Science & Technology audiobooks

When one observes a fact without knowledge then one can learn

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"When one observes a fact without knowledge then one can learn - 28 May 1967 • Why do we dream at all? • Isn't dreaming at night a waste of energy, when the brain needs to be completely at rest? • When do you actually learn? • When I learn through Freud about myself I am not observing myself, I am observing the image which Freud has created... Read more

What does it mean to be totally free?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be totally free? May 24, 1967 What takes place when one falls in love? Why has sex taken on such extraordinary importance? How will you know that it is stupid to be a nationalist? You see or understand only when the mind is quiet, when you are aware without any choice. When I say, 'I love you,' I have blocked myself... Read more

It is only a very silent mind that can actually see

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

• Conflict exists only when there are two opposing things: fear and non-fear, violence and non-violence. • A mind that is in a state of inquiry is entirely different from a mind that is seeking. Seeking implies effort, conformity, authority and therefore conflict. • Without space in which there is no boundary, the mind is incapable of... Read more

Can thought stop?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"Can thought stop? - 28 May 1967 • When there is a process of recognition it is the projection of the past. The mind is always functioning within the field of time, which is of memory. Can the mind go beyond that? • What is pleasure and what is desire? • How is it possible, without control, subjugation or denying, for thought not to allow itself... Read more

Is it possible to renew the mind?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In Is It Possible to Renew the Mind?, the renowned philosopher and spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti explores the fundamental question of whether the human mind can break free from its conditioning and be completely renewed. Krishnamurti challenges the reader to examine deeply rooted patterns of thought, behavior, and societal influences that... Read more

Where there is pleasure there is the shadow of pain

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

"Where there is pleasure there is the shadow of pain - 21 May 1967 • The whole movement of living, which is relationship, is a movement in action. • What is consciousness? When do you say, 'I am conscious, I am aware, I am attentive'? • Is there actually a division between the conscious and the unconscious, or it is a total movement, operating... Read more

To look without a concept is to be aware of the observer and the thing observed

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"To look without a concept is to be aware of the observer and the thing observed - 20 May 1967 • Violence and sorrow are not limited to the West or the East; it is part of the human structure, psychologically. • Is it possible to bring about a change radically, a total revolution in the psyche itself, not through time? • The first and last... Read more

Meditation is to discover an area in which there is no movement of thought

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Meditation is to discover an area in which there is no movement of thought - 28 July 1974 • Has the world and its thought-based activity bred fear? • Can hidden fears and subtle forms of pleasure be exposed through analysis? • What is a mind to do when it sees the falseness of analysis and introspective examination? • Is the controller different... Read more

Lob der Freundin

By: Verena Kast

Narrated by: Annette Stall & Nina Goldberg

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Lob der Freundin – Was Frauen aneinander haben Ist es überhaupt denkbar - eine Frau ohne Freundin? Die Werte des zwischenmenschlichen Miteinanders werden gerade in der Verbindung zur besten Freundin er- und gelebt. Verena Kast hat hierzu zahlreiche Interviews geführt und beschreibt faszinierend und spannend die vielfältigen Facetten von... Read more

The Subjection of Women

By: John Stuart Mill

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

English society in the 1860's was on the brink of enormous change, and some of the biggest changes coming to birth in that time was the tremendous change in the status of women--changes affecting politics, economics, law, government, business, education, psychology, religion and sexuality, and the list goes on. The changes John Stuart Mill... Read more

Concussion (Movie Tie-in Edition)

By: Jeanne Marie Laskas

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Dr. Bennet Omalu discovered something he could not ignore. The NFL tried to silence him. His courage would change everything.
 
“A gripping medical mystery and a dazzling portrait of the young scientist no one wanted to listen to . . . a fabulous, essential read.”—Rebecca Skloot, author... Read more

The True Spirit Of Poet And Mystic Robert Lax

By: Michael N. McGregor

Narrated by: Phil Cousineau

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Lax is one of the great experimental poets of the 20th century, a daring and original avant-garde writer who was sought out as a sage and a mentor. He was a circus performer, a clown and a juggler, and well known for being a close friend of Thomas Merton. McGregor knew and loved this man and wrote a biography to make this remarkable man’s... Read more

The Rift

By: Alex Perry

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A vivid, powerful and controversial look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing it to think again.

