Politics & Economy audiobooks

Facing the Climate Emergency, Second Edition

By: Margaret Klein Salamon

Narrated by: Kristen Kallen-Keck

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Overwhelmed by climate anxiety? Transform your angst into action to become the hero humanity needs A lifeline for those suffering from climate anxiety, Facing the Climate Emergency combines expertise in clinical psychology and disruptive climate activism to help readers transform their fear and grief into courage and heroism. The second... Read more

Hell's Angels

By: Jay A. Stout

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 14 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The true story of World War 2’s legendary Hell’s Angels—the 8th Air Force’s 303rd Bomb Group.
 
Although the United States declared war against Germany in December 1941, a successful assault on Nazi-occupied Europe could not happen until Germany’s industrial and military might were crippled. The first target was the Luftwaffe—the most powerful... Read more

The Canadian Citizenship Test

By: Toronto Publications

Narrated by: Royce Turner

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

What the students who pass the Canadian Citizenship Test on their first attempt know, that you don’t...Maybe you’re worried about not passing your examination and getting your passport?Or maybe you have no idea where to begin when it comes to preparing for the test?If that sounds like you, fortunately, we’ve got your back.We want to ensure that... Read more

Who's Minding the Farm?

By: Patrice Newell

Narrated by: Patrice Newell

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In an era of rapid climate change, this vital account of how agriculture can address major issues is an Australian story with global ramifications. Patrice is at the frontline of enormous challenges, from water scarcity and land stewardship to food security and the rural-urban divide. The devastation of drought and the crises created by... Read more

Party Animals

By: Samantha Maiden

Narrated by: Leah McLeod

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Secrets, lies, lawyers and covert recordings. If you thought the 2019 election was just about a death tax that didn't exist, you're in for a surprise.
From the dark arts of the dirt units to the role of billionaire Clive Palmer, this is the untold story of an election debacle.
The Labor Party was the unbeatable favourite to win the 2019 election... 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

What’s it Like to be Chased by a Cassowary? Fascinating answers to perplexing questions

By: Felicity Lewis (ed.)

Narrated by: Caz Prescott & Sam Smith

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever wondered what happens to us as we die? Or how the Esky became an Aussie cultural icon? Or why we have leap years? Then look no further - and even if you haven't wondered, you'll want to find out. This anthology is a diverse collection of explainers by some of the finest writers from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. It tackles... Read more

Toxic

By: Richard Flanagan

Narrated by: Richard Flanagan

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In a triumph of marketing, the Tasmanian salmon industry has for decades succeeded in presenting itself as world's best practice and its product as healthy and clean, grown in environmentally pristine conditions. What could be more appealing than the idea of Atlantic salmon sustainably harvested in some of the world's purest waters?

But what are... Read more

Bob Hawke

By: Troy Bramston

Narrated by: Troy Bramston

Length: 22 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This unprecedented biography of Hawke includes an exclusive series of interviews with him - the last that he gave - as well as unfiltered access to his extensive trove of personal papers. It features new interviews with more than 100 people who knew and worked with Hawke, including his family and friends; political and union colleagues, and... Read more

Tour de Force

By: Roman Quaedvlieg

Narrated by: Roman Quaedvlieg

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Roman Quaedvlieg was always destined to make a mark. As a rookie policeman on the mean streets of Fortitude Valley in the dying days of the Moonlight State, his first arrest was Brisbane's most wanted escapee. Three decades later, he found himself navigating through the corridors of power in Canberra.

Tour de Force charts the years in between,... Read more

Love Your Sister

By: Samuel Johnson & Connie Johnson

Narrated by: Connie Johnson & Samuel Johnson

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Brothers and sisters often dare each other to do things - it's what siblings do. However, when Connie Johnson dared her brother Samuel to embark on a one-wheeled odyssey around Australia, she knew it was a big ask. But Connie knew exactly what she was doing and was sure he wouldn't say no. Not this time.
Born a year apart, Connie and Samuel... Read more

Blue Murder

By: Ben Riley-Smith

Narrated by: Ben Riley-Smith

Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

'BRILLIANT' ANDREW MARR

'HAD ME OPEN-MOUTHED WITH AMAZEMENT' ED BALLS

'ESSENTIAL' JON SOPEL

'A GRIPPINGLY WRITTEN, DETAILED BOOK THAT ANSWERS SO MANY QUESTIONS' ISABEL HARDMAN

'SUPERB' EVAN DAVIS

The explosive full story of the past dozen years of Tory rule, from coalition to self-destruction; fully updated to include the general election.

