Diary of a Young Naturalist
By: Dara McAnulty
Narrated by: Dara McAnulty
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it.
Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of a year in Dara's Northern Ireland home patch. Beginning in spring—when "the sparrows dig the moss from the guttering... Read more
Democracy Lives in Darkness
By: Emily Van Duyn
Narrated by: Sarah Welborn
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
In Democracy Lives in Darkness, Emily Van Duyn discovers and follows a secret political organization of progressive women in a conservative community in rural Texas. Its members met in secret to protect themselves from retaliation by their conservative neighbors, friends, and family. They discussed immigrant rights, women's reproductive rights,... Read more
View audiobookAmerica Second
By: Isaac Stone Fish
Narrated by: William DeMeritt
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
A timely, provocative exposé of American political and business leadership’s deep ties to China: a network of people who believe they are doing the right thing—at a profound and often hidden cost to U.S. interests.
The past few years have seen relations between China and the United States shift, from enthusiastic economic partners, to wary... Read more
The Naked Don't Fear the Water
By: Matthieu Aikins
Narrated by: Nick Nikon
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
“This is a book of radical empathy, crossing many borders – not just borders that separate nations, but also borders of form, borders of meaning, and borders of possibility. It is powerful and humane and deserves to find a wide, wandering readership.” — Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit WestIn this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter... Read more
View audiobookFive Nickels
By: Jim "Boots" Demarest
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
On February 15, 1991, Captain Steve Phillis was leading his wingman, Lieutenant Rob Sweet, on their thirtieth combat mission of Desert Storm flying the A-10 Warthog. They were tasked with attacking Iraq's vaunted Medina Division of the Republican Guards—by far their most dangerous mission of the war.
Near the end of their attacks, Rob was... Read more
There Are No Accidents
By: Jessie Singer
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define all that’s wrong with America.
We hear it all the time: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we’ve been deeply conditioned to just accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer argues convincingly: There are no such things as accidents.... Read more
The Impossible City
By: Karen Cheung
Narrated by: Karen Cheung
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises.
“[A] pulsing debut . . . about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes.”—The New York Times Book Review
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE... Read more
Heartbreak: The Lenka Trilogy Part 1
By: John Righten
Narrated by: Siobhan Waring & Greg Patmore
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
1990. Lenka Brett, a smart but unworldly young, Irish teacher, volunteers to deliver aid when the world learns of the horrifying plight of children in Romanian orphanages. An English naval officer, Captain Simon Syrianus, volunteers to be her co-driver. Together, they join a convoy of humanitarian aid drivers known as the Rogues, the last hope... Read more
View audiobookThe President's Man
By: Dwight Chapin
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 15 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
In time for the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s epic trips to China and Russia, as well as his incredible Watergate downfall, the man who was at his side for a decade as his aide and White House Deputy takes readers inside the life and administration of Richard Nixon.From Richard Nixon’s “You-won’t-have-Nixon-to-kick-around-anymore” 1962... Read more
View audiobookThe Founders Unmasked
By: Jennifer Sabin
Narrated by: Julienne Irons & Jennifer Sabin
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
"Its power to spark important conversations should not be underestimated." —Booklist
"A powerful series that fills in the cracks and illuminates the shadows of the past." —Sherri L. Smith, award-winning author of Flygirl
"[Jennifer Sabin] does a concise, coherent job of breaking down complicated material … an important title for students and an... Read more
Designing for Democracy
By: Jennifer Forestal
Narrated by: Holly Adams
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
How should we "fix" digital technologies to support democracy instead of undermining it? In Designing for Democracy, Jennifer Forestal argues that accurately evaluating the democratic potential of digital spaces means studying how the built environment—a primary component of our "modern public square"—structures our activity, shapes our... Read more
View audiobookThe Jazz Age President
By: Ryan S. Walters
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
He's the butt of political jokes, frequently subjected to ridicule, and almost never absent a "Worst Presidents" list where he most often ends up at the bottom. Historians have labeled him the "Worst President Ever," "Dead Last," "Unfit," and "Incompetent," to name but a few. Many contemporaries were equally cruel. H. L. Mencken called him a... Read more
View audiobookThe Quiet Before
By: Gal Beckerman
Narrated by: Feodor Chin
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • An “elegantly argued and exuberantly narrated” (The New York Times Book Review) look at the building of social movements—from the 1600s to the present—and how current technology is undermining them
“A bravura work of scholarship and reporting, featuring amazing individuals and... Read more
The Legacy of Jim Crow
By: Clarence A. Haynes
Narrated by: Tyla Collier & Jennifer Sabin
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
“A powerful series that fills in the cracks and illuminates the shadows of the past.”–Sherri L. Smith, award-winning author of Flygirl
Introducing a new nonfiction series for the next generation of activists, uncovering the hidden history of the United States through an anti-racist lens.
