Politics & Economy audiobooks

Raus aus dem Ego Kapitalismus

By: Patrick Kaczmarczyk

Narrated by: Robert Gregor Kühn

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Wie uns Solidarität aus der Krise führt

Ob Krisen, Armut oder die zunehmende Verrohung und Spaltung der Gesellschaft: Die beängstigenden Entwicklungen der letzten Jahre sind in erster Linie das Ergebnis verfehlter wie fehlender wirtschaftspolitischer Ideen und Leitbilder. Das sagt der Politökonom Patrick Kaczmarczyk. Seine Suche nach möglichen... Read more

The Breakthrough Manifesto

By: Kim Christfort & Suzanne Vickberg

Narrated by: Alex Picard

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Innovation is a process by which new ideas, services, and sources of value are brought to life. Yet approaches to the pursuit of innovation are often far from novel, relying on stale methodologies applied against well-defined problem sets. Transformative innovation requires something else. Not just methodologies, but mindsets. Not just focusing... Read more

In the Nation's Service

By: Philip Taubman

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 18 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Deftly solving critical but intractable national and global problems was the leitmotif of George Pratt Shultz's life. No one at the highest levels of the United States government did it better or with greater consequence in the last half of the twentieth century, often against withering resistance. While political, social, and cultural dynamics... Read more

Bradley

By: Charles Whiting

Narrated by: Dallas Britt

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

At the age of fifty Bradley was a career officer who had never seen a day of action on the battlefield. Yet, by the end of the war, he had led American soldiers through some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two—the final defeat of the Germans' Afrika Korps, the invasion of Sicily, and the historic Normandy invasion, before leading the... Read more

American Eagles

By: Charles Whiting

Narrated by: Dallas Britt

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Of the 6,600 paratroopers of the 101st 'Screaming Eagles' Airborne Division who parachuted into France in the early hours of 6 June 1944—D-Day—some 3,500 were listed as missing by midnight that same night. Yet it was only the beginning of their 'rendezvous with destiny.'



American Eagles is the remarkable true story of the United States 101st... Read more

The Age of Insurrection

By: David Neiwert

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From a smattering of ominous right-wing compounds in the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s, to the shocking January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, America has seen the culmination of a long-building war on democracy being waged by a fundamentally violent and antidemocratic far-right movement that unironically calls itself the "Patriot"... Read more

Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?

By: Dorothy Hoobler

Narrated by: Danny Campbell, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Gibson Fr...

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

An “irresistibly readable” (David Michaelis, New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor) collection of love letters by American presidents to their wives—and lovers—revealing an intimate and deeply personal side of our leaders.

Our presidents loom so large in history that we often forget they are human. Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love... Read more

Life After Power

By: Jared Cohen

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This “informative…highly readable” (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling book from the author of the bestseller Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States.

Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III believed that George... Read more

Die Konsensfabrik

By: Noam Chomsky & Edward S. Herman

Narrated by: Markus Böker

Length: 23 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Mit "Manufacturing Consent" legten Edward S. Herman und Noam Chomsky im Jahr 1988 ein umfassendes Werk zur Funktionsweise der Massenmedien in kapitalistischen Demokratien vor, das heute als eine der meistgelesenen Studien zum Thema gilt. Fein und detailliert zeigen die Autoren, wie die Medien einen gesellschaftlichen Konsens herstellen, der den... Read more

The End of Everything

By: Victor Davis Hanson

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times–bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time

War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilization—sometimes to the breaking point. From Troy to... Read more

The Situation Room

By: George Stephanopoulos

Narrated by: George Stephanopoulos, Peter Ganim & Elisabeth ...

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White House Situation Room. 

No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room.... Read more

Undiplomatic

By: Deesha Dyer

Narrated by: Deesha Dyer

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Without credentials, connections or a college degree, a hip-hop journalist and community leader conquered her imposter syndrome while landing one of the most exclusive, sought-after and fun positions in the White House.
 
From the most unlikely person to end up as a senior official to President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama comes a... Read more

The Darkness Has Not Overcome

By: Cliff Sims

Narrated by: Cliff Sims

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Former special assistant to President Trump, New York Times bestselling author, and evangelical Christian Cliff Sims shares the lessons he learned on faith, politics, and the Christian witness while working in the halls of power.
 
