Politics & Economy audiobooks

Stoning of Sally Kern

By: Sally Kern

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is about Sally Kern, District 84 House of Representatives member from Oklahoma, and her desire to see America return to the conservative principles that guided the nation's founders. In January 2008, the pastor's wife and former high school teacher gave a speech to a Republican club in Oklahoma City explaining that the founding fathers... Read more

Winning the Green New Deal

By: Varshini Prakash & Guido Girgenti

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Priya Ayyar, Inés del Cas...

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

An urgent and definitive collection of essays from leaders and experts championing the Green New Deal—and a detailed playbook for how we can win it—including contributions by leading activists and progressive writers like Varshini Prakash, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Bill McKibben, Rev William Barber II, and more.

In October 2018, scientists warned that... Read more

End Times

By: Peter Turchin

Narrated by: Robin McAlpine

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But everyone needs to pay attention to the well-informed, convincing and terrifying analysis in this book.” —Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics

From the pioneering co-founder of cliodynamics, the groundbreaking new interdisciplinary... Read more

देवताओं की शरारत

By: Tiger Rider, Saji Madapat, EPM Mavericks, Mahes...

Narrated by: Ragini Sinha

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

यह अमरीका का हाफटाइम है!एय यी या यी! हम एक नई विश्व व्यवस्था के बीच में हैं!साम्राज्यों का उदय, पतन और अस्त होता रहता है। इतिहास ने इस चक्र को रोमन, ओटोमन्स और अंग्रेजों के साथ होता देखा है। वे सभी पतन को प्राप्त हो चुके हैं, और अगर हम सावधान नहीं रहे, तो अगला नंबर अमरीका का होगा।आज के कई उद्यम कर्ज के आदी अत्यधिक वित्तीय इंजीनियरिंग मेंढक हैं... Read more

Harmonies of Political Economy

By: Frederic Bastiat

Narrated by: Ethan Williams

Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Harmonies of Political Economy" is a major work by the French economist Frederic Bastiat, who lived from 1801 to 1850. The book, which was first published in 1850, explores the principles of economic theory and argues that free markets are the most effective way to promote economic growth and prosperity.Bastiat believed that government... Read more

True Reagan

By: James Rosebush

Narrated by: James Rosebush

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

WHAT MADE RONALD REAGAN TICK? What was the secret to his greatness, the source of his influence, the key to his character, the strength behind his leadership?

And why does it matter to the nation today?

Just the mention of his name still evokes deep admiration and affection among Americans of every stripe, on both sides of the aisle. Many have... Read more

Last Hope Island

By: Lynne Olson

Narrated by: Arthur Morey & Kimberly Farr

Length: 18 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days

When the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II,... Read more

The Way of the World

By: Ron Suskind

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends. From the White House to Downing Street, from the fault-line countries of South Asia to the sands of Guantánamo,... Read more

Talleyrand: The Life and Legacy of France’s Most Influential Diplomat

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Steve Knupp

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred.” - Talleyrand While Metternich is most associated with the Congress of Vienna, France, despite its turbulence, had its own influential representative there: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. Known simply as Talleyrand, his name ultimately became associated with crafty, manipulative... Read more

Storm Lake

By: Art Cullen

Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"A reminder that even the smallest newspapers can hold the most powerful among us accountable."—The New York Times Book Review

Watch the documentary Storm Lake on PBS.

Iowa plays an outsize role in national politics. Iowa introduced Barack Obama and voted bigly for Donald Trump. But is it a bellwether for America, a harbinger of its future? Art... Read more

Why Wall Street Matters

By: William D. Cohan

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A timely, counterintuitive defense of Wall Street and the big banks as the invisible—albeit flawed—engines that power our ideas, and should be made to work better for all of us

Maybe you think the banks should be broken up and the bankers should be held accountable for the financial crisis in 2008. Maybe you hate the greed of Wall Street but... Read more

The Big Enchilada

By: Stuart P. Stevens

Narrated by: Edward Holland

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Six years ago he owned a baseball team. Now he's the leader of the free world. "The Big Enchilada" is a comic anthem to the wild and improbable crusade that propelled George W. Bush into the White House and to the close-knit group of Texans who made it happen, written by "the Bush campaign's Renaissance man" (Time magazine).

Writer and political... Read more

A Singular Woman

By: Janny Scott

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A major publishing event: an unprecedented look into the life of the woman who most singularly shaped Barack Obama-his mother.

