Social Science audiobooks

With the End in Mind

By: Kathryn Mannix

Narrated by: Elizabeth Carling

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.

Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way... Read more

No Justice

By: Robbie Tolan & Lawrence Ross

Narrated by: Robbie Tolan

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The harrowing true story of Robbie Tolan, a young black man who was shot in the chest by a white police officer . . . in his own driveway.
NO JUSTICE is the harrowing story of Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year's Eve morning, found himself being rushed to the hospital. A white police officer had shot him in the chest after mistakenly... Read more

Black Fortunes

By: Shomari Wills

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The astonishing untold history of America’s first black millionaires—former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century, from the Jacksonian period to the Roaring Twenties—self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller,... Read more

The Making of a Dream

By: Laura Wides-Muñoz

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“A sweeping chronicle of the immigrant rights movement. . . . Wides-Muñoz reminds us that thanks to the ability of young people to dream, what seems impossible today may yet prove achievable tomorrow.” —New York Times Book ReviewA journalist chronicles the next chapter in civil rights—the story of a movement and a nation, witnessed through the... Read more

High-Risers

By: Ben Austen

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, America’s most iconic public housing project.Built in the 1940s atop an... Read more

The Heart is a Shifting Sea

By: Elizabeth Flock

Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra & Nicol Zanzarella

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Silver Nautilus Award for Journalism & Investigative Reporting""A book that truly is impossible to put down.”—Washington Post""This remarkable debut is so deeply reported, elegantly written, and profoundly transporting that it reads like a novel you can’t put down. It’s both a nuanced and intimate evocation of Indian culture,... Read more

Don't Call Me Princess

By: Peggy Orenstein

Narrated by: Peggy Orenstein

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter delivers her first ever collection of essays—funny, poignant, deeply personal and sharply observed pieces, drawn from three decades of writing, which trace girls’ and women’s progress (or lack thereof) in what Orenstein once called a “half-changed world.”... Read more

Modern Loss

By: Rebecca Soffer & Gabrielle Birkner

Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell & Josh Bloomberg

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as ""redefining mourning,"" this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices.At a time when we mourn public... Read more

BRAVE

By: Rose McGowan

Narrated by: Rose McGowan

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

""My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed my life. I want to help you do the same."" -Rose McGowanA revealing memoir and empowering manifesto – A voice for generationsRose McGowan was born in one cult and came of age in another, more visible... Read more

Read & Riot

By: Nadya Tolokonnikova

Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From artist, activist, and Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, a guerilla guide to radical protest and joyful political resistance.The face of modern protest is wearing a brightly colored ski mask. Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of the Russian activist group Pussy Riot, is a creative activist, professional protestor, brazen feminist,... Read more

Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production

By: Nicolette Hahn Niman

Narrated by: Nicolette Hahn Niman

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

For decades it has been nearly universal dogma among environmentalists and health advocates that cattle and beef are public enemy number one.

But is the matter really so clear cut? Hardly, argues environmental lawyer turned rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman in her new book, Defending Beef.

The public has long been led to believe that livestock,... Read more

Born to Walk

By: Dan Rubinstein

Narrated by: Braden Wright

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The humble act of putting one foot in front of the other transcends age, geography, culture, and class, and is one of the most economical and environmentally responsible modes of transit. Yet with our modern fixation on speed, this healthy pedestrian activity has been largely left behind.At a personal and professional crossroads, writer, editor,... Read more

Why Sh*t Happens

By: Peter J. Bentley, Ph.D

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Your laptop mysteriously crashes. There’s a fresh red wine stain on the carpet. An overhead bird targets your windshield. Sh*t, as they say, happens – to all of us. But have you ever thought about why such accidents occur? It’s not just bad luck. . . What causes the mishaps that can ruin your day? In Why Sh*t Happens, esteemed scientist Peter J.... Read more

Stepping Out of Line

By: Nell Merlino

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

When activist Nell Merlino decides something needs to change, she throws everything she has into changing it. Whether it is raising the visibility of girls or helping women build their businesses, her many campaigns have helped women make dreams come true. Now she marshals her life lessons – and those of other gutsy women – to help women have it... Read more

Amazing Grace

By: Jonathan Kozol

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Amazing Grace is an audiobook about about the hearts of children who grow up in the South Bronx—the poorest congressional district of our nation.The children we meet through the deepening friendships that evolve between Jonathan Kozol and their families defy the stereotypes of urban youth too frequently presented on TV and in newspapers. Tender,... Read more

Girl Up

By: Laura Bates

Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Already an international bestseller, this empowering survival guide provides no-nonsense advice on sex, social media, mental health, and sexism that young women face in their everyday life—from one of the emerging leaders in the feminist movement.

They told you that you need to be thin and beautiful.

They told you to wear longer skirts, avoid... Read more

Look Alive Out There

By: Sloane Crosley

Narrated by: Sloane Crosley

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author

Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays! These small doses of wit and sass make for an exuberant, unforgettable audiobook.

From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays... Read more

Bringing Down the Colonel

By: Patricia Miller

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“I’ll take my share of the blame. I only ask that he take his.”

In Bringing Down the Colonel, journalist Patricia Miller tells the story of Madeline Pollard, an unlikely nineteenth-century women’s rights crusader. After an affair with a prominent politician left her “ruined,” Pollard brought the man—and the hypocrisy of America’s control of... Read more

Live Work Work Work Die

By: Corey Pein

Narrated by: Corey Pein

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A scathing, sardonic exploration of Silicon Valley tech culture, laying bare the greed, hubris, and retrograde politics of an industry that aspires to radically transform society for its own benefit. This enlightening audiobook is a must-listen for anyone interested or involved in the tech industry.

At the height of the startup boom, journalist... Read more

Future Presence

By: Peter Rubin

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A Wired senior editor and virtual reality expert presents a captivating, candid glimpse into the future ""realities"" of this emerging technology: how we will use it to form previously impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and how it will forever change human connection.Heralded as the most significant technological... Read more

Grateful

By: Diana Butler Bass

Narrated by: Diana Butler Bass

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the multiple award-winning Grounded and leading trend spotter in contemporary Christianity explores why gratitude is missing as a modern spiritual practice, offers practical suggestions for reclaiming it, and illuminates how the shared practice of gratitude can lead to greater connection with God, our world, and our own souls.More... Read more

Corsets and Codpieces

By: Karen Bowman

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered why we wear the type of clothes we do? Packed with outlandish outfits, this exciting history of fashion trends reveals the flamboyant fashions adopted (and discarded) by our ancestors.
In the days before cosmetic surgery, people used bum rolls and bombastic breeches to augment their figures, painted their faces with... Read more

A Farewell to Justice

By: Joan Mellen

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 23 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Working with thousands of previously unreleased documents and drawing on more than one thousand interviews, with many witnesses speaking out for the first time, Joan Mellen revisits the investigation of New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison, the only public official to have indicted, in 1969, a suspect in President John F. Kennedy’s... Read more

Hidden History

By: Donald Jeffries

Narrated by: Lars Mikaelson

Length: 18 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn about all the secrets our government has kept for the past fifty years.The US government has spent half the time covering up conspiracies as it has spent helping the American people. In Hidden History, you will see the amount of effort over the past fifty years that our government has dedicated to lying and covering up the truth to the... Read more