Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Final Days

By: Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 19 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“An extraordinary work of reportage on the epic political story of our time” (Newsweek)—from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthors of All the President’s Men.

The Final Days is the #1 New York Times bestselling, classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon’s dramatic last months as president. Moment by moment,... Read more

Oath and Honor

By: Liz Cheney

Narrated by: Liz Cheney

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Liz Cheney with 50+ audio source material clips included, Oath and Honor is a gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution--leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand... Read more

Palestine Peace Not Apartheid

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Jimmy Carter

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

Following his #1 New York Times bestseller, Our Endangered Values, the former president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers an assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine.

President Carter, who was able to negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt, has remained deeply involved in... Read more

JFK

By: Fredrik Logevall

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 29 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth president.

“An utterly incandescent study of one of the most consequential figures of the twentieth century.”—Jill Lepore,... Read more

House of Huawei

By: Eva Dou

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

“Authoritative… a tale that sits at the heart of the most significant geopolitical relationship today.” – Financial Times

“There’s probably no better account of China’s rise to economic dominance as seen through the prism of a single company.” – The Wall Street Journal


ABOUT THE BOOK


The untold story of the mysterious company that shook the... Read more

Run for Something

By: Amanda Litman

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton, Roger Casey, Fred Sanders & Am...

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The must-have guide for young progressives looking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives.

You’ve been depressed since the night of November 8, 2016. You wore black to work the next morning. You berated yourself for your complacency during the Obama years. You ranted on Twitter. You... Read more

Governing the Commons

By: Elinor Ostrom

Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems.After critiquing the foundations of policy... Read more

City Limits

By: Megan Kimble

Narrated by: Megan Kimble

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

An eye-opening investigation into how our ever-expanding urban highways accelerated inequality and fractured communities—and a call for a more just, sustainable path forward

“Megan Kimble manages to turn a book about transportation and infrastructure into a fascinating human drama.”—Michael Harriot, New York Times bestselling author of Black AF... Read more

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

By: Nicole Perlroth

Narrated by: Allyson Ryan

Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth, read by Allyson Ryan.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)

“Part John le Carré and more parts Michael Crichton . . .... Read more

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

By: David Treuer

Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau

Length: 17 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a best book of 2019 by The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, NPR, Hudson Booksellers, The New York Public Library, The Dallas Morning News, and Library Journal.

"Chapter after chapter, it's like one... Read more

Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom

By: Norman G. Finkelstein

Narrated by: M.T.A

Length: 15 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Listeners will be able to draw their own conclusions about whether Gaza has been a victim of decades of political shortcomings or whether its innocence has been distorted by propaganda and malicious political manipulations. In this detailed analysis, Norman G. Finkelstein uncovers the hardships endured by Palestinians, reveals the insincerity of... Read more

Age of Revolutions

By: Fareed Zakaria

Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live.

Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the 21st century may... Read more

The Vortex

By: Scott Carney & Jason Miklian

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The deadliest storm in modern history ripped Pakistan in two and led the world to the brink of nuclear war when American and Soviet forces converged in the Bay of BengalIn November 1970, a storm set a collision course with the most densely populated coastline on Earth. Over the course of just a few hours, the Great Bhola Cyclone would kill... Read more

The Naked Don't Fear the Water

By: Matthieu Aikins

Narrated by: Nick Nikon

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“This is a book of radical empathy, crossing many borders – not just borders that separate nations, but also borders of form, borders of meaning, and borders of possibility. It is powerful and humane and deserves to find a wide, wandering readership.” — Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit WestIn this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter... Read more

Taking America Back for God

By: Andrew L. Whitehead & Samuel L. Perry

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Taking America Back for God points to the phenomenon of "Christian nationalism," the belief that the United States is—and should be—a Christian nation. At its heart, Christian nationalism demands that we must preserve a particular kind of social order, an order in which everyone—Christians and non-Christians, native-born and immigrants, whites... Read more

We All Want to Change the World

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A sweeping look back at the protest movements that changed America from activist and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with personal and historical insights into lessons they can teach us today

“A compelling case for standing up for justice at a time when everything, it seems, is on the line.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

For many, it can feel like change... Read more

A Revolution Betrayed

By: Peter Hitchens

Narrated by: Peter Hitchens

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents A Revolution Betrayed written and read by Peter Hitchens.

There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their children.

In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and privilege in our... Read more

Partisans

By: Nicole Hemmer

Narrated by: Nicole Hemmer

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold new history of modern conservatism that finds its origins in the populist right-wing politics of the 1990s 
 
Ronald Reagan has long been lionized for building a conservative coalition sustained by an optimistic vision of American exceptionalism, small government, and free markets. But as historian Nicole Hemmer reveals, the Reagan... Read more

The Question of Palestine

By: Edward W. Said

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 13 hours

Abridged: No

This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever.

"A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis

"Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope that understanding will provide a better chance of survival." —The New York... Read more

Anarchism: What It Really Stands For

By: Emma Goldman

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Emma Goldman (1869 – 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.  In this essay, (1910) Goldman sets forth her interpretation of the ideology of anarchism. Like most anarchists, she was... Read more

Sea Stories

By: Admiral William H. McRaven

Narrated by: Admiral William H. McRaven

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.
Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory,... Read more

The Family

By: Jeff Sharlet

Narrated by: Jeremy Guskin

Length: 16 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

They insist they are just a group of friends, yet they funnel millions of dollars through tax-free corporations. They claim to disdain politics, but congressmen of both parties describe them as the most influential religious organization in Washington. They say they are not Christians, but simply believers.Behind the scenes at every National... Read more

The Lost and the Found

By: Kevin Fagan

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Stephanie Land and Matthew Desmond, a powerful and deeply reported narrative of homelessness, despair, and hope.

Kevin Fagan’s The Lost and the Found, set in San Francisco—one of the wealthiest cities in America—takes an empathic, character-driven approach to exploring the human side of what’s behind the homelessness epidemic.
... Read more

Dirt Road Revival

By: Chloe Maxmin & Canyon Woodward

Narrated by: Brianna Fernandez

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Democratic Party left rural America behind.
 
This urgent rallying cry shows how Democrats can win back and empower overlooked communities that have been pushing politics to the right—and why long-term progressive political power depends on it.

Through 2 successful elections in rural red districts that few thought could be won by a Democrat,... Read more