Politics & Economy audiobooks

Hazard Spectrum

By: Nathan Gray

Narrated by: Nathan Gray

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

On 5 December 2002, trainee pilot Nathan Gray walked away from an 'unsurvivable' crash at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire. His instructor, seated behind him, was killed instantly. Despite the physical pain and mental scars, he found the strength and resilience to continue his flying career. Today Commander Nathan Gray is one of the UK's... Read more

Letters for the Ages Winston Churchill

By: Sir Winston S. Churchill

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Letters for the Ages Winston Churchill by W. S. Churchill, read by Sean Barrett.

Here are some of the best of Churchill’s letters, many of a more personal nature, written to a wide range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower.

Letters for the Ages concentrates on the more... Read more

I Got a Name

By: Eliza Robertson & Myles Dolphin

Narrated by: Eliza Robertson

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A vivid and meticulous true-crime story that exposes the deep fractures in a system that repeatedly fails to protect women, while tracking the once-cold trail of a murderer still at large.

Krystal Senyk was the kind of friend everybody wants: a reliable confidant, a handywoman of all trades, and an infectious creative... Read more

Party of One

By: Chun Han Wong

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 14 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies.

Party of One shatters the many myths that shroud one of the... Read more

A Dying Colonialism

By: Frantz Fanon

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Frantz Fanon’s seminal work on anticolonialism and the fifth year of the Algerian RevolutionPsychiatrist, humanist, revolutionary, Frantz Fanon was one of the great political analysts of our time, the author of such seminal works of modern revolutionary theory as The Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin, White Masks. He has had a profound impact... Read more

Muzoon

By: Muzoon Almellehan & Wendy Pearlman

Narrated by: Lara Sawalha

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“Muzoon takes readers on her perilous and ultimately hopeful journey from refugee child to advocate for others in need.”
—Malala Yousafzai, bestselling author and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

When her family had to flee Syria, 14-year-old Muzoon was told to pack only the most essential things—and so she packed her schoolbooks.

This is the... Read more

Lost Son

By: Brett Forrest

Narrated by: Brett Forrest

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A young American lost in Russia. An FBI-cover up. A mystery leading from Washington to the heart of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine. When Billy Reilly vanished, his parents embarked on a desperate search for answers. Was their son’s disappearance connected to his mysterious work for the FBI, or was it a personal quest gone wrong? Only when Wall... Read more

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing

By: Scott J. Shapiro

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 15 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Unsettling, absolutely riveting, and—for better or worse—necessary reading." —Brian Christian, author of Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment Problem

An entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking—and why we all need to understand it.

It’s a signal paradox of our times that we live in an information society but do not know... Read more

The Road to Unafraid

By: Jeff Struecker

Narrated by: Jeff Struecker

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeff Struecker, a "Black Hawk Down" hero, the Army's Top Ranger, now an Army Chaplain, relates his own tales from the frontlines of every U.S. initiative since Panama, and tells how God taught him faith from the front in fear-soaked times. As readers go on-mission with Struecker through his harrowing tales, they will learn how to face their own... Read more

Why Politics Fails

By: Ben Ansell

Narrated by: Ben Ansell

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading political expert explains why systems fail to deliver things we all want—democracy, equality, solidarity, security and prosperity—and what can be done to create a just, equitable, and environmentally sane society.

The dawn of the twenty-first century had the promise of a golden age. The economy was stable and growing, social peace... Read more

Economics 101

By: Alfred Mill

Narrated by: Gibson Frazier

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

So much of the world revolves around economics, so why do most texts make it so dull and difficult to learn? But learning economics doesn’t have to be boring. In Economics 101, you’ll see how learning economics can be engaging.

Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of economics into tedious discourse that would put even Joseph Stiglitz... Read more

Break the Wheel

By: Keith Ellison

Narrated by: Keith Ellison & Willis Williams

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“An unforgettable reading experience.”―Eric Holder

With this powerful and intimate trial diary, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison asks the key question: How do we break the wheel of police violence and finally make it stop?

The murder of George Floyd sparked global outrage. At the center of the conflict and the controversy, Keith Ellison... Read more

The Chile Project

By: Sebastian Edwards

Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells the story of how the neoliberal economic model came to an end in 2021, when Gabriel Boric was elected president, vowing that "If Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, it will also be its grave." More than a story about one Latin American country, The Chile Project is a behind-the-scenes history of... Read more

The Origins of Victory

By: Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 20 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk exposing their countries to great danger.



