William Styron

Narrated by: William Styron

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A literary tour de force that chronicles a prize-winning author's descent into an almost suicidal depression.

"Compelling ... Harrowing ... a vivid portrait of a debilitating disorder ... It offers the solace of a shared experience."—The New York Times

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this... Read more

Ghostland

By: Colin Dickey

Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016

“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book Review

From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers on a road trip through some of the country’s most infamously... Read more

Being a Dog

By: Alexandra Horowitz

Narrated by: Alexandra Horowitz

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 bestselling author of Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy—“an incredible journey into the olfactory world of man’s best friend” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Alexandra Horowitz’s follow-up to her New York Times bestseller explains how dogs experience the world through their most spectacular organ—the nose.

In her “fascinating... Read more

Coyote America

By: Dan Flores

Narrated by: Elijah Alexander

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

With its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience, the coyote is the stuff of legends. In Indian folktales it often appears as a deceptive trickster or a sly genius. But legends don’t come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyote. As soon as Americans—especially white Americans—began ranching and... Read more

Life as Jamie Knows It

By: Michael Berube

Narrated by: Brian Roberts

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of Jamie Bérubé’s journey to adulthood and a meditation on disability in American life

Published in 1996, Life as We Know It introduced Jamie Bérubé to the world as a sweet, bright, gregarious little boy who loves the Beatles, pizza, and making lists. When he is asked in his preschool class what he would like to be when he grows up, he... Read more

Law And Morality

By: John Montgomery

Narrated by: John Montgomery

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Montgomery's inaugural lecture on the occasion of his appointment as Professor of Law and Humanities at the University of Luton, England. Do law and morals have an essential interrelationship? If so, from where can moral values justifiably be derived? Read more

The Mind-Body Problem

By: Jonathan Westphal

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Philosophers from Descartes to Kripke have struggled with the glittering prize of modern and contemporary philosophy: the mind-body problem. The brain is physical. If the mind is physical, we cannot see how. If we cannot see how the mind is physical, we cannot see how it can interact with the body. And if the mind is not physical, it cannot... Read more