Politics & Economy audiobooks

Mujeres insolentes de la historia

By: Felipe Pigna

Narrated by: Agostina María Longo

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Hicieron historia. Igual que muchos hombres. Pero a ellas se les mezquinó la memoria de sus actos. Tardaron en aparecer en los libros, en las revistas, en los manuales de la escuela, en las conmemoraciones. Fueron mujeres valientes, arriesgadas, talentosas, capaces de ir contra lo que su época decía que había que hacer. Estuvieron a la altura... Read more

Activist

By: KK Ottesen

Narrated by: KK Ottesen

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A speech on the radio. A high school literature class. A promise made to a mother.
Activism begins in small ways and in unexpected places. In this inspiring book, over forty activists from Billie Jean King to Bernie Sanders and Angela Davis to Edward Snowden recount the experiences that sparked their journeys and share the beliefs that keep them... Read more

The Federalist Papers (Unabridged)

By: Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 19 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. In early 1787, the Congress of the United States called a meeting of delegates from each state to try to fix what was wrong with the Articles of Confederation. The Articles had created an intentionally weak central government, and that weakness had brought the nation to a crisis in... Read more

I Somehow Survived

By: Klaus G. Forg

Narrated by: Janet Metzger & James Anderson Foster

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The first in a series of books, I Somehow Survived is an extraordinary collection of true stories giving testimony to those who survived World War II. Based on interviews with numerous veterans from across the spectrum of wartime experience, the book documents and reflects upon one of the most gruesome times in history.



From anti-partisan warfare... Read more

Joukkomurhia ja terrorismia

By: Maailman historia

Narrated by: Jalmari Laine

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Taivas on sininen ja ilma kirkas, kun kaksi lentokonetta syöksyy World Trade Centerin kaksoistorneihin New Yorkissa. Miljoonat ihmiset katselevat avuttomana, kuinka kummassakin kuolemanloukussa alkaa 102 minuuttia kestävä selviytymistaistelu."Joukkomurhia ja terrorismia" kertoo historian kauhistuttavimmista tapahtumista. Se kuvaa hyökkäystä... Read more

Emperor of the Seas

By: Jack Weatherford

Narrated by: Mark Elstob

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents… Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China by Jack Weatherford, read by Mark Elstob

Control the sea, and you control everything...a gripping tale of naval warfare, dynastic rivalry, and technical innovation, from the author of the classic work Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.

Genghis Khan built... Read more

The Lady of Sing Sing

By: Idanna Pucci

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This “gripping social history” (Publishers Weekly), with all the passion and pathos of a classic opera, chronicles the riveting first campaign against the death penalty waged in 1895 by American pioneer activist, Cora Slocomb, Countess of Brazzà, to save the life of a twenty-year-old illiterate Italian immigrant, Maria Barbella, who killed the... Read more

Strong Voices

By: Tonya Bolden & Cokie Roberts

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi & Lisa Renee Pitts

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

""A wide-ranging collection of speeches and a worthwhile resource for students of American history."" —Booklist
""A golden celebration of the multicultural voices who demand the U.S.—and the world—do better."" —Kirkus
""An important addition to American history collections."" —School Library JournalStrong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth... Read more

Schweizer Geheimnisse - Wie Banker das Geld von Steuerhinterziehern, Foltergenerälen, Diktatoren und der katholischen Kirche versteckt haben - mit Hilfe der Politik (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Hannes Munzinger, Frederik Obermaier & Bastian ...

Narrated by: Tim Gössler

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ich habe das Risiko auf mich genommen, diese Daten zu dokumentieren, weil ich glaube, dass das Schweizer Bankgeheimnis unmoralisch ist. Der Vorwand, die finanzielle Privatsphäre zu schützen, ist lediglich ein Feigenblatt, das die schändliche Rolle Schweizer Banken als Kollaborateure von Steuerhinterziehern verdeckt. (...) Diese Situation... Read more

Streets of Gold

By: Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan

Narrated by: Rachel Botchan

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Immigration is a fraught and misunderstood topic in America’s social discourse, with much of what we believe based largely on myth. Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan have spent the last decade searching for the facts. Their pioneering research digs deep into the data on immigration, linking the experiences of immigrants from the nineteenth and... Read more

Between Debt and the Devil

By: Adair Turner

Narrated by: Richard Lyddon

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic book now available on audio With narration by Richard Lyddon, who reveals why our addiction to debt caused the global financial crisis and is the root of our financial woes Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in... Read more

The Art of War

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Grainne Regan

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the... Read more

Che Commemorating The 50th Anniversary Of His Martyrdom

By: Daniel Dos Santos

Narrated by: Daniel Dos Santos

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall."
"The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth."
"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.” CHE GUEVARA
In this unique audio primer and celebration of the... Read more

Extreme Ownership

By: Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

Narrated by: Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat." - The Hustle

An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership audiobook that took... Read more

America Second

By: Isaac Stone Fish

Narrated by: William DeMeritt

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A timely, provocative exposé of American political and business leadership’s deep ties to China: a network of people who believe they are doing the right thing—at a profound and often hidden cost to U.S. interests.

