Science & Technology audiobooks

Journey Into Wisdom

By: Pramila Jayapal

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

India, an ancient culture, has many gifts to share with the western world.  Pramila Jayapal, is an Indian-born, Western educated woman, banker turned community activist, who returns to India to explore the complex issues of progress and development, immersing herself in the life of her native land. Read more

Cyberselfish - Abridged

By: Pauline Borsook

Narrated by: Paula Parker

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From one of the most controversial personalities in the high-tech world comes this rare critique of the narcissism, ignorance and anti-communitarianism of the digital elite and their culture. Until now, the lofty pronouncements of the high-tech gurus and society's obsession with them have seldom been questioned. Sub-titled 'A Critical Romp... Read more

The Relationship Cure - Abridged

By: John Gottman, PhD & Joan De Claire

Narrated by: John Gottman, PhD & Joan De Claire

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A groundbreaking, practical program for transforming troubled relationships into positive ones

“This is the best book on relationships I have ever read. . . . John Gottman has decoded the subtle secrets that can either enrich or destroy the quality of our ties with others.” Daniel B. Wile, Ph.D., author of After the Fight: Using Your... Read more

The Monticello Dialogues, Part I: Democratic Design

By: William McDonough

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

McDonough shares how his early life growing up in Hong Kong affected his worldview, and how his work has been influenced by innovative designs of Thomas Jefferson. He describes his work with chemist Michael Braungart in designing from the point of view of nature. Read more

Close to Shore - Abridged

By: Michael Capuzzo

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.

In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual... Read more

Dot-Gone

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Spencer Michels reports from San Francisco on the ongoing corporate bloodletting in the dot-com industry. Read more

What Is Your Calling?

By: Richard Leider

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Leider points out that a calling is more than just finding a job; it involves talents, passions, environment and values. Read more

The Global Wisdom Society

By: Winston Franklin & Chris Bache

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The power of the individual, standing together with others of like mind in community and working for creative change, serves as the focal point of this spirited dialogue about the rise of a global wisdom society. Read more

Emotional Alchemy

By: Tara Bennett-Goleman & Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

We all have coping strategies that let us adapt to adversity. Yet as we grow older these thought patterns are no longer needed and we can even pay a price if we continue to use them. Learn about these patterns, called schemas, that hide our mental habits and shatter our peace of mind. Read more

Radical Son

By: David Horowitz

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 18 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally a radical socialist, the current driving force behind the rise of the Hollywood right recounts how he moved from one set of political convictions to another over the course of thirty years, and challenges readers to consider how they came by their own convictions. Read more

Engaging Creativity / Riding Change

By: David La Chapelle

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

David La Chapelle, an environmental writer and leader of over 150 Wilderness Quests, weaves together insights integrating psychology, meditation, storytelling and the creative process in considering the challenges we face today. Read more

The Wonder of Mysticism

By: Wilson Van Dusen

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Van Dusen opens up the realm of mystical experience to all by sharing from his own personal experience in a simple, authentic style.  His eloquence and exuberant passion shine through his stories. Read more

The Bhagavad Gita

By: Stephen Mitchell

Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bhagavad Gita is universally acknowledged as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core text of the Hindu tradition, one that has been translated into more than two hundred English editions. Stephen Mitchell—the acclaimed translator of Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, and the Tao Te Ching—has produced a... Read more

World War 3.0 - Abridged

By: Ken Auletta

Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The Internet Revolution, like all great industrial changes, has made the world's elephantine media companies tremble that their competitors-whether small and nimble mice or fellow elephants-will get to new terrain first and seize its commanding heights. In a climate in which fear and insecurity are considered healthy emotions, corporate violence... Read more

Escritos Y Proclamas: Simon Bolivar

By: Simon Bolivar

Narrated by: Pedro Montoya

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

El pensamiento vivo del Libertador. Simon Bolivar, el Libertador de America por antonomasia es justamente admirado, pero hay que decir que mucha gente lo considera un gran guerrero, un habil militar, pero olvidan las ideas que inspiraron a Bolivar, para convertirse en estadista guia de nuestro continente. Su prosa lucida y sus ideas se reflejan... Read more

