Politics & Economy audiobooks

Über den Kolonialismus - Abridged

By: Aimé Césaire

Narrated by: Sascha Rotermund

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Klassiker des Antikolonialismus in einer kommentierten Neuausgabe. »Im Discours sur le colonialisme, erstmals 1950 veröffentlicht, prangert Césaire leidenschaftlich die Verbrechen und Gräuel an, die jahrhundertelang von Weißen an Schwarzen verübt worden waren und selbst nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in Indochina, auf Madagaskar und... 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

It's My America Too - Abridged

By: Ben Ferguson

Narrated by: Ben Ferguson

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

With It's My America Too, Ben Ferguson, the voice of America's youth and the host of The Ben Ferguson Show, one of the country's fastest growing syndicated radio shows, delivers his views on all the issues, from politics to current affairs to popular culture. Everyone wants to know what Ferguson will say next -- and here's your chance.Ben... Read more

Flags of Our Fathers - Abridged

By: James Bradley & Ron Powers

Narrated by: Barry Bostwick

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now abridged for young people, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history: the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.

In February 1945, American... 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

A Short History of the United States - Abridged

By: Robert V. Remini

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In A Short History of the United States, National Book Award winner Robert V. Remini offers a much-needed, concise history of our country. This accessible and lively volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation and its institutions, including the arrival and migration of... Read more

Taking Heat - Abridged

By: Ari Fleischer

Narrated by: Ari Fleischer

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

For two and a half years, Ari Fleischer served as the official liaison between the White House and members of the press, acting as the voice of President George W. Bush.In Taking Heat, Fleischer goes behind-the-scenes in the West Wing, giving his perspectives on:• September 11, 2001, its aftermath, and the anthrax scare • The pressure-filled... Read more

Wann hören wir auf, uns etwas vorzumachen? - Gestehen wir uns ein, dass wir die Klimakatastrophe nicht verhindern können (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Jonathan Franzen

Narrated by: Johannes Steck

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Nr. 1 SPIEGEL-Bestseller jetzt als Hörbuch: Wir müssen der Wahrheit ins Gesicht sehen, sagt Jonathan Franzen, der sich seit vielen Jahren mit Themen des Umweltschutzes beschäftigt: Das Spiel ist aus, wir werden den Klimawandel nicht mehr kontrollieren, die Katastrophe nicht verhindern können. Das Pariser Abkommen, das ZweiGradZiel, "Fridays... Read more

Nixon and Kissinger - Abridged

By: Robert Dallek

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than thirty years after working side by side in the White House, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger still stand as two of the most compelling, contradictory, and powerful leaders in America in the second half of the twentieth century. Both were largely self-made men, brimming with ambition, driven by their own inner demons, and often... Read more

The Kissinger Transcripts - Abridged

By: William Burr & Richard Gilliland

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Henry Kissinger is one of the most controversial Secretaries of State in U.S. history— serving under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, never-before-seen transcripts of Kissinger's conversations, including top-secret talks with Beijing and Moscow, provide an unvarnished record of his... Read more

The Reagan Diaries Extended Selections - Abridged

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

During his two terms as the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency. Now, nearly two decades after he left office, this remarkable record—the only daily... Read more

Frost/Nixon - Abridged

By: David Frost

Narrated by: David Frost

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Following the resounding success of the eponymous West End and Broadway hit play, Frost/Nixon tells the extraordinary story of how Sir David Frost pursued and landed the biggest fish of his career—and how the series drew larger audiences than any news interview ever had in the United States, before being shown all over the world.This is Frost's... Read more

Shooting History - Abridged

By: Jon Snow

Narrated by: Jon Snow

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The compelling autobiography of one of the great and most committed newsmen of our time: full, frank, and occasionally very funny, Jon Snow’s memoirs are as revealing about the great and the not-so-good as about his own passionate involvement in the reporting of world affairs Read by the author. Jon Snow is perhaps... Read more

102 Minutes - Abridged

By: Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn

Narrated by: Ron McClarty

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted.At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers -- reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become... Read more

ملخص كتاب الإنسان المهدور - Abridged

By: مصطفى حجازي

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

يستكمل الكاتب والمفكر اللبناني مصطفى حجازي، مشروعه من خلال كتابه الإنسانُ المهدور، الذي يعد تطويرا وبحثا أكثر عمقا في حياة الإنسان داخل المجتمعات المستبدة. حيث يوظف علم النفس في مجال إنساني جديد تماما، وهو التنمية الإنسانية والمجتمعية. ويحاول الإجابة عن السؤال: هل يمكن الوصول إلى الديمقراطية وتحقيق التنمية في مجتمع يهدر الإنسان وكرامته؟ Read more

Iron Rose - Abridged

By: Cindy Adams & Susan Crimp

Narrated by: Cindy Adams

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Iron Rose takes an intimate look at the incredible life of Rose Kennedy—head of the Kennedy dynasty and one of the 20th century's most influential women—and her nine famous children. A riveting account of the power behind America's political throne for several decades, Iron Rose reveals the secrets behind the triumphs and tragedies of the... Read more

An Inconvenient Book - Abridged

By: Glenn Beck

Narrated by: Glenn Beck

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, tackles some of our country’s biggest problems in this funny, outrageous, and entertaining book.

Glenn Beck believes that the reason why some of our biggest problems never seem to get fixed is simple: the solutions just aren’t very convenient. And as the host of a nationally... Read more

El caso García - Abridged

By: Pedro Cateriano

Narrated by: César la Serna

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El 18 de octubre de 1991, el Parlamento acusó de enriquecimiento ilícito al expresidente de la República Alán García Pérez. El Caso García, es la crónica apasionante de las tareas que cumplieron las diferentes comisiones del Congreso, tratando de llegar a una investigación que permitiera, entre otras cosas, romper el secreto bancario.  Relata... Read more

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

Chatter - Abridged

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefe’s brilliant new book, Chatter.

In the late 1990s, when Keefe was a graduate student in England, he heard... Read more

No Ordinary Time - Abridged

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and the outset of World War II.

With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story... Read more

Catastrophe - Abridged

By: Dick Morris & Eileen McGann

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 New York Times Bestseller! In Catastrophe, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann—authors of the megabestsellers Fleeced and Outrage—take a hard look at America in free fall and at how Barack Obama is transforming a vulnerable U.S. into a socialist state. Their seventh consecutive New York Times bestseller, Catastrophe is a call to arms for every... Read more

Tales From Bengal - Abridged

By: Sourish Roy

Narrated by: Shahi Kiran Mascot

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The compilation comprising nine short stories, all set in Bengal, looks to appeal to the magnanimous aspects of modern minds engrossed in the tussle for a living. The collection is meant to make readers think at least for once about those villagers who still have to wait for an elevation in their wretched living. In addition, set in the backdrop... Read more

ملخص كتاب سلام ما بعده سلام - Abridged

By: ديفيد فرومكين

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

في كتاب سلام ما بعده سلام، يقدم الكاتب والمحامي الأمريكي المتخصص في القانون الدولي David Fromkin شهادة وافية مبنية على بحثه الموسّع في مجموعة من الوثائق الرسمية والمستندات التي تعود لأرشيف الحرب العالمية الأولى، والتي تصف سلسلة الأحداث التي وقعت في الفترة بين عام ألف وتسعمائة وأربعة عشر وألف وتسعمائة واثنين وعشرين، التي شكلت منطقة الشرق الأوسط. Read more