Politics & Economy audiobooks

First Platoon

By: Annie Jacobsen

Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful story of war in our time, of love of country, the experience of tragedy, and a platoon at the center of it all.

This is a story that starts off close and goes very big. The initial part of the story might sound familiar at first: it is about a platoon of mostly nineteen-year-old boys sent to Afghanistan, and an experience that ends... Read more

Mindf*ck

By: Christopher Wylie

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first time, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower tells the inside story of the data mining and psychological manipulation behind the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum, connecting Facebook, WikiLeaks, Russian intelligence, and international hackers.

“Mindf*ck demonstrates how digital influence operations, when they... Read more

Power and Progress

By: Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 15 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson overturn conventional wisdom about how economies work--revealing the untold story of who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity--in a work that fundamentally transforms how we look at and understand the world.

Throughout history, technological change — whether it... Read more

Celebrity Nation

By: Landon Y. Jones

Narrated by: Jean-François Montoya

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A former People magazine editor reveals how our cult of celebrity has shaped our politics, our culture, and our personal lives—for better or worse

From the writer and editor who coined the term “baby boomer” comes Celebrity Nation, an exploration into how and why fame no longer stems only from heroic achievements but from the number of “likes”... Read more

The Age of the Strongman

By: Gideon Rachman

Narrated by: John Hopkins & Gideon Rachman

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of Easternization, an award-winning journalist, offers an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the globe, charting the most urgent political story of our era.

We are in a new era: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as... Read more

Mission at Nuremberg

By: Tim Townsend

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Mission at Nuremberg is Tim Townsend's gripping story of the American Army chaplain sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, a compelling and thought-provoking tale that raises questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, salvation, and the essence of humanity.



Lutheran minister Henry Gerecke was fifty years... Read more

Underground Empire

By: Henry Farrell & Abraham Newman

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems

America’s security state first started to weaponize these channels after 9/11, when... Read more

American Playbook

By: Clay Travis

Narrated by: Clay Travis

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Popular radio host and bestselling author Clay Travis offers a unique playbook approach to politics, outlining how Republicans can win elections and win back the country through the lens of sports metaphors.

Republicans are in a losing period. The last election should have been a wake-up call for the current moment. If the GOP wants to turn its... Read more

Henry Clay

By: Harlow Giles Unger

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling new biography of America’s most powerful Speaker of the House, who held the divided nation together for three decades and who was Lincoln’s guiding lightIn a little known chapter of early American history, a fearless Kentucky lawyer rids Congress of corruption and violence in an era when congressmen debated with bullets as well as... Read more

The Hamilton Collection

By: Dan Tucker

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The subject of a New York Times best-selling biography and a Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, interest in Alexander Hamilton is at an all-time high. This carefully curated collection of Hamilton's writings gives the reader an intimate glimpse into the mind of our most misunderstood founding father.

The smash-hit musical Hamilton presents its... Read more

El Príncipe

By: Nicolás Maquiavelo

Narrated by: Martín Quirós (voz sintética)

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

El Príncipe de Nicolás Maquiavelo es una obra clásica de la literatura política que ha perdurado a lo largo de los siglos. Publicado por primera vez en 1532, este tratado se ha convertido en una guía fundamental para los líderes y gobernantes de todo el mundo. En El Príncipe, Maquiavelo ofrece consejos y estrategias para aquellos que desean... Read more

Death Penalty Debate

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

PBS NewsHour presents the various meanings of Timothy McVeigh's execution as seen by two death penalty proponents and two opponents. Read more

How to Be an Epicurean

By: Catherine Wilson

Narrated by: Ana Clements

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer
Epicureanism has a reputation problem, bringing to mind gluttons with gout or an admonition to eat, drink, and be merry. In How to Be an Epicurean, philosopher Catherine Wilson shows that Epicureanism isn't an excuse for having a good time:... Read more

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics

By: Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, ...

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The four most powerful African American women in politics share the story of their friendship and how it has changed politics in America.

The lives of black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the... Read more

Saints and Soldiers

By: Rita Katz

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

More than a decade ago, counterterrorism expert Rita Katz began browsing white supremacist and neo-Nazi forums. The hateful rhetoric and constant threats of violence immediately reminded her of jihadist militants, but law enforcement and policy makers barely paid attention to the Far Right. Now, years of attacks committed by extremists... Read more

Edward Snowden's Revelations and Vladimir Putin's Chess Game

By: Berlin Julien Theodore

Narrated by: Frank Rodriguez

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This book 'Edward Snowden's Revelations and Vladimir Putin's Chess Game' tells the fascinating tale of one of the most incredible events in American history. It will take you through the deepest darkest secrets of world politics and how Superpower countries are plotting in this game, trying to over one another while using others as Pawns in the... Read more

The Anarchy

By: William Dalrymple

Narrated by: Sid Sagar

Length: 15 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019
A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET... Read more

Superheroes, Movies, and the State

By: Tricia Jenkins & Tom Secker

Narrated by: Christopher Douyard

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Superheroes, Movies, and the State sets a new standard for exploring the government-Hollywood relationship as it persuasively documents the critical role different government agencies have played in shaping characters, stories, and even the ideas behind the hottest entertainment products. Jenkins and Secker cover a wide range of US government... Read more

We're Speaking

By: Hitha Palepu

Narrated by: Hitha Palepu

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspirational lessons about life, work, and overcoming adversity—drawn from Kamala Harris's norm-shattering ascent to Vice President of the United States.
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Kamala Harris is one of our country's most awe-inspiring political figures, dawning on a new age as the first—but not last—Black and Asian-American female Vice President. Having spent her... Read more

Food

By: Fabio Parasecoli

Narrated by: Levi Squier

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Everybody eats. We may even consider ourselves experts on the topic, or at least Instagram experts. But are we aware that the shrimp in our freezer may be farmed and frozen in Vietnam, the grapes in our fruit bowl shipped from Chile, and the coffee in our coffee maker grown in Nicaragua, roasted in Germany, and distributed in Canada? Whether we... Read more

The Race to the Top

By: Nazir Afzal

Narrated by: Nazir Afzal

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A New Statesman ‘most anticipated title of the year’ ‘Compelling.’ David Lammy MP ‘Refreshing,’ Pragya Agarwal A powerful intervention roundly debunking the myth of progress in racial equality — particularly in the workplace — and offering a... Read more

Plans For Your Good

By: Scott Morrison

Narrated by: Scott Morrison & Mike Pence

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author. Scott Morrison, Australia's 30th Prime Minister (2018-2022), offers a unique insider's account of a Christian who was open about his faith and operated at the top level of politics for more than a decade. During one of the toughest periods since the second world war, covering drought, wildfires, a global pandemic and... Read more

Theoderic the Great

By: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 23 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454–526). This engaging history of his life and reign immerses readers in the world of the warrior-king who ushered in... Read more

The Hunting of Hillary

By: Michael D'Antonio

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The Hunting of Hillary traces how an entire industry of hate, lies, and fear was created to persecute Hillary Clinton for decades and profit from it.

In The Hunting of Hillary, presidential biographer Michael D’Antonio details the years of lies and insults heaped upon Hillary Clinton as she pursued a life devoted to politics and policy. The worst... Read more