Politics & Economy audiobooks

LRRP Company Command - Abridged

By: Kregg P. Jorgenson

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A gripping account of ordinary men with extraordinary courage and heroism who had one last chance to make good—and one helluva war zone to do it in.
 
The new commander of the Company E, 52d Infantry LRRPs, Capt. George Paccerelli, was tough, but the men’s new AO was brutal. It was bad enough that the provinces of Binh Long, Phuoc Long, and Tay... Read more

Forex Trading : A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Start Investing with Forex Tradin - Abridged

By: Garth McCalister

Narrated by: Timothy Burke

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There are a lot of different options when it comes to investing your money. You can choose to go into the stock market, place it into a retirement plan, or even go into real estate. But many of these seem risky and like they aren’t going to provide the results that you want without a bit risk of losing all of your money. One of the best ways to... Read more

Superheroes - Becoming The Truly Elite & Honorable - Abridged

By: Daniel Joseph Cyrus

Narrated by: Annais Smith

Length: 23 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Who are the most courageous, greatest, most admirable, respectable, and world-saving or world-enhancing "Superheroes" of this century and centuries past? Is this not one of the most fascinating questions individuals could ask and research during their lives, with the answer constantly changing during these individuals' journeys through life as... Read more

Flags of Our Fathers - Abridged

By: James Bradley & Ron Powers

Narrated by: Barry Bostwick

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now abridged for young people, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history: the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.

In February 1945, American... Read more

Ugly Americans - Abridged

By: Ben Mezrich

Narrated by: TBD

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ugly Americans is the true story of John Malcolm, a Princeton graduate who traveled halfway around the world in search of the American dream and pulled off a trade that could be described as the biggest deal in the history of the financial markets.Without speaking a word of Japanese, with barely a penny in his pocket, Malcolm was thrown into the... Read more

Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour - Abridged

By: Joseph E. Persico

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

November 11, 1918. The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 A.M, yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand... Read more

This Time, This Place - Abridged

By: Jack Valenti

Narrated by: Michael Douglas

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With the nation at war in the 1940s, twenty-two-year-old Jack Valenti flew fifty-one combat missions as the pilot of a B-25 attack bomber with the 12th Air Force based in Italy. In the 1960s, with the nation reeling from the assassination of a beloved president and becoming embroiled in a far different kind of war in Vietnam, he was in that... Read more

The Fall of the House of Bush - Abridged

By: Craig Unger

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How Did This Happen?

The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy fiasco in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq. Bush's fateful decision was rooted in events that began decades ago, and this story has never been fully told, until now.

From Craig Unger, the author of the bestseller... Read more

F.U.B.A.R. - Abridged

By: Sam Seder & Stephen Sherrill

Narrated by: Sam Seder

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The United States has survived clueless presidential administrations before. But no matter how enormous the crisis -- the Great Depression, Vietnam, Watergate, Monica Lewinsky's thong -- America's always come out looking like, well, America.This time, however, something's different. Things aren't just screwed up; they're f!d up beyond all... Read more

The Nine - Abridged

By: Jeffrey Toobin

Narrated by: Jeffrey Toobin

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.

Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be at stake—Toobin reveals an... Read more

The Power of Gold - Abridged

By: Peter L. Bernstein

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Over the centuries, gold had stirred the passions for power and glory, for beauty and security, and even for immortality.  No other object has commanded so much veneration over such a long period of time.  The most striking feature of this long history is that gold led most of the protagonists in the drama into the ditch.  Gold had them, rather... Read more

Werbung für die Wahrheit - Abridged

By: Thomas Laschyk

Narrated by: Loris Kubeng

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Keine Demokratie ohne Fakten! Wir alle fallen auf Fake News herein. Sie kommen oft als gute Geschichten daher, die in unser Weltbild passen. Aber wie gehen wir damit um, dass rechtsextreme Parteien und gewisse Boulevard-Medien das systematisch nutzen, um Desinformation zu verbreiten? Wie verhindern wir, dass Fakten keine Rolle mehr... Read more

Darby's Rangers - Abridged

By: William O. Darby

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

The exciting true story of a legendary leader and the men who fought by his side in World War II, told in his own words

From the moment they hit the beaches in North Africa to their last desperate struggle at Anzio, Darby’s Rangers asked for only one thing in World War II—the chance to fight. Experts at amphibious landings, night attacks, and... Read more

Moralische Ambition - Wie man aufhört, sein Talent zu vergeuden und etwas schafft, das wirklich zählt (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Rutger Bregman

