Social Science audiobooks

Don't Know Much About Mythology - Abridged

By: Kenneth C. Davis

Narrated by: John Lee & Lorna Raver

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Employing the popular Don't Know Much About® style, with its familiar question-and-answer format, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY will explore the myths of the world, their impact on history, and their continuing role in our lives. It will offer listeners a wide-ranging, comprehensive, entertaining and listenable survey of the great myths of... Read more

Space Between the Stars - Abridged

By: Deborah Santana

Narrated by: Deborah Santana

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Deborah Santana is best known for her marriage to music icon Carlos Santana–a thirty-year bond that endures to this day. But as a girl growing up in San Francisco in the 1960s, daughter of a white mother and a black father–the legendary blues guitarist Saunders King–her life was charged with its own drama long before she married.

In this... Read more

Yo, adicto - Abridged

By: Javier Giner

Narrated by: Javier Giner

Length: 16 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Javier Giner, director y guionista, presenta un afiladísimo relato en primera persona sobre la adicción y el arduo camino hacia la recuperación. EL TESTIMONIO QUE HA INSPIRADO LA NUEVA SERIE DE DISNEY+ «Una obra monumental.» —Laura Pérez,Fotogramas «Nos adentra en un mundo lleno de sombras, pero también de luces.» —Enric Alberto,El cultural «Una... Read more

Me to We - Abridged

By: Craig Kielburger & Marc Kielburger

Narrated by: Craig Kielburger & Marc Kielburger

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestseller from the founders of WE Charity—a human rights organization that has lifted over 1 million people from poverty globally—Me to We is an uplifting and actionable guide for personal and social change and a call to action to helping others, featuring a new introduction by Academy Award­–winning actress and activist... Read more

Die bessere Hälfte - Abridged

By: Eckart von Hirschhausen & Tobias Esch

Narrated by: Eckart von Hirschhausen & Tobias Esch

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eckart von Hirschhausen und Tobias Esch stellen im gemeinsamen Gespräch die vorherrschende Meinung über das Älterwerden auf den Kopf Könnte es sein, dass die Zufriedenheit nach der Jugend und der stressigen Phase in der Mitte des Lebens nicht schwindet, sondern sogar wächst? Eckart von Hirschhausen und Tobias Esch, die beiden Experten für das... 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

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

Routes - Abridged

By: Rhiya Pau

Narrated by: Farhana Kalique

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

At the core of this debut collection is a question – what is worth holding onto? Through poetic experiments that blend the academic and the artistic, Rhiya Pau queries complex characters and tender landscapes. Routes journeys from Ba's kitchen in Sonia Gardens to Independence hour in Delhi, across the pink shores of Nakuru, to meet a painter on... Read more

I Never Had It Made - Abridged

By: Jackie Robinson

Narrated by: Ossie Davis

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A straightforward yet inspiring story of what it took to be the first man of color to break into the white world of professional sports. Jackie Robinson's story is more than a telling of his tremendous talent; it is also a recollection that showcases his tenacious spirit, bravery and the courage of his ideals. From the early influences of family... Read more

The Popcorn Report - Abridged

By: Faith Popcorn

Narrated by: Faith Popcorn

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Future Is In Your Hands

Faith Popcorn has seen it coming -- and now she tells you how to profit from the enormous transformation that will sweep mainstream America in the coming years. The founder of BrainReserve, the top-dollar trend-spotter for the nation's biggest blue-chip companies, Popcorn now shares her vision of the future for... Read more

Close to Shore - Abridged

By: Michael Capuzzo

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.

In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual... Read more

Feet on the Street: - Abridged

By: Roy Blount, Jr.

Narrated by: Roy Blount, Jr.

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Betcha I can tell ya / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Betchadollar, / Betchadollar, / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Got your shoes on your feet, / Got your feet on the street, / And the street’s in Noo / Awlins, Loo- / Eez-ee-anna. Where I, for my part, first ate a live oyster and first saw a naked woman with the lights on. . . . Every time I... Read more

Aus der schönen neuen Welt - Expeditionen ins Landesinnere (gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Günter Wallraff

Narrated by: Günter Wallraff

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zum 80. Geburtstag des Autors endlich wieder erhältlich: "Man muss sich verkleiden, um die Gesellschaft zu demaskieren..." - Günter Wallraff. Niemand hat mehr Missstände aufgedeckt als er. Junge Journalisten nehmen sich an ihm ein Vorbild, wenn sie in Rollen schlüpfen, um die dunklen Seiten der gesellschaftlichen Realität aufzudecken - eine... Read more

A pauta da Ilusão - Abridged

By: Julia Elizabeth Volpato de Almeida Levy

Narrated by: Equipe Multicast

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Partindo da noção de que as representações coletivas são produto da atividade social, no presente estudo foquei minha análise nos textos poéticos da MPB. Não me prendi às melodias, apesar de saber que sons combinados refletem ideias sociais. Pude perceber que a música colabora para a concretização de uma certa tendência à ilusão no indivíduo.... Read more

