Politics & Economy audiobooks

An American Son - Abridged

By: Marco Rubio

Narrated by: Marco Rubio

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. Here is the full story of his unlikely journey.
 
Florida Senator Marco Rubio electrified the 2012 Republican National Con­vention by telling the story of his parents, who were struggling immigrants from Cuba. They embraced their new country and taught their children to... Read more

Les dictateurs - Partie III - Abridged

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Qu'elles soient anciennes ou plus récentes, les dictatures, comme le note Jacques Bainville, sont le plus souvent imposées par les circonstances. L'académicien s'intéresse ainsi dans ce volume aux causes qui, à travers l'Histoire, ont permis l'essor des dictatures les plus remarquables, diverses dans leurs formes mais possédant toutes des points... Read more

Especialización y comercio - Abridged

By: Arnold Kling

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Una revisión de la ciencia económica para recuperar su fundamento olvidado Tras su paso por el prestigioso Instituto Tecnológico de Massachussets, Arnold Kling asumió que el enfoque convencional de la economía estaba mal planteado. Los libros de texto nos aseguran que es una gran máquina que puede ser regulada eficazmente por expertos y ajustada... Read more

Papa Bravo Romeo - Abridged

By: Wynn Goldsmith

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Our mission was independent, no-holds-barred combat against a stubborn enemy in the enemy's backyard."                

In Vietnam, river warfare was often conducted in the dark. It was always dangerous, sometimes fatal--especially in the eastern end of the Cong-plagued Mekong Delta. In 1967, U.S. Navy Lt. Wynn Goldsmith was the "river rat" who... 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

Reagan-Mondale Debate 1 - Abridged

By: Ronald Reagan & Walter Mondale

Narrated by: Dorothy Ridings, Barbara Walters, James Wieghar...

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The first of two debates between President Ronald Reagan and former Vice President Walter F. Mondale was held in Louisville, Kentucky on October 7, 1984. Barbara Walters was the debate moderator. James Weigart, Diane Sawyer, and Fred Barnes were the three panelists who asked questions.This first debate was on the economy and domestic issues.... Read more

Der Wert des Lebens - Abridged

By: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Narrated by: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Welchen Wert hat individuelles, menschliches Leben? Zunächst steht die subjektive Perspektive, in der wir Risiken für unser Leben eingehen und damit implizit eine Bewertung vornehmen. Diese subjektive Perspektive ist allerdings mit einer ganzen Reihe von Problemen verbunden, darunter dem, was überhaupt als vergleichbar gelten kann. Dem wird... Read more

I Rant, Therefore I Am - Abridged

By: Dennis Miller

Narrated by: Dennis Miller

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Once again there's good news for those of us who rage at the evening news, shake our heads at Washington's business-as-usual, or watch as politicians carom helplessly between political crises and sex scandals: Dennis Miller is back with his third installment of hilarious observations, I Rant, Therefore I Am.

Dennis Miller first gained national... Read more

Storyteller's Daughter - Abridged

By: Saira Shah

Narrated by: Saira Shah

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The startling memoir of a young woman
shaped by two dramatically disparate worldsBorn in Britain, Saira Shah was inspired by her father's dazzling stories to rediscover the now lost life their forebears knew for 900 years within sight of orchards, snow-topped mountains, and the minarets of Kabul. This is Saira -- part sophisticated and sensitive... Read more

Longitudes and Attitudes - Abridged

By: Thomas L. Friedman

Narrated by: Thomas L. Friedman

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11, 2001--before, during and after.

As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week, Friedman's celebrated commentary provides the most... 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

На небе никого - Abridged

By: Ксения Букша

Narrated by: Наталия Казначеева, Григорий Перель, Александр ...

