Social Science audiobooks

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Abridged

By: Chuck Klosterman

Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over half a million copies sold!

From the author of the highly acclaimed heavy metal memoir, Fargo Rock City, comes another hilarious and discerning take on massively popular culture—set in Chuck Klosterman’s den and your own—covering everything from the effect of John Cusack flicks to the crucial role of breakfast cereal to the awesome power... Read more

Entstellt - Abridged

By: Amanda Leduc

Narrated by: Anna Amalie Blomeyer

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Märchen und Geschichten, die wir als Kinder erzählt bekommen, prägen unsere Wahrnehmung der Welt. Was aber passiert, wenn man sich eher mit dem Biest identifiziert als mit der Schönen? Wenn jede hässliche, entstellte, behinderte Märchenfigur als böse gilt, verhöhnt und bestraft wird – wie kann sich das Biest dann jemals ein Happy End... Read more

Die Indianer Nordamerikas - Abridged

By: Klaus Kamphausen

Narrated by: Wolf Enba

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Eine Dokumentation über das Leben der nordamerikanischen Indianer in der Zeit vor Columbus. "Ich bin das Land, meine Augen sind der Himmel, meine Glieder die Bäume. Ich bin der Fels, die Wassertiefe." (Hopi) Vor der Entdeckung und Eroberung durch den weißen Mann wurde der nordamerikanische Kontinent von etwa 300 verschiedenen... Read more

She Comes First: Introduction - Abridged

By: Ian Kerner

Narrated by: Ian Kerner

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

“Every man’s must-read. Tell your guy to put down the remote and pick up She Comes First.”
—Cosmopolitan Ian Kerner offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring women in She Comes First—an essential guidebook to oral sex from the author of Be Honest—You’re Not That Into Him Either. The New York Times praises Kerner’s “cool sense of humor and an... Read more

Die Stille Irlands spüren - Abridged

By: Anonymus

Narrated by: Christian Quadflieg

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

* Der Zauber irischer Mythen und Märchen * Gelesen von Christian Quadflieg Willkommen in einer Anderswelt voller Feen, Elfen und übernatürlicher Kräfte. Mit den keltischen Mythen und Sagen, Märchen und Zaubersprüchen entführt uns Christian Quadflieg in einen irischen Zaubergarten. Mit Charme und Esprit interpretiert er die Texte und lässt uns... Read more

La méthode de Napoléon Hill - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Céline

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Si vous êtes à la recherche d'une nouvelle approche pour réussir votre vie, ce livre est fait pour vous. Contrastant avec la méthode de Napoléon Hill dans son livre "Plus malin que le diable", ce guide présente des "critiques" raisonnées et des alternatives efficaces pour atteindre vos objectifs. A la fin de la lecture, vous aurez entre... Read more

War & Peace in the Workplace - Abridged

By: Jeanne Martinson

Narrated by: Jeanne Martinson & M.G. Bucholtz

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ever wonder why we just can't get along? Why we react to each other the way we do? Most conflict in the workplace comes from our differences - both our diversity in the big "D" issues such as race, gender, or ability but also diversity in the small "d" issues such as values, marital and family status, age, or thought processes. Diversity can be... Read more

Abolition for the People - Abridged

By: Colin Kaepernick

Narrated by: Arami Malaise, Sterling Sulieman, Kyle Chapple,...

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Edited by activist and former San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Abolition for the People is a manifesto calling for a world beyond prisons and policing. Abolition for the People brings together thirty essays representing a diversity of voices—political prisoners, grassroots organizers, scholars, and relatives of those... 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

True Notebooks - Abridged

By: Mark Salzman

Narrated by: Mark Salzman

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Mark Salzman is invited to visit a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles’s most violent teenage offenders, he scrambles for a polite reason to decline. He goes—expecting the worst—and is so astonished by what he finds that he becomes a teacher there himself. True Notebooks is an account of Salzman’s first years... Read more

Leading Ladies - Abridged

By: Kay Bailey Hutchison

Narrated by: Kay Bailey Hutchison

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a series of skillfully drawn biographical portraits, United States Senator and bestselling author Kay Bailey Hutchison examines the lives of sixty-three pioneers in military service, journalism, public health, social reform, science, and politics—all American women. Mixing historical portraits with modern success stories, Senator Hutchison... Read more

Alchemy of Love and Lust - Abridged

By: Theresa L. Crenshaw

Narrated by: Theresa L. Crenshaw

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From Simon & Schuster, The Alchemy of Love and Lust is Theresa L. Crenshaw's guide to how our sex hormones influence our relationships.

