Social Science audiobooks

Aufbruch in die Freiheit - Abridged

By: Tom Doyle, JoAnn Doyle & Greg Webster

Narrated by: Daniel Kopp & Simone Merz

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Das Hörbuch "Aufbruch in die Freiheit" von Tom und JoAnn Doyle erzählt die Geschichte von Frauen, die mitten in extremen Situationen zu Jesus gefunden haben. Farah liebt ihren Beruf und die schicken Klamotten, die sie sich leisten kann. Als die Familie dringend Geld braucht, um eine lebensrettende OP für ihre Mutter bezahlen zu können, wird... 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

1001 Ideen für den Alltag mit autistischen Kindern und Jugendlichen - Abridged

By: Ellen Notbohm & Veronika Zysk

Narrated by: Mike Langhans

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Über 1001 innovative wie auch bewährte Tipps unterstützen Eltern, Lehrkräfte und Erzieher*innen im Alltag mit autistischen Kindern und Jugendlichen. Praktisch, alltagsnah und auf die unterschiedlichen Entwicklungsstufen, Lernstile und Fähigkeiten angepasst, werden kreative und einfach anwendbare Ideen aufgezeigt - eine Fundgrube für alle, die... Read more

The End of the Road - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Culled from Bodett's syndicated radio show, these interconnected stories captures the essence of life in America--especially Homer, Alaska, the sort of place where the keys are left in the snowplow in case someone gets stuck after hours. Read more

Peter Mayle's Provence - Abridged

By: Peter Mayle

Narrated by: Peter Mayle & Patrick Macnee

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Peter Mayle and his wife traded England's long, gray winters and damp summers for life in southern France, they entered an enchanting, wonderful, sometimes bewildering world. Now, share their adventures, pleasures, and frustrations: the joys and occasional hazards of wining and dining in France, taking part in goat races, attending a... Read more

Cómo ser culto - Abridged

By: Susan Wise Bauer

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Sonia Gómez

Length: 16 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El universo literario en una cáscara de nuez ¿Has perdido el hábito de leer por placer? ¿Hay libros que crees que deberías conocer, pero te parecen demasiado complicados? Cómo ser culto es la guía de referencia para disfrutar de las mejores historias. A través de relatos breves y entretenidos sobre cinco géneros literarios –ficción,... Read more

Semiglücklich in die Zukunft - Abridged

By: Horst Opaschowski

Narrated by: Horst Opaschowski

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wie sehen die Deutschen angesichts der Corona-Pandemie in die Zukunft? Basierend auf seiner repräsentativen Studie erzählt Zukunftsforscher Horst Opaschowki in 21 Kapiteln von dem neuen Leben der Deutschen in der Post-Corona-Zeit. Viele Menschen wurden ärmer, aber nicht unglücklicher. Ihr Wohlstandsdenken veränderte sich, und Gesundheit wurde so... Read more

EL ARTE DE LA PAZ - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Alvaro

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En un mundo lleno de desafíos y conflictos, la búsqueda de la paz surge como un ideal esencial y urgente para la supervivencia y la prosperidad de la humanidad. Si bien la historia está marcada por guerras y conflictos violentos, ha llegado el momento de cuestionar y reflexionar sobre el verdadero significado de la paz y cómo podemos lograrla de... Read more

Learning to Sing - Abridged

By: Clay Aiken & Allison Glock

Narrated by: Clay Aiken

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“My mother prophesied years ago that my voice would take me places. She was certain that there was a reason I was able to sing. I am still discovering what that reason is, what it is that God wants to happen.”
–CLAY AIKEN, from Learning to Sing

When he was a kid singing in his church choir, Clay Aiken never dreamed of becoming a pop music star.... Read more

Da Cultura do Patrimonialismo à Praga da Corrupção - Abridged

By: Gabriel Marciliano Jr.

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Da Cultura do Patrimonialismo à Praga da Corrupção", escrita por Gabriel Marciliano Júnior, é uma obra de extrema importância para a compreensão da corrupção no Brasil. Com uma análise profunda sobre a cultura do patrimonialismo e suas consequências na política e na sociedade brasileira, o livro é uma referência indispensável para estudiosos e... Read more

الغرق - Abridged

By: حمور زيادة

Narrated by: خالد الذهبي

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

تكدس الأهالي أمام العيادة رجالاً ونساءً وأطفالاً. ستعيش هذه الحكاية طويلاً وتمتزج بالونس. "ليلة حنة عبد الحفيظ البدري لُدِغ عبد الرازق". ستتبدل الحكاية وتتغير. تزاوجها تفاصيل متخيلة، وتفارقها حقائق حدثت. في الونس لا يهم ما حدث. إنما يهم أن تكون الحكاية ممتعة حين تُروى Read more

ESTOU APRENDENDO A ESCUTAR ATIVAMENTE - Abridged

By: Hassan Louih

Narrated by: ANTONI DE ROMANO

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Você já sentiu que falta profundidade em suas conversas ou que seus relacionamentos poderiam ser mais sólidos?Você já se sentiu frustrado por conflitos que parecem insolúveis?Este livro é o guia definitivo para transformar esses desafios em oportunidades de crescimento pessoal e interpessoal.Você descobrirá os princípios e os fundamentos da... Read more

