Social Science audiobooks

Game On

By: David Bockino

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In Game On David Bockino, a former marketing and advertising manager at ESPN turned professor of communications and sport management, provides the first overview of the evolution of the sports media industry.



From the groundbreaking radio broadcast of the Jack Dempsey—Georges Carpentier boxing match in 1921 and the launch of Sports Illustrated... Read more

The Certainty Trap

By: Ilana Redstone

Narrated by: Lisa Larsen & Qarie Marshall

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

When we’re in the Certainty Trap, we tend to view people who disagree with us as hateful, ignorant, or just plain stupid. When it comes to heated social and political issues in particular, many of us know this feeling well—a consuming state of righteous indignation and moral outrage. And this response makes sense because our very certainty tells... Read more

Crazy as Hell

By: Hoke S. Glover III & V. Efua Prince

Narrated by: Reginald Dwayne Betts

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

By turns hilarious, candid, and heartbreaking, this powerful book takes the straitjacket off Black history.



A refreshing, insightful, sacrilegious take on African American history, Crazy as Hell explores the site of America's greatest contradictions. The notables of this book are the runaways and the rebels, the badass and funky, the activists... Read more

The Way of the Satisfied Woman

By: Alanna Kaivalya

Narrated by: Alanna Kaivalya

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

EXPLORE THE FULLEST POTENTIAL OF YOUR POWER AS A WOMAN

Although women today have greater opportunity to make our own choices, build independent lives, and craft powerful careers, we all too often forge our path by following the trajectory laid out by men. By emulating what men identify as desirable goals and strategies, we deny our truest, most... Read more

The Price They Paid

By: Jeff Forret

Narrated by: J. D. Jackson

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A prizewinning historian uncovers the first instances of reparations in America—ironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves. “A spectacular achievement of historical research. Forret shows for the first time just how far the American government went to secure reparations.”
—Robert Elder‚ author of... 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

The Icon and the Idealist

By: Stephanie Gorton

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting history about the little-known rivalry between Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett that profoundly shaped reproductive rights in AmericaIn the 1910s, as the birth control movement was born, two leaders emerged: Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett. While Sanger would go on to found Planned Parenthood, Dennett’s name has largely... Read more

Living Disability

By: Emily Macrae

Narrated by: Seema Doad

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

How can we build more accessible cities? Living Disability brings together vibrant perspectives on disability justice and urban systems. A musician and snow removal expert, a queer curator, a public pool aficionado, and a journalist turned city councillor — these are just some of the disabled writers exploring disability justice, analyzing... Read more

Black, Gay & Underage

By: Wil Roach

Narrated by: Wil Roach

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Wil Roach writes about living within a Caribbean culture in the heart of London, as a child of the ’60s through to the ’80s. Born on the island of Trinidad and brought to the UK as a baby, Wil grew up as a * black boy in the frosty capital of Britain, learning by degrees about cultural and sexual diversity. Wil Roach on writing memoir Writing... Read more

Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings

By: Charles Hapgood

Narrated by: Joel Richards

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Hapgood's classic 1966 book on ancient maps is back in print after 20 years. Hapgood produces concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilization existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt. He has found the evidence in many beautiful maps long known to scholars, the Piri Reis Map that shows Antarctica, the Hadji Ahmed map,... Read more

Disfunción eréctil

By: Oslos Molina

Narrated by: Oslos Molina

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Un estudio publicado recientemente advierte que el 71% de los hombres alcohólicos menores de 56 años padece disfunción eréctil o falta de deseo sexual. Al contrario de la creencia generalizada de que el alcohol mejora las relaciones sexuales, Boston Medical Group, alianza mundial de clínicas médicas especializadas en el tratamiento de... Read more

Critical Race Theory, Fourth Edition

By: Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory. Since the publication of the third edition of Critical Race Theory: An Introduction in 2017, the United States has experienced a dramatic increase in racially motivated mass shootings and a pandemic that revealed how deeply entrenched medical racism is and how public disasters... Read more

Empower Your Partner: A Playbook for Supportive Dads and Birth Allies

By: Callum Haverford

Narrated by: Alan Winnigton

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Empower Your Partner: A Playbook for Supportive Dads and Birth Allies
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Are you ready to elevate your role and deepen your knowledge as a supportive partner in the childbirth experience?
Searching for a comprehensive guide that equips you with everything you need to empower your partner during this... Read more

