Politics & Economy audiobooks

KNOW ABOUT "Kailash Satyarthi"

By: Saurabh Singh Chauhan

Narrated by: Saurabh Singh Chauhan

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This is small part of the introduction of the book: Kailash Satyarthi is a name synonymous with the fight against child labor. A Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Satyarthi has dedicated his life to rescuing children from exploitation and advocating for their right to education. His unwavering commitment to this cause has made him an inspiration to... Read more

I Lived to Tell the Story

By: Tamika D. Mallory

Narrated by: Tamika D. Mallory

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A powerful and heartfelt memoir of perseverance and triumph over tragedy from Tamika D. Mallory, trailblazing social justice leader and cofounder of the Women’s March.

In this candid and defiant memoir, a follow-up to her “masterful” (Marc Lamont Hill, New York Times bestselling author) response to the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd,... Read more

On My Honor

By: Kim Christensen

Narrated by: Victor Warren

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, the shocking rise and fall of an American institution.

Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has been the nation’s premier youth organization, espousing self-reliance and honor. More than 100 million Americans have been Boy Scouts, from Bill Gates to Martin Luther King Jr. Today, however,... Read more

Win Then Play

By: Garrett Gunderson

Narrated by: Dan Strutzel & Garrett Gunderson

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

G&D Media is proud to present, Win Then Play: Keep More of the Money You Make, Profit From Your Ideas Upfront Without Borrowing a Dime, and Design a Life You Don't Want to Retire From.

Created and presented by Garrett Gunderson. In this compelling, original and idea-packed presentation composed of 30 concise sessions, Garrett will outline... Read more

Walter Benjamin: Denkbilder

By: Walter Benjamin

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Walter Benjamin (1892 - 1940), war vieles: Philosoph, Kulturkritiker, Übersetzer - aber auch ein Schriftsteller. Auf der Flucht vor den Nazis, die Frankreich besetzt hatten, nahm er sich an der spanischen Grenze das Leben. Seine "Denkbilder" stellen in der Tat ein neues, eigenes Genre dar: Dort angesiedelt, wo Philosophie und Literatur... Read more

Мистецтво війни

By: Сун Цзи

Narrated by: Руслан Драпалюк

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

«Закони війни учителя Суня» (Так буквально перекладається всесвітновідоме «Мистецтво війни») — це стародавній (йому понад 2500 років!) китайський трактат, авторство якого приписується генералу й стратегу Сун Цзи, що жив наприкінці періоду Чуньцю або ж на початку періоду Чжаньго. Не треба думати, що цей текст –лише відголосок сивої давнини,... Read more

As One Is

By: J. Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Mike Fraser

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a philosopher in the original sense of the word, not an academic or intellectual, but a lover of truth who raised essential questions of living. He spent his adult life speaking to people around the world about eternal questions of life.

In this series of eight talks, given in Ojai, California, in 1955, he... Read more

Left Adrift

By: Timothy Shenk

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A rivalry that remade the political world as we know it today

Politics today doesn’t look much like it did fifty years ago. Electorates that were once divided by economics—with blue-collar workers supporting leftwing parties while the wealthy trended right—are now more likely to split along cultural lines. Campaigns have gone high-tech, hoping to... Read more

Path to Zero

By: Tucker Perkins

Narrated by: Tucker Perkins

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Tucker Perkins’s Path to Zero shows how we can reverse climate change and create a cleaner environment for future generations by putting aside our biases and working together for change.Climate catastrophe-inspired narratives like “Electrify Everything!” have a grip on people’s minds. The simplicity of the solution to the most complex endeavor... Read more

Crossing the Line

By: Sarah Towle

Narrated by: Sarah Towle

Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

It was family separation and “kids in cages” that drove Sarah Towle to the U.S. southern border. On discovering the many-headed hydra that is the U.S. immigration system—and the heroic determination of those caught under its knee—she could never look away again. Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands charts Sarah’s journey from... Read more

The Mount Rushmore Presidents

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1920s, plans were made to carve the figures of America's greatest presidents into Mount Rushmore, the tallest spot in the Black Hills of the Dakotas. By 1939 the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt had been carved into the rock, and one of America's greatest national monuments was born.The... Read more

General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: The Lives and Careers of America’s Commanders-in-Chief in the Pacific Theater during World War II

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Bill Caufield

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite fighting in North Africa and the Atlantic, the United States still had the resources and manpower to fight the Japanese in the Pacific. Though the Japanese had crippled the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, its distance from Japan made an invasion of Pearl Harbor impossible, and Japan had not severely damaged important infrastructure.... Read more

