Politics & Economy audiobooks

Blood Done Sign My Name - Abridged

By: Timothy B. Tyson

Narrated by: Timothy B. Tyson

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The “riveting”* true story of the fiery summer of 1970, which would forever transform the town of Oxford, North Carolina—a classic portrait of the fight for civil rights in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird
 
*Chicago Tribune

On May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by Robert... Read more

Terrible Terry Allen - Abridged

By: Gerald Astor

Narrated by: Reathel Bean

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic University’s R.O.T.C. program. In World War I,... Read more

Blind Man's Bluff - Abridged

By: Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew & Annette L. Drew

Narrated by: Tony Roberts

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now, Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the Navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the Navy's own negligence might have been responsible for... Read more

Red, White & Liberal - Abridged

By: Alan Colmes

Narrated by: Alan Colmes

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In Red, White & Liberal, Alan Colmes addresses a fundamental question: In this time of uncertainty, how can we protect our freedom without diminishing our liberties, while burnishing our rightful place as the world's beacon of democracy? Colmes urges Americans to see past the tactics of the vocal right and to combat the problems that... Read more

Why Not Me? - Abridged

By: Al Franken

Narrated by: Al Franken

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Updated with more on the real race in 2000!

First came Theodore White's The Making of the President, 1960. Then All the President's Men. Now the searing chronicle that will forever change the way we view the man and the office...

Why Not Me?

...chronicles the dramatic rise and dizzying fall of Al Franken, who would become the first Jewish president... Read more

Reisen außerhalb der Zeit. Life is a Story – story.one - Abridged

By: Gregor Sieböck

Narrated by: Gregor Sieböck

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zu Fuß, im Kajak, mit Frachtschiff, Flugzeug, Bus und Eisenbahn unterwegs rund um unseren Zauberplaneten Erde. Seit 2003 reist der Weltenwanderer Gregor Sieböck in die weite Welt hinaus und folgt der Stimme seines Herzens. Beschenkt von der Magie des Augenblicks lösen sich dabei Zeit, Raum und Grenzen auf. Die große Herausforderung besteht... 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

Last Flag Down - Abridged

By: John Baldwin & Ron Powers

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to prowl the world’s oceans and sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider’s name was Shenandoah,... Read more

Gestão do Estresse e Inteligência Emocional - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Thalita

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No mundo moderno, repleto de desafios constantes, demandas exaustivas e ritmo acelerado, a gestão do estresse e o desenvolvimento da inteligência emocional emergem como habilidades essenciais para uma vida equilibrada e saudável. Nunca antes foi tão crucial entender e dominar as estratégias para lidar com o estresse e cultivar a inteligência... Read more

ملخص كتاب الاستشراق - Abridged

By: إدوارد سعيد

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

الفكرة التي يقوم عليها كتابُ الاستشراق هي استعمالُ النقد الإنسانيِّ للكشف عن مجالات الصراع، وإدخالُ سلسلةٍ من الأفكار والتَّحليلات أطول نَفَسًا من الدفقات المتقطِّعة من الغضب المترتِّب على الجدل الذي يعطِّل الفكرَ ويحبسنا في عباراتٍ ومجادلاتٍ عدائيَّةٍ تستهدف تثبيتَ الهويَّة الجمعيَّة العدوانيَّة بدلًا من التفاهم وتبادل الأفكار. وقد دعوتُ ما... Read more

Dancing with the Devil - Abridged

By: Rodney Barker

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1986, newspapers across America called it "the espionage case of the century." While serving as a security guard at the American Embassy, Sgt. Clayton Lonetree, a Native American marine, fell in love with a beautiful Russian woman. Then, a KGB officer posing as the woman' s "Uncle Sasha" recruited Lonetree to become a spy for the... Read more

America's Real War - Abridged

By: Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is a tug of war going on for the future of America. At one end of the rope are those who think America is a secular nation; at the other end are those who believe religion is at the root of our country's foundation. In this paperback release of the thought-provoking America's Real War, renowned leader and speaker Rabbi Daniel Lapin... Read more

Stolen Lives - Abridged

By: Malika Oufkir

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

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¡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

Carl von Clausewitz: Vom Kriege - Abridged

By: Carl von Clausewitz

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Noch immer von allen Studenten des wirtschaftlichen Managements zu lesen: Clausewitzens Klassiker über die Kriegsführung. Insbesondere das erste Kapitel beinhaltet die zentralen Thesen, nach denen beispielsweise der Krieg lediglich die "Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln" sei. Read more

In My Time - Abridged

By: Dick Cheney

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his #1 New York Times bestseller, former Vice President Dick Cheney delivers a forty-year portrait of American politics and shares unyielding reflections on his role as one of the most steadfast and influential statesmen in the history of our country.

In his enlightening and provocative memoir—a stately page-turner with flashes of surprising... Read more

The State of Jones - Abridged

By: Sally Jenkins & John Stauffer

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.

The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the... Read more

Die Grundrechte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Abridged

By: Renate Förtsch

Narrated by: Christian Hoening & Anja Buczkowsky

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Feudalismus, Kaiserreich und Weimarer Republik sowie die Exzesse des 3. Reiches prägten die Entwicklung und Kodifizierung der 19 Grundrechtsartikel des Grundgesetzes der BRD. Sie sind Ausdruck des Aufbruchs in eine aufgeklärte, freiheitliche Welt, in der staatliche Übergriffe und Fremdbestimmung der Vergangenheit angehören sollen. "Die Würde... 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

The Death of Outrage - Abridged

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: Charlton Heston

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this new, updated edition of a book heralded as a clarion call to the nation's conscience, William Bennett asks why we see so little public outrage in the fade of the evidence of deep corruption within Bill Clinton's administration.

The Death of Outrage examines the Monica Lewinsky scandal as it unfolded, from Clinton's denials that he had had... Read more

Estado e ideologia - Abridged

By: Alaor Caffé Alves

Narrated by: Equipe Multicast

Length: 24 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O Estado normalmente aparece na figura do Presidente da República, dos Ministros, das Forças Armadas, da polícia, dos deputados, do poder judiciário, das repartições públicas etc. Porém o Estado não são esses elementos empiricamente concretos e separados. Sua essência e unidade, na verdade, são invisíveis aos sentidos do corpo. O que é o Estado,... Read more

Platoon Leader - Abridged

By: James R. McDonough

Narrated by: Joel Rooks

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.'

"Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri... 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

Psicologia Social e Lutas Anticapitalistas - Abridged

By: Rogério Lustosa Bastos

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O livro que agora chega às mãos dos/as leitores/as é o resultado de um esforço coletivo dos/as professores/as Rogério Lustosa Bastos, Lizete Quelha de Souza, Mably Trindade, José Augusto Bisneto, João Batista Rezende e do assistente social Roberto Rodrigues Ribeiro. O título desta coletânea – Psicologia Social e Lutas Anticapitalistas:... Read more