Politics & Economy audiobooks

At Canaan's Edge - Abridged

By: Taylor Branch

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch's magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther King's heroic place in the nation's history.

The final volume of Taylor... Read more

We Stand With Ukraine - Abridged

By: Helen Dwyer & Julian Vignoles

Narrated by: Artem Nedostup & Oleksandra Pishcheiko Pishcheiko

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Uncover the inspiring stories of bravery and activism in the face of war with this powerful collection of essays and poems. Written by the front-line protestors at the Russian Embassy in Dublin, this book takes you on a journey of hope and courage as fifty determined individuals come together to stand against Russia's unprovoked invasion of... Read more

Hot, Flat, and Crowded - Abridged

By: Thomas L. Friedman

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Thomas L. Friedman's no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of... Read more

HANNAH ARENDT: RESÚMENES SELECCIONADOS - Abridged

By: MAURICIO FAU

Narrated by: MAURICIO FAU

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En esta obra, ofrecemos al lector oyente una compilación sumaria de dos trabajos cruciales de esta célebre filósofa alemana.Su obra cumbre fue sin dudas Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft ,  Los orígenes del totalitarismo , de casi mil páginas.Allí, Arendt analiza el antisemitismo en los siglos XVIII y XIX y desentraña fenómenos como el... Read more

Wähl' mal wieder! - Abridged

By: Ulrich Offenberg & Jutta Förtsch

Narrated by: Oliver Luxenburger, Peter Bertram & Achim Höppner

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Demokratie - das heißt Freiheit, Recht und Verantwortung. Verantwortung heißt: Wählen! Wählen heißt: sich eine Meinung bilden, sich entscheiden. Richtig entscheiden heißt: sich zu informieren, Bescheid zu wissen über sein Land, seine Menschen, das politische Koordinatensystem, in dem jeder Bürger eine gleiche Stimme zur Mitsprache hat.... Read more

Europäische Integration - Abridged

By: Werner Weidenfeld

Narrated by: Werner Weidenfeld

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

GESCHICHTE: Am Anfang standen Krieg, Verwüstung, Leid. Plötzlich machen sich einige Staaten Europas auf, ihre Zukunft gemeinsam zu gestalten. Entlang welcher Leitbilder entwerfen sie dieses Projekt ohne Vorlage? Was sind die wichtigsten Stationen der europäischen Einigung? INSTITUTIONEN: Die politischen Systeme der Nationalstaaten sind... Read more

Condi - Abridged

By: Antonia Felix

Narrated by: Antonia Felix

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is the remarkable and galvanizing true story of Condoleezza Rice—sixty-sixth United States Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, who once said about his close confidante, “Dr. Rice is not only a brilliant person, she is an experienced person. . . . America will find that she is a wise person.”With the current release of her own... 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

Über menschliche Freiheit - Abridged

By: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Narrated by: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Unser Gefühl frei zu sein, Entscheidungen nach Abwägung des Für und Wider zu treffen und dann auch dafür die Verantwortung zu tragen, Autoren unseres Lebens zu sein, wird heute von einigen Neurowissenschaftlern, aber von je her von Deterministen unterschiedlicher Couleur, als eine Illusion bezeichnet. Julian Nida-Rümelin entwickelt in diesem... 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

Jaurès, l'esprit du socialisme - Abridged

By: Jaurès

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jaurès est certainement l'un des plus grand orateurs du 20ème siècle. Homme politique, fervent défenseur de la République, socialiste convaincu, pacifiste actif, historien, philosophe et poète, Jean Jaurès est également, comme le soulignait à juste titre Léon Blum " un des plus hauts penseurs et un des plus grands écrivains dont la France ait pu... Read more

Beyond the White House - Abridged

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Jimmy Carter

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The president’s personal and passionate account of his twenty-five years in the service of humanitarian effort that won him the Nobel Peace Prize was received with the admiring respect of reviewers and readers and it will stand as the record of his brilliant post-presidential career.

