Politics & Economy audiobooks

Hard Call - Abridged

By: John McCain & Mark Salter

Narrated by: John McCain & Daniel Hugh Kelly

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's most inspiring politician pays tribute to men and woman who have exhibited composure, wisdom and intellect in the face of tough decisions. John McCain draws from experiences of both extraordinary people and people in extraordinary circumstances, culling lessons about the process and nature of judicious and effective decision-making.

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Inteligência Emocional na Tomada de Decisões Financeiras - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Thalita

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A interseção entre inteligência emocional e finanças Nossa relação com o dinheiro é uma parte intrínseca de nossas vidas. A forma como gerenciamos nossas finanças não se limita apenas a números e cálculos; está profundamente enraizada em nossas emoções, valores e experiências. A inteligência emocional, um conceito que ganhou destaque nas... Read more

1776 - Abridged

By: David McCullough

Narrated by: David McCullough

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that... 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

The Blair Years - Abridged

By: Alastair Campbell

Narrated by: Alastair Campbell

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life.

Here are the defining... Read more

Lichtblick statt Blackout - Abridged

By: Vince Ebert

Narrated by: Vince Ebert

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gedankenblitze statt Blackout! Kann eine Nation, die mit dem Bau eines Flughafens überfordert war, wirklich das Weltklima retten? Und lässt sich die Erderwärmung reduzieren, wenn man das Eisfach offen lässt? Mit humoristischer Feder hinterfragt Vince Ebert unseren Ehrgeiz, die Welt zu retten. Klimaforschung ist objektive Wissenschaft.... Read more

Political Incorrections - Abridged

By: Bill Maher

Narrated by: Bill Maher

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Best Opening Monologues from Politically Incorrect starring Bill Maher
Featuring an introduction by Penn Jillette
For everyone who's had their fill of politicians, TV trials and the daily events seen on the evening news, Simon & Schuster Audio offers some relief with POLITICAL INCORRECTIONS-a collection of the funniest opening monologues... Read more

The Cell - Abridged

By: John Miller & Michael Stone

Narrated by: John Miller

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In New York City, a a handful of veteran FBI agents, police officers and investigative journalists had known for years that a terrorist event on the scale of 9/11 was likely. Ironically, one of the men who had been most aware of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden had recently left the FBI, where he had been following the movements of bin Laden... Read more

America Back on Track - Abridged

By: Edward M. Kennedy

Narrated by: Edward M. Kennedy

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With America Back on Track, his first major policy book in more than forty years, Senator Edward Kennedy reveals a critical plan to revive the lapsed values of our nation.

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The Bin Ladens - Abridged

By: Steve Coll

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap

"Riveting . . . The most psychologically detailed portrait of the brutal 9/11 mastermind yet." - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

In The Bin Ladens, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll continues where Ghost Wars left off, shedding new light on one... Read more

ملخص كتاب مدافع آية الله - Abridged

By: محمد حسنين هيكل

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ماذا لو كنت تعيش في دولة تخصص الصفحات الأولى من جرائدها، ونشرات أخبارها لصور وإنجازات زعيم أو إمبراطور البلاد؟ ماذا لو منع استخدام لون حبر معيَّن مثل اللون الأحمر، لأنّه لون يرمز لاتجاه فكري معين، ويرمز أيضًا للثورة! Read more

Tiger Force - Abridged

By: Mitch Weiss & Michael Sallah

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as "Tiger Force." The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop-the very best and bravest soldiers the American military could offer. They would be given a long leash, allowed to operate in the field with less supervision. Their mission... Read more

Ask Not - Abridged

By: Thurston Clarke

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A close-up on one of American history's most splendid events, JFK's inaugural week, and the creation of the speech that inspired a generation and brought hope to a nation
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." On the January morning when John F. Kennedy assumed the presidency and stood to speak those... Read more

Jeder hat. Niemand darf. - Projektreisen (Gekürzte Autorinnenlesung) - Abridged

By: Katja Riemann

Narrated by: Katja Riemann

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Doch, die Welt lässt sich verändern! Katja Riemann ist seit 20 Jahren in der Welt unterwegs, ist vor Ort, schaut hin. Über Jahre hat sie die Arbeit von Molly Melching, der Gründerin von "Tostan" beobachtet, die in senegalesischen Dorfgemeinschaften das Ende der Beschneidung von Mädchen herbeiführt. An der Seite von Friedensnobelpreisträger Dr.... Read more

Architects of Extraordinary Team Culture - Abridged

By: Arthur Carmazzi

Narrated by: Sara Gardner

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Apply the Psychology of Team Motivation Clusters to "Predict" Team Performance in this fun Team Leadership and Culture Change fable of ancient Egypt pyramid building - including real historical findings, interesting and relevant facts and myths centered around the time just before the construction of the Great Pyramids at Giza.

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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

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

The Prize - Abridged

By: Daniel Yergin

Narrated by: Bob Jamieson

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.

Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts... Read more

¡Despertemos! - Abridged

By: Edgar Morin

Narrated by: Simon Gómez

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Edgar Morin pone a nuestra disposición su conocimiento de más de un siglo de vida para advertirnos sobre la emergencia climática y el futuro de la humanidad. «No sabemos lo que nos pasa y eso es precisamente lo que nos pasa», escribe José Ortega y Gasset. Las situaciones críticas que se suceden en la política, en la sociedad, en las relaciones... Read more

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Abridged

By: Roy Jenkins

Narrated by: Richard Rohan

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A masterly, posthumous work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Gladstone

A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. In a ranking of chief executives, no more than three of his predecessors could truly be placed in contention... Read more

The Sins of the Father - Abridged

By: Ronald Kessler

Narrated by: Frank Langella

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author of 20 books about the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA comes the detailed account of the life and times of the ambitious, powerful, masterfully manipulative Joseph Patrick Kennedy.

For all his wealth and power, Joe Kennedy was not a happy man. He also had no shame. What he cared about was having power.... 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

Soldier - Abridged

By: Karen DeYoung

Narrated by: Roscoe Orman

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and, according to polls, “the most trusted man in America.” From his humble origins as the son of Jamaican immigrants to the highest levels of government in four administrations, he helped guide the nation through some of its... Read more

War on the Middle Class - Abridged

By: Lou Dobbs

Narrated by: Lou Dobbs

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Prominent CNN host and commentator Lou Dobbs unleashes his manifesto on the vanishing American dream.

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