Politics & Economy audiobooks

Money Machine

By: Weijian Shan

Narrated by: Tim Lounibos

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In Money Machine: A Trailblazing American Venture in China, Weijian Shan delivers a compelling account of one of the most significant deals in private equity history: the first and only foreign acquisition of control of a Chinese national bank. Money Machine is the fascinating inside story of the transaction as told by the man who led it, from... Read more

Brown Boy

By: Omer Aziz

Narrated by: Omer Aziz

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

An uncompromising portrait of identity, family, religion, race, and class that “cuts to the bone” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) told through Omer Aziz’s incisive and luminous prose.

In a tough neighborhood on the outskirts of Toronto, miles away from wealthy white downtown, Omer Aziz struggles to find his place as a first-generation... Read more

Alice

By: Stacy A. Cordery

Narrated by: Alex Picard

Length: 19 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

An entertaining and eye-opening biography of America's most memorable first daughter

From the moment Teddy Roosevelt's outrageous and charming teenage daughter strode into the White House—carrying a snake and dangling a cigarette—the outspoken Alice began to put her imprint on the whole of the twentieth-century political scene. Her barbed tongue... Read more

The Global in the Local

By: Xin Zhang

Narrated by: David Lee Huynh

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Fear swept Zhenjiang as British soldiers gathered outside the city walls in the summer of 1842. Already suspicious of foreigners, locals had also heard of the suffering the British inflicted two months earlier, in Zhapu. A wave of suicides and mercy killings ensued: rather than leave their families to the invaders, hundreds of women killed... Read more

Diary of an Invasion

By: Andrey Kurkov

Narrated by: David Aranovich

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most important Ukrainian voices throughout the Russian invasion, the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees collects his searing dispatches from the heart of Kyiv.



This journal of the invasion, a collection of Andrey Kurkov's writings and broadcasts from Kyiv, is a remarkable record of a brilliant writer at the forefront of a... Read more

Nine Black Robes

By: Joan Biskupic

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Editor's Choice""Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the court as well as anyone now covering it... In her new book Biskupic has done something different and a good deal harder. She has written a group narrative that combines close accounts of the court's public business in the Trump years with a history... Read more

Mass Shootings in America

By: Jaclyn Schildkraut

Narrated by: April Doty

Length: 16 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is an informed and informative resource for understanding the reasons for and consequences of mass shootings in America. It includes essays from experts in the fields of criminal justice, sociology, and psychology about key issues surrounding the phenomenon of mass shootings and a collection of opinion pieces that provide insights into... Read more

The Kneeling Man

By: Leta McCollough Seletzky

Narrated by: Leta McCollough Seletzky

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The intimate and heartbreaking story of a Black undercover police officer who famously kneeled by the assassinated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr—and a daughter’s quest for the truth about her fatherIn the famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of Memphis’s Lorraine Motel, one man kneeled down beside... Read more

The Wisdom of the Bullfrog

By: Admiral William H. McRaven

Narrated by: Admiral William H. McRaven

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed—a short, inspirational book of advice and leadership lessons that Admiral McRaven collected over his four decades as a Navy SEAL.

The title “Bullfrog” is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty. Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in... Read more

Ecological Footprint

By: Mathis Wackernagel & Bert Beyers

Narrated by: Adam Farnsworth

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The only metric that tracks how much nature we have – and how much nature we use Ecological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew — its biocapacity — and distils this into one number: how many... Read more

The Rise of the Soviet Union

By: History Retold

Narrated by: Henry Andersen

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the Powerful Story of the October Revolution and How It Changed History.Welcome to an exciting journey into the history of one of the most significant events in modern history. The October Revolution, led by Vladimir Lenin and his Bolsheviks, changed the world forever. Learn about Tsar Nicholas II and his overthrow, Leon Trotsky’s... Read more

How to Make Money in High School and College

By: Clement Harrison

Narrated by: Vicky David

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In How to Make Money in High School, you will discover:
How you can earn passive income while still attending school 30 diverse money-making ideas that you can start right away The unglamorous jobs that can actually make you hundreds of dollars in tips How to make $1,000 extra cash over a weekend with this fun scavenging racket The #1 thing you... Read more

The Great Depression

By: History Retold

Narrated by: Henry Andersen

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This comprehensive book dives deep into the history and events that lead to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and its lasting impact on society and culture.
The Great Depression was a period of unprecedented economic struggle, beginning with the stock market collapse of 1929. As the economy plummeted, so did the lives and livelihoods of millions... Read more