This is the story of President Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency,... Read more

Do the Right Thing - Abridged

By: Mike Huckabee

Narrated by: Mike Huckabee

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Governor Mike Huckabee entered the Republican presidential race, he was the ultimate dark horse, with almost no money, no consultants, and no name recognition beyond Arkansas. The so-called experts were highly amused by this former small state governor from blue-collar roots who also played bass in a rock band. He wouldn’t have a prayer... Read more

Weber, l'esprit du capitalisme - Abridged

By: Weber

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

" L'éthique protestante et l'esprit du capitalisme " est une des œuvres fondatrices de la sociologie moderne. Max Weber propose de comprendre l'organisation capitaliste de l'économie. Il construit l'idéal type, qui consiste en une rationalisation de la production et du travail afin d'assurer le profit maximal. Cet idéal type trouve son origine... Read more

Tocqueville, éthique et politique - Abridged

By: Tocqueville

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Alexis de Tocqueville est célèbre pour ses analyses de la Révolution française, de la démocratie américaine et de l'évolution des démocraties occidentales en général. Il défend la liberté individuelle et l'égalité politique. Exprimant parfois des réserves sur l'évolution possible de la démocratie vers une dictature de la majorité au nom de... Read more

Die Menschenrechte sind universell - Abridged

By: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Narrated by: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Am 10. Dezember 1948 verabschiedeten die noch jungen Vereinten Nationen die "Allgemeine Erklärung der Menschenrechte", die zur Grundlage völkerrechtlich verbindlicher Verträge in Gestalt des sogenannten Zivil- und des Sozialpaktes und weiterer völkerrechtlicher Vereinbarungen wurde. Julian Nida-Rümelin erläutert in diesem Vortrag anlässlich des... Read more

The Rehnquist Choice - Abridged

By: John W. Dean

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines & John W. Dean

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The explosive story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the only person who could have revealed this information—John W. Dean.

In 1971, William Rehnquist seemed the perfect choice to fill a seat on the United States Supreme Court. He was a young, well-polished lawyer who shared many of President Richard Nixon's... Read more

The O'Reilly Factor - Abridged

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The million-copy New York Times bestseller from the Fox News anchor who’s brought new excitement–and massive amounts of populist common sense and rock-solid honesty–to television news.

Now four seasons strong, Bill O’Reilly’s nightly cable news program, “The O’Reilly Factor,” is one of the hottest shows on the air. In book form, The O’Reilly... Read more

Antike und moderne Demokratie - Abridged

By: Michael Stahl

Narrated by: Michael Stahl

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hat die griechische Demokratie einen Platz im modernen Geschichtsbewußtsein? Wie könnte die Brücke aussehen, über die der Historiker von seiner politischen Gegenwartserfahrung aus zu den alten Athenern gelangt? Vom Selbstverständnis der modernen Demokratie aus betrachtet, erscheint die politische Ordnung Athens in klassischer Zeit als etwas... 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

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

Reagan In His Own Voice - Abridged

By: Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson & Martin An...

Narrated by: Various

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Reagan In His Own Voice features Ronald Reagan's radio addresses from the late 1970s. Edited by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson, they are introduced by George Shultz and feature additional introductions by Nancy Reagan, Richard V. Allen, Judge William Clark, Michael Deaver, Peter Hannaford, Edwin Meese III and Harry... Read more

Demokratie und Wahrheit - Abridged

By: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Narrated by: Julian Nida-Rümelin

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Entgegen der verbreiteten Auffassung, das Wahrheitsansprüche in der Demokratie unangemessen seien, begründet Nida-Rümelin die These, dass ohne normative Wahrheitsansprüche die demokratische Gesellschaft und Politik undenkbar seien. Die demokratische Ordnung beruht auf normativen Überzeugungen, wie die der Toleranz aus Respekt und der gleichen... 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