Politics & Economy audiobooks

John F. Kennedy

By: Kelly Mass

Narrated by: Doug Greene

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

JFK, or John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was an American political leader who functioned as the 35th President of the US from 1961 till his assassination to the conclusion of his 3rd year in office. Kennedy was president throughout the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his time in office was spent handling the Soviet Union and Cuba. Prior to... Read more

Manifesting Justice

By: Valena Beety

Narrated by: Raechel Wong

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

When Valena Beety first became a federal prosecutor, her goal was to protect victims, especially women, from cycles of violence. What she discovered was that not only did prosecutions often fail to help victims, they frequently relied on false information, forensic fraud, and police and prosecutor misconduct.



Seeking change, Beety began working... Read more

A Confederacy of Dumptys

By: John Lithgow

Narrated by: John Lithgow

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The next book in John Lithgow's New York Times bestselling series

Following the success of New York Times bestsellers Dumpty and Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown, award-winning actor, author, and illustrator John Lithgow presents the third book in his runaway hit series. A Confederacy of Dumptys takes us through a history of twenty-five "American... Read more

Free Speech and Turbulent Freedom

By: Michael J. Glennon

Narrated by: Perry Daniels

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A vast censorship regime has smothered America's digital marketplace of ideas, squelching free speech on vital policy issues. Its supporters regard its benefits as morally and politically beyond question. They contend it's carried out by private social media platforms, not governmental authorities.



In Free Speech and Turbulent Freedom, Michael J.... Read more

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life

By: KidsChoice

Narrated by: KidsChoice

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

KidsChoice: World knowledge for Children is an engaging audiobook series that takes young listeners on a fascinating journey to explore and understand the world around them. Aimed at curious children aged 7 to 99, this series dives into a variety of topics in science, society, and culture, making complex ideas accessible and exciting. Each... Read more

Enemies and Neighbors

By: Ian Black

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 20 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent over three decades covering events in the Middle East and is currently a fellow at the London School of Economics, offers a major new history of the Arab-Zionist conflict from 1917 to today.



Laying the historical groundwork in the final decades of the Ottoman Era, when the first Zionist settlers... Read more

Nachruf auf mich selbst. - Die Kultur des Aufhörens (Ungekürzt)

By: Harald Welzer

Narrated by: Harald Welzer

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestseller-Autor Harald Welzer stellt fest, dass unsere Kultur kein Konzept vom Aufhören hat. Deshalb baut sie Autobahnen und Flughäfen für Zukünfte, in denen es keine Autos und Flughäfen mehr geben wird. Und sie versucht, unsere Zukunftsprobleme durch Optimierung zu lösen, obwohl ein optimiertes Falsches immer noch falsch ist. Damit verbaut sie... Read more

The Spirit of Justice

By: Jemar Tisby

Narrated by: Jemar Tisby

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.The Black History You Never Knew: Uncovering Unsung Heroes in the Struggle for Racial Justice.The Spirit of Justice reveals the stories of the people who fought against racism and agitated for justice—and what we can learn from their example, their suffering, their methods, and their hope.How is it that people still work for... Read more

Sorry Not Sorry

By: Alyssa Milano

Narrated by: Alyssa Milano

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Alyssa Milano’s sharply observed, uproarious, and deeply intimate ode to the life she has lived and the issues that matter most.
 
Alyssa Milano, actress and activist, delivers here a collection of powerful personal essays that get to the heart of her life, career, and all-out humanitarianism. These essays are unvarnished and elegant, funny and... Read more

George Washington

By: Michael Crawley

Narrated by: Jodie Stapler

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Who was George Washington? You probably know him as the first president of the United States, the commander of the Continental army who led American farmers and innkeepers in a victorious eight-year war against the British. But where did he get his military experience? Why was picked to take command of the army? Why was he the only American... Read more

American Marxism

By: Mark R. Levin

Narrated by: Jeremy Lowell

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The seven-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, Fox News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin explains how the dangers he warned against in the “timely yet timeless” (David Limbaugh, author of Jesus Is Risen) bestseller Liberty and Tyranny have come to pass.

