Science & Technology audiobooks

L'art d'aimer - Abridged

By: Ovide

Narrated by: Jean Marc Tennberg

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

L'Art d'aimer est une œuvre en vers du poète latin Ovide parue autour de l'an 1. Elle se veut une initiation à l'art de l'amour et surtout de la séduction. Avec le Kama-Sutra, le Satyricon, ou encore La Prairie parfumée, L'Art d'aimer est l'un des textes érotiques les plus connus au monde. L'ouvrage est divisé en trois Livres. Le premier... Read more

Le diable et le bon Dieu - Abridged

By: Jean Paul Sartre

Narrated by: Pierre Brasseur, Jean Vilar, Henri Nassiet, Jea...

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Le Diable et le Bon Dieu est un drame en trois actes de Jean-Paul Sartre paru et représenté la première fois à Paris au Théâtre Antoine (direction Simone Berriau) le 7 juin 1951, dans une mise en scène de Louis Jouvet. Cette pièce, comme le laisse prévoir le titre, traite de la nature humaine, de Dieu et du Diable, et de la question " Le Bien... Read more

Love Sense

By: Sue Johnson

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of Hold Me Tight presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research.

Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. LOVE SENSE presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr.... Read more

God-Shaped Brain

By: Timothy R. Jennings M.D.

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"Paying attention to the findings of neuroscience is tantamount to paying attention to God's creation. And doing that leads us--with the proper guide--to God's story and his intentions for us. Tim Jennings is that proper guide. An experienced healer with a palpable spirit of humility, he takes the reader past the trite, superficial motifs of... Read more

Love Sense

By: Dr. Sue Johnson

Narrated by: Dr. Sue Johnson

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of Hold Me Tight presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research.

Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. Love Sense presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr.... Read more

How to Work a Room

By: Susan RoAne

Narrated by: Susan RoAne

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Over a million copies of this networking classic have been sold worldwide! Now Susan Roane's invaluable advice is available in audio

You enter a crowded room. For a moment every eye is on you. And a little voice inside you cries, "HELP!" If this has ever happened to you, you're not alone! Walking into a room full of people you don't know can be... Read more

Gaining Ground

By: Forrest Pritchard

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

One fateful day in 1996, after discovering that five freight cars' worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard vows to save his family's farm. What ensues—through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters—is a crash course in sustainable agriculture. Pritchard's... Read more

Phantoms in the Brain

By: Sandra Blakeslee & V. S. Ramachandran

Narrated by: Neil Shah

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about the brain are matched only by the stunning simplicity of his experiments—using such low-tech tools such as cotton swabs, glasses of water, and... Read more

Thoughts To Get You Through The Night

By: Phil Cousineau

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Cousineau tantalizes us with his understanding of how night is a powerful companion for creativity. The quiet rhythm of the night is a holy experience of soul. He describes how language and culture arose around the fires of our ancestors talking into the night. By sharing stories and poems he takes us from the contemplative, starry night to the... Read more

Grand Central

By: Sam Roberts

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand
Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in
time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary.

In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and
immediately became one of the most beautiful and recognizable... Read more

Grand Central

By: Sam Roberts

Narrated by: Sam Roberts

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary.

In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately became one of the most beautiful and recognizable... Read more

Triumphs of Experience

By: George E. Vaillant

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

At a time when many people around the world are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: our lives continue to evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling than before.Begun in 1938, the Grant Study of Adult Development charted... Read more

Beautiful Swimmers

By: William Warner

Narrated by: Henry Strozier

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

William Warner exhibits his skill as a naturalist and as a writer in this Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the pugnacious Atlantic blue crab and of its Chesapeake Bay territory. Penguin Nature Library. Read more

Neutrino Hunters

By: Ray Jayawardhana

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Detective thriller meets astrophysics in this adventure into neutrinos and the scientists who pursue them.For more than eighty years, brilliant and eccentric scientists around the world have been searching for the incredibly small bits of matter we call neutrinos. Trillions of these ghostly particles pass through our bodies every second, but... Read more

The App Generation

By: Howard Gardner & Katie Davis

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you baffled by how younger people live in a digital world? Are you living in that world and don’t see what the fuss is about?Either way, you’ll want to hear from Harvard professor Howard Gardner and Katie Davis. In his new book, The App Generation, Gardner and Davis look at what’s different for today’s adolescents. Apps can either stunt or... Read more

Changing Your Brain Toward The Good

By: Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Our brains are set with a negative bias. Hanson gives us a simple practice that resets our brains to more joy, fulfilling relationships, and more peace of mind and heart. He is the author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence. Read more

Brain Changer

By: David DiSalvo

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Let’s be honest. You’ve tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) “carpe diem” mug—yet your attitude hasn’t changed. It’s time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life.

While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the... Read more

Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 1 - Abridged

By: Scott C. Viguié

Narrated by: Scott C. Viguié, a full cast, Chris Harrington,...

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Science fiction meets real-world technology in Doctor Geek's Laboratory, Season 1It's the twenty-first century—have you ever wondered what happened to all those inventions, conveniences, and other concepts the future was supposed to bring? Doctor Geek's Laboratory, Season 1 explores all the realms of applied geekdom, examining the future that... Read more

Surrender Is The Doorway

By: Judith Orloff, M.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

When physician Judith Orloff is asked what’s the most important factor in health and recovering from illness, her answer is surrender. It’s her experience that surrender must be the engine that drives all choices about healing. However, it must be pointed out that surrender, by her definition, doesn’t mean giving in or giving up. “Surrender is... Read more

Facing the Wave

By: Gretel Ehrlich

Narrated by: Sumalee Montano

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

**Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)**
**Kansas City Star Best Books of the Year (2013)**

A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater, and art for much of her life, Gretel Ehrlich felt compelled to return to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast to bear witness, listen to survivors, and experience their terror and exhilaration... Read more

Jony Ive

By: Leander Kahney

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of Inside Steve’s Brain profiles Apple’s legendary chief designer, Jonathan Ive
 
Jony Ive’s designs have not only made Apple one of the most valuable companies in the world; they’ve overturned entire industries, from music and mobile phones to PCs and tablets.
 
But for someone who has changed the world as much as he has,... Read more

Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution

By: Fred Vogelstein

Narrated by: J. P. Demont

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google—and how it's reshaping the way we think about technology

The rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the industry of making computers. At the center of this change are Apple and Google, two companies whose philosophies, leaders, and commercial acumen have steamrolled the competition. In the... Read more

The Tell

By: Matthew Hertenstein

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

What does a yearbook photo have to do with future marital success? Can the CEO's appearance tell you anything about a company's quarterly earnings? In The Tell, psychologist Matthew Hertenstein reveals that our intuition is surprisingly good at using small clues to make big predictions, and shows how we can make better decisions by homing in on... Read more

Just Babies

By: Paul Bloom

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone.
 
From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin life as blank moral slates. Many of us take for granted that babies are born selfish and that it is the role of society—and especially parents—to transform... Read more