Social Science audiobooks

New York Jew

By: Alfred Kazin

Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen

Length: 16 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In this book, Alfred Kazin, who for more than thirty years has been one of the central figures of America's intellectual life, takes us into his own life and times. His autobiography encompasses a personal story openly told; an inside look at New York's innermost intellectual circles; strong and intimate revelations of many of the most important... Read more

Red Valkyries

By: Kristen Ghodsee

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The lives of five socialist women and their legacy for modern-day feminists



Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Through the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—the aristocratic Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai; the radical pedagogue Nadezhda... Read more

Scorched Earth

By: Jonathan Crary

Narrated by: Gareth Richards

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Refusing the digital world of late capitalism



In this uncompromising essay, Jonathan Crary presents the obvious but unsayable reality: our "digital age" is synonymous with the disastrous terminal stage of global capitalism and its financialization of social existence, mass impoverishment, ecocide, and military terror. Scorched Earth surveys the... Read more

Gestalt en palabras pequeñas

By: Francisco Fernández Romero

Narrated by: Marco Lubián

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Las palabras, las grandes y las pequeñas, son puentes que nos unen. Nunca nacen solas. Hay tantos autores que han escrito grandes y luminosas palabras sobre la Gestalt. Yo escribo palabras pequeñas porque creo que también importan. Escribir es mi forma de aprender, pensar, de hacerme preguntas, de intentar contestarlas, de perderme y, a veces,... Read more

Believe Her

By: Michael James Emberger

Narrated by: Kristina Rothe

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

“Yes you will absolutely be reborn, yes you will rebuild something more beautiful than before, but essentially a death took place in that moment and that is irreversible…”-a Survivor It is an honor and a privilege to be an ally to a survivor of sexual assault. She allows you close to her pain and you help her heal—with no expectations on her.... Read more

Hoodoo for Love and Protection

By: Amina Waynes

Narrated by: Daiannie Vera

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want to bring Love and Protection in your life and that of others, even if you are a beginner?The essence of Hoodoo is the search for earthly advantage through magic."Hoodoo for Love and Protection" is an upgrade to the book "Hoodoo for Beginners". It will teach you to use Hoodoo to bring Love and Protection with 30+ ready-to-use Spells... Read more

Sunjata and Bakaridjan Koné: Two Captivating Legends from Mali

By: Matt Clayton

Narrated by: Michael Reaves

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you like epic tales that sing the deeds of the world’s greatest heroes?If so, you will love this volume of epics from the West African country of Mali. Each is full of battles and derring-do, magic, and prophecies based on historical events. The Epic of Sunjata tells the tale of the great thirteenth-century king of the Mali Empire, Sunjata... Read more

The Melodramatists

By: Howard Nemerov

Narrated by: Kelly Burke

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Nemerov's first novel, 'The Melodramatists' is a parody of life in 20th Century America. When wealthy Nicholas Boyne is committed to a mental health facility, his two daughters, Claire and Susan, are left to their own devices. Susan embarks on an ill-fated affair with her psychiatrist, while Claire undergoes a spiritual awakening and sets about... Read more

La fuerte razón para estar juntos

By: Peter Sloterdijk

Narrated by: Gustavo Dardes

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Este libro surge de la inversión de la pregunta que ordenaba un proyecto intelectual. En el lapso entre 1998 y 2004, Peter Sloterdijk (Karlsruhe, 1947) gesta, en el monumental proyecto Esferas, su apuesta más vasta para explicar la historia de la humanidad indagando en el carácter pneumático de toda comunidad. Guiaba su mano la siguiente... Read more

Mieszkańcy masowej wyobraźni

By: Krzysztof Toeplitz

Narrated by: Jędrzej Fulara

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Powieść autora scenariusza do ikonicznego serialu "Czterdziestolatek"!Skąd się wzięła polska kultura masowa i jakie są jej główne atuty? Na czym polega fenomen dostępu do szybkiego przepływu informacji i łatwo przyswajalnej, taniej rozrywki? ,,Mieszkańcy masowej wyobraźni" to zbiór szkiców o społecznym oddziaływaniu środków masowego przekazu i... Read more

La madre de todas las preguntas - Abridged

By: Rebecca Solnit & Lucía Barahona (Translator)

Narrated by: Marta Martín Jorcano

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Un nuevo libro de la autora de Los hombres me explican cosas y Wanderlust, que ilumina, entre otras cosas, la manera en que se entretejen la historia del silencio y la historia de las mujeres. "Hay una nueva revolución feminista en marcha, y Rebecca Solnit es una de sus voces más poderosas y cautivadoras."—Barbara Ehrenreich "No esperen un libro... Read more

Por qué compramos la burra

By: Ramon Nogueras

Narrated by: Jordi Salas

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Descubre cómo nos convencen y cómo convencemos a los demás, y aprende a defenderte de los malos usos de la persuasión. En ocasiones nos sorprende que consigan que hagamos algo que no queremos: comprar un cachivache que no necesitamos, apoyar unas ideas que, si las pensamos un poco, son una memez, meternos en negocios ruinosos o situaciones que,... Read more

