Social Science audiobooks

Feminismo de barrio - Abridged

By: Mikki Kendall & María Porras Sánchez (Translator)

Narrated by: Marta Martín Jorcano

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El movimiento feminista actual tiene un punto ciego y, paradójicamente, son las mismas mujeres. La mayoría de las feministas rara vez hablan de la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas como una cuestión feminista, pero la inseguridad alimentaria, el acceso a una educación de calidad, los barrios seguros, un salario digno y la atención médica... Read more

Além da Balança - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A luta contra a obesidade é uma jornada complexa que vai além das restrições alimentares tradicionais. Este ebook busca explorar uma abordagem holística e abrangente para enfrentar esse desafio, reconhecendo que a obesidade não é apenas uma questão de calorias consumidas versus calorias queimadas. Ao invés de se concentrar exclusivamente na... Read more

Obesidade Desvendada - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A obesidade, uma condição identificada pelo excesso de gordura corporal, tornou-se uma epidemia global com impactos abrangentes na saúde pública e individual. Neste capítulo, vamos explorar as nuances da obesidade, abordando sua definição médica, sua relação com o índice de massa corporal (IMC) e os efeitos abrangentes que têm na saúde física e... Read more

Obesidade & Nutrição - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

A obesidade é uma condição de saúde complexa caracterizada pelo excesso excessivo de gordura corporal, que pode ter efeitos na saúde física e emocional. No mundo contemporâneo, a obesidade se tornou uma epidemia global, afetando pessoas de todas as idades, gêneros e origens étnicas. Compreender a obesidade e sua relação intrínseca com a nutrição... Read more

Obesidade Infantil - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A obesidade infantil é um problema de saúde pública crescente que envolve o acúmulo excessivo de gordura corporal em crianças e adolescentes. Essa condição é uma das preocupações mais prementes da atualidade, dado seu impacto substancial na saúde e bem-estar das gerações mais jovens. Este capítulo discutirá a definição e prevalência da obesidade... Read more

The Chinese Fairy Book - Abridged

By: Frederick Martens

Narrated by: Niina Niskanen

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Step into a magical world with The Chinese Fairy Book, a timeless collection of enchanting tales gathered by Frederick Martens. This compilation brings to life the rich folklore and vibrant traditions of ancient China, filled with mythological creatures, legendary heroes, and wise sages. Each story weaves a tapestry of cultural wisdom, mystical... 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

West End Girls - Abridged

By: Barbara Tate

Narrated by: Kate O'Sullivan

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Now a Top Ten bestseller. Barbara Tate was 17 when she heard the whispered word that would change her life: Soho. It would take four years for Barbara to escape her loveless home but when she finally made it to the forbidden streets of Soho - just as London was recovering from the trauma of the second world war - things would never be the same... Read more

Listening Is an Act of Love - Abridged

By: Dave Isay

Narrated by: Dave Isay & StoryCorps Participants

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps—the largest oral history project in the nation's history—presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love. 

StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. And since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting... Read more

Extracampo - Abridged

By: Angelo Marcos Canuto da Silva

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O Brasil tem a terceira maior população carcerária do mundo, ficando atrás apenas dos Estados Unidos e China. O cotidiano do cárcere é uma realidade de quase um milhão de brasileiros e pouco sabemos a respeito desses excluídos do Brasil. Homens e mulheres que carregam o estigma de presidiário e, mesmo após o cumprimento da pena, irão conviver... Read more

The Perfect Thing - Abridged

By: Steven Levy

Narrated by: Anthony Rapp

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The iPod has become a full-blown cultural phenomenon, giving us a new vocabulary (we shuffle our iTunes on our nanos), revolutionizing the way we experience music and radio through the invention of podcasting, opening up new outlets for video, and challenging the traditional music industry as never before. The design itself has become iconic:... 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

As seis lições (resumo) - Abridged

By: Ludwig Von Mises

Narrated by: Everton Ferreira

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este minilivro é um resumo produzido a partir da obra original. As Seis Lições reúne as palestras ministradas, em 1959, por Ludwig von Mises na Universidade de Buenos Aires (UBA). O autor discute com clareza o capitalismo, o socialismo, o intervencionismo, a inflação, o investimento estrangeiro e as relações entre política e ideias. Em linguagem... Read more

