Science & Technology audiobooks

The Art Of Psychological Warfare

By: Michael T. Stevens

Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you feel like other people always get the best of you? Do you wish you were more assertive in dealing with others? Have you ever felt bullied or dismissed by others? Want to get some payback? Then you're ready to take psychological warfare seriously. You'll never have a mere conversation again after putting our tricks into practice.
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Fire and Brimstone

By: Michael Punke

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Revenant--basis for the award-winning motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio--tells the remarkable story of the worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history. 

The worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history began a half hour before midnight on June 8, 1917, when fire broke out... Read more

Crazy Like Us

By: Ethan Watters

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from movies to junk food is a well-documented phenomenon. But is it possible that America's most troubling impact on the globalizing world has yet to be accounted for? In Crazy Like Us, Ethan Watters reveals that the most devastating... Read more

Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

By: Janna Levin

Narrated by: Janna Levin

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The authoritative story of the headline-making discovery of gravitational waves—by an eminent theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer.


From the author of How the Universe Got Its Spots and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, the epic story of the scientific campaign to record the soundtrack of our universe.
 
Black holes are dark.... Read more

Platform Revolution

By: Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne & S...

Narrated by: James Foster

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An inside look at the revolutionary business power of the platform—from the experts who helped discover how it works.Facebook, PayPal, Alibaba, Uber—these seemingly disparate companies have upended entire industries by harnessing a single phenomenon: the platform business model. Platform Revolution delivers the first comprehensive analysis of... Read more

Inside of a Dog

By: Alexandra Horowitz

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestselling book from the author of The Year of the Puppy that asks what dogs know and how they think. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.

Horowitz introduces the reader to... Read more

Switched On

By: John Elder Robison

Narrated by: John Elder Robison

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST

Imagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social... Read more

No Time to Say Goodbye

By: Carla Fine

Narrated by: Carla Fine

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Suicide would appear to be the last taboo. Even incest is now discussed freely in popular media, but the suicide of a loved one is still an act most people are unable to talk about or even admit to their closest family or friends. This is just one of the many painful and paralyzing truths that author Carla Fine discovered when her husband, a... Read more

Cook County ICU

By: Cory Franklin, MD

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Filled with stories of strange medical cases and unforgettable patients culled from a thirty-year career in medicine, Cook County ICU offers listeners a peek into the inner workings of a hospital. Author Cory Franklin, MD, who headed the hospital's intensive care unit from the 1970s through the 1990s, shares his most unique and bizarre... Read more

Dark Seduction

By: Michael Pace

Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Seduction is one of the areas of life which has the potential to bring people the most pleasure and the most pain. If people are able to effectively move through life getting what they want and need out of romance and relationships then they are sure to be spared the pain of heartbreak and loneliness. If people are unable to master this area of... Read more

The Edge of the Sea

By: Rachel Carson

Narrated by: Kaiulani Lee

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and... Read more

A Monstrous Commotion

By: Gareth Williams

Narrated by: Andrew Cullum

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Loch Ness Monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs, or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking?

Sir Peter Scott, internationally renowned naturalist and president of the World Wildlife Fund, was convinced that the Monster existed. So were senior scientists at London's Natural History Museum and Chicago... Read more

A Mind of Your Own

By: Kelly Brogan, M.D. & Kristin Loberg

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Depression is not a disease. It is a symptom.Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with 1 in 4 women starting their day with medication. These drugs have steadily become the panacea for everything from grief, irritability, panic attacks, to insomnia, PMS, and stress.  But the truth is, what women really... Read more

Eating in the Light of the Moon

By: Anita A. Johnston, PhD

Narrated by: Arika Rapson

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Weaving a rich tapestry of multicultural myths, ancient legends, and simple folktales, Anita Johnston, PhD, inspires women to free themselves from disordered eating by discovering the metaphors that are hidden in their own life stories.


"Storytellers speak in the language of myth and metaphor," Johnston explains. "They tell us a truth that is not... Read more

On Fire

By: John O'Leary

Narrated by: John O'Leary

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In the bestselling tradition of Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly and Nick Vujicic’s Life Without Limits comes a rousing 7-step plan for living a life on fire, filled with hope and possibility—from an inspirational speaker who survived a near-fatal fire at the age of nine and now runs a successful business inspiring people all around the world.

When... Read more

The Pet Show, Vol. 2

By: Warren Eckstein

Narrated by: Warren Eckstein

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Hosted by renowned pet psychologist and behaviorist Warren Eckstein, The Pet Show tackles America’s toughest pet problems. With topics like “what to expect from your pet when you’re expecting” and “pet body language,” listeners will learn how to better understand and care for their furry friends. Read more

Humans Need Not Apply

By: Jerry Kaplan

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

After billions of dollars and fifty years of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. As society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, Jerry Kaplan unpacks the latest advances in robotics, machine learning, and perception powering systems that rival or exceed human capabilities. Driverless cars, robotic... Read more

So Sad Today

By: Melissa Broder

Narrated by: Melissa Broder

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed poet and creator of the popular twitter account @SoSadToday comes the darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays that Roxane Gay called "sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous."

Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread... Read more

American Character

By: Colin Woodard

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The struggle between individual rights and the good of the community has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention to the fights surrounding the agendas of the Federalists, the Progressives, and the Tea Party. In American Character, Colin Woodard traces these key strands... Read more

In Our Own Image

By: George Zarkadakis

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A timely and important book that explores the societal and ethical implications of artificial intelligence as we approach the cusp of a fourth industrial revolutionGeorge Zarkadakis explores one of humankind’s oldest love-hate relationships: our ties with artificial intelligence, or AI. He traces AI’s origins in ancient myth, through literary... Read more

Mark Twain on Womankind

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: James Jordan

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'.

Compiled and performed by James Carroll Jordan, this is an entertaining take on Mark Twain's tales of... Read more

Psychological Triggers

By: Dan Crosby

Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you struggle to get people to listen to you, to have them comply with instructions and requests? Have you ever wanted to become a great persuader? Do you ever think about how great it would be to control and manipulate anyone you wanted?
Well, what if I told you that there are various ways to do so, and that you can easily use them throughout... Read more

Mass Psychology 101

By: William Legend

Narrated by: Doug Goodwin

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

As an individual, it’s easy to assume that there’s not a lot you can do to affect change within a large group or an audience, but such an assumption is misleading. Look at Martin Luther. Look at his namesake, Martin Luther King Jr. Look at Hitler. Whether for good or for bad, these individuals have succeeded at calling large groups of people to... Read more

Thoughts On Dying Well In A Death-Phobic Culture

By: Stephen Jenkinson

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What constitutes dying well in a death-phobic culture? Stephen Jenkinson points out that life is a time-limited offer and our “obligation is to obey. Obey doesn’t mean submit; obey means attend to. What is this asking of me now?” There is much to ponder in this dialogue, whether or not you are actively dying. Read more