Politics & Economy audiobooks

Exam Nation

By: Sammy Wright

Narrated by: Sammy Wright

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Exams, grades, league tables, Ofsted reports. All of them miss the point of school and together they are undermining our whole approach to education.

What is school for? Drawing on his twenty years as a teacher, hundreds of interviews and his experience on the UK Government's Social Mobility Commission, head teacher... Read more

Witness to the Storm

By: Werner T. Angress

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

On June 6, 1944, Werner T. Angress parachuted down from a C-47 into German-occupied France with the 82nd Airborne Division. Nine days later, he was captured behind enemy lines and, concealing his identity as a German-born Jew, became a prisoner of war. Eventually, he was freed by US forces, rejoined the fight, and participated in the liberation... Read more

Has Anyone Seen the President?

By: Michael Lewis

Narrated by: Michael Lewis

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael Lewis goes to Washington!

Who better to shine a light into the shadows of the nation's capital in the age of Trump than the bestselling author of Liar's Poker and The Big Short?

In this audio investigation—unavailable in book form—Lewis narrates his 2018 report from Washington originally published in Bloomberg View. From inside the White... Read more

Secrets of Power: The Untold Truths of Ancient Leaders

By: Alaric Carverfield

Narrated by: Nick Porter

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Secrets of Power: The Untold Truths of Ancient Leaders
⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐
Are you striving to advance in your career while enhancing your knowledge of transformative strategies from the past?
Looking for a thorough guide that encompasses everything you need to uncover those powerful lessons?
Your quest ends here!
This... Read more

Becoming FDR

By: Jonathan Darman

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“An illuminating account of how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s struggles with polio steeled him for the great struggles of the Depression and of World War II.”—Jon Meacham

“A valuable book for anyone who wants to know how adversity shapes character. By understanding how FDR became a deeper and more empathetic person, we can nurture those traits in... Read more

State of Resistance

By: Manuel Pastor

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Once upon a time, any mention of California triggered unpleasant reminders of Ronald Reagan and right-wing tax revolts, ballot propositions targeting undocumented immigrants, and racist policing that sparked two of the nation's most devastating riots. In fact, California confronted many of the challenges the rest of the country faces now—decades... Read more

Lives of the Presidents

By: Kathleen Krull

Narrated by: John C. Brown & William Dufris

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Which president barked likes a dog—and why did another bark like a seal? Who threw lavish dinner parties with twenty-nine courses—and who was so disliked that his parties were boycotted? Which president had eighty pairs of pants? And which liked to remove his pants (and everything else) for a dip in the pool, expecting everyone around him to... Read more

Business Finances

By: Daniel Shore

Narrated by: Kevin Brooker

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

This book consists of two titles:
Business Economics - Business economics encompasses various aspects essential for understanding how businesses operate within economic environments. Here's an expanded overview:Microeconomic Principles: Business economics heavily relies on microeconomic principles to analyze individual components of the economy,... Read more

Soldier

By: Karen DeYoung

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 23 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and, according to polls, “the most trusted man in America.” From his humble origins as the son of Jamaican immigrants to the highest levels of government in four administrations, he helped guide the nation through some of its... Read more

What's Next

By: Ian Bremmer & Douglas Rediker

Narrated by: James Flippin, Derek Shetterley, Jessica Geffen...

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the world's leading experts on geopolitical risk, a guide to the major global issues and policies sure to dominate headlines in the next few years. In the last four years, the world has suffered a financial market meltdown and subsequent global recession. The eurozone crisis looms, the Middle East is in turmoil, and a shifting power balance... Read more

Abraham Lincoln

By: Allen C. Guelzo

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 18 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite tremendous interest in Abraham Lincoln and his place in one of America's most tumultuous historical periods, little has been written about his religious life. This truly fresh look at the nation's sixteenth president relates the outward events of Lincoln's life to his inner spiritual struggles and sets them both against the intellectual... Read more

Breviario dei politici secondo il Cardinale Mazzarino

By: Giulio Mazzarino

Narrated by: Serafino Balduzzi & Vittorio Volpi

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Il breviario dei politici contiene una raccolta delle massime di comportamento e strategie elaborate dal cardinale Mazzarino per manipolare le leve del potere. Il libro si costituisce come una guida politica dedicata all'individuo che vuole prevalere sugli altri, con astuzia e dissimulazione.- Read more

Pillars for Freedom

By: Richard B. Levine

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The maintenance of liberty rests upon our faith, our Founding, our families, and our commitments to uncorrupted education and science. Pillars for Freedom describes in consummate detail the powers that America must reconstitute and wield in order that we reclaim our destiny. Our Judeo-Christian heritage must form the center of America's rebirth.... Read more