The Alchemy of Love and Lust identifies the role our hormones play in the different sexual stages, exploring the age-old concept of chemistry between the sexes and how hormones can determine the course of... Read more

The Courage to Raise Good Men - Abridged

By: Olga Silverstein & Beth Rashbaum

Narrated by: Olga Silverstein

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Challenging and readable...will help mothers understand the implications of pushing boys out of the family before they're ready to go."—The Los Angeles Times Book Review. Read more

Imperial Grunts - Abridged

By: Robert D. Kaplan

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A fascinating, unprecedented first-hand look at the soldiers on the front lines on the Global War on Terror.
 
Plunging deep into midst of some of the hottest conflicts on the globe, Robert D. Kaplan takes us through mud and jungle, desert and dirt to the men and women on the ground who are leading the charge against threats to American... Read more

Traffic - Abridged

By: Tom Vanderbilt

Narrated by: David Slavin

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Driving is a fact of life. We are all spending more and more time on the road, and traffic is an issue we face everyday. This audiobook will make you think about it in a whole new light.

We have always had a passion for cars and driving. Now Traffic offers us an exceptionally rich understanding of that passion. Vanderbilt explains why traffic... Read more

Der Schimmelreiter - Abridged

By: Theodor Storm

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hauke Haien, nach dem Tod des alten Deichgrafen durch seine heimliche Verlobung mit dessen Tochter Elke selbst zum Deichgrafen avanciert, wird von den Dorfbewohnern als Emporkömmling abgelehnt. Nur mühsam kann er seinen Plan für einen neuen Deich, der enormen Landgewinn bedeutet, durchsetzen und die trägen Bauern zur Mitarbeit bewegen. Bei... Read more

The Rants - Abridged

By: Dennis Miller

Narrated by: Dennis Miller

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There's good news for those that rage at the  evening news, shake their heads at Washington's  business-as-usual, or watch as politicians carom from  social crisis to political crisis to economic  crisis: Dennis Miller is back, and he means to shake the  nation by its lapels.

Miller respects no  boundaries. Whether the subject is... Read more

Talking Back - Abridged

By: Andrea Mitchell

Narrated by: Andrea Mitchell

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A frank, highly engaging, behind-the-scenes memoir by one of today's most respected journalists.

Read by the author
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أبلوموف - E01 - Abridged

By: ايفان غونشارت

Narrated by: محمد الحكيم

Length: 14 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

تعد رواية "أبلوموف" (1859) لإيفان غونتشاروف من أهم الروايات الكلاسيكيّة الروسيّة في القرن التاسع عشر جنباً إلى جنب روايات دوستويفسكي وتورغنيف. وتكمن أهمية هذه الرواية أن مصطلحاً مهماً قد اشتق من اسم بطلها "أبلوموف" بعنوان "الأبلوموفية" الذي يطلق على نزعة الكسل والتراخي التي يعيشها بطل الرواية. وقد أعجب بها قائد الثورة الروسية لينين حين قرأها... Read more

Nossa democracia - Abridged

By: Ruy Barbosa

Narrated by: Guga Almeida

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Que é um republicano? Qual a característica que distingue uma da outra a república e a monarquia?" Neste artigo intitulado "Nossa democracia", escrita em abril de 1889 – pouco antes, portanto, da Proclamação da República –, Ruy Barbosa promove uma reflexão sobre essa forma de governo, analisando a postura da imprensa da época. Notável, além do... Read more

Behold a Pale Horse - Abridged

By: William Cooper

Narrated by: William Cooper

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Behold a Pale Horse, William Cooper reveals classified information kept in secret government files since the 1940s. In this eye-opening work—read by the author—Cooper explores the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the war on drugs, the Secret Government, and UFOs. His lucid presentation of information transcends partisan affiliations as he... Read more

O dever da oposição - Abridged

By: Ruy Barbosa

Narrated by: Tom Bueno

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O texto "O dever da oposição" foi originalmente publicado no Jornal do Comércio, em 1885. Nele, o leitor encontra figurões da história política brasileira como personagens de um debate escrito com o português incorruptível de Ruy Barbosa – dá gosto de ler! No artigo, Ruy dá uma lição aos senadores Paulino de Sousa e João Alfredo sobre os... Read more

Guns, Germs and Steel - Abridged

By: Jared Diamond

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

In this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history’s broadest patterns. It is a story that spans 13,000 years of human history, beginning when Stone Age... Read more

Faster - Abridged

By: James Gleick

Narrated by: James Gleick

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of Genius and Chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world.

Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones, computers,... Read more