Social Science audiobooks

At Work in the Ruins

By: Dougald Hine

Narrated by: Dougald Hine

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

'One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books yet written about the multiple intersecting crises that are now upending our once-familiar world. . . Essential reading for these turbulent times.' Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement Dougald Hine, author and social thinker, has spent most of his life talking to people about... Read more

Creencias Supersticiosas

By: Inocencio Velez

Narrated by: Vinicio Aguinaga

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Te has preguntado por qué algunas personas temen ciertas fechas, como el viernes 13? ¿Por qué decimos 'Salud' cuando la gente estornuda? ¿A qué se deben esos miedos a los espejos rotos? Entonces sigue leyendo…
“La superstición trae mala suerte.” - Umberto Eco
Muchas de nuestras supersticiones más duraderas -como evitar pasar por debajo de una... Read more

The Black Guy Dies First

By: Robin R. Means Coleman & Mark H. Harris

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising success of Get Out, Candyman, and Lovecraft Country from creators behind the acclaimed documentary, Horror Noire.

The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the... Read more

Fool Proof

By: Tess Wilkinson-Ryan

Narrated by: Mia Barron

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The fear of playing the fool is a universal psychological phenomenon and an underappreciated driver of human behavior; in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational, and Susan Cain’s Quiet, Fool Proof tracks the implications of the sucker construct from personal choices to cultural conflict, ultimately charting... Read more

Your Consent Is Not Required

By: Rob Wipond

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 13 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Asylums are supposed to be in the past. However, though the buildings were closed, many of the practices lived on. In fact, more law-abiding Americans today are being involuntarily committed and forcibly treated "for their own good" than at any time in history.



In the first work of investigative journalism in decades to give a comprehensive view... Read more

It's Always Been Ours

By: Jessica Wilson MS, RD

Narrated by: Jessica Wilson MS, RD

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This “necessary book” (Roxanne Gay, New York Times bestselling author, Bad Feminist and Hunger) shares an essential look at the ways in which Black women are left out of conversations about “diet culture,” health, and wellness. In It’s Always Been Ours, eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson challenges us to rethink the... Read more

Say the Right Thing

By: Kenji Yoshino & David Glasgow

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A Living Now Book Awards Gold Medalist, Social Activism/Charity

A practical, shame-free guide for navigating conversations across our differences at a time of rapid social change.

In the current period of social and political unrest, conversations about identity are becoming more frequent and more difficult. On subjects like critical race theory,... Read more

Jennie's Boy

By: Wayne Johnston

Narrated by: Wayne Johnston

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

** Winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour **


The sad, tender, and extremely funny memoir of a boyhood few thought he would survive, including the unforgettable mother and hilarious grandmother who raised him

A book to be relished by lovers of such works as The Glass Castle, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, and Angela's... Read more

Never Far from Home

By: Bruce Jackson

Narrated by: Bruce Jackson

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Microsoft’s associate general counsel shares a story that is “as nuanced as it is hopeful” (Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader) about his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York City to a stellar career at the top of the technology and music industries in this stirring true story of grit and perseverance. For fans of Indra... Read more

Gods and Mortals

By: Sarah Iles Johnston

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny

Length: 16 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

An enticing and entrancing new telling of ancient Greek mythsGripping tales that abound with fantastic characters and astonishing twists and turns, Greek myths confront what it means to be mortal in a world of powerful forces beyond human control. Little wonder that they continue to fascinate readers thousands of years after they were first... Read more

Holding Fire

By: Bryce Andrews

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of Down from the Mountain, a memoir of inheritance, history, and one gun’s role in the violence that shaped the American West—and an impassioned call to forge a new way forwardBryce Andrews was raised to do no harm. The son of a pacifist and conscientious objector, he moved from Seattle to Montana to tend livestock... Read more

A Minor Revolution

By: Adam Benforado

Narrated by: Adam Benforado

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A revelatory investigation into how America is failing its children, and an urgent manifesto on why helping them is the best way to improve all of our lives—from the New York Times bestselling author of Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice

“Compelling . . . an extremely sympathetic and worthy attempt to protect kids . . . [Benforado]... Read more

Lives of the Wives

By: Carmela Ciuraru

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

""The five marriages that Carmela Ciuraru explores in Lives of the Wives provide such delightfully gossipy pleasure that we have to remind ourselves that these were real people whose often stormy relationships must surely have been less fun to experience than they are for us to read about.""—Francine Prose, author of The VixenA witty,... Read more

Rethinking Life

By: Shane Claiborne

Narrated by: Shane Claiborne

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Drawing on Scripture, church history, and his own story, Shane Claiborne explores how a passion for social justice issues surrounding life and death--such as war, gun ownership, the death penalty, racial injustice, abortion, poverty, and the environment--intersects with our faith as we advocate for life in its totality.Many of... Read more

