Politics & Economy audiobooks

Viele Stimmen sind ein Chor. Lieder für den Frieden - Abridged

By: Ulrich Maske

Narrated by: Ulrich Maske

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

Wir alle wünschen uns, friedlich miteinander zu leben. Das gilt im Kleinen wie im Großen: innerhalb der Familie oder der Schulklasse, aber auch über Ländergrenzen hinweg. Mit Liedern für den Frieden und gegen Krieg, über Freundschaft, Freiheit und Zukunftsträume werden Kindern in dieser Produktion wichtige Themen wie Zusammenhalt und... Read more

Política pública social ou marketing político? - Abridged

By: Eliana Rangel de Oliveira

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A autora reconhece a importância do Programa Bolsa Família dentro do campo social, mas analisa a sua influência na ótica do Marketing e lança luz à tese de que o PBF é uma ferramenta de Marketing Político Estratégico que tem como resultado os votos Read more

Über den Kolonialismus - Abridged

By: Aimé Césaire

Narrated by: Sascha Rotermund

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Klassiker des Antikolonialismus in einer kommentierten Neuausgabe. »Im Discours sur le colonialisme, erstmals 1950 veröffentlicht, prangert Césaire leidenschaftlich die Verbrechen und Gräuel an, die jahrhundertelang von Weißen an Schwarzen verübt worden waren und selbst nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in Indochina, auf Madagaskar und... Read more

Urteil: ungerecht - Abridged

By: Thorsten Schleif

Narrated by: Sebastian Pappenberger

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kaum ein Tag vergeht, ohne dass deutsche Gerichte skandalös anmutende Urteile fällen: Brutale Gewalttäter erhalten lächerlich milde Strafen, Wiederholungstäter entgehen längst fälligen Haftbefehlen, weil die Verfahren viel zu lange dauern, Freiheitsstrafen werden wieder und wieder zur Bewährung ausgesetzt. Das Vertrauen in unsere Justiz... Read more

The Clinton Tapes - Abridged

By: Taylor Branch

Narrated by: Taylor Branch

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Taylor Branch’s groundbreaking book about the modern presidency, The Clinton Tapes, invites readers into private dialogue with a gifted, tormented, resilient president. Here is what President Clinton thought and felt but could not say in public.

This book rests upon a secret project, initiated by Clinton, to preserve for future historians an... 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

Free Lunch - Abridged

By: David Cay Johnston

Narrated by: David Cay Johnston

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new exposé. Read more

The Way Things Ought to Be - Abridged

By: Rush Limbaugh

Narrated by: Rush Limbaugh

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rush Limbaugh is a way of life for over twelve million avid and devoted listeners. For three hours every day this comic conservative of the airwaves with “talent on loan from God”​​ entertains, provokes and persuades friend sand enemies alike in a no-holds-barred show that is one of the biggest draws in radio history.

Using personal anecdotes,... Read more

Wir sind das Klima! - Wie wir unseren Planeten schon beim Frühstück retten können (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Jonathan Safran Foer

Narrated by: Christoph Maria Herbst

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mit seinem Bestseller "Tiere essen" hat Jonathan Safran Foer weltweit Furore gemacht: Viele seiner Leser wurden nach der Lektüre Vegetarier oder haben zumindest ihre Ernährung überdacht. Nun nimmt Foer sich des größten Themas unserer Zeit an: dem Klimawandel. Der Klimawandel ist zu abstrakt, deshalb lässt er uns kalt. Foer erinnert an die Kraft... Read more

Nossa ingratidão - Abridged

By: Ruy Barbosa

Narrated by: Guga Almeida

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Seremos injustos em lançar à conta da Regência essa política de crimes a favor da escravidão?" Neste artigo de Ruy Barbosa intitulado "Nossa ingratidão", publicado no Diário de Notícias, o grande orador se defende das acusações da imprensa por ele supostamente não ter dado o devido crédito à Princesa Isabel no processo abolicionista. Read more

Cannabis - Abridged

By: Peter Cremer-Schaeffer

Narrated by: Bernd Gnann

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fluch oder Segen? Für die einen ist Cannabis eine harmlose Droge, für andere der Einstieg in eine zerstörerische Sucht. Doch die Wirkstoffe dieser Pflanze können auch als Medizin schwer kranken Menschen helfen, und ein neues Gesetz erlaubt es nun allen Ärzten, Cannabis-Arzneimittel zu verschreiben. Was dies genau bedeutet, wird in diesem Hörbuch... Read more

