Social Science audiobooks

The Riddles of the Sphinx

By: Anna Shechtman

Narrated by: Anna Shechtman

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen’s Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator’s compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women’s work and feminist protest.The indisputable “queen of crosswords,” Anna Shechtman published her first New York... Read more

Welcome to AI

By: David L. Shrier

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating guide to the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence and how this powerful technology will impact our lives, our careers, and our world.



Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution.



In schools and universities AI technology has forced a reevaluation of the way... Read more

CONTROL

By: Warren Mcfadden

Narrated by: WARREN MCFADDEN

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Chapter 1 Desire The root of all suffering is attachment and desireBuddha
Buddha said that “the root of suffering is attachment and desire.” But what does attachment and desire exactly mean? It's basically what we do when we hold on to things in an effort to find happiness and comfort. We don't just cling to things that give us joy, but we also... Read more

Guardrails

By: Urs Gasser & Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Narrated by: Anand Jagatia

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Anand Jagatia reveals how society can shape individual actions in times of uncertaintyWhen we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, "guardrails" guiding our decisions, like the laws and rules that govern us. But what are good guardrails in today's world of overwhelming information flows and... Read more

The Model Black

By: Barbara Banda

Narrated by: Patricia Grant

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is for anyone who wants to understand what being more inclusive at work means, especially as it relates to black leaders. Based on candid interviews with thirty successful black leaders, it peels away the multifaceted layers of black British leaders in organizations to offer a new way of thinking about the black British experience.



This... Read more

Waiting for the Monsoon

By: Rod Nordland

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A legendary New York Times war correspondent delivers his unforgettable final dispatch: a deeply moving meditation on life inspired by his sudden battle with terminal brain cancer.For thirty years, Rod Nordland shadowed death. As one of his generation's preeminent war correspondents, he reported in over 150 countries, many of which were in... Read more

A History of Women in 101 Objects

By: Annabelle Hirsch

Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Katy Hessel, Anita Rani, Jack...

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the hidden history of women—and the world—through this visual exploration of intimate objects and the surprising, sometimes shocking stories behind them.

“I adored this book!”—Olivia Colman

This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular: a single... Read more

Imagine Freedom

By: Rahiel Tesfamariam

Narrated by: Rahiel Tesfamariam

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A social activist, journalist, public theologian, and international speaker who has become a powerful and brilliant voice of her generation offers a bold path to liberation and healing for people of African descent struggling in the shadows of the American Dream. The United States is at a critical juncture in its history. Not since the 1960s has... Read more

The lncluders

By: Colette A.M. Phillips

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

It's a simple fact that the people who make policy and oversee government, sports, business, and the arts and entertainment are most commonly white men. Another fact: We cannot achieve meaningful progress if we exclude the very people who have the power to make systemic change.



This handbook is free of any attempts to shame, blame, or guilt... Read more

Beautiful People

By: Melissa Blake

Narrated by: Melissa Blake

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Well-known disability activist and social media influencer, Melissa Blake, offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies.

In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake’s work in a YouTube video. What happened... Read more

Unbecoming a Lady

By: Therese Oneill

Narrated by: Betsy Foldes Meiman & Chanté McCormick

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t attractive, well-spoken, demure, or sinless enough to receive their rightful place in history, until now, from New York Times bestselling author Therese Oneill.

Slut. Shrew. Sinful. Scold. The 19th- and early 20th-century American women profiled in... Read more

There Were Giants Upon the Earth

By: Zecharia Sitchin

Narrated by: D. Cash Keahey

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The crowning work of the bestselling Earth Chronicles series

• Reveals the existence of physical evidence of alien presence on Earth in the distant past

• Identifies and describes the demigods, such as Gilgamesh, descended from these visitors

• Outlines the tests of this physical evidence of alien presence that could unlock the secrets of health,... Read more

