Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Benedict Option

By: Rod Dreher

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The light of the Christian faith is flickering out all over the West, and only the willfully blind refuse to see it. From the outside, American churches are beset by challenges to religious liberty in a rapidly secularizing culture. From the inside, they are being hollowed out by the departure of young people and a watered-down... Read more

You Can't Say That!:

By: Melinda Richards

Narrated by: Melinda Richards

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is about freedom and the right to have an opinion. A concept that has been fought over for centuries. Whilst we think of Australia as being a free society, You Can't Say That! challenges this notion, arguing that the freedoms all Australians once enjoyed have been systematically eroded over last few decades, and how, as a nation, we... Read more

The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

Narrated by: Frank Bruni

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Brilliant...Bruni writes with humor, insight, and precision.” —Wall Street Journal • “The best prescription for our redemption.” —The New York Times • “A wise and humane book for our foolish and cruel era.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist... Read more

Bitcoin: La Moneda del Futuro

By: James Kirsch

Narrated by: Marcelo Rizzo

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Bitcoin: La Moneda del Futuro de James Kirsch es una guía esencial para comprender el surgimiento de Bitcoin como una revolución financiera y tecnológica. El libro explica de manera clara y accesible cómo funciona esta criptomoneda, desde su base en la tecnología blockchain hasta su uso como medio de intercambio y reserva de valor. También... Read more

In the Houses of Their Dead

By: Terry Alford

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1820s, two families, unknown to each other, worked on farms in the American wilderness. It seemed unlikely that the families would ever meet—and yet, they did. The son of one family, the famed actor John Wilkes Booth, killed the son of the other, President Abraham Lincoln, in the most significant assassination in American history. The... Read more

The Dissident

By: David Herszenhorn

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin’s nemesis Alexey Navalny— lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and presidential candidate, campaign strategist, provocateur, poisoning victim, dissident, and now, prisoner of conscience and anti-war crusader. THE DISSIDENT is the story of how... Read more

Krieg um jeden Preis

By: James Risen

Narrated by: Andreas Denk

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Eine beängstigende Lektüre Johanna Adorján FAS Unter dem Deckmantel der Terrorismusbekämpfung führt die US-Regierung einen Krieg, der in keinem Verhältnis mehr zur tatsächlichen Bedrohung durch terroristische Organisationen steht. Es geht um ein Milliardengeschäft und das Interesse einiger Menschen, diesen Krieg am Laufen zu halten – koste es,... Read more

Cover of Darkness

By: Roderick Chisholm

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A pilot's captivating autobiography that traces the development of night-flying from the early days of the Battle of Britain to the final triumph over Germany.

Perfect for fans of Geoffrey Wellum, Eric Brown, and Norman Hanson.

What was it like to soar through the night sky fighting enemy aircraft in the Second World War?

After completing... Read more

Goodbye, Darkness

By: William Manchester

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The nightmares began for William Manchester twenty-three years after World War II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of himself as a battle-weary youth "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young... Read more

The Poverty of the World

By: Sheyda F. A. Jahanbani

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 12 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Poverty of the World, Sheyda Jahanbani brings together the histories of United States foreign relations and domestic politics to explain why, during a period of unprecedented affluence, Americans rediscovered poverty and supported major policy initiative to combat it. Revisiting a moment of triumph for American liberals in the 1940s,... Read more

Waiting for First Light

By: Romeo Dallaire

Narrated by: Paul Gross

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize: In this piercing memoir, Roméo Dallaire, retired general and former senator, the author of the bestsellers Shake Hands with the Devil andThey Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children, and one of the world's leading humanitarians, delves deep into his life since the Rwandan genocide.


At the heart of Waiting... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1861-1862

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Publishers Weekly describes this book as "the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial." Publishers Weekly also notes, "The book need not be heard... Read more

Nicht um jeden Preis

By: Roman Kmenta

Narrated by: Roman Kmenta

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Dieses Hörbuch ist extrem wertvoll für Marketing und Vertrieb, für Handel und Gewerbe, für Dienstleister und Selbstständige, für die Gründung und die Führung von Unternehmen. Es macht sich im barsten Sinne des Wortes "bezahlt". Warum? Es geht in diesem Hörbuch zwar darum, viel zu verkaufen, aber eben nicht um jeden Preis! Dabei geht es zwar... Read more

The Iconoclast

By: Tobias Harris

Narrated by: Ward Sexton

Length: 14 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Shinzo Abe entered politics burdened by high expectations: that he would change Japan. In 2007, seemingly overwhelmed, he resigned after only a year as prime minister. Yet, following five years of reinvention, he masterfully regained the premiership in 2012, and now dominates Japanese democracy as no leader has done before.

Abe has inspired... Read more

Beyond the Horizon

By: Davis Truman

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Beyond the Horizon: How Intelligence Limits Led to the Pearl Harbor Failure offers a compelling analysis of one of history's most infamous intelligence failures — the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Drawing on historical evidence and cognitive science, this thesis explores the systemic issues in U.S. intelligence operations leading up to the... Read more

Mortal Republic

By: Edward J. Watts

Narrated by: Matt Kugler

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn why the Roman Republic collapsed -- and how it could have continued to thrive -- with this insightful history from an award-winning author.

In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome... Read more

The First Congress

By: Fergus M. Bordewich

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The First Congress was the most important in U.S. history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed—as many at the time feared it would—it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today.



The Constitution was a broad set of... Read more

The Billionaire Boondoggle

By: Pat Garofalo

Narrated by: Pat Garofalo

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"An alarming, fact-driven jeremiad urging change and action." –Kirkus

This program is read by the author.

The first comprehensive look at how politicians let the entertainment industry bilk taxpayers, hijack public policy and hurt economic investment, starting and ending with Trump.

From stadiums and movie productions to casinos and mega-malls to... Read more

Inside the Middle East

By: Avi Melamed

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than thirty years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and uniquely enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in the region.



Melamed considers all the major power... Read more

Call Me Miss Hamilton

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Hamilton grew up knowing right from wrong. She was proud to be Black, and when the chance came along to join the Civil Rights Movement and become a Freedom Rider, she was eager to fight for what she believed in. She was arrested again and again?and she did not back down when faced with insults or disrespect. In an Alabama court, a white... Read more

Know Your Price

By: Andre M. Perry

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The deliberate devaluation of Blacks and their communities has had very real, far-reaching, and negative economic and social effects. An enduring white supremacist myth claims brutal conditions in Black communities are mainly the result of Black people's collective choices and moral failings. "That's just how they are" or "there's really no... Read more

While Time Remains

By: Yeonmi Park

Narrated by: Maureen Taylor

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart.

After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on... Read more

Kissinger's Shadow

By: Greg Grandin

Narrated by: Brian O'Neill

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stance In his fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America-its never-ending wars abroad and political... Read more

Shrink the City

By: Natalie Whittle

Narrated by: Lorna Bennett

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Cities define the lives of all those who call them home: where we go, how we get there, how we spend our time. But what if we rethink the ways we plan, live in, and move around our cities? What if we didn't need a car to reach the grocery store? What if we could get back the time we would have spent commuting and put it to other uses?



In this... Read more