Politics & Economy audiobooks

Jumping at Shadows

By: Sasha Abramsky

Narrated by: Matthew Waterson

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Why is an unarmed young black woman who knocks on a stranger's front door to ask for help after her car breaks down perceived to be so threatening that he shoots her dead? Why do we fear infrequent acts of terrorism more far more common acts of violence? Why does a disease like Ebola, which killed only a handful of Americans, provoke panic,... Read more

A Real Right to Vote

By: Richard L. Hasen

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to vote. Part of the blame falls on the Constitution, which does not contain an affirmative right to vote. The Supreme Court has made matters worse by failing to protect voting rights and limiting Congress's ability to do so. The time has come for voters... Read more

The Rodchenkov Affair

By: Grigory Rodchenkov

Narrated by: Andrew Byron

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

***Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2020 - the inside story of the Russian doping programme by the man behind it all***

One of the Financial Times's 'Fifty people who shaped the decade'

'The biggest sports scandal the world has ever seen'

In 2015, Russia's Anti-Doping Centre was suspended by the World... Read more

Sam il Pompiere - Un concerto infuocato

By: Mattel

Narrated by: Luca Luciani

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike ed Elvis stanno facendo le prove per il concerto di questa sera. Elvis è alla chitarra. Mike alla batteria. Improvvisamente, però, non si trovano d'accordo e il duo si divide. Che fare? Entrambi desiderano intrattenere il pubblico e, separatamente, fanno programmi nuovi...Sam il Pompiere e i suoi marchi associati sono proprietà di Prism Art... Read more

Benjamin Franklin

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Chris Newman

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Benjamin Franklin was an author, physicist, innovator, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political thinker who resided in America. Franklin was just one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the US Declaration, and the first postmaster general of the United States. For his discoveries and views about... Read more

Our Latest Longest War

By: Aaron B. O'Connell

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The first rule of warfare is to know one's enemy. The second is to know thyself. More than fifteen years and three quarters of a trillion dollars after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, it's clear that the United States followed neither rule well.

America's goals in Afghanistan were lofty to begin with: dismantle al Qaeda, remove the Taliban... Read more

From Ballots to Mugshots

By: Thomas T. Taylor

Narrated by: Jack Pemberton

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

When it comes to politics, the journey from the ballot box to public office is often perceived as a noble path, driven by a desire to serve the public and make a positive impact on society. However, lurking behind the scenes is a darker side of politics, rife with corruption, crime, and their far-reaching consequences. From Ballots to Mugshots:... Read more

The Ingenious Mr. Pyke

By: Henry Hemming

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In the World War II era, Geoffrey Pyke was described as one of the world's great minds—to rank alongside Einstein. Pyke was an inventor, adventurer, polymath, and unlikely hero of both world wars. He earned a fortune on the stock market, founded an influential pre-school, wrote a bestseller, and came up with the idea for the US and Canadian... Read more

In Defence of Wealth

By: Derek Bullen

Narrated by: Louis Ferreira

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Are the rich bad for society? The author of this book, a successful Canadian entrepreneur who made his fortune and created 3000 jobs, has written a manifesto celebrating the achievements of people who have earned their wealth. He says that many of the critics are overlooking one crucial thing: we need business people to build companies and... Read more

Abraham Lincoln

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1861 till his assassination in 1865, Abraham Lincoln was an American legal representative and statesman who functioned as the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, preserving the Union, eliminating slavery, enhancing the federal government, and helping the economy of the United... Read more

A City Within One Building

By: John Harpoon

Narrated by: Gregory Felter

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the heart of urban landscapes, the idea of a "city within one building" has evolved from a futuristic concept to a tangible reality. These monumental structures encapsulate the essence of urban life, redefining the way we live, work, and interact within confined yet dynamic environments. At their core, they embody the idea of vertical... Read more

Antología: Selección, traducción y notas de Manuel Sacristán

By: Antonio Gramsci

Narrated by: Fernando Acaso Bellon

Length: 25 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Manuel Sacristán realizó en esta 'Antología' una selección de los más destacados e importantes textos que conforman el corpus gramsciano desde los primeros años formativos de Antonio Gramsci hasta su propia muerte en 1937. Para la construcción de esta obra, Sacristán, posiblemente el más destacado intelectual español de izquierdas de la segunda... Read more

Queens of the Resistance: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

By: Brenda Jones & Krishan Trotman

Narrated by: Lisa Renee Pitts

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the most beloved boss ladies in Congress: a celebration of AOC, the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress and its newest superstar 
 
Not long ago, no one could even imagine a twenty-eight-year-old Latina upstart running for Congress representing Queens and the Bronx: It... Read more

Love Anyway

By: Jeremy Courtney

Narrated by: Jeremy Courtney

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

For all who are displaced. For all who are weary of the way things are. For all who long for a more beautiful world. Preemptive Love founder Jeremy Courtney has seen the very worst of war. He's risked his life saving lives on the front lines. He's come face to face with ISIS, been targeted by death threats, and narrowly escaped... Read more

Prius or Pickup?