Transform Your Love Life: Secrets to Deeper Connection

By: Cyrus Drummond

Narrated by: Alan Winnigton

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Transform Your Love Life: Secrets to Deeper Connection
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Are you ready to elevate your relationship and create a deeper connection with your partner?
Looking for a thorough guide that equips you with everything you need to transform your relationship through understanding and connection? ... Read more

A Knock at the Door

By: Rob Parsons

Narrated by: Rob Parsons

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

'An extraordinary story. Truly Inspirational' Tim Vine An astonishing story of human kindness, self-learning, incredible pain, unbelievable hope and the sheer power of love to change a life. Christmas 1975 and Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is riding high in the... Read more

New Black Cyclones

By: Marlon Lee Moncrieffe

Narrated by: Joshua Riley

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents New Black Cyclones: Racism, Representation and Revolutions of Power in Cycling by Marlon Lee Moncrieffe, read by Joshua Riley

How has racism, anti-racism and the representation of cycling changed since the Black Lives Matter movement? What could be the potential force of cycling movements across the world coming together as... Read more

Esclavas del poder

By: Lydia Cacho

Narrated by: Karina Castillo

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Lydia Cacho lleva al lector de la mano por un viaje emocionante en el que encuentra la voz de las víctimas de las mafias tratantes de mujeres en México. Por la periodista Lydia Cacho, autora del bestseller Los demonios del Edén. Prólogo de Roberto Saviano. A partir de casos concretos, así como de historias conmovedoras, Lydia Cacho sigue una... Read more

Who Dies?

By: Stephen Levine & Ondrea Levine

Narrated by: Joel Richards

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book that explains how to open to the immensity of living with death—and how participating fully in life is the perfect preparation for whatever may come next. In Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying, the Levines provide calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death. A meaningful insight... Read more

¿Que Es La Ninfomania?

By: Oslos Molina

Narrated by: Oslos Molina

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

La ninfomanía, también conocida como hipersexualidad femenina, es una dependencia que no cesa, una adicción al sexo que afecta todas las áreas de la vida y que genera una insatisfacción constante.Las mujeres ninfómanas experimentan un deseo sexual demasiado intenso e insaciable que genera una obsesión por el sexo, incluso aunque mantengan... Read more

El libro tibetano de los muertos para principiantes

By: Lama Lhanang Rinpoche & Mordy Levine

Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Jenner

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Un texto clásico y muy relevante del Budismo Tibetano en una versión accesible para todos los lectores. Con incontables ediciones a lo largo de los siglos, El libro tibetano de los muertos ha intrigado a millones de lectores interesados en el enfoque budista tibetano acerca del final de la vida. En un mundo que a menudo ignora la muerte y trata... Read more

The Fallacies of Racism

By: Jennifer Patrice Sims

Narrated by: Deanna Anthony

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone has an opinion on racism. The vast majority of people would vehemently deny that they or those close to them are "racist," yet many of the most common understandings of racism are highly problematic. "If you mean no harm, then it can't be racist." Yes, it can. "There are anti-discrimination laws now, so racism no longer occurs."... Read more

Mexican Magic

By: Laura Davila

Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Algunos nacen con estrella y otros estrellados. This dicho (saying) roughly translates to "Some are born with a star, while others are born starry." It refers to the Mexican belief that good luck is a matter of fate, something you are born with or not. Mexicans attribute their good or bad luck to a greater force, to God's will, even to the stars... Read more

Healing Hope: Paul Farmer's Impact on Global Health

By: Jasper Ashby

Narrated by: Alan Winnigton

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Healing Hope: Paul Farmer's Impact on Global Health
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Are you eager to advance in your career while deepening your understanding of global health?
Searching for a thorough resource that encompasses everything you need to make a meaningful impact in global health?
Your pursuit ends here!
This guide... Read more

The Outbreak Atlas

By: Rebecca Katz & Mackenzie S. Moore

Narrated by: Alex Picard

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The public has taken a new level of interest in outbreak response since 2020. Public health professionals are calling on citizen scientists' participation as outbreaks are increasingly occurring in complex environments, expanding the number of people and types of activities required to control the spread of disease. However, there is no... Read more