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Title: Breakdown and Back, Part I

Author: Marjorie Van Halteren

Narrator: Marjorie Van Halteren

Format: Original Recording

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-19-01

Publisher: Jay Allison Productions

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

The first of three half-hour radio documentaries on one woman's experience of a nervous breakdown. This Peabody Award-winning radio piece blends reality and fantasy - her poetry and music, real and imagined scenes, and interviews with her family and friends. A Jay Allison co-production with Marjorie Van Halterin and Lou Giansante.

© Jay Allison

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Title: The Diamond Sutra

Subtitle: The Buddha Also Said...

Author: OSHO

Narrator: OSHO

Format: Original Recording

Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-15

Publisher: Osho International

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 31 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Written more than 25 centuries ago, the Diamond Sutra is the first text to record the Buddha's own teachings, and it remains one of the most popular. Osho comments in a series of talks on these sutras and brings Buddha's teachings into the 21st century.

One day, after the Buddha finishes his daily walk to collect alms, a senior monk steps forth to ask how he can best help humanity. Buddha responds, and thus begins a dialogue regarding the nature of perception.

In this series of talks, Osho offers his unique interpretation of the Buddha's words, writing in an easy, humorous, and conversational style that makes even the most complex ideas understandable.

Members Reviews:

A true teacher of the Buddhist texts

Osho has the ability to teach exactly what needs to be heard as a vehicle to enlightenment. I have never heard concepts and 'mind' explained in such ways. I would highly recommend this book to any spiritual seekers looking for truth.

Amazing

Im at loss of words. This is brilliant.

Youll probably enjoy it more if you have some Buddhism background, but really anyone could pick it up and benefit from it.

The Taste of Enlightenment

Along with the Heart Sutra, this is one of the most evocative and inspiring interpretation of the Dharma.

Oshos insights about Buddhism are luminous.

Not a book on Buddhism

many factual inacurracies were presented diring his lectures. it was intetesting to hear a cult leader demand obiedience without question from his "diciples"

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Title: Siddhartha's Brain

Subtitle: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment

Author: James Kingsland

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-26-16

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 122 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

A groundbreaking exploration of the "science of enlightenment", told through the lens of the journey of Siddhartha (better known as Buddha), by Guardian science editor James Kingsland.

In a lush grove on the banks of the Neranjara in Northern India - 400 years before the birth of Christ, when the foundations of Western science and philosophy were being laid by the great minds of ancient Greece - a prince turned ascetic wanderer sat beneath a fig tree. His name was Siddhartha Gautama, and he was discovering the astonishing capabilities of the human brain and the secrets of mental wellness and spiritual "enlightenment" - the foundation of Buddhism.

Framed by the historical journey and teachings of the Buddha, Siddhartha's Brain shows how meditative and Buddhist practices anticipated the findings of modern neuroscience. Moving from the evolutionary history of the brain to the disorders and neuroses associated with our technology-driven world, James Kingsland explains why the ancient practice of mindfulness has been so beneficial to and so important for human beings across time. Far from a New Age fad, the principles of meditation have deep scientific support and have been proven to be effective in combating many contemporary psychiatric disorders. Siddhartha posited that "our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think". As we are increasingly driven to distraction by competing demands, our ability to focus and control our thoughts has never been more challenged - or more vital.

Siddhartha's Brain offers a cutting-edge, big-picture assessment of meditation and mindfulness: how they work, what they do to our brains, and why meditative practice has never been more important.

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Members Reviews:

Wonderful!

This book is worth four stars based solely on the skillful summary of scientific evidence on the benefits of mindfulness. The author is an experienced science writer and it shows.

The book earns a fifth star for the surprising, ambitious, thoughtful chapter on "The Fall," which claims that mental illness and suffering evolved in the African Savannah, when humans diverged from chimps. It is a fascinating theory that puts the book's claims in a much broader perspective. As I listened to the final chapters on the mindfulness studies, I found myself anxious for this chapter to arrive.

Any drawbacks are minor: The summaries of the science are repetitive at times, but the author breaks up the parade of data with interesting and illustrative anecdotes. The speculation about the biology of "Siddhartha's Brain" feels a little clumsy and forced at timesbut it's a small part of the book, and it helps to emphasize the secular and scientific dimension of the book's argument. (I.e., the Buddha had a brain, too, like the rest of us.)

An Excellent Book.

The author did an excellent job of comparing Science and Buddhism. One of my all time favorite 100 books.

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Title: Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology: From Human Minds to Divine Minds

Author: Justin L. Barrett

Narrator: Timothy J. Danko

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-12

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology is the eighth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, well-known cognitive scientist Justin L. Barrett offers an accessible overview of this interdisciplinary field, reviews key findings in this area, and discusses the implications of these findings for religious thought and practice.