Tezcatlipoca: la historia y el legado del dios supremo de la Mesoamérica posclásica

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Isabella Rivera

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Venerado por muchas culturas, el «Señor del espejo humeante», uno de los dioses principales del gran Imperio azteca, es también una de las deidades mesoamericanas más interesantes, y a la vez difíciles de entender. Conductor de los destinos del mundo, dador y despojador, patrón de reyes y de esclavos, sembrador de discordias y revelador de... Read more

Zwyczajnie niezwykli. Obrazki o niepełnosprawności

By: Marek Dynowiak

Narrated by: Andrzej Hausner

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Autor książki przez wiele lat był pracownikiem jednego z niemieckich domów opieki dla osób niepełnosprawnych intelektualnie. "Zwyczajnie niezwykli" to wybrane historie z życia podopiecznych i ich wychowawców."No dobrze, ale kogo chciałbyś tym zainteresować? Kto miałby być Twoim odbiorcą?", zapytała moja znajoma, gdy przed laty zwierzyłem jej... Read more

Desacharithram Keraleeyakshethrangaliloode

By: M G Sasibhooshan

Narrated by: Shashma

Length: 29 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

ആയികുല ക്ഷേത്രങ്ങള്‍തൊട്ട് കുമ്പളയിലെ ദേവസ്ഥാനങ്ങള്‍വരെയുള്ള നൂറോളം ക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളുടെ ദേശചരിത്രവും ഐതിഹ്യവും വിവരിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രന്ഥം. Read more

Pequeños gestos, gran impacto

By: Vanessa Van Edwards

Narrated by: Kyria Montoya

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Usa los gestos a tu favor y conviértete en un líder carismático y exitoso. Si alguna vez te han interrumpido en una junta, te pasaron de largo cuando había oportunidades laborales disponibles o ignoraron tus ideas, puede que tus gestos sean el problema... y la solución. Son esas pequeñas señales que enviamos a los demás 24 / 7 por medio de... Read more

Ein neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit und die deliberative Politik

By: Jürgen Habermas

Narrated by: Erich Wittenberg

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

1962 erschien Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit, Jürgen Habermas' erstes Buch. In sozialhistorischer und begriffsgeschichtlicher Perspektive profiliert er darin einen Begriff von Öffentlichkeit, der dieser einen Platz zwischen Zivilgesellschaft und politischem System zuweist. Der Strukturwandel reihte sich alsbald ein unter die großen Klassiker... Read more

We Need To Talk

By: Emily Hunt

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

'As inspiring as it is enraging, Emily Hunt turns trauma into action, exposing a criminal justice system that fails women, and a culture that enables violence against us. A rallying call for change, and a powerful lesson in perseverance from a woman who would not give up.' The GuardianEmily was in a restaurant, having lunch with her father – the... Read more

Tradiciones y leyendas sevillanas

By: José María de Mena

Narrated by: Luis Ignacio González

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Por primera vez se publica una edición actualizada y ampliada de Tradiciones y leyendas sevillanas. Sevilla es una ciudad rica en leyendas, muchas de las cuales han pasado a la literatura, la música y la pintura universales. Así, la fundación de Sevilla por Hércules ha pasado a la literatura y mitología grecolatinas; la leyenda de los dos hijos... Read more

Cómo cambiar tu mente

By: Michael Pollan

Narrated by: Sebastián Rosas

Length: 17 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Una brillante y valiente investigación de Michael Pollan, autor de cinco best sellers de The New York Times, sobre la revolución médica y científica en torno a las drogas psicodélicas, y la fascinante historia de sus propias experiencias psicodélicas que le cambiaron la vida. Cuando Michael Pollan se propuso investigar por qué el LSD y la... Read more

Hasta que te caigas bien

By: Elizabeth Clapés

Narrated by: Elizabeth Clapés

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Tras el éxito de Querida yo: tenemos que hablar, vuelve Elizabeth Clapés, @esmipsicologa. Imagínate que pudieses elaborar un manual de cómo quieres ser y de cómo quieres que sea tu relación con los demás. ¿Qué pedirías? Cuando te enfadas o sientes emociones que te dificultan actuar racionalmente, reaccionas de manera impulsiva: pierdes los... Read more

Lieber Jonas oder Der Wunsch nach Selbstbestimmung - Briefe an die kommenden Generationen (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung)

By: Linus Giese

Narrated by: Linus Giese

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Warum wir selbst über unseren Namen und unser Geschlecht entscheiden können sollten Vor fünf Jahren hatte Linus Giese sein Coming out als trans Mann. Weil er sich traute, öffentlich darüber zu sprechen, erntete er Hass - und überwältigenden Zuspruch, insbesondere von jungen Menschen. Mit seinem neuen Buch möchte er ihnen etwas zurückgeben und... Read more