Science & Technology audiobooks

The Head Trip

By: Jeff Warren

Narrated by: Raymond Todd

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A world at once familiar and unimaginably strange exists all around us—and within us. It is the world of consciousness, a protean mental landscape that each of us knows intimately and yet understands scarcely at all. Despite the attempts of scientists and mystics, poets and dreamers, crackpots and geniuses, to map its contours and explain its... Read more

The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up

By: Rich Blake

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Donny Herbert was a hardworking Buffalo city firefighter who, in December 1995, was searching the attic of a burning house when the snow-laden roof collapsed. For six minutes he was without oxygen. A beloved husband, a father of four boys, a neighborhood fixture who was always willing to lend a helping hand, Donny fell into a vegetative state... Read more

Weihnachten ... und es ward wieder Licht - Abridged

By: Harald Lesch & Thomas Schwarz

Narrated by: Harald Lesch & Thomas Schwarz

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Irgendwie geschah es wirklich: Jesus Christus wurde geboren. Ein Gespräch zwischen Theologie und Physik Thomas Schwartz und Harald Lesch nehmen die Weihnachtsgeschichte auseinander - theologisch - historisch - naturwissenschaftlich. Am Ende bleibt die Botschaft des Kindes in der Krippe: " Fürchtet Euch nicht!" Read more

A Life Decoded

By: J. Craig Venter

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 16 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up in California, J. Craig Venter didn't appear to have much of a future. An unremarkable student, he nearly flunked out of high school. After being drafted into the army, he enlisted in the navy and went to Vietnam, where the life-and-death struggles he encountered as a medic piqued his interest in science and medicine. After pursuing... Read more

Good Dog. Stay.

By: Anna Quindlen

Narrated by: Anna Quindlen

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed."

So writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with Beau's, and on the lessons she's learned by... Read more

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters

By: Satoshi Kanazawa & Alan S. Miller

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A lively and provocative look at how evolution shapes our behavior and our lives.



Contrary to conventional wisdom, our brains and bodies are hardwired to carry out an evolutionary mission that determines much of what we do, from life plans to everyday decisions.



With an accessible tone and a healthy disregard for political correctness, this lively... Read more

A Contract with the Earth

By: Newt Gingrich & Terry L. Maple

Narrated by: Callista Gingrich

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Focusing the environmental debate on the principle of common commitment, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and eminent conservationist Terry L. Maple present A Contract with the Earth. They declare a need for bipartisan environmentalism—a new era of environmental stewardship with principles that they believe most Americans will... Read more

Marketing for Dummies 2nd Ed. - Abridged

By: Alexander Hiam

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Whether you want to introduce a new product or jumpstart your existing marketing plans, this friendly guide can help. Packed with expert tips, from identifying customers to using online resources to size up competitors, this updated edition of Marketing For Dummies leads you step by step through the four P's of marketing—product, pricing,... Read more

A Practical and Accessible Strategy On Global Warming

By: David Gershon

Narrated by: Craig Hamilton

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Climate scientists tell us that we have less than ten years to dramatically cut our carbon emissions before we reach a point of no return. Yet most of the large-scale solutions on the table will take far longer than that to implement. Fortunately, necessity is the mother of invention, and among the climate change pioneers there are those who... Read more

The Man Who Knew Infinity

By: Robert Kanigel

Narrated by: Humphrey Bower

Length: 17 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk named Srinivasa Ramanujan wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging that pre-eminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers.Hardy, realizing the letter was the work of a genius, arranged for Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most remarkable collaborations... Read more

Before Your Dog Can Eat Your Homework, First You Have to Do It

By: John O'Hurley

Narrated by: John OHurley

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The popular actor and New York Times bestselling author returns with a second charming, hilarious book about the enduring wisdom of dogs.

John O'Hurley has always had a dog by his side—as a boy growing up in New England, and now as a husband, father, actor, television show host, and author in Los Angeles. To him, dogs are more than our best... Read more

You: Staying Young - Abridged

By: Michael F. Roizen & Mehmet Oz

Narrated by: Michael F. Roizen & Mehmet Oz

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the 2009 Audie Award for Personal Development

Now substantially updated with a groundbreaking new introduction on telomeres, bioidentical hormones, and more, Drs. Oz and Roizen—the bestselling coauthors of the blockbuster YOU series—present a new edition of their #1 New York Times bestselling indispensable guide to maintaining vibrant... Read more

Soul to Soul

By: Gary Zukav

Narrated by: Gary Zukav

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MONUMENTAL BESTSELLER, THE SEAT OF THE SOUL

In Soul to Soul Gary Zukav addresses some of the most fundamental questions about the human experience -- from "Why is life so difficult?" to "How can I learn to trust?" -- with profound answers that are of truly universal value.

Soul to Soul provides penetrating insights... Read more

Musicophilia

By: Oliver Sacks

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does–humans are a... Read more

Musicophilia - Abridged

By: Oliver Sacks

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat.  But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does—humans are a... Read more

The Jesuit and the Skull

By: Amir D. Aczel

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In December 1929, in a cave near Peking, a group of anthropologists and archaeologists that included a young French Jesuit priest named Pierre Teilhard de Chardin uncovered a prehuman skull. The find quickly became known around the world as Peking Man and was acclaimed as the missing link between erect hunting apes and our Cro-Magnon ancestors.... Read more

Switching Time

By: Richard Baer

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Switching Time is the first story centering on multiple personality disorder to be told by the treating physician. It is the incredible saga of a young woman stranded in unimaginable darkness who, in order to survive, created seventeen different versions of herself.



In 1989, Karen Overhill walked into the office of psychiatrist Richard Baer... Read more

Break Through

By: Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Environmental insiders Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus triggered a firestorm of debate with their self-published essay, “The Death of Environmentalism.” In this eagerly anticipated follow-up, the authors expand upon their argument that the paradigms driving the environmental movement and much of liberal politics are outdated and... Read more

The Whale Warriors

By: Peter Heller

Narrated by: James Boles

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm, The Whale Warriors takes us on a hair-raising journey aboard a whale-saving pirate ship with a vigilante crew whose mission is to stop illegal Japanese whaling in the stormy remote seas off Antarctica.



For two months, journalist Peter Heller rode aboard the vegan pirate ship Farley Mowat as it stalked its... Read more

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

By: Matthew Blakeslee & Sandra Blakeslee

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

Why do you still feel fat after losing weight? Why do you duck your head when you drive into an underground parking garage? Why are your kids so enthralled by video games?



The answers to these questions can be found in a new understanding of how your brain interacts with your body, the space around your body, and the social world. Every point on... Read more

Brehms Tierleben - Vögel

By: Alfred E. Brehm

Narrated by: Roger Willemsen

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität... Read more

Adam Hart-Davis Presents

By: Adam Hart-Davis

Narrated by: Adam Hart-Davis

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Adam Hart-Davis presents all four programmes from the complete third series on BBC Radio 4The long history of science is illuminated by eureka moments - occasional and startling breakthroughs that change the way we think about ourselves and our universe.

Adam Hart-Davis (What The Romans Did For Us) presents this third series of 'eureka years' for... Read more

Brehms Tierleben - Exotische Säugetiere

By: Alfred E. Brehm

Narrated by: Roger Willemsen

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität... Read more

Brehms Tierleben - Heimische Säugetiere

By: Alfred E. Brehm

Narrated by: Roger Willemsen

Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität... Read more