Politics & Economy audiobooks
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
Wann hören wir auf, uns etwas vorzumachen? - Gestehen wir uns ein, dass wir die Klimakatastrophe nicht verhindern können (Gekürzt) - Abridged
By: Jonathan Franzen
Narrated by: Johannes Steck
Length: 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Der Nr. 1 SPIEGEL-Bestseller jetzt als Hörbuch: Wir müssen der Wahrheit ins Gesicht sehen, sagt Jonathan Franzen, der sich seit vielen Jahren mit Themen des Umweltschutzes beschäftigt: Das Spiel ist aus, wir werden den Klimawandel nicht mehr kontrollieren, die Katastrophe nicht verhindern können. Das Pariser Abkommen, das ZweiGradZiel, "Fridays... Read more
View audiobookMornings On Horseback - Abridged
By: David McCullough
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough.
Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore... Read more
Can't Is Not an Option - Abridged
By: Nikki Haley
Narrated by: Nikki Haley
Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A rising star in the Republican Party shares her inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream. Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley's parents had a dream. Ajit and Raj Randhawa were well-educated, well-off Sikhs in the Punjab region of India. But... Read more
View audiobook50+ - 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
In the Arena - Abridged
By: Richard Nixon
Narrated by: Richard Nixon
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
In the Arena is the most personal, profound, and revealing memoir ever written by a major political figure. It is Richard Nixon's frankest, most outspoken book—which includes the inside story of his resignation from the Presidency and its aftermath.
President Nixon's previous books have brilliantly chronicled his public career and examined... Read more
Imperial Ambitions - Abridged
By: Noam Chomsky & David Barsamian
Narrated by: Noam Chomsky & David Barsamian
Length: 4 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In this first collection of interviews since the bestselling 9-11: Was There an Alternative?, our foremost intellectual activist examines crucial questions of U.S. foreign policy.
Timely, urgent, and powerfully elucidating, this important volume of previously unpublished interviews conducted by award-winning radio journalist David Barsamian... Read more
Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 2 - Abridged
By: Eric Bentley
Narrated by: Nathan Dana Aldrich, Paul Boehmer, Scott Brick,...
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A chilling reenactment of the Federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsEric Bentley has chosen highlights from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee to demonstrate HUAC’s focus on artists, intellectuals, and performers. Volume 2: 1951–1952 includes the testimonies of Clifford Odets, Edward G. Robinson,... Read more
View audiobookAbridgment of The Oqual Cycle: The 84-Year Rhythm of Human Civilization (2023) - Abridged
By: Amjad Farooq
Narrated by: Amjad Farooq
Length: 18 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Today, almost every nation is teetering on the brink of a societal meltdown as it finds itself in the midst of a sociopolitical upheaval, the like of which has not hitherto been witnessed in our lifetime.Yet, hardly anyone realizes that like a winter that returns every year, such a concerted turmoil across the globe is also periodic due to what... Read more
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