Célia é quem não viu - Abridged

By: Ricardo Santos David

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 27 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Segundo Célia, os médicos disseram que a entendiam, mas que ela ainda era muito nova e poderia ter outros filhos mais tarde. Eles ainda a alertaram na época de que a criança poderia vir com alguma deficiência ou talvez nem chegasse a nascer. Eu sou nova, sim, mas já sei o que é melhor para mim. Posso ter outros filhos depois, mas nunca serão... Read more

In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks - Abridged

By: Adam Carolla

Narrated by: Adam Carolla

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A couple years back, I was at the Phoenix airport bar.  It was empty except for one heavy-set, gray bearded, grizzled guy who looked like he just rode his donkey into town after a long day of panning for silver in them thar hills.  He ordered a Jack Daniels straight up, and that's when I overheard the young guy with the earring behind the bar... Read more

Persecution - Abridged

By: David Limbaugh

Narrated by: David Limbaugh

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

“Limbaugh’s meticulously researched book is a devastating indictment of liberal intolerance-and a call to arms for all true believers of religious liberty to reclaim their rightful place in the public square.”—Michelle Malkin, nationally syndicated columnist and author of InvasionThis New York Times bestseller is that rare phenomenon, a book... Read more

Are You There Alone? - Abridged

By: Suzanne O'Malley

Narrated by: Becky Ann Baker

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Suzanne O'Malley takes a close look at the Andrea Yates murder trial and discovers medical misjudgment, professional negligence, misapplied law, and a revelation that led to the overturning of Yates's conviction.

It took a jury less than four hours to find Houston housewife Andrea Yates guilty of the drowning deaths of three of her five... Read more

Field Notes From a Catastrophe - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Kolbert

Narrated by: Hope Davis

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous path, the world has reached a critical threshold. By the end of the century, it will likely be hotter than at any... Read more

The New Elite - Abridged

By: Jim Taylor, Doug Harrison & Stephen Kraus

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

We are all fascinated by them - that enigmatic class of people often referred to as the rich. With all the emphasis on the rich and famous in America, we would think we know everything about them. In reality, very few of us truly understand those who make up the very wealthiest Americans - those with liquid assets of $5 million or more. What is... Read more

Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love - Abridged

By: Barbara Pease & Allan Pease

Narrated by: Chelsea Bruland & Jeff Prewett

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Allan and Barbara Pease, the international bestsell­ing authors of Why Men Don’t Listen & Women Can’t Read Maps, deliver their most exciting book yet.
 
Will men and women ever see eye-to-eye about love and sex? How will relationships ever be rewarding if men only want to rush into bed and women want to rush to the altar? In this practical,... Read more

Moralische Ambition - Wie man aufhört, sein Talent zu vergeuden und etwas schafft, das wirklich zählt (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Rutger Bregman

Narrated by: Julian Mehne

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dieses Buch handelt von Pionieren. Es erzählt die Geschichte von Menschen, die vor moralischer Ambition nur so strotzten: Abolitionisten, Suffragetten, Helden des Widerstands und Bürgerrechtlerinnen, von Menschen, die nicht nur Ideale hatten, sondern ihre Karrieren auch nach diesen Idealen ausrichteten - und den Lauf der Welt veränderten. Wie... Read more

Historia mínima de los feminismos en América Latina - Abridged

By: Dora Barrancos

Narrated by: Adriana Galindo

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Con el propósito de que públicos amplios se acerquen a aspectos fundamentales de las luchas por los derechos de las mujeres, este libro narra el largo periplo de las feministas en América Latina. En un extraordinario esfuerzo de síntesis, se revisan propuestas y acciones emprendidas por una variedad de colectivos de mujeres: desde la formulación... Read more

La madre de todas las preguntas - Abridged

By: Rebecca Solnit & Lucía Barahona (Translator)

Narrated by: Marta Martín Jorcano

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Un nuevo libro de la autora de Los hombres me explican cosas y Wanderlust, que ilumina, entre otras cosas, la manera en que se entretejen la historia del silencio y la historia de las mujeres. "Hay una nueva revolución feminista en marcha, y Rebecca Solnit es una de sus voces más poderosas y cautivadoras."—Barbara Ehrenreich "No esperen un libro... Read more

El fin del armario - Abridged

By: Bruno Bimbi

Narrated by: Martín Gopar

Length: 14 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Durante siglos fue el silencio; ahora, muchos buscamos las palabras. Libros como El fin del armario nos ayudan a romper moldes, prejuicios, ignorancias. Y a encontrarlas, a aprender a hablar de estos tiempos en que la sexualidad y los géneros ya se dicen en un plural que crece y crece." — Martín Caparrós Nadie es realmente libre si la libertad... Read more

Her Way - Abridged

By: Don Van Natta Jr. & Jeff Gerth

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The truth about the most important woman in America

In Her Way, two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalists deliver: Previously undisclosed details about the Clinton's multi-decade plan for powerincluding 8 years in the White House for Bill and 8 years for Hillary.

Never-before-revealed information about Hillary's... Read more