Politics & Economy audiobooks

Diplomatic

By: Joe Hockey

Narrated by: Joe Hockey

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In September 2015, Joe Hockey's promising political career was brought to a dramatic end when Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott for the Liberal leadership. After felling the Abbott/Hockey government, Turnbull informed Hockey that he would no longer be treasurer of Australia – a deal had been struck with Scott... Read more

To Rescue the Constitution

By: Bret Baier

Narrated by: Bret Baier

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

 Instant New York Times Bestseller#1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how George Washington saved the Constitution–and the American experiment""To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite a young United States."" —Jay WinikA sweeping narrative ranging from the unsettled early... Read more

Let There Be Water

By: Seth M. Siegel

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

As every day brings urgent reports of growing water shortages around the world, there is no time to lose in the search for solutions.The United States government predicts that forty of our fifty states—and 60 percent of the earth’s land surface—will soon face alarming gaps between available water and the growing demand for it. Without action,... Read more

The Spy Who Couldn't Spell

By: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The thrilling, true-life account of the FBI’s hunt for the ingenious traitor Brian Regan—known as the Spy Who Couldn’t Spell.
 
Before Edward Snowden’s infamous data breach, the largest theft of government secrets was committed by an ingenious traitor whose intricate espionage scheme and complex system of coded... Read more

Command: George S. Patton

By: Steve Zaloga

Narrated by: Trevor White

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

A concise biography of the life of the legendary American field commander of World War II, George S Patton, Jnr.
George S. Patton, Jr. was the iconic American field commander of World War II, and is widely regarded as the US Army's finest practitioner of mechanized warfare. Having chased bandits in the Mexican border war of 1917, he led the first... Read more

My Journeys in Economic Theory

By: Edmund Phelps

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Edmund Phelps is among the most important economists of his generation. He developed a new understanding of unemployment and inflation and went on to rethink the roots of innovation.



In this book, Phelps tells the story of his role in reshaping economic theory, offering a powerful personal account of a creative and rewarding career. My Journeys... Read more

Revive Us Again

By: The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, The Reve...

Narrated by: JD Jackson & Erin Bennett

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of sermons and speeches that lay out a groundbreaking vision for intersectional organizing, paired with inspirational and practical essays from activists in today’s Poor People’s Campaign

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II has been called “the closest person we have to Martin Luther King Jr. in our midst” (Cornel West) and “one of the... Read more

Libro rojo de Mao

By: Mao Zedong

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

COMPILACIÓN DE LAS CITAS Y PENSAMIENTOS DEL LÍDER REVOLUCIONARIO CHINO MAO ZEDONGEl Libro Rojo de Mao, también conocido como el Pequeño Libro Rojo o Citas del Presidente Mao Zedong, ofrece una visión profunda de la ideología y estrategias que moldearon la China moderna.Publicado por primera vez en 1964 por el Ejército Popular de Liberación de... Read more

American Amnesia

By: Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 17 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A “provocative” (Kirkus Reviews), timely, and topical work that examines what’s good for American business and what’s good for Americans—and why those interests are misaligned.

In American Amnesia, bestselling political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson trace the economic and political history of the United States over the last century... Read more

Between Past and Future

By: Hannah Arendt

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Hannah Arendt’s insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice,... Read more

More than Ready

By: Cecilia Muñoz

Narrated by: Cecilia Muñoz

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Advice and inspiration for women of color seeking new heights of influence, from the "incredible" top Latinx advisor to President Obama (Jennifer Palmieri, author of Dear Madam President).
Women of color today are contributing to an unprecedented wave of "firsts"-whether they are the first in a family to attend college, the first to serve as CEO... Read more

Gray Work

By: Jamie Smith

Narrated by: Jeff Gurner

Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The first ever, first-person story of America's private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors, men who run highly dangerous missions deep inside foreign... Read more

The Climate Diet

By: Paul Greenberg

Narrated by: Paul Greenberg

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“Useful and relevant. . . . Greenberg’s writing is clear and concise. Each section starts with easy tips . . . then wades into bigger, trickier concepts.” —New York Times Book Review

A celebrated writer on food and sustainability offers fifty straightforward, impactful rules for climate-friendly living

We all understand just how dire the... Read more

The Choice

By: Claire Wade

Narrated by: Emma Gregory

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

'Electrifying' Christina Dalcher, Sunday Times Bestselling author of VOX

'A cleverly woven tale' The Times

*WINNER OF THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2020*

Imagine a world where...

