Science & Technology audiobooks

The Seven Decisions

By: Andy Andrews

Narrated by: Andy Andrews

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Just one of these decisions can alter the course of a person’s life. What if you decided to master them all? Explore the seven decisions for success first introduced in the New York Times bestselling book The Traveler’s Gift, learning how you can turn life around—no matter how hopeless it seems.In this updated and repackaged edition of Mastering... Read more

Was ist das gute Leben? - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)

By: Hartmut Rosa

Narrated by: Hartmut Rosa & Gisela Steinhauer

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Was ist das: ein gutes Leben? Immer mehr Menschen finden kaum die Zeit, sich diese Frage überhaupt zu stellen, womit wir direkt beim Kern des Problems wären: Der Beschleunigungstheoretiker Hartmut Rosa sieht in der allgegenwärtigen, aus der kapitalistischen Steigerungslogik resultierenden Rastlosigkeit den Hauptgrund dafür, dass wir heute... Read more

The Perfect Storm

By: Sebastian Junger

Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Man's struggle against the sea is a theme that has created some of the world's most exciting stories. Now, in the tradition of Moby Dick comes a New York Times best-seller destined to become a modern classic. Written by journalist Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm combines an intimate portrait of a small fishing crew with fascinating... Read more

Sergeant Stubby

By: Ann Bausum

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Told for the first time, here is the story of a stray dog who eventually became affectionately known as Sergeant Stubby, the most famous war dog of World War I. Beloved award-winning children's author Ann Bausum brings her friendly writing style and in-depth research to her first book for adults.Stubby's story begins in 1917 when America is... Read more

The Big Fat Surprise

By: Nina Teicholz

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestsellerNamed one of The Economist’s Books of the Year 2014Named one of The Wall Street Journal’s Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of 2014Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014Forbes’s Most Memorable Healthcare Book of 2014In The Big Fat Surprise, investigative journalist Nina Teicholz reveals the unthinkable: that... Read more

Console Wars

By: Blake J. Harris

Narrated by: Fred Berman

Length: 20 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990, Nintendo had a... Read more

Think Like a Freak

By: Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their... Read more

A Boy and a Jaguar

By: Alan Rabinowitz

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion--their voice--but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals... Then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man "Time Magazine" calls, "the... Read more

A Troublesome Inheritance

By: Nicholas Wade

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story
 Fewer ideas have been more toxic or harmful than the idea of the biological reality of race, and with it the idea that humans of different races are biologically different from one another. For... Read more

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

By: Sam Kean

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon reveals the secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true stories.

Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike -- strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents -- and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was... Read more

The Humor Code

By: Peter McGraw & Joel Warner

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Peter McGraw, founder of the Humor Research Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, teamed up with journalist Joel Warner on a far-reaching search for the secret behind humor. Their journey spanned the globe, from New York to Japan, from Palestine to the Amazon. Meanwhile, the duo conducted their own humor experiments along the way—to... Read more

Birdmen

By: Lawrence Goldstone

Narrated by: Jonathan Fried

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Wilbur and Orville Wright are two of the greatest innovators in history, and together they solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. Glenn Hammond Curtiss was the most talented machinist of his day; he first became the fastest man alive when he perfected the motorcycle, then turned his eyes toward the skies to become... Read more

Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion

By: Emile Coué

Narrated by: Mitch Horowitz

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in 1922, Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion caused a stir throughout the scientific and religious communities. Émile Coué's assertions that the repetition of certain phrases, or mantras, can have a positive effect on the health and happiness of an individual challenged the existing reliance on chemicals and... Read more

Tweet of the Day

By: Brett Westwood & Stephen Moss

Narrated by: Brett Westwood & Stephen Moss

Length: 12 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine a jazz musician, improvising on a theme. Then imagine that he is able to play half a dozen instruments - not one after another, but almost simultaneously, switching effortlessly between instruments and musical styles with hardly a pause for breath. If you can countenance that, you are halfway towards appreciating the extraordinary song... Read more

Supercommunicator

By: Frank J. Pietrucha

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In our increasingly complicated and data-driven world, many new developments are so complex that only experts comprehend their nuances. But what they don't grasp is how to tell the world about them. Communicating technical content to nontechnical listeners has fast become a critical 21st-century skill. Explaining what you do and why it's... Read more

Promote Yourself and Me 2.0

By: Dan Schawbel

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 16 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Career guru and personal branding expert Dan Schawbel knows what it takes to succeed in the world of business. This audiobook combines his bestselling books Promote Yourself and Me 2.0 to offer twice the advice on what you can do to find and build an outstanding career.The ability to brand and promote yourself effectively is essential for young... Read more

A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation the Inequality Among Mankind

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men was written in response to a competition run by the Academy of Dijon answering the prompt: What is the origin of inequality among men, and whether such inequality is authorized by natural law? Rousseau puts forth the concept of two types of inequity: natural/physical and moral/political.... Read more

How Have I Cheated Death?

By: Tim Wotton

Narrated by: John-Paul Nicholas

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK's most common life-threatening diseases, affecting over 10,000 people. There's currently no cure. Not all that long ago, a CF diagnosis meant an early death. Tim Wotton is one such sufferer, who was told from an early age that he would not live beyond his 17th birthday. One of the oldest survivors of this... Read more

The Sound Book

By: Trevor Cox

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Trevor Cox is on a hunt for the sonic wonders of the world. A renowned expert who engineers classrooms and concert halls, Cox has made a career of eradicating bizarre and unwanted sounds. But after an epiphany in the London sewers, Cox now revels in exotic noises—creaking glaciers, whispering galleries, stalactite organs, musical roads, humming... Read more

Sensation

By: Thalma Lobel

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Like the revolutionary bestsellers Predictably Irrational and Emotional Intelligence, Sensation is an exciting, completely new view of human behavior—a new psychology of physical intelligence (or embodied cognition)—that explains how the body unconsciously affects our everyday decisions and choices, written by one of the world’s leading... Read more

Think

By: Guy P. Harrison

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

This fresh and exciting approach to science, skepticism, and critical thinking will enlighten and inspire listeners of all ages. With a mix of wit and wisdom, it challenges everyone to think like a scientist, embrace the skeptical life, and improve their critical thinking skills.



Think shows you how to better navigate through the maze of biases... Read more

You Are Not Special

By: David McCullough, Jr.

Narrated by: David McCullough, Jr.

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

David McCullough, Jr.'s high school commencement address of 2012, dubbed "You Are Not Special," was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earned from raising four children and teaching high school students for nearly thirty years, McCullough expands on his speech—taking a hard look at hovering parents,... Read more

Congratulations, by the way

By: George Saunders

Narrated by: George Saunders

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address.

Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting... Read more

The Inventor's Secret

By: Suzanne Slade

Narrated by: Susie Berneis

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors—with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a... Read more