Politics & Economy audiobooks

If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans - Abridged

By: Ann Coulter

Narrated by: Ann Coulter

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Uttering lines that send liberals into paroxysms of rage, otherwise known as ‘citing facts,’ is the spice of life. When I see the hot spittle flying from their mouths and the veins bulging and pulsing above their eyes, well, that’s when I feel truly alive.”

So begins If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans, Ann Coulter’s funniest,... Read more

State of War - Abridged

By: James Risen

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

James Risen has broken story after story on the abuses of power of the Bush administration.

From warrantless wiretapping to secret financial data mining to the CIA's rogue operations, he has shown again and again that the executive branch has dangerously overreached, repudiated checks and balances on its power, and maintained secrecy even with... Read more

Die Menschenrechte sind universell - Abridged

By: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Narrated by: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Am 10. Dezember 1948 verabschiedeten die noch jungen Vereinten Nationen die "Allgemeine Erklärung der Menschenrechte", die zur Grundlage völkerrechtlich verbindlicher Verträge in Gestalt des sogenannten Zivil- und des Sozialpaktes und weiterer völkerrechtlicher Vereinbarungen wurde. Julian Nida-Rümelin erläutert in diesem Vortrag anlässlich des... Read more

Hazardous Duty - Abridged

By: Colonel David H. Hackworth

Narrated by: Colonel David H. Hackworth

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Colonel David H. Hackworth— one of America's most decorated soldiers— served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After retiring from the military in 1971, he completed a second tour of battlefield duty as a war correspondent. Accompanying our nation's fighting men and women to the Persian Gulf, Bosnia, Somalia, Korea,... Read more

Bushwhacked - Abridged

By: Molly Ivins & Lou Dubose

Narrated by: Molly Ivins

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

From Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, authors of Shrub, Bushwhacked is a hilarious, no-holds-barred look at George W. Bush and his administration, and an essential book for understanding the full, destructive impact of his presidency.

For years, bestselling political commentator Molly Ivins has been sounding the alarm about George W. Bush. In Shrub,... Read more

The Law - Abridged

By: Frederic Bastiat

Narrated by: Christopher Crennen

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bastiat (bawst ya) (1801-1850) was an economist, a member of the French assembly, and an influential libertarian speaker and writer. "The Law", Bastiat's most famous work, argues that the purpose of the law is the protection of individual rights, and that when governments adopt policies favoring particular industries or groups, the law becomes... 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

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

Ich weiß nicht, warum ich noch lebe - Abridged

By: Friedrich Orter

Narrated by: Friedrich Orter, Christina Trefny & Florentin G...

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fritz Orter hat weit mehr gesehen, als seinem Publikum zugemutet werden konnte. Viele Jahrzehnte lang berichtete er als Reporter von den gefährlichsten Orten der Welt. In einem bewegenden Rückblick skizziert er seine Erlebnisse, erzählt von seinen Grenzerfahrungen und von ergreifenden Schicksalen. Und von einer großen Hoffnung, die seine Arbeit... 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

Kapitalismus ist nicht das Problem, sondern die Lösung - Abridged

By: Rainer Zitelmann

Narrated by: Josef Vossenkuhl

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Der Markt hat versagt, wir brauchen mehr Staat!" – das behaupten seit dem Ausbruch der Finanzkrise vor zehn Jahren Politik, Medien und Intellektuelle. Rainer Zitelmann, mehrfacher Bestsellerautor, vertritt die Gegenthese: Mehr Kapitalismus tut den Menschen gut. Der Autor begibt sich mit dem Leser auf eine Reise durch die Kontinente und... 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

House of Bush, House of Saud - Abridged

By: Craig Unger

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How did the Bushes, America's most powerful political family, become gradually seduced by and entangled with their Saudi counterparts?

Why did the Bush administration approve the secret airlift of 140 Saudis, including two dozen relatives of Osama bin Laden, just after September 11? Did one of the Saudi royals on the planes have any advance... Read more

The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy - Abridged

By: Byron York

Narrated by: Byron York

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“We have to fight back.” —Al Franken


The Left is angry—angry at President George W. Bush, the war in Iraq, the “right-wing media,” and more. And as National Review investigative writer Byron York reveals in this stunning, meticulously reported book, liberal activists have harnessed that anger to build the biggest, richest, and best organized... 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

Abraham Lincoln - Abridged

By: George S. McGovern

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on... Read more

Fast Food Nation - Abridged

By: Eric Schlosser

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Fast Food Nation - the groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that has changed the way America thinks about the way it eats - and spent nearly four months on the New York Times bestseller list - now available on cassette!

Are we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of... Read more

Lidando com a Solidão através da Inteligência Emocional - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Thalita

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Em um mundo cada vez mais conectado por avanços tecnológicos, paradoxalmente, a solidão emergiu como uma questão premente na sociedade contemporânea. A solidão não é apenas a sensação de estar sozinho; é uma lacuna emocional que pode afetar profundamente nosso bem-estar, saúde mental e qualidade de vida. Nossas vidas agitadas muitas vezes nos... Read more

A Time to Fight - Abridged

By: Jim Webb

Narrated by: Jim Webb

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“I’m the only person in the history of Virginia elected to statewide office with a Union card, two Purple Hearts, and three tattoos."

Jim Webb—the bestselling author and now the celebrated, outspoken U.S. Senator from Virginia—presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people, rather than special... 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

Ein Leben ist zu wenig - Die Autobiographie (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Gregor Gysi

Narrated by: Gregor Gysi

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

So offen und persönlich wie noch nie: die Autobiographie Gregor Gysi hat linkes Denken geprägt und wurde zu einem seiner wichtigsten Protagonisten. Hier erzählt er von seinen zahlreichen Leben: als Anwalt, Politiker, Autor, Moderator und Familienvater. Seine Autobiographie ist ein Geschichts-Buch, das die Erschütterungen und Extreme, die... Read more

At Canaan's Edge - Abridged

By: Taylor Branch

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch's magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther King's heroic place in the nation's history.

The final volume of Taylor... Read more

A Soldier's Promise - Abridged

By: First Sgt. Daniel Hendrex

Narrated by: Lee Sellars

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An uplifting story of unlikely friendship and hope during the Iraq War.

After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, First Sergeant Daniel Hendrex was dispatched along with his unit, Dragon Company, to Husaybah, a small town bordering Syria in the Sunni-dominated Al Anbar Province in Iraq. Their mission was to plug the bottleneck at the border... Read more

50+ - Abridged

By: Bill Novelli & Boe Workman

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bill Novelli doesn't believe that retirement has to mean rocking one's way into the sunset. As the head of the strongest organization of retired people in the world, the AARP, Novelli believes that retirement can be a time of action and influence rather than one of illness and decline.
In this inspiring book, Bill Novelli will speak to... Read more