Politics & Economy audiobooks

Death in Ten Minutes

By: Fern Riddell

Narrated by: Fern Riddell

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The never before told story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion. Historian Fern Riddell finds a hidden diary and uses Kitty's own words to tell the story of her sensational life and explosive actions.

Kitty Marion was sent across the country by the Pankhurst family to carry out a nationwide campaign of bombings and arson attacks, as women fought... Read more

MI6

By: Gordon Corera

Narrated by: Gordon Corera

Length: 15 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

From the host of The Rest is Classified podcast, this is the secret history of MI6 - from the Cold War to the present day.

The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created over a century ago. Our understanding of what it is to be a spy has been largely defined by the fictional worlds of James Bond... Read more

Overshare

By: Rose Ellen Dix & Rosie Spaughton

Narrated by: Rose Ellen Dix & Rosie Spaughton

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Rose and Rosie are known for their candid and hilarious YouTube videos... but now they are taking oversharing to a whole new level. Discussing sexuality, revealing secrets and empowering others, OVERSHARE is a book packed with Rose and Rosie's unique take on friendships, fame, mental health and LGBT issues.

As visibly out members of the LGBT... Read more

Love as Always, Mum xxx

By: Mae West

Narrated by: Julia Barrie

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

'A CHILLING new memoir by the daughter of mass murderer Fred West and his wife Rose describes the savage cruelty of her upbringing in 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester' DAILY MAIL

'Mae, I mean this ... I'm not a good person and I let all you children down ...' Rose West, HM PRISON DURHAM

It has taken over 20 years for Mae West to find the... Read more

The Bulldog Track

By: Peter Phelps

Narrated by: Peter Phelps

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track'. Seventy-five years later, Tom's grandson, award-winning actor and writer Peter Phelps, is sharing this inspiring tale of resilience and survival.

March 1942: The world is at war. Too old to fight and with jobs scarce at home, Tom Phelps found work as a carpenter in the goldfields of... Read more

Yes She Can

By: Ruth Davidson

Narrated by: Kate Harper, Ruth Davidson, Sandra Duncan, Sara...

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson gleans life lessons learned by inspirational women from around the world in a personal and inspirational book.

In Ruth Davidson's YES SHE CAN we meet world-beating women from fields as diverse as science, politics, the military, business and sport. They share their own journeys to the top -... Read more

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life

By: Katherine Ormerod

Narrated by: Katherine Ormerod

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

'This book is a call to arms from the eye of the storm'
- Emma Gannon, author of The Multi-Hyphen Method

'Enter Ormerod's vital manual, which will help you navigate social media and turn it not into a weapon, but a useful tool' - Pandora Sykes

Do you ever obsess about your body? Do you lie awake at night, fretting about the state of your career?... Read more

Escrituras flash

By: Wael El-manzalawy

Narrated by: Sandra Ouellet

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Las escrituras relámpago son escrituras muy, muy breves, pero las escrituras relámpago pueden introducir ideas muy importantes. Escribir trabajos relámpago no es una tarea fácil. Los trabajos largos tienen un amplio espacio para moverse. Este libro electrónico contiene algunos escritos relámpago como “El mundo después del coronavirus”, “Viajar... Read more

Mao Zedong

By: Will Forrest

Narrated by: Will Forrest

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Ladies and Gentlemen, prepare to be transported back in time to the world of 20th-century China, where the fate of a nation was shaped by the rise and fall of a charismatic and controversial leader. Join us on a journey of discovery as we explore the life and legacy of Mao Zedong, a revolutionary figure whose impact on Chinese history is still... Read more

Heart of the Anarchist

By: Jaron Dagan

Narrated by: Jaron Dagan

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A series of essays, laid out to detail the ethos of postmodern anarchism.Jaron Dagan assembles a unique and unusual array of historical stories, philosophical ideas, and geopolitical catalogues, with the aim of explaining the utility of anarchism in the modern world. Read more

China and Mao Zedong

By: History Retold

Narrated by: Dean Ericson

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Prepare to be enthralled by a tale of darkness and intrigue, of power and ambition, of the rise and fall of one of the most enigmatic and controversial figures in modern history.In this ground-breaking book, you'll gain unique insights into Mao's leadership style, his impact on Chinese society and politics, and his lasting legacy on the world... Read more

One Nation Under Guns

By: Dominic Erdozain

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This “brilliant and gut-wrenching” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms—and that this distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy.

