Science and Technology
The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Written and Narrated By: Annie Jacobsen
Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
I Am. GUTTED…
Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe
Written and Narrated By: Marcus Chown
Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
It sooo inspires Creative Thinking about Life, the Universe, EVERYthing… I felt like a total boob only paaaart of the time…!!!
By: Joey Comeau / Narrated By: Jenna Lamia
Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
Odd little story. Lovely but maaaybe better Read than Listened to.
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
By: Sam Kean / Narrated By: Sean Runnette
Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
SUCH True Science, I mean, like, reeeeally! has me Wanting ‘bout, ooooh I dunno, TWELVE of My Hours Back…?!
The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
Written and Narrated By: Giles Milton
Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
ZOUNDS!!!!!!
A Novel
Series: Samuel Johnson vs. The Devil, Book 1
By: John Connolly / Narrated By: Jonathan Cake
Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
Jolly good fun! FANTASTIC!!!
Birth, Life, and Death in the World of the Giants
By: Hannah Mumby / Narrated By: Gemma Lawrence
Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
Unwieldy wordsmithing, a LOT of time hopping, odd segues, leave this a very near miss
By: Lauren Gunderson / Narrated By: Kate Mulgrew, Francesca Faridany
Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
SAVED! by Kate Mulgrew’s character, Kate Mulgrew’s performance
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
By: Steven Johnson / Narrated By: George Newbern
Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
Oh how I do so love Steven Johnson! This one neither disappoints, nor does it go off on a meandering tangent in the end. Rather, it’s one looooong meandering and delightful tangent!!!
Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
By: Randall Munroe / Narrated By: Wil Wheaton
Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
Dunno which I enjoyed more: Munroe’s crafty, hyper intelligent wit? Or Wheaton’s raucous BOOMs?
Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
By: Joshua Davis / Narrated By: Will Damron
Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
And the battle goes on and on. And on… So very WOW-ish!
By: Todd Zwillich / Narrated By: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
A bit of a fistfight, with lots o’ history and personalities thrown in
Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
By: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer / Narrated By: Chike Johnson
Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
What a wonderful boy! What a wonderful audiobook!!!
The True Story of Santa Claus and His Christmas Mission
By: Robert Sullivan / Narrated By: John Ritter
Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
Very entertaining once past the beginning and through some audio glitches…