Social Science audiobooks

Killing of a Missouri teenager by police triggers unrest

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, has sparked outrage and protests. Brown, a young African-American man, was unarmed. Jeffrey Brown gets reaction from Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Greg Meyer, former captain of the Los Angeles Police Department. Read more

Please Stop Helping Us

By: Jason L. Riley

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price... Read more

The Republic

By: Plato

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato’s Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second edition includes a new introduction by Professor Bloom, whose careful translation and interpretation of The Republic was first published in 1968. In... Read more

Tales of a Tiller Girl

By: Irene Holland

Narrated by: Kate Lee

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls. Based in London in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Irene’s story will transport readers back to a more innocent, simple way of life. This is the story of a little girl who loved to dance. Growing up in London in the 1930s, dancing was... Read more

Shadows in the Vineyard

By: Maximillian Potter

Narrated by: Donald Corren

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine.

In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romance-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an... Read more

Shadows in the Vineyard

By: Maximillian Potter

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romanée-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine. In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an... Read more

The Hole in Our Gospel Special Edition

By: Richard Stearns

Narrated by: Tommy Cresswell

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

ECPA 2010 Christian Book of the Year Award Winner! What Does God Expect of Us?Is our faith only about going to church, studying the Bible, and avoiding the most serious sins—or does God expect more? Have we embraced the whole gospel or a gospel with a hole in it?More than twenty years ago Rich Stearns came face-to-face with that question as he... Read more

Calling On The Spirit Of Artemis

By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Greeks have given us a wealth of complex folklore and myths that are full of meaning for our lives. Among them are the stories of the Goddess Artemis and her human counterpart, Atalanta. They give us clues as to how to navigate the zig-zags of life. While demonstrating that life never unfolds in a straight line, the Greek myths give us... Read more

935 Lies

By: Charles Lewis

Narrated by: Don Lee

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy. Unfortunately, for citizens in the United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between fact and fiction—always a formidable challenge—is now more difficult than ever, as a constant stream of questionable information pours into media outlets.

In 935 Lies, Charles Lewis reminds... Read more

Capital

By: Rana Dasgupta

Narrated by: Dana Hickox

Length: 15 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In Capital, Commonwealth Prize–winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: the expansion of the global elite. Capital is an intimate portrait of the city of Delhi which bears witness to the extraordinary transmogrification of India’s capital. But it also offers a glimpse of what capitalism will become in the... Read more

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism

By: John Hope Bryant

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook has a simple message for business leaders: your primary goal must be to serve and raise the poor. The poor need to enter the economic system to buy products, put money in banks, and move into the middle class. This is the only approach that can possibly save the American Dream.John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and... Read more

King Rules

By: Alveda King

Narrated by: Jackie Schlicher

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In King Rules, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shares that message in a deeply personal collection of hard-learned lessons, timeless truths, and foundational principles.Dr. Alveda King’s words are lovingly crafted yet refreshingly blunt at a time when bluntness is needed to counter the forces of moral drift and empty relativism.Beginning... Read more

Taboo!

By: Fouzia Saeed

Narrated by: Ashlyn Kindberg

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Taboo!: The Hidden Culture of a Red Light Area is a journey of discovery into the infamous red-light district of Lahore, Pakistan, known as the Shahi Mohalla (the Royal Bazaar) or Heera Mandi (the market of diamonds). The phenomenon of prostitution coupled with music and dance performances has ancient roots in South Asia. Regardless of the... Read more

Moving From Despair To Hope In Threshold Times: Part 1

By: Paul Loeb

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

We do not have to join the ranks of despair in these challenging times. We have a choice. As Loeb says, “History is not ended, the future is not foreclosed, there are things we can do even if we can’t quite see the path.” He encourages us to find what has meaning for us and take a stand. We can influence the arc of time toward a positive future. Read more

Hard Choices

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant & Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 26 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

2016 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside look at the choices and challenges she has faced is “a subtle, finely calibrated work…with succinct and often shrewd appraisals of the complex web of political, economic, and historical forces in play around the world” (The New York Times).

In the... Read more

Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth

By: John Moe

Narrated by: John Moe

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth is proof that a funny book on pop culture doesn't have to be snide and nasty. I loved everything about it.” —Jim Gaffigan
 
We all know how Darth Vader shared his big secret with Luke Skywalker, but what if he had delivered the news in a handwritten note instead? And what if someone found that letter, as well as... Read more

The Carnivore's Manifesto

By: Patrick Martins

Narrated by: Mike Edison

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

One of The Atlantic's Best Food Books of 2014: fifty ways to be an enlightened carnivore, while taking better care of our planet and ourselves, from the founder of Slow Food USA.

We have evolved as meat eaters, proclaims Patrick Martins, and it's futile to deny it. But, given the destructive forces of the fast-food industry and factory farming,... Read more

The Carnivore's Manifesto

By: Patrick Martins

Narrated by: Mike Edison

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A bold manifesto from the founder of Slow Foods USA with fifty declarations on why we should eat well, eat responsibly, and eat meat.
We have evolved as carnivores, proclaims Patrick Martins, and it's futile to deny it. But, with the destructive forces of the fast-food industry and factory farming poisoning our planet and our bodies, we can and... Read more

Hard Choices - Abridged

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant & Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2016 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside look at the choices and challenges she has faced is “a subtle, finely calibrated work…with succinct and often shrewd appraisals of the complex web of political, economic, and historical forces in play around the world” (The New York Times).

In the... Read more

The Nemesis Program

By: Scott Mariani

Narrated by: Will Rycroft

Length: 11 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR ‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermott A BRUTAL MURDER.A SCIENTIST ON THE RUN.A PLOT TO KILL MILLIONS. While secretly researching the bizarre discoveries of Serbian... Read more

Do Fathers Matter?

By: Paul Raeburn

Narrated by: Paul Raeburn

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

For too long, we've thought of fathers as little more than sources of authority and economic stability in the lives of their children. Yet cutting-edge studies drawing unexpected links between fathers and children are forcing us to reconsider our assumptions and ask new questions: What changes occur in men when they are "expecting"? Do fathers... Read more

The Third Plate

By: Dan Barber

Narrated by: Dan Barber

Length: 14 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

“Not since Michael Pollan has such a powerful storyteller emerged to reform American food.” —The Washington Post

Today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food. In his visionary New York Times–bestselling book,... Read more

Overwhelmed

By: Brigid Schulte

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Can working parents in America—or anywhere—ever find true leisure time?According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is "that place in which we realize our humanity." If that’s true, argues Brigid Schulte, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our humanity. In Overwhelmed, Schulte, a staff writer... Read more

Stubby the War Dog

By: Ann Bausum

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Unedited Jacket copy: The Story of a Dog So Brave He Saved Livesand Won Hearts. This is the true heart-warming story of Stubby, a small, stump-tailed terrier who fought alongside Allied forces on the Western Front during World War I. This brave and clever dog could detect enemy soldiers, impending gas attacks, and even salute higher-ranking... Read more