Social Science audiobooks

The Different Drum - Abridged

By: M. Scott Peck

Narrated by: M. Scott Peck

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For a World in Conflict...
New Hope for Wholeness in the Modern Age!
A society of rugged individualists and economic competitors A world of nuclear politics and uncontrollable forces For many, modern living means loneliness, disaffection, apathy and isolation.
Is there an escape?

In a startling, life-affirming work by one of America's... 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

The Death of Right and Wrong - Abridged

By: Tammy Bruce

Narrated by: Tammy Bruce

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

If you believe children should be seduced into warped sexual behavior by the Gay Elite, if you think confessed murderers should be set free by defense attorneys who know how to wield the race card, if you feel promiscuous gay men should be empowered to spread AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, don’t read this book.

But if you’ve always... Read more

Squandering Aimlessly - Abridged

By: David Brancaccio

Narrated by: David Brancaccio

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What would you do if you received a sudden financial windfall? David Brancaccio, whose ability to clarify economic matters has made public radio's Marketplace a hit, set out to discover where, why, and how people are spending their riches -- whether it's proceeds from stock options, profits from the sale of a house, or an unexpected inheritance... 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

The Shame of the Nation - Abridged

By: Jonathan Kozol

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”

Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly 60 public schools. Virtually everywhere, he... Read more

Women & Self-Esteem - Abridged

By: Linda Tschirhart Sanford & Mary Ellen Donovan

Narrated by: Linda Tschirhart Sanford

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For any woman who knows the pain of low self-esteem, who feels inadequate or worthless, who hates her looks, who secretly believes she doesn't deserve success or happiness—this audio offers invaluable support and guidance.

Drawing on extensive research, the authors explain how women's self-attitudes are shaped by family relationships, schools,... Read more

It Takes a Village - Abridged

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of It Takes a Village, this splendid edition includes photographs and a new Introduction by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A decade ago, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton chronicled her quest—both deeply personal and, in the truest sense, public—to help make our society into the kind of village that enables... Read more

कागभुशुंडी: मृत्यु, रहस्य और अमरत्व की गूढ़ कथा: भाग-2 - Abridged

By: Dharmendra Mishra

Narrated by: Dharmendra Mishra

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"क्या कोई मृत्यु को परास्त कर सकता है? क्या ज्ञान और तपस्या से विधि के विधान बदले जा सकते हैं? यह कथा है उस ऋषि की, जिसे श्राप तो मिला, परंतु उसका अंत नहीं हुआ।""कागभुशुंडी – वह रहस्यमयी ऋषि, जिसने त्रेता युग में राम का दर्शन किया और कलियुग तक अमर रहकर सृष्टि का हर रहस्य जाना। वह एक साधारण ऋषि नहीं, बल्कि समय और मृत्यु को चुनौती देने वाला योद्धा... Read more

Falacias de la justicia social - Abridged

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Una refutación del mito más extendido (y peligroso) de nuestra época La lucha por la justicia social es una de las principales causas de nuestro tiempo, que interpela a muchas personas diferentes por diversas razones. Pero que se utilicen las mismas palabras no siempre supone estar hablando de lo mismo. Debemos aclarar los significados para... Read more

Chuck Klosterman IV - Abridged

By: Chuck Klosterman

Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Coming off the breakthrough success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live, bestselling pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman assembles his best work previously unavailable in book form—including the groundbreaking 1996 piece about his chicken McNuggets experiment, his uncensored profile of Britney Spears, and a previously... Read more

Coming of Age - Abridged

By: Studs Terkel

Narrated by: Allen Hamilton & Shirley Venard

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“We don’t know anything about the past and we don’t seem to want to know it. And all the time the people who can tell us about it, make it meaningful, the real repositories of living information, are being lost.”—Studs Terkel

For Coming of Age, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Peabody Award-winning radio host interviewed a diverse... 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