Over the... Read more

Walking With The Wounded

By: Mark McCrum

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott, Martyn Ellis, Rupert Degas & Sa...

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In April 2011, four soldiers - each a hero of recent conflicts who suffered devastating injuries in the line of duty - set out on a challenge that even an able-bodied athlete would balk at. A two-hundred mile trek, unsupported, to the North Pole.

It was the culmination of a journey that began long before, when two friends decided to mount an... Read more

Hillary Rodham Clinton

By: Dennis Abrams

Narrated by: Beth Richmond

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Hillary Rodham Clinton is an informative introduction to the life of this remarkable woman. The former first lady and Yale Law graduate was destined for political life. She brought her intelligence and drive to numerous projects during her husband's presidency in the 1990s. In 2000, she campaigned for the U.S. Senate as a representative from New... Read more

Churchill and Empire

By: Lawrence James

Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong

Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

One of our finest narrative historians, and journalist for the SUNDAY TIMES and LITERARY REVIEW, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young army officer in the late 19th century, Churchill's... Read more

Margot at War

By: Anne de Courcy

Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore

Length: 16 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Margot Asquith was perhaps the most daring and unconventional Prime Minister's wife in British history. Known for her wit, style and habit of speaking her mind, she transformed 10 Downing Street into a glittering social and intellectual salon. Yet her last five years at Number 10 were a period of intense emotional and political turmoil in her... Read more

Anti-Oedipus

By: Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari

Narrated by: Jon Orsini

Length: 21 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

An "introduction to the nonfascist life" (Michel Foucault, from the Preface)

When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and "a work of heretical madness" by others. In it, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari set forth the following theory: Western society's innate herd instinct has allowed the government, the... Read more

Sky Warriors

By: Saul David

Narrated by: Adam James

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s... Read more

Strictly Ann

By: Ann Widdecombe

Narrated by: Jilly Bond

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

With characteristic verve and integrity, Ann Widdecombe recalls her life and highlights the people and events that most influenced her along the way.

From her early family life in Singapore and her convent school days to her student ambitions at Birmingham and Oxford, and her long-serving years as an MP, this is the life story of one of our most... Read more

Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance

By: Stephen Grady & Michael Wright

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin & Luke Thompson

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy.

September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece.
A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past. He begins to write...

September 1939, Nieppe,... Read more

The Letters of Private Wheeler

By: B.H. Liddell Hart

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

'In a later age he would have become a successful war correspondent ... We have no more human account of the Peninsular War from a participant in all its battles. Vivid images - of people, landscapes, events - flows from his pen ... One of military history's great originals' John Keegan, DAILY TELEGRAPH

These letters, in the form of a frank and... Read more

The Bone Woman

By: Clea Koff

Narrated by: Clea Koff

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later, Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist, left the safe confines of a lab in Berkeley, California, to serve as one of sixteen scientists chosen by the United Nations to unearth the physical evidence of the... Read more

72 Hours

By: Frank Pope

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

5 August 2005. On a secret mission to an underwater military installation 30 miles off the coast of Kamchatka, Russian Navy submersible AS-28 ran into a web of cables and stuck fast. With 600 feet of freezing water above them, there was no escape for the seven crew. Trapped in a titanium tomb, all they could do was wait as their air supply... Read more

Hazard Spectrum

By: Nathan Gray

Narrated by: Nathan Gray

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

On 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. His instructor, seated behind him, was killed instantly. Despite the physical pain and mental scars, he found the strength and resilience to continue his flying career. Today Commander Nathan Gray is one of the UK's... Read more