Politics & Economy audiobooks

Hide Your Children

By: Liz Wheeler

Narrated by: Stephanie Richardson

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Having conquered all the major institutions of our culture, the left is closing in on its final frontier—your children. In this new book, Liz Wheeler exposes where the forces of wokeness are at work and explains how parents can fight back for a change. Everything is on the line. Despite the occasional victory, conservatives are on the defensive... Read more

From the Beginning to Almost to the End: A Tale of Both Hardship and Success: The Life Story of Orbie L. Mays ENCM (E-9) S/W USN RET.

By: Orbie Lee Mays USN Retired

Narrated by: Edward Hermann

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Orbie Lee Mays USN Retired was born and raised on a farm in the northwest corner of Alabama. His life is one of many hardships and setbacks, and the success he achieved in overcoming them. From the Beginning to Almost to the End shares his journey, from beginning his military career at seventeen to his final rank of E-9 master chief petty... Read more

Долг: первые 5000 лет истории

By: Дэвид Гребер

Narrated by: Олег Булгак

Length: 19 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

«Долг: первые 5000 лет» — это масштабное и новаторское исследование товарно-денежных отношений с древнейших времен до наших дней. Американский антрополог и профессор Лондонской школы экономики Дэвид Гребер описывает, как феномен долговых обязательств проявляется в совершенно разных социальных институтах: от решений правительства до сердечной... Read more

Huumepoliisin jalanjäljissä: Helsingin poliisin huumerikostutkintaa viideltä vuosikymmeneltä

By: Yrjö Ketonen

Narrated by: Pertti Huuskonen

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

50 vuotta huumeita ja rikostutkintaa Helsingin kaduilla. Kun Helsingin poliisin huumeryhmä perustettiin vuonna 1967, ei ensimmäisillä huumepoliiseilla ollut juurikaan tietoa siitä, mitä huumeita kaupungissa ylipäätään liikkui ja kuka niitä käytti. Nykyään huumerikollisuus on kytkeytynyt kansainväliseen järjestäytyneeseen rikollisuuteen ja... Read more

Missing in Action

By: Pranay Kotasthane & Raghu S. Jaitley

Narrated by: Ashish David

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In Search of an Adarsh Indian StateIn India, public policies are all around us. Despite this pervasiveness, yeh public sab nahin jaanti hai (the public doesn't know it all).Questions are rarely asked of the Indian State-the institution that makes rules, bends them and punishes others for breaking the laws it creates. The privileged can afford... Read more

Economics in America

By: Angus Deaton

Narrated by: Angus Deaton

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton shares candid reflections on the economist's craft Features "Asides with Angus" as bonus material with stories and outtakes from Deaton's recording sessions When economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed by America's strengths... Read more

Hans-Ulrich Rudel: The Life and Legacy of the Luftwaffe’s Deadliest Stuka Pilot

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Few people personified the advancements, abilities, and tactical adeptness of the Luftwaffe like Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the most successful dive bomber in the history of warfare. Like hundreds of millions of others born in the early 20th century, his life was shaped by the Second World War, which started when he was just 23. He was born into and... Read more

Allen Dulles: The Life of the CIA’s Most Powerful and Notorious Director

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Ross Jenkins

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The 28-year period from 1933-1961, bracketed on one end by Hitler’s rise to power in Germany and on the other by the very height of the Cold War, was marked by a remarkably stable succession of American presidents. In fact, only three men held office in this period, and that predictability led to a general stability among government agencies.... Read more

Once a King

By: Jane Marguerite Tippett

Narrated by: Esther Wane & Gregory Cox

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A retelling of the story of the Duke of Windsor - King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the woman he loved.

Using never before seen sources, Once a King is a fresh, revelatory and gripping insight into the Duke of Windsor - King Edward VIII - who gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved, twice divorced American Wallis Simpson. ... Read more

El dinosaurio disfrazado

By: Macario Schettino

Narrated by: Horacio Castelo

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Un libro que plantea el problema y la solución para lograr la verdadera transformación de México. En 2024, y en un marco institucional degradado, México tendrá la elección más grande de su historia: elegirá a un nuevo presidente, renovará el Congreso y se elegirán nueve gobernadores, así como miles de presidentes municipales y legisladores... Read more

Stoic Foundations

By: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca & Epictetus

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

An essential guide to the core texts of Stoic philosophy, featuring a new introduction from Massimo Pigliucci, author of How To Be A Stoic

Stoicism is a philosophy, a worldview, and a transformational practice. Throughout the centuries everyone from kings and presidents to Silicone Valley entrepreneurs have drawn inspiration and wisdom from... Read more

The Last British Dambuster

By: George Johnny Johnson MBE

Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

'I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard who had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under threat. Everything we stood for: our country, our families and our way of life was being attacked by this maniac. He could not be allowed to win. So for me and many, many others like me, there was no alternative. We were in a pickle... Read more

Immediate Action

By: Andy McNab

Narrated by: Paul Thornley

Length: 16 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Immediate Action is a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary life, from the day Andy McNab was found in a carrier bag on the steps of Guy's Hospital to the day he went to fight in the Gulf War.

