Social Science audiobooks

The Argument Culture - Abridged

By: Deborah Tannen

Narrated by: Deborah Tannen

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

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An Imperfect God - Abridged

By: Henry Wiencek

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A major new biography of Washington, and the first to explore his engagement with American slavery

When George Washington wrote his will, he made the startling decision to set his slaves free; earlier he had said that holding slaves was his "only unavoidable subject of regret." In this groundbreaking work, Henry Wiencek explores the founding... Read more

He-Motions - Abridged

By: T. D. Jakes

Narrated by: Richard Allen

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Do you find it difficult to express how you feel and what you need in your personal relationships?
Do you have trouble communicating and developing relationships with other men?
Does the weight of responsibility drag you down?
Do you wonder why it seems difficult to get the support and encouragement you need from your wife?
Do you often feel that... Read more

Moralische Ambition - Wie man aufhört, sein Talent zu vergeuden und etwas schafft, das wirklich zählt (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Rutger Bregman

Narrated by: Julian Mehne

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dieses Buch handelt von Pionieren. Es erzählt die Geschichte von Menschen, die vor moralischer Ambition nur so strotzten: Abolitionisten, Suffragetten, Helden des Widerstands und Bürgerrechtlerinnen, von Menschen, die nicht nur Ideale hatten, sondern ihre Karrieren auch nach diesen Idealen ausrichteten - und den Lauf der Welt veränderten. Wie... Read more

Historia de la muerte en Occidente - Abridged

By: Philippe Ariés

Narrated by: Rojo Córdova

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Libro ineludible en la bibliografía que se ocupa de nuestra relación con la muerte y su papel en la configuración de un entorno cultural y las formas de intercambio que en él se desarrollan, los presentes ensayos de Philippe Ariès, desde su publicación por vez primera en 1975, se han convertido ya en un clásico. Concebidos en su origen como una... Read more

Die bessere Hälfte - Abridged

By: Eckart von Hirschhausen & Tobias Esch

Narrated by: Eckart von Hirschhausen & Tobias Esch

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eckart von Hirschhausen und Tobias Esch stellen im gemeinsamen Gespräch die vorherrschende Meinung über das Älterwerden auf den Kopf Könnte es sein, dass die Zufriedenheit nach der Jugend und der stressigen Phase in der Mitte des Lebens nicht schwindet, sondern sogar wächst? Eckart von Hirschhausen und Tobias Esch, die beiden Experten für das... Read more

Ola Latina, La - Abridged

By: Jorge Ramos

Narrated by: Jorge Ramos

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En las elecciones del 2004, hubo 3 millones más votantes hispanos que en el año 2000. Los hispanos pusieron al presidente George W. Bush en la Casa Blanca en el 2000 y luego lo reeligieron en el 2004. Es imposible ignorar una influencia tan grande y un voto tan importante.El cambio más dramático que está viviendo este país no tiene nada que ver... Read more

War on the Middle Class - Abridged

By: Lou Dobbs

Narrated by: Lou Dobbs

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Prominent CNN host and commentator Lou Dobbs unleashes his manifesto on the vanishing American dream.

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Heaven on Earth - Abridged

By: Danny Seo

Narrated by: Danny Seo

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Danny Seo is the remarkable young entrepreneur of altruism, the twenty-one-year-old recently honored with the 1998 "Oprah's Angel Network™ Award." In Heaven On Earth, he offers inspiration and practical advice for anyone who wants to join him in finding personal fulfillment by committing oneself to making a postive difference in the lives of... Read more

Altenpflege mit Herz - Abridged

By: Sascha Sandhorst

Narrated by: Armin Dallapiccola

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Pflege von Menschen, die auf diese angewiesen sind, ist einer der wichtigsten Dienstleistungsbereiche in unserer Gesellschaft, da die Familien heutzutage kaum mehr in der Lage sind, dies für ihre betroffenen Angehörigen zu leisten. Umso wichtiger zu wissen, dass diejenigen, die sich um einen selbst oder die lieben Verwandten kümmern, dies... Read more

Start Here, Start Now - Abridged

By: Liz Kleinrock

Narrated by: Liz Kleinrock

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Most educators want to cultivate an antibias and antiracist classroom and school community, but they often struggle with where and how to get started. Liz helps us set ourselves up for success and prepare for the mistakes we’ll make along the way. 
Each chapter in Start Here, Start Now addresses many of the questions and challenges educators have... Read more

The Matrix and Philosophy - Abridged

By: William Irwin

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Rick Adamson & Jennifer Jay Myers

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and... Read more

Brothers in Arms - Abridged

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anthony Walton

Narrated by: Peter Francis James

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A powerful wartime saga recounting the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II.
 
