Science & Technology audiobooks

Why Do I Love These People? - Abridged

By: Po Bronson

Narrated by: John Dossett

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Po Bronson takes us on an extraordinary journey

Calling upon his gift for powerful nonfiction narrative and philosophical insight Po Bronson explores the incredibly complicated feelings that we have for our families.

Each chapter introduces us to people and we come to know them intimately, following the story of their relationship as they... Read more

The Google Story - Abridged

By: David A. Vise & Mark Malseed

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors’ and... Read more

La danse - Abridged

By: Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Narrated by: Sophie Stanké

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Vivez au rythme de votre vraie nature. Dans La Danse, l'auteur Oriah Mountain Dreamer développe avec éloquence la sagesse de son best-seller L'Invitation et nous propose des moyens de découvrir l'essence de notre nature spirituelle véritable. La Danse est rempli de récits émouvants qui illustrent comment nous pouvons découvrir les cadeaux qui... Read more

Why Do Men Have Nipples?

By: Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg

Narrated by: Mark Leyner

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Is There a Doctor in the House?Finally, answers to all those strange questions you'd like to ask your own doctor but haven't had the guts (or more likely the time) to do so. If you've ever wanted to ask a doctor . . . How do people in wheelchairs have sex? Why do I get a killer headache when I suck down my milkshake too fast? Can I lose my... Read more

Agile Requirements and User Stories

By: Louis Molnar

Narrated by: Louis Molnar

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Many organizations are starting to reap rewards from adding Agile methods to their development practices. Learn what Project Managers and Business Analysts need to know about Extreme Programming (XP), User Stories and “The Planning Game.” Specifically, this recording will give practical Agile tips and tricks including how to specify User Stories... Read more

Our Inner Ape

By: Frans de Waal

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy, and morality by virtue of our genes? What if our behavior actually makes us apes? What kind of apes are we?

From a scientist and writer E. O. Wilson has called "the world authority on primate... Read more

Agile Project Management Using Scrum

By: Kevin Aguanno

Narrated by: Kevin Aguanno

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In recent years, the Internet revolution has caused a shift in how fast technology is developed and marketed. We have seen the appearance of “Web Years” as a measure of time, and the widespread adoption of Rapid Application Development (RAD) as a standard software development method used in even our largest organizations. There has been a... Read more

Reason for Hope - Abridged

By: Jane Goodall & Phillip Berman

Narrated by: Jane Goodall

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope.

Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity.... Read more

Harvest for Hope - Abridged

By: Jane Goodall, Gary McAvoy & Gail Hudson

Narrated by: Tippi Hedren

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits.

"One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world."-John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution The renowned scientist who... Read more

Silicon Valley's Past and Future

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This segment of the PBS NewsHour features a look at the past, present, and future of Silicon Valley. Read more

Brain Games

By: David Weiner

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

David Weiner brings a witty, down-to-earth perspective to this exploration of what we know and what we don't know about our brains. In layman's terms Mr. Weiner shares his wonder at things even his scientific mind can't comprehend, and points to tantalizing new discoveries about our potential to change the way we think, feel, and act. Read more

Marley & Me - Abridged

By: John Grogan

Narrated by: John Grogan

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans.John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.Marley grew... Read more

First Man - Abridged

By: James R. Hansen

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now a major motion picture, this is the first—and only—definitive authorized account of Neil Armstrong, the man whose “one small step” changed history.

When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over fifty... Read more

Aging And Saging

By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Our culture is bent on avoiding aging. The problem with that is every one of us is aging every day. Arrien points to the enormous possibilities for cultural change as we come into our wisdom years. She opens a gateway to personal possibility and an affirmation that we truly can look ahead to the best years of our lives. Read more

Teaching Ecological Imagination

By: David Orr

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world on the brink of ecological disaster, David Orr is hopeful that we can still turn the tide if we recognize that the people who will create the sustainable society of the future are sitting in our classrooms today. Read more

Longitude

By: Dava Sobel

Narrated by: Kate Reading & Neil Armstrong

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the... Read more

Fire - Abridged

By: Sebastian Junger

Narrated by: Sebastian Junger

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force;... Read more

Raising a Wondrous Child

By: Dawna Markova

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dawna Markova launched a movement to free parents from worrying about "fixing" their children's differences, and instead help their youngsters recognize the enormous value they have in the world, just as they are. It's a radical shift from our current standardized educational paradigm - and it's a joyous one. Read more

Beyond Reason

By: Roger Fisher & Daniel Shapiro

Narrated by: Daniel Shapiro

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In Getting to Yes, renowned educator and negotiator Roger Fisher presented a universally applicable method for effectively negotiating personal and professional disputes. Building on his work as director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, Fisher now teams with Harvard psychologist Daniel Shapiro, an expert on the emotional dimension of... Read more

A Crack in the Edge of the World

By: Simon Winchester

Narrated by: Simon Winchester

Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces... Read more

The Planets

By: Dava Sobel

Narrated by: Lorna Raver

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

THE PLANETS is Dava Sobel's sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy. In the spirit of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Sobel once again brings science and history deftly to life as she explores the origins of the planets and reveals the exotic environments that exist in each of these fascinating alien worlds.

After the huge national and... Read more

Galileo's Daughter - Abridged

By: Dava Sobel

Narrated by: Fritz Weaver

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Galileo Galilei was the foremost scientist of his day. Though he never left Italy, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world. His telescopes allowed him to reveal the heavens and enforce the astounding argument that the earth moves around the sun. For this belief, he was brought before the Holy Office of the Inquisition,... Read more

LIFE PRESERVERS - Abridged

By: Harriet Lerner

Narrated by: Harriet Lerner

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

With wit, wisdom and uncommon sense, Dr. Harriet Lerner gives readers the tools to solve problems and create joy, meaning and integrity in their relationships. Women will find Life Preservers (more than 40,000 copies sold in hardcover) to be an invaluable motivational guide that covers the landscape of work and creativity, anger and intimacy,... Read more

A Crack in the Edge of the World - Abridged

By: Simon Winchester

Narrated by: Simon Winchester

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces... Read more