Social Science audiobooks

Breaking the Gender Code

By: Georgina Hickey

Narrated by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

From the closing years of the nineteenth century, women received subtle—and not so subtle—messages that they shouldn't be in public. Or, if they were, that they were not safe. Breaking the Gender Code tells the story of both this danger narrative and the resistance to it.



Historian Georgina Hickey investigates challenges to the code of urban... Read more

The Land in Our Bones

By: Layla K. Feghali

Narrated by: Layla K. Feghali

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A profound and searching exploration of the herbs, foodways, and land-based medicines of Lebanon and Canaan—a deep invitation to remember and reconnect to our roots amid displacement and in diaspora.

Herbalist and author Layla K. Feghali shares a nuanced and layered cultural history of the healing plants of Southwest Asia and North Africa (the... Read more

IF YOU SEE THEM

By: Vicki Sokolik

Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde, Oscar Reyes & Anna Crowe

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves.
They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends’ couches, in parks, or on the streets. Their official designation... Read more

We Thought It Would Be Heaven

By: Blair Sackett & Annette Lareau

Narrated by: Angela Scappatura

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Resettled refugees in America face a land of daunting obstacles where small things—one person, one encounter—can make all the difference in getting ahead or falling behind.



Fleeing war and violence, many refugees dream that moving to the United States will be like going to Heaven. Instead, they enter a deeply unequal American society, often at... Read more

A Map of Future Ruins

By: Lauren Markham

Narrated by: Gilli Messer

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“This stunning meditation on nostalgia, heritage, and compassion asks us to dismantle the stories we’ve been told—and told ourselves—in order to naturalize the forms of injustice we’ve come to understand as order.” —Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams
 
When and how did migration become a crime? Why does ancient Greece remain so... Read more

Big Mall

By: Kate Black

Narrated by: Tara Koehler

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism, is shopping what makes life worth living? In less than a century, the shopping mall has morphed from a blueprint for a socialist utopia to something else entirely: a home to disaffected mallrats and depressed zoo... Read more

Death in Custody

By: Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD & Jay D. Aronson, PhD

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Deaths resulting from interactions with the US criminal legal system are a public health emergency, but the scope of this issue is intentionally ignored by the very systems that are supposed to be tracking these fatalities. In order to make a real difference and address this human rights problem, researchers and policy makers need reliable... Read more

An American Dreamer

By: David Finkel

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbors in this immersive account by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thank You for Your Service and The Good Soldiers.

“A timely and compelling argument for tolerance and moral character in times of extreme... Read more

Shakespeare's White Others

By: David Sterling Brown

Narrated by: David Sterling Brown

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Examining the racially white 'others' whom Shakespeare creates in characters like Richard III, Hamlet, and Tamora—figures who are never quite 'white enough'—this bold and compelling work emphasizes how such classification perpetuates anti-Blackness and reaffirms white supremacy. David Sterling Brown offers nothing less here than a wholesale... Read more

Spirituality Is For Every Body

By: Allison V. Thompkins, PhD

Narrated by: Shellynne Vontoure

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Allison Thompkins was born with cerebral palsy and a deep knowing that she has a mission in this life to advocate for the rights of disabled people-a group whose voices are often ignored or silenced. In this first-of-its-kind book, Allison addresses essential spiritual themes-like surrender, prayer, synchronicities, meditation, grace,... Read more

Cocktails with George and Martha

By: Philip Gefter

Narrated by: Alexa Morden

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter, read by Alexa Morden.

"Very smart and entertaining . . . dishy-yet-earnest . . . Gefter shows why Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit the ‘60s like a torpedo."—NPR, Fresh Air

“Raucous, unpredictable, wild, and affecting.”—Entertainment Weekly

An award-winning writer reveals the... Read more

Brought Forth on This Continent

By: Harold Holzer

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 12 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War.

In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nation’s demographics, culture,... Read more

The Other Significant Others

By: Rhaina Cohen

Narrated by: Rhaina Cohen

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Author Rhaina Cohen’s vocal warmth and commitment to her ideas make this a touching audiobook. Her thinking and humanitarian spirit are well served by a performance that resonates with her broad sociological perspectives, as well as her desire to connect with listeners."—AudioFile

This program is read by the author.

