Politics & Economy audiobooks

State and Revolution

By: Vladimir Ilich Lenin

Narrated by: Chris Mattews

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"State and Revolution" (1917) describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution. It describes the inherent nature of the State as a tool for class oppression, a creation born of one social class's desire to control all other social classes. Read more

Los de la ETA han asesinado a tu hijo

By: David Fernández & José Antonio Gutiérrez

Narrated by: Emilio Bianchi

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

El 1 de diciembre de 2007 dos agentes de la Guardia Civil, Raúl Centeno (24 años) y Fernando Trapero (23 años), fueron asesinados por un comando de ETA en el aparcamiento de una cafetería de la localidad francesa de Capbreton. ¿Atentado premeditado? ¿Encuentro fortuito? Este libro reconstruye con ritmo de novela policiaca y el rigor de un... Read more

Grassroots Rising

By: Ronnie Cummins

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Grassroots Rising is a passionate call to action for the global body politic, providing practical solutions for how to survive—and thrive—in catastrophic times. Author Ronnie Cummins aims to educate and inspire citizens worldwide to organize and become active participants in preventing ecological collapse. This book offers a blueprint for... Read more

Young Abraham Lincoln

By: Howard Brinkley

Narrated by: Jason Sullivan

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

★★★ Discover the young life that shaped a great man ★★★Few famous humans came into the world under such humble circumstances as Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1809. But it may very well be that the humble and unassuming life he lived actually served to shape him into the solid, moral, honest, decent, hard-working adult that he became.What were... Read more

Nation of Victims

By: Vivek Ramaswamy

Narrated by: Timothy Pabon

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Woke Inc. and a 2024 presidential candidate makes the case that the essence of true American identity is to pursue excellence unapologetically and reject victimhood culture. Hardship is now equated with victimhood. Outward displays of vulnerability in defeat are celebrated over winning unabashedly. The... Read more

Tip and the Gipper

By: Chris Matthews

Narrated by: Chris Matthews

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller about the historic dealings between Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill—“A superb tribute to the neglected art of compromise” (Daily News (New York)).

Tip and the Gipper is an “entertaining and insightful” (The Wall Street Journal) history of a time when two great political opponents served together for the benefit of the... Read more

John Marshall

By: Richard Brookhiser

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's premier chief justice.

In 1801, a genial and brilliant Revolutionary War veteran and politician became the fourth chief justice of the United States. He would hold the post for 34 years (still a record), expounding the Constitution he loved. Before he joined the Supreme Court, it was the... Read more

Defectors

By: Erik R. Scott

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Defectors fleeing the Soviet Union seized the world's attention during the Cold War. Their stories were given sensational news coverage and dramatized in spy novels and films. Upon reaching the West, they were entitled to special benefits, including financial assistance and permanent residency. In contrast to other migrants, defectors were... Read more

Killerinstinkt

By: Stephan Harbort

Narrated by: Martin Valdeig

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Warum wird ein unscheinbarer Familienvater zum kaltblütigen Killer? Was bringt einen Krankenpfleger dazu, seine Patienten zu töten? Stephan Harbort, Deutschlands bekanntester Serienmordexperte, hat mit unzähligen Tätern gesprochen, um ihren Motiven auf den Grund zu gehen. In seinem neusten Buch versammelt er die spektakulärsten Fälle seiner... Read more

A Fierce Glory

By: Justin Martin

Narrated by: James Edward Thomas

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

On September 17, 1862, the "United States" was on the brink, facing a permanent split into two separate nations. America's very future hung on the outcome of a single battle--and the result reverberates to this day. Given the deep divisions that still rive the nation, given what unites the country, too, Antietam is more relevant now than ever.

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Reissleine - Wie ich mich selbst verlor - und wiederfand (ungekürzt)

By: Katja Suding

Narrated by: Katja Suding

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Mit bemerkenswerter Offenheit nimmt uns Katja Suding mit hinter die Kulissen der Politik und ihres Lebens. Ein Erfahrungsbericht über das System Spitzenpolitik, emotionale Achterbahnen und den Mut zum Neuanfang." Brigitte Huber, Chefredakteurin BRIGITTE. 2021 beendet die Bundestagsabgeordnete Katja Suding, stellvertretende Parteivorsitzende der... Read more

Impeachment

By: Cass R. Sunstein

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

As Benjamin Franklin famously put it, Americans have a republic, if we can keep it. Preserving the Constitution and the democratic system it supports is the public’s responsibility. One route the Constitution provides for discharging that duty―a route rarely traveled―is impeachment.Cass R. Sunstein provides a succinct citizen’s guide to an... Read more

