Psychology audiobooks

Lost and Found

By: Geneen Roth

Narrated by: Geneen Roth

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God maps a path to meeting one of our greatest challenges-how we deal with money. When Geneen Roth and her husband lost their life savings in the Bernard Madoff debacle, Roth joined the millions of Americans dealing with financial turbulence, uncertainty, and abrupt reversals in their... Read more

Be Different

By: John Elder Robison

Narrated by: John Elder Robison

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

“I believe those of us with Asperger’s are here for a reason, and we have much to offer. This book will help you bring out those gifts.”
 
In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison described growing up with Asperger’s syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn’t exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents... Read more

The Interpretation of Dreams

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 21 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

What are the most common dreams and why do we have them? What does a dream about death mean? What do dreams of swimming, failing, or flying symbolize?

First published by Sigmund Freud in 1899, The Interpretation of Dreams considers why we dream and what it means in the larger picture of our psychological lives. Delving into theories of... Read more

Moonwalking with Einstein

By: Joshua Foer

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory

“Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

“Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe

An instant bestseller that has now become a classic, Moonwalking... Read more

Breaking Addiction

By: Lance M. Dodes

Narrated by: John Meagher

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“Dr. Dodes’s approach runs directly counter to the paralyzing, but standard, message of ‘powerlessness’—a mes­sage that reinforces the sense of helplessness that is at the root of addicts’ life predicaments! Many psychiatrists recognize that this is where we must head, but Dr. Dodes is one with the guts to shine a beacon in the right... Read more

The Most Human Human

By: Brian Christian

Narrated by: Brian Christian

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The Most Human Human is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human. Its starting point is the annual Turing Test, which pits artificial intelligence programs against people to determine if computers can “think.”

Named for computer pioneer Alan Turing,... Read more

More Than You Can Say

By: Paul Torday

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Traumatised by a tour of duty in Iraq, Richard Gaunt returns home to his girlfriend with very little of a plan in mind. Finding it difficult to settle into civilian life, he turns to drink and gambling - and is challenged to a bet he cannot resist. All he has to do is walk from London to Oxford in under twelve hours.

But what starts as a... Read more

Faster - Abridged

By: James Gleick

Narrated by: James Gleick

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of Genius and Chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world.

Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones, computers,... Read more

Scorecasting

By: Tobias Moskowitz & L. Jon Wertheim

Narrated by: Zach McLarty

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.

Drawing from Moskowitz's... Read more

The Emotional Calendar

By: John R. Sharp, MD

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In two decades of psychiatry practice, John R. Sharp has worked with many people who experienced the same emotional distresses at specific times of the year—a young woman who became depressed before Thanksgiving, a middle-aged man who felt anxious about making his summer travel plans, people who made uncharacteristically extreme decisions as... Read more

Twin

By: Allen Shawn

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A heartbreaking yet deeply hopeful memoir about life as a twin in the face of autismWhen Allen Shawn and his twin sister, Mary, were two years old, Mary began exhibiting signs of what would be diagnosed years later as autism. Understanding Mary and making her life a happy one appeared to be impossible for the Shawns. With almost no warning, her... Read more

Practical Wisdom

By: Barry Schwartz & Kenneth Sharpe

Narrated by: Barry Schwartz

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The surest route to a happier, more productive life and future

 

Most of us want to succeed. And most of us want to do the right thing. But we often forget that the way to

succeed is by doing the right thing, as Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe remind us in Practical Wisdom:

The Right Way to Do the Right Thing. When the institutions that shape... Read more

Getting More

By: Stuart Diamond

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 18 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn the negotiation model used by Google to train employees worldwide, U.S. Special Ops to promote stability globally (“this stuff saves lives”), and families to forge better relationships.

A 20% discount on an item already on sale. A four-year-old willingly brushes his/her teeth and goes to bed. A vacationing couple... Read more

If God Were Your Therapist

By: David J. Lieberman

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

How to Stay Sane In An Insane World Given the high level of both opportunity and comfort, we would expect people to be happier than ever, and even more satisfied with their lives. The reality, though, is startlingly different. Instead of thriving and feeling empowered as a result of greater choices, we are deteriorating. Drawing on timeless... Read more

The Red Flag Rule Book

By: Tara Landon & Cheryl Anne Meyer

Narrated by: Tara Landon & Cheryl Anne Meyer

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Many women want their Mr. Right, now! And many men want their Ms. Tonight! There are a lot of books that explain how to play these fast-fix dating games; however, there are none that explain how to bring back the good old days when love had to be earned by both sexes. The Red Flag Rulebook is a tool to help women weed out the men who are not... Read more

Lessons in Loss and Living

By: Michele A. Reiss

Narrated by: Renée Raudman

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Michele A. Reiss specializes in helping clients cope with life-threatening illnesses and helping their families through the grieving process. A highly respected therapist, she counseled Randy and Jai Pausch as Randy was dying of pancreatic cancer.



Now Dr. Reiss provides comfort and counsel for listeners who are coping with the challenges of... Read more

High Self-Esteem and Unshakable Confidence

By: Made for Success

Narrated by: Larry Iverson, Zig Ziglar & Bob Proctor

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Feeling confident, enjoying your life, and being successful doesn’t happen by accident. Would knowing how to stop negative thinking be helpful to you? With the tools in this groundbreaking audio program, you will discover the best methods to change old behavior patterns and use your mind to feel poised, calm, and confident. Use the ten-minute... Read more

Sleights of Mind

By: Sandra Blakeslee, Stephen L. Macknik & Susana M...

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered how a magician saws a woman in half? Or makes coins materialize out of thin air? Or reads your mind? Magic tricks work because humans have a hardwired process of attention and awareness that is hackable. A good magician uses your mind's intrinsic properties against you in a form of mental jujitsu, to fool you every time,... Read more

Unbearable Lightness

By: Portia de Rossi

Narrated by: Portia de Rossi

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“An unusually fresh and engrossing memoir of both Hollywood and modern womanhood.” —Los Angeles Times

In this searing, unflinchingly honest memoir, actress Portia de Rossi shares the truth of her long battle to overcome anorexia and bulimia while living in the public eye, and details the new happiness and health she has found in recent... Read more

The Mind's Eye

By: Oliver Sacks

Narrated by: Oliver Sacks & Richard Davidson

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, the sense of sight. For all of... Read more

Where Good Ideas Come From

By: Steven Johnson

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? Read more

The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head

By: Gary Small & Gigi Vorgan

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

“Stories of human behavior at its most extreme….With humor, compassion, empathy, and insight, Small searches for and finds the humanity that lies hidden under even the most bizarre symptoms.”
—Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New MindA psychiatrist’s stories of his most bizarre cases, The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head by Gary Small,... Read more

Europa und die Marsianer

By: Detlef B. Linke & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Detlef B. Linke

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Was macht denn den Menschen aus, aus Sicht der Neurobiologie heute - nicht nur gegenüber Außerirdischen, sondern auch in Abgrenzung tierischer Lebensformen? Wie sichern wir die Einheit der Menschheit? Denken wir an Europa, so haben wir ja auch die Fragen der Abgrenzung vor uns, diesmal innerhalb der Menschheit, aber nicht ohne Virulenzen wie... Read more

Evolutionary Psychology I: The Science of Human Nature

By: Allen MacNeill

Narrated by: Allen MacNeill

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

"Why do we do what we do?" In this thought-provoking series of lectures, Allen D. MacNeill examines the surprising-and sometimes unsettling-answers to this most basic of human questions. The remarkable new field of evolutionary psychology takes a scientific approach to the evolution of human nature. Analyzing human behavior in relation to food,... Read more