Infections and Inequalities

By: Paul Farmer

Narrated by: Derek Shoales

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "peculiarly... Read more

Samrastecha Punyapravah

By: Ravindra Gole

Narrated by: Madhavi Pansare

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

समता आणि समरसता, महापुरुषांनी, संतमहात्म्यांनी केलेले समतेचे प्रयत्न, संविधानातून लिहिलेली समता या गोष्टी आपल्याला या पुस्तिकेतून समजून घेता येतील. त्याबरोबरच रा. स्व. संघाच्या माध्यमातून सामाजिक सामारासातेसाठी सुरु असलेले प्रयत्न तसेच केवळ समता नाही तर त्यापुढील पायरी समरसता आहे असा आग्रह संघ का व कोणत्या भूमिकेतून करतो हे सांगणारी पुस्तिका. Read more

Una curiosa historia del sexo

By: Kate Lister

Narrated by: Clivia Torres

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Basado en el popular proyecto de investigación Whores of Yore (Putas de antaño) y escrito con su característico humor e ingenio, ‘Una curiosa historia del sexo’ se basa en los amplios conocimientos de la Dra. Kate Lister sobre la historia del sexo. Desde las pruebas de impotencia medievales hasta los robos de testículos del siglo XX, desde los... Read more

The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment

By: Randy E. Barnett & Evan D. Bernick

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment profoundly changed the Constitution, giving the federal judiciary and Congress new powers to protect the fundamental rights of individuals from being violated by the states. Yet, according to Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick, the Supreme Court has long misunderstood or ignored the original meaning of the... Read more

Black Country Music

By: Francesca Royster

Narrated by: LaNecia Edmonds

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Black Country Music tells the story of how Black musicians have changed the country music landscape and brought light to Black creativity and innovation.After a century of racist whitewashing, country music is finally reckoning with its relationship to Black people. In this timely work—the first book on Black country music by a Black... Read more

The Sacred Pipe

By: Joseph Epes Brown

Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice.



Black Elk was the only qualified priest of the older Oglala Sioux still living when The Sacred Pipe was written. This is his book: he gave it orally to Joseph Epes Brown during the latter's eight month's... Read more

README.txt – Meine Geschichte (ungekürzt)

By: Chelsea Manning

Narrated by: Daniela Thuar

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Die persönlichen, aufschlussreichen Erinnerungen einer der wichtigsten Aktivistinnen unserer Zeit Im Jahr 2010 veröffentlichte Chelsea Manning geheime Militärdokumente, die sie als Geheimdienstanalystin für die US-Armee im Irak auf der Speicherkarte ihrer Digitalkamera herausgeschmuggelt hatte. Die Armee klagte sie in zweiundzwanzig Punkten im... Read more

Wir und die Flüchtlinge - Auf dem Punkt (Ungekürzt)

By: Gerald Knaus

Narrated by: Patrick Imhof

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Während Flüchtlinge immer öfter als politisches Druckmittel instrumentalisiert werden - etwa bei der russischen Invasion der Ukraine oder im Syrien-Krieg - wird bei größeren Fluchtbewegungen in Europa rasch die Frage aufgeworfen: Gefährdet irreguläre Migration die Demokratie? Messerscharf zeigt Gerald Knaus nun auf, wie sehr Wahrnehmung und... Read more

Superyachten - Luxus und Stille im Kapitalozän (Ungekürzt)

By: Grégory Salle

Narrated by: Johann von Bülow & Britta Steffenhagen

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Abramowitsch hat eine, der Emir von Abu Dhabi auch, Jeff Bezos sowieso: Superyachten sind Ausweis der Zugehörigkeit zum Club der "lucky few". Sie ermöglichen grenzenlose Mobilität und exklusiven Geltungskonsum. Zugleich sind sie schwimmende Umweltsünden. Sie verbrennen Unmengen Treibstoff, ihre Anker zerstören kostbare Flora. Und sie sind... Read more

Shakha Mulyankan

By: H V Seshadri

Narrated by: Neha Naik

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

शाखेचे मूल्यांकन म्हणजे आपले कार्यक्षेत्र, आपली शाखा आणि आपली प्रगती ध्यानांत घेऊन त्या दिशेने कार्यकर्त्याला किती यश मिळते याचे मूल्यांकन, त्या संबंधीचे मा. हो. वे. शेषाद्रि यांचे चिंतन व विवेचन या पुस्तिकेत आहे. कार्यासंबंधी प्रेरणा व ध्येयासंबंधी सुस्पष्ट कल्पना असायला हवी. हिंदु संघटनेचे प्रतीक, स्वरुप शाखा असावी. शाखा म्हणजे समाजव्यापी,... Read more

Historias de una pandemia

By: Paco Moreno

Narrated by: Paco Moreno

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Paco, con su conocimiento y valentía, fue el infectólogo que a muchos nos trajo la luz en la oscuridad de esta pandemia. En este libro describe, con la claridad que lo caracteriza, lo que todos vivimos estos últimos años. Recomiendo su lectura ampliamente." -ARTURO ELÍAS AYUB En diciembre de 2019 la noticia de una neumonía desconocida que... Read more

Hardship Britain: Personal Stories of Social Issues Today

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Individuals who have experienced some of society's biggest issues tell their stories - and search for answers

From climate change, fake news and vaccine hesitancy to mental health, addiction and domestic violence, there are no shortage of societal problems facing the UK right now. But while we are aware these challenges exist, without personal... Read more