Politics & Economy audiobooks

Against All Enemies - Abridged

By: Richard A. Clarke

Narrated by: Richard A. Clarke

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The real war on terror has happened largely behind closed doors, run by the White House, drawing on secret intelligence and operations around the world. There is no man who knows more about it than Richard Clarke, the former Counterterrorism Czar for both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the man who has led our efforts against al Qaeda and all... Read more

Bill Clinton - Abridged

By: Nigel Hamilton

Narrated by: James Adams

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A decade and a half after William Jefferson Clinton first took the oath of office, biographer Nigel Hamilton tells the riveting story of what was possibly the greatest self-reinvention of a president in office in modern times. The Clinton presidency began disastrously and deteriorated in a series of fiascoes. How Bill Clinton faced up to his... Read more

It's Our Ship - Abridged

By: Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

Narrated by: Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, legendary commander of the USS Benfold, continues in the same vein of his bestselling book It's Your Ship with the knowledge he's gained from his speaking to and advising some of the top business minds in the world.

The story of Captain Abrashoff and his command of USS Benfold has become legendary inside and outside... 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

Deliver Us From Evil - Abridged

By: Sean Hannity

Narrated by: Sean Hannity

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As Americans face the ongoing war against terrorists and their state sponsors around the world, Sean Hannity reminds us we must also cope with the continuing scourge of accommodation and cowardice at home. With his trademark blend of passion and hard-hitting commentary, he urges Americans to recognize the dangers of putting our faith in... Read more

All the Best, George Bush - Abridged

By: George H.W. Bush

Narrated by: Barbara Bush & George H.W. Bush

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Former President George H.W. Bush, revealed through his letters and writings from 1941 to 2010, is “worth its weight in gold…a valuable update of the life of an honorable American leader” (The Washington Post).

“Who knew that beneath George Bush’s buttoned-up propriety pulsed the warm heart of a prolific and occasionally poetic writer with a... Read more

Let Freedom Ring - Abridged

By: Sean Hannity

Narrated by: Sean Hannity

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The hard-hitting and provocative first book from the fastest-rising conservative voice in the countrySean Hannity is the hottest phenomenon in TV and talk radio today. His gutsy, take-no-prisoners interviews and commentary on the Fox News Channel’s Hannity & Colmes has made him one of the network’s most popular personalities. And his... 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

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.

... Read more

Die große Gereiztheit. Wege aus der kollektiven Erregung - Abridged

By: Bernhard Pörksen

Narrated by: Bernhard Pörksen

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Öffentliche Debatten werden immer aggressiver, Lügen verbreiten sich so leicht wie nie. Bernhard Pörksen beschreibt das große Geschäft mit der Desinformation. Terrorwarnungen, Gerüchte, die Fake-News-Panik, Skandale und Spektakel in Echtzeit - die vernetzte Welt existiert längst in einer Stimmung der Nervosität und Gereiztheit. Bernhard... Read more

An Unfinished Life - Abridged

By: Robert Dallek

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is packed with revelations large and small -- about JFK's health, his love affairs, RFK's appointment as Attorney General, what Joseph Kennedy did to help his son win the White House, and the path JFK would have taken in the Vietnam entanglement had... Read more

The Republican Noise Machine - Abridged

By: David Brock

Narrated by: David Brock

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In The Republican Noise Machine, David Brock skillfully documents perhaps the most important but least understood political development of the last thirty years: how the Republican Right has won political power and hijacked public discourse in the United States.

Brock, a former right-wing insider and the author of the New York Times bestseller... Read more

America's Queen - Abridged

By: Sarah Bradford

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has captivated the American public for more than five decades. From her introduction to the world as "debutante of the year" in 1947 to her untimely death in 1994, she has truly remained America's answer to royalty. In America's Queen, the acclaimed biographer of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Grace reveals the real... Read more

Suicide of a Superpower - Abridged

By: Patrick J. Buchanan

Narrated by: Patrick J. Buchanan

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pat Buchanan's latest polemic—and his first since Obama's election—exposes the risks America faces today and what those dangers will mean for the country's future

Since Obama took office, conservative pundits have been mainstays on the bestseller list. And now, the bestselling author and political legend Pat Buchanan weighs in with a warning... Read more

Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Eric Bentley

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, a full cast, Nathan Dana Ald...

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A chilling reenactment of the federal government’s anti-Communist investigationsThe testimony that the author has gleaned for this book from the thirty-year record of the House Un-American Activities Committee focuses on HUAC’s treatment of artists, intellectuals, and performers. This highly readable and absorbing collection of significant... Read more

The Greatest Generation - Abridged

By: Tom Brokaw

Narrated by: Tom Brokaw

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career has lasted more than fifty years.

In this magnificent testament to a nation and her people, Tom Brokaw brings to life the extraordinary stories of a generation that gave new meaning to courage,... Read more

Desenvolvendo Resiliência Emocional Estratégias para Lidar com Desafios - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Thalita

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A vida é cheia de desafios. Todos nós passamos por momentos difíceis, seja no âmbito pessoal, profissional ou acadêmico. Como lidar com esses desafios de forma resiliente? Resiliência emocional é a capacidade de superar adversidades e desafios de forma positiva. É a capacidade de se adaptar e crescer a partir das experiências difíceis. Este... 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

Last Lion - Abridged

By: Peter S. Canellos

Narrated by: Skipp Sudduth

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The comprehensive New York Times bestselling biography of Senator Ted Kennedy dives deeply into his political career, his shocking downfall, and his redemption from disappointing member of a grand dynasty to respected sage in the Senate.

No figure in American public life had such great expectations thrust upon him and fallen short of them so... Read more

Things Seen and Things Not Seen - Abridged

By: Frederic Bastiat

Narrated by: Christopher Crennen

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bastiat considers the value of a broken window in promoting industry; the value of armies, public works, and government credit guarantees in increasing employment; the danger that better machinery poses to employment; the use of tariffs to protect industry, and other economic fallacies.aspenleafmedia.com Read more

The Power of Gold - Abridged

By: Peter L. Bernstein

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Over the centuries, gold had stirred the passions for power and glory, for beauty and security, and even for immortality.  No other object has commanded so much veneration over such a long period of time.  The most striking feature of this long history is that gold led most of the protagonists in the drama into the ditch.  Gold had them, rather... Read more

God's Politics - Abridged

By: Jim Wallis

Narrated by: Jim Wallis & Sam Freed

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, pro-rich, and solely pro-Republican? And since when did promoting and pursuing a progressive social agenda with a concern for economic security, health care, and educational opportunity mean you had to put faith in God aside?God's Politics offers a clarion call to make... Read more

Mekong First Light - Abridged

By: Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”
—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell

December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into... Read more

Empatia e Inteligência Emocional Conectando-se com o Sentimento dos Outros - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Thalita

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Empatia é a capacidade de se colocar no lugar de outra pessoa e entender seus sentimentos. É a habilidade de sentir o que o outro está sentindo, mesmo que não sejamos nós mesmos que estejamos passando por aquela situação. A empatia é uma habilidade essencial para a vida em sociedade. Ela nos permite construir relacionamentos mais fortes,... Read more