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

«Книга о людях на войне. В первую очередь о людях, и только потом о войне». Война затрагивает все живое. Последствия Второй мировой — это ужасный шрам на теле всего мира, вечное напоминание о катастрофическом прошлом и фантомная боль, отдающая в сердце. Но на пересечении прозаического повествования и исторических сводок образуется новая... Read more

The Psychology of Spies and Spying - Abridged

By: John Taylor & Adrian Furnham

Narrated by: John Taylor

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Psychology of Spies and Spying tells the story of the people involved in spying: the human sources (agents) who betray their country or organisation and the professional intelligence officers who manage the collection and reporting process. It provides a rigorous psychological analysis of the personality and motivation of individuals... Read more

Die Versprengten - Abridged

By: F. John-Ferrer

Narrated by: Klaus G. Förg

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Januar 1945: Zwei Obergefreite verlieren auf dem Rückzug der deutschen Truppen vor der herannahenden Roten Armee den Anschluss an ihre Einheit. Auf sich allein gestellt, inmitten einer feindlichen Welt und geplagt vom sibirisch kalten Winter haben die beiden nur ein Ziel: Sie müssen hinter die Frontlinie gelangen, sonst sind sie verloren. Auf... Read more

The Preacher and the Presidents - Abridged

By: Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No one man or woman has ever been in a position to see the presidents, and the presidency, so intimately, over so many years. They called him in for photo opportunities. They called for comfort. They asked about death and salvation; about sin and forgiveness.

At a time when the nation is increasingly split over the place of religion in public... Read more

Out of Captivity - Abridged

By: Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell & Gar...

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“[A] remarkable story….An honest and harrowing memoir of a life-changing ordeal.” —Arizona RepublicThe spellbinding New York Times bestseller, Out of Captivity is the amazing true story of Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell, three American civilian contractors who were held hostage by the FARC rebel group in Colombia for five and a... Read more

Renegade - Abridged

By: Richard Wolffe

Narrated by: Richard Wolffe

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.

This book is the previously untold and epic story... Read more

Special Agent - Abridged

By: Candice DeLong

Narrated by: Candice DeLong

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A twenty-year veteran of the FBI, Candice DeLong worked on some of the toughest hig-stakes criminal investigations of our time. As a field profiler, DeLong collected evidence at the scene of the crime to creat a specific portrait of criminals via behavioral patterns, character traits, background, etc. Special Agent is her remarkable personal... Read more

Andrew Jackson - Abridged

By: H. W. Brands

Narrated by: Chuck Montgomery

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The extraordinary story of Andrew Jackson—the colorful, dynamic, and forceful president who ushered in the Age of Democracy and set a still young America on its path to greatness—told by the bestselling author of The First American.

The most famous American of his time, Andrew Jackson is a seminal figure in American history. The first “common... Read more

The Commission - Abridged

By: Philip Shenon

Narrated by: Dave Mallow

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a work of history that will make headlines, New York Times reporter Philip Shenon investigates the investigation of 9/11 and tells the inside story of most important federal commission since the the Warren Commission. Shenon uncovers startling new information about the inner workings of the 9/11 commission and its relationship with the Bush... Read more

Soldiers and Slaves - Abridged

By: Roger Cohen

Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In February 1945, 350 American POWs captured earlier at the Battle of the Bulge or elsewhere in Europe were singled out by the Nazis because they were Jews or were thought to resemble Jews. They were transported in cattle cars to Berga, a concentration camp in eastern Germany, and put to work as slave laborers, mining tunnels for a planned... Read more

Privatsache - Abridged

By: Gabriele Krone-Schmalz

Narrated by: Gabriele Krone-Schmalz

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Leben ist die Kunst, Widersprüche auszuhalten" - dieser Maxime ist Gabriele Krone-Schmalz stets treu geblieben. Erstmals gewährt die engagierte Journalistin, die 1987 als erste Frau den Korrespondentenposten der ARD in Moskau übernahm, Einblicke in ihr privates Leben - die offenherzige und zugleich tiefgründige Bilanz eines besonderen Lebens. Read more

31 Days - Abridged

By: Barry Werth

Narrated by: J. R. Horne

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 31 Days, Barry Werth takes readers inside the White House during the tumultuous days following Nixon’s resignation and the swearing-in of America’s “accidental president,” Gerald Ford. The congressional hearings, Nixon’s increasing paranoia, and, finally, the devastating revelations of the White House tapes had torn the country apart. Within... Read more

Mister Undercover - Abridged

By: Alex Caine

Narrated by: Matthias Christian Rehrl

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Über 25 Jahre lang schleuste sich Alex Caine als Informant in kriminelle Gangs ein. Er gab sich als Biker, Fotograf oder Eventveranstalter aus, wurde Mitglied bei den Bandidos, infiltrierte die Hells Angels, legte russischen Mafiosi und einer asiatischen Dealerbande das Handwerk. Für jeden Auftrag zog er um, wechselte seine Identität, manchmal... Read more