Science & Technology audiobooks

The Shadow Effect

By: Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson & Debbie Ford

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra & Marianne Williamson

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking exploration, three New York Times bestselling authors—Debbie Ford (The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Why Good People Do Bad Things), Marianne Williamson (The Age of Miracles, A Return to Love), and Deepak Chopra (Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment)—deliver a comprehensive and practical guide to harnessing the power of our... Read more

The Invisible Gorilla

By: Christopher Chabris & Daniel Simons

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. Two renowned psychologists explain how and why our intuitions lead us astray, “[spinning] the plain world [we] know into a wonderment of surprising new insights” (Time).
 
“A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how the mind works.”—Associated Press 
 
In The... Read more

The Rational Optimist

By: Matt Ridley

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“A delightful and fascinating book filled with insight and wit, which will make you think twice and cheer up.” — Steven PinkerIn a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times-bestselling author of Genome and The Red Queen, makes the case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce,... Read more

Magical, Combustible Words

By: Phil Cousineau

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

You'll love Cousineau's stories of the long journeys his favorite words have taken to find their way into our lives, and the provocative nuances hidden in the origins of others. You'll even find clues to how you can stop procrastinating, and finally finish that novel you've been working on, if only you can find the words. Read more

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

By: Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack.By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction—it’s no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing what EQ is and... Read more

Wisdom Awaits Just Beyond the Boundary of Your Skin

By: Paul Rademacher

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Rademacher guides us to engage the world in ways that invite mystical experiences into our lives every day. It's not easy, he notes, in a culture where the dominant belief system is rooted in science and the physical world. But the direct experience of altered states of awareness is available to each of us. Read more

Everything Is Broken

By: Emma Larkin

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc and leaving an official toll of 138,300 dead and missing. In the days that followed, the sheer scale of the disaster became apparent as information began to seep out from the hard-hit delta area. But the Burmese regime, in an unfathomable decision of... Read more

The Wisdom, Insight, and Wit of Birds

By: Sy Montgomery

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Sy Montgomery apprenticed herself to seven different species of birds. What she learned brings us a new understanding of who animals of all species are, and what they're capable of. Read more

Getting beyond Hello

By: Jeanne Martinet

Narrated by: Jeanne Martinet

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Getting beyond Hello is a practical and amusing book of advice and wisdom from Miss Mingle, who answers a variety of questions about social situations."Relax," says Miss Mingle. It's easy to avoid the "hell" in "hello," deflect the unwanted greeting kiss, feel okay when you're dressed all wrong, solve modern dilemmas such as meeting same-sex... Read more

Dispelling Common Myths About Agile

By: Kevin Aguanno

Narrated by: Kevin Aguanno

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Agile methods are quickly growing in popularity, and recent statistics on agile adoption show that more and more organizations have already tried agile methods on their projects. As this wave of agile use spreads, those adopting these methods are less connected to the top experts in the field: early adopters learned the techniques from the... Read more

Das Sonnensystem - Abridged

By: Detlef Kügow

Narrated by: Detlef Kügow

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Unsere galaktische Heimat - ein Sonnensystem in einem Spiralarm der Milchstraße - wird immer genauer erforscht. Jeder der acht Planeten hat bereits Besuch von Sonden der Erde erhalten. Eine Neuordnung erfuhr das Sonnensystem durch die Degradierung des neunten Planeten Pluto zum Zwergplaneten, da jenseits der Umlaufbahn des nun äußersten Planeten... Read more

Bursts

By: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A revolutionary new theory showing how we can predict human behavior-from a radical genius and bestselling author

Can we scientifically predict our future? Scientists and pseudo scientists have been pursuing this mystery for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. But now, astonishing new research is revealing patterns in human behavior... Read more

An Eagle Named Freedom

By: Jeff Guidry

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the moment Sarvey Wildlife Care Center volunteer Jeff Guidry saw the emaciated baby eagle with broken wings, his life was changed. For weeks he and the center's staff tended to the grievously injured bird. Miraculously, she recovered, and Jeff became her devoted caretaker.



Though Freedom would never fly, she had Jeff as her wings. And when... Read more

Twitter Power 2.0

By: Joel Comm

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Revised and updated with the latest on successful Twitter marketing

In this revised and updated edition of Twitter Power, online marketing entrepreneur Joel Comm explores the latest trends, methods, and practices for making Twitter work for your business. You’ll see how businesses and marketers are building a loyal following among Twitter... Read more

Preparing for Global Change

By: Marshall Vian Summers

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Our world is clearly changing, and many of those changes promise to be challenging or even catastrophic. How will we deal with the struggles that lie ahead? Marshall Vian Summers anticipates a profound paradigm shift and a global depletion, that will demand more of us than anything we've experienced. Read more

The Dream Machine

By: Richard Whittle

Narrated by: Kevin Foley

Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted... Read more

Adapting Agile for Use with Distributed Teams

By: Scott Ambler & Kevin Aguanno

Narrated by: Scott Ambler & Kevin Aguanno

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Let's face it, the co-located teams mentioned in all of the agile methods just don't happen on many of our real-world projects. Sometimes, we just have no choice -- we have to work with team members in different cities, different time zones, or even on the other side of the world. How do agile methods fare under these circumstances?In this... Read more

Agile 3-D

By: Bill Krebs

Narrated by: Bill Krebs

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Are your teams spread across the globe? Do people work from home? Sun Microsystems reports that 11% of their workforce works from home, and only half are in the office at any given time. But what if your travel budgets have evaporated? Don't worry... Web 3.0 is here.
Using immersive internet technologies and virtual worlds, teams can:
Collaborate... Read more

Nature'S Path to Your Soul

By: Catriona MacGregor

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Catriona MacGregor understands how easy it is to become exhausted by your schedule, your to-do list, and the gazillion emails in your inbox-and it's also easy to forget there's a world of renewal just outside your door, and a host of plants and animals available to help you find your way back to your peace, your joy, your roots. Indeed, she... Read more

Power Grab

By: Christopher C. Horner

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

No matter how President Obama spins his proposed government policies, they all amount to the same thing: a power grab.In his new book, Power Grab, bestselling author Christopher Horner shows how President Obama wants to take critical decisions about our energy and environment out of your hands and hand them over to politicians, extreme... Read more

Scent of the Missing

By: Susannah Charleson

Narrated by: Susannah Charleson

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson clipped a photo from the newspaper: an exhausted canine handler, face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Susannah was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine team and soon discovered... Read more

The Eerie Silence

By: Paul Davies

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifty years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization. Thus began one of the boldest scientific projects in history, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). But after a half century of scanning the skies, astronomers have little... Read more

Eaarth

By: Bill McKibben

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

"Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." —Barbara Kingsolver

Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've... Read more

Creating the World We Really Want

By: Frances Moore Lappé

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Frances Moore Lappé defines the pivotal issue of our time - none of us wishes for children to die of hunger, or for global warming to continue, yet every day it happens. Now, after more than three decades of helping us understand what it takes to live in harmony with the rest of the world, she's identified the reasons we haven't fixed all the... Read more