Social Science audiobooks

Brothers and Sisters

By: Alan Paul

Narrated by: Alan Paul

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and contains more than 40 never-before-heard interviews with the band members.

New York Times bestselling author Alan Paul's in-depth narrative look at the Allman Brothers' most successful album, and a portrait of an era in rock and roll and American history.

The Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers and Sisters was... Read more

Narcas

By: Deborah Bonello

Narrated by: Mai Ling Turner

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Drug transporters. Money launderers. Killers. Street drug vendors. Weapons traffickers. Kidnappers. Extortionists.

VICE journalist Deborah Bonello reports from the trenches in this first-ever in-depth exploration of the hidden power women wield in Latin American drug cartels

You’ve heard of Pablo Escobar, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and Rafael... Read more

We'll All Be Free

By: Caroline J. Sumlin

Narrated by: Caroline J. Sumlin

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover a Better Standard of Excellence



You're not good enough. How many of us internalize this belief before we even reach adulthood? How many of us feel unworthy and unable to live up to what seem like impossible-yet-completely-arbitrary standards? Where do these toxic beliefs about ourselves come from? And who told us there is a way we are... Read more

Who Needs Gay Bars?

By: Greggor Mattson, PhD

Narrated by: Curtis Michael Holland

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Gay bars have been closing by the hundreds. The story goes that increasing mainstream acceptance of LGBTQ+ people, plus dating apps, have rendered these spaces obsolete. Beyond that, rampant gentrification in big cities has pushed gay bars out of the neighborhoods they helped make hip. Who Needs Gay Bars? considers these narratives, accepting... Read more

Love for the Land

By: Brooks Lamb

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Love for the Land explores the power and potential of people-place relationships. Through clear and compelling prose, it elevates the virtues of imagination, affection, and fidelity—concepts promoted by farmer-writer Wendell Berry—and shows how they motivate small- and mid-scale farmers to care for the land, even in the face of adversity. Paying... Read more

The New Masculinity

By: Alex Manley

Narrated by: Tom Max

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From AskMen senior editor and non-binary writer Alex Manley comes The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood, a guide for escaping the shackles of toxic masculinity, unlearning what it means to be a man, and pushing back against the various ways masculinity teaches people to hurt rather than help, and to harm... Read more

La travesía del redentor

By: Yolanda Meyenberg Leycegui

Narrated by: Hilda Gómez

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

De los mítines a las mañaneras: claves para entender el éxito político de AMLO Sobre Andrés Manuel López Obrador se ha escrito bastante y desde distintas perspectivas, pero en limitadas ocasiones de manera objetiva. Yolanda Meyenberg Leycegui se vale de las herramientas de análisis de la Ciencia Política y la Historia para ofrecernos la visión... Read more

Fight, Magic, Items

By: Aidan Moher

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Japanese roleplaying game (JRPG) genre is one that is known for bold, unforgettable characters; rich stories, and some of the most iconic and beloved games in the industry. Inspired by early western RPGs and introducing technology and artistic styles that pushed the boundaries of what video games could be, this genre is responsible for... Read more

100 Quotes about Reason, Volume 2

By: Gil Carroll

Narrated by: Maisie Chalk

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Reason has done much of the heavy lifting throughout history. In this second volume, this book presents quotations from many of history's key figures who both recognize the importance – and also the limitations – of reason. Read more

Free Your Mind

By: Laura Dodsworth & Patrick Fagan

Narrated by: Henry Nott

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller Learn how to recognise and resist the daily attempts to control and manipulate your mind. There is a war on for your mind. You may not notice, but you are surrounded by manipulators: advertisers, politicians, big tech, even the humble waiter who asks, ‘Still or sparkling?’ ... Read more

Happy Together

By: Ellen D. B. Riggle, PhD & Sharon S. Rostosky, PhD

Narrated by: Lisa S. Ware

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Filled with positive, life-affirming stories and coping strategies, this resource will help same-sex couples deal effectively with the daily challenges and stresses of homophobia within their family, workplace, and community.



Many same-sex couples are stigmatized because of their relationship and experience significant stress. In every life... Read more

24 Hours in Charlottesville

By: Nora Neus

Narrated by: Amara Jasper

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping account of racial justice activists who confronted violent white supremacists in Charlottesville, VA, and stirred the nation

On August 11 and 12, 2017, armed neo-Nazi demonstrators descended on the University of Virginia campus and downtown Charlottesville. When they assaulted antiracist counterprotesters, the police failed to... Read more

Histories of Racial Capitalism

By: Destin Jenkins & Justin Leroy

Narrated by: Janina Edwards & Jaime Lincoln Smith

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The relationship between race and capitalism is one of the most enduring and controversial historical debates. The concept of racial capitalism offers a way out of this impasse. Racial capitalism is not simply a permutation, phase, or stage in the larger history of capitalism—since the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade and the colonization... Read more

Encounterism

By: Andy Field

Narrated by: Lee Beddow

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A playful, analytical, informed, and poetic exploration of the delight and transformative power of real-life encounters.