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of minds and mental activity, and as such, it addresses a fundamental feature of what it is to be human. Further, in so far as religious traditions concern ideas and beliefs about the nature of humans, the nature of the world, and the nature of the divine, cognitive science can contribute both directly and indirectly to these theological concerns. Barrett shows how direct contributions come from the growing area called cognitive science of religion (CSR), which investigates how human cognitive systems inform and constrain religious thought, experience, and expression. CSR attempts to provide answers to questions such as: Why it is that humans tend to be religious? And why are certain ideas (e.g. the possibility of an afterlife) so cross-culturally recurrent? Barrett also covers the indirect implications that cognitive science has for theology, such as human similarities and differences with the animal world, freedom and determinism, and the relationship between minds and bodies.

>Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology critically reviews the research on these fascinating questions and discusses the many implications that arise from them. In addition, this short volume also offers suggestions for future research, making it ideal not only for those looking for an overview of the field thus far, but also for those seeking a glimpse of where the field might be going in the future.

The book is published by Templeton Press.

Critic Reviews:

"Kudos to Justin Barrett for this informative tour of cutting-edge cognitive science. For anyone who wonders why, and how, people believe, Barrett has cogent answers." (David G. Myers, Hope College)

"Progress is rapidly accelerating in the cognitive science of religion thanks to the pioneering work of Justin Barrett." (Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., past president of the American Psychological Association's Division of the Psychology of Religion)

Members Reviews:

The only audio book on the subject I could find

After listening to Thinking Fast and Slow first, I think Barrets book is a good review of the latest cognitive science research but where Thinking Fast and Slow doesnt consider the question of whether God exists or not, Barret seems to use the research to support the argument (as I understand it) that since a belief in a god exists in a mind, it must have been perceived, and since most perceptions are likely to be true, then the perception that a god exists is likely to be true.

For me, this sort of argument works in Dodge ball, but not in investment decisions.

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Title: Happy City

Subtitle: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

Author: Charles Montgomery

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 133 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for the environmental and resource crises of our time. But is it better or worse for our happiness? Are subways, sidewalks, and tower dwelling improvements on the car dependence of sprawl?

Award-winning journalist Charles Montgomery finds answers to such questions at the intersection between urban design and the emerging science of happiness and during an exhilarating journey through some of the world's most dynamic cities. He meets the visionary mayor who introduced a "sexy" lipstick-red bus to ease status anxiety in Bogotá; the architect who brought the lessons of medieval Tuscan hill towns to modern-day New York City; the activist who turned Paris' urban freeways into beaches; and an army of American suburbanites who have transformed their lives by hacking the designs of their streets and neighborhoods. Full of rich historical detail and new insights from psychologists and Montgomery's own urban experiments, Happy City is an essential tool for understanding and improving our own communities.

Critic Reviews:

"The book will likely make you a believer." (

Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

great book

I love how or brought a lot of different ideas and issues together and solved them all with one idea. Enjoyed the read....I listened to it at 1.5 speed. We all need to walk and bike more.. .

Politicians & Civil Engineers

Politicians and civil engineers must read this book. This is another example of how we must analyze and rethink how we live our lives.

lots to think about.

Made me happy that be spending the summer car free and at the community garden.

A 21st century approach to urban design.

Absolutely mind-blowing.

The dreams of a bright future are made whole by collection of this work.

Must read

Anyone who has ever wondered why it's so hard to make friends as an adult, or why it no longer feels safe to let their kids play outside, or who hates traffic and wants to see less of it, or who wonders why it's so hard to keep fit, or any other complaint about modern life, this book is a must read.

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Title: The Hidden Brain

Subtitle: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives

Author: Shankar Vedantam

Narrator: Steve West

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-10

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 239 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

The "hidden brain" is Shankar Vedantam's shorthand for a host of brain functions, emotional responses, and cognitive processes that happen outside of our conscious awareness, but that have a decisive effect on how we behave.

The hidden brain has its finger on the scale when we make all of our most complex and important decisions - it decides who we fall in love with, whether we should convict someone of murder, or which way to run when someone yells "fire!" It explains why we can become riveted by the story of a single puppy adrift on an ocean but are quickly bored by a story of genocide. The hidden brain can also be deliberately manipulated to vote against someone's interest, or even to become a suicidal terrorist. But the most disturbing thing is that it can do all of this without our knowing.