By: Marc Hetherington & Jonathan Weiler

Narrated by: Scott Merriman

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Two award-winning political scientists provide the psychological key to America’s deadlocked politics, showing that we are divided not by ideologies but something deeper: personality differences that appear in everything from politics to parenting to the workplace to TV preferences, and which would be innocuous if only we could decouple them... Read more

Normandian maihinnousu

By: Maailman historia

Narrated by: Tapio Rauvala

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Saksalaissotilaat odottavat peloissaan vihollisen hyökkäystä Ranskassa vuonna 1944. He tietävät, että liittoutuneet hyökkäävät vielä jonakin päivänä, mutta on vielä arvoitus milloin ja minne. Lopulta Normandiassa, Ranskan pohjoisrannikolla alkaa tapahtua. Kuudentena kesäkuuta näkyviin lipuu satojen pienten maihinnousualusten joukko, ja taaempana... Read more

The Skripal Files

By: Mark Urban

Narrated by: Mark Urban

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

The explosive story of the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and what it reveals about the growing clandestine conflict between the West and Russia.

Salisbury, England: March 4, 2018.

Slumped on a bench, paralyzed and barely able to breathe, were a former Russian intelligence officer named Sergei... Read more

MacArthur at War

By: Walter R. Borneman

Narrated by: David Baker

Length: 19 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.

World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. Macarthur at War will go deeper into this transformative period of his life than previous biographies, drilling into the... Read more

Schwarzbuch Corona

By: Jens Berger

Narrated by: Klaus B. Wolf

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In der Medizin sagt man, die Therapie darf nicht schädlicher sein als die Krankheit. Überträgt man dies auf die weltweiten Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des Coronavirus, müsste man wohl von einem der größten Kunstfehler der Geschichte sprechen. Die indirekten Kollateralschäden der Therapie stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu den Schäden durch das Virus... Read more

Renewal

By: Anne-Marie Slaughter

Narrated by: Anne-Marie Slaughter

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by acclaimed author Anne-Marie Slaughter tells a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and political lives America and much of the world are deeply divided over identity, equality, and history. Renewal is Anne-Marie Slaughter's candid and deeply personal account of... Read more

The Tunnels

By: Greg Mitchell

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling Cold War narrative of superpower showdowns, media suppression, and two escape tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall.
 
In the summer of 1962, the year after the rise of the Berlin Wall, a group of young West Germans risked prison, Stasi torture, and even death to liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels... Read more

Reaching Ninety

By: Martin Duberman

Narrated by: Donald Corren

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin Duberman, one of the LGBTQ+ community’s maverick thinkers and historians, looks back on ninety years of life, his history in the movement, and what he’s learned.In the early sixties, Martin Duberman published a path-breaking article defending the Abolitionists against the then-standard view of them as “misguided fanatics.” In 1964, his... Read more

Kolmannen valtakunnan tuho

By: Maailman historia

Narrated by: Jussi Puhakka

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Hitler oli hallinnut Saksaa 12 vuotta. Kun valtakunta kutistui keväällä 1945, Führer muutti Berliiniin. Huhtikuun puolivälissä hän linnoittautui bunkkeriin syvälle pääkaupungin alle, mutta Neuvostoliiton pommit kuuluivat sinnekin yötä päivää. Lopulta Hitlerin oli myönnettävä, että sota oli hävitty. Führer torjui pakoehdotukset ja päätti käyttää... Read more

What Just Happened?!

By: Marina Hyde

Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast & Marina Hyde

Length: 16 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Relive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era. 'Thank f*ck for Marina Hyde: the most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our time.' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE 'The most brilliantly funny columnist of our time.' GARY LINEKER 'It's a scientific FACT: Marina Hyde is Britain's funniest writer.' CAITLIN... Read more