Politics & Economy audiobooks

Warrior Life

By: Pamela Palmater

Narrated by: Pamela Palmater

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In a moment where unlawful pipelines are built on Indigenous territories, the RCMP make illegal arrests of land defenders on unceded lands, and anti-Indigenous racism permeates on social media; the government lie that is reconciliation is exposed. Renowned lawyer, author, speaker and activist, Pamela Palmater returns to wade through media... Read more

Thilo Bode über die Freihandelslüge - lit.COLOGNE live (ungekürzt)

By: Thilo Bode

Narrated by: Thilo Bode & Joachim Frank

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Das geplante Transatlantische Freihandelsabkommen TTIP wird derzeit in Brüssel verhandelt. Verbraucherschützer ("foodwatch") Thilo Bode (Jg. 1947) zeigt in "Die Freihandelslüge" anschaulich, was dabei für uns alle auf dem Spiel steht. Seine Kritik: Die Interessen der Wirtschaft werden über die Interessen der Bürger:innen und... Read more

Allein unter Flüchtlingen

By: Tuvia Tenenbom

Narrated by: Stefan Krause

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Seit Herbst 2015, als zahlreiche Flüchtlinge nach Deutschland kamen, hat sich das Land grundlegend verändert. Viele erleben die Migrationsbewegung als eine Zäsur, deren Folgen noch längst nicht abzusehen sind. Um zu verstehen, was da in den letzten Monaten eigentlich genau passiert ist, ist Tuvia Tenenbom einmal mehr kreuz und quer durch die... Read more

Das kommunistische Manifest op Kölsch

By: Walter Stehling

Narrated by: Walter Stehling

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

E Jespens jeit eröm en Europa - et Jespens vum Kummenismus. Die Mächte vom ahle Europa han sech mallich zesamme jedon zor Hätzjach jäje dat Jesoens, d'r Paps, d'r Zar, d'r Metternich un d'r Guizot, fränzüsisch Radekale un de dütsche Schmier... Das Manifest der kommunistischen Partei op Kölsch. Der Klassiker von 1848 von Karl Marx und Friedrich... Read more

Der gute Onkel: Mein verdammtes deutsches Erbe

By: Bettina Göring & Melissa Müller

Narrated by: Karolina Hofmeister

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Bettina Görings Auseinandersetzung mit ihrer dunklen Familiengeschichte und dem verbrecherischen Erbe Ihres Großonkels, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring

Bettina Görings Name ist ihr Schicksal. Als Großnichte von Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring wächst sie im Schatten seiner Verbrechen auf. Früh rebelliert sie und entflieht der bedrückenden Verbindung... Read more

Der neue Kulturkampf

By: Susanne Schröter

Narrated by: Nina Bartlett

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Identitätspolitik, Cancel Culture und Wokeness – was an den Universitäten seinen Ausgang nahm, beeinflusst mittlerweile nicht nur Medien, Kultureinrichtungen und Bildungsinstitutionen, sondern ist auch in der Politik und Wirtschaft angekommen. Angetreten, um gegen Rassismus und Diskriminierung zu kämpfen und sich für Demokratie und Zusammenhalt... Read more

The Road to Westminster

By: Den Dover

Narrated by: Andrew Sykes

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Nothing in life is impossible provided you never lose sight of your goal and are willing to be flexible at all times and totally dedicated to achieving your aims. Setbacks crop up at the most inconvenient times, but they give you the opportunity to make changes, accept new challenges and achieve your targets in ways you could never have thought... Read more

If You Wake at Midnight

By: Andrew Marriott

Narrated by: Matthew Fuller

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the story of the greatest scandal inflicted on British servicemen and women in modern times: drug-induced violence and suicide – and an officer determined to find the truth.
It was supposed to be a wonder drug that would save the world from malaria. But soon after Lariam was brought to international markets in the late 1980s, users of... Read more

Seen and Unseen

By: Russell Darley

Narrated by: Russell Darley

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping view of Asia and the Pacific through a series of literary essays written by Australian Russell Darnley, who earned an OAM for services he provided after the Bali Bombings.