“More than a combat story . . . it’s also the story of how black soldiers had to fight (literally and figuratively) for the right to fight the Germans.”—USA Today 
 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar first... Read more

100 People Who Are Screwing Up America - Abridged

By: Bernard Goldberg

Narrated by: Bernard Goldberg

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bernard Goldberg takes dead aim at the America Bashers (the cultural elites who look down their snobby noses at ""ordinary"" Americans and detest so much of what this country is about)...the Hollywood Blowhards (incredibly ditzy celebrities who think they're smart just because they're famous)...the TV Schlockmeisters (including the one whose... Read more

Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads - Abridged

By: Rosalind Wiseman & Elizabeth Rapoport

Narrated by: Rosalind Wiseman

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What happens to Queen Bees and Wannabes when they grow up?

Even the most well-adjusted moms and dads can experience peer pressure and conflicts with other adults that make them act like they’re back in seventh grade. In Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads, Rosalind Wiseman gives us the tools to handle difficult situations involving teachers and... Read more

EL ARTE DE LA PAZ - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Alvaro

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En un mundo lleno de desafíos y conflictos, la búsqueda de la paz surge como un ideal esencial y urgente para la supervivencia y la prosperidad de la humanidad. Si bien la historia está marcada por guerras y conflictos violentos, ha llegado el momento de cuestionar y reflexionar sobre el verdadero significado de la paz y cómo podemos lograrla de... Read more

Be Happy Without Being Perfect - Abridged

By: Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. & Alice Kelly

Narrated by: Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have to be. All of us struggle with high expectations from time to... Read more

Routes - Abridged

By: Rhiya Pau

Narrated by: Farhana Kalique

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

At the core of this debut collection is a question – what is worth holding onto? Through poetic experiments that blend the academic and the artistic, Rhiya Pau queries complex characters and tender landscapes. Routes journeys from Ba's kitchen in Sonia Gardens to Independence hour in Delhi, across the pink shores of Nakuru, to meet a painter on... Read more

Close to Shore - Abridged

By: Michael Capuzzo

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.

In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual... Read more

Larry Ellison: O Visionário por Trás da Oracle - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Neste livro, embarcaremos em uma jornada pela vida de Larry Ellison, cofundador, CEO e CTO da Oracle Corporation, uma das empresas de software mais influentes do mundo. Desvendaremos sua trajetória, desde suas origens humildes até se tornar um dos homens mais ricos do planeta. Exploraremos suas inovações revolucionárias no mercado de software... Read more

Outcasts United - Abridged

By: Warren St. John

Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town

Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world’s war zones—from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and... Read more

Ivory Heart - Abridged

By: Wendell Charles NeSmith

Narrated by: Wendell Charles NeSmith & Angel Heaven-Lee

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Divine Tragedy transfigures our modern day world into that of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. The films adapt the original messages to be receptively understood within our current cultural practices. The objective of Divine Tragedy is to pass on living mythology through to current and future generations. When we pass along stories that... Read more

The Immortal Game - Abridged

By: David Shenk

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over.

Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two... Read more

Sag was! Radikal höflich gegen Rechtspopulismus argumentieren - Abridged

By: Philipp Steffan

Narrated by: Alice Hasters & Maximiliane Häcke

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Dieses hochaktuelle Hörbuch gibt wirklich hilfreiche Tipps, wie man Rechtspopulismus erkennt, wie man mit ihm umgeht und vor allem wie man am besten dagegen argumentiert. Es bestärkt junge (und gerne auch ältere) Menschen, eigenständig zu denken, Schlagzeilen zu hinterfragen und angesagte Themen auch mal von einer anderen Perspektive zu... Read more