A Short History of Nearly Everything

Written by Bill Bryson
Read by Bill Bryson

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 6, 2003
Price: $29.95

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of... Read more >

The Universe in a Nutshell

Written by Stephen Hawking
Read by Simon Prebble

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $29.95

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Like many in the community of theoretical physicists, Professor Hawking is after the Grail of science-the Theory of Everything that lies at the heart of the cosmos. He involves us in the attempts at uncovering its secrets-from supergravity to supersymmetry, from quantum theory to M-theory, from holography... Read more >

A Briefer History of Time

Written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
Read by Erik Davies

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $30.00

Stephen Hawking’s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author’s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the universe... Read more >

Isaac's Storm
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Written by Erik Larson
Read by Edward Herrmann

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $19.99

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a... Read more >

The Joy of Living
Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Written by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Eric Swanson
Read by Jason Scott Campbell

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $29.95

For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice have long eluded some of the best minds in modern science. Until now.
In this groundbreaking work, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to join him in... Read more >

The Planets

Written by Dava Sobel
Read by Lorna Raver

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 4, 2005
Price: $29.95

THE PLANETS is Dava Sobel's sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy. In the spirit of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Sobel once again brings science and history deftly to life as she explores the origins of the planets and reveals the exotic environments that exist in each of these fascinating alien worlds... Read more >

The Fabric of the Cosmos
Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
Written by Brian Greene
Read by Erik Davies

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 3, 2005
Price: $20.00

From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.

Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does... Read more >

Panic in Level 4
Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science
Written by Richard Preston
Read by James Lurie

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $34.95

Bizarre illnesses and plagues that kill people in the most unspeakable ways. Obsessive and inspired efforts by scientists to solve mysteries and save lives. From The Hot Zone to The Demon in the Freezer and beyond, Richard Preston’s bestselling works have mesmerized readers everywhere by showing them strange worlds of nature... Read more >

Too Far From Home
A Story of Life and Death in Space
Written by Chris Jones
Read by Erik Davies

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $29.95

An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer spaceIn the nearly forty years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has come to be seen as a routine enterprise—at least until the shuttle Columbia disintegrated like the Challenger before it, reminding us, once again, that... Read more >

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Written by Rebecca Skloot

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $35.00

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are... Read more >