Değişen Beynim - Abridged

By: Sinan Canan

Narrated by: Yüce Armağan Erkek

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bu kitap bizzat sizinle, bizimle ilgili... Anne karnından yaşamımızın sonuna kadar tüm yaşamımızı yönetmek gibi çetin bir işle mükellef o muhteşem et parçasının, yani beyninizin başrolü oynadığı bir macerayı yaşıyoruz hep birlikte. Bu maceranın adı ise "hayat"... Bir sinirbilimci olarak, beyin hakkında herkesin bilmesi gerektiğini... Read more

Unutulacak Şeyler - Abridged

By: Sinan Canan

Narrated by: Nisan Kumru

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Daha önce sizi Fraktal Düşünceler'imin dehlizlerine davet etmiş, ardından Kimsenin Bilemeyeceği Şeyler'in var olduğuna ikna etmeye gayret etmiştim. Sonra da Değişen Be(y)nim ile beyinlerimizi anlatmaya çalıştım size; her birimizin değişmeye nasıl mecbur ve mahkûm olduğunun altını çizmek için… Şimdi, yıllardır kendime hatırlatmaya muvaffak... Read more

Do proletariado ao cibertariado - Abridged

By: FABIANO FERNANDO DA SILVA

Narrated by: Equipe Multicast

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este livro analisa o impacto das inovações tecnológicas na empregabilidade e investiga os desafios do poder público brasileiro decorrentes desse processo, que envolve as nuances entre livre iniciativa e valores sociais do trabalho, fundamentos do Estado Democrático de Direito. Analisa o desemprego tecnológico como fato social resultante da... Read more

Las Malvinas: los sobrevivientes del incendio - Abridged

By: Gian Calsina Calixto

Narrated by: América Barón

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Esta crónica narra las historias de las víctimas y de los sobrevivientes de uno de los peores incendios en la historia del Perú. En el año 2017, Jorge Luis Huamán y Jovi Herrera perdieron la vida al no poder escapar del siniestro, pues permanecían encerrados en un contenedor donde trabajan de manera habitual, sin contrato y sin seguridad en el... Read more

Ich, der Andere - Reportagen aus vier Jahrzehnten (gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Günter Wallraff

Narrated by: Günter Wallraff

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zum 80. Geburtstag des Autors endlich wieder erhältlich: Günter Wallraff wagt sich seit Jahrzehnten in die verschiedensten Rollen, gibt sich immer wieder neue Gesichter, geht an seine Grenzen, erfindungsreich und kompromisslos. Getarnt als Hans Esser enthüllte er in seinem Buch Der Aufmacher die Praktiken der Bild-Zeitung. Für Ganz unten lebte... Read more

The New Joys of Yiddish - Abridged

By: Leo Rosten

Narrated by: Ron Rifkin, Peter Riegert, Harry Goz, Michael G...

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten published the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. Said “to give body and soul to the Yiddish language,” The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for writers, journalists, politicians, and students,... Read more

Live Strong - Abridged

By: The Lance Armstrong Foundation

Narrated by: Alison Fraser & Richard M. Davidson

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Survivors from all walks of life talk about what “living strong” in the face of cancer means to them.

Since the now ubiquitous LIVESTRONG™ wristbands became available in May 2004, the Lance Armstrong Foundation has raised more than $50 million for cancer survivorship programs, and the signature phrase has become a battle cry for those who fight... Read more

Ecofeminismo Crítico Justicia y Ética Interespecies - Abridged

By: Cintia Aparecida de Godoy

Narrated by: Equipe Multicast

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O entendimento de que muitos dos conflitos e desigualdades que enfrentamos atualmente advêm de uma construção logica, histórica e filosófica pode apoiar-nos na hora de encontramos alternativas para o imenso caos civilizatório e planetário no qual nos encontramos. Esta obra nos convida a revisitar alguns aspetos, momentos e narrativas históricas... Read more

Americanidade - Abridged

By: Aylê-Salassié Filgueiras Quintão

Narrated by: Equipe Multicast

Length: 21 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O Mercosul conduz uma forte tendência integracionista regional. Este trabalho tenta identificar matrizes e matizes culturais, econômicos e políticos configuradores de um sentimento patronímico - nem sempre explícito - que permeia as relações entre os povos e países da América (...). Com o nome de ""americanidade"" procura-se caracterizar uma... Read more

Guerrilha - Abridged

By: Normando Rodrigues

Narrated by: Equipe Multicast

Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Visões de conjuntura de uma sociedade complexa serão sempre necessariamente fragmentadas pelo olhar do analista. Assim, apesar da precedência – não necessariamente predominância – da esfera econômica sobre os demais complexos integrantes da totalidade social, por anos nossas "colunas" dedicaram-se o mais das vezes ao direito, numa abordagem... Read more