In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story....

The Undoing Project is about the fascinating collaboration between two men who have the dimensions of great literary figures. They became heroes in the university....

Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....

MythBusters’ Adam Savage - Discovery Channel star and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech - shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully turning your idea into reality....

James Gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science....

A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station....

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades....

Thomas Maier offers an unprecedented look at Masters and Johnson, their pioneering studies of intimacy, and their lasting impact on the love lives of today's men and women....

The best-selling author of Inside Steve's Brain profiles Apple's legendary chief designer, Jonathan Ive....

This audiobook includes biographies on the following men: Benjamin Franklin, Nikola Tesla, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison. Listen to learn more....

Explorer and inventor, soldier and poet, archaeologist and diplomat, Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was the most versatile and remarkable man of his age. But he was foremost an adventurer. Byron Farwell brilliantly recreates the sheer excitement of Burton’s achievements....

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium....

Albert Einstein was an outstanding physician and mathematician of the 20th century. He was a pure genius who created a formula that would build a bomb capable of killing thousands at a time. Albert learned to play the violin. He could play a few notes on the piano or the violin, and then he would jot down notes on some theory. Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922. 

Colonists are often defined as people who moved from a civilized country to a non-civilized country to form new communities modeled on their old country. Meet five amazing people who embarked upon great adventurous journeys; in some cases not always voluntarily. Discover how they adapted to new worlds and cultures as they share their stories of survival and success.  

The world would not be the world we know today without explorers. Journey with Captain James Cook from his birthplace in Yorkshire to the frontiers of his explorations, to the vast Pacific Ocean and beyond. Gain a new insight into the real life of Christopher Columbus, whose explorations are still felt today. The lesser-known Yuri Gagarin is often referred to as "The Columbus of the Cosmos". The territories he explored were of course very different to those of Columbus but are no less amazing.  

Find out how some women took their opportunities and made successful careers. They had one thing in common. They used their time well. You can learn how to do likewise by hearing the life stories of five incredible women. Meet Edith Piaf, French cabaret singer who shot to internatinal stardom; American Nancy Astor, who was the first woman to take her seat in the British House of Commons; Maria Montessori, doctor and educator; Eva Peron, entertainer and a politician; and Karen Horney, who became the first female to qualify and practice in the fields of psychoanalysis and psychiatry.

What is it that makes one person fall in love with another? Explore this eternal question in this unique audio collection, which provides a unique perspective on great love stories that feature amazing characters including Emperor Napoleon and Josephine, Marina Gamba and her lover, Galileo, William Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway. Explore what drew these people together and what pulled them apart. 

As the world becomes smaller and air travel more commonplace, do we always remember those amazing people whose bravery and vision has made it possible for us to travel around to the far ends of the earth? Take a fascinating flight through the lives of some of the world’s most celebrated aviators!