Science & Technology audiobooks

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

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

Old Path White Clouds

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 16 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Old Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from twenty-four Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha’s life slowly and gently over the course of eighty years, partly through the eyes of Svasti, the buffalo boy,... 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

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

By: Christopher K. Germer, PhD

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"Buck up." "Stop feeling sorry for yourself." "Don't ruin everything." When you are anxious, sad, angry, or lonely, do you hear this self-critical voice? What would happen if, instead of fighting difficult emotions, we accepted them? Over his decades of experience as a therapist and mindfulness meditation practitioner, Dr. Christopher Germer has... Read more

Uncovering Happiness

By: Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In seven simple steps, Uncovering Happiness uses cutting-edge mindfulness and self-compassion techniques along with innovations in neuroscience to release natural antidepressants in the brain. Dr. Goldstein shows you how to take back control of your mind, your mood, and your life.

Most of us believe when we’re depressed that our situation is... Read more

Dog Soldiers

By: Isabel George

Narrated by: Adam Boakes, Colleen Prendergast & Caroline Gut...

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young ‘dog soldiers’ (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their dogs by their side, through the inspirational words of their mothers. Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe and Lance Corporal Liam Tasker were both dog lovers from boyhood and went on to do the job they... Read more

Das Lebensspiel und seine Regeln - Abridged

By: Florence Scovel

Narrated by: Siegrid

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Unser Leben funktioniert nach bestimmten Regeln. Wenn wir sie beachten, dann geht es uns gut und wir können das Spiel des Lebens erfolgreich spielen. Florence Shinn war eine der berühmtesten Weisheitslehrerinnen des vergangenen Jahrhunderts. Für jeden von uns, so betont sie, steht die vollkommene Fülle bereit. Wir müssen sie nur sehen. Denn... Read more

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

By: P.W. Singer & Allan Friedman

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know®, New York Times bestselling author P. W. Singer and noted cyber expert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of deeply informative resource book that has been missing on a crucial issue of twenty-first-century life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled with engaging... Read more

Inventology

By: Pagan Kennedy

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A father cleans up after his toddler and imagines a cup that won't spill. An engineer watches people using walkie-talkies and has an idea. A doctor figures out how to deliver patients to the operating room before they die. By studying inventions like these—the sippy cup, the cell phone, and an ingenious hospital bed—we can learn how people... Read more

Care of the Soul, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Ed

By: Thomas Moore

Narrated by: Charles Bice

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times BestsellerWith a new introduction by the author and additional material, this 25th anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller by Thomas Moore provides a powerful spiritual message for our troubled times.In this special 25th anniversary edition of Thomas Moore’s bestselling book Care of the Soul readers are... Read more

Lessons on the Way to Heaven

By: Michael Fechner

Narrated by: Tim Gregory

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Once you hear this new book, you can't go back to your old life.

Texas businessman Mike Fechner had it all. Money. Investments. Prestige.
 Until he did the unthinkable. He sold his company and poured his life’s earnings into a ministry for the poor.
 With a strong faith in God at his core, this millionaire-turned-missionary envisioned a long future... Read more

ContamiNation

By: McKay Jenkins

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A few years ago, journalism professor McKay Jenkins went in for a routine medical exam. What doctors found was not routine at all: a tumor, the size of a navel orange, was lurking in his abdomen. When Jenkins returned to the hospital to have the tumor removed, he was visited by a couple of researchers with clipboards. They had some questions for... Read more

The Wisest One in the Room

By: Lee Ross & Thomas Gilovich

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Renowned psychologists describe the most useful insights from social psychology that can help make you "wise": wise about why people behave the way they do, and wise about how to use that knowledge in understanding and influencing the people in your life. When faced with a challenge, we often turn to those we trust for words of wisdom. Friends,... Read more

Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 2 - Abridged

By: Scott C. Viguié

Narrated by: Scott C. Viguié & a full cast

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Doctor Geek and friends return to continue their mission to investigate science inspired by fiction in the hope to encourage the exploration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math).Season 2 Investigations:Episode 7 - Our Companion the Robot Investigation BeginsEpisode 8 - Cyber-WorldEpisode 9 - Karaoke ContestEpisode 9.5 - The... Read more

The Moral Epistles

By: Seneca the Younger

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 23 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Towards the end of his life, Seneca the Younger (c4 BCE-65 CE) began a correspondence with a friend in Sicily, later collected under the title The Moral Epistles.

In these 124 letters, Seneca expresses, in a wise, steady and calm manner, the philosophy by which he lived - derived essentially from the Stoics. The letters deal with a variety of... Read more

Torn

By: Rosie Lewis

Narrated by: Madeline Gould

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis faces a battle to uncover the dark family secret that is tearing a family apart. Rosie is used to looking after children from difficult home situations, but she finds herself struggling when she agrees to take in Taylor and her younger brother, Reece, for a short while. Taylor tries... Read more

Liberating Yourself Into Open-Hearted Awareness

By: Loch Kelly, M.Div, LCSW

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Loch Kelly uses the metaphor of computer software when talking about an awareness-based way of living and operating. He says, “It’s not a matter of just having these momentary meditation states of freedom and peace of mind. You can actually live from non-conceptual awareness based on an open-hearted sense of being rather than feeling your only... Read more

RATGEBER zu Gesundheit und Erfolg

By: Franz Handlesberger

Narrated by: Klaus Koniakowsky

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein "Ohrenschmaus" zur Förderung Ihrer Gesundheit und Ihres persönlichen Erfolges. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt musikalisch hinterlegter Weisheiten und des autogenen Trainings um Ihr "Lebensschiff" in ruhigere Gewässer zu steuern. Dieses Hörbuch enthält alle derzeit relevanten Faktoren in sehr einleuchtend beschriebener Form zu einem gesünderen... Read more

Why We Snap

By: R. Douglas Fields

Narrated by: Graham Winton

Length: 16 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The startling new science behind sudden acts of violence committed by ordinary, sane people from a leading neurobiologist According to R. Douglas Fields, PhD, we all have a rage circuit we can't fully control once it is engaged. The daily headlines are filled with examples of otherwise rational people with no history of violence or mental... Read more

NeuroLogic

By: Eliezer Sternberg

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking investigation of the brain’s hidden logic behind our strangest behaviors, and of how conscious and unconscious systems interact in order to create our experience and preserve our sense of self.
 
From bizarre dreams and hallucinations to schizophrenia and multiple personalities, the human brain is responsible for a diverse... Read more

The Confidence Game

By: Maria Konnikova

Narrated by: Maria Konnikova

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"It’s a startling and disconcerting read that should make you think twice every time a friend of a friend offers you the opportunity of a lifetime.”
—Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and bestselling author of Devil in the White City

Think you can’t get conned? Think again. The New York Times bestselling author... Read more

The Idealist

By: Justin Peters

Narrated by: Corey Brill

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

This smart, “riveting” (Los Angeles Times) history of the Internet free culture movement and its larger effects on society—and the life and shocking suicide of Aaron Swartz, a founding developer of Reddit and Creative Commons—written by Slate correspondent Justin Peters “captures Swartz flawlessly” (The New York Times Book Review).

Aaron Swartz... Read more

Philosophy Talk, Vol. 1

By: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Narrated by: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Host philosophers John Perry and Ken Taylor 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