The light touch of a hairdresser's hands on one's scalp, the euphoric energy of a nightclub, huddling with strangers under a shelter in the rain, a spontaneous snowball fight in the street, a daily interaction with a homeless... Read more

After Work

By: Helen Hester & Nick Srnicek

Narrated by: Marisa Calin

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A vital and timely proposal for a feminist post-work politicsWould you let a robot clean your house?When we think about work, we still tend to think about workplaces—if we think about reducing work, we think about reducing working hours and spending more time at home. But the home has never been free from work, and with the continued gendered... Read more

America's Cultural Revolution

By: Christopher F. Rufo

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND AMAZON BESTSELLER America’s most effective conservative intellectual proves once and for all that Marxist radicals have taken over our nation's institutions.In the 1960s, Mao launched China’s Cultural Revolution. Cities grew overcrowded. Technocrats demanded progress from above. Anyone opposed was sent... Read more

Saving Michael

By: Keri Vellis

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Describes what being a foster mom is really like, the effects of foster care on the whole family, and how the foster care system fails severely abused children.



Foster children are society's throwaway kids, the children no one wants—until someone finally does. Saving Michael provides an inside look at Keri Vellis's struggle to secure the best... Read more

Was hat Bill Gates mit Corona zu tun?

By: Rüdiger Maas

Narrated by: David Lütgenhorst

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Kennen Sie das auch: Jemand, den Sie gut kennen glaubt plötzlich an Theorien, welche Sie nur schwer nachvollziehen können? Die offizielle Version der Medien oder Regierung wird angezweifelt. Dieser Zweifel wird mit teils skurrilen, teils aber auch schlüssigen Geschichten belegt. Wie soll man hierbei diskutieren ohne, dass es im Streit... Read more

Our Last Best Act

By: Mallory McDuff

Narrated by: Lu Banks

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

As we begin to contemplate death and to embark on practical planning for life's end, many of us long to leave a legacy beyond a transfer of money and property—one that ensures a sustainable earth for our loved ones, our communities, and generations to come. But where do we even begin?



With the sudden deaths of both of her parents, Mallory McDuff... Read more

Purvarang

By: Pu La Deshpande

Narrated by: Saurabh Gogte

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

१९६३ साली 'पूर्वरंग'ची पहिली आवृत्ती प्रसिध्द झाली. तिसर्‍या आवृत्तीच्या निमित्ताने माझे हे पुस्तक वाचताना वाटले की पुन्हा एकदा ह्या देशांतून हिंडून यावे. ज्या स्थळांची मनावर त्या काळी उमटलेली चित्रे आजही ताजी आहेत ती स्थळे पुन्हा एकदा पाहून यावे. पण असेही वाटले की न जाणो मनावर उमटलेली त्या काळातली चित्रे आणि बदललेल्या परिस्थितीत आज ती ठिकाणे... Read more

البائن من الجنس في لبنان

By: روجيه عوطة

Narrated by: منار مراد

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

"جنس شعبي لبناني" كتاب نقدي عن البيان البصري الوحيد للحياة الجنسية في لبنان، وهو يتألف من الفيديوات التي تنتشر على منصات البورنوغرافيا في الإنترنت، والتي صورها مواطنون خلال ممارستهم للحب داخل أمكنتهم الحميمية. تركز هذه القراءة على الجوانب المختلفة لتلك الحياة بحسب بروزها في ذلك البيان، مؤكدةً على كونها مجال لتظهير الصراعات بين الأجساد والأنواع... Read more

12 Marriage Safeguards

By: Samuel Deuth & Katie Deuth

Narrated by: Samuel Deuth

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Marriage is a gift from God! It is designed to be the great joy and source of life! If that's true, then why does it seems like it can often be one of the greatest sources of frustration, pain, and often heartache? Why do so many marriages end in divorce? Is there a way we could better set up our marriages to thrive? Are there any ways we can... Read more

Sex Work and COVID-19 in the New Zealand Media

By: Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith

Narrated by: Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

New Zealand’s relatively recent decriminalisation of sex work and its unusual success in combatting COVID-19 have both attracted international media interest. This accessibly written book uses the lens of news media coverage to consider the pandemic’s impacts on both sex workers and public perceptions of the industry. Analysing the... Read more

Divorce

By: Rita Chester

Narrated by: John H Fehskens

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Do not worry if you see these signs!In this day and age, so many are afraid of a divorce. Yes, the stats do not lie. There are many divorces, but there are so many more happy marriages that are intact and healthy. In this book, you do not just get the 10 signs that show you that you have nothing to worry about. To prevent divorce, specific... Read more