Science & Technology audiobooks

Controlling Your Genetic Blueprint

By: Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Bruce Lipton and other cellular biologists have discovered that our genetic blueprint is not static. While our genes do not change, the way they are expressed may be very much within our control. He tells us, “Cells need the brain to interpret the world and feed back to them what they should be doing to keep this whole system alive and floating.” Read more

Courage, Conversation and Changing the World

By: Margaret Wheatley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Never before in human history have we been exposed to so much data from so many sources, a veritable deluge. According to Wheatley, "We have to slow down. Nothing will change for the better until we do. We need time to think, to learn, to get to know each other. We are losing these great human capacities in the speed-up of modern life and it is... Read more

Electric Universe

By: David Bodanis

Narrated by: Del Roy

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of E=mc2 weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through an account of the invisible force that permeates our universe—electricity—and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets.

For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that... Read more

Mother-Daughter Wisdom - Abridged

By: Christiane Northrup, M.D.

Narrated by: Christiane Northrup, M.D.

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With such groundbreaking bestsellers as Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdomand The Wisdom of Menopause, Dr. Christiane Northrup is one of today’s most trusted and visionary medical experts. Now she presents her most profound and revolutionary approach to women’s health. . . .

The mother-daughter relationship sets the stage for our state of health and... Read more

Electric Universe - Abridged

By: David Bodanis

Narrated by: Adam Levy

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling author of E=mc2 weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through an account of the invisible force that permeates our universe—electricity—and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets.

For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that... Read more

Against Depression - Abridged

By: Peter D. Kramer

Narrated by: Peter D. Kramer

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his landmark bestseller Listening to Prozac, Peter Kramer revolutionized the way we think about antidepressants and the culture in which they are so widely used. Now Kramer offers a frank and unflinching look at the condition those medications treat: depression. Definitively refuting our notions of "heroic melancholy," he walks readers... Read more

A World Without Oil

By: Richard Heinberg

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Within our lifetimes we will see the peak in worldwide oil production. Soon after, we will be forced to learn to function without fossil fuels. The impact on our culture will be extraordinary - in fact, as Heinberg warns, "Civilization itself may be fundamentally unsustainable." Read more

Delivered from Distraction - Abridged

By: Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. & John J. Ratey, M.D.

Narrated by: Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“If you read only one book about attention deficit disorder, it should be Delivered from Distraction.”—Michael Thompson, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling co-author of Raising Cain

In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Widely recognized as the classic in the field, the book has... Read more

We Are All the Same

By: Jim Wooten

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The extraordinary story of the little South African boy whose bravery and fierce determination to make a difference despite being born with AIDS has made him the human symbol of the world's fight against the disease, told by the veteran American journalist whose life he changed.



Five million more people contracted HIV last year alone. We've all... Read more

Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber - Abridged

By: Richard Restak, M.D.

Narrated by: Richard Restak, M.D.

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Are you bombarded by a constant media feed of global terrorism, war, and rising unemployment rates—and by a mind-numbing array of ads that urge you to “ask your doctor” about the newest anti-anxiety medications? If it sometimes feels as if this country is having a collective anxiety attack, then you won’t be surprised to learn that more than 19... Read more

Staying Centered in a Busy World

By: Joan Borysenko

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Borysenko shares tools and techniques to help each of us avoid the inevitable burn-out that comes when we cross the line between compassion and codependence. Read more

On Writing Well Audio Collection - Abridged

By: William Zinsser

Narrated by: William Zinsser

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Two must-have classics together in one volume, On Writing Well and How to Write a Memoir, from acclaimed writer, editor, and scholar William Zinsser""On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose."" –New York TimesOn Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at... Read more

Beating Back the Devil

By: Maryn McKenna

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASES, THEY ARE THE SPECIAL FORCES.

They always keep a bag packed. They seldom have more than twenty-four hours' notice before they are dispatched. The phone calls that tell them to head to the airport, sometimes in the middle of the night, may give them no more information than the country they are traveling to and the... Read more

Chain of Command - Abridged

By: Seymour M. Hersh

Narrated by: Peter Friedman

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his stories in The New Yorker magazine, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu Gharaib prison scandal. Now, in Chain of Command, he brings together this reporting, along with new revelations, to answer the critical question of the... Read more

Enjoying Success In Every Moment

By: Guy Finley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Too often we feel caught in a maze where we endlessly search for success and happiness and try to avoid fear and anxiety. Guy Finley has discovered a way out of that maze. "Until we redefine the purpose of our being," he says, "we're caught in a race in which we cross a finish line only to hear a starting gun go off again." Read more

Receiving Love - Abridged

By: Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt

Narrated by: Helen LaKelly Hunt & Harville Hendrix

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Getting the Love You Want and Keeping the Love You Find comes illuminating and inspiring advice on one of the most complicated issues facing couples today: receiving love.

Many people know how to give love, but many more undermine their relationships by never having learned how to accept it. We don't... Read more

Learning as if People Really Mattered

By: Debora Hammond, Francisco Vazquez & Tony Mountain

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Our world is facing more problems than we can count, and it's often difficult to see how we'll find the solutions. Many fear our education system is not producing the creative thinkers we'll need in the times ahead. But an innovative approach to education goes beyond traditional courses and classrooms to emphasize creativity and inspiration, so... Read more

Best of Bryson City Tales

By: Walt Larimore, MD

Narrated by: Walt Larimore

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"We walked out onto a side porch, with woven-seat rocking chairs strewn across it, to look out at the hills that were literally ablaze with color--reds and yellows were painted across the promontories, with amber and orange hues specked the bluffs. The spectacular view all the way to the peak of the distant Frye Mountain reminded us of why so... Read more

Exuberance - Abridged

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

Narrated by: Anne Twomey

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The author of the bestselling An Unquiet Mind–and internationally renowned authority on mood disorders–now gives us something wonderfully different: an exploration of exuberance and how it fuels our most important creative and scientific achievements.

John Muir’s lifelong passion to save America’s wild places, Wilson Bentley’s legendary obsession... Read more

Navigating Nature Naturally

By: Brenda Peterson

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Brenda Peterson finds her spirituality in the soulfulness, humility, and forgiveness of the natural world. With a voice as gentle as her heart, she shares her first mystical encounter with the spirit of a river, and points the way to a sacredness grounded in the natural world, the wisdom of women, and the love of family. Read more

Basin and Range

By: John McPhee

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the... Read more

On the Wing - Abridged

By: Alan Tennant

Narrated by: Alan Tennant

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon -- an investigation no one before him had ever taken to such lengths.
On the Wing transports us from the windswept flats of the Texas barrier islands -- where the tundra falcons pause during their... Read more

How to Work a Room - Abridged

By: Susan RoAne

Narrated by: Susan RoAne

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over a million copies of this networking classic have been sold worldwide! Now Susan Roane's invaluable advice is available in audio

You enter a crowded room. For a moment every eye is on you. And a little voice inside you cries, "HELP!" If this has ever happened to you, you're not alone! Walking into a room full of people you don't know can be... Read more

Confidence - Abridged

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Narrated by: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the boardroom to the locker room to the living room—how winners become winners . . . and stay that way.

Is success simply a matter of money and talent? Or is there another reason why some people and organizations always land on their feet, while others, equally talented, stumble again and again?

There’s a fundamental principle at work—the... Read more