Social Science audiobooks

Free Will

By: Sam Harris

Narrated by: Sam Harris

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion.

A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy,... Read more

The Abundant Community

By: John McKnight & Peter Block

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is about a new possibility for us together to discover the real basis for a satisfying life. It is a life that becomes possible when we join our neighbors in creating a community that nurtures our family and makes us useful citizens.

We are besieged by messages from consumer society telling us that we are insufficient, that we must... Read more

The Abundant Community

By: Peter Block & John McKnight

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling authors John McKnight and Peter Block offer compelling new understanding of how and why community has been lost in our neighborhoods, cities, and society and what ordinary citizens as well as leaders and professionals can do to restore it. Read more

Britain Etc.

By: Mark Easton

Narrated by: Mark Easton

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Mark Easton's Britain Etc.looks at the UK through its relationship to 26 subjects - one for each letter of the alphabet. From Alcohol, Beat Bobbies, Cheese and Dogs through Immigration, Justice, Knives and Murder to the Queen, Umbrellas, Vegetables and the Zzzz of a well-deserved rest, the book's meticulously researched but accessible essays map... Read more

Power, Inc.

By: David Rothkopf

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 16 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The world’s largest company, Wal-Mart Stores, has revenues higher than the gross domestic product of all but twenty-five of the world’s countries. Its employees outnumber the populations of almost one hundred nations. The world’s largest asset manager, a New York company called BlackRock, controls assets greater than the national reserves of any... Read more

The Fox Effect

By: David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt & Media Matters for...

Narrated by: Bob Dunsworth

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is comprehensive overview of the tumultuous career of former Fox News president Roger Ailes and a must-read for anyone looking to understand his legacy and impact on news media. 

Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt show how Fox News, under its president... Read more

Global Economics

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In her new book, The Accordion Family, sociologist Katherine Newman examines why more young adults in the world's wealthiest countries are returning home to live with their parents -- a phenomenon that Paul Solman has come across repeatedly in his reporting on global economic problems as part of his Making Sen$e series. Read more

Coming Apart

By: Charles Murray

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes a bonus disc with graphs, charts, and moreFrom the bestselling author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, this startling long-lens view shows how America is coming apart at the seams that have historically joined our classes. In Coming Apart, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from... Read more

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

By: Katherine Boo

Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

“Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate circumstances can find the resilience to hang on to their humanity. Just as... Read more

The Body Language of Dating

By: Tonya Reiman

Narrated by: Tonya Reiman

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Nationally renowned body language expert Tonya Reiman turns her attention to romance—explaining how to read the signals of your date, your mate, or that cutie across the bar—and never get rejected again!
Attraction : It’s biological. It’s physical. It’s chemical. It’s mental. But it doesn’t end there. It’s also: Detectable. Manageable.... Read more

Going Solo

By: Eric Klinenberg

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the baby boom—the sharp increase in the number of people who live alone—that offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal changeRenowned sociologist and author Eric Klinenberg explores the dramatic rise of solo living and examines the seismic impact it’s... Read more

How to Be Black

By: Baratunde Thurston

Narrated by: Baratunde Thurston

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and... Read more

Population Tide in the Philippines

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

While Philippine leaders debate, poor fishing families embrace birth control to ease pressure on over-fished reefs. Part of a new project called Food for 9 Billion that looks at the challenges of feeding the world in a time of social and environmental change, Sam Eaton of Homelands Productions reports. Read more

In Our Prime

By: Patricia Cohen

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times reporter whose beat is culture and ideas
comes a fascinating, revelatory, and timely social history of the
concept of middle age. For the first time ever, the middle-aged make up
the biggest, richest, and most influential segment of the country, yet
the history of middle age has remained largely untold. This important
and... Read more

La domination masculine

By: Pierre Bourdieu

Narrated by: Pierre Tissot

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

La domination masculine est tellement ancrée dans nos inconscients que nous ne l'apercevons plus, tellement accordée à nos attentes que nous avons du mal à la remettre en question. La découverte des permanences oblige à renverser la manière habituelle de poser le problème : quels sont les mécanismes et les institutions qui accomplissent le... Read more

Silver Like Dust

By: Kimi Cunningham Grant

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The poignant story of a Japanese American woman's journey through one of the most shameful chapters in American history.Sipping tea by the fire, preparing sushi for the family, or indulgently listening to her husband tell the same story for the hundredth time, Kimi Grant's grandmother, Obaachan, was a missing link to Kimi's Japanese heritage,... Read more

Greedy Bastards

By: Dylan Ratigan

Narrated by: Dylan Ratigan

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

DYLAN RATIGAN’S mission is to uncover never-before-seen solutions to the most pressing issues of our time: government corruption, corporate communism, an ailing health care system, an age-old dependency on foreign oil, and a broken educational system. In this groundbreaking book, Ratigan makes a case that America has the opportunity to prosper,... Read more

Fraternity

By: Diane Brady

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
San Francisco Chronicle • The Plain Dealer

The inspiring true story of a group of young men whose lives were changed by a visionary mentor
 
On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later that month, the Reverend John Brooks, a professor of theology at the College of the... Read more

Poor Economics

By: Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo

Narrated by: Brian Holsopple

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world’s poor. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, harmful misperceptions at worst.
 
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in... Read more

Lesebuch der Sozialen Demokratie, Band 5: Integration, Zuwanderung und Soziale Demokratie

By: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Lesebücher der Sozialen Demokratie bieten die Möglichkeit, sich den Themenfeldern selbständig anzunähern. Sie sind klar in der Sprache, fundiert in der Analyse und bieten Zugänge aus Theorie und Praxis. In knapper und verständlicher Form finden Sie hier eine solide Einführung zu den großen Linien und Kontroversen der einzelnen Seminarthemen.... Read more

Why Are Fewer Americans Getting Married?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics of marriage in the United States with Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College. Read more

A Safeway in Arizona

By: Tom Zoellner

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting account of the state of Arizona, seen through the lens of the Tucson shootingsOn January 8, 2011, twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a Tucson meet and greet held by US representative Gabrielle Giffords. The incident left six people dead and thirteen injured, including Giffords, whom he shot in the head.Award-winning... Read more

Jacqueline Kennedy

By: author

Narrated by: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Jacqueline Kennedy, ...

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrate the life and legacy of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, with this expansive illustrated book which includes interviews, recordings and other exclusive materials.

To mark John F. Kennedy's centennial, celebrate the life and legacy of the 35th President of the United States.

In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded... Read more

The Magic Room

By: Jeffrey Zaslow

Narrated by: Sandra Burr & Jeffrey Zaslow

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Thousands of women have stepped inside Becker’s Bridal in Fowler, Michigan, to try on their dream dresses in the Magic Room, a special space with soft lighting, a circular pedestal, and mirrors that carry a bride’s reflections into infinity. The women bring with them their most precious expectations about romance, love, fidelity, permanence, and... Read more