American life today is consumed by politics. Even our churches are tearing themselves apart over political... Read more

Midnight in Moscow

By: John J. Sullivan

Narrated by: John J. Sullivan & Matt Godfrey

Length: 17 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine, Midnight in Moscow is the first behind-the-scenes account of how U.S.-Russia relations hit their nadir—and a playbook for our unfolding confrontation.

For weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, John J. Sullivan, the U.S.... Read more

The Profiteers

By: Christopher Marquis

Narrated by: Simon Vance & Christopher Marquis

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

An exposé of how society pays for corporations' "free lunch" and the cost of environmental damage, low wages, systemic discrimination, and cheap goods.

In an age when business leaders solemnly profess dedication to principles of environmental and social justice, Christopher Marquis’s provocative investigation into the real costs of doing... Read more

Swimming Against the Current

By: Riley Gaines

Narrated by: Riley Gaines

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

America’s most sought-after voice in the fight to save female sports shares her unbelievable story and inspires readers to embrace common sense and truth in discussions about women's rights. Riley Gaines has been called many things: Collegiate athlete. All-American. Champion. But in 2022, everything changed. The narrative shifted. Now, critics... Read more

The Parent Revolution

By: Dr. Corey A. DeAngelis

Narrated by: Chris Abell

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the leader of the online army in America's parental rights movement comes the real story of how moms and dads across the country are turning the tide against radical activists in public schools.

It’s no secret that our government-run public education system has held generations of Americans hostage. The teachers unions—the government’s... Read more

The Court v. The Voters

By: Joshua A. Douglas

Narrated by: Chris Baetens

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

An urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the stories of 9 Supreme Court decisions—and the next looming case

In The Court v. The Voters, law professor Joshua Douglas takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in voting rights—some surprising and unknown, some familiar—to... Read more

ملخص كتاب لورانس في بلاد العرب

By: سكوت اندرسون

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

الحرب والخديعة والحماقة الإمبريالية، وصناعة الشرق الأوسط الحديث. ما الذي يدفع عميلًا بريطانيا محنّكا، للتآمر ضد بلده، لصالح العرب؟ كيف تمكن هذا العميل من اكتساب ثقة قادة الحجاز، والتجول في قلب الأراضي المقدسة، بل قيادة قوات عربية من شتى القبائل في بعض الأحيان؟ Read more

ملخص كتاب حروب الأشباح

By: ستيف كول

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

يتتبع هذا الكتاب أكثر الفترات سخونة في الحرب الباردة، وما تلاها من سنوات، شهدت توترًا في العلاقات بين الغرب والدول الإسلامية، كما كانت البداية لحرب طويلة شنتها الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية على الإرهاب، حربٌ بدأت من بداية التسعينيات في القرن الماضي حتى وقتنا هذا، ولا يبدو أنها ستنتهي قريبًا. Read more

ملخص كتاب ماذا يريد العم سام

By: نعوم تشومسكي

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

مؤلف الكتاب هو Avram Noam Chomsky عالم اللغويات الأمريكي والناشط و السياسي المشهور، كتب تشومسكي أكثر من مئة كتاب بين اللغة والسياسة ووسائل الإعلام، ووصف بالشخصية الثقافية الأبرز حول العالم وفقًا لاستطلاع للرأي عام ألفين وخمسة. هو ابن أحد الباحثين اليهود، نشأ في بيئة محفزة فكريًّا، ودرس الفلسفة والمنطق واللغات في جامعة بنسلفانيا، حيث ولى اهتماما... Read more

The Hidden History of the White House

By: Corey Mead

Narrated by: Lindsay Graham & Jeremy Arthur

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Presented by the hit podcast American History Tellers, The Hidden History of the White House reveals the behind-the-scenes stories of some of the most dramatic events in American history—set right inside the house where it happenedFor more than two centuries, the White House in Washington, DC, has been the stage for some of the most climactic... Read more

The Light of Battle

By: Michel Paradis

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 16 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history.""This is hands-down the most deeply researched, sensitive, intimate, and nuanced portrait of Eisenhower."" —DAVID KENNEDY, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for History |... Read more

Return to Vienna

By: Peter Dixon

Narrated by: The Author

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

'Captain Charles Kennedy' parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home.Men and women of Churchill’s secret Special Operations Executive worked to free Austria from Hitler's grip. Many were themselves Austrians... Read more