Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Justices Behind Roe V. Wade

By: Bob Woodward & Scott Armstrong

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling, behind-the-scenes account of the revolutionary Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling.

The Justices Behind Roe V. Wade offers a front-row seat to the inner workings of the Supreme Court that led to the monumental Roe v. Wade decision. Spanning from 1969 to 1972, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Bob Woodward and coauthor Scott Armstrong report... Read more

10 Redenen waarom Zweden de moord op Olof Palme niet oplost

By: Marc Pennartz

Narrated by: Stijn Westenend

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

De beroemde FBI-agent Robert Ressler noemde het "de misdaad van de eeuw". Anderen spreken van de "Europese Kennedy-moord". Op 28 februari 1986 om 23.21 uur werd de Zweedse premier Olof Palme doodgeschoten langs een drukke straat in het centrum van Stockholm. Dertig jaar later is de moord nog altijd onopgelost. Hoe kon dit gebeuren in het... Read more

Spike

By: Jeremy Farrar & Anjana Ahuja

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

***THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***

A pulse-racing journey through the science and politics of the pandemic. Did the UK government really 'follow the science' throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, as it claims?

The Coronavirus pandemic has devastated lives and livelihoods around the world - and continues to do so. These personal tragedies will,... Read more

Con una granada en la boca

By: Javier Valdez Cárdenas

Narrated by: Fernando Álvarez Rebeil

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Extraordinaria investigación sobre el narcotráfico, sus historias, sus consecuencias, sicarios y víctimas. Del reconocido periodista Javier Valdez Cárdenas. De Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Premio Internacional a la Libertad de Expresión. Sin duda, el mejor escritor de México en temas relacionados con el narcotráfico y delincuencia organizada.... Read more

Nocturno de la democracia mexicana

By: Héctor Aguilar Camín

Narrated by: Raúl Boxer

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Nocturno de la democracia mexicana son tres libros en uno. Un análisis ágil y novedoso sobre los lastres que nos impone la historia; una puntual recapitulación de nuestra aún inacabada transición a la democracia, y una advertencia sobre las pulsiones autoritarias del nuevo gobierno. "La costumbre política mexicana, primera parte del libro, puede... Read more

Pioneers

By: Clare English

Narrated by: Clare English

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Clare English meets the entrepreneurs, mavericks, trend-setters and seminal thinkers who have forged a path to the top

Broadcaster and current affairs specialist Clare English talks to 12 extraordinary trailblazers. Here are the inspiring stories of politicians and inventors, scientists and surgeons, models, parents, creatives and founders. All,... Read more

The Sunday Times Investigates

By: Madeleine Spence & Times Books

Narrated by: Malk Williams

Length: 18 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A must-have gift for anyone interested in investigative journalism. The Sunday Times national newspaper is famous for its insight investigative journalist team. This book profiles the major stories from the Thalidomide case to the Coronavirus investigation. News-breaking stories as reported by The Sunday Times,... Read more

Latinx

By: Paola Ramos

Narrated by: Paola Ramos & Juliette Restrepo

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

El primer paso hacia el cambio es reconocer que nuestro poder nace de nuestra identidad.
 
Los jóvenes latinos en los Estados Unidos están redefiniendo su identidad, rompiendo moldes establecidos, y despertando políticamente de maneras sorprendentes y poderosas. Muchos de ellos—afrolatinos, indígenas, musulmanes, queer e indocumentados tanto en... Read more

Black Gold

By: Jeremy Paxman

Narrated by: Jeremy Paxman

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling historian and acclaimed broadcaster ‘A rich social history … Paxman’s book could hardly be more colourful, and I enjoyed each page enormously’ DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES ‘Vividly told … Paxman’s fine narrative powers are at their best’ THE TIMES ... Read more

What Really Happened In Wuhan

By: Sharri Markson

Narrated by: Danielle Carter

Length: 16 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Walkley Award-winning journalist, Sharri Markson is the Investigations Editor at The Australian and host of prime-time show Sharri on Sky News Australia.
The origins of Covid-19 are shrouded in mystery. Scientists and government officials insisted, for a year and a half, that the virus had a natural origin, ridiculing anyone who dared contradict... Read more

Robert E. Lee

By: Allen C. Guelzo

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 22 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning historian and best-selling author of Gettysburg comes the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. An intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward calm, his disloyalty and his honor.