The past few years have seen relations between China and the United States shift, from enthusiastic economic partners, to wary... Read more

The Plot to Save South Africa

By: Justice Malala

Narrated by: Nick Boraine & Justice Malala

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A “gripping and important” (The Guardian) account of nine tumultuous days, as the assassination of Nelson Mandela’s protégé by a white supremacist threatens to derail South Africa’s democratic transition and plunge the nation into civil war.

Johannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson Mandela had been released after twenty-seven years in prison... Read more

Christians Against Christianity

By: Obery M. Hendricks, Jr.

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A timely and galvanizing work that examines how right-wing evangelical Christians have veered from an admirable faith to a pernicious, destructive ideology.

Today’s right-wing Evangelical Christianity stands as the very antithesis of the message of Jesus Christ. In his new book, Christians Against Christianity, best-selling author and religious... Read more

MISSING

By: Kenneth D. Evans

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

On Day 9 of the Battle of the Bulge, flying his P-47 fighter plane, 2nd Lt. Donald N Evans was shot down behind enemy lines and reported missing. After bailing out seconds before his plane crashed, Don limped and crawled through deep snow, trying to find a way back to the American front lines. Lost, cold, and hungry, he spent Christmas Eve... Read more

الأقوال سائیکل في نٹشیل: إيقاع الحضارة الإنسانية 84 سنة (2024)

By: Amjad Farooq

Narrated by: Amjad Farooq

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

على مدى العقدين الماضيين، كان جزء كبير من العالم في انهيار حاد ولا يزال يصل إلى مستوى منخفض جديد مع مرور كل سنة دون نهاية في الأفق؛ و يتساءل المرء عما إذا كان هذا هو الوضع الطبيعي الجديد أو ما إذا كان الجنون المستمر سينتهي في النهاية من أجل الدخول في فجر أكثر إشراقا.ولحسن الحظ، فقد أنعمت علينا الطبيعة الأم بظاهرة غير معروفة حتى الآن تسمى... Read more

Power Thoughts Devotional

By: Joyce Meyer

Narrated by: Jodi Carlisle

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Tap into God's power in your daily life by thinking and speaking His way with this devotional based on Joyce Meyer's New York Times bestseller Power Thoughts.
Based on Joyce Meyer's New York Times bestseller Power Thoughts, this devotional includes 365 opportunities to tap into God's power in your daily life by thinking and speaking His way. The... Read more

Trust in a Polarized Age

By: Kevin Vallier

Narrated by: Matthew Josdal

Length: 14 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Americans today don't trust each other and their institutions as much as they once did. The collapse of social and political trust has arguably fueled our increasingly ferocious ideological conflicts and hardened partisanship. But is today's decline in trust inevitable or avoidable? Are we caught in a downward spiral that must end in... Read more

She Persisted: Pura Belpré

By: Meg Medina, Marilisa Jiménez García & Chelsea C...

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra & Chelsea Clinton

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Pura Belpré!

Pura Belpré grew up in Puerto Rico surrounded by stories. When she moved to New York and was offered the chance to work at the New York Public... Read more

Angry Politics

By: Stacy G. Ulbig

Narrated by: Suzie Althens

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

At a time of political tribalism and ideological purity tests, it can be hard to remember that cross-party hatred isn’t an inherent feature of partisan politics. But, as this book reminds us, a backward glance—or a quick survey of so many retiring members of Congress—tells us that even in the past decade partisan rancor has grown exponentially.... Read more

Dead Ringers: Series 8-14 plus Specials

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry, Kevin Conn...

Length: 15 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Seven more series of the popular BBC Radio 4 impressions show - plus a selection of unbroadcast material

Since the turn of the millennium, Dead Ringers has been giving us its skewed, hilarious take on the famous and the infamous. The show has won a British Comedy Award, a Sony Gold Award, and a Press Guild Award for Radio Programme of the Year -... Read more