Africa has long been misunderstood--and abused--by outsiders. Correspondent Alex Perry traveled the continent for most of a decade, meeting with entrepreneurs and warlords, professors and cocaine smugglers,... Read more

438 Days

By: Jonathan Franklin

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Declared “the best survival book in a decade” by Outside Magazine, 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.

On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed... Read more

The Power of Positive Dog Training

By: Pat Miller

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In this book, renowned dog trainer Pat Miller gives you the positive training tools you need to ensure that you and your dog share a lifetime of fun, companionship, and respect. By following her step-by-step, six-week basic training program, you'll learn how to develop a relationship with your dog based on friendship and positive reinforcement,... Read more

The Natural

By: Richard La Ruina

Narrated by: Steve West

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world’s top pick-up artists, Richard La Ruina went from having no women to being a true master of seduction. Now he shows you how to do the same. So move over Mystery, and tell Neil Strauss that The Rules of the Game are about to be rewritten. Every element of the winning pickup is right here, from discovering confidence to exuding... Read more

The Man Who Listens to Horses

By: Monty Roberts

Narrated by: Ed Sala

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Monty Roberts has traveled the world working with difficult horses. He has trained Queen Elizabeth's yearlings, jittery stallions on movie sets, and million-dollar race horses. In each case, he controls the animal without using force or inflicting pain. Monty's father, a traditional horse trainer, had taught his son to dominate a horse in order... Read more

The World According to Anna

By: Jostein Gaarder

Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

When fifteen-year-old Anna begins receiving messages from another time, her parents take her to the doctor. But he can find nothing wrong with Anna; in fact he believes there may be some truth to what she is seeing.

Anna is haunted by visions of the desolate world of 2082. She sees her great-granddaughter, Nova, in a wasteland peopled by ragged... Read more

Super Genes

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D. & Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Shishir Kurup

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The authors of the New York Times bestseller Super Brain present a bold new understanding of our genes and how simple changes in lifestyle can boost genetic activity. The leap into "radical well-being" is a promise waiting to be fulfilled.  
    
 "You are not simply the sum total of the genes you were born with," writes Deepak Chopra and Rudy... Read more

Bread, Wine, Chocolate

By: Simran Sethi

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning journalist Simran Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of our most beloved tastes, paying homage to the ingredients that give us daily pleasure, while providing a thoughtful wake-up call to the homogenization that is threatening the diversity of our food supply.Food is one of the greatest pleasures of human life. Our... Read more

Unstoppable

By: Bill Nye

Narrated by: Bill Nye

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Just as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future.

In UNSTOPPABLE, Bill Nye crystallizes and expands the message for which he is best known and beloved. That message is that with a combination of optimism and scientific curiosity, all... Read more

Busy

By: Tony Crabbe

Narrated by: Tony Crabbe

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

It's difficult to ask anybody 'How are you?' without hearing the word 'busy' somewhere in their response. We feel overwhelmed by busyness because of the demands on our time: our inbox and our to-do list are bulging, a huge amount of people expect things from us and our organisations are trying to do more with fewer people.

But it doesn't have to... Read more

We Are All Stardust

By: Stefan Klein

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson, Simon Vance, Kate Reading & Se...

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A sterling roster of natural and social scientists in conversation with top-flight journalist Stefan Klein—shedding new light on their work, their lives, and what they still hope to discoverWhen acclaimed science writer Stefan Klein asks Nobel Prize–winning chemist Roald Hoffmann what sets scientists apart, Hoffmann says, “First and foremost,... Read more

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded)

By: Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Narrated by: Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Length: 16 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this completely revised and updated edition, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen includes effective "brain prescriptions" that can help heal your brain and change your life.

“Perfection in combining leading-edge brain science technology with a proven, user-friendly, definitive, and actionable road map to safeguard and... Read more