Social Science audiobooks
Mais Esperto que o Diabo Para Pessoas LGBTQIA+, Sob os Ensinamentos de Napoleon Hill - Abridged
By: Max Editorial
Narrated by: Antônio
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Este ebook é uma adaptação da obra "Mais Esperto que o Diabo" de Napoleon Hill, escrita originalmente em 1938. O objetivo desta adaptação é fornecer orientações e estratégias para que pessoas LGBTQIA+ possam alcançar seus objetivos e sonhos, mesmo em um mundo que muitas vezes é hostil e discriminatório. Este ebook é dividido em 30 capítulos,... Read more
View audiobookOutcasts 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
Hard Choices - Abridged
By: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant & Hillary Rodham Clinton
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
2016 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside look at the choices and challenges she has faced is “a subtle, finely calibrated work…with succinct and often shrewd appraisals of the complex web of political, economic, and historical forces in play around the world” (The New York Times).
In the... Read more
Fast Food Nation - Abridged
By: Eric Schlosser
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Fast Food Nation - the groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that has changed the way America thinks about the way it eats - and spent nearly four months on the New York Times bestseller list - now available on cassette!
Are we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of... 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
O senhor do engenho - Abridged
By: André João Antonil
Narrated by: Tiago Torres
Length: 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Nesta seleção de textos do clássico "Cultura e Opulência no Brasil", são evidenciadas as características deste ícone do Ciclo do Açúcar brasileiro – o senhor do engenho. Antonil discorre aqui, entre outros aspectos, sobre suas posses, seus vínculos com os vizinhos, seu capelão, seus hóspedes e mercadores de açúcar. Read more
View audiobookI Send a Voice - Abridged
By: Evelyn Eaton
Narrated by: Ellen Burstyn
Length: 2 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: Yes
One of the most definitive accounts of the training and work of a Pipe Carrier, I Send a Voice is a gripping first-person account inside a Native American sweat lodge ceremony. Evelyn Eaton writes of her resolve to become worthy of participating in this healing ritual as she embraces the whole length of "the hero's journey." Through tests and... Read more
View audiobookThe Argument Culture - Abridged
By: Deborah Tannen
Narrated by: Deborah Tannen
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more
View audiobookGhost Ship - Abridged
By: author
Narrated by: A.D.A France-Williams
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Church is very good at saying all the right things about racial equality. But the reality is that the institution has utterly failed to back up these good intentions with demonstrable efforts to reform. It is a long way from being a place of black flourishing. Through conversation with clergy, lay people and campaigners in the Church of... Read more
View audiobookBlockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos - Abridged
By: Michelle Ann Abate
Narrated by: Camilla Rivera
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" sheds new light on the past importance, ongoing significance, and future relevance of a comics series that millions adore: Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts. More specifically, it examines a fundamental feature of the series: its core cast of characters. In... Read more
View audiobookSag 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
View audiobookQueen 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
Beyond Trans - Abridged
By: Ash Jackson
Narrated by: Alice Wunder
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Discover the riveting life journey of Ash Jackson, an award-winning musician who turned her pain into powerful music. From her childhood dreams of fame, struggles with self-esteem, and experiences of bullying, to her pro wrestling career, battles with mental health, and remarkable courage in navigating her gender affirmation, her story is one of... Read more
View audiobookLas Malvinas: los sobrevivientes del incendio - Abridged
By: Gian Calsina Calixto
Narrated by: América Barón
Length: 2 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Esta crónica narra las historias de las víctimas y de los sobrevivientes de uno de los peores incendios en la historia del Perú. En el año 2017, Jorge Luis Huamán y Jovi Herrera perdieron la vida al no poder escapar del siniestro, pues permanecían encerrados en un contenedor donde trabajan de manera habitual, sin contrato y sin seguridad en el... Read more
View audiobookInteligencia Artificial. La tecnología que cambiará el mundo - Abridged
By: Roberto Velasco
Narrated by: Sergio Huescar (voz digital)
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Los avances tecnológicos invaden velozmente nuestras vidas y desbordan las capacidades normativas de las Administraciones públicas, todo bajo el control remoto de unos gigantes empresariales que pretenden rediseñar los hábitos sociales en función de sus intereses económicos. En este mundo de escasas reglas, se presenta la Inteligencia... Read more
View audiobookCaça às bruxas, globalização e solidariedade feminista na África dos dias atuais - Abridged
By: Silvia Federici
Narrated by: Andressa Bodê
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Em sua obra, Silvia Federici estrutura sua análise a partir do processo de cercamento e privatização de terras comunais e, examinando o ambiente e as motivações que produziram as primeiras acusações de bruxarias na Europa, relaciona essa forma de violência à ordem econômica. Evidencia, enfim, que marcas desse processo foram deixadas também nos... Read more
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