The true story of the discriminatory laws and ideas that... Read more
The Fifth Horseman and the New MAD
By: Harlan Ullman
Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
Beyond traditional threats from states such as China and Russia and non-state actors employing violent extremism, can America's politics and political system withstand the assaults of the Fifth Horseman and the new MAD, Massive Attacks of Disruption? The Covid-19 pandemic, the January 6 insurrection and takeover of the US Capitol, SolarWinds... Read more
View audiobookCN Annathurai Parliament Speeches
By: CN Annathurai
Narrated by: Ramani
Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Annathurai entered parliamentary politics with his tenure as a Member of the Rajya Sabha. He made 14 memorable speeches which were unprecedented in nature, content, tone and tenor in the history of the Parliament of India. Quite a number of his remarks have become almost proverbial. This audiobook is from the transcripts of Anna's... Read more
View audiobookUmgekehrter Totalitarismus
By: Sheldon S. Wolin
Narrated by: Markus Böker
Length: 18 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
2003 prägte Wolin in einem Zeitungsartikel den Begriff Inverted Totalitarianism (deutsch: Umgekehrter Totalitarismus). Mit dem Buch Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism baute er 2008 seine Argumentation zum Inverted Totalitarianism aus. Die These dieses Werkes ist, dass am Ende des 20.... Read more
View audiobookRudolf Diesel: Der Solidarismus. Natürliche wirtschaftliche Erlösung des Menschen
By: Rudolf Diesel
Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
Length: 4 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
"Dass ich den Dieselmotor erfunden habe, ist schön und gut. Aber meine Hauptleistung ist, dass ich die soziale Frage gelöst habe." Jeder kennt Rudolf Diesel (1858 – 1913) als Erfinder des gleichnamigen Motors. Doch weit wenigeren ist bekannt, dass er im Jahre 1903 mit seinem Werk "Der Solidarismus" das Bild einer neuen Wirtschafts- und... Read more
View audiobookNationale Interessen
By: Klaus von Dohnanyi
Narrated by: Sebastian Dunkelberg
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
In einer Welt des rapiden machtpolitischen und technologischen Wandels müssen sich Deutschland und Europa strategisch neu orientieren: Im Wettkampf zwischen den USA und China gerät Europa bereits zwischen die Fronten. Und dies wird auch unser Verhältnis zu Russland verändern müssen. Jetzt ist ein nüchterner, illusionsloser Blick auf die neuen... Read more
View audiobookNo es normal
By: Viri Ríos
Narrated by: Maya Zapata
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
-NUEVA EDICIÓN- ¿QUÉ TIENE QUE VER SHAKIRA CON QUE NO TENGAMOS BUENOS HOSPITALES PÚBLICOS? ¿QUÉ ESTRATEGIA DE NEGOCIO COMPARTEN LAS TORTILLERÍAS DE PALENQUE CON LAS GRANDES FARMACÉUTICAS? ¿POR QUÉ HAY BEBÉS MEXICANOS QUE HAN TRABAJADO 11 MIL AÑOS? ¿CÓMO ES QUE EL REFRESCO PUEDE MATAR MÁS QUE EL NARCO?En una seductora mezcla de rigor académico... Read more
View audiobookLa casa de la contradicción
By: Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez
Narrated by: Daniel Cubillo
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Pensemos en la democracia no solamente como régimen de la complejidad, sino como régimen de la contradicción La democracia es el espacio donde desembocan todos los ideales políticos de la modernidad. Ahí confluyen impulsos no sólo diversos sino incluso contrarios: la aspiración de identidad y pluralidad, de liderazgo y contrapesos, de libertad e... Read more
View audiobookOtto von Bismarck
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Doug Greene
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, was a conservative German statesman, diplomat, and author who was born Junker Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck. Bismarck supervised Germany's unification in 1871 and functioned as its first chancellor till 1890, throughout which time he ruled Europe for 20 years.From... Read more
View audiobookEl Perú Ilustrado. Semanario para las familias
By: Emma Patricia Victorio Cánovas
Narrated by: Anabel Méndez
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A mediados del siglo XIX, gracias a la invención de la fotografía y al desarrollo de la litografía, surgieron diarios, periódicos y revistas con ilustraciones que ocuparon un lugar importante en el impreso. El ejemplo más representativo es el semanario El Perú Ilustrado. En el libro El Perú Ilustrado. Semanario para las familias. Litografías y... Read more
View audiobookStalin's Library
By: Geoffrey Roberts
Narrated by: Stewart Crank
Length: 12 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library.
In this engaging life of the twentieth century's most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative potential of words and his voracious... Read more