Barack Obama has written extensively about his father, but little is known about Stanley Ann Dunham, the fiercely independent woman who raised him, the person he credits for, as he says, "what is best in me." Here is... Read more

Overreach

By: Susan L. Shirk

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 15 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

For three decades after Mao's death in 1976, China's leaders adopted a restrained approach to foreign policy. To facilitate the country's inexorable economic ascendance, and to prevent a backlash, they reassured the outside world of China's peaceful intentions.



Then, as Susan Shirk shows, something changed. China went from fragile superpower to... Read more

تاريخ الخلفاء

By: جلال الدين السيوطي

Narrated by: سامي العربي

Length: 20 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

أرخ الإمام السيوطي في هذا المؤلف للخلفاء المسلمين. حيث ترجم فيه الخلفاء أمراء المؤمنين القائمين بأمر الأمة من عهد أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه إلى عهده (أي عهد الإمام السيوطي) والذي يعني عهد الدولة العباسية. حيث جاء التاريخ مرتباً على زمانهم الأول فالأول، وقد ذكر في ترجمة كل منهم ما وقع في أيامه من الحوادث المستغربة، ومن كان في أيامه من أئمة... Read more

Triple S

By: Chris Cahill

Narrated by: Jeffrey Belly

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

"Triple S: Your GPS For Small Business Success" by Chris Cahill unveils a dynamic 5-step formula tailored for solopreneurs and start-ups, guiding them towards six-figure success and beyond. Positioned as an entrepreneurial campaign, the book emphasizes the strategic imperative of standing out in a crowded marketplace. Cahill introduces the... Read more

The Best and the Brightest

By: David Halberstam

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 37 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain.

"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.”—The New York Times

Using portraits of America’ s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons... Read more

The Scomo Diaries

By: Tosh Greenslade

Narrated by: Francis Greenslade

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

All aboard the Scomo Express as our hero pulls back the lid on the life and times of one of history's great leaders and humbly serves up �a steaming meat pie of everyman wisdom for the hungering masses. These are the unofficial chronicles of Scotty's first 18 months in his new role as head honcho of the largest marketing firm in the country -... Read more

Lo que el dinero sí puede comprar

By: Carlos Peña

Narrated by: Fernando Oural

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

El libro de Carlos Peña es un polémico ensayo sobre el crecimiento y la modernización asociados al capitalismo, elementos que han permitido a las clases históricamente más desposeídas lograr un bienestar difícil de cuestionar
El crecimiento y la modernización asociados al capitalismo han permitido que las clases históricamente más... Read more

The Illusion of Control

By: Jon Danielsson

Narrated by: Bruce Mann

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding financial risk, providing insight into why easy solutions to control the financial system are doomed to fail



Finance plays a key role in the prosperity of the modern world—but it also brings grave dangers. We seek to manage those threats with a vast array of sophisticated mathematical tools and... Read more

Take No Prisoners

By: David Horowitz

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Battle-scarred political warrior David Horowitz says it's time for conservatives to take the gloves off—and take our country back.America is at a crucial turning point in its history, and Republicans have been losing ground to Democrats for too long. In Take No Prisoners, Horowitz sounds a clarion call for conservatives to use liberals'... Read more

Hitler’s Charisma

By: Laurence Rees

Narrated by: Michael Jayston

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Fueled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to listen to dissenting voices, Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, and yet he commanded enormous support and was able to exert a powerful influence over those who encountered him. How did Hitler become such an attractive figure to millions of people? That is the... Read more

Built on a Lie

By: Owen Walker

Narrated by: Thom Petty

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The proud owner of a sprawling £14m estate in the Cotswolds, boasting a stable of eventing horses, a fleet of supercars and neighbouring the royal family, Neil Woodford was the most celebrated and successful British investor of his generation.

He spent years beating the market; betting against the dot com bubble in the... Read more

Free Speech

By: Corey Brettschneider

Narrated by: Minka Wiltz

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Speech is the life blood of democracy, but only if we understand its true meaning, and its role in sustaining our government.  Key texts from the U.S. Supreme Court, John Stuart Mill, Alexander Meiklejohn, Ida B. Wells and Charles Lawrence illuminate the immediate questions and pressing issues of free speech.

A Penguin Classic

With the Penguin... Read more