Social Science audiobooks

The Perennials

By: Mauro F. Guillén

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Get the best from accelerating social change with the new audiobook from the bestselling author of 2030 and “acclaimed thought leader” (Kirkus), Mauro Guillén. Adam Grant praises how the book "invites us to rethink our careers, our families, and our future plans.” Find out why business leaders and bestselling authors around the world are calling... Read more

Desire

By: Lauren Fogel Mersy & Jennifer A. Vencill

Narrated by: Samara Naeymi

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A radically inclusive, sex-positive guide to managing the inevitable libido differences in our relationships, authored by two certified sex therapists who are passionate about good sex

2024 Distinguished Book Award Winner, selected by the American Psychological Association’s Division 44

Desire invites readers of all ages, genders, sexual... Read more

Married Women Who Love Women

By: Carren Strock

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally written in the 1990s, this book remains a key resource for women in heterosexual marriages who discover, or are coming to terms with, their lesbianism or bisexuality.



Celebrating twenty-five years since first publication, this book shares the author's personal story, as well as the descriptive experience of others, to provide... Read more

Selbstliebe – Über Herkunft und Gerechtigkeit (ungekürzt)

By: bell hooks

Narrated by: Luise Georgi

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

What's Love Got to Do with It? – Warum Liebe(n) eine gesellschaftliche Notwendigkeit ist   »Dieses Buch, das sich mit der aktuellen Bedeutung der Liebe im Leben der Schwarzen befasst und eine Vorlage für das Überleben und die Selbstbestimmung der Schwarzen bieten soll, führt uns kühn zum Kern der Sache. Uns selbst mit Liebe zu begegnen, unser... Read more

Quiet Street

By: Nick McDonell

Narrated by: Nick McDonell

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold and deeply personal exploration of wealth, power, and the American elite, exposing how the ruling class—intentionally or not—perpetuates cycles of injustice

"[A] story about American inequity, and how it mindlessly, immorally, reproduces itself. Unlike most such stories, however, this one left me believing in the possibility...of drastic... Read more

Dream Town

By: Laura Meckler

Narrated by: Debi Tinsley & Laura Meckler

Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Can a group of well-intentioned people fulfill the promise of racial integration in America?

In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what’s being done to move forward—in... Read more

Gossip Men

By: Christopher M. Elias

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book. J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, and Roy Cohn were titanic figures in midcentury America, wielding national power in government and the legal system through intimidation and insinuation. Hoover’s FBI thrived on secrecy, threats, and illegal surveillance, while McCarthy and Cohn will... Read more

How States Shaped Postwar America

By: Nicholas Dagen Bloom

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book.

The history of public policy in postwar America tends to fixate on developments at the national level, overlooking the crucial work done by individual states in the 1960s and ’70s. In this book, Nicholas Dagen Bloom demonstrates the significant and enduring impact of activist states in... Read more

The New World Order: The History of the World’s Most Notorious Global Conspiracy Theory

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Steve Knupp

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Conspiracy theories, and particularly the belief that elements of the world are secretly controlled by individuals or groups, have been around for as long as people have lived in groups. Perhaps that’s inevitable - after all, those who are excluded from power are very likely to be inclined to see their position not as an outcome of their own... Read more

Diversidad Sexual

By: Oslos Molina

Narrated by: Oslos Molina

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

La diversidad sexual hace referencia a todas las posibilidades que tienen las personas de asumir, expresar y vivir la sexualidad, así como de asumir expresiones, preferencias u orientaciones, identidades sexuales y de género —distintas en cada cultura y persona. Read more

Je band met Nederland - Verhuisd naar Spanje (Formy & Jaap)

By: Peter de Ruiter

Narrated by: Peter de Ruiter

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Voor liefhebbers van 'Ik vertrek', 'Erica op reis' en de programma's van Floortje Dessing.Elk jaar emigreren ongeveer 40.000 Nederlanders naar het buitenland. Wat is hun verhaal? En in hoeverre voelen ze zich nog verbonden met Nederland?In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over... Read more

IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS

By: Hazel Robinett

Narrated by: Evan Brown

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

"Improve Communication Skills" is a comprehensive guide to improving your communication skills in all areas of your life.Whether you are looking to improve your professional or personal relationships, this book will provide you with the tools and strategies you need to effectively communicate with others.Here are some key topics covered in the... Read more

