Politics & Economy audiobooks
The Architecture of Modern Empire
By: Arundhati Roy
Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A revelatory and wide-ranging series of interviews with award-winning writer Arundhati Roy, touching on United States empire, Indian nationalism, a writer's work, and more.
As a novelist, Arundhati Roy is known for her lush language and intricate structure. As a political essayist, her prose is searching and fierce. All of these qualities shine... Read more
Más difícil todavía
By: Juan Torres López
Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Un análisis valiente, claro y con propuestas alternativas de la inflación y los demás problemas de la economía mundial tras la Covid-19 y la guerra de Ucrania Una guía para entender con sencillez la inflación actual y la crisis que viene La economía internacional va encadenando una crisis económica con la siguiente. Cuando aún no habíamos salido... Read more
View audiobookDisability and Political Representation
By: Elizabeth Evans & Stefanie Reher
Narrated by: Maria Pendolino
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Disability and Political Representation explores how disabled people experience the various stages and aspects of the representation process, drawing upon extensive empirical research and a variety of qualitative and quantitative data. It discusses why increasing the number of disabled politicians matters, not only as a matter of justice and... Read more
View audiobookBeing Hindu Being Indian
By: Vanya Vaidehi Bhargava
Narrated by: Vasundhara Bose
Length: 19 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
In popular imagination, Lala Lajpat Rai is frequently associated with Bhagat Singh, who, by assassinating J.P. Saunders, avenged Rai’ s death, caused by a police lathi charge, and was hanged for it. Lajpat Rai is also remembered for his fervent opposition to British rule.In recent decades, however, historians have converged with the Hindu Right... Read more
View audiobookThe Movement
By: Clara Bingham
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Janina Edwards, Gibson Fraz...
Length: 17 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
A comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes—from former Newsweek reporter and author of the “powerful and moving” (The New York Times) Witness to the Revolution.
For lovers of both Barbie and Gloria Steinem, The Movement is the first oral... Read more
All in the Family
By: Fred C. Trump
Narrated by: Fred C. Trump
Length: 10 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this honest memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name.
For the record…Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics. The endless headlines. A hijacked last name. The heat-seeking uncle,... Read more
Hijacked
By: Elizabeth Anderson
Narrated by: Carolyn Jania
Length: 16 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
What is the work ethic? Does it justify policies that promote the wealth and power of the One Percent at workers' expense? Or does it advance policies that promote workers' dignity and standing? Hijacked explores how the history of political economy has been a contest between these two ideas about whom the work ethic is supposed to serve.... Read more
View audiobookPride Amid Prejudice
By: Chief Warrant Officer (Ret’d) Necole E. Belange...
Narrated by: Janet Metzger
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Chief Warrant Officer Necole Belanger created a professional persona that was no-nonsense and highly put-together. But the truth was much more complex.
Necole's story is a tale of two lives, the CWO raised in a military family, and the woman coming to terms with her sexuality, in a time where the two could not coexist. A lesbian member of the... Read more
Shepherds for Sale
By: Megan Basham
Narrated by: Megan Basham
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bold, clear, and very well-researched.”—John MacArthur""Some will quibble over details, but no one should miss the powerful warning in this book. We face a gathering storm, as Winston Churchill warned a century... Read more
View audiobookCapitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It
By: Kentaro Kawamori
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
In Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It: The Market Forces Catalyzing a Climate Technology Renaissance, distinguished author Kentaro Kawamori delivers a fascinating and timely exploration of the interplay between capitalism and climate change. He explains how the capitalist system helped to contribute to the current... Read more
View audiobookBeyond Policing
By: Philip V. McHarris
Narrated by: Philip V. McHarris
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
What would happen if policing disappeared? Would we be safe? This book imagines a world without police. It’s evident that policing is a problem. But what is the way best forward? In Beyond Policing, distinguished scholar and writer Philip V. McHarris reimagines the world without police to find answers and reveal how we can make police... Read more
View audiobookJust and Unjust Wars
By: Michael Walzer
Narrated by: Gregory St. John
Length: 14 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
“A classic in the field” (New York Times), this is a penetrating investigation into moral and ethical questions raised by war, drawing on examples from antiquity to the present.