Andrew Carnegie: Reichtum und sein Gebrauch

By: Andrew Carnegie

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

"Was also ist Reichtum? Wie entsteht er und wie verteilt er sich?" Andrew Carnegie (1835 – 1919), der seinerzeit einer der drei reichsten Amerikaner war, schrieb einen der ersten Ratgeber für wirtschaftlichen Erfolg: "The Empire of Business". In diesem Bestseller erklärt er, wie man es nach oben schaffen kann – und begründete damit das Genre der... Read more

Happy Money Happy Life

By: Jason Vitug

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Transform your relationship with money into one that powers true wellbeing. Money can buy happiness when you spend it on wellness.

In Happy Money Happy Life: A Multidimensional Approach to Health, Wealth, and Financial Freedom, celebrated writer, speaker, and entrepreneur Jason Vitug delivers an exciting and practical discussion at the... Read more

The Great Depression

By: Days of History

Narrated by: Theo Dawson

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to The Great Depression: The History of the 1930s Depression. With the Wall Street Crash, the New Deal, and the Rise of Fascism in Europe. The Great Depression of the 1930s was one of the most devastating economic crises in modern history. It brought poverty and despair to millions of people around the world. But it also sparked a wave... Read more

René Descartes: Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie

By: René Descartes

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

"Cogito, ergo sum: Ich denke, also bin ich." Einer der wohl berühmtesten Sätze der Philosophiegeschichte stammt von René Descartes. In seinem Grundlagenwerk denkt er in sechs Meditationen über Metaphysik und Erkenntnistheorie nach. Themen sind der Zweifel, die Natur des menschlichen Geistes, das Dasein Gottes, das Wahre und das Falsche, die... Read more

Hijos de la fábula

By: Fernando Aramburu

Narrated by: Pablo Ibáñez Durán

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

La nueva novela del autor de Patria sobre gentes vascas: una obra irónica, demoledora, divertidísima. «Me rindo ante Aramburu. Acaba de sacar una novela divertidísima. Con un dúo de personajes cómicos que son, a la vez, Don Quijote y Sancho, el Gordo y el Flaco y Vladímir y Estragón. El humor devuelve una imagen patética a quienes se ven como... Read more

Make Money Online

By: Mark J. Cooper

Narrated by: Benjamin K. Smith

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you tired of the daily grind and want to take control of your life? Do you dream of working from anywhere in the world, on your own terms?With this comprehensive guide to affiliate marketing, you can learn the skills and strategies needed to start earning money online. With a focus on passive income streams, this audiobook will teach you how... Read more

Where To from Here

By: Bill Morneau

Narrated by: Bill Morneau

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Bill Morneau’s experience as Canada’s finance minister crystalized his vision for the country’s potential for growth and prosperity. Where To from Here looks backward with coolness and candor and forward with a fresh vision of all that Canada can — and must — become. Much of the world reacted with surprise and admiration to the results of... Read more

Values, Voice and Virtue

By: Matthew Goodwin

Narrated by: Matthew Goodwin

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Over the last decade, Britain has been rocked by a series of political revolts. The rise of national populism, the vote for Brexit, Boris Johnson's emphatic 2019 election victory, the fall of Labour's Red Wall, and the emergence of a very different brand of conservatism have all outflanked the country's liberal... Read more

The Poverty of Historicism

By: Karl Popper

Narrated by: Martyn Swain

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“Probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century” – ARTHUR KOESTLER

Karl Popper's THE POVERTY OF HISTORICISM is one of the most important books on the social sciences to have appeared since the Second World War. It is also the work of one of the most original thinkers of the twentieth-century, and a devastating criticism... Read more

Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

By: Leslie Kern

Narrated by: Parmida Vand

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite’s guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time. Gentrification is no longer a phenomenon to be debated by geographers or downplayed by urban planners—it’s an experience lived and felt by working-class... Read more

El camino de México

By: Marcelo Ebrard

Narrated by: Marcelo Ebrard & Alex Ortega

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Quiero ser presidente de México, sí. Escribí este libro para contar en primera persona quién es Marcelo Ebrard, el hombre, el político y el funcionario público que lleva 40 años de trayectoria. Porque mi ambición es que el país alcance al fin su máximo potencial. Tengo la capacidad y la experiencia que ningún otro político posee para aprovechar... Read more