Politics & Economy audiobooks

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

Quem tem medo dos evangélicos? - Abridged

By: Gutierres Fernandes Siqueira

Narrated by: Rodrigo Dorado

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O crescimento exponencial do movimento evangélico no Brasil tem chamado atenção da grande imprensa e da academia. Por anos, as menções aos evangélicos seguiram estereótipos que nitidamente não davam conta de retratar com fidelidade um segmento tão diverso.O alinhamento político de pastores midiáticos e episódios controversos envolvendo políticos... Read more

Reagan In His Own Voice - Abridged

By: Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson & Martin An...

Narrated by: Various

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Reagan In His Own Voice features Ronald Reagan's radio addresses from the late 1970s. Edited by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson, they are introduced by George Shultz and feature additional introductions by Nancy Reagan, Richard V. Allen, Judge William Clark, Michael Deaver, Peter Hannaford, Edwin Meese III and Harry... Read more

Courage and Consequence - Abridged

By: Karl Rove

Narrated by: Karl Rove

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America’s most brilliant political mastermind recounts his controversial journey through Republican politics and into George W. Bush’s White House.

Known as “the Architect” of George W. Bush’s presidency, Karl Rove’s access to Bush and view of his presidency is unparalleled. In this memoir, Rove takes the listener into the heart of Bush’s rise... Read more

Lone Survivor - Abridged

By: Marcus Luttrell

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Follow along a Navy SEAL's firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afghanistan in this true story of survival and difficult choices.

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a... Read more

ملخص كتاب طبائع الاستبداد ومصارع الاستعباد - Abridged

By: عبد الرحمن الكواكبي

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

خرج حاكم بلاد مستبد في يوم دافئ للصيد، فأفلت من رميته غزال، فبانت علامات السوء على على وجه الملك، فما كان من مساعده إلا أن صاح: أصبت يا ملكي، أصبت.. فالتفت إليه الملك وقال بغضب: أتسخر مني؟. قال المساعد: معاذ الله، ولكن الغزال حظي برحمتك وحلمك. هكذا تُبنى الأصنام وتنسج أثواب الاستبداد وتزين بضحاياها. يأتي الكواكبي ليشرح لنا جسد الاستبداد بكتابه:... Read more

Still Ranting After All These Years - Abridged

By: Dennis Miller

Narrated by: Dennis Miller

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If you thought Dennis Miller was done ranting, guess again. In Still Ranting After All These Years, recorded in early 2002, Miller is in fine form, commenting on everything from ""War and Terrorism"" to Enron; from ""Obsessed Parents"" to the ""End of Class;"" to ""Truth in the Media,"" and so much more. Throughout, Miller is what we have come... Read more

Jeder kann zum Mörder werden - Abridged

By: Nahlah Saimeh

Narrated by: Ursula Berlinghof

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Georg T. erstickte seine Frau und verbrannte ihre Leiche auf der Straße. Über die Motive schwieg er. Tanja G. tötete ihre neugeborenen Kinder, versteckte sie im Kleiderschrank. Die forensische Psychiaterin Nahlah Saimeh weiß, dass es meist profane Gründe sind, die aus Menschen Mörder machen: Selbsthass, Eifersucht, Einsamkeit oder Angst. Sie... Read more

An Unfinished Life - Abridged

By: Robert Dallek

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is packed with revelations large and small -- about JFK's health, his love affairs, RFK's appointment as Attorney General, what Joseph Kennedy did to help his son win the White House, and the path JFK would have taken in the Vietnam entanglement had... Read more

Last Lion - Abridged

By: Peter S. Canellos

Narrated by: Skipp Sudduth

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The comprehensive New York Times bestselling biography of Senator Ted Kennedy dives deeply into his political career, his shocking downfall, and his redemption from disappointing member of a grand dynasty to respected sage in the Senate.

No figure in American public life had such great expectations thrust upon him and fallen short of them so... Read more

Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? - Abridged

By: Morgan Spurlock

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Academy Award®—nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is a jittery father-to-be with a simple question: If OBL is behind 9/11 and all the ensuing worldwide chaos, then why can’t we just catch him? And furthermore, why is his message so compelling to so many people? So the intrepid Spurlock kisses his anxious, pregnant wife goodbye and–armed with a... Read more

The Greatest Generation - Abridged

By: Tom Brokaw

Narrated by: Tom Brokaw

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career has lasted more than fifty years.