"An important... Read more

The Recruiter

By: Douglas London

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 17 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This revealing memoir from a 34-year veteran of the CIA who worked as a case officer and recruiter of foreign agents before and after 9/11 provides an invaluable perspective on the state of modern spy craft, how the CIA has developed, and how it must continue to evolve.

If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a modern-day spy, Douglas London... Read more

Man Enough \ Lo suficientemente hombre (Spanish edition)

By: Justin Baldoni

Narrated by: Cesar Ramones

Length: 13 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

«Ser ""lo suficientemente hombre"" es mirar hacia nuestro interior, entender y redefinir la masculinidad para así crecer como seres humanos.» —Jaime CamilLas consecuencias de la masculinidad tradicional nos afectan en todas las áreas de nuestras vidas. No sólo las sufren las mujeres, sino también nuestros amigos, familiares, compañeros y, sobre... Read more

Russia Upside Down

By: Joseph Weisberg

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A former CIA officer and the creator of the hit TV series The Americans makes the case that America's policy towards Russia is failing--and we'll never fix it until we rethink our relationship.  Coming of age in America in the 1970s and 80s, Joe Weisberg was a Cold Warrior. After briefly studying Russian in Leningrad, he joined the CIA in... Read more

Castaway Mountain

By: Saumya Roy

Narrated by: Jeed Saddy

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

All of Mumbai's possessions and memories come to die at the Deonar garbage mountains. Towering at the outskirts of the city, the mountains are covered in a faint smog from trash fires. Over time, as wealth brought Bollywood knock offs, fast food, and plastics to Mumbaikars, a small, forgotten community of migrants and rag-pickers came to live at... Read more

Future Publics

By: Michael K. MacKenzie

Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Scholars have often claimed that democracies, whatever their virtues, are functionally short-sighted. The evidence is clear: we have been unable to manage many long-term issues, including climate change, nuclear waste disposal, natural disaster preparedness, infrastructure maintenance, and budget deficits. To solve long-term problems, do we need... Read more

Benjamin Franklin

By: D.G. Hart

Narrated by: David Cochran Heath

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called "providence"), Franklin became one of Philadelphia's most prominent leaders, a world recognized scientist, and the United States' leading diplomat during the War for... Read more

The New Border Wars

By: Klaus Dodds

Narrated by: Mike Cooper

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

What do the world's best-known, most dangerous, and most unexpected border conflicts mean for our changing international relationships?

In The New Border Wars, border expert Klaus Dodds journeys into the geopolitical clashes of tomorrow in an eye-opening tour of border walls—literal and figurative—from the Gaza Strip to the space race. In the... Read more

My Life in Full

By: Indra Nooyi

Narrated by: Indra Nooyi

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Bestseller
 
An intimate and powerful memoir by the trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo

For a dozen years as one of the world’s most admired CEOs, Indra Nooyi redefined what it means to be an exceptional leader. The first woman of color and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 company — and one of the foremost strategic thinkers of our... Read more

Our Fair Share

By: Brian C. Johnson

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

We are a nation founded on the ideals of coming together across differences to forge a common future. Yet over the past fifty years, our economy has been pulling us apart at unprecedented rates. By allowing top income earners and the wealthiest Americans to hoard wealth like almost never before, we belie what makes our country great. This is a... Read more

Principles Matter

By: Carlos A. Ball

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Progressives who opposed the Trump administration's policies found themselves repeatedly relying on constitutional principles grounded in federalism, separation of powers, and free speech to resist the federal government. Although many progressives had either criticized or underemphasized those principles before Trump, the principles became... Read more

The Rage of Innocence

By: Kristin Henning

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 15 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant analysis of the foundations of racist policing in America: the day-to-day brutalities, largely hidden from public view, endured by Black youth growing up under constant police surveillance and the persistent threat of physical and psychological abuse

"Storytelling that can make people understand the racial inequities of the legal... Read more

Samuelson Friedman

By: Nicholas Wapshott

Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1966 two columnists joined Newsweek magazine. Their assignment: debate the world of business and economics. Paul Samuelson was a towering figure in Keynesian economics. Milton Friedman championed "monetarism" and insisted the Federal Reserve maintain tight control over the amount of money circulating in the economy.



In Samuelson Friedman,... Read more

Freedom Is Costly, But Priceless

By: Dave Meyer

Narrated by: Michael Beck

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The key to America’s future begins with exploring our past. In Freedom Is Costly, But Priceless, Dave Meyer shares the importance of our nation’s true history—learning about our rich, godly heritage and discovering Who and what has made this nation so great. God’s Word was an integral part of our nation’s founding, and His Word is still the key... Read more