Social Science audiobooks

Mitos japoneses: Grandes mitos, leyendas e historias de Japón

By: Matt Clayton

Narrated by: Luis Trumper

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

¿Sabía que, según la mitología japonesa, existe un número infinito de kami que habitan cada parte de la naturaleza?La mitología japonesa ofrece una mirada asombrosa sobre el mundo natural. A través de historias de heroicos samuráis, espeluznantes fantasmas vengativos y deidades que ejercen el poder de la naturaleza, junto a otras figuras... Read more

How to Convert to Islam and Become Muslim

By: The Sincere Seeker Collection

Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the Path to Islam: Your Comprehensive Guide to Embracing the FaithDiscover the essentials of submitting to your Creator and converting to Islam in this concise, easy-to-understand guide. Whether you're curious about Islam, ready to convert, or have already taken the step, this book is the perfect companion to guide you through your... Read more

Sex Games For Couples

By: Luna Skinner

Narrated by: Evan Brown

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Continue reading if you wish to spice up your relationship...It doesn't matter whether you've been together for years or just a few months; occasionally, relationships lose their luster. But even if the flame fades, you don't have to give up on each other! It is not always clear what caused a decline in interest. Plain sex, a lack of... Read more

Saving Time

By: Jenny Odell

Narrated by: Kristen Sieh

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that ‘time is money.’ . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing.”—Esquire

“One of the most important books I’ve read in my life.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense World

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Chicago... Read more

Merits of the Plague

By: Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The preeminent meditation on plagues and pandemics from the Islamic world, now in English for the first time

A Penguin Classic

Six hundred years ago, the author of this landmark work of history and religious thought—an esteemed judge, poet, and scholar in Cairo—survived the bubonic plague, which took the lives of three of his children, not to... Read more

Black Chameleon

By: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

Narrated by: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

In the literary tradition of Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, and Jesmyn Ward’s Men We Reaped, this debut memoir confronts both the challenges and joys of growing up Black and making your own truth.

Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah Mouton felt... Read more

Black Ball

By: Theresa Runstedtler

Narrated by: Xenia Willacey

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA

Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation’s imagined descent into disorder. A new generation of Black players entered the league then, among them Kareem... Read more

The True History of Merlin the Magician

By: Anne Lawrence-Mathers

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was "Merlin the Magician" and his impact on Britain.

The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy, and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His... Read more

The Four Workarounds

By: Paulo Savaget

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

We constantly encounter complex problems at home, in our places of work, and in society at large. Even if we had all the time and money in the world, sometimes no good solution can be found. So, what should we do, especially when we can’t wait? The answer: a workaround.

For ages, global corporations have been lecturing small organizations and... Read more

Who Gets Believed

By: Dina Nayeri

Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are honest asylum seekers dismissed as liars? Former refugee and award-winning author Dina Nayeri begins with this question, turning to shocking and illuminating case studies in this book, which grows into a reckoning with our culture’s views on believability. From persuading a doctor that she’d prefer a C-section to learning to “bullshit... Read more

Born Extraordinary

By: Meg Zucker

Narrated by: Meg Zucker

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A parent’s guide to empowering children to embrace their visible and invisible differences

    Meg Zucker was born with one finger on each hand, shortened forearms, and one toe on each misshapen foot, caused by a genetic condition called ectrodactyly. She would eventually pass this condition on to her two sons, and, along with her husband, raise... Read more

As We Exist

By: Kaoutar Harchi

Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar Young

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In this thoughtful coming-of-age memoir, a young sociologist reflects on her Moroccan immigrant parents, their journey to France, and how growing up an outsider shaped her identity.Imbued with tenderness for her family and a critical view of the challenges facing French North African immigrants, Kaoutar Harchi’s probing account illustrates the... Read more

Hoop Muses

By: Seimone Augustus & Kate Fagan

Narrated by: Kate Fagan

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“In vibrant color and style, Hoops Muses tells the vital stories that celebrate the history and tradition of our game.” —Sue Bird, WNBA legend

Hoops Muses is an homage to the game, bringing style and flair to all the details, moments, and people who have shaped the collective world of (women’s) hoops.