Ola Latina, La - Abridged

By: Jorge Ramos

Narrated by: Jorge Ramos

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En las elecciones del 2004, hubo 3 millones más votantes hispanos que en el año 2000. Los hispanos pusieron al presidente George W. Bush en la Casa Blanca en el 2000 y luego lo reeligieron en el 2004. Es imposible ignorar una influencia tan grande y un voto tan importante.El cambio más dramático que está viviendo este país no tiene nada que ver... Read more

Anständig essen (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Karen Duve

Narrated by: Karen Duve

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lebt es noch oder isst Du es schon? Karen Duve gehörte nicht eben zur Gesundheitsfraktion. Bratwürstchen und Gummibären wanderten genauso in ihren Einkaufswagen wie Schokolade und Curryketchup in 1-L-Plastikflaschen. Doch dann zog sie mit jemandem zusammen, der schnell den Spitznamen Jiminy Grille erhielt - nach dem personifizierten Gewissen der... Read more

The 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

Inteligencia 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

Over the Edge - Abridged

By: Greg Child

Narrated by: Aramand Schultz

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The climbers swept up in the events of August 2000 are people little different from the rest of us. Though their climbing skills taught them a thing or two about survival, it was their individual characters and their compassion for one another that kept them alive. Like anyone who has witnessed warfare and death, they feel pain over the... Read more

صندوق الدنيا - Abridged

By: عمرو نجار

Narrated by: بشر نجار

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ظهرت في السنوات العشر الأخيرة حالة من الانقسام المجتمعي الذي تعيشه الشعوب العربية. ما دور السوشيال ميديا في تزايده؟ وكيف استطاعت -رغم الثورة المعلوماتية- غلق عقلك وإمداده بالمعلومات التي يريدها فقط. تناقش هذه الحلقة من سلسلة "ديستوبيا عربي" الدوائر المغلقة في المجتمع العربي، والجماعات التي نشأت على أفكار غير قابلة للتغيير. Read more

Good Morning Germanistan! - Abridged

By: Henryk M. Broder & Reinhard Mohr

Narrated by: Matthias Ernst Holzmann

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nach der vorgezogenen Bundestagswahl geht es an die Regierungsbildung, zu der die FDP, die die Ampel-Koalition letztlich zum Platzen gebracht hat, wahrscheinlich nicht mehr gebraucht wird. Aber was ist mit den Grünen, deren klimaneutral moralisierende Besserwisserei mit Hang zum Staatsdirigismus längst zur Bedrohung des Wirtschaftsstandorts... Read more

Una homosexualidad propia - Abridged

By: Inés Martín Rodrigo

Narrated by: Inés Martín Rodrigo

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Un testimonio valiente y decidido de lo nunca contado. El relato del descubrimiento de la orientación sexual propia. «Este es el texto que hubiera querido leer antes de juzgarme sin conocerme.»  Con estas palabras describe su autora este testimonio valiente, fruto del compromiso y la responsabilidad, en el que relata el descubrimiento de su... Read more

Cowboys Full - Abridged

By: James McManus

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From James McManus, author of the bestselling Positively Fifth Street, comes the definitive story of the game that, more than any other, reflects who we are and how we operate.

Cowboys Full is the story of poker, from its roots in China, the Middle East, and Europe to its ascent as a global—but especially an American—phenomenon. It describes how... Read more

Comer bien para no deprimirse - Abridged

By: Guillaume Fond

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Comer bien para no deprimirse ofrece una visión novedosa y basada en la ciencia sobre cómo la alimentación y la microbiota intestinal pueden influir en nuestra salud mental, y ofrece consejos prácticos para mejorar nuestra calidad de vida. «Este libro, escrito por el mayor especialista francés en los vínculos entre psicología y microbiota,... Read more

Be Happy Without Being Perfect - Abridged

By: Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. & Alice Kelly

Narrated by: Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Do you have trouble going to bed at night when there’s a mess in the kitchen? Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You’re not perfect. But guess what? You don’t have to be. All of us struggle with high expectations from time to... Read more