Politics & Economy audiobooks

An Accidental Icon

By: Norman Scott

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin & Norman Scott

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The jaw-dropping and inspiring story of accidental queer icon Norman Scott (the hero of tv drama A Very English Scandal) and the part he played in one of the greatest political scandals of the twentieth century.

In October 1975 an assassin tried to murder Norman Scott on Exmoor but the trigger failed and he only succeeded in shooting Scott's... Read more

Flock Together: Outsiders

By: Nadeem Perera & Ollie Olanipekun

Narrated by: Nadeem Perera & Ollie Olanipekun

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

AS SEEN ON BBC ONE'S THE ONE SHOW

'Nature is a universal resource. For too long Black, Brown and people of colour have felt unwelcome and marginalised in spaces that should be for everyone.' -Flock Together

Nature is a powerful source of creativity, inspiration and healing; however, it has not always felt like a safe space for people of colour.... Read more

The Presidents

By: Iain Dale

Narrated by: Iain Dale

Length: 21 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Essays on all 46 American Presidents who have held the office over the last 230 years - from George Washington to Joe Biden.

There was a huge upsurge of global interest in US politics during the Trump presidency, culminating in the November 2020 election, the victory of the Democrat candidate Joe Biden and the subsequent, horrifying response in... Read more

Small Town Girl

By: Donna McLean

Narrated by: Donna McLean

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"You live with someone for two years and then . . . they simply don't exist."

Over 40 years, two British police units acted undercover to infiltrate activist groups. At least 20 of those officers deliberately targeted women and entered relationships with them. One of those women was me. This is my story.

Men wrote the police files. They wrote the... Read more

Spike

By: Jeremy Farrar & Anjana Ahuja

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

***THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***

A pulse-racing journey through the science and politics of the pandemic. Did the UK government really 'follow the science' throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, as it claims?

The Coronavirus pandemic has devastated lives and livelihoods around the world - and continues to do so. These personal tragedies will,... Read more

Very Bad People

By: Patrick Alley

Narrated by: Richard Burnip

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

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*****

'Reads like a John le Carré novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue

'Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding

'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the Body... Read more

On Bloody Sunday

By: Julieann Campbell

Narrated by: Annie Farr, Eleanor Methven, Gordon Griffin, Ju...

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

*****

'A momentous chronicle, timely and vital, which highlights that the burden of change rests, as always, upon the shoulders of those who suffered and yet, have nurtured the desire that lessons be learned.' - Michael Mansfield QC, who represented a number of families during the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

'It's a wonderful book. The technique used -... Read more

Lighting the Fuse

By: Lucy Lewis

Narrated by: Deryn Edwards

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine standing over a bomb - you need to make a choice. Remember, your life depends on it.

In this extraordinary memoir, Lucy Lewis reveals the hidden world of bomb disposal training and how she came to be the UK's first female bomb disposal expert. From joining Sandhurst to rushing to her first bomb disposal call-out, Lucy's story is full of... Read more

Where Did I Go Right?

By: Geoff Norcott

Narrated by: Geoff Norcott

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

***

'Few people walk the line of thought provoking and laugh out loud funny like Geoff Norcott.' - Romesh Ranganathan

'Where Did I Go Right? is sharp, considered, insightful, and helped me make sense of "the other side". And because Geoff Norcott is so funny, it unfortunately means I can't dismiss his views entirely. It's so important to have a... Read more

12 Seconds in the Dark

By: John Mattingly

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

You might think you know what happened in the tragic shooting of Breonna Taylor, but no one knows that better than the lead officer on the scene, Sergeant John Mattingly. However, with the full support of the mainstream media, Black Lives Matter activists and other leftist groups immediately pounced on the tragedy, exploiting Breonna’s death and... Read more

Fiery But Mostly Peaceful

By: Julio Rosas

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the summer of 2020, America was under siege by radical ANTIFA actors across the country. But if you were only reading mainstream headlines, you probably have no idea just how bad it really was. As homes and businesses were being burned to the ground and livelihoods were being destroyed, corporate media engaged in a full-scale attempt to... Read more

What Is a Woman?

