Science & Technology audiobooks

The Sex Myth

By: Rachel Hills

Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifty years after the sexual revolution, we are told that we live in a time of unprecedented sexual freedom; that if anything, we are too free now. But beneath the veneer of glossy hedonism, millennial journalist Rachel Hills argues that we are controlled by a new brand of sexual convention: one which influences all of us—woman or man, straight... Read more

Altered Genes, Twisted Truth

By: Steven M. Druker

Narrated by: Steven M. Druker, Christopher Lane & Laural Mer...

Length: 21 hours

Abridged: No

This audiobook uncovers the biggest scientific fraud of our age. It tells the fascinating and frequently astounding story of how the massive enterprise to restructure the genetic core of the world’s food supply came into being, how it advanced by consistently violating the protocols of science, and how for more than three decades, hundreds of... Read more

The Man Who Wasn't There

By: Anil Ananthaswamy

Narrated by: René Ruiz

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

*Nominated for the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award*
*An NBC News Notable Science Book of 2015*
*Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2015*
*A Book of the Month for Brain HQ/Posit Science*
*Selected by Forbes as a Must Read Brain Book of 2015*
*On Life Changes Network’s list of the Top 10 Books That Could Change Your Life... Read more

Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality

By: Pope Francis

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall & Linda Korn

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete text of the landmark encyclical letter from Pope Francis that, as Time magazine reported, “rocked the international community”

In the Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality, the beloved Pope exhorts the world to combat environmental degradation and its impact on the poor. In a stirring, clarion call that is not merely aimed at... Read more

Voices in the Ocean

By: Susan Casey

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wave and The Devil’s Teeth, a breathtaking journey through the extraordinary world of dolphins
 
Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness, sociability, and intelligence seem like an aquatic mirror... Read more

Global Brain

By: Howard Bloom

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this extraordinary follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Lucifer Principle, Howard Bloom—one of today’s preeminent thinkers—offers us a bold rewrite of the evolutionary saga. He shows how plants and animals (including humans) have evolved together as components of a worldwide learning machine. He describes the network of life on Earth as... Read more

Walking with Abel

By: Anna Badkhen

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The Fulani are the largest surviving group of nomads on the planet. In Walking with Abel, Anna Badkhen embeds herself with a family of Fulani cowboys—nomadic herders in Mali's Sahel grasslands—as they embark on their annual migration across the savannah. It's a cycle that connects the Fulani to their past even as their present is increasingly... Read more

Words and Rules

By: Steven Pinker

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“Deliciously erudite.” —William Safire, New York Times Magazine“A riveting detective story.” —Chicago TribuneSteven Pinker, author of the landmark bestsellers The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate—and one of the world’s leading cognitive scientists—offers an eye-opening explanation of how human beings learn and use... Read more

Menschen verstehen und lenken - Abridged

By: Joe Navarro

Narrated by: Michael J. Diekmann

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wüssten wir nicht alle gerne, was andere Menschen wirklich denken, fühlen oder planen? Wie wir sie zu etwas überreden oder beeinflussen können? Wie wir sofort erkennen können, ob sie besorgt oder zufrieden sind? Und wünschen wir uns nicht auch, dass sie uns als jemanden wahrnehmen, der Selbstsicherheit, Autorität und Empathie ausstrahlt?... Read more

Little Ways to Keep Calm and Carry On

By: Mark A. Reinecke

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

First featured on a British poster produced during World War II, "Keep calm and carry on" has become the mantra of millions — but exactly how to keep calm remains a difficult question for most of us. The next time you are stressed by pressures of work, overwhelmed by life's challenges, or panicked by problems that seem unsolvable, reach for this... Read more

Paradox

By: Margaret Cuonzo

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Thinkers have been fascinated by paradox since long before Aristotle grappled with Zeno's. In this volume in The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Margaret Cuonzo explores paradoxes and the strategies used to solve them. She finds that paradoxes are more than mere puzzles but can prompt new ways of thinking. A paradox can be defined as a set... Read more

Living the Questions

By: Sam Keen

Narrated by: Sam Keen

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In Living the Questions, bestselling author Sam Keen pushes us to ask the hard questions about our real motivations -- fear or virtue, compulsion or discipline, jealousy or love -- and shows how the answers can help us attain our ultimate goals. Read more

Selbstbewusstsein stärken ...so wirst du selbstbewusst!

