Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Third Man - Abridged

By: Peter Mandelson

Narrated by: Peter Mandelson

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

READ BY PETER MANDELSON. The hotly anticipated memoir of one of New Labour’s three founding architects. READ BY PETER MANDELSON. Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story – of a life played out in the backroom and then on the frontline of the Labour Party during... Read more

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Abridged

By: Edmund Morris

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt ... Read more

Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre... - Abridged

By: Antonella Marty

Narrated by: Lía Gómez

Length: 22 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

365 píldoras de sabiduría En un tiempo en el que nuestras libertades están cada vez más amenazadas, Antonella Marty nos trae un recordatorio de los principales hitos intelectuales, políticos, sociales y económicos que jalonan nuestra historia. Una trayectoria brillante que ha traído logros inestimables, como la garantía de las libertades... 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

Blood Sport - Abridged

By: James B. Stewart

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart takes readers behind the scenes in the Clinton White House as it reels in the wake of the Whitewater scandal, Vincent Foster’s suicide, and Paula Jones’ allegations of sexual misconduct.

In July 1993, White House official Vincent Foster wrote an anguished lament: “in Washington...ruining people is considered... Read more

American Sniper - Abridged

By: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice

Narrated by: Roman Roth

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Chris Kyle diente von 1999 bis 2009 bei den US Navy SEALs und verzeichnete in jener Zeit die höchste Zahl an tödlichen Treffern in der amerikanischen Militärgeschichte. 160 gezielte Liquidationen schreibt ihm das Pentagon offiziell zu. Seine Kameraden nannten ihn "Die Legende", seine Feinde "Teufel" … In dieser eindringlichen Autobiografie... Read more

Fiasco - Abridged

By: Thomas E. Ricks

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the Washington Post's two-time Pulitzer-winning senior Pentagon reporter, the definitive military chronicle of the Iraq War-and a searing judgment of its gross strategic blindness-drawing on the accounts of senior military officers giving voice to their anger for the first time.

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ملخص كتاب امرأة في برلين - Abridged

By: مارتا هيلرز

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

امرأة في برلين هي يوميات كتبتها سيدة ألمانية عما فعله الروس في المدينة وسكانها فور دخولهم برلين، في أبريل عام ألف وتسعمائة وخمسة وأربعين، قبل انتهاء الحرب العالمية الثانية رسميا في مايو. تركز الكاتبة على حوادث الاغتصاب التي تعرضت لها سيدات المدينة، على أيدي الروس. وتحاول أن تروي ما حدث من وجهة نظر أنثوية حيادية. Read more

Your Government Failed You - Abridged

By: Richard A. Clarke

Narrated by: Richard A. Clarke

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

""Your government failed you . . . and I failed you.""Richard Clarke's dramatic statement to the grieving families during the 9-11 Commission hearings touched a raw nerve across America. Not only had our government failed to prevent the 2001 terrorist attacks, but it has proven itself, time and again, incapable of handling the majority of our... Read more

Actual Innocence - Abridged

By: Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld & Jim Dwyer

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Extraordinarily powerful stories of ordinary people locked up for crimes they did not commit, and how they were freed against great odds.

A nightmare from a thousand B-movies: a horrible crime is committed in your neighborhood, and the police knock at your door. A witness swears you are the perpetrator; you have no alibi, and no one believes your... 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

Marching Toward Hell - Abridged

By: Michael Scheuer

Narrated by: Michael Scheuer

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Michael Scheuer first questioned the goals of the Iraq War in his 2004 bestseller Imperial Hubris, policymakers and ordinary citizens alike stood up and took notice. Now, Scheuer offers a scathing and frightening look at how the Iraq War has been a huge setback to America's War on Terror, making our enemy stronger and altering the... 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 Soul of Capitalism - Abridged

By: William Greider

Narrated by: Peter Johnson

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In The Soul of Capitalism William Greider shows how to reinvent capitalism so that it works not only for profits but for people, too. Greider contends that the recent contagion of financial fraud and corporate bankruptcies confirms what is wrong with capitalism. Our discontents are not just with dishonest CEOs, but with what our affluence costs... Read more

War Paint - Abridged

By: Bill Goshen

Narrated by: Jake Robards

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger) --engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater relative aggregate of casualties that any other LRRP/LRP/ Ranger company. Their base was Lai Khe,... Read more

A Different Drummer - Abridged

By: Michael K. Deaver

Narrated by: Michael K. Deaver

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestselling memoir of Ronald Reagan by his longtime aide and friend""These are memories of a friend and they span over the 35 years that I have known and loved Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Primarily anecdotal, there will be no footnotes, simply my best efforts to reconstruct these years and what they have meant to me.""--Michael... Read more

Agent Zigzag - Abridged

By: Ben Macintyre

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. In 1941,... Read more

Fremdkörper - Abridged

By: Miriam Pielhau

Narrated by: Miriam Pielhau

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gib nicht auf und kämpfe! Anfang 2008 wurde bei der bekannten TV-Moderatorin Miriam Pielhau mit erst 32 Jahren Brustkrebs festgestellt: Innerhalb kurzer Zeit durchlief sie das gesamte medizinische Programm mit Operation, Chemotherapie und Bestrahlung. Parallel dazu hat sie ihre Erlebnisse, Gefühle und Gedanken aus dieser Zeit festgehalten.... Read more

Behold a Pale Horse - Abridged

By: William Cooper

Narrated by: William Cooper

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Behold a Pale Horse, William Cooper reveals classified information kept in secret government files since the 1940s. In this eye-opening work—read by the author—Cooper explores the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the war on drugs, the Secret Government, and UFOs. His lucid presentation of information transcends partisan affiliations as he... Read more

Future Wealth - Abridged

By: Stan Davis & Christopher Meyer

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Optimistic and provocative, Future Wealth looks forward to a society rich in the human, financial, and real aspects of wealth. Read more

Pigs at the Trough - Abridged

By: Arianna Huffington

Narrated by: Alison Fraser

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Arianna Huffington turns the spotlight on the tough reforms we must demand from Washington that go beyond the Corporate Responsibility Act. Read more

Beyond the White House - Abridged

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Jimmy Carter

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The president’s personal and passionate account of his twenty-five years in the service of humanitarian effort that won him the Nobel Peace Prize was received with the admiring respect of reviewers and readers and it will stand as the record of his brilliant post-presidential career.

This is the story of President Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency,... Read more

At the Center of the Storm - Abridged

By: George Tenet

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the inner workings of the most important intelligence... Read more

The Dead Are Arising: Book Summary & Analysis - Abridged

By: Les Payne & Tamara Payne

Narrated by: Daniel Brooks

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Book summary by Loudly, this is an abridged version of the original title. The Dead Are Arising is a meticulously researched and deeply illuminating biography that redefines the legacy of Malcolm X. Drawing from decades of interviews, personal accounts, and historical records, this groundbreaking work reveals the man behind the icon—his... Read more