Science & Technology audiobooks

The World’s Most Dangerous Geek: And More True Hacking Stories

By: David Kushner

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Every day, it seems, we hear stories about hackers. Hackers breaking into the computers of banks, governments, and corporations. Some are criminals, coding to exploit and destroy. Others are activists, using their tools to challenge institutions and fight for freedom. But often these characters linger in the shadows. Who are they? What makes... Read more

Do Elephants Have Knees? and Other Stories of Darwinian Origins

By: Charles R. Ault

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes a penguin a bird? Is a camel more closely related to a horse than to a giraffe? Why is a whale not a fish? Similar puzzles preoccupied Charles Darwin throughout his life. Whimsy, in the playfulness of stories for children, is a way to appreciate Darwinian histories.In Do Elephants Have Knees? Charles R. Ault Jr. uses the fanciful... Read more

Ethics in the Real World

By: Peter Singer

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation and Practical Ethics, he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics. Now, in Ethics in the Real World,... Read more

Juniper

By: Thomas French & Kelley French

Narrated by: Kelley French & Thomas French

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A micro-preemie fights for survival in this extraordinary and gorgeously told memoir by her parents, both award-winning journalists.

Juniper French was born four months early, at 23 weeks' gestation. She weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her twiggy body was the length of a Barbie doll. Her head was smaller than a tennis ball, her skin was nearly... Read more

When Strangers Meet

By: Kio Stark

Narrated by: Kio Stark

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the unexpected pleasures and exciting possibilities of talking to people you don’t know—how these beautiful interruptions can change you, and the world we share.

When Strangers Meet argues for the pleasures and transformative possibilities of talking to people you don’t know. Our lives are increasingly insular. We are in a hurry, our... Read more

Miracles We Have Seen

By: Harley A. Rotbart, MD

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne & Angela Brazil

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a book of miracles—medical events witnessed by leading physicians for which there is no reasonable medical explanation, or, if there is, the explanation itself is extraordinary. These dramatic first-person essays detail spectacular serendipities, impossible cures, breathtaking resuscitations, extraordinary awakenings, and recovery from... Read more

The Age of Sustainable Development

By: Jeffrey D. Sachs

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeffrey D. Sachs has shown himself to be one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development in his groundbreaking books, including The End of Poverty and Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Now, in this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can address the... Read more

Mind

By: Patricia Daniels

Narrated by: Andrew Reilly

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining leading theories of psychology and behavior with case studies and practical advice, National Geographic’s Mind explores the question we all enjoy asking: Who am I? A companion to National Geographic’s Body and Brain, this reference explores today’s theories of personality, mixing scientific theory with an underlying message: by knowing... Read more

How To Become a Clinical Psychologist

By: HowExpert & Deborah Nadolski

Narrated by: Sam Slydell

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you interested in becoming a clinical psychologist? If your answer is “yes,” this is book is for you. This step-by-step guide will teach you how to forge a rewarding, exciting career in clinical psychology. In this book, you will learn everything you need to know to become a clinical psychologist.• Learn how to polish your personal... Read more

Play Anything

By: Ian Bogost

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The... Read more

The Art of Community

By: Charles Vogl

Narrated by: Tom Dheere

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Community builders face a difficult task: create spaces-physical, virtual, or both-where we can be connected, defeat loneliness, and enrich our lives. Charles Vogl outlines seven ancient principles any organization can follow to create robust, thriving, positive communities.



This book is a guide for leaders seeking to build a community, to... Read more

The Art of Community

By: Charles Vogl

Narrated by: Tom Dheere

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Create a Culture of Belonging!

Strong cultures help people support one another, share their passions, and achieve big goals. And such cultures of belonging aren't just happy accidents - they can be purposefully cultivated, whether they're in a company, a faith institution or among friends and enthusiasts. Drawing on 3,000 years of history and his... Read more

The Puzzle of Christianity

By: Peter Vardy

Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

An excellent overview of Christianity, suitable for students (and teachers!) embarking on the new GCSE and ‘A’-Level Religious Studies specifications. Written in the same clear and engaging style as the bestselling Puzzle of Ethics and Puzzle of God, this book covers key content common to all the new specifications –... Read more

Let My People Go Surfing

By: Yvon Chouinard

Narrated by: Christopher Grove & Yvon Chouinard

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.-shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian blacksmith to the thrilling,... Read more

The DNA Restart

By: Sharon Moalem

Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The DNA Restart by world-renowned neurogeneticist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Sharon Moalem walks you through revolutionary steps to a diet and lifestyle perfect for your individual genetic makeup. The DNA Restart plan utilizes decades of in-depth scientific research into genetics, epigenetics, nutrition, and longevity to explain... Read more

ADHD Nation

By: Alan Schwarz

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The groundbreaking account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—and how its unchecked growth has made ADHD one of the most controversial conditions in medicine, with serious effects on children, adults, and society. “ADHD Nation should be required reading” (The New York Times Book Review).

More than one in... Read more

No More Tears

By: C.S. McGraw

Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is not known to be easy. By the end of the day, you are bound to have a few nicks and tears on your ego. Usually, if you scrape your knee or cut your hand, you immediately treat it with first-aid. So why not do that for your emotional wounds, too?
Emotional wounds often activate the same pathways in the brain as physical wounds, meaning they... Read more

Kit Kat and Lucy*

By: Lonnie Hull DuPont

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The True Story of How Two Quirky Stray Cats Changed Their Adopted Human Forever After years of loving the vibrant city life in San Francisco, Lonnie Hull DuPont reluctantly trades her three-room apartment on foggy, lively Telegraph Hill for a farmhouse on a quiet plain in Michigan. She immediately misses the rhythm and the pace of the city, and... Read more

Origins

By: Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In Origins, Frank H. T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, the changing environments in which they have developed, and the challenges we now face on an increasingly crowded and polluted planet. Rhodes argues that the future well-being of our burgeoning population depends in no small part on our understanding of life’s... Read more

The 37th Parallel

By: Ben Mezrich

Narrated by: Ben Mezrich

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A real-life mix of The X-Files and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mezrich “writes vividly and grippingly…A terrific story…[that] will make a heck of a movie” (The Washington Post). Here is the “fascinating” (Publishers Weekly) true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events in remote areas of the western United States and... Read more

When the Air Hits Your Brain

By: Frank T. Vertosick, Jr., MD

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick, Jr., MD, describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia, and a minister with a .22-caliber bullet lodged in his skull. Told through intimate portraits of Vertosick's patients... Read more

The Tetris Effect

By: Dan Ackerman

Narrated by: Dan Ackerman

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Tetris is perhaps the most instantly recognizable, popular video game ever made. But the fascinating story of its origins is lesser known. How did an obscure Soviet programmer, working on frail, antiquated computers, create a product that has earned nearly $1 billion in sales? How did an inspired, makeshift game turn into a worldwide sensation,... Read more

Emotional Agility

By: Susan David

Narrated by: Susan David

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 Wall Street Journal Best Seller
Winner of the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award
Amazon Best Book of the Year
Forbes Recommended Books for Leaders
TED Talk sensation—over 12 million views!

The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year.
 
The path... Read more

Could California drought make residents sick?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

As California's five-year drought continues, the community of East Porterville has become an epicenter for the state's water shortage. Of the 1,800 homes located in the town, nearly 500 have lost wells that provided water for bathing and washing food. Officials worry the predicament will take a toll on the health of the community’s 7,000... Read more