Narrated by: Julian Mehne

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dieses Buch handelt von Pionieren. Es erzählt die Geschichte von Menschen, die vor moralischer Ambition nur so strotzten: Abolitionisten, Suffragetten, Helden des Widerstands und Bürgerrechtlerinnen, von Menschen, die nicht nur Ideale hatten, sondern ihre Karrieren auch nach diesen Idealen ausrichteten - und den Lauf der Welt veränderten. Wie... Read more

A Short History of the United States - Abridged

By: Robert V. Remini

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In A Short History of the United States, National Book Award winner Robert V. Remini offers a much-needed, concise history of our country. This accessible and lively volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation and its institutions, including the arrival and migration of... Read more

Der Racheengel - Abridged

By: Thomas P.

Narrated by: Johannes Steck

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

**Der Bestseller als Hörbuch** Er war viele Jahre im engsten Kreis der Hells Angels aktiv. Gegen ihn liefen Verfahren wegen Anstiftung zur Prostitution, schweren Raubes, räuberischer Erpressung, schwerer Körperverletzung, erpresserischen Menschenraubs. Er war einer von ihnen. Doch am 12. April 2008 wurde alles anders. In einer aufsehenerregenden... Read more

Canapa. Una storia incredibile - Abridged

By: Matteo Gracis

Narrated by: Omar Maestroni

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Una pianta che da migliaia di anni fa parte della vita degli umani, ma che da circa novant'anni è diventata oggetto delle attenzioni di quasi tutte le forze di polizia del mondo, un'icona del male nell'immaginario collettivo. Un ragazzo che incontra quella pianta, e suoi prodotti, quando sono avvolti di quell'aura illecita che attrae e... Read more

Nossa democracia - Abridged

By: Ruy Barbosa

Narrated by: Guga Almeida

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Que é um republicano? Qual a característica que distingue uma da outra a república e a monarquia?" Neste artigo intitulado "Nossa democracia", escrita em abril de 1889 – pouco antes, portanto, da Proclamação da República –, Ruy Barbosa promove uma reflexão sobre essa forma de governo, analisando a postura da imprensa da época. Notável, além do... Read more

I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It - Abridged

By: Charles Barkley

Narrated by: Charles Barkley

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If there’s one thing Charles Barkley knows, it’s the crying need for honest, open discussion in this country—the more uncomfortable the subject, the more necessary the dialogue. And if the discussion leader can be as wise, irreverent, (occasionally) profane and (consistently) funny as Charles Barkley, so much the better. Many people are going to... Read more

Mister Undercover - Abridged

By: Alex Caine

Narrated by: Matthias Christian Rehrl

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Über 25 Jahre lang schleuste sich Alex Caine als Informant in kriminelle Gangs ein. Er gab sich als Biker, Fotograf oder Eventveranstalter aus, wurde Mitglied bei den Bandidos, infiltrierte die Hells Angels, legte russischen Mafiosi und einer asiatischen Dealerbande das Handwerk. Für jeden Auftrag zog er um, wechselte seine Identität, manchmal... Read more

The Rehnquist Choice - Abridged

By: John W. Dean

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines & John W. Dean

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The explosive story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the only person who could have revealed this information—John W. Dean.

In 1971, William Rehnquist seemed the perfect choice to fill a seat on the United States Supreme Court. He was a young, well-polished lawyer who shared many of President Richard Nixon's... Read more

Now It's My Turn - Abridged

By: Mary Cheney

Narrated by: Mary Cheney

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Who is Mary Cheney?

In the most eagerly awaited political memoir of the season, Mary Cheney, who served as a top campaign aide to her father, the vice president, presents a behind-the-scenes look at the high-intensity world of presidential politics and talks for the first time about her life, her family, and her role in the campaigns of 2000... Read more

Where the Right Went Wrong - Abridged

By: Patrick J. Buchanan

Narrated by: Patrick J. Buchanan

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A searing exposé of the saboteurs of Reaganism and sappers of the Bush administration by three-time presidential candidate and bestselling author Pat Buchanan
American Empire is at its apex. We are the sole superpower, with no potential challenger for a generation. We can reach any point on the globe with our cruise missiles and smart bombs, and... Read more

The Bolivian Diary - Abridged

By: Che Guevara

Narrated by: Bruno Gerardo

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Home will be the open sky... each guerrilla fighter is ready to die not just to defend an idea, but to make that idea a reality."Che Guevara remains one of the world's most iconic political and revolutionary figures. Fascinating to admirers and adversaries alike, he captured the minds of millions with his leadership and his belief in guerrilla... Read more