Hoops Muses will take us through time –... Read more

Eyes on the Horizon

By: Balarama Holness

Narrated by: Balarama Holness

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A former football champion’s engrossing personal story of spirituality and rebellion, and an inspiring call to action against systemic racism.The son of a Jamaican father and a Quebecois mother, Balarama Holness spent his earliest, most formative years on an ashram in West Virginia, learning the principles of equity and austerity, which would... Read more

The Book of Lambspring

By: Nicolas Barnaud

Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Book of Lambspring is one of the few real-life cases of a centuries-old book on alchemy. Nicolas Barnaud was a French Protestant writer, physician and alchemist, from Crest, in Dauphiné, from which he took the name Delphinas. He was a member of the Monarchomaques. He is associated with a number of mysteries. His 1597 collection... Read more

The Channels of Student Activism

By: Amy J. Binder & Jeffrey L. Kidder

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book. An eye-opening analysis of collegiate activism and its effects on the divisions in contemporary American politics. 

The past six years have been marked by a contentious political atmosphere that has touched every arena of public life, including higher education. Though most college... Read more

Forgotten Women

By: Zing Tsjeng

Narrated by: Jacqui Bardelang

Length: 20 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

'To say this [book] is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - indy100

'Here's to no more forgotten women.' - Evening Standard

Forgotten Women reaches around the world and its history to rediscover,... Read more

Vindicación de los derechos de la mujer

By: Mary Wollstonecraft

Narrated by: Laura Monedero

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

La obra que cambió el mundo y puso las bases del feminismo moderno. Traducción de Marta Lois González A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolución. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y... Read more

Hags

By: Victoria Smith

Narrated by: Victoria Smith

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

'Rich, complex and witty' ROSE GEORGE, SPECTATOR

'Devastating and clever' BEL MOONEY, DAILY MAIL

'Could not be more necessary' RACHEL COOKE, OBSERVER

What is about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage - almost everyone?

In the last few years, as identity politics have taken hold, middle-aged women have found themselves talked and... Read more

A Journey Through the Evidence of Islam and the Holy Quran's Divine Origin

By: The Sincere Seeker Collection

Narrated by: The Sincere Seeker Collection

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the many proofs and evidence of Islam and the Holy Quran that attest to their Divine origin and absolute truth. Discover these irrefutable proofs for yourself. In this short book, you'll discover the miraculous quality and eloquence of the Holy Quran, the scientific miracles the book contains, the prophecies and predictions it makes,... Read more

Wise Words for Women

By: Donna Lancaster

Narrated by: Donna Lancaster

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

A pocket book of comfort, advice and love for any woman, anywhere.

Coach and therapist, Donna Lancaster, brings her 32 years of experience helping people find their authentic selves, heal pain and overcome setbacks to this collection of honest words, counsel, and self-love.

Dip in every morning to bring joy to your day or... Read more

¿Feminista, yo?

By: Ana Vásquez Colmenares

Narrated by: Kerygma Flores

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"En todos mis futuros, el feminismo será parte importante de mi misión y mi manera de ver el mundo. Así que lo digo con toda claridad: soy feminista, y con ello logré reconciliarme conmigo misma, sentirme cómoda en mi propia piel, más conectada con mi ser femenino y más hermanada con otras mujeres, más libre, independiente y feliz". Como es bien... Read more

Feminism Against Progress

By: Mary Harrington

Narrated by: Mary Harrington

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In Feminism Against Progress, Mary Harrington argues that the industrial-era faith in progress is turning against all but a tiny elite of women. Women's liberation was less the result of human moral progress than an effect of the material consequences of the Industrial Revolution. We've now left the industrial era for the age of AI, biotech and... Read more

Breathmaker: The History and Legacy of the Seminole’s Creator God

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: David Van Der Molen

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Seminole tribe is one of the best known Native American tribes, and one of the most feared among 19th century Americans and Spaniards. In fact, the origin of the term Seminole comes from a Spanish description of them as “wild”, which belies the fact that the Seminole had friendly relations with the British and Spanish during the colonial... Read more