Everything you ate was monitored by the government.
Every step you took was counted.
Your children were weighed every day at school.
Neighbours reported on... Read more

Deep Conviction

By: Steven T. Collis

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Deep Conviction features four ordinary Americans who put their reputations and livelihoods at risk as they fought to protect their first amendment right to live their personal beliefs. Though these individuals couldn’t be more different, they share a similar conviction and determination, and the principles of religious freedom apply equally to... Read more

Work Without the Worker

By: Phil Jones

Narrated by: David Vickery

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

An accessible analysis of the new forms of work whose seismic changes will increasingly determine the future of capitalism



Automation and the decline in industrial employment have lead to rising fears of a workless future. But what happens when your work itself is the thing that will make your job obsolete?



In the past few years, online... Read more

Left Turn

By: Tim Groseclose

Narrated by: Buck Groat

Length: 12 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Tim Groseclose, a professor of political science and economics at UCLA, has spent years constructing precise quantitative measures of the slant of media outlets. He does this by measuring the political content of news, as a way to measure the PQ, or "political quotient," of voters and politicians. Among his conclusions are these: (i) all... Read more

Suffragette

By: Emmeline Pankhurst

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The gripping memoir of the leader of the British suffragette movement who was named by Time as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century

With insight and great wit, Emmeline’s autobiography chronicles the beginnings of her interest in feminism through to her militant and controversial fight for women’s right to vote. While Emmeline... Read more

Links blinken, rechts abbiegen

By: Eva Schweitzer

Narrated by: Sabrina Gander

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Die Antideutschen sind eine kleine, aber schrille Politsekte, die so weit links ist, dass sie schon wieder rechts angelangt ist. Einige waren mal Funktionäre von K-Gruppen, andere kommen vom Schwarzen Block oder sind bloß Anti-Ostdeutsche, die Kleinbürger verachten. Sie haben viele Sympathisanten in den Medien. Das verleiht ihnen mehr Einfluss,... Read more

Richard Nixon

By: John A. Farrell

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 28 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • From a prize-winning biographer comes the defining portrait of a man who led America in a time of turmoil and left us a darker age. We live today, John A. Farrell shows, in a world Richard Nixon made.
 
At the end of WWII, navy lieutenant “Nick” Nixon returned from the Pacific and set his cap at Congress, an idealistic... Read more

Dismantling Mass Incarceration

By: Maria Hawilo, James Forman, Jr. & Premal Dharia

Narrated by: Arnell Powell

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

America’s criminal justice system perpetuates profound social and racial harms. But despite growing recognition of its destructiveness, the vast machinery of the carceral state remains very much intact. How can its damage be undone?In this pathbreaking reader, three of the nation’s leading advocates for change—Premal Dharia, Maria Hawilo, and... Read more

Nest City

By: Beth Sanders

Narrated by: Beth Sanders

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Our linear ways of thinking about, organizing and planning our cities do not meet the true nature of cities as complex and messy systems. There are no simple solutions to the challenges we face: many citizens don't feel they belong; we don't agree on how to best move around; many don't have jobs or homes they can afford; we make running... Read more

Presidential Elections and Majority Rule

By: Edward B. Foley

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Electoral College that governs America has been with us since 1804, when Thomas Jefferson's supporters redesigned it for his re-election. The Jeffersonians were motivated by the principle of majority rule. Gone were the days when a president would be elected by acclamation, as George Washington had been. Instead, given the emergence of... Read more

Inuti Tredje riket

By: Allt om Historia

Narrated by: Håkan Mohede

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Tyskland i början av 1930-talet är ett land i upplösning. Befolkningen är helt desillusionerad, fattigdomen breder ut sig, och arbetslösheten drabbar alla. Många tyskar ser Adolf Hitler som den ende som kan lyfta landet ur krisen. Nazistledarens löfte om bröd och arbete till folket är populärt, och kravet på hämnd för de förödmjukande... Read more