Shankar Vedantam, longtime author of the Washington Post's popular Department of Human Behavior column, takes us on a tour of this phenomenon and explores its consequences. Using original reporting that combines the latest scientific research with fascinating narratives that take listeners from the American campaign trail to terrorist indoctrination camps, from the World Trade Center on 9/11 to, yes, a puppy adrift in the Pacific Ocean, Vedantam illuminates the dark recesses of our minds while making an original argument about how we can compensate for our mental blindness - and what happens when we don't.

Members Reviews:

Adjunct Instructor of Psychology

This is a fascinating look at behavior. I use it to strengthen my classes in Psychology and Human Development. I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in human behavior and the brain.

It's a fairly good book, all things considered

I bought this book in a buying binge of what I like to call "Pop Psychology". I figured this would be another knock off of Malcolm Gladwell's books or Dan Ariely's books, but it wasn't. This fellow went fairly deep into similar subjects as the above mentioned authors, he leaned a bit more into the neurological side, but he did it in an interesting and original way. So, in my opinion you won't be wasting your money if you pick this book up and take a good listen.

Does your mind really make decisions?

Interesting research explained in an easy to understand manner. I recommend this book to anyone who believes that their decisions are based in logic.

Not Vedantam's best work

Shankar Vedantam is one of the great science journalists of our time, but he doesn't shine in this book after the first few chapters.

It may be the format-- as a journalist, and on his radio program, his stories are always short, punchy, and leave you wondering about the broader implications of the principles he talks about. Here, he organizes the book into what he calls "concentric circles", starting with the very specific and spiraling out towards broader implications of acknowledging the hidden brain. The first few chapters were engrossing, captivating, almost like a murder mystery. But once he delivered the punchline halfway through-- that rationality is largely an illusion and that many of our actions are controlled by the hidden brain-- the stories lost momentum.

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Title: Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?

Subtitle: And Other Reflections on Being Human

Author: Jesse Bering

Narrator: Jesse Bering

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-12

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 274 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does free will really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway? In Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?, the research psychologist and award-winning columnist Jesse Bering features more than thirty of his most popular essays from Scientific American and Slate, as well as two new pieces, that take readers on a bold and captivating journey through some of the most taboo issues related to evolution and human behavior. Exploring the history of cannibalism, the neurology of people who are sexually attracted to animals, the evolution of human body fluids, the science of homosexuality, and serious questions about life and death, Bering astutely covers a generous expanse of our kaleidoscope of quirks and origins.

With his characteristic irreverence and trademark cheekiness, Bering leaves no topic unturned or curiosity unexamined, and he does it all with an audaciously original voice. Whether youre interested in the psychological history behind the many facets of sexual desire or the evolutionary patterns that have dictated our current mystique and phallic physique, Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? is bound to create lively discussion and debate for years to come.

Members Reviews:

Entertaining

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Entertaining, revealing, changing

What was one of the most memorable moments of Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That??

The author's own experiences realizing he was gay at a young age and relating what it was like growing up gay. I love his total openness in relating his own experiences and beliefs. He lays it right out there, like more people should.

Have you listened to any of Jesse Bering???s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed the book. Perhaps not all of his research is scientifically spot on as some reviewers pointed out, but most of it is, plus the story was very entertaining and it left me with some new perspectives. I love books that really make you think and this book accomplishes that!

Brilliant and entertaining.

This is my first book by Jesse Bering and will not be the last. He writes fairly succinct chapters an a variety or topics, all well researched. I found his narration excellent - for me there is something special added when a passionate author narrates their work. I also loved his sense of humour, although if you are easily offended, listen anyway :)

Humor and science mixed

Would you listen to Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? again? Why?

Jesse Bering answers all those nagging little question about human gentiles, they reason why they're shaped like that, adding not only humor but his own brand of "punny" humor.

What did you like best about this story?

While some of the research and science - not much, just some - wasn't my cup of tea, Jesse Bering did an excellent job of creating an excellent flow from one subject to the next.

Which scene was your favorite?

Although I can't say I have a favorite chapter, the fact that Jesse Bering read his own book was an extra pleasure. Mr.

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Title: The Secret Life of Pronouns

Subtitle: What Our Words Say About Us

Author: James W. Pennebaker

Narrator: Robert Fass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-12-12

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 136 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

We spend our lives communicating. In the last 50 years, we've zoomed through radically different forms of communication, from typewriters to tablet computers, text messages to tweets. We generate more and more words with each passing day. Hiding in that deluge of language are amazing insights into who we are, how we think, and what we feel.

In The Secret Life of Pronouns, social psychologist and language expert James W. Pennebaker uses his groundbreaking research in computational linguistics - in essence, counting the frequency of words we use - to show that our language carries secrets about our feelings, our self-concept, and our social intelligence. Our most forgettable words, such as pronouns and prepositions, can be the most revealing: their patterns are as distinctive as fingerprints.

