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Empireland
By: Sathnam Sanghera
Narrated by: Homer Todiwala & Marlon James
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
A best-selling journalist’s illuminating tour through the hidden legacies and modern realities of British empire that exposes how much of the present-day United Kingdom is actually rooted in its colonial past. Empireland boldly and lucidly makes the case that in order to understand America, we must first understand British... Read more
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The World for Sale
By: Javier Blas & Jack Farchy
Narrated by: John Sackville
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or famine-stricken the source.
'This jaw-dropping study shows how much money and global influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny group . . . As the authors roam from oilfield to wheatfield, they reveal information so... Read more
The Infernal Machine
By: Steven Johnson
Narrated by: Steven Johnson
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSON
A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map
Steven Johnson’s... Read more
American Marxism
By: Mark R. Levin
Narrated by: Jeremy Lowell
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The seven-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, Fox News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin explains how the dangers he warned against in the “timely yet timeless” (David Limbaugh, author of Jesus Is Risen) bestseller Liberty and Tyranny have come to pass.
In 2009, Mark R. Levin galvanized conservatives with his... Read more
Too Much and Never Enough
By: Mary L. Trump
Narrated by: Mary L. Trump
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social... Read more
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Rethinking Sex
By: Christine Emba
Narrated by: Christine Emba
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Part searing examination, part call to arms—a bold case against modern sexual ethics, from young Washington Post columnist Christine Emba.
For years now, modern-day sexual ethics has held that “anything goes” when it comes to sex—as long as everyone says yes, and does so enthusiastically. So why, even when consent has been ascertained, are so... Read more
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber
By: Julian Rubinstein
Narrated by: Hachette Assorted Authors
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
An award-wining and "outrageously entertaining" true crime story (San Francisco Chronicle) about the professional hockey player-turned-bank robber whose bizarre and audacious crime spree galvanized Hungary in the decade after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
During the 1990s, while playing for the biggest hockey team in Budapest, Attila Ambrus took... Read more
The Originalism Trap
By: Madiba K. Dennie
Narrated by: Madiba K. Dennie
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it
“The greatest trick conservatives ever pulled was convincing the world that originalism exists. This book is vital for... Read more
The Young Lords
By: Johanna Fernández
Narrated by: Joana Garcia
Length: 23 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Against the backdrop of America's escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a series of urban guerrilla actions against the city's racist policies and contempt for the poor. Their dramatic flair, uncompromising vision, and skillful ability to link local problems to international crises riveted... Read more
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Break 'Em Up
By: Zephyr Teachout
Narrated by: Matt Godfrey & Zephyr Teachout
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
"[We need] a grassroots, bottom-up movement that understands the challenge in front of us, and then organizes against monopoly power in communities across this country. This book is a blueprint for that organizing. In these pages, you will learn how monopolies and oligopolies have taken over almost every aspect of American life, and you will... Read more
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Thank You For Voting
By: Erin Geiger Smith
Narrated by: Lisa Cordileone
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
In this concise, lively look at the past, present, and future of voting, a journalist examines the long and continuing fight for voting equality, why so few Americans today vote, and innovative ways to educate and motivate them; included are checklists of what to do before election day to prepare to vote and encourage others.Voting is a prized... Read more
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela: Booktrack Edition
By: Nelson Mandela
Narrated by: Michael Boatman
Length: 27 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *
The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it"... Read more
Pollution is Colonialism
By: Max Liboiron
Narrated by: Donna Postel
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
In Pollution Is Colonialism Max Liboiron presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. They point out that even when researchers are working toward benevolent goals, environmental science and activism are often premised on a colonial worldview and access to land.... Read more
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The Force of Nonviolence
By: Judith Butler
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Judith Butler's new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. Further, it argues that nonviolence is often misunderstood as a passive practice, or as an individualist ethical relation to existing forms of power. But, in fact, nonviolence is an ethical position found in the midst... Read more
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Republic of Lies
By: Anna Merlan
Narrated by: Anna Merlan & Suehyla El-Attar
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
"This well-produced audiobook is also well researched, and well intentioned." — AudioFile Magazine
This program includes an introduction read by the author.
A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond.
American... Read more
The Narrow Corridor
By: Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson
Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
Length: 23 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
From the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, a crucial new big-picture framework that answers the question of how liberty flourishes in some states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others--and explains how it can continue to thrive despite new threats.
Liberty is hardly the "natural" order of things. In most... Read more
Cobalt Red
By: Siddharth Kara
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
This program includes an author's note read by the author.
An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all.
Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the... Read more
Shopping All the Way to the Woods
By: Rachel S. Gross
Narrated by: Melissa Redmond
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A fascinating history of the profitable paradox of the American outdoor experience: visiting nature first requires shopping
No escape to nature is complete without a trip to an outdoor recreational store or a browse through online offerings. This is the irony of the American outdoor experience: visiting wild spaces supposedly untouched by... Read more
The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript
By: Mark L. Levine, George C. McNamee & Daniel Gree...
Narrated by: J. K. Simmons, Jeff Daniels, Chris Jackson, Joh...
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Republished fifty years later to coincide with the release of the Academy Award–nominated film of the same title written and directed by Aaron Sorkin with an all-star cast, this is the classic account of perhaps the most infamous, and definitely the most entertaining, trial in recent American history.
In the fall of 1969 eight prominent... Read more
On Antisemitism
By: Jewish Voice for Peace
Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false charges of antisemitism or redefining antisemitism can suppress the global progressive fight... Read more
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While Time Remains
By: Yeonmi Park
Narrated by: Maureen Taylor
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart.
After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on... Read more
The Entrepreneurial State
By: Mariana Mazzucato
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
The world's most popular products, from the iPhone to Google Search, were funded not by private companies, but the taxpayer.
In this sharp and controversial international bestseller, an award-winning economist debunks the pervasive myth that the government is sluggish and inept, and at odds with a dynamic private sector. She reveals in detailed... Read more
The Fall
By: Michael Wolff
Narrated by: Michael Wolff
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times Bestseller
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
—Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“Michael Wolff’s books were my foundation and port of entry for working on Succession.”
—Jeremy Strong (“Kendall Roy”)
Meet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional family of Fox News. Until recently, they... Read more
Antisemitism
By: Deborah E. Lipstadt
Narrated by: Ellen Archer, Paul Boehmer & Phoebe Strole
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
***2019 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER—Jewish Education and Identity Award***
The award-winning author of The Eichmann Trial and Denial: Holocaust History on Trial gives us a penetrating and provocative analysis of the hate that will not die, focusing on its current, virulent incarnations on both the political right and left: from white... Read more