By: Matt Walsh

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER Publishers Weekly Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller Seattle Times Bestseller Amazon Bestseller Is this even a question? What is a woman? For months, Matt Walsh devoted nearly every waking hour to answering this simple question. Honestly, it’s a question he never thought he’d have to ask. ... Read more

Orderly Britain

By: Tim Newburn & Andrew Ward

Narrated by: Ciaran Saward

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

How do British pavements remain free of dog mess? Why are paths not littered with cigarette butts or roads not lined with abandoned cars? What does the decline of the public lavatory say about us and is the national reputation for queuing still deserved today?

Orderly Britain takes a topical look at modern society, examining how it is governed... Read more

The Essential Enlightenment (Essential Scholars)

By: Douglas J. Den Uyl, Jacob T. Levy & Chris W. Su...

Narrated by: Michael Lenz

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The political ideas that fully came together under the name “liberal” in the early nineteenth century—the ideas we often now refer to as “classical liberalism”—emerged out of major debates and developments from the late 1600s to the late 1700s, part of the broad European intellectual movement of that era that came to be known as “the... Read more

The Essential Ronald Coase (Essential Scholars)

By: L. Lynne Kiesling

Narrated by: Michael Lenz

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Ronald Coase (1910-2013) was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. His influence is due largely to two publications, the only two cited in the announcement of his Nobel Prize: “The Nature of the Firm” (1937) and “The Problem of Social Cost” (1960). These two articles are among the most-cited works in economics. The ideas... Read more

Ecological Footprint

By: Mathis Wackernagel & Bert Beyers

Narrated by: Adam Farnsworth

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The only metric that tracks how much nature we have – and how much nature we use Ecological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew — its biocapacity — and distils this into one number: how many... Read more

Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power: The Lives and Careers of Hollywood’s Favorite Swashbucklers

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1940, the 4th most popular star in the U.S. was a foreign actor from Australia, and unlike other movie stars, he was more notorious for his pursuits off the screen than on it. In an era long before social media, Errol Flynn represented the epitome of a swashbuckling playboy, with enough mystery and intrigue surrounding him and his background... Read more

Necessary Trouble

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

Narrated by: Drew Gilpin Faust

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

To grow up in the 1950s was to enter a world of polarized national alliances, nuclear threat, and destabilized social hierarchies. Two world wars and the depression that connected them had unleashed a torrent of expectations and dissatisfactions?not only in global affairs but in American society and Americans’ lives. To be a privileged white... Read more

Blood Money

By: Peter Schweizer

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIt’s often said that China is in a cold war with America. The reality is far worse: the war is hot, and the body count is one-sided.China is killing Americans and working aggres­sively to maximize the carnage while our leaders remain passive and, in some cases, compliant. Why?If anyone could crack the code,... Read more

Qu'est-ce qu'une nation ?

By: Ernest Renan

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

« Une nation est une âme, un principe spirituel. Deux choses qui, à vrai dire, n’en font qu’une, constituent cette âme, ce principe spirituel. L’une est dans le passé, l’autre dans le présent. L’une est la possession en commun d’un riche legs de souvenirs ; l’autre est le consentement actuel, le désir de vivre ensemble, la volonté de continuer à... Read more

The Rise of the Soviet Union

By: History Retold

Narrated by: Henry Andersen

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the Powerful Story of the October Revolution and How It Changed History.Welcome to an exciting journey into the history of one of the most significant events in modern history. The October Revolution, led by Vladimir Lenin and his Bolsheviks, changed the world forever. Learn about Tsar Nicholas II and his overthrow, Leon Trotsky’s... Read more

The Great Depression

By: History Retold

Narrated by: Henry Andersen

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This comprehensive book dives deep into the history and events that lead to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and its lasting impact on society and culture.
The Great Depression was a period of unprecedented economic struggle, beginning with the stock market collapse of 1929. As the economy plummeted, so did the lives and livelihoods of millions... Read more

The Great Depression

By: Days of History

Narrated by: Theo Dawson

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to The Great Depression: The History of the 1930s Depression. With the Wall Street Crash, the New Deal, and the Rise of Fascism in Europe. The Great Depression of the 1930s was one of the most devastating economic crises in modern history. It brought poverty and despair to millions of people around the world. But it also sparked a wave... Read more

Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan

By: Melissa Bowersock

Narrated by: Adrianne Price

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Marcia L. Gates was an Army nurse and prisoner of war during WWII. As an "Angel of Bataan," she spent three years in a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines. This is her story, told through her letters and the newspaper clippings, photos and letters collected by her mother. The book was awarded a biography medal by the Military Writers... Read more