Social Science audiobooks

Talentos ocultos

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

Narrated by: Hayley Cresswell

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

La fenomenal historia de mujeres matemáticas afroamericanas de la NASA en la vanguardia del movimiento feminista y de derechos civiles, cuyos cálculos impulsaron uno de los mayores logros espaciales de Estados Unidos. Pronto será una gran película protagonizada por Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, y Kevin Costner.... Read more

Collateral Damage

By: Dr. John Chirban

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on research from more than 10,000 surveys from children and parents of divorce, Collateral Damage presents parents with an overview of the negative impact that divorce has on their children and offers ways to better serve their needs at this critical time.Approximately fifty percent of marriages in the United State fail. Add to that the... Read more

Welcome Homeless

By: Alan Graham

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Homeless.No other word better describes our modern-day suffering. It reveals one of our deepest and most painful conditions—not having a sense of belonging. However, Alan Graham, founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes and Community First! Village, is improving the quality of life for a large quantity of people through sharing his personal story... Read more

A Selfish Plan to Change the World

By: Justin Dillon

Narrated by: Justin Dillon

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

You are exactly what the world needsWhat if your search for meaning could solve the world’s problems? What if everything you are passionate about could save a life or change history? Justin Dillon argues it can, and A Selfish Plan to Change the World shows how. 

In this paradigm-shifting new book, Dillon--the founder of Slavery Footprint and Made... Read more

Tears We Cannot Stop

By: Michael Eric Dyson

Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author

"Elegantly written, Tears We Cannot Stop is powerful in several areas: moving personal recollections; profound cultural analysis; and guidance for moral redemption. A work to relish." —Toni Morrison

"Here’s a sermon that’s as fierce as it is lucid. It shook me up, but in a good way. This is how it works if... Read more

Eat the Buddha

By: Barbara Demick

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy

“A brilliantly reported and eye-opening work of narrative nonfiction.”—The New York Times Book Review

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Parul Sehgal, The New York Times • The New York Times Book Review • The Washington... Read more

The Ken Commandments

By: Ken Baker

Narrated by: Ken Baker

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From New Age spirituality, to Bible-based Christianity, to Scientology, to Buddhist retreats, to meditation classes, to Atheism studies, to the mega-church of the nation's top TV preacher, journalist Ken Baker immerses himself in a range of spiritual practices side by side with the celebrity set, revealing a Hollywood that is deeper, more... Read more

This Is Basic Sh*t

By: Kenya Barris

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

From the creator of the award-winning TV series black-ish comes a collection of personal, hilarious, and provocative essays on what it's like to be black in America today.

In THIS IS BASIC SH*T, Kenya Barris uses his own personal stories to talk about race and class with the fierceness and humor that fans will recognize from black-ish. It will... Read more

The New Education

By: Cathy N. Davidson

Narrated by: Carolyn Cook

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past -- and shows how we can revolutionize it for our era of constant change

Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925. It was in those decades that the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors,... Read more

Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing

By: Daniel Tammet

Narrated by: Daniel Tammet

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A mind-expanding, deeply humane tour of language by the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers.

Is vocabulary destiny? Why do clocks "talk" to the Nahua people of Mexico? Will A.I. researchers ever produce true human-machine dialogue? In this mesmerizing collection of essays, Daniel Tammet answers these and many other... Read more

When Violence Is the Answer

By: Tim Larkin

Narrated by: Tim Larkin

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This book could save your life: Protect yourself from violence and learn survival skills for dangerous situations with this essential guide from a former military intelligence officer.
In a civilized society, violence is rarely the answer. But when it is, it's the only answer. The sound of breaking glass downstairs in the middle of the night. The... Read more

Eleanor Roosevelt: In Her Words

By: Nancy Woloch

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This illustrated, first of its kind collection of excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt's newspaper columns, radio talks, speeches, and correspondence speaks directly to the challenges we face today.

Acclaimed for her roles in politics and diplomacy, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was also a prolific author, journalist, lecturer, broadcaster, educator,... Read more

The Invisible Girls

By: Sarah Thebarge

Narrated by: Sarah Thebarge

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Twenty-seven-year-old Sarah The barge had it all - a loving boyfriend, an Ivy League degree, and a successful career - when her life was derailed by an unthinkable diagnosis: aggressive breast cancer. After surviving the grueling treatments - though just barely - Sarah moved to Portland, Oregon to start over. There, a chance encounter with an... Read more

Sex Scandal

By: Ashley McGuire

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to the troubling age of sex-denialism—the age of gender-neutral labels, rigidly enforced equality, unisex spaces, and the systematic eradication of sexual difference. In her debut book, Sex Scandal, journalist Ashley McGuire investigates the alarming nationwide push to ignore the natural, biological distinctions between men and women... Read more

The Untold Story of the Talking Book

By: Matthew Rubery

Narrated by: Jim Denison

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Histories of the book often move straight from the codex to the digital screen. Left out of that familiar account is nearly 150 years of audio recordings. Recounting the fascinating history of audio-recorded literature, Matthew Rubery traces the path of innovation from Edison’s recitation of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” for his tinfoil phonograph in... Read more

Futureface

By: Alex Wagner

Narrated by: Alex Wagner

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

From the host of MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Tonight,“a rich and revealing memoir” (The New York Times) about her travels around the globe to solve the mystery of her ancestry, confronting the question at the heart of the American experience of immigration, race, and identity: Who are my people?

“A thoughtful, beautiful meditation on what makes us who we... Read more

We Were Eight Years in Power

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Narrated by: Beresford Bennett

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump.

New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book... Read more

How to Think

By: Alan Jacobs

Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now." —David Brooks, New York Times

How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.
 
As a celebrated... Read more

Do All Lives Matter?

By: Wayne Gordon & John M. Perkins

Narrated by: Calvin Robinson

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Something is wrong in our society. Deeply wrong.

The belief that all lives matter is at the heart of our founding documents — but we must admit that this conviction has never truly reflected reality in America. Movements such as Black Lives Matter have arisen in response to recent displays of violence and mistreatment, and some of us defensively... Read more

I Don't Belong to You

By: Keke Palmer

Narrated by: Keke Palmer

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A sometimes serious, often hilarious, and always inspiring guide that encourages young women to live a life full of ownership, confidence, and freedom from singer and popular Scream Queens and Grease Live! actress Keke Palmer, delightfully illustrated in four color with Keke’s favorite inspirational quotes, journal entries, and memes.

As a... Read more

Weaponized Lies

By: Daniel J. Levitin

Narrated by: Dan Piraro

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Previously Published as A Field Guide to Lies

We’re surrounded by fringe theories, fake news, and pseudo-facts. These lies are getting repeated. New York Times bestselling author Daniel Levitin shows how to disarm these socially devastating inventions and get the American mind back on track. Here are the fundamental lessons in critical thinking... Read more

Drop the Ball

By: Tiffany Dufu

Narrated by: Tiffany Dufu

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“We won’t reach equality in the workplace without equality in the home. Drop the Ball shows how our relationships and our lives are richer when we lean in together.” — Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook

This program is read by the author.

Tiffany Dufu's Drop the Ball is a bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's... Read more

Crash Override

By: Zoë Quinn

Narrated by: Zoë Quinn

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet -- hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn -- but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you.

Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer whose ex-boyfriend published a crazed blog post... Read more

True Gentlemen

By: John Hechinger

Narrated by: Rick Zieff

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An exclusive look inside the power and politics of college fraternities in America as they struggle to survive despite growing waves of criticism and outrage.

College fraternity culture has never been more embattled. Once a mainstay of campus life, fraternities are now subject to withering criticism for reinforcing white male privilege and... Read more