As a delinquent youth he kicked against society. As a young soldier he waged war against the IRA in the streets and fields of South Armagh. As a... Read more

On The Ground

By: Audrey Gillan & Dan Maudsley

Narrated by: Audrey Gillan & Dan Maudsley

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Audrey Gillan revisits her time on the ground with the British Army in Iraq, and the infamous friendly fire incident that killed Matty Hull

'A remarkable listen: detailed, unflinching and revealing about the ripple effects of a wholly avoidable tragedy'Financial Times

Award-winning journalist Audrey Gillan was embedded with British troops during... Read more

How To Save Our Planet

By: Mark A. Maslin

Narrated by: Esh Alladi

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

How can we save our planet and survive the 21st century? How can you argue with deniers? How can we create positive change in the midst of the climate crisis?

Professor Mark Maslin has the key facts that we need to protect our future.

Global awareness of climate change is growing rapidly. Science has proven that our... Read more

A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine

By: Tony Benn

Narrated by: Michael Jayston

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In this final volume of diaries, Tony Benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age.
With the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of political change and the international economic... Read more

How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again)

By: Nick Clegg

Narrated by: Nick Clegg

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Random House presents the audiobook edition of How To Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) written and read by Nick Clegg.

Keep calm – but do not carry on.

There is nothing remotely inevitable about Brexit – except that it will be deeply damaging if it happens. Extricating Britain from Europe will be the greatest challenge this country has... Read more

What Happened When I Was Asleep

By: WILLIAM DINGWALL

Narrated by: Karl Sjoberg

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This book expresses the truth of the world that is being hidden and concealed by those in positions of power. It highlights how we have been denied our basic right of freedom through optimized control from those we see as our leaders. There are truths about the world and the universe as a whole that we are not told or that are hidden from us.... Read more

Mighty

By: Shirin Taherzadeh

Narrated by: Shirin Taherzadeh

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Told through the eyes of a traveller, a doctor, an aristocrat, a writer, a young boy, a wealthy woman, and a little girl, ‘Mighty’ consists of seven stories about ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. His extraordinary life of love, justice, compassion and humility will inspire children to be of service to the world. Read more

Literature for the People

By: Sarah Harkness

Narrated by: Sarah Harkness

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author, Sarah Harkness.

From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world. Their remarkable achievements are revealed in this entertaining, superbly researched... Read more

A Map of the New Normal

By: Jeff Rubin

Narrated by: Jeff Rubin

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Bestselling economist Jeff Rubin warns that the shock inflation of 2021 is the front of a perfect storm of war, supply-chain disruption, geopolitical realignment, domestic upheaval, and energy scarcity that will change everything.

During the pandemic, government deficits skyrocketed to record highs while central banks primed... Read more

The Force Behind the Forces

By: Swapnil Pandey

Narrated by: Angira Mukherjee

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Who continues to pay the costs of war long after our soldiers are gone?There are many stories of courageous heroes at the borders, but how much do we know about the women standing strong behind them?The Force behind the Forces is a collection of seven true stories of eternal love, courage and sacrifice. Written by an army wife, Swapnil Pandey,... Read more

Uncle Tom's Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by: Larraine Paquette

Length: 20 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Delve into the powerful and moving world of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This audiobook takes you on an emotional journey through the lives of its compelling characters, depicting the harsh realities of slavery in 19th-century America. Through the eyes of Uncle Tom, Eliza, and other unforgettable figures, you will witness the... Read more

Our Enemies Will Vanish

By: Yaroslav Trofimov

Narrated by: David Furr

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist • Winner of the Peterson Literary Prize

“Our Enemies Will Vanish achieves the highest level of war reporting: a tough, detailed account that nevertheless reads like a great novel. One is reminded of Michael Herr's Dispatches . . . Frankly, it's what we have all aspired to. I did not really understand... Read more