Social Science audiobooks

Patriarchale Belastungsstörung - Abridged

By: Beatrice Frasl

Narrated by: Beatrice Frasl

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Patriarchat und mentale Gesundheit: Beatrice Frasl wühlt tief in den Eingeweiden unseres "kranken" Gesundheitssystems. Psychische Gesundheit ist politisch In Ländern wie Deutschland und Österreich können wir uns auf eine medizinische Notversorgung verlassen. Gibt es einen Unfall, wird ein Rettungswagen gerufen, Patient*innen werden in ein... Read more

Demystifying the Myths of the Millionaire Mind - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Christopher

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Questioning the Concepts of the Book "The Secrets of the Millionaire's Mind" Balanced approach to wealth and financial success Our world is full of literature on enrichment, prosperity and financial success. One of the most popular books on this theme is "The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind," written by T. Harv Eker, which has won the... Read more

If You Should Go at Midnight - Abridged

By: Jeffrey S. Debies-Carl

Narrated by: Louis White

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Tonight, across America, countless people will embark on an adventure. They will prowl among overgrown headstones in forgotten graveyards, stalk through darkened woods and wildlands, and creep down the crumbling corridors of abandoned buildings. They have set forth in search of a profound paranormal experience and may seem to achieve just that.... Read more

Obesidade Desvendada - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A obesidade, uma condição identificada pelo excesso de gordura corporal, tornou-se uma epidemia global com impactos abrangentes na saúde pública e individual. Neste capítulo, vamos explorar as nuances da obesidade, abordando sua definição médica, sua relação com o índice de massa corporal (IMC) e os efeitos abrangentes que têm na saúde física e... Read more

Oprah Winfrey: Inspirando Milhões - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Oprah Winfrey é mais do que uma figura na televisão; ela é uma lenda viva, um símbolo de superação, empoderamento e transformação. Desde suas humildes origens no Mississipi até se tornar uma das mulheres mais influentes do mundo, a jornada de Oprah é uma fonte inesgotável de inspiração. Este livro explora a vida e o legado de Oprah Winfrey,... Read more

Childhood Obesity - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Christopher

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Childhood obesity is a growing public health problem involving excessive accumulation of body fat in children and adolescents. This condition is one of the most pressing concerns today, given its substantial impact on the health and well-being of younger generations. This chapter will discuss the definition and prevalence of childhood obesity,... Read more

LA SOCIOLOGIE RACONTE SON HISTOIRE - Abridged

By: Miguel Bevaurd

Narrated by: Thomas Célestet

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

·  Ce livre propose un voyage captivant au cœur des idées et des théories qui ont façonné notre compréhension de la vie en société. À travers une exploration des grands penseurs sociologiques et des contextes historiques qui ont influencé leur réflexion, il révèle comment ces concepts ont modelé les dynamiques sociales qui régissent nos... Read more

Garlic and Sapphires - Abridged

By: Ruth Reichl

Narrated by: Ruth Reichl

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Includes an interview with the author and recipe cards!

GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES is Ruth Reichl's riotous account of the many disguises she employs to dine anonymously. There is her stint as Molly Hollis, a frumpy blond with manicured nails and an off-beige Armani suit that Ruth takes on when reviewing Le Cirque. The result: her famous double... Read more

Streampunks - Abridged

By: Wellington Felix

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O nome streampunks foi dado, por Robert Kyncl e Maany Peyvan, a alguns YouTubers com milhões de seguidores e características específicas, a partir da junção de dois termos – streaming (de vídeo) com punk (do movimento punk, anarquista e rebelde). Ton Felix examina o ecossistema em que os streampunks se inserem e busca mensurar sua relevância... Read more

Living History - Abridged

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: Yes

Author of the Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller What Happened

The Phenomenal #1 Worldwide Bestseller—With a New Afterword​​

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor... Read more

Soziales Klima - Abridged

By: Michael Opielka

Narrated by: Michael Opielka

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Sozialstaat hat in den Jahrzehnten der Ökologie die Ökologie erfolgreich vermieden. Die Grenzen des Wachstums waren für die Verteidiger des Sozialen sozial uninteressant, Arbeitsplätze waren wichtiger als Nistplätze. Die Klimakrise hat dieses Desinteresse unterminiert. Zunehmend tauchen die Sozialwissenschaften im Feld der... Read more

The New Joys of Yiddish - Abridged

By: Leo Rosten

Narrated by: Ron Rifkin, Peter Riegert, Harry Goz, Michael G...

