Science & Technology audiobooks

You're Lying

By: Lena Sisco

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Lena wrote You're Lying! because no matter what your profession or life circumstances, you need the skills to take control of a situation, detect deception, and reveal the truth. While you probably won't ever have to interrogate a detainee who doesn't want to tell you about an upcoming terrorist attack--as Lena has--You're Lying! will help you... Read more

Strangers Drowning

By: Larissa MacFarquhar

Narrated by: Larissa MacFarquhar

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply intimate stories; their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their joys and defeats and wrenching dilemmas.

A... Read more

The Heart Healers

By: James Forrester, M.D.

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 15 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

At one time, heart disease was a death sentence. By the middle of the twentieth century, it was killing millions and, as with the Black Death centuries before, physicians stood helpless. Visionaries, though, had begun to make strides earlier. On September 7, 1895, Ludwig Rehn successfully sutured the heart of a living man with a knife wound to... Read more

In This Together

By: Ann Romney

Narrated by: Ann Romney

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

When Mitt and Ann Romney met in their late teens, a great American love story began. And their life together would be blessed: five healthy sons, financial security, and a home filled with joy. Despite the typical ups and downs, they had a storybook life.

Then, in 1998, Ann was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She couldn't believe it was real;... Read more

The Girl With Nine Wigs

By: Sophie van der Stap

Narrated by: Amanda Leigh Cobb

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

'It's Saturday and everything is different. No, I didn't go to the market this morning and I didn't have my usual coffee on Westerstraat. And no, I wasn't getting ready for a new semester at college. Next Monday, January 31st, I have to admit myself at the hospital for my first chemotherapy session. For the next two months, I'm expected each... Read more

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

By: George Washington Plunkitt

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In the days of Tammany Hall, politicians like George Washington Plunkitt spent their careers in service to the city--but first and foremost in the service of the political machine. Plunkitt seems never to have doubted exactly where he stood on the deeply corrupt, yet amazingly effective politics and government in which he spent his life; he was... Read more

Woman on Fire

By: Amy Jo Goddard

Narrated by: Kate Turnball & Amy Jo Goddard

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

Based on her sought-after sexuality workshops, the coauthor of Lesbian Sex Secrets for Men shows women how to master the 9 elements of sexual empowerment to reclaim their desire and live the sexually fulfilling lives they want. The prevalence of low sexual desire ranges from 26.7% among premenopausal women to 52.4% among naturally menopausal... Read more

Brief Candle in the Dark

By: Richard Dawkins

Narrated by: Richard Dawkins

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely read books of the twentieth century—The God... Read more

Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential

By: Richard Guare PhD, Peg Dawson EdD & Colin Guare

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"I told you, I'll do it later."

"I forgot to turn in the stupid application."

"Could you drive me to school? I missed the bus again."

"I can't walk the dog--I have too much homework!"

If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now... Read more

Up With The Lark

By: Joan Bomford

Narrated by: Anna Bentinck

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

'An evocative portrait of a forgotten period of Britain's farming history... is an ode both to the soil, and those who have worked it alongside her' Daily Telegraph

Joan Bomford wanted to be a farmer so much she always wore a tie like her dad. She ran away from school whenever she could to help him. As an 8 year-old she was the first person in... Read more

A Man on the Moon

By: Andrew Chaikin & Tom Hanks

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 23 hours

Abridged: No

On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon. Now the greatest event of the twentieth century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there. Based on the interviews with twenty-three moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to... Read more

Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life

By: James Hollis

Narrated by: Gary Galone

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it really mean to be a grown-up in today's world? We assume that once we "get it together" with the right job, marry the right person, have children, and buy a home, all is settled and well. But adulthood presents varying levels of growth and is rarely the respite of stability we expected. Turbulent emotional shifts can take place... Read more

The Travel Adventures Of An Intrepid Spiritual Seeker

By: Ralph White

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Ralph White came to America in the early 1970s while the Vietnam War was still raging. On his Christmas break while teaching courses in Chicago he drove Route 66 to Los Angeles. In the desert of New Mexico he had his first spiritually transcendent experience. He says, “I felt like my mind expanded in consort with the scope of the landscape:... Read more

The Theater of War

By: Bryan Doerries

Narrated by: Adam Driver

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction draws on the author’s celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition.For years, Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient tragedies for current and returned servicemen and women, addicts, tornado and... Read more

