Science & Technology audiobooks

Aging Gracefully

By: Andrew Weil, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

With engaging candor and practical common sense, Dr. Andrew Weil shares stories of his mother, who died at age 93; centenarians from Okinawa and Sardinia; and myths and legends. He explores common Western beliefs and attitudes about aging and urges listeners to develop healthier perspectives. Read more

The Wild And Timeless Poet

By: Thomas Rain Crowe

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“You don’t need to go looking for answers. Probably the best way to find them is to stop looking for them, in the sense of being still and being in one place.” These words from Thomas Rain Crowe come straight from his own experience. After following the poet’s path through Ireland, France, and the beat neighborhoods of San Francisco, he found a... Read more

Henry Ford, Consumerism, Consciousness and a New America

By: Steven Watts

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

After five years culling through Henry Ford's lifetime collection of personal notes and documents, and records of interviews with his colleagues and employees, Mr. Watts brings us a picture of a man whose impact on our society extends far beyond the automobile and the assembly line. Read more

Eminent Lives: The Presidents Collection

By: James Atlas, Michael Korda, Paul Johnson & Chri...

Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Three great historians write compelling, relevent biographies of three of our most important and famous presidents in this collection of Eminent LivesMichael Korda brings his acclaimed storytelling talents to the life of Ulysses S. Grant—a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, serve two terms as president, write one of the... Read more

Motherless Mothers - Abridged

By: Hope Edelman

Narrated by: Hope Edelman

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Hope Edelman published Motherless Daughters about the long-term effects of early mother loss, the book touched a nerve in women across the country, and went on to become an enduring New York Times bestseller. Edelman, who was seventeen when her own mother died, told the collective story of mother loss with such candor, empathy, and informed... Read more

Cod

By: Mark Kurlansky

Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The cod has played a vital part in livelihoods, diets, and health in general—as well as roles in national economies and international wars. Drawing on his love of food and food culture, Mark Kurlansky leaps into history and folklore to explore how this innocuous fish had such an impact over the centuries. Kurlansky recounts how the cod spurred... Read more

At Blackwater Pond

By: Mary Oliver

Narrated by: Mary Oliver

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Mary Oliver has published twenty-one volumes of poetry and six books of prose in the span of five decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings. With At Blackwater Pond, Mary Oliver gives her audience what they've longed to hear: the poet's voice reading her own work. In this audio, she has recorded forty of her favorite poems,... Read more

A Gentler Way to Communicate

By: Marshall Rosenberg

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, diagnose and to think and communicate in terms of “right” and “wrong” – all of which can generate needless conflict. Rosenberg has developed a form of communication that provides a peaceful alternative to the violence that underlies most of our communication. Read more

Crazybusy

By: Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you too busy? Are you always running behind? Is your calendar loaded with more than you can possibly accomplish? Is it driving you crazy? You're not alone. Crazybusy–the modern phenomenon of brain overload–is a national epidemic. Without intending for it to happen, we've plunged ourselves into a mad rush of activity, expecting our brains to... Read more

Crazybusy - Abridged

By: Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

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

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Look at what's happened to the usual how-are-you exchange. It used to go like this: "How are you?" "Fine." Now it often goes like this: "How are you?" "Busy." Or "Too busy." Or simply "Crazy."

Without intending for it to happen or knowing how, when, or why it got started, many people now find that they live in a rush they never wanted. If... Read more

Rethinking Our Love Affair With Technology

By: Bob Seidensticker

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Bob Seidensticker has been at the fifty-yard line of technology since the 1970s, when computers had 64 kilobytes of memory and ran on disks larger than car tires. He graduated from M.I.T., and worked for I.B.M. and Microsoft. But from his vantage point as an inside player, the current technological revolution is just another day at the ballpark. Read more

Obvious Healing

By: Larry Dossey, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Larry Dossey, long hailed as one of the founding fathers of mind-body medicine, directs our attention to simple sources of healing that have been available for centuries, from the power of optimism, the surprising usefulness of dirt and bugs, and even to the benefits of doing nothing. Read more

The Great Influenza

By: John M. Barry

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 19 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four weeks than AIDS has killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death... Read more

Precious Human Life

By: Arnaud Maitland

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Author and lifelong practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, Arnaud Maitland, reveals how grief over the loss of his mother deepened his ability to apply the Buddhist teachings in his own life. Read more

Till Death Do Us Part

By: Matt Birkbeck & Robi Ludwig

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Every day six people are murdered in the United States by a spouse or intimate partner. The stories of killer spouses capture the public's attention—we wonder how such normal and seemingly happy people can go over the edge. In every relationship there are "extreme moments" where scary feelings surface. But what happens when those feelings turn... Read more

WHY DO CLOCKS RUN CLOCKWISE - Abridged

By: David Feldman

Narrated by: David Feldman

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ponder, if you will ...
What is the difference between a kit and a caboodle?
Why don't people get goose bumps on their faces?
Where do houseflies go in the winter?
What causes that ringing sound in your ears?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? -- the unchallenged source of answers... Read more

Field Notes From a Catastrophe - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Kolbert

Narrated by: Hope Davis

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous path, the world has reached a critical threshold. By the end of the century, it will likely be hotter than at any... Read more

Der Prophet

By: Khalil Gibran

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

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Evolutionary Spirituality: Bridging the Spectrum of Belief

By: Connie Barlow & Michael Dowd

Narrated by: Craig Hamilton

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

It's possible that evolution might not only be reconciled with religion, but in fact become the very foundation of a rich, new spiritual vision. Read more

You're Wearing That?

By: Deborah Tannen

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Deborah Tannen's #1 New York Times bestseller You Just Don’t Understand revolutionized communication between women and men. Now, in her most provocative and engaging book to date, she takes on what is potentially the most fraught and passionate connection of women’s lives: the mother-daughter relationship.
It was Tannen who first showed us that... Read more

You're Wearing That? - Abridged

By: Deborah Tannen

Narrated by: Deborah Tannen

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Deborah Tannen's #1 New York Times bestseller You Just Don’t Understand revolutionized communication between women and men. Now, in her most provocative and engaging book to date, she takes on what is potentially the most fraught and passionate connection of women’s lives: the mother-daughter relationship.
It was Tannen who first showed us that... Read more

Sex and the Seasoned Woman

By: Gail Sheehy

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experience. . . . She can be alternately sweet, tart, bubbly, mellow. She can be maternal and playful. Bossy and submissive. Strong and soft. . . . The seasoned woman knows who she is. She could be any one of us, as long as she is committed to living fully and passionately in the second... Read more

Sex and the Seasoned Woman - Abridged

By: Gail Sheehy

Narrated by: Gail Sheehy

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experience. . . . She can be alternately sweet, tart, bubbly, mellow. She can be maternal and playful. Bossy and submissive. Strong and soft. . . . The seasoned woman knows who she is. She could be any one of us, as long as she is committed to living fully and passionately in the second... Read more

The Physics of Star Trek - Abridged

By: Lawrence M. Krauss

Narrated by: Lawrence M. Krauss

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A must for any serious Trekker or for anyone who wants an easy-to-understand introductionto the world of physics.
What exactly "warps" when you are traveling at warp speed? Whatis the difference between the holodeck and a hologram? What happens whenyou get beamed up? Are time loops really possible, and can I kill my grandmotherbefore I was... Read more