Confesiones de un traficante de personas - Abridged

By: Andrea di Nicola & Giampolo Musumeci

Narrated by: Rodrigo Martínez

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Por primera vez hablan los hombres que controlan el tráfico de personas. ¿Qué hay detrás de las dramáticas imágenes de pateras repletas de migrantes que atraviesan el Mediterráneo? ¿Cómo nace el impulso de abandonarlo todo en busca de una vida mejor, y quién satisface esta demanda en un mundo en el que hasta la desesperación se convierte en... Read more

The Place We Make

By: Sarah L. Sanderson

Narrated by: Sarah L. Sanderson & Chanté Griffin

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A thoughtful investigation into the incredible true story of a Black man convicted and exiled under the Oregon Exclusion Law in 1851—and a contemporary White woman wrestling with racism and faith after learning she’s a descendant of two men who assisted in the exile.

“A beautiful rendering of an ugly history. A worthy read.”—Chanté Griffin,... Read more

In Defense of Love

By: Ron Rosenbaum

Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed author of The Shakespeare Wars and Explaining Hitler comes a stirring manifesto on love in the modern age.

Who wrote the book of love?

In an impassioned polemic, Ron Rosenbaum—who has written books on the mysteries of Hitler’s evil, the magic of Shakespeare’s words, and the terrifying power of thermonuclear explosions—takes on... Read more

No Meat Required

By: Alicia Kennedy

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

No Meat Required is a bestselling culinary and cultural history of plant-based eating in the United States that delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined alternative food—Diet for a Small Planet for a new generation

The vegan diet used to be associated only with eccentric hippies and tofu-loving activists who shop at co-ops and... Read more

The Women of NOW

By: Katherine Turk

Narrated by: Kimberly M. Wetherell

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The history of NOW—its organization, trials, and revolutionary mission—told through the work of three members.

In the summer of 1966, crammed into a DC hotel suite and passing paper cups of liquor, twenty-eight women hatched a revolutionary plan. Betty Friedan, the well-known author of The Feminine Mystique, and Pauli Murray, a lawyer at the... Read more

The Great White Bard

By: Farah Karim-Cooper

Narrated by: Farah Karim-Cooper & Adjoa Andoh

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: TIME, NPR, The New Yorker, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly

As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant?

Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his... Read more

Abortion

By: Pauline Harmange

Narrated by: Jennifer Smith

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of I Hate Men, a personal and political reflection on abortion rights.



Discussion about abortion and associated rights are often limited to either "anti-abortion" or "pro-choice," the latter of which focuses on the importance of having the right to choose, rather than on what that right means for real people.



In this timely essay,... Read more

P.S. Burn This Letter Please

By: Craig Olsen

Narrated by: Tony Casey (The Established, Shanda Leer)

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha Velour

Their greatest act of resistance was simply existing

In the 1950s, as now, queer people were attracted to the Big Apple because they were able to find work as drag performers and female impersonators in a small number of Lower East Side clubs.

Decades before Stonewall, they occupied... Read more

How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?

By: Suchitra Vijayan & Francesca Recchia

Narrated by: Anu Anand, Sam Dastor, Sahera Chohan, Raj Ghata...

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. The BJP's political dream is clear: to achieve the ethno-nationalist aim of an exclusively 'Hindu' India, while targeting anyone who dares to question or dissent.In this unique book, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia... Read more

Tyranny of the Gene

By: James Tabery

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A revelatory account of how power, politics, and greed have placed the unfulfilled promise of personalized medicine at the center of American medicine

The United States is embarking on a medical revolution. Supporters of personalized, or precision, medicine—the tailoring of health care to our genomes—have promised to usher in a new era of miracle... Read more

Be Better Than Your BS

By: Risha Grant

Narrated by: Risha Grant

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

DEI consultant and corporate speaker, Risha Grant, shares her practice of learning how to welcome and embrace people's full humanity, without BS, full stop. What's BS? It's bullshit for sure, but more specifically it's the powerful and often invisible belief systems we've been steeped in since birth-the judgment and bias we carry with us that... Read more

American Idolatry

By: Andrew L. Whitehead

Narrated by: Andrew L. Whitehead

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity.



Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey and reveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of... Read more