Drew Houston: O Revolucionário por Trás do Dropbox - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A tecnologia moldou o mundo moderno de maneiras que poucas outras forças conseguiram. Em meio a essa revolução, uma figura emergiu como pioneira no campo do armazenamento em nuvem: Drew Houston. Co-fundador e CEO do Dropbox, Houston transformou a maneira como armazenamos, compartilhamos e acessamos nossos dados. Este livro explora sua jornada,... Read more

The Beltway Beast - Abridged

By: Munir Moon

Narrated by: Wayne Jones

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Beltway Beast: Stealing from Future Generations and Destroying the Middle Class, transcends the anger and frustration of American people with their leaders failing to solve the country's problems. It documents our current reality and offers transformational ideas, such as shrinking the Presidential Primary process by utilizing technology,... Read more

Howard Schultz: O Mestre por Trás da Starbucks - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Thalita

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Howard Schultz, o nome por trás do gigante do café Starbucks, é mais do que um empresário de sucesso. Ele é um visionário que transformou a maneira como o mundo desfruta dessa bebida, criando uma cultura corporativa única e um modelo de responsabilidade social inovador. Nascido em 1953 no Brooklyn, Nova York, Schultz teve uma infância... Read more

Imperial Grunts - Abridged

By: Robert D. Kaplan

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A fascinating, unprecedented first-hand look at the soldiers on the front lines on the Global War on Terror.
 
Plunging deep into midst of some of the hottest conflicts on the globe, Robert D. Kaplan takes us through mud and jungle, desert and dirt to the men and women on the ground who are leading the charge against threats to American... Read more

I 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

Reviving Ophelia - Abridged

By: Mary Pipher, PhD

Narrated by: Mary Pipher, PhD

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Why are more American adolescent girls prey to depression, eating disorders, addictions, and suicide attempts than ever before? According to Dr. Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist who has treated girls for more than twenty years, we live in a look-obsessed, media-saturated, "girl-poisoning" culture. Despite the advances of feminism, escalating... Read more

Ranting Again - Abridged

By: Dennis Miller

Narrated by: Dennis Miller

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dennis Miller is back, and he is Ranting Again in this hilarious compendium of wit, wisdom, and righteous outrage.  This is good news for all of us who fume at the country's lack of common sense, and seethe at the absurdity of the daily headlines.

Setting his sights higher and wider than ever before, Dennis Miller is at the top of his game,... Read more

She Comes First: Introduction - Abridged

By: Ian Kerner

Narrated by: Ian Kerner

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

“Every man’s must-read. Tell your guy to put down the remote and pick up She Comes First.”
—Cosmopolitan Ian Kerner offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring women in She Comes First—an essential guidebook to oral sex from the author of Be Honest—You’re Not That Into Him Either. The New York Times praises Kerner’s “cool sense of humor and an... Read more

Larry Ellison: O Visionário por Trás da Oracle - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Neste livro, embarcaremos em uma jornada pela vida de Larry Ellison, cofundador, CEO e CTO da Oracle Corporation, uma das empresas de software mais influentes do mundo. Desvendaremos sua trajetória, desde suas origens humildes até se tornar um dos homens mais ricos do planeta. Exploraremos suas inovações revolucionárias no mercado de software... Read more

Marissa Mayer: Uma Incansável Inovadora no Vale do Silício - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Marissa Mayer nasceu em Wisconsin em 1975 e se graduou em ciência da computação pela Universidade de Stanford. Após uma breve passagem pelo Goldman Sachs, Mayer ingressou no Google em 1999, tornando-se a 20ª funcionária da empresa. Ao longo de sua carreira no Google, Mayer desempenhou um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento de produtos icônicos... Read more

War & Peace in the Workplace - Abridged

By: Jeanne Martinson

Narrated by: Jeanne Martinson & M.G. Bucholtz

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ever wonder why we just can't get along? Why we react to each other the way we do? Most conflict in the workplace comes from our differences - both our diversity in the big "D" issues such as race, gender, or ability but also diversity in the small "d" issues such as values, marital and family status, age, or thought processes. Diversity can be... Read more