“At once eye-opening and enraging, One... Read more

A Purposeful Life

By: Dawn Butler

Narrated by: Dawn Butler

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Dawn Butler is the trailblazing Labour MP for Brent Central, best known for speaking truth to power. In 2021, she was famously ejected from the House of Commons and threatened with police for calling Boris Johnson a liar. Her tireless campaigning to eradicate injustice, from the Met Police to the NHS, has changed lives,... Read more

Tired of Winning

By: Jonathan Karl

Narrated by: Jonathan Karl

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

One of 62 Books 'The Ezra Klein Show' Guests Recommended This Year, The New York Times

Featured in Vanity Fair’s Books to Read in November

One of the Associated Press' Most Anticipated Books of the Fall

"The most important thing that has been written to date about... Read more

How to Listen When Markets Speak

By: Lawrence G. McDonald

Narrated by: James Patrick Robinson

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, outlining new rules of investing for the forward-thinking.
 
“I can’t tell you how much I learned from How to Listen When Markets Speak. The historical perspectives and... Read more

Money Made Easy

By: Allison Baggerly

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Bust your debt for good with this results-based blueprint to financial freedom

In Money Made Easy: How to Budget, Pay Off Debt, and Save Money, renowned blogger, podcaster, speaker, and Founder of Inspired Budget, Allison Baggerly, delivers a powerful and effective blueprint to saving, budgeting, and investing your way to a brighter financial... Read more

The Commando

By: Ben Mckelvey

Narrated by: Nick Farnell

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

On 22 June 2013, Corporal Cameron Baird was a 2nd Commando Regiment Special Forces soldier when he led his platoon into a known Taliban stronghold to back-up another Australian unit under heavy fire. In the pronged firefight, Cameron was mortally wounded.

In 2014, Cameron's bravery and courage under fire saw him posthumously awarded the 100th... Read more

Minefields

By: Hugh Riminton

Narrated by: Hugh Riminton

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Minefields is a compelling exploration of a foreign correspondent's life - proof of Hugh's belief that 'if you go looking for trouble, you'll probably find it'.

Over nearly forty years as a journalist and foreign correspondent, Hugh Riminton has been shot at, blown up, threatened with deportation and thrown in jail. He has reported from nearly... Read more

Your Call

By: Jeremy Vine

Narrated by: Jeremy Vine & Peter Kenny

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This title was previously published in 2017 with the original title, 'What I Learnt'

Jeremy Vine has been presenting a BBC Radio 2 show since 2003 that attracts more than seven million listeners. In that time he calculates he has taken more than 25,000 calls on topical subjects - big issues and small ones: on life, love, lollipop ladies and... Read more

Goodbye Europe

By: Various

Narrated by: David Rintoul, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jenni Murray, J...

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European.

Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly unique collection spanning everything from art, language, food, music and movies, to war, literature, driving, nudity, geography, smoking and nature.

Featuring pieces of... Read more

WTF?

By: Robert Peston

Narrated by: Luke Thompson & Robert Peston

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

THE TOP 10 BESTSELLER

'Richly argued and brilliantly written... a deeply thoughtful analysis that should be mandatory reading for anyone seeking to understand where we have gone wrong.' Vernon Bogdanor, Financial Times

In WTF? Robert Peston draws on his years of experience as a political, economics and business journalist to show us what has... Read more

Safe: How to stay safe in a dangerous world

By: Chris Ryan

Narrated by: Michael Fenner

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

How to keep you and yours safe from the perils of the modern world.

In today's increasingly hostile climate people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe. Chris Ryan is an expert in dangerous situations and here he tells you how to keep yourself and your family safe from the perils of modern urban life. He leads you through a variety of... Read more

Zigzag

By: Nicholas Booth

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Eddie Chapman was a womaniser, blackmailer and safecracker. He was also a great hero - the most remarkable double agent of the Second World War. Chapman became the only British national ever to be awarded an Iron Cross for his work for the Reich. He was also the only German spy ever to be parachuted into Britain twice. But it was all an... Read more

The End of Money

By: New Scientist

Narrated by: Mark Elstob

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The End of Money is an essential introduction to cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution which has been hailed as the greatest advancement since the invention of the internet.

Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering. These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from the short history... Read more