Using innovative analytic techniques, Pennebaker X-rays everything from Craigslist advertisements to the Federalist Papers - or your own writing, in quizzes you can take yourself - to yield unexpected insights. Who would have predicted that the high-school student who uses too many verbs in her college admissions essay is likely to make lower grades in college? Or that a world leader's use of pronouns could reliably presage whether he will lead his country into war? You'll learn why it's bad when politicians use "we" instead of "I", what Lady Gaga and William Butler Yeats have in common, and how Ebenezer Scrooge's syntax hints at his self-deception and repressed emotion. Barack Obama, Sylvia Plath, and King Lear are among the figures who make cameo appearances in this sprightly, surprising tour of what our words are saying - whether we mean them to or not.

Critic Reviews:

"A comprehensive investigation of how our words... reveal important insights about our behavior, emotions and personalities." (

Kirkus)

"Penetrating lively and accessible Paying closer attention to function words [Pennebaker] advises, can help us understand the social relations that those words reflect. Unfortunately, we might not be able to pay proper attention until were all equipped with automatic word counters. Until that day, we have Pennebaker as an indefatigable guide to the little words that he boldly calls 'keys to the soul.'" (

The New York Times Book Review)

Members Reviews:

Interesting exploration of language subtleties

I enjoyed Pennebaker's research and insight into how the "little words" we use, those sly little buggers like articles and pronouns, have such a big impact on the messages we convey and receive, and how we process them primarily through our subconscious mind. The dissection of corporate and political communications he used as examples throughout helped to clarify and reinforce his points.

The narration was a good match for the material. The narrator's pace, diction and inflection complemented the content and gave it life, delivering Pennebaker's subtle humor in just the right manner and reading more like a story than a dry research paper.

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Title: Transformation: Emergence of the Self

Subtitle: Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology

Author: Murray Stein

Narrator: Tim Lundeen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-12

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 29 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

In Transformation: Emergence of the Self, noted analyst and author Murray Stein explains what this process is, and what it means for an individual to experience it. Transformation usually occurs at midlife, but is much more complicated than what we colloquially call a midlife crisis. Consciously working through this life stage can lead people to become who they are and have always potentially been. Indeed, Stein suggests, transformation is the essential human task. Stein first details how this process of transformation emerges and develops in an individual. Why does this transformation occur? And, more specifically, why does it so often occur in midlife?

Using the example of poet Rainer Maria Rilke, Stein clearly and carefully walks the listener through the hows and whys of the transformation process. Looking at C. G. Jung's life, Stein then explains how transformative images stimulate the transformation process by suggesting new ways of thinking and living. Intimate relationships, like those between a husband and a wife or a doctor and a patient, can also play a very powerful role in transformation. Finally, Stein examines the process in the lives of three important people, Jung, Picasso, and Rembrandt, whose experiences of transformation led to even greater creativity and freedom.

This book is successful both as an easy-to-understand elucidation of the transformation process and as an invitation to personal change. For those people who would like to learn what a meaningful second half of life could be like, Transformation: Emergence of the Self is an inspiring place to start.

Critic Reviews:

"Although many important books have emerged from the field of analytical psychology, I have encountered none that speaks more directly to the needs of the soul in our time than Murray Stein's new and exciting book

Transformation.... This 148-page artfully argued tour de force...I believe to be Stein's master work." (

San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal)

"If Murray Stein lectures as he writes, then he is a master storyteller indeed." (

Journal of Analytical Psychology)

Members Reviews:

Not a light read, but good insight

This is an in depth study looking at spiritual enlightment, or more precisely midlife return to true self, using a few very well known artists and thought leaders. If you aren't familiar with Carl Jung, the vocabulary could be overwhelming.

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Title: Happy City

Subtitle: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

Author: Charles Montgomery

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 133 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for the environmental and resource crises of our time. But is it better or worse for our happiness? Are subways, sidewalks, and tower dwelling improvements on the car dependence of sprawl?

Award-winning journalist Charles Montgomery finds answers to such questions at the intersection between urban design and the emerging science of happiness and during an exhilarating journey through some of the world's most dynamic cities. He meets the visionary mayor who introduced a "sexy" lipstick-red bus to ease status anxiety in Bogotá; the architect who brought the lessons of medieval Tuscan hill towns to modern-day New York City; the activist who turned Paris' urban freeways into beaches; and an army of American suburbanites who have transformed their lives by hacking the designs of their streets and neighborhoods. Full of rich historical detail and new insights from psychologists and Montgomery's own urban experiments, Happy City is an essential tool for understanding and improving our own communities.

Critic Reviews:

"The book will likely make you a believer." (

Publishers Weekly)

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