A Guided Meditation To Help You Be Relaxed & Awake During Medical Procedures

By: Belleruth Naparstek

Narrated by: Belleruth Naparstek

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio is a soothing, calming guided meditation for medical procedures, designed at the request of Kaiser Permanente to help patients undergoing cardiac catheterization feel more relaxed and confident during their procedure. It then was adapted for use for a whole range of potentially uncomfortable or unpleasant procedures where it is... Read more

Sei du selbst und verändere die Welt

By: Dain Heer

Narrated by: Christian Trabert

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

SEI DU SELBST UND VERÄNDERE DIE WELT
Dieses Buch ist eine wahre Schatzkiste voller neuartiger Werkzeuge für die Träumer dieser Welt – die Menschen, die wissen, dass etwas anderes möglich ist, aber bisher nie das Werkzeug dazu hatten, das zu kreieren, wonach sie sich wirklich sehnten. Du!
Durch die einzigartige Betrachtungsweise von Dr. Dain Heer... Read more

The Power of Apology - Abridged

By: Beverly Engel

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Fresh and useful . . . excellent practical advice . . . thorough and lucid . . . will be welcomed by many who have struggled to ask forgiveness and to forgive."
-Publishers Weekly

A finalist in the Books for a Better Life Awards competition!

Discover the healing power of apology and put its magic to work in your life

Do you have a difficult time... Read more

Talking Dirty With the Queen of Clean - Abridged

By: Linda Cobb

Narrated by: Linda Cobb

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Talking Dirty
with the
Queen of Clean
LET HER ROYAL HIGHNESS OF HOUSEKEEPING SHOW YOU HOW TO TURN YOUR HOME INTO A SPARKLING PALACE -- IN NO TIME AT ALL!
Step aside, Martha...Here comes the Queen of Clean, and her down-to-earth housekeeping tips for those of us who live in the real world.
The Queen loves to talk housework. But she hates to do... Read more

God's Equation

By: Amir D. Aczel

Narrated by: Kent Broadhurst

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Are we on the verge of solving the riddle of creation using Einstein's "greatest blunder"?

In a work that is at once lucid, exhilarating and profound, renowned mathematician Dr. Amir Aczel, critically acclaimed author of Fermat's Last Theorem, takes us into the heart of science's greatest mystery.

In January 1998, astronomers found evidence that... Read more

Earth Wisdom

By: Brooke Medicine Eagle

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Ancient, yet new and practical ways of living in harmony with Earth's rhythms provide the focus here with Brooke Medicine Eagle, an American native Earthkeeper, teacher, healer, songwriter, ceremonial leader and sacred ecologist. Read more

Deep To The Bone

By: Marion Woodman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Woodman shares her story of "dying into life" through cancer. These quiet years allowed Woodman to delve deeper into her "bones" and gain insight into concepts of co-dependence, life transitions, addiction, spiritual practice, and surrendering. "I no longer waste my time with people who are into judgement and blame...their game is power and my... Read more

How Digital is Your Business?

By: Adrian J. Slywotzky & David J. Morrison

Narrated by: Adrian J. Slywotzky & David J. Morrison

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Adrian Slywotzky and David Morrison are back with another brilliant and practical book dealing with the big issues that keep the managers of every company awake at night: How do I keep my company from being "Amazoned," and how do I "anticipate my competitors, launch a preemptive digital strike, and completely change the landscape of my... Read more

Awakening the Buddhist Heart - Abridged

By: Lama Surya Das

Narrated by: Lama Surya Das

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Life is about relationship-the relationship we have with ourselves, with each other, with the world, as well as the connection to that which is beyond any of us yet imminent in each of us. When our relationships are good, we feel good; when they are bad, we feel awful. Let's accept it: We need each other. We need to feel connected; we need to... Read more