Social Science audiobooks

Cunt (20th Anniversary Edition)

By: Inga Muscio

Narrated by: Inga Muscio

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An ancient title of respect for women, the word "cunt" long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation and tools to claim "cunt" as a positive and powerful force in their lives. In this fully revised edition, she explores, with candidness and humor, such traditional feminist... Read more

Separate and Unequal

By: Steven M Gillon

Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From a New York Times bestselling author, the definitive history of the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped American debates about race and inequality

In Separate and Unequal, New York Times bestselling historian Steven M. Gillon offers a revelatory new history of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders --... Read more

The Heavens Might Crack

By: Jason Sokol

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. At the time of his murder, King was a polarizing figure -- scorned by many white Americans,... Read more

The Devil Finds Work

By: James Baldwin

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Baldwin’s personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics.Offering an incisive look at racism in American movies and a vision of America’s self-delusions and deceptions, Baldwin challenges the underlying assumptions in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s... Read more

Rescue

By: David Miliband

Narrated by: David Miliband

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

We are in the midst of a global refugee crisis. Sixty five million people are fleeing for their lives. The choices are urgent, not just for them but for all of us. What can we possibly do to help?

With compassion and clarity, David Miliband shows why we should care and how we can make a difference. He takes us from war zones in the Middle East to... Read more

Fisherman's Blues

By: Anna Badkhen

Narrated by: Anna Badkhen

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR AND PASTE MAGAZINE

An intimate account of life in a West African fishing village, tugged by currents ancient and modern, and dependent on an ocean that is being radically transformed.

The sea is broken, fishermen say. The sea is empty. The genii have taken the fish elsewhere.

For... Read more

Golden Days

By: Jack McCallum

Narrated by: Jack McCallum

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of Dream Team tells the interconnected stories of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors and the early-1970s Los Angeles Lakers, two extraordinary teams playing in extraordinary times and linked by one extraordinary man: Jerry West.

In Golden Days, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum uses two teams—today’s Golden... Read more

Becoming Cliterate

By: Laurie Mintz

Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

We’ve been thinking about sex all wrong. Mainstream media, movies, and porn have taught us that sex = penis + vagina, and everything else is just secondary. Standard penetration is how men most reliably achieve orgasm. The problem is, women don’t orgasm this way. We’ve separated our most reliable route to orgasm—clitoral stimulation—from how we... Read more

Revolution’s End

By: Brad Schreiber

Narrated by: Brad Schreiber

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Forty years after the Patty Hearst “trial of the century,” people still don’t know the true story of the events.Revolution’s End fully explains the most famous kidnapping in US history, detailing Patty Hearst’s relationship with Donald DeFreeze, known as Cinque, the head of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Not only did the heiress have a... Read more

The Efficiency Paradox

By: Edward Tenner

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A "skillful and lucid" (The Wall Street Journal) way of thinking about efficiency, challenging our obsession with it—and offering a new understanding of how to benefit from the powerful potential of serendipity.

Algorithms, multitasking, the sharing economy, life hacks: our culture can't get enough of efficiency. One of the great promises of the... Read more

On Being Awesome

By: Nick Riggle

Narrated by: Nick Riggle

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A lively philosophical exploration of what it means to be awesome and not suck, and a plea for more awesomeness in our personal, social, and public lives

In this engaging, fun, and astute investigation of a thoroughly contemporary condition, philosopher and former pro skater Nick Riggle argues that our collective interest in being awesome (and... Read more

The Age of Fable

By: Thomas Bulfinch

Narrated by: Mary Woods

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Many of the world's travails may be traced to the displacement of mythology by the age of science. Knowledge today is often deemed useful only if it enlarges our possessions or raises our station in society. If instead, the criterion were to make us happier and more virtuous, mythology would have retained its proper place in society.The Age of... Read more

Norwich

By: Karen Crouse

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country, Norwich gives “parents of young athletes a great gift—a glimpse at another way to raise accomplished and joyous competitors” (The Washington Post).

In Norwich, Vermont—a charming town of organic farms and... Read more

Beneath a Ruthless Sun

By: Gilbert King

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 14 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR and THE WASHINGTON POST

"Compelling, insightful and important, Beneath a Ruthless Sun exposes the corruption of racial bigotry and animus that shadows a community, a state and a nation. A fascinating examination of an injustice story all too familiar and still largely ignored, an engaging and essential read."... Read more

Why Gender Matters

By: Leonard Sax

Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A revised and updated edition (with more than 70% new material) of the classic book about innate differences between boys and girls and how best to parent and teach girls and boys successfully, with new chapters on sexual orientation and on transgender and intersex kids.Back in 2005, the first edition of Why Gender Matters broke ground in... Read more

After the Fall

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Death and Anger on Everest

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Fred Beckey Is Still On the Loose

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Gates of the Arctic

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Descent to Mars

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Living Under the Volcano

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Loving Them to Death

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Mark Foo's Last Ride

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection.

From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a... Read more

Classic Krakauer

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism.

His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists... Read more