Social Science audiobooks

Why Our Health Matters

By: Andrew Weil, M.D.

Narrated by: Andrew Weil, M.D.

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

A landmark book that shows us exactly how we have let health and medicine become a crisis in our society and what we can all do to resolve it.Healthcare is no longer just a public issue; for millions of Americans it is now a crisis on their own doorstep. Cost of medical care today are a leading cause of personal bankruptcy. Although policy... Read more

Out of Poverty

By: Paul Polak

Narrated by: Eric Bodrero

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Polak, whose organization International Development Enterprises (IDE) has directly helped over 17 million people get out of poverty permanently, exposes the top 3 things we are doing wrong in our efforts to end the root causes of poverty. He then, through the story of a Nepali farmer, goes on to detail solutions for what actually works in... Read more

What French Women Know

By: Debra Ollivier

Narrated by: Debra Ollivier

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A primer on the ineffable, je ne sais quoi appeal of the French woman.

I t?s not the shoes, the scarves, or the lipstick that gives French women their allure. It?s this: French women don?t give a damn. They don?t expect men to understand them. They don?t care about being liked or being like everyone else. They generally reject notions of... Read more

No Impact Man

By: Colin Beavan

Narrated by: Colin Beavan

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man's decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year—while still living in New York City—to see if it's possible to make no net impact on the environment.

In No Impact Man, a guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes... Read more

Def Jam, Inc.

By: Stacy Gueraseva

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Def Jam is the hip-hop label that introduced mainstream America to the likes of Run DMC, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and Slick Rick. Beginning in the NYU dorm room of co-founder Rick Rubin, this never-before-told story captures all the behind-the-scenes action, outrageous hype, and raw talent that made rap a household word. Read more

Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies

By: Arthur Goldwag

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Did you know?

• Freemasonry's first American lodge included a young Benjamin Franklin among its members.

• The Knights Templar began as impoverished warrior monks then evolved into bankers.

• Groom Lake, Dreamland, Homey Airport, Paradise Ranch, The Farm, Watertown Strip, Red Square, “The Box,” are all names for Area 51.

An indispensable... Read more

Archives of the Centuries

By: Roberto Trujillo

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it take to create a library-in particular, a research library worthy of Stanford University? Robert Trujillo has been developing special collections at Stanford for more than three decades. In this interview he shares the fascinating story of how the vast literary resources we rely on are generated. Read more

The Snakehead

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people.

“Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown,... Read more

The Snakehead - Abridged

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people.

“Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown,... Read more

$20 Per Gallon

By: Christopher Steiner

Narrated by: John Wolfe

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinarily insightful and thought-provoking look at how our society and culture are going to change, and change rapidly, as the price of gasoline, heating oil, and all other everyday consumer products that are derived from oil continue to escalate.

Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up,... Read more

How Christianity Changed the World

By: Alvin J. Schmidt

Narrated by: James Adams

Length: 15 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic,secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people todayhave little sense of how their lives have benefited fromChristianity’s influence, often viewing the church withhostility or resentment.How Christianity Changed the World is a topicallyarranged Christian history for Christians and... Read more

Say Everything

By: Scott Rosenberg

Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe

Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral,... Read more

The Challenge For Africa

By: Wangari Maathai

Narrated by: Chinasa Ogbuagu

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Nobel Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai has campaigned for environmental activism in Africa for more than three decades. In The Challenge for Africa, Maathai delivers an insightful call to action, presenting a realistic look at the diverse problems facing Africans. Maathai's ability to dissect cultural problems and... Read more

And Then There's This

By: Bill Wasik

Narrated by: Bill Wasik

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Unabridged • 6 hours

An entertaining and eye-opening look into the new frontier of idea making. Read more

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

By: Alain de Botton

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

We spend most of our waking lives at work—in occupations most often chosen by our inexperienced younger selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our jobs mean to us. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully exploring what other people wake up to do... Read more

Life Inc.

By: Douglas Rushkoff

Narrated by: Douglas Rushkoff

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This didn’t just happen.

In Life Inc., award-winning writer, documentary filmmaker, and scholar Douglas Rushkoff traces how corporations went from being convenient legal fictions to being the dominant fact of contemporary life. Indeed, as Rushkoff shows, most Americans have so willingly adopted the values of corporations that they’re no longer... Read more

Servolution

By: Dino Rizzo

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“Servolution is a must-read. It is inspirational. It is practical. And it has the potential to revolutionize your life.” Mark Batterson—Lead Pastor, National Community ChurchA movement is rumbling through the body of Christ—a revolutionary army of people giving hope to a hurting world through practical, personal acts of service.In Servolution,... Read more

Hella Nation

By: Evan Wright

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From his work as a reporter at Hustler magazine to his National Magazine Award—winning writing for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, Evan Wright has always had an affinity for outsiders—what he calls "the lost tribes of America." The previously published pieces in this collection chart a deeply personal journey, beginning with his stark but... Read more

Lost Boy

By: Brent W. Jeffs & Maia Szalavitz

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), girls can become valuable property as plural wives, but boys are expendable, even a liability. In this powerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brent Jeffs reveals both the terror and the love he experienced growing up on his prophet’s compound—and... Read more

The Inside Story of Afghanistan

By: Elizabeth Gould & Paul Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

For millennia the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies, and has witnessed history-shaping clashes between civilizations: Greek, Arab, Mongol, Tartar, and in more recent times, British, Russian, and American. Many people in the U.S. have no idea of the hidden dimensions that lay beneath the current... Read more

Investing in the Bank of You and Me

By: Thomas H. Greco, Jr.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Greco has a solution for our economy. With his fresh perspective on money, credit, and…well…civilization, he believes we can save our economy and our planet by reconstructing our financial system-and find ourselves happier and healthier in the bargain. Read more

When the Silver Screen Shines With Truth

By: Dorothy Fadiman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From her first documentary about the light of spirit in every faith, Ms. Fadiman has dedicated her work to shedding light on provocative and touching stories of social justice, human rights, personal tragedy, and triumph. Read more

Trauma Stewardship

By: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky & Connie Burk

Narrated by: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky & Jon Conte

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This beloved bestseller-over 180,000 copies sold-has helped caregivers worldwide keep themselves emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, and physically healthy in the face of the sometimes overwhelming traumas they confront every day.

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the... Read more

Trauma Stewardship

By: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky & Connie Burk

Narrated by: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll taken on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, or numb or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness... Read more