In this magnificent testament to a nation and her people, Tom Brokaw brings to life the extraordinary stories of a generation that gave new meaning to courage,... Read more

See I Told You So - Abridged

By: Rush Limbaugh

Narrated by: Rush Limbaugh

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rush Limbaugh, America's #1 radio talk-show host, bounded to the top of the bestseller lists with The Way Things Ought to Be, the #1 New York Times bestseller and the fastest-selling audio in history. Now, this consummate entertainer and provocative political commentator, whom conservatives love and liberals love to hate—this “harmless little... Read more

Beyond Survival - Abridged

By: Gerald Coffee

Narrated by: Gerald Coffee

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on? For naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam, there was only one choice: go within.Beyond Survival is a... Read more

Vote.com - Abridged

By: Dick Morris

Narrated by: Dick Morris

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

As the print and broadcast media-commonly referred to as the Fourth Estate-falters and fails, a new social and political force is rising in power. The Fifth Estate, as Morris has dubbed it, is made up of the rapidly growing number of voters who use Internet technology. This army of younger citizens with easy access to information and a direct... Read more

Nossa veracidade - Abridged

By: Ruy Barbosa

Narrated by: Tom Bueno

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"A extinção do elemento servil foi, no sentido mais estrito da palavra, uma conquista popular". O artigo de Ruy Barbosa intitulado "Nossa veracidade", de onde se extraíram estas palavras, foi publicado no Diário de Notícias em 3 de abril de 1889, portanto, quase um ano depois da assinatura da Lei Áurea. Uma defesa veemente do autor perante os... Read more

Nixon and Kissinger - Abridged

By: Robert Dallek

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than thirty years after working side by side in the White House, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger still stand as two of the most compelling, contradictory, and powerful leaders in America in the second half of the twentieth century. Both were largely self-made men, brimming with ambition, driven by their own inner demons, and often... Read more

Think! - Abridged

By: Michael R. LeGault

Narrated by: Michael R. LeGault

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Outraged by the downward spiral of intellect and culture, Michael LeGault offers the flip side of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling phenomenon, Blink, which theorized that our best decision-making is done on impulse, without factual knowledge or critical analysis. If bestselling books are advising us to not think, LeGault argues, it comes as no... Read more

Grant and Sherman - Abridged

By: Charles Bracelen Flood

Narrated by: Charles Bracelen Flood

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

""We were as brothers,"" William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship with Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it possible.Heeding the call to save the Union, each... Read more

Adventure Capitalist - Abridged

By: Jim Rogers

Narrated by: Jim Rogers

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drive . . . and grow rich!

The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. In AdventureCapitalist, legendary investor Jim Rogers, dubbed “the Indiana Jones of finance” by Time magazine, proves... Read more

Shooting History - Abridged

By: Jon Snow

Narrated by: Jon Snow

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The compelling autobiography of one of the great and most committed newsmen of our time: full, frank, and occasionally very funny, Jon Snow’s memoirs are as revealing about the great and the not-so-good as about his own passionate involvement in the reporting of world affairs Read by the author. Jon Snow is perhaps... Read more

Exit-Strategie Klimawährung ECO - Abridged

By: Jens Hanson & Angela Hanson

Narrated by: David Lütgenhorst

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: Yes

Der Klimawandel zählt zu den größten Herausforderungen, die wir derzeit als Gesellschaft zu bewältigen haben. Doch die bisherigen Maßnahmen der Politik reichen nicht aus. Deshalb braucht es ein zuverlässiges und gerechtes Konzept, um der Erderwärmung und den Grenzen unseres Planeten in derselben Größenordnung wie dem Problem selbst zu begegnen.... Read more

A Perfect Union - Abridged

By: Catherine Allgor

Narrated by: Anne Twomey

Length: 17 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early days of the republic—and the birth of modern politics hen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere which... Read more

Hot, Flat, and Crowded - Promotional Download - Abridged

By: Thomas L. Friedman

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Thomas L. Friedman's no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of... Read more