Science & Technology audiobooks

Sind wir allein im Universum? - Abridged

By: Harald Lesch

Narrated by: Harald Lesch

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch lehrt theoretische Astrophysik an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München. Seine Hauptforschungsgebiete sind: Schwarze Löcher, Neutronensterne und Plasmaphysik. Im Bayerischen Fernsehen ist er der Star der SPACENIGHT. Teil 1 Warum ist nicht nichts? Woher kommen die Bausteine des Lebens? Sind die Naturgesetze im... Read more

The Ape in the Corner Office

By: Richard Conniff

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Tired of swimming with the sharks? Fed up with that big ape down the hall? Real animals can teach us better ways to thrive in the workplace jungle.

You’re ambitious and want to get ahead, but what’s the best way to do it? Become the biggest, baddest predator? The proverbial 800-pound gorilla? Or does nature teach you to be more subtle and... Read more

The Ape in the Corner Office - Abridged

By: Richard Conniff

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Tired of swimming with the sharks? Fed up with that big ape down the hall? Real animals can teach us better ways to thrive in the workplace jungle.

You’re ambitious and want to get ahead, but what’s the best way to do it? Become the biggest, baddest predator? The proverbial 800-pound gorilla? Or does nature teach you to be more subtle and... Read more

The Theory of Everything

By: Stephen Hawking

Narrated by: Stephen Hawking

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University, The Theory of Everything presents the most complex concepts of physics—both past and present—in a clear and accessible manner. Stephen Hawking enlightens readers and exposes them to the rich history of scientific thought and the complexities of the universe in which we live. Read more

Copy This!

By: Paul Orfalea & Ann Marsh

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Copy This!, Paul Orfalea's inspiring personal story of turning lessons into lemonade, may be the most unusual business memoir ever published.

Paul Orfalea struggles mightily to read, to write, and to sit still through business meetings. So what's the problem? By working with the obstacles life dealt him–he call his dyslexia and ADHD "learning... Read more

Collective Creating Through Conversations

By: Juanita Brown, Ph.D. & David Isaacs

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

More than ever, we are in need of conversations that bring people together for creative solutions. Imagine having the opportunity to sit with a group of people and have a deep interaction around something you all really care about. These kinds of dialogues are taking place across the globe and are making a difference in creating a better world.... Read more

An Enlightened Farmer in Kansas

By: Bryan Welch

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Bryan Welch, the publisher of Mother Earth News, is realistic about the American mindset, and the reluctance of the masses to give up the comforts of consumption in the name of sustainability. Read more

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles - Abridged

By: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Narrated by: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

 Parents and kids pitted against one another, opposing forces pulling in different directions - both determined to win! Every family experiences power struggles, but these daily tugs of war are not inevitable. In Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka presents real strategies for getting to the root of the emotions and needs... Read more

Manage Your Mind / Take Charge of Your Life

By: John Selby

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

John Selby presents a simple and direct approach to how we manage our own personal energy and brings home how crucial it is not only to succeeding in life but to survival itself. Calm your mental clutter and feel more grounded as you listen to how you can manage your individual energy supply to consciously determine what you manifest in life. Read more

Copy This! - Abridged

By: Paul Orfalea & Ann Marsh

Narrated by: Todd Cummings

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No business autobiography has ever let it all hang out like this one. In building an unconventionally democratic multinational company that has been named by Fortune, Forbes, and Working Mother magazines as one of the best places to work in America, Paul Orfalea never tamed his impulsive, rebellious nature, and he discusses his flaws and... Read more

A Holistic Approach to Global Warming

By: Jamie Henn & May Boeve

Narrated by: Bec Kageyama

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Jamie Henn and Mae Boeve, students at Middlebury College in Vermont, created the Road to Detroit bus tour in 2005 and brought students from all over the United States together to give voice to consumer demand for more fuel-efficient cars. Read more

Educating For Wholeness

By: David Marshak

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Marshak believes most schools have an unstated belief that only a small number of children are intelligent.  "If instead," he asserts, "we believed that every child is a gifted child in one way or another, we would organize schools very differently." Read more

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The Phenomenal #1 New York Times Bestseller In his classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray, provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication and relationships by acknowledging the differences between them.Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy... Read more

Children are from Heaven

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray (Reader)

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In his travels, lectures, and seminars, the book John Gray has been most often asked to write is a parenting book. After years of serious thought, workshops, and practical applications, John Gray has created a brilliantly original and effective system that he calls positive parenting, for children of all ages, from birth though the teenage... Read more

Mars and Venus in Love - Abridged

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Straight from the heart—real-life couples share inspiring, edifying stories of Mars and Venus in love.Millions of readers have learned about relationships from John Gray's previous bestsellers, such as Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus; Mars and Venus on a Date; and Mars and Venus in the Bedroom. Inspired by this enthusiasm, Gray asked a... Read more

Storyteller's Daughter - Abridged

By: Saira Shah

Narrated by: Saira Shah

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The startling memoir of a young woman
shaped by two dramatically disparate worldsBorn in Britain, Saira Shah was inspired by her father's dazzling stories to rediscover the now lost life their forebears knew for 900 years within sight of orchards, snow-topped mountains, and the minarets of Kabul. This is Saira -- part sophisticated and sensitive... Read more

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus - Abridged

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The most well-know, long-lived, and tried-and-tested relationships guide ever, the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is now available for the first time ever as an audio book. In this classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray provides a practical and proven way for men and women... Read more

Preserving Life On Earth

By: Thomas Lovejoy

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Lovejoy encourages us to stay optimistic with a grounding in global, environmental facts."This really should be about opportunity for American industry, new technologies, new energy, and American ingenuity.  [It's a time] to find the solutions rather than being viewed as a problem for the American economy.  It is a fact that it is a problem for... Read more

YOU: The Owner's Manual - Abridged

By: Mehmet C. Oz & Michael F. Roizen

Narrated by: Mehmet C. Oz & Michael F. Roizen

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The #1 bestseller that gives YOU complete control over your body and your health.With new health studies and advice bombarding us every day, few people know much about what chugs, churns, and thumps throughout the miraculous system that is the human anatomy.YOU: The Owner's Manual challenges preconceived notions about how the human body works... Read more

The Lady and the Panda - Abridged

By: Vicki Croke

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In The Lady and the Panda, Vicki Constantine... Read more

The Dance of Connection - Abridged

By: Harriet Lerner

Narrated by: Harriet Lerner

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bestselling author Harriet Lerner focuses on the challenge and the importance of being able to express one's ""authentic voice"" in intimate relationships.The key problem in relationships, particularly over time, is that people begin to lose their voice. Despite decades of assertiveness training and lots of good advice about communicating with... Read more

Lost Triumph

By: Tom Carhart

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating narrative-and a bold new thesis in the study of the Civil War-that suggests Robert E. Lee had a heretofore undiscovered strategy at Gettysburg that, if successful, could have crushed the Union forces and changed the outcome of the war.



The Battle of Gettysburg is the pivotal moment when the Union forces repelled perhaps America's... Read more

The Murderer Next Door

By: David M. Buss

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

As acclaimed psychological researcher and author David Buss writes, "People are mesmerized by murder. It commands our attention like no other human phenomenon, and those touched by its ugly tendrils never forget." Though we may like to believe that murderers are pathological misfits and hardened criminals, the vast majority of murders are... Read more

The Genius Factory

By: David Plotz

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the former editor of Slate and CEO of Atlas Obscura comes the unbelievable story of “the Nobel Prize sperm bank” and the children it produced—“a superb book about the quest for genius and, ultimately, family” (Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and Talking to Strangers).
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN... Read more