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten published the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. Said “to give body and soul to the Yiddish language,” The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for writers, journalists, politicians, and students,... Read more

A carta de Caminha: destaques - Abridged

By: Pero Vaz de Caminha

Narrated by: Dalton Barone

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Primeiro documento a descrever o Brasil, a Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha conta como foi o desembarque dos navegantes portugueses no que hoje é a chamada Costa do Descobrimento – Porto Seguro e entorno. Considerada por muitos poética, a carta ao rei D. Manuel I narra o primeiro encontro de índios e colonizadores, bem como a primeira missa no Brasil. Read more

Por que falar outra vez em caças às bruxas? - Abridged

By: Silvia Federici

Narrated by: Andressa Bodê

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Por que voltar a falar, hoje, sobre caça às bruxas? Silvia Federici revisita os principais temas de sua obra e nos brinda com um ensaio que apresenta as raízes históricas dessas perseguições, que tiveram como alvo principalmente as mulheres. Read more

Rising Tide - Abridged

By: John M. Barry

Narrated by: George Grizzard

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.

An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of... Read more

The Confident Woman - Abridged

By: Joyce Meyer

Narrated by: Pat Lentz

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What keeps women from being their best? Joyce has been helping women better themselves by helping identify emotional barriers and physical, mental, and spiritual obstacles in their lives for years. Now she provides another answer-confidence.

Our society has an insecurity epidemic, women in particular. Compensating by pretending to be secure-a... Read more

Drew Houston: O Revolucionário por Trás do Dropbox - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A tecnologia moldou o mundo moderno de maneiras que poucas outras forças conseguiram. Em meio a essa revolução, uma figura emergiu como pioneira no campo do armazenamento em nuvem: Drew Houston. Co-fundador e CEO do Dropbox, Houston transformou a maneira como armazenamos, compartilhamos e acessamos nossos dados. Este livro explora sua jornada,... Read more

O Legado de Napoleon Hill - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Napoleon Hill é considerado um dos maiores especialistas em sucesso do mundo. Seu livro "Quem Pensa Enriquece" foi um best-seller mundial e vendeu mais de 30 milhões de cópias. Hill também é autor de outros livros sobre sucesso, incluindo "A Lei do Triunfo" e "O Espírito do Negócio". Em "Mais Esperto que o Diabo", Hill apresenta uma visão... Read more

Under the Banner of Heaven - Abridged

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Jon Krakauer

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist... Read more

My Life Among the Serial Killers - Abridged

By: Helen Morrison

Narrated by: Helen Morrison

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled more than eighty serial killers around the world. What she has learned about them will shatter every assumption you've ever had about the most notorious killers known to man.Dr. Helen Morrison, a leading expert on serial killers, has spent as many as four hundred hours alone with depraved murderers. In My Life... Read more

A Woman's Worth - Abridged

By: Marianne Williamson

Narrated by: Marianne Williamson

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With A Woman's Worth, Marianne Williamson turns her charismatic voice--and the same empowering, spiritually enlightening wisdom that energized her landmark work, A Return to Love-- to exploring the crucial role of women in the world today. Drawing deeply and candidly on her own experiences, the author illuminates her thought-provoking positions... Read more

The Progress Paradox - Abridged

By: Gregg Easterbrook

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improved in the past century--and yet today, most men and women feel less happy than in previous generations. Why this is so and what we should do about it... Read more

Wir denken neu – Damit sich Deutschland nicht weiter spaltet - Abridged

By: Verena Bentele, Philipp Stielow & Dr. Ines Vers...

Narrated by: Dagmar Bittner

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wir befinden uns in einer historisch einmaligen Situation. Die Corona-Pandemie verändert unser Land grundlegend – und sie zeigt uns in aller Schärfe, was gut und was schlecht ist. Viele Menschen befürchten, dass sich die Ungleichheit in Deutschland durch Corona weiter vertiefen wird. Mit der fortschreitenden Privatisierung des Sozialstaates... 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