Social Science audiobooks

Travis Kalanick: O Visionário Turbulento por Trás do Uber - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Thalita

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Travis Kalanick, nome que se tornou sinônimo de inovação disruptiva e ambição implacável, é a figura central por trás do gigante global do transporte, o Uber. Sua jornada, marcada por conquistas extraordinárias e controvérsias acaloradas, oferece um estudo de caso fascinante sobre os desafios e as recompensas de construir uma empresa do... Read more

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

La Gioconda y Leonardo - Abridged

By: Daniel López Rosetti

Narrated by: Gustavo Dardés

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La historia del genio contada por su musa. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), uno de los seres humanos más brillantes que haya existido, es el paradigma del genio renacentista. Impresionado por la combinación magnífica entre su creatividad artística y su capacidad científica, Daniel López Rosetti le dedica, desde hace más de veinte años, horas de... Read more

Murder in Greenwich - Abridged

By: Mark Fuhrman

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Newsflash: Grand Jury just empaneled to investigate the unsolved murder of Martha Moxley!The night of October 30, 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned and stabbed with a golf club on the grounds of her family1s Greenwich home.The golf club that killed Martha came from the house of Thomas and Michael Skakel, two boys who had been... Read more

VOICES: a sacred sisterscape - Abridged

By: V-Day, aja monet, Bella Laia, Black Girls Glow...

Narrated by: Black Girls Glow ft. Anabel Rose, Kikie, Ms. Fu...

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

VOICES: a sacred sisterscape, spearheaded by Grammy-nominated poet aja monet (When The Poems Do What They Do), is an audio experience of stories written by, narrated by, and centering Black women across the diaspora. It encourages radical listening for the sake of connection, compassion, and community and celebrates the interior lives Black... Read more

Sheryl Sandberg: A Base do Sucesso por Trás do Facebook - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sheryl Sandberg, nome reverenciado no panteão dos titãs da tecnologia, transcende a mera definição de executiva. Filantropa, autora e defensora incansável da equidade de gênero, sua trajetória inspiradora entrelaça triunfos profissionais com um compromisso inabalável com o empoderamento feminino. Saiba Muito Mais... Read more

Fatal Deception - Abridged

By: Michael Bowker

Narrated by: John Slattery

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At first glance, the events in this audiobook may seem equal parts science fiction and legal thriller. Unfortunately, this is a true story of blinding greed, cruel deceit, unfortunate circumstance, and powerful human tragedy. It has villains and heroes, but it does not yet have a good ending.
Something's wrong in Libby, Montana. Residents are... Read more

Steve Jobs: A Revolução da Apple - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Steve Jobs, um nome que ecoa no panteão dos gênios inovadores, um visionário que moldou a era digital e revolucionou a forma como interagimos com a tecnologia. Cofundador da Apple Inc., Jobs não apenas criou produtos icônicos, mas também definiu uma filosofia de design e experiência do usuário que continua a inspirar o mundo até... Read more

Susan Wojcicki: A Mente por Trás do Sucesso do YouTube - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Susan Wojcicki: um nome que se tornou sinônimo da plataforma de vídeo online mais popular do mundo, o YouTube. Sua jornada até o cargo de CEO da empresa é uma história inspiradora de visão, trabalho árduo e perserverança. Este livro mergulha na vida e carreira de Wojcicki, explorando seu papel fundamental no crescimento do YouTube e os desafios... Read more

Tim Cook: O Visionário que Guiou a Apple após a Morte de Steve Jobs - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Em 2011, o mundo da tecnologia presenciou uma mudança marcante: a morte de Steve Jobs, o cofundador e CEO visionário da Apple. Diante de um futuro incerto, a empresa se viu em uma encruzilhada. Foi nesse momento que Tim Cook, até então vice-presidente sênior de operações, assumiu o comando da gigante de Cupertino. Este livro é um tributo à... Read more

رسائل حريمي جدا - Abridged

By: غادة كريم

Narrated by: رهام حمدي زيدان

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

" تمنيتُ أن تصلني تلك الرسائل يومًا،أن اقرأ الخريطة جيدًا قبل أن أخوض التجارب تائهة أحارب وحدي في هذا العالم، ولأني لم أجد من يدلني على الطريق، كتبتُ للنساءِ رسائل عمَّا يدور داخل عقلها وقلبها، قفزت بكُلّ شجاعة من خانة المرسل إليه إلى خانة المرسل، أردت أن أعبِّر عن لسان حال كل امرأة .. لتعرف أنها ليست وحيدة في هذا العالم القاسي، كلنا نعاني ما... Read more