The Master Algorithm

By: Pedro Domingos

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Algorithms increasingly run our lives. They find books, movies, jobs, and dates for us, manage our investments, and discover new drugs. More and more, these algorithms work by learning from the trails of data we leave in our newly digital world. Like curious children, they observe us, imitate, and experiment. And in the world’s top research labs... Read more

Population Wars

By: Greg Graffin

Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From the very beginning, life on Earth has been defined by war. Today, those first wars continue to be fought around and literally inside us, influencing our individual behavior and that of civilization as a whole. War between populations—whether between different species or between rival groups of humans—is seen as an inevitable part of the... Read more

Staying Sharp

By: Henry Emmons

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A strong memory and healthy brain aren't as difficult to maintain as one might think; combining the latest neuroscience research with age-old wisdom about resilience, mindfulness, and stress reduction, Drs. Henry Emmons and David Alter show that vibrant aging is within reach. More than fifty-five years of combined experience in the fields of... Read more

The Brain Fog Fix

By: Mike Dow

Narrated by: Mike Dow

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A new epidemic is sweeping the country. Some people call it ADHD, scatter brain, or brain fog. Some simply say they just don’t feel like themselves—and haven’t for a long time.People are thinking and feeling worse than ever. Why? Because our brains are not getting the support they need to produce the essential brain chemicals that keep us... Read more

SuperBetter

By: Jane McGonigal

Narrated by: Jane McGonigal

Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

An innovative guide to living gamefully, based on the program that has already helped nearly half a million people achieve remarkable personal growth

In 2009, internationally renowned game designer Jane McGonigal suffered a severe concussion. Unable to think clearly or work or even get out of bed, she became anxious and depressed, even suicidal.... Read more

A Crowdfunder's Strategy Guide

By: Jamey Stegmaier

Narrated by: Mitchell Lucas

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

More Than Money

Jamey Stegmaier knows crowdfunding. He's a veteran of seven successful Kickstarter campaigns (and counting) that have raised over $3.2 million, and he's the proprietor of the widely read Kickstarter Lessons blog. In this book he offers a comprehensive guide to crowdfunding, demonstrating that it can be a powerful way for... Read more

Die Herrschaftsformel

By: Kai Schlieter

Narrated by: Markus Böker

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

„Künstliche Intelligenz ist die größte Gefahr für die Menschheit“ Stephen Hawking Mit der gegenwärtigen technologischen Revolution ist der Traum einer umfassenden Möglichkeit der Steuerung der Gesellschaft wahrgeworden. Kai Schlieter zeigt, wie Politik und Wirtschaft „Big Data“ für ihre Zwecke einsetzt, wie wir alle manipuliert werden und warum... Read more

30 Minuten Gelassenheit - Abridged

By: Monika A. Pohl

Narrated by: Sabina Godec, Heiko Grauel & Gordon Piedesack

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eine hohe Arbeitsbelastung, private Konflikte oder unvorhergesehene Ärgernisse - immer wieder laufen wir Gefahr, unser inneres Gleichgewicht zu verlieren. Passiert dies zu oft, fühlen wir uns bald leer und ausgebrannt und manövrieren uns auf Dauer sogar in ein Burnout. Doch so weit muss es nicht kommen. Monika A. Pohl zeigt, wie Sie in... Read more

Die Veränderungs-Formel

By: Ilja Grzeskowitz

Narrated by: Heiko Grauel & Sonngard Dressler

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Veränderung ist überall. In so gut wie jedem Lebensbereich sorgen massive Veränderungen für Unsicherheit und Angst vor der Zukunft. Wie gelingt es trotzdem, nicht schon an den kleinsten Herausforderungen zu scheitern, sondern Veränderung auch unter schweren Rahmenbedingungen mit Gewinn zu bewältigen? Ilja Grzeskowitz rüttelt auf, hält den... Read more

Geht ja doch!

By: Cordula Nussbaum

Narrated by: Susanne Grawe & Gordon Piedesack

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Bei vielen Menschen geht im Lauf des Erwachsenendaseins das Träumen, die naive Begeisterung, flöten. Sie sterben mit 37, bevor sie mit 87 begraben werden. Sie haben aufgehört, die Schönheit der Welt zu sehen. Sie haben aufgehört, die Chancen zu nutzen, die das Leben bietet. Sie haben aufgehört, die Nase neugierig in den Wind zu halten. Das... Read more