Theurgy: Theory and Practice

By: P. D. Newman

Narrated by: Michael Ellick

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

• Explores the many theurgic themes and events in the Odyssey and the Iliad

• Analyzes the writings of Neoplatonists Porphyry and Proclus, showing how both describe the technical ritual praxis of theurgy in Homeric terms

• Examines the methods of telestikē, a form of theurgic statue animation and technique to divinize the soul, and how theurgy is... Read more

Islam & Blackness

By: Jonathan A.C. Brown

Narrated by: David Williamson

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The most comprehensive examination to date of the claim that Islam, as a system of scripture, law and spirituality, is antiblack

It is commonly claimed that Islam is antiblack, even inherently bent on enslaving Black Africans. Western and African critics alike have contended that antiblack racism is in the faith's very scriptural foundations... Read more

On Borrowed Time

By: Gregor Craigie

Narrated by: Gregor Craigie

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist, Balsillie Prize for Public Policy and Victoria Butler Book Prize

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book

The Big One and what we can do to get ready for it.

Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a zone that... Read more

A Good Bad Boy

By: Margaret Wappler

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, George Newbern & Margaret ...

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210.

Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019. There have been other deaths of nineties stars, but this one hit different. Gen X was reminded... Read more

The Two-Parent Privilege

By: Melissa S. Kearney

Narrated by: Cait Raymond

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Two-Parent Privilege, Melissa S. Kearney makes a data-driven case for marriage by showing how the institution's decline has led to a host of economic woes—problems that have fractured American society and rendered vulnerable populations even more vulnerable. Eschewing the religious and values-based arguments that have long dominated this... Read more

Our Next Reality

By: Alvin Wang Graylin & Louis Rosenberg

Narrated by: Ciaran Saward

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"Our Next Reality does a fantastic job of giving a balanced and insightful analysis to some of the most pressing questions our society will face in the near future. The material is data driven, digestible, and very actionable." RAY KURZWEIL, Author/Entrepreneur/Futurist

"A wide-reaching exploration of the intersections between AI, VR and AR: it's... Read more

Metaracism

By: Tricia Rose

Narrated by: Mela Lee & Tricia Rose

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive book on how systemic racism in America really works, revealing the vast and often hidden network of interconnected policies, practices, and beliefs that combine to devastate Black lives

In recent years, condemnations of racism in America have echoed from the streets to corporate boardrooms. At the same time, politicians and... Read more

Over the Influence

By: Kara Alaimo

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This essential audiobook is a rallying cry for women to recognize and reject the ways social media is being weaponized against us — and instead wield it to empower ourselves.

In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and... Read more

Personas Que Nacen Solo Una Vez En Mil Años

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"Personas Que Nacen Solo Una Vez En Mil Años" es un viaje fascinante hacia las vidas de aquellos individuos cuya presencia en el mundo es tan excepcional que solo se produce una vez en un milenio. A través de estas páginas, el lector se sumergirá en un tapiz de historias que abarcan desde la antigüedad hasta la era contemporánea, explorando las... Read more

Notes on Feminism

By: Lauren Windle

Narrated by: Lauren Windle

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Is it possible to be a Christian and a feminist?
The hot topic of feminism has been well documented and debated in mainstream media and yet, as Christians we come to the conversation from a slightly different vantage point. For starters, we have the benefit of a personal relationship with our creator plus the ultimate handbook in the Bible to... Read more

Social Skills

By: Jonathan S. Parker

Narrated by: Sean Posvistak

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered how different your life would be if you were more socially confident or charismatic?
From early on in our lives, a lot of emphases has been put into academic ability and its relation to our success or lack of it.
While academic ability can be important, it is now believed that in reality, it is our ability to adapt to our... Read more

Apocalypse Flame

By: Johnny99

Narrated by: MAGGIE MITCHELL

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Explore the Brink of Existence in the Embers of Tomorrow
In Apocalypse Flame: The Condemned World We Live In, the world teeters between salvation and ruin, offering a deep dive into the calamities of the 21st century. This book combines a provocative narrative with well-researched insights to reveal the flaws within modern civilization.
Begin your... Read more