The... Read more

V Is For Victory

By: Craig Nelson

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 15 hours

Abridged: No

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023

“Belongs in the library alongside the histories and biographies of Martin Gilbert, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and David McCullough.” —Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers

In this epic and definitive history of the American home front during World War II, New York Times bestselling... Read more

The Art of Clear Thinking

By: Hasard Lee

Narrated by: Hasard Lee

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features audio recorded by the author inside a fighter jet.

Based on a career of making high-stakes, split-second decisions as an elite U.S. fighter pilot, The Art of Clear Thinking teaches listeners how to make better decisions in everyday life.

The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the... Read more

Die Türkei unter Erdoğan – Wie sich das Land von der Demokratie und vom Westen verabschiedet hat (ungekürzt)

By: Dimitar Bechev

Narrated by: Dominic Kolb

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Erdoğan gewinnt die Wahl – wie die Türkei wurde, was sie heute ist und was das für Europa bedeutet »Ein erhellendes Buch und sehr zu empfehlen.« Susanne Güsten, Andruck – Das Magazin für Politische Literatur, Deutschlandfunk   Seit seiner Machtübernahme 2002 hat Recep Tayyip Erdoğan einen radikalen Wandel in der Türkei eingeleitet. Das Land,... Read more

The Two Moralities

By: Ronnie Janoff-Bulman

Narrated by: Kim Niemi

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The left and right will always have strong policy disagreements, but constructive debate and negotiation are not possible when each side demonizes the other. In this book, social psychologist Ronnie Janoff-Bulman provides a new framework for understanding why and how we disagree.



Janoff-Bulman asks listeners to consider the challenging... Read more

Lost and Broken

By: Congressman Adam Smith

Narrated by: Congressman Adam Smith

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Adam Smith, 26-year member of Congress and Chair of the House Armed Services Committee for the last four years, offers a candid memoir about his years-long struggle with anxiety and chronic pain, and the winding path to find the right diagnosis and treatment.“Early one morning in April of 2016 I woke up and seriously contemplated the possibility... Read more

Pielęgniarka - Historia zbrodni, które wstrząsnęły Skandynawią

By: Kristian Corfixen

Narrated by: Jakub Kamieński

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

True crime, które stało się hitem Netflixa!Wczesnym rankiem w marcu 2015 roku operator policji odbiera telefon. Pielęgniarka ze Szpitala w Nykøbing Falster podejrzewa koleżankę z pracy o umyślne doprowadzanie do śmierci pacjentów. Kobieta obawia się, że właśnie doszło do kolejnego morderstwa. Wkrótce coraz więcej potencjalnych świadków zarzuca... Read more

The Canadian Citizenship Test

By: Toronto Publications

Narrated by: Royce Turner

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

What the students who pass the Canadian Citizenship Test on their first attempt know, that you don’t...Maybe you’re worried about not passing your examination and getting your passport?Or maybe you have no idea where to begin when it comes to preparing for the test?If that sounds like you, fortunately, we’ve got your back.We want to ensure that... Read more

Beyond the Golden Door

By: Ali Master

Narrated by: Ali Master

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In this powerful and inspiring memoir, a Pakistani immigrant shares his story of finding new freedoms and a new faith in America.It’s easy to talk about freedom. But unless someone has lived in a world that suffocates freedom, it’s difficult to appreciate the liberty found in America. This is the true story of a Pakistani Muslim who immigrates... Read more

La Constitución Sin Autoridad no es Traición

By: Lysander Spooner

Narrated by: Jorge Ramírez

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Lysander Spooner fue un filósofo político, abolicionista y escritor estadounidense del siglo XIX. Es conocido por su defensa del individualismo radical y su crítica al Estado y al sistema legal.Uno de los ensayos más conocidos de Spooner es "La Constitución sin Autoridad", en el cual argumenta que la Constitución de Estados Unidos no tiene una... Read more

Das Ende der Geduld (ungekürzt)

By: Kirsten Heisig

Narrated by: Dunja Hayali

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Mehr Konsequenz im Umgang mit jugendlichen Gewalttätern: Jugendliche Gewalttäter - sie werden immer brutaler und jünger. Viele Menschen meiden mittlerweile bestimmte Straßen, Plätze und Stadtviertel sowie nächtliche Fahrten in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln. Eltern und Lehrer fürchten die Gewalt in ihren Schulen, Polizei und Sozialarbeiter kommen... Read more