Science & Technology audiobooks

The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success

By: Peg Dawson, Ed.D. & Richard Guare, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you smart, scattered, and struggling? You're not alone. Cutting-edge research shows that today's 24/7 wired world and the growing demands of work and family life may simply max out the part of the brain that manages complex tasks. That's especially true for those lacking strong executive skills—the core brain-based abilities needed to... Read more

Raising Ryland

By: Hillary Whittington

Narrated by: Hillary Whittington

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful, moving story—which has already touched more than seven million through a viral video created by the Whittington family—is a mother’s first-hand account of her emotional choice to embrace her transgender child.When Hillary and Jeff Whittington posted a YouTube video chronicling their five-year-old son Ryland’s transition from girl... Read more

Human, All Too Human

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Michael Lunts

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

It was with Human, All Too Human, first published in 1878, that Nietzsche developed the aphoristic style that so suited his challenging views and uncompromising style. The text is divided into three main sections: 'Of the First and Last Things', 'History of the Moral Feelings' and 'The Religious Life'. But the style remains the same: he declares... Read more

Free Refills

By: Peter Grinspoon

Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Free Refills is the harrowing tale of a Harvard-trained medical doctor run horribly amok through his addiction to prescription medication, and his recovery.

Dr. Peter Grinspoon seemed to be a total success: a Harvard-educated M.D. with a thriving practice; married with two great kids and a gorgeous wife; a pillar of his community. But lurking... Read more

Heroines of Mercy Street

By: Pamela D. Toler

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street.

Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves,... Read more

Rejoining The Community Of Nature Through Personal Totems

By: Lupa

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Lupa is a strong advocate for connecting with animal or plant totems as allies to enhance our spiritual life and help us reconnect with nature. They can provide a “bridge” between us and the rest of the natural world. She cautions us to understand that totems, whether they be animal, plants, or fungi, are not simple one-dimensional helpers... Read more

Cosmosapiens

By: John Hands

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 31 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The book that transforms our understanding of what we are and where we came from.Specialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell us about how the universe began and how we humans evolved to play such a dominant role on Earth?John Hands’ extraordinarily ambitious quest is to bring together... Read more

Conviction

By: Juan Martinez

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Juan Martinez, the fiery prosecutor who convicted notorious murderess Jodi Arias for the disturbing killing of Travis Alexander, speaks for the first time about the shocking investigation and sensational trial that captivated the nation.Through two trials, America watched with baited breath as Juan Martinez fought relentlessly to convict Jodi... Read more

He's Not That Interested, He's Just Passing Time: 40 Unmistakable Behaviors of Men Who Avoid Commitment and Play Games with Women

By: Bruce Bryans

Narrated by: Dan Culhane

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Men don't really have "commitment issues". At least, not in the way most women think men do. When a man tells you he has "commitment issues", there's a good chance that what he really means is he's not that interested in you and is just using you to pass time with until he meets someone "better".

But even though men don't really have commitment... Read more

Philosophy Talk, Vol. 2

By: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Narrated by: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Host philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.Fun,... Read more

Microsoft Secrets

By: Michael A. Cusumano & Richard W. Selby

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 18 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Microsoft commands the high ground of the information superhighway by owning the operating systems and basic applications programs that run on hundreds of millions of computers around the world. Beyond the unquestioned genius and vision of Bill Gates, what accounts for Microsoft’s astounding success?Drawing on almost two years of on-site... Read more

Wired for Dating

By: Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Everybody wants someone to love and spend time with, and searching for your ideal partner is a natural and healthy human tendency. Just about everyone dates at some point in their lives, yet few really understand what they're doing or how to get the best results. In Wired for Dating, psychologist and relationship expert Stan Tatkin—author of... Read more

The Man Who Stalked Einstein

By: Bruce J. Hillman, Birgit Ertl-Wagner & Bernd C...

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

By the end of World War I, Albert Einstein had become the face of the new science of theoretical physics and had made some powerful enemies. One of those enemies, Nobel Prize winner Philipp Lenard, spent a career trying to discredit him. Their story of conflict, pitting Germany’s most widely celebrated Jew against the Nazi scientist who was to... Read more

The Optimistic Environmentalist

By: David R. Boyd

Narrated by: Graham Winton

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A hopeful, inspiring, and honest take on the environment Yes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges - climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a remarkable number of environmental problems have been solved, while substantial... Read more

In a Different Key

By: John Donvan & Caren Zucker

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 23 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Sweeping in scope but with intimate personal stories, this is a deeply moving book about the history, science, and human drama of autism.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker
 
“Remarkable . . . A riveting tale about how a seemingly rare childhood disorder... Read more

Originals

By: Adam Grant

Narrated by: Fred Sanders & Susan Denaker

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas in their careers and everyday life—and how leaders can fight groupthink, from the author of Hidden Potential, Think Again, and the co-author of Option B

“Filled with fresh insights on a broad array of topics that are important to our personal and professional... Read more

While the City Slept

By: Eli Sanders

Narrated by: René Ruiz

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“Binged Making a Murderer? Try . . . [this] riveting portrait of a tragic, preventable crime.” —Entertainment Weekly

Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize

A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s gripping account of one young man’s path to murder—and a wake-up call for mental health care in America
... Read more

The Industries of the Future

By: Alec Ross

Narrated by: Alec Ross

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller, from leading innovation expert Alec Ross, a “fascinating vision” (Forbes) of what’s next for the world and how to navigate the changes the future will bring.

While Alec Ross was working as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, he traveled to forty-one countries, exploring the latest advances... Read more

Who Was Milton Hershey?

By: James Buckley, Jr.

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hershey’s life was filled with invention and innovation.  As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard.  Eventually, he learned the secret to mass-producing milk chocolate and the recipe that gave it a longer, more stable shelf life.  He founded a school for those who didn’t have... Read more

Lit Up

By: David Denby

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A bestselling author and distinguished critic goes back to high school to find out whether books can shape lives

It's no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don't read seriously-they associate sustained reading with duty or work, not with pleasure. This indifference has become a... Read more

Present! A Techie's Guide To Public Speaking

By: Poornima Vijayashanker & Karen Catlin

Narrated by: Poornima Vijayashanker & Karen Catlin

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate interactive public speaking guide from tech speakersPoornima Vijayashanker and Karen Catlin that prepares and encourages techies to discover their expertise, confidently share it, and successfully level up in their careers.
Techies around the world can now jump start and grow their speaking careers with the book, Present! A Techie’s... Read more

Neuro-Philosophy and the Healthy Mind

By: George Northoff

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Applying insights from neuroscience to philosophical questions about the self, consciousness, and the healthy mind.

Can we “see” or “find” consciousness in the brain? How can we create working definitions of consciousness and subjectivity, informed by what contemporary research and technology have taught us about how the brain works? How do... Read more

Reaching for the Moon

By: Buzz Aldrin

Narrated by: Buzz Aldrin

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"Adler, a prolific children's book author, has done a good job describing the trajectory of Douglass's life as he moved from being a slave himself to being a freer of slaves and a tireless civil rights activist. Narrator Charles Turner, who has a deep and resonant voice, uses just the right matter-of-fact yet serious tones that won't overwhelm... Read more

The Mindful Way Through Anxiety

By: Susan M. Orsillo, PhD & Lizabeth Roemer, PhD

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

You can't just "get over" anxiety. In fact, the very things most people do to try to feel better—avoiding feared situations, pushing worry out of mind—only make the problem worse. Leading psychologists Susan M. Orsillo and Lizabeth Roemer present a powerful new alternative that can help you break free of anxiety by fundamentally changing how you... Read more