Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Tiger

By: John Vaillant

Narrated by: John Vaillant

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that... Read more

Quiet Time with the President

By: Peter Friedland with Jill Margo

Narrated by: Adam Niell

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

One Sunday in 2001 ear, nose and throat specialist Dr Peter Friedland received an unexpected call from Nelson Mandela’s personal physician. The former president was struggling to hear. Could Peter visit him at home?Friedland discovered that Mandela was using antiquated hearing aids and was struggling to maintain them. Soon he became a regular... Read more

Hacks

By: Donna Brazile

Narrated by: Donna Brazile

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Explosive... A blistering tell-all."---Washington Post

"People should sit up, take notes and change things."---Ace Smith, Los Angeles Times

"Brazile most certainly has a story to tell.... Vivid."---The Guardian

From Donna Brazile, former DNC chair and legendary political operative, an explosive and revealing... Read more

The New World Order

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Brandon Johnson

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The New World Order is a non-fiction book written by H.G. Wells and was published by Secker & Warburg in January 1940. In The New World Order, Wells proposed a framework of international functionalism that could guide the world towards achieving world peace. To achieve these ends, Wells asserted that a socialist and scientifically planned... Read more

The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot

By: Blaine Harden

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14, the murderous rise of North Korea’s founding dictator and the fighter pilot who faked him out

In The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot, New York Times bestselling author Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of how Kim Il Sung grabbed power and plunged his country into war against the United... Read more

The Secrets of the Federal Reserve

By: Eustace Mullins

Narrated by: John Riddle

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The Secrets of the Federal Reserve* by Eustace Mullins investigates the origins, structure, and influence of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, arguing that it was created not solely to stabilize the economy but to serve the interests of an elite banking group. Mullins traces the Reserve’s formation back to a secret meeting on Jekyll Island and... Read more

Poder y dinero en la era del bitcoin - Una historia de la moneda digital

By: Marco Mallamaci

Narrated by: Juan Carrega

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

El autor articula las complejidades técnicas y teóricas detrás de la moneda digital, y ofrece un análisis crítico de su potencial para reconfigurar las dinámicas económicas globales. Desde la electrónica y la informática hasta las tensiones geopolíticas y las crisis financieras, teje una argumentación que desentraña el fenómeno del bitcoin, a la... Read more

The Civil Rights Movement

By: the Speech Resource Company

Narrated by: Robert Wikstrom

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the Supreme Court ruling in 1954 striking down the “separate but equal” doctrine, a decade and a half of civil turbulence existed. Civil rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change. This product tells a part of that historic time with speeches from many of those attempting to achieve racial... Read more

Breaking Ground

By: Heidi Kühn, Her Majesty Queen Noor & Dr Ken Rut...

Narrated by: Heidi Kühn

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Heidi Kühn’s lifelong commitment to fostering peace and raising awareness has been a driving force—from her early days as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, to her time as a reporter in Juneau, Alaska, covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill and US-Russia relations. After overcoming a potentially terminal cancer diagnosis that... Read more

Så blev jag ett av Sveriges värsta nättroll

By: Bobbo Sundgren

Narrated by: Gert Lundstedt

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Under en tolv år lång period är Bobbo Sundgren ett av Sveriges mest aktiva nättroll. Det börjar som ett politiskt debatterande men växer sig snart till något helt annat. Plötsligt trakasserar han kändisar och driver dem till vansinne, samtidigt som han tar sig allt djupare in i nättrollens mörka värld. När han till slut blir medlem i några av... Read more

A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump

By: David Plouffe

Narrated by: David Plouffe

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

As seen on CBS This Morning, PBS NewsHour, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Pod Save America and more

A voter's playbook on making a difference in the 2020 election and beyond from the most recognized and most successful political strategist in the country

If you've asked yourself the question, what more can I do to make... Read more

The Theory of Stock Exchange Speculation

By: Arthur Crump

Narrated by: Kenny Davis

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Theory of Stock Exchange Speculation” is a book by Arthur Crump that delves into the principles and strategies of stock market speculation. It was first published in 1874 and has been reproduced from the original from the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London. The book warns of the many... Read more

Great Speeches by the Presidents of the United States, 1933–2015

By: SpeechWorks

Narrated by: SpeechWorks

Length: 29 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A day that will live in infamy … Nothing to fear but fear itself … Ask not what your country can do for you … Ich bin ein Berliner … Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.From Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Barack Obama, this collection features original speeches by the presidents of the United States.*These are actual historic recordings, the sound... Read more

Trade Battles

By: Tamara Kay & R.L. Evans

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Trade was once an esoteric economic issue with little domestic policy resonance. Activists did not prioritize it, and grassroots political mobilization seemed unlikely to free trade advocates. The passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the early 1990s was therefore expected to be a fait accompli. Yet, as Trade Battles shows,... Read more

Principles Matter

By: Carlos A. Ball

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Progressives who opposed the Trump administration's policies found themselves repeatedly relying on constitutional principles grounded in federalism, separation of powers, and free speech to resist the federal government. Although many progressives had either criticized or underemphasized those principles before Trump, the principles became... Read more

Roadblocked

By: Heath Brown

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began their transition to the White House in the most unusual of circumstances: a global pandemic, a sitting president violently refusing to accept the results of the election, and a historic racial reckoning all posed profound questions about how they would staff large parts of the government and articulate policy... Read more

Seven Things You Can't Say About China

By: Tom Cotton

Narrated by: Orson Field

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Seven Things You Can't Say About China has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. Read more

HumanKind

By: Brad Aronson

Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This Wall Street Journal Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller and Canadian Book Club Award Winner is filled with true stories about how one small deed can make a world of difference. "Elegant and wise" (Deepak Chopra) "The most uplifting and life-affirming book in years" (Forbes) Brad Aronson's life changed in an instant when his wife, Mia, was... Read more

Jack Kennedy

By: Chris Matthews

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“Filled with the vitality and spirit that made Jack Kennedy such a magical figure. Chris Matthews shows the cunning and determination beneath that magic. It’s an awesome and delightful book.” —Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs

“What was he like?”

Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. What was... Read more

Ghandi Missjoni Ghalik

By: Richard Muscat

Narrated by: Richard Muscat

Length: 16 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Ix-xandir tal-PN minn Ragusa u t-trasferiment f'Ruma: rakkont sħiħ mimli avventuri, riskji u ċaħdiet sar-rebħa Read more

Dark Skies

By: Daniel Deudney

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 20 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Would-be asteroid collision diverters, space solar energy collectors, asteroid miners, and space geo-engineers insistently promote their Earth-changing mega-projects. Given our many looming planetary catastrophes (from extreme climate change to runaway artificial superintelligence), looking beyond the earth for solutions might seem like a sound... Read more

Exposure

By: Robert Bilott

Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental contamination in history—affecting virtually every person on the... Read more

Defend Us in Battle

By: George Monsoor

Narrated by: Zach Hoffman & John Behrens

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

On September 29, 2006, Michael Monsoor and three SEAL snipers watched vigilantly for enemy activity from their rooftop post in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. When a grenade thrown from insurgents bounced off Michael's chest, he could have escaped. Instead, he threw himself onto the live grenade, shielding his fellow soldiers from the immediate explosion.... Read more

Seed Money

By: Bartow J. Elmore

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

An authoritative and eye-opening history that examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system.

Monsanto, a St. Louis chemical firm that became the world’s largest maker of genetically engineered seeds, merged with German pharma-biotech giant Bayer in 2018—but its Roundup Ready® seeds, introduced twenty-five years ago,... Read more