The Bitch in the House - Abridged

By: Cathi Hanauer

Narrated by: Cathi Hanauer

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Despite more power and choices than ever before, women are still angry -- that's not necessarily a bad thing, as anger is what continues to open the door for change. In this collection, 15 women speak boldly and passionately about choices they've made -- about sex, children, love and work -- and explore what's working and what is not. Their... 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

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

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

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.

Abridged CDs - 5 CDs, 6 hours Read more

There Must Be a Pony In Here Somewhere - Abridged

By: Kara Swisher & Lisa Dickey

Narrated by: Kara Swisher

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In her acclaimed AOL.COM, Kara Swisher chronicled the unlikely ascent of a group of underdog entrepreneurs and their influence on American net culture. This book picks up where the previous one left off, investigating AOL's merger with Time Warner and its aftermath. Journalists Swisher and Dickey have an ear for the comic and an appreciation... Read more

The Next Fifty Years - Abridged

By: John Brockman

Narrated by: Henry Leyva, Jennifer Wiltsie, Oliver Wyman & S...

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A brilliant ensemble of the world’s most visionary scientists provides twenty-five original never-before-published essays about the advances in science and technology that we may see within our lifetimes.

Theoretical physicist and bestselling author Paul Davies examines the likelihood that by the year 2050 we will be able to establish a... Read more

The Men's Health Playbook - Abridged

By: Men's Health Magazine

Narrated by: Hank Jacobs & Nicole Fonarow

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Witty and insightful, Men's Health writers Joe Kita, Lisa Jones, Hugh O'Neill, Ron Geraci and others share their personal and often comical experiences as they tackle the universal topics of love, life, and exactly how to find and keep that special someone. The Men's Health Playbook features selected articles from Men's Health including:

• 50... Read more

Last Stand of the Louisiana Shrimpers - Abridged

By: Emma Christopher Lirette

Narrated by: Linda Rigamer Lirette

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In recent years, shrimpers on the Louisiana coast have faced a historically dire shrimp season, with the price of shrimp barely high enough to justify trawling. Yet, many of them wouldn't consider leaving shrimping behind, despite having transferrable skills that could land them jobs in the oil and gas industry. Since 2001, shrimpers have faced... Read more

The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader - Abridged

By: Alison Halsall & Jonathan Warren

Narrated by: Tina Woods

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Contributions by Michelle Ann Abate, William S. Armour, Alison Bechdel, Jennifer Camper, Tesla Cariani, Matthew Cheney, Hillary Chute, Edmond (Edo) Ernest dit Alban, Ramzi Fawaz, Margaret Galvan, Justin Hall, Alison Halsall, Lara Hedberg, Susanne Hochreiter, Sheena C. Howard, Rebecca Hutton, remus jackson, Keiko Miyajima, Chinmay Murali, Marina... Read more

Blockheads, 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

كيمياء الفضيحة - Abridged

By: أنيس منصور

Narrated by: رضوان صوان

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

اقترب أكثر من حياة المشاهير لتتعرف إلى أسرارهم. أنيس منصور يزيح الستار عن خبايا وفضائح العديد من مشاهير الفن والأدب ويسقط الأقنعة عن رجال سياسة، لتكتشف أن كل ما تعرفه عن تلك الشخصيات هي مجرد قشور. الوجه الآخر لمارلين مونرو والجزء الخفي من حياة شارلي شابلن وشخصية وطباع عباس العقاد ...وغيرهم فاستمع الآن Read more

Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber - Abridged

By: Richard Restak, M.D.

Narrated by: Richard Restak, M.D.

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Are you bombarded by a constant media feed of global terrorism, war, and rising unemployment rates—and by a mind-numbing array of ads that urge you to “ask your doctor” about the newest anti-anxiety medications? If it sometimes feels as if this country is having a collective anxiety attack, then you won’t be surprised to learn that more than 19... Read more