Malaria, cockfights and magic are confronting realities in the Asia-Pacific region, yet beyond these more remains unseen and misunderstood. These cultures also exert... Read more

Genuine Sustainable Abundance

By: Bernard Lietaer & Jacqui Dunne

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Does our present system of economics truly serve the needs of the 21st century world? What are the stepping stones to a new economic structure? Lietaer and Dunne give many examples of successful, large scale, cooperative and complementary currencies in place today offering various communities resilience and sustainability and making for more... Read more

Champion of Choice

By: Cathleen Miller

Narrated by: Emma Bernbach

Length: 17 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world’s foremost advocate for women’s health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a... Read more

Stench

By: David Brock

Narrated by: David Brock & Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A blistering exposé of Clarence Thomas and the conservative regime of corruption that has usurped the Supreme Court—by a Democratic activist and former Republican political operative

Public confidence in the Supreme Court has plummeted to new lows in the last few years—and for good reason. In the past three decades, six conservative justices have... Read more

The Siege

By: Ben Macintyre

Narrated by: Ben Macintyre

Length: 14 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

“For six days, it was the Iranian Embassy on Princes Gate in London that riveted the world. . . . Macintyre’s superb reconstruction restores it to vivid, complex life.”—The Washington Post

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time—from the true-life espionage master and... Read more

The Myth of American Idealism

By: Noam Chomsky & Nathan J. Robinson

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in . . . there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky.” —The New Statesman

From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity’s future as well as a sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the national... Read more

Good Reasonable People

By: Keith Payne

Narrated by: Keith Payne

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2024

“An eye-opening analysis of why our politics have become so polarized….Keith Payne illuminates one of the biggest problems of our time and lights the way toward some promising solutions.”
—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again

"Good Reasonable People challenges each of us to... Read more

America First

By: H. W. Brands

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands narrates the fierce debate over America's role in the world in the runup to World War II through its two most important figures: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who advocated intervention, and his isolationist nemesis, aviator and popular hero Charles Lindbergh.

Hitler's invasion of... Read more

The Call to Serve

By: Jon Meacham

Narrated by: Jon Meacham

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of George H. W. Bush’s birth, this visually stunning chronicle features never-before-published photos and memories celebrating the forty-first president’s vision of leadership as service to country—curated by Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham.

Lavishly illustrated, The Call to Serve is an... Read more

Confronting the Presidents

By: Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 16 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit.

Authors of the acclaimed Killing books, the #1 bestselling narrative history series in the world, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard begin a new direction with Confronting the Presidents.

From Washington to... Read more

Fentanyl Nation

By: Ryan Hampton

Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A passionate call to abandon ineffective drug-war policies, reframe addiction as a public health issue, and end the Fentanyl crisis.

The American overdose crisis has reached record-breaking heights; preventable overdoses are now responsible for more annual deaths than traffic accidents, suicide, or gun violence. Fentanyl—a potent, inexpensive,... Read more

Over Work

By: Brigid Schulte

Narrated by: Rachel Perry

Length: 12 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“Brigid Schulte is a vital voice on the future of work, and her carefully researched book lights the way to fewer hours, less stress, and more meaning.” ―Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the podcast WorkLife

From the New York Times bestselling author of Overwhelmed, a deeply... Read more

10/7

By: Lee Yaron

Narrated by: Fred Berman

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home.

On October 7, 2023—the Sabbath and the final day of the holiday of Sukkot—the Gaza-based terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on the people of Israel. Crashing through the border, attacking from the sea and air,... Read more

Moral Vision

By: Marvin Olasky

Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes a leader truly great? Is it simply a matter of management style and personality? Or is it character that matters most? Moral Visions takes an insightful look into America’s leaders of the past to answer these questions and demonstrates that values and moral convictions are critical to the strength of a nation.

Supposedly, we learn... Read more

El Capital

By: Karl Marx

Narrated by: Sebastian Borjas

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"El Capital" de Karl Marx es una crítica a la economía política y al sistema capitalista, donde Marx desarrolla la teoría del materialismo histórico, la plusvalía y la lucha de clases. A través de un análisis detallado de la producción, circulación y distribución de la riqueza, Marx busca exponer las contradicciones internas del capitalismo y su... Read more

Nuestro Enemigo El Estado

By: Albert Jay Nock

Narrated by: Sebastian Borjas

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Nuestro enemigo el Estado" es un ensayo escrito por Albert Jay Nock en 1935. En él, el autor aborda la creciente influencia del Estado en la vida de los individuos y argumenta que esta influencia es perjudicial para la libertad y el bienestar humano.Nock critica el papel del Estado como un ente paternalista que se encarga de tomar decisiones en... Read more