"Rhaina Cohen’s moving,... Read more

Policing Pregnant Bodies

By: Kathleen M. Crowther

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, asserting that the Constitution did not confer the right to abortion. This ruling, in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case, was the culmination of a half-century of pro-life activism promoting the idea that fetuses are people and therefore entitled to the rights and... Read more

White as Milk and Rice

By: Nidhi Dugar Kundalia

Narrated by: Avantika Akerkar

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Maria girls from Bastar practise sex as an institution before marriage, but with rules-one may not sleep with a partner more than three times; the Hallaki women from the Konkan coast sing throughout the day-in forests, fields, the market and at protests; the Kanjars have plundered, looted and killed generation after generation, and will show... Read more

The Zong

By: James Walvin

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship Zong and the lasting repercussions of this horrifying event



On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for slavery in America. The captain believed his ship... Read more

Cómo hablar con cualquiera [How to Talk to Anyone]

By: Chase Hill

Narrated by: Maxi Tissot

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Descubre cómo iniciar conversaciones fácilmente y hablar con confianza. Dile adiós a los silencios incómodos y a las oportunidades perdidas. Descubre el secreto para dominar la comunicación con quien sea y cuando sea.Hablar es quizá una de las formas más fundamentales de conectar con los demás. No obstante, a menudo descubrirás que las... Read more

Women in Politics

By: Mary Chung Hayashi

Narrated by: Tina Marie Cruz

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the inspiring journey of women in government through the lens of author Mary Chung Hayashi. This contemporary analysis blends personal experiences, interviews, and powerful stories of trailblazing leaders, emphasizing the need for gender-political parity and inclusive leadership in today's democracy.
In "Women In Politics," award-winning... Read more

Coming of Age in Samoa

By: Margaret Mead

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilization" by Margaret Mead is a pioneering work in cultural anthropology that examines the adolescence and cultural practices of Samoan youth. Originally published in 1928, Mead's study challenges Western assumptions about the universality of adolescent experiences... Read more

Sex and Repression in Savage Society

By: Bronisław Malinowski

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Bronislaw Malinowski's seminal work, "Sex and Repression in Savage Society," delves into the intricate dynamics of sexuality and societal control within primitive cultures. Published in 1927, this ethnographic study challenges prevailing Victorian notions of sexuality and sheds light on the nuanced ways in which indigenous societies navigate and... Read more

L'art de faire l'amour à une femme

By: Julie du Chemin

Narrated by: Julie du Chemin

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Si la sexualité est parfaitement naturelle, elle n’est pas naturellement parfaite. Vous pouvez apprendre à faire l’amour comme un jazz man ou un photographe apprennent à maîtriser leur art. A l’heure d’une sexualité banalisée, choisissez une voie plus sacrée : celle de devenir un artiste du plaisir. Faire l’amour à une femme pour l’emmener au... Read more

Abschied von den Boomern (Ungekürzt)

By: Heinz Bude

Narrated by: Wolfgang Wagner

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Boomer nehmen Abschied. Wer zwischen 1955 und 1970 in der Zeit der geburtenstarken Jahrgänge zur Welt gekommen ist, hat den Ruhestand erreicht oder zählt zu den Älteren, die nach und nach ihre Posten freimachen. Die Boomer verbindet das Gefühl, dass es zu viele von ihnen gibt, das spürten sie schon in überfüllten Klassenzimmern und später... Read more

Una habitación propia

By: Virginia Woolf

Narrated by: Max Garzón

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Gratis por lanzamiento!-En español neutro, narración humana-Una habitación propia es un ensayo escrito por Virginia Woolf. Publicado por primera vez el 24 de octubre de 1929, el ensayo está basado en una serie de conferencias que la autora desarrolló en octubre de 1928 en el Newnham College y el Girton College, ambas universidades femeninas de... Read more

Submissive Training

By: Melissa Beach & More Sex More Fun Book Club

Narrated by: Anessa Morrison & Tracy McCall

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Pain and pleasure. Punishment and reward. Is that was BDSM is all about? It's a huge misunderstanding that BDSM is just about punishing the Sub. BDSM is much deeper than that. It's a safe sexual role-playing game on many different levels. The physical level is one, but there's more. What's so exciting about BDSM is that the Sub is involved in... Read more