In the Nation's Service

By: Philip Taubman

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 18 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Deftly solving critical but intractable national and global problems was the leitmotif of George Pratt Shultz's life. No one at the highest levels of the United States government did it better or with greater consequence in the last half of the twentieth century, often against withering resistance. While political, social, and cultural dynamics... Read more

El triunfo del dinero

By: Niall Ferguson

Narrated by: Horacio Mancilla

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Ya puedes escuchar en audiolibro la fascinante y enrevesada historia del invento más decisivo de la humanidad: el dinero. Pasta, guita, plata, parné, duros. Da igual cómo lo llamemos, pero lo cierto es que el dinero importa ahora más que nunca. En El triunfo del dinero Niall Ferguson demuestra que la historia de las finanzas es el trasfondo de... Read more

Dare

By: Diane Demetre

Narrated by: Diane Demetre

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Long before the global #metoo movement, Diane Demetre was dramatically sacked by her producer for apparently being 'too fat' after she refused his sexual advances. She took him to court, and the ensuing court cases for wrongful dismissal became some of the highest-profile cases in Australia in the 1980s.
Dare is a no-holds-barred account of... Read more

The New Elizabethans

By: James Naughtie

Narrated by: James Naughtie

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

James Naughtie examines the lives and impact of the men and women who have given the second Elizabethan Age its character

As the longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II has presided over an era of tremendous social, political and cultural change. In 2012, to mark her Diamond Jubilee, Radio 4 looked... Read more

Written Out of History

By: Mike Lee

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Some of America’s most important founders have been erased from our history books. In the fight to restore the true meaning of the Constitution, their stories must be told.
     
In the earliest days of our nation, a handful of unsung heroes—including women, slaves, and an Iroquois chief—made crucial contributions to our... Read more

The Corrosion of Conservatism

By: Max Boot

Narrated by: Max Boot

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Warning that the Trump presidency presages America's decline, the political commentator recounts his extraordinary journey from lifelong Republican to vehement Trump opponent. As nativism, xenophobia, vile racism, and assaults on the rule of law threaten the very fabric of our nation, The Corrosion of Conservatism presents an urgent defense of... Read more

Success and Luck

By: Robert H. Frank

Narrated by: Robert H. Frank

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

How important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly observe, people who amass great fortunes are almost always talented and hardworking. But liberals are also correct to note that countless others have those same qualities yet never earn much. In recent years,... Read more

The Pursuit of Equality in the West

By: Aldo Schiavone

Narrated by: William Sarris

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

How much equality does democracy need to survive? Political thinkers have wrestled with that question for millennia. Aldo Schiavone guides us through historical thickets, from the first democracy to the present day, seeking solutions to the enduring tension between democracy and inequality.



Turning from antiquity to the modern world, Schiavone... Read more

I'd Rather We Got Casinos

By: Larry Wilmore

Narrated by: Larry Wilmore

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the host of Comedy Central's newest program, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, comes the first paperback reprint of his funny and provocative musings on race in America and other nightly topics--updated with new material for this edition. Now boasting three new chapters and an introduction exclusive the trade paperback edition, I'd... Read more

American Disgust

By: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

Narrated by: Lee Goettl

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

American Disgust shows how perceptions of disgust and fears of contamination are rooted in the country's history of colonialism and racism. Drawing on colonial, corporate, and medical archives, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer argues that microbial medicine is closely entwined with changing cultural experiences of digestion, excrement, and disgust that are... Read more

The ISIS Peril: The World’s Most Feared Terror Group and its Shadow on South Asia

By: Kabir Taneja

Narrated by: Abhishek Ajay Sharma

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

As early as 2014, after the fall of Mosul, maps of ISIS showing a desire to take over South Asia started to appear on social media. But how far has that borne fruit? Or has it always been more of an ill-conceived chimera?

One of the shortcomings of our understanding of ISIS in India-and indeed in South Asia-is that neither the media nor... Read more

Den Bach rauf - Eine Kursbestimmung (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Robert Habeck

Narrated by: Johannes Steck

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Den Mut wiederfinden Die Zeiten sind sehr anspruchsvoll und fordern von vielen viel. Die Nachrichten oft schlecht, die Aussichten nicht besser. Aber müssen wir in der Sorge und Trübsinn verharren? Was gibt Anlass zu Hoffnung, Zuversicht? Und warum sprechen wir nicht über Perspektiven? Robert Habeck will mit seiner Schrift Orientierung geben.... Read more