Just and Unjust Wars has forever changed how we think about the ethics of conflict. In this modern classic, political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues... Read more
The Rage of Replacement
By: Michael Feola
Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The "Great Replacement" narrative, which imagines that historic white majorities are being intentionally replaced through immigration policies crafted by global elites, has effectively mobilized racist, nationalist, and nativist movements in the United States and Europe. The Rage of Replacement tracks how this narrative has shaped the politics... Read more
View audiobookProgressively Worse
By: Joe Concha
Narrated by: John Pruden
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
If John F. Kennedy, Tip O’Neill, or even Bill Clinton were to run as Democrat candidates today, their own party would cancel them in a heartbeat.If the Joe Biden of 1992 were to run today, MSNBC would label him “MAGA Joe.” How did JFK’s party of Catholics and union workers become AOC’s party of privileged Ivy Leaguers with “Queers for Palestine”... Read more
View audiobookThe Golden Passport
By: Kristin Surak
Narrated by: Linda Jones
Length: 13 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Obtaining a new citizenship is rarely easy. But for those with the means, it's just a question of price. More than a dozen countries, many of them small islands in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and South Pacific, sell citizenship to 50,000 people annually. Through six years of fieldwork on four continents, Kristin Surak discovered how the... Read more
View audiobookMilton Friedman on Economics
By: Milton Friedman
Narrated by: Kyle Snyder
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
On his death in the autumn of 2006, Milton Friedman was lauded as "the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era" by the New York Times and "the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century" by the Economist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, Friedman was both a highly respected economist... Read more
View audiobookThe Oqual Cycle In A Nutshell: The 84-Year Rhythm of Human Civilization (2024)
By: Amjad Farooq
Narrated by: Amjad Farooq
Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Abridged: No
With much of the world having been in a precipitous meltdown over the past couple of decades and continuing to hit a new low with each passing year with no end in sight, one wonders whether this is the new normal or whether the ongoing madness will eventually end so as to usher in a brighter dawn.Fortunately, Mother Nature has blessed us with a... Read more
View audiobookDie Wertformel
By: Julian Hosp
Narrated by: Julian Hosp
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Erfolgreich zu sein, sowohl im Beruflichen als auch im Privaten, das schaffen die wenigsten. Julian Hosp gelingt der Spagat zwischen seinem Leben als erfolgreicher Unternehmer und Investor und dem als liebevoller Ehemann und Vater. Daneben ist der Ex-Profisportler noch immer sportlich aktiv als Kitesurfer und Marathonläufer. Wie er seine... Read more
View audiobookWir vergessen nicht was wir in der Coronazeit erlebt haben
By: Annette Creft
Narrated by: Annette Creft
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Die Jahre der Coronapolitik haben ihre Spuren hinterlassen. Lockdowns und andere Maßnahmen waren eine massive Belastung. Senioren vereinsamten, Kinder wurden isoliert, Ungeimpfte diffamiert – die Liste an Menschenrechtsverletzungen ist lang. Damit diese Zeit nie vergessen wird, hat die Autorin die persönlichen Erlebnisse von Menschen... Read more
View audiobookThe Dismantling of Democracy
By: Michael Cohen Milloy
Narrated by: Natalie
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must undergo the fatigues of supporting it." - Thomas PaineWe are witnessing a systematic teardown of democracy worldwide. This book will help you make sense of the world, understand how this could happen, and consider what we can do as ordinary citizens to flip the script on authoritarians.We... Read more
View audiobookMadam President: The Rise of Kamala Harris
By: Jordan Blake
Narrated by: Lucas Freeman
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Dive into the captivating story of one of the most influential figures of our time with "Madam President: The Rise of Kamala Harris." This compelling audiobook takes you on an extraordinary journey through the life of Kamala Harris, from her modest beginnings to becoming the first female Vice President of the United States. Narrated with passion... Read more
View audiobookThe Art Of Money Getting
By: P.T. Barnum
Narrated by: Gary Middleton
Length: 1 hour 38 minutes
Abridged: No
In "The Art of Money Getting," P.T. Barnum, one of the most famous showmen and entrepreneurs of the 19th century, shares his timeless wisdom on achieving financial success. Known for his extraordinary business acumen and flair for entertainment, Barnum distills his principles and strategies for making money into practical, down-to-earth advice... Read more
View audiobookSecret Agent, Unsung Hero
By: Peter Dowding & Ken Spillman
Narrated by: Peter Holland
Length: 13 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research to reveal, for the first time, his