La vida es eterna

By: Mario Amorós

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Abraham

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

En el año de la conmemoración de los 50 años del Golpe de Estado, el periodista e historiador Mario Amorós lanza la biografía definitiva de Víctor Jara.
Con el rigor bibliográfico y documental que lo caracteriza, además de su reconocida capacidad narrativa, Mario Amorós traza la más completa biografía del ícono chileno hasta hoy publicada.... Read more

Eisenhower

By: Jim Newton

Narrated by: John H. Mayer

Length: 19 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“Newton's contribution is as cogent an inventory of Eisenhower's White House years as I've ever read. He blends masterful writing with historic detail and provides the value-added of Ike as the man and the leader.”
—Chuck Hagel, Distinguished Professor, Georgetown University; U.S. Senator (1997–2009)

Newly discovered and declassified documents... Read more

Ciudad feminista

By: Leslie Kern

Narrated by: Sara Juárez

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Ciudad feminista es un experimento continuo para vivir de manera diferente, vivir mejor y vivir de manera más justa en un mundo urbano. Vivimos en la ciudad de los hombres. Nuestros espacios públicos no están diseñados para cuerpos femeninos. Hay poca consideración por las mujeres como madres, trabajadoras o cuidadoras. Las calles urbanas suelen... Read more

Freedom’s Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

By: Jefferson Cowie

Narrated by: André Chapoy

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY

An "important, deeply affecting—and regrettably relevant" (New York Times) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their way.  
 
American freedom is typically associated with the fight of the oppressed for a... Read more

Dieses Buch ist bares Geld wert

By: Markus Elsässer

Narrated by: Alexander Gamnitzer

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Mit  Des klugen Investors Handbuch  ist Dr. Markus Elsässer ein Bestseller gelungen, mit  Dieses Buch ist bares Geld wert  zeigt er, dass es die vielen kleinen Tricks und Kniffe sind, die er sich im Laufe seines Lebens erst selbst aneignen musste, die den Unterschied ausmachen. Als Topmanager hat er lange Jahre in Asien und Australien... Read more

Thilo Bode über die Freihandelslüge - lit.COLOGNE live (ungekürzt)

By: Thilo Bode

Narrated by: Thilo Bode & Joachim Frank

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Das geplante Transatlantische Freihandelsabkommen TTIP wird derzeit in Brüssel verhandelt. Verbraucherschützer ("foodwatch") Thilo Bode (Jg. 1947) zeigt in "Die Freihandelslüge" anschaulich, was dabei für uns alle auf dem Spiel steht. Seine Kritik: Die Interessen der Wirtschaft werden über die Interessen der Bürger:innen und... Read more

Por qué las cosas pueden ser diferentes

By: Manuela Carmena

Narrated by: Marina Viñals

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Las cosas pueden ser diferentes. Se pueden cambiar, siempre que exista la voluntad, también individual, de hacerlo. Se pueden hacer grandes cambios pero podemos empezar también por cambiar pequeñas cosas. Los cambios uno a uno significan poco, pero la acumulación de muchos pequeños cambios puede hacer que el mundo sea diferente. Eso nos dice la... Read more

Understanding Trump

By: Newt Gingrich

Narrated by: Newt Gingrich & Eric Trump

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn how Trump is making America great again -- and why government and media elites attack his vision -- in this "inspiring and informative" book from one of his key political advisors (Sean Hannity).

Donald Trump is unlike any president we've ever had. The only person ever elected to be commander in chief who has not first held public office or... Read more

The American Bible

By: Stephen Prothero

Narrated by: Andrew Eiden

Length: 22 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and God Is Not One presents a provocative crash course in the great “American scriptures”—those texts that have both divided and defined our understanding of what it is to be American. Stephen Prothero, a go-to expert on religion and media for none other than Stephen Colbert, gives... Read more

ARIK

By: David Landau

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 19 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the former editor in chief of Haaretz, the first in-depth, comprehensive biography of Ariel Sharon, the most dramatic and imposing Israeli political and military leader of the last forty years.

The life of Ariel Sharon spans much of modern Israel’s history. A commander in the Israeli Army from its inception in 1948, Sharon participated in... Read more

Criptomonedas

By: Gonzalo Arzuaga

Narrated by: Mario De Candia

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

El dinero, finalmente, evolucionó y se adaptó a los tiempos que corren. Bienvenidos al nuevo mundo del dinero digital, líquido y programable. Este libro es la guía que necesitan todos aquellos que quieran comprender y aprovechar los alcances de esta nueva revolución tecnológica.
Cómo nacieron las criptomonedas. Transferir dinero digital.... Read more