In 2009, Mark R. Levin galvanized conservatives with his... Read more

The Plot

By: Nadine Dorries

Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on the tawdry world of Westminster powerbroking’ Tim Shipman, The Times YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE ELECTED ARE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE. THINK AGAIN. When Boris Johnson came to power... Read more

Bad News

By: Batya Ungar-Sargon

Narrated by: Batya Ungar-Sargon

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Something is wrong with American journalism. Long before “fake news” became the calling card of the Right, Americans had lost faith in their news media. But lately, the feeling that something is off has become impossible to ignore. That’s because the majority of our mainstream news is no longer just liberal; it’s woke. Today’s newsrooms are... Read more

Out of Poverty

By: Paul Polak

Narrated by: Eric Bodrero

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Polak, whose organization International Development Enterprises (IDE) has directly helped over 17 million people get out of poverty permanently, exposes the top 3 things we are doing wrong in our efforts to end the root causes of poverty. He then, through the story of a Nepali farmer, goes on to detail solutions for what actually works in... Read more

Unconventional

By: Dave Werklund

Narrated by: Bill Fike

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this biography, Dave Werklund tells how he grew up on a farm, left school in Grade 9, and then built a multi-billion-dollar business in Alberta to clean up oil waste and pollution. As an environmentalist working in the oil business, he argues that Alberta has among the most stringent environmental standards anywhere in the oil world. Yet like... Read more

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents

By: Steven F. Hayward

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes a president great?Academics, journalists, and popular historians agree: our greatest presidents are the ones who confronted a national crisis and mobilized the entire nation to face it. That's the conventional wisdom. The chief executives who are celebrated in textbooks and placed in the top echelon of presidents in surveys of... Read more

The Nonsense Factory

By: Bruce Cannon Gibney

Narrated by: Matt Kugler

Length: 17 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A withering and witty examination of how the American legal system, burdened by complexity and untrammeled growth, fails Americans and threatens the rule of law itself, by the acclaimed author of A Generation of Sociopaths.
Our trial courts conduct hardly any trials, our correctional systems do not correct, and the rise of mandated arbitration... Read more

The Decade in Tory

By: Russell Jones

Narrated by: Chris Devon

Length: 17 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2020 the United Kingdom reached a bewildering milestone: ten successive years of Conservative rule. In that decade there were three prime ministers, each in turn described as the worst leader we ever had; ministerial resignations by the hundred; and an unrelenting stream of ineffectual, divisive bum-slurry oozing from 10 Downing Street.

The... Read more

Battle for Mosul over, but hidden ISIS danger could lurk for years

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Iraq may have ousted Islamic States militants from the city of Mosul over the summer, but the major task of finding and destroying the mines, booby traps and bombs remains. A security firm hired by the U.S. and Iraqi workers are making progress to clear major areas, but it could take years or even decades. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs... Read more

Vida y muerte de Petra Kelly

By: Sara Parkin

Narrated by: Charo Gabella

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Un libro que atrapa y que nos permite conocer la apasionante vida y trágica muerte de una de las mujeres más importantes del siglo XX, fundadora de los Verdes en Europa. Petra Kelly fue una de las más destacadas activistas ecologistas y feministas del siglo XX. El 19 de octubre de 1992 la policía alemana descubrió los cadáveres de Petra y de su... Read more

Socialism Is Evil

By: Justin T. Haskins

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The greatest threat facing the United States today doesn’t come from China, Iran, or even Russia; it’s the growing number of Americans who believe Karl Marx’s socialism provides the best strategy for making our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous. But the most significant danger posed by socialism isn’t that its implementation... Read more

Ike’s Mystery Man

By: Peter Shinkle

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 16 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This exhilarating Cold War narrative takes listeners from top-secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man’s intimate diary. Ike’s Mystery Man brings a new dimension to our understanding of the inner-workings of the Eisenhower White House. It also shines a bright light on the indispensable... Read more

Democracies in America

By: Gregory Laski & D. Berton Emerson

Narrated by: James Babson, Lisa Larsen, Mia Ellis, Amir Abdu...

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Ask someone their thoughts about "democracy" and you'll get many different responses. Some may presume it a thing once established yet now under threat. Others may believe that democracy has always been compromised by the empowered few. In the contemporary United States, marked by constituencies across the political spectrum believing that their... Read more

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Jack Shelly

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (1848) is an essay from a speech by Henry David Thoreau, a lifelong abolitionist. The slavery crisis inflamed New England in the 1840s-1850s. The speech dealt with slavery, but at the same time criticized American imperialism, particularly the Mexican–American War. Thoreau asserts that because governments are... Read more