Social Science audiobooks

Ride or Die

By: Shanita Hubbard

Narrated by: Tovah Ott

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Cultural criticism and pop culture history intertwine in this important book, which dissects how hip hop has sidelined Black women's identity and emotional well-being.
  Do you have a “ride or die chick” in your life? A “ride or die chick” is a Black woman who holds down her family and community. She’s that friend or family member that you can... Read more

The Other Side of Prospect

By: Nicholas Dawidoff

Narrated by: Diontae Black

Length: 17 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

One New Haven summer evening in 2006, a retired grandfather was shot point-blank by a young stranger. A hasty police investigation culminated in innocent sixteen-year-old Bobby being sentenced to prison for thirty-eight years. New Haven native Nicholas Dawidoff returned home and spent eight years reporting the deeper story of this injustice, and... Read more

The Marauders

By: Patrick Strickland

Narrated by: Kent Klineman

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This real-life Western tells the story of how citizens in a small Arizona border town stood up to anti-immigrant militias and vigilantes.



The Marauders uncovers the riveting nonfiction saga of far-right militias terrorizing the border towns of southern Arizona. In one of the towns profiled, Arivaca, rogue militia members killed a man and his... Read more

Home Bound

By: Vanessa A. Bee

Narrated by: Vanessa A. Bee & Sean Crisden

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In this memoir of identity and discovery, Vanessa A. Bee explores the way we define "home" and "belonging"—from her birth in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to her adoption, to experiencing housing insecurity in Europe and her eventual immigration to the US. After her parents' divorce, Vanessa traveled with her mother to Lyon and later to London, eventually... Read more

Two Old Broads

By: Dr. M. E. Hecht & Whoopi Goldberg

Narrated by: Devon O'Day & Jackie Schlicher

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Written by renowned surgeon and expert on the art of aging, Dr. M.E. Hecht, with her friend Whoopi Goldberg lending her unique point of view, Two Old Broads is laugh out loud funny and?tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years.Whoopi joins... Read more

Keeping Family Secrets

By: Margaret K. Nelson

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

All families have secrets but the facts requiring secrecy change with time. Nowadays a lesbian partnership, a "bastard" son, or a criminal grandfather might be of little or no consequence but could have unraveled a family at an earlier moment in history. Margaret K. Nelson is interested in how families keep secrets from each other and from... Read more

How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race

By: Kwame Christian

Narrated by: Kwame Christian

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Negotiation expert Kwame Christian's motto is: "The best things in life are on the other side of difficult conversations." If we want a more equitable workplace, and a more equitable world, we have to talk to each other about race. But, for so many of us, that's easier said than done.



Many people avoid conversations about race because of fear:... Read more

The Artisans

By: Shen Fuyu

Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Born in Shen Village in Southeast China, Shen Fuyu grew up in a family of farmers. Years later, Shen, now a writer, returned to his hometown to capture the village's rich history in the face of industrialization.



Through his own childhood memories and those of his ancestors, Shen resurrects the working life of Shen Village through interlinked... Read more

An Essay for Ezra

By: Grant Farred

Narrated by: Earl Sewell

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An Essay for Ezra is a critique of terror that begins but by no means ends with the presidency of Donald J. Trump. A father addresses his son and a boy shares his observations in a dynamic dialogistic exchange that is a commentary of and for its time, taking the measure of racial terror and of white supremacy both in our moment and as a... Read more

My Soul Look Back in Wonder

By: Geneva Napoleon Smitherman

Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This is the story of Dr. Geneva Smitherman, aka "Dr. G," the pioneering linguist often referred to as the "Queen of Black Language." In a series of narrative essays, Dr. G writes eloquently and powerfully about the role of language in social transformation and the academic, intellectual, linguistic, and societal debates that shaped her... Read more

Sacred Gender

By: Ariana Serpentine

Narrated by: Ann Sprinkle

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Create a spiritual connection to your gender and incorporate it into your personal practice. While exploring gender from a sacred perspective, Ariana Serpentine introduces you to trans and nonbinary figures from Pagan pantheons as well as spirits and deities that can help you achieve self-actualization.



With suggestions for making devotion more... Read more

Letters to My Weird Sisters

By: Joanne Limburg

Narrated by: Jennifer Smith

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

An autistic feminist author looks at women's history, in search of her 'weird sisters.'



It seemed to me that many of the moments when my autism had caused problems, or at least marked me out as different, were those moments when I had come up against some unspoken law about how a girl or a woman should be, and failed to meet it.