Recabarren - Drama Político: Deliberación, Soberanía, Tragedia

By: Gabriel Salazar & Nelda Muray

Narrated by: La Dramática Nacional

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Este libro, en registro teatral, apunta a "pensar" la historia política del pueblo chileno a partir de su memoria y, sobre todo, de su deliberación soberana. Está focalizado en el período 1911-1924, cuando, al abrirse un proceso constituyente de cambios radicales, las bases populares y ciudadanas activaron a alto nivel sus vínculos solidarios y... Read more

Operation Ark

By: Pen Farthing

Narrated by: Kerry Hutchinson

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Operation Ark was always about people and animals. Pen Farthing’s actions were nothing short of heroic. - Ricky Gervais   67 People. 171 Animals. Getting out was only half the battle.   August 2021. The Taliban invaded Kabul.   The British Government was Missing in Action.   The evacuation was disastrous, shambolic and deadly.   Pen Farthing... Read more

The Floating University

By: Tamson Pietsch

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book. The Floating University sheds light on a story of optimism and imperialist ambition in the 1920s.

In 1926, New York University professor James E. Lough—an educational reformer with big dreams—embarked on a bold experiment he called the Floating University. Lough believed that taking five... Read more

Plenty Good Room

By: Andrew Wilkes

Narrated by: Andrew Wilkes

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Plenty Good Room lays out in clear terms the hope of democratic socialism for a world ravaged by intensifying racial capitalism and social injustice. Unleash your ingenuity for systems that offer plenty good room—not for just a few but for all.Economic inequality yawns as wide as ever. Capitalism is working as it was designed: replicating an... Read more

Reagan

By: Max Boot

Narrated by: Graham Winton

Length: 32 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “monumental and impressive” biography, Max Boot, the distinguished political columnist, illuminates the untold story of Ronald Reagan, revealing the man behind the mythology. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred of the fortieth president’s aides, friends, and family members, as well as thousands of newly available documents, Boot... Read more

The Heartbeat Drum

By: Deidre Havrelock

Narrated by: Kyla Garcia

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Nisôhkisinân …We are strong …Ninikamonân …We are singing …Mîna nika-âhkamêyimonân … And we will continue …Whenever young Carol sang along to her family’s music, her heart felt light and full of joy. Learning from her great-grandfather, Moshum, Carol listened closely to the drums’ heartbeat until one day, Moshum made her a drum of her very own.... Read more

Mastering Forex Trading: Strategies for Success in the Global Currency Market

By: Alexandra Thompson

Narrated by: Alexandra Thompson

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"Mastering Forex Trading: Strategies for Success in the Global Currency Market: A Comprehensive Guide to Unlocking Financial Freedom." is a comprehensive guide that offers readers a deep dive into the world of forex trading. Authored by seasoned experts in the field, this book provides a wealth of knowledge, practical strategies, and invaluable... Read more

The Crazies

By: Amy Gamerman

Narrated by: Anna Sale

Length: 17 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A dazzling piece of narrative nonfiction about land lust and the American West, The Crazies tells the story of a wind farm that triggers a 21st century range war between a struggling fifth-generation rancher and the billionaires next door.

Most locals in Big Timber, Montana learn to live with the wind. Rick Jarrett sought his fortune in it. Like... Read more

Mio fratello. Tutta una vita con Peppino

By: Giovanni Impastato

Narrated by: Gianluca lacono

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

La vita di Peppino Impastato, ucciso dalla mafia nel '78, raccontata come mai prima d'ora. Peppino e Giovanni Impastato nascono a Cinisi, nella città metropolitana di Palermo, in una famiglia strettamente legata a Cosa Nostra. Ben presto Peppino, più grande del fratello di cinque anni, si ribella e viene cacciato di casa. Da qui inizia il suo... Read more

Dinastías: Dos familias, una nación

By: Ramón Alberto Garza

Narrated by: Paco Valdovinos

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Los Echeverría y los Salinas; las clanes que se disputan el control de México «Desde Luis Echeverría hasta Andrés Manuel López Obrador, pasando por Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Vicente Fox, Felipe Calderón y Enrique Peña Nieto, viví en carne propia, con cada presidente, sus glorias y sus infiernos, así como sus delirios de grandeza, de fortuna y... Read more

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By: Benjamin Franklin

Narrated by: Anna Isaksen

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on an auditory adventure with The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, narrated to immerse you in the life of one of America’s pivotal Founding Fathers. This isn't just a story; it's a journey through Franklin's remarkable rise from humble beginnings to becoming an inventor, writer, and statesman. With vivid narration, Franklin's trials,... Read more

A Time for Choosing

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Ronald Reagan hosted the General Electric Theater TV series which ran from 1953 to 1962. During this time Reagan visited GE’s 135 plants across the country and spoke to audiences of GE’s 250,000 employees. Reagan’s speech focused on the growing power of federal, state, and local governments and the dangers this posed to free market competition... Read more