Chain of Command - Abridged

By: Seymour M. Hersh

Narrated by: Peter Friedman

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his stories in The New Yorker magazine, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu Gharaib prison scandal. Now, in Chain of Command, he brings together this reporting, along with new revelations, to answer the critical question of the... Read more

Somebody's Gotta Say It - Abridged

By: Neal Boortz

Narrated by: Neal Boortz

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Think you've got it all figured out? Think again.Neal Boortz has been edifying, infuriating, and entertaining talk radio audiences for more than three decades with his blend of straight talk and twisted humor. In Somebody's Gotta Say It, Boortz warms up for the coming political season with a preemptive strike in the War on the Individual: ""The... Read more

Her Way - Abridged

By: Don Van Natta Jr. & Jeff Gerth

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The truth about the most important woman in America

In Her Way, two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalists deliver: Previously undisclosed details about the Clinton's multi-decade plan for powerincluding 8 years in the White House for Bill and 8 years for Hillary.

Never-before-revealed information about Hillary's... Read more

Gestor Público - Abridged

By: Ricardo Garay

Narrated by: Alice Oratio

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este audiolivro foi baseado no software Gestor Público e oferece orientação e recursos em: Metodologia, Planejamento, Gerenciamento, Ações Públicas e Politicas Públicas. Ele oferece recursos descritivos para o gestor público para: Atividades, Auditorias, Autarquias, Despesas, Financiamentos, Gerenciamento, Licitações, Negociações, Orçamento,... Read more

Revolutionary Wealth - Abridged

By: Alvin Toffler & Heidi Toffler

Narrated by: Kevin Gray & Laura Dean

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of readers new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing, seemingly random impacts on our businesses, governments, families and daily lives. Now, writing with the same rare grasp... Read more

Cyberselfish - Abridged

By: Pauline Borsook

Narrated by: Paula Parker

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From one of the most controversial personalities in the high-tech world comes this rare critique of the narcissism, ignorance and anti-communitarianism of the digital elite and their culture. Until now, the lofty pronouncements of the high-tech gurus and society's obsession with them have seldom been questioned. Sub-titled 'A Critical Romp... Read more

The Men We Became - Abridged

By: Robert T. Littell

Narrated by: Robert T. Littell

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From youth to adulthood, Rob Littell spent 20 years alongside John F. Kennedy Jr.—through laughter and sorrow, joy and heartbreak. Now in this moving and poignant memoir of their touching friendship, Rob Littell shares his story with listeners

Rob Littell was a freshman at Brown when he met JFK Jr. Although Littell came from a privileged... Read more

Report from Ground Zero - Abridged

By: Dennis Smith

Narrated by: Beth McDonald, Eric Conger, Don Leslie, Ensembl...

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What would make someone rush into a towering inferno and dash up stairs toward danger against a flow of human beings running in the opposite direction? Only someone who's been there can tell us. Read more

A History of Modern Britain - Abridged

By: Andrew Marr

Narrated by: Andrew Marr

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders thought they... Read more

مبارك وزمانه ماذا جرى في مصر ولها - Abridged

By: محمد حسنين هيكل

Narrated by: علي سطوف

Length: 16 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

مصر منذ أيام الرئيس حسني مبارك تحت اسم سلسلة (مبارك وزمانه)، فالكتاب الأول أتى بعنوان (مبارك وزمانه من المنصة إلى الميدان)، والثاني هو (ماذا جرى في مصر ولها؟) والثالث (مصر إلى أين) وهو يحتوي على حوارات ولقاءات أجراها الكاتب والصحفي من فبراير 2011 وحتى فبراير 2012. ويقول هيكل في مقدمة هذا الكتاب "هذه الصفحات تضم الجزء الأكبر مما قلته عن (مبارك)... Read more

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 - Abridged

By: Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Narrated by: Ignat Solzhenitsyn

Length: 21 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time“It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century.” —David Remnick, The New YorkerThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one... Read more

Criptomoedas - Abridged

By: Ricardo Garay

Narrated by: Alice Oratio

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este audiolivro foi criado como um guia para ajudar você a investir e minerar criptomoedas. Oferece técnicas, meios e ferramentas para a melhor e mais eficiente prática no gerenciamento de carteiras de criptomoedas de forma inteligente, simples e prática. O guia abrange desde tipos de criptomoedas, como bitcoin, passando por como comprar e... Read more

FDR - Abridged

By: Jean Edward Smith

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A model presidential biography... Now, at last, we have a biography that is right for the man" - Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World

One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this superlative volume, Jean ... Read more