Science & Technology audiobooks

Natural Selection

By: J. Phil Gibson & Terri R. Gibson

Narrated by: Christopher Prince

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

An informative introduction to Darwin's discovery. In his groundbreaking book Natural Selection, Charles Darwin explained his theory that evolution is driven by adaptation of species to their environmental surroundings. From the tiniest microbe to the largest whale, all organisms have changed over vast expanses of time due to the forces of... Read more

Climate

By: Dana Desonie, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Diana Dorman

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Climate is an informative introduction to the subject of climate change. Though climate change is normal in Earth's history, global warming has raised average temperatures to their highest in two millennia, resulting in melting ice caps, shorter winters, changes in the seasonal behaviors of animals, and more extreme weather. And though... Read more

The Way Of The Heart With Rumi

By: Coleman Barks

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

When asked about living a life of the heart, Barks says, "Rumi has many ways of talking about that. Somehow breaking the container of the ego and moving out into some mystery." He says, 'Jars of spring water are not enough anymore. Being contained is not enough. Take us down to the river and then eventually to the ocean, the shoreless ocean.'" Read more

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

By: Mike Brown

Narrated by: Ryan Gesell

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of its resulting in one more planet being added to our solar system, Brown’s find ignited... Read more

Homer, An Eyeless Cat, Teaches Love And Courage

By: Gwen Cooper

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Homer survived being trapped, without Cooper, for days after 9/11 in an apartment near the World Trade Center. Listen as Cooper shares how his unswerving loyalty, his infinite capacity for love, and his joy in the face of all obstacles inspired her daily and transformed her life. Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog - 34 Stories about Overcoming Adversity, Healing, and How to Say Goodbye

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Joyce Bean & Phil Gigante

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

For thousands of years, dogs have been cherished as devoted companions and exuberant playmates—their unconditional love, limitless affection and unwavering loyalty never fail to melt our hearts. The stories in Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul truly capture the special joy these four-legged creatures bring to our lives and hearts. The... Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog - 36 Stories about Putting Things in Perspective, Kindness, and Unconditional Love

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Joyce Bean & Phil Gigante

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

36 Stories about Putting Things in Perspective, Kindness, and Unconditional LoveLearning to Put Things in Perspective Learning to Be Kinder Learning About Unconditional Love Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog - 31 Stories about Family, Courage, and How to Listen

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Joyce Bean & Phil Gigante

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

31 Stories about Family, Courage, and How to ListenLearning About Family Learning to Have Courage Learning to Listen Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat - 20 Stories about Laughter and Accepting Help

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden & Fred Stella

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

20 Stories about Laughter and Accepting HelpLearning to Laugh Learning to Accept Help Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat - 20 Stories about Love and Letting Go

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

20 Stories about Love and Letting GoLearning About Love Learning to Let Go Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat - 30 Stories about Play, What's Important, and Belief

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden & Fred Stella

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

30 Stories about Play, What's Important, and BeliefLearning to Play Learning What's Important Learning to Believe Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat - 31 Stories about Who's in Charge, How to Love a Cat, and Be Your Best

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden & Fred Stella

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

31 Stories about Who's in Charge, How to Love a Cat, and Be Your BestLearning Who's in Charge Learning to Love the Cat Learning to Be My Best Read more

Ach so!

By: Ranga Yogeshwar

Narrated by: Ranga Yogeshwar

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Am Anfang steht oft ein Wundern: Mitten in der Nacht fragen wir uns, warum Mücken eigentlich summen, am Morgen, ob man ein Ei tatsächlich auf der Motorhaube braten kann, und mittags, warum sich der Knödel im Topf dreht. Dabei sind es oft die ganz einfachen Fragen, die eine verblüffende Antwort bereithalten und die Lust am Erkenntnisgewinn... Read more

Deadly Spin

By: Wendell Potter

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"My name is Wendell Potter, and for twenty years I worked as a senior executive at health insurance companies. I saw how they confuse their customers and dump the sick—all so they can satisfy their Wall Street investors." —Senate testimony, June 24, 2009



Wendell Potter is the insurance industry's worst nightmare.



In June 2009, Wendell Potter made... Read more

Buddha's Brain

By: Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Alan Bomar Jones

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

If you change your brain, you can change your life.Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s―and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain, and more and more, we... Read more

The Accidental Mind

By: David J. Linden

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones.To which this audiobook says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the... Read more

Paleontology

By: Ian Tattersall

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings.Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes... Read more

High Self-Esteem and Unshakable Confidence

By: Made for Success

Narrated by: Larry Iverson, Zig Ziglar & Bob Proctor

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Feeling confident, enjoying your life, and being successful doesn’t happen by accident. Would knowing how to stop negative thinking be helpful to you? With the tools in this groundbreaking audio program, you will discover the best methods to change old behavior patterns and use your mind to feel poised, calm, and confident. Use the ten-minute... Read more

The Town That Food Saved

By: Ben Hewitt

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the past several years, Hardwick, Vermont, a typical hardscrabble farming community of three thousand residents, has jump-started its economy and redefined its self-image through a local, self-sustaining food system unlike anything else in America. Even as the recent financial downturn threatens to cripple small businesses and privately... Read more

Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar

By: Martin C. Libicki

Narrated by: Erik Sandvold

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The protection of cyberspace, the information medium, has become a vital national interest because of its importance both to the economy and to military power. An attacker may tamper with networks to steal information for money or to disrupt operations. Future wars are likely to be carried out, in part or perhaps entirely, in cyberspace. It... Read more

Self Comes to Mind

By: Antonio Damasio

Narrated by: Fred Stella

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The arrival of neurons and their unique ability to transmit and receive messages was the radical break in the course of the human brain’s evolution. This led to the development of the self. Neurons organize themselves in complex circuits and networks. Networks that serve to represent events occurring in the body, influence the function of other... Read more

Sleights of Mind

By: Sandra Blakeslee, Stephen L. Macknik & Susana M...

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered how a magician saws a woman in half? Or makes coins materialize out of thin air? Or reads your mind? Magic tricks work because humans have a hardwired process of attention and awareness that is hackable. A good magician uses your mind's intrinsic properties against you in a form of mental jujitsu, to fool you every time,... Read more

A Small Furry Prayer

By: Steven Kotler

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Steven Kotler was forty years old, single, and facing an existential crisis when he met Lila, a woman devoted to animal rescue. "Love me, love my dogs" was her rule, and Steven took it to heart. Spurred to move by a housing crisis in Los Angeles, Steven, Lila, and their eight dogs—then ten, then twenty, and then they lost count—bought a... Read more

Once Before Time

By: Martin Bojowald

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2000, Martin Bojowald, then a twenty-seven-year-old post-doc at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity—a cunning combination of Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics—to create a simple model of the universe. Loop quantum cosmology was born, and with it, a theory that managed to do... Read more