By: Michael Bauer

Narrated by: Michael Bauer

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Das Hörbuch "Selbstbewusstsein stärken ...so wirst du selbstbewusst" leitet den Hörer an seine persönliche Situation zu überdenken. Es enthält zahlreiche kurze, kraftvolle und praxisnahe Anregungen das Verhalten dahingehend zu verändern, es künftig selbstbewusst zu genießen. Werde dir deines Bewusstseins im Hier und Jetzt bewusst und lerne... Read more

The Biology of Desire

By: Marc Lewis, PhD

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the “disease model” of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery.

The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease, based on evidence that brains... Read more

The Brain Sell

By: Dr. David Lewis

Narrated by: Steven Menasche

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Science has made the leap from the lab to come to a store near you—and the effects on us are phenomenal. Corporations in hyper-competition are now using the new mind sciences to analyze how and when we shop, and the hidden triggers that persuade us to consume.

From bargains in the Big Apple to the bustling bazaars of Istanbul, from in-store to... Read more

Applied Minds

By: Guru Madhavan

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A journey inside the minds that build our world.

Dubai's Burj Khalifa-the world’s tallest building-looks nothing like Microsoft’s Office Suite, and digital surround sound doesn’t work like a citywide telecommunication grid. Yet these engineering feats have much in common.

Applied Minds explores the unique visions and mental tools of engineers to... Read more

The Man Woman Thing

By: Sam Keen

Narrated by: Sam Keen

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Today's way of life based on power, control, and the constant battle perpetuated between women and men. The patriarchy, although primarily engineered and executed by men, dishonors men and the positive masculine as much as it dishonors women and the positive feminine. Sam Keen, takes you on a journey to discover new routes to authentic manhood... Read more

The Sea Around Us

By: Rachel Carson

Narrated by: Kaiulani Lee

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's ability to combine scientific insight with poetic prose catapulted her book to the top of The New York Times best-seller list, where it remained for more than a year and a half. Ultimately it sold well over a... Read more

Dem Habicht ins Nest geschaut

By: Carola Preuß & Klaus Ruge

Narrated by: Klaus Ruge

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

'Dem Habicht ins Nest geschaut' ist eine Adaption des Buches 'Unsere Nachbarn, Familie Habicht' von Klaus Ruge. In der Hörversion ist es Sophia, die Schwester von Finn, die mit dem Großvater dem Habicht auf der Spur und genauso fasziniert von ihm ist wie ihr Bruder im Buch. Neben der fast halbstündigen Geschichte um den Habicht, Sophia und den... Read more

Banned Methods Of Persuasion

By: Daniel Smith

Narrated by: Jennifer Howe

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

It is a question as old as man: how do I get others to do what I want? How do I bend the will of the people around me to the point where it is more in line with my deepest hopes and desires? And most importantly, how do I do it in such a way that no one is even aware I’ve done anything at all? Human psychology, empathy, perception, common sense,... Read more

Life on the Edge

By: Johnjoe McFadden & Jim Al-Khalili

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we still missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Jim... Read more

Pig Tales

By: Barry Estabrook

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Barry Estabrook, author of the New York Times bestseller Tomatoland, now explores the dark side of the American pork industry. Drawing on his personal experiences raising pigs as well as his sharp investigative instincts, he covers the range of the human-porcine experience. He embarks on nocturnal feral pig hunts in Texas. He visits farmers who... Read more

The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack

By: Ian Tattersall

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In his new book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack, human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own career—from young scientist in awe of his elders to crotchety elder statesman—Tattersall offers an... Read more

S=EX2 - Abridged

By: Pere Estupinyà

Narrated by: Alba Sola & Pere Estupinyà

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Escucha esta aproximación al sexo innovadora y original que revolucionará nuestra mente y quizá también nuestro comportamiento. Estás a punto de escuchar el libro más riguroso, ameno, y completo jamás narrado sobre el fascinante estudio científico de la sexualidad humana. Por amor a la ciencia, Pere Estupinyà, el ladrón de cerebros, se sumerge... Read more