An autism... Read more

When Abortion Was a Crime

By: Leslie J. Reagan

Narrated by: Rosemary Benson

Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

When Abortion Was a Crime is the must-listen book on abortion history. Originally published ahead of the thirtieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, this award-winning study was the first to examine the entire period during which abortion was illegal in the United States, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century and ending with that monumental case in... Read more

The Man the Most Attractive : Wonderful Stories of Krishna - Part 2

By: Dr. King & Swami Satyapriya

Narrated by: Dr. King

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a collection of wonderful stories of Krishna from the 5000-year-old Indian scripture namely the Bhagavata. The word Krishna literally means someone who attracts. He is believed to be the incarnation of God on earth.In this part of the book, author discusses following episodesEpisode 1. Krishna – A darling of cowherd girlsEpisode 2. Was... Read more

Full: The Science of Mastering Women

By: Linda Gross

Narrated by: Linda Gross

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the 4 Core Drives that drive EVERY woman. With that, you can win over any woman, anywhere, any time. Ms. Gross has combined 10 years of academic research, along with interviewing over 20,000 men, to make dating and relating as simple and effective as possible.You no longer have to be cocky or arrogant, a Nice Guy, or throw in the... Read more

Dharma

By: আমিশ ত্ৰিপাঠী

Narrated by: R.J. Tarun

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

এজন চচ্-চেফ নাচিকেত অনন্ত সাৱন্ত। তেওঁৰ পত্নী গাৰ্গী, শহুৰ ধৰ্মৰাজ আৰু শাহুৱেক লোপামুদ্ৰাৰ মাজত সাধাৰণতে কিছুমান কথাৰ আলোচনা হৈ থাকে। এইয়া তাৰেই কিছু অংশ। সেইদিনা আলোচনা প্ৰথম আৰম্ভ হয় নাচিকেত আৰু ধৰ্মৰাজৰ মাজত। পিছলৈ তাত যোগ দিয়েহি লোপামুদ্ৰা আৰু গাৰ্গীয়ে। আলোচনাৰ আৰম্ভণি বিষয় বস্তু আছিল কৰ্ম। কৰ্ম মানে কি? কৰ্ম মানে কেৱল ভাল কাৰ্য কৰাটোৱেই... Read more

Metapolítica

By: Daniel Estulin

Narrated by: Alejandro Ivarias

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Transformación global y guerra de potencias No es ningún secreto que la civilización actual atraviesa por una crisis de proporciones inimaginables, y que en términos geopolíticos y económicos ya nada será lo que fue. La pandemia del coronavirus solo ha venido a acelerar este proceso que se desarrolló tras bambalinas desde hace años. ¿Pero hacia... Read more

Vocabulario de la vida femenina

By: Martha Robles

Narrated by: Kerygma Flores

Length: 32 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta obra, única por sus características y aspiraciones, desvela un sentido del idioma que hasta hace poco se mantuvo oculto: su aspecto femenino. En una época de grandes transformaciones en la que es necesario que los avances de género se asienten y permeen toda manifestación social y cultural, es indudable la exigencia de contar con un... Read more

The Ten Rules of Reporting

By: Alan Sunderland

Narrated by: Alan Sunderland

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An essential guide for reporters and aspiring reporters: the former editorial director of the ABC shares the secrets of good reporting from his life-long career in journalism.

Journalism is changing.
 
The demand for information about the world we live in has never been greater. But those charged with obtaining it are under constant pressure.... Read more

Świat bez grzechu i jego obraz w filmie

By: Krzysztof Toeplitz

Narrated by: Jędrzej Fulara

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Powieść autora scenariusza do ikonicznego serialu "Czterdziestolatek"!Jakie możliwości ukazania ludzkiej cielesności daje reżyserom dzieło filmowe? Czym byłaby historia kina bez ,,scen łóżkowych"? Kiedy aktorzy powinni odmawiać występowania w rozbieranych scenach? Odpowiedzi na te i podobne pytania związane z seksualnością i erotyką w... Read more

Nahganne

By: Red Grossinger

Narrated by: John Heerema

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Nahganne: Tales of the Northern Sasquatch presents over 80 reports and stories about giant bipedal, forest dwelling, hirsute hominoid entities. For as long as humans have been around the North, the activities of these giants have been observed in many places, but only a few people have taken the time to share their stories of coming in contact... Read more

Cheap Land Colorado

By: Ted Conover

Narrated by: Ted Conover

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Newjack, a passage through an America lived wild and off the grid, where along with independence and stunning views come fierce winds, neighbors with criminal pasts, and minimal government and medical services.

“In these dispatches, [Conover] invites readers to... Read more

The Thin Blue Lie

By: Greg Dillon

Narrated by: Justin Price

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In this gripping whistleblower account of FBI corruption and malfeasance, Greg Dillon—veteran state investigator and former FBI agent—finds himself caught up in an FBI misconduct scandal resulting in coverups, retaliation, a federal trial, and a landmark court ruling.



When Greg Dillon is assigned to a federal fugitive task force in Connecticut,... Read more

What We Give

By: Terry Salman

Narrated by: Terry Salman

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” —Winston Churchill

What makes a soldier? What makes a business mind? What makes a philanthropist? In this rich memoir, Canadian icon of mining finance and public service Terry Salman reflects on his remarkable life, offering inspiration and mentorship for others seeking to... Read more