Social Science audiobooks

Black Man in a White Coat

By: Damon Tweedy, M.D.

Narrated by: Damon Tweedy, M.D.

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

“Hearing Dr. Tweedy speak was less of a lecture and more of an open invitation to engage in a meaningful conversation with a passionate caregiver. Dr. Tweedy’s personal stories prompted a ton of reflection on compassion, mental health, patient-centered care, and our own identity-related biases. These insights are invaluable as we return to our... Read more

CHRONIQUE d'une SORCIÈRE

By: Noelle MONGE & Isolde

Narrated by: Noelle MONGE

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Depuis les premières femmes qui murmurèrent leurs secrets aux arbres jusqu'aux sorcières modernes qui se réapproprient leur histoire, "Chronique d'une Sorcière" est une chronique-réalité qui traverse les siècles, guidée par la voix d'Isolde, une sorcière des temps anciens. Plongez dans un récit où les croyances et la magie s'entremêlent, où les... Read more

Conflicted

By: Isaac Blacksin

Narrated by: John Guccion

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

How is popular knowledge of war shaped by the stories we consume, what are the boundaries of this knowledge, and how are these boundaries policed or contested by journalists producing knowledge from war zones? Based on years of fieldwork in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, Conflicted challenges normative conceptions of war by... Read more

Israel's Black Panthers

By: Asaf Elia-Shalev

Narrated by: Tova Katz

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The powerful story of an activist movement that challenged the racial inequities of Israel.



Israel's Black Panthers tells the story of the young and impoverished Moroccan Israeli Jews who challenged their country's political status quo and rebelled against the ethnic hierarchy of Israeli life in the 1970s. Inspired by the American group of the... Read more

Getting to the Real Me

By: Linda Dezenski

Narrated by: Linda Dezenski

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

How do you navigate a world that wasn't built with you in mind?What's it really like to live with a disability?Linda Dezenski pulls no punches in this raw and revealing memoir. Born with Cerebral Palsy, Linda takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the ups and downs of life with a body that doesn't always cooperate and a society that often... Read more

Nonmonogamy and Sex Work

By: Zara Shah

Narrated by: Eli Katz

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

What does nonmonogamy allow other than the freedom to love whoever you wish to love? For Zara Shah, nonmonogamy allows greater freedom of social interaction and a richer view of intimacy. It allows not only more choices for sexual and romantic partners, but also greater range in hobbies, careers and friendships. Nonmonogamy has allowed Shah—a... Read more

Atua Wāhine

By: Hana Tapiata

Narrated by: Hana Tapiata

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Ancient wisdom of the Māori goddesses to help you navigate the modern world
Atua wāhine are the Māori goddesses who make up the world around us: earth, fire, water, the moon and more. From the earth mother, Papatūānuku, who sustains and nurtures us to the goddess of peace, Hinepūtehue, who transformed pain into beauty, and the misunderstood... Read more

Cuídate para crecer

By: Ana Pérez

Narrated by: Ana Pérez

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Después del éxito de Terapia para llevar, vuelve la psicóloga Ana Pérez, Nací Dramática. La autoestima no se regala, se trabaja. Descubre 100 herramientas prácticas y fáciles para mejorar tu relación contigo. ¿Qué es para ti el autocuidado? ¿Te hablas a ti mismo como a las personas a las que más quieres? ¿Cómo llevas la culpa? ¿Qué relación hay... Read more

The Modern Guide To Sex

By: Georgia Grace

Narrated by: Georgia Grace

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Get out of your head and into your body.
From acclaimed sex expert Georgia Grace, The Modern Guide to Sex is the ultimate handbook for experiencing full-body pleasure, sexual confidence and fulfilling relationships. It's the new go-to sex guide for everyone.Featuring full-colour illustrations of anatomy and techniques, as well as practical,... Read more

When We Sold God's Eye

By: Alex Cuadros

Narrated by: Alex Cuadros

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In this "remarkable" true story, an Amazonian tribe is forced to reconcile with Westerners entering their territory and running an illegal diamond mine (Douglas Preston).

Growing up in a remote corner of the world’s largest rainforest, Pio, Maria, and Oita witnessed the first highway pierced through the century-old trees, and they lost their... Read more

A Concise History of the Middle East, 13th Edition

By: Ibrahim Al-Marashi & Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 21 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this region.Spanning from the pre-Islamic era to the present, it explores the evolution of Middle Eastern institutions and culture, the influence of European colonialism and Western imperialism, regional modernization efforts, the struggle of various... Read more

Kindred Creation

By: Aida Mariam Davis

Narrated by: Aida Mariam Davis

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A vital path home. Employing African epistemologies and an embodied African beingness, this book embraces the revelation and miracle of Blackness.

Creating a world worthy of our children requires recalling the dignity and distinction of the African way of life.

This book is not written for settler consumption. Kindred Creation is a call and... Read more

The Scary Book of Valentine's Day Lore

By: Tim Rayborn

Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Roses are red, violets are blue, in this book of fear, Valentine's haunts anew. Dare to discover the true lore of Valentine's Day, where love and terror intertwine in the most unexpected ways. With classic myths about tragic love, dark romances that end in murder, and true crimes committed in passion, this spine chilling book of tales will... Read more

Weapons of the Weak

By: James C. Scott

Narrated by: Alex Boyles

Length: 17 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors shows that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run. Read more

Submerged

By: Hillel Levin

Narrated by: Brandon Pollock

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

For most families that have suffered the unsolved murder of a loved one, a successful cold case investigation can finally bring closure to their tragedy and, ideally, bring the perpetrator to justice. But in 2013, when LaPorte, Indiana, police detectives arrested Jason Tibbs for the murder of sixteen-year-old Rayna Rison twenty years before,... Read more

Invisible Strings

By: Kristie Frederick Daugherty

Narrated by: Candace Fitzgerald, Dominique Salvacion, Kristi...

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An anthology of brand-new poems inspired by Taylor Swift songs, from a powerhouse group of contemporary poets, including Kate Baer, Maggie Smith, and Joy Harjo.

Let the decoding begin!

With a record-breaking four Grammy awards for Album of the Year, Taylor Swift stands alone in the world of pop music. One of the most talented lyricists of all... Read more

Trauma and Ecstasy

By: Alex Abraham

Narrated by: Alex Abraham

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Forget everything you think you know about psychedelics. They’re not punchlines. They’re not party favors for aging hippies. Instead, as Alex Abraham discovered, they are an innovative approach that can help heal trauma and chronic pain.
Trauma and Ecstasy takes a long, hard look at pain, from the sudden unexplained pelvic floor discomfort that... Read more

The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Peter Lerman

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

H. G. Wells, one of the 20th Century’s greatest writers—author of The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man—wrote The Open Conspiracy to express his ideas about how a peaceful and cooperative world community could bring happiness and prosperity to all the inhabitants of the earth. Wars would no longer be fought and hunger would not... Read more

A Century of Tomorrows

By: Glenn Adamson

Narrated by: Glenn Adamson

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents A Century of Tomorrows written and read by Glenn Adamson

An acclaimed cultural historian takes readers on an intellectual thrill ride through the kaleidoscopic story of futurology, a surprisingly powerful force in the modern world.

For millennia, predicting the future was the province of priests and prophets, the realm of... Read more

Ocean

By: John Haywood

Narrated by: Ben Eagle

Length: 18 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A dazzling and ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic seas, Ocean is a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic ridge some 200 million years ago and ends with the Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands in the fifteenth century, providing a template for the methods used by the Spanish in their colonization of the New... Read more

Le llamaban padre

By: Carles Porta

Narrated by: Pau Ferrer, Luis Pinazo, Angi Sansón & Fede Pla...

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

La perturbadora crónica de uno de los sucesos más estremecedores de los últimos tiempos, plasmado por Carles Porta. Le llamaban padre porque creían que aquel era el precio a pagar por tener una familia. En un pequeño pueblo de Lleida, vivían David Donet y los adolescentes que tenía en acogida. Allí se descubrieron decenas de imágenes y vídeos... Read more

Das Comeback deiner Lust - So entfachst du das Feuer in dir - Spice up Your Life in 3 Minuten täglich (ungekürzt)

By: Dania Schiftan

Narrated by: Nora Schulte

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Lust auf mehr Lust! Alle scheinen spektakulären Sex zu haben - nur du selbst nicht? Du hast das Gefühl, dass dir die Lust ­inmitten des stressigen Alltags, der langjährigen ­Partnerschaft oder hormoneller Umstellungen verloren gegangen ist? Der Sex ist im Laufe der Zeit immer weniger geworden oder vielleicht sogar ganz verschwunden? In diesem... Read more

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded

By: INCITE! Women Of Color Against Violence

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A trillion-dollar industry, the US non-profit sector is one of the world's largest economies. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation, if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world,... Read more

The Naked Civil Servant

By: Quentin Crisp

Narrated by: Christian Coulson

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A comical and poignant memoir of a gay man living life as he pleased in the 1930s

In 1931, gay liberation was not a movement—it was simply unthinkable. But in that year, Quentin Crisp made the courageous decision to "come out" as a homosexual. This exhibitionist with the henna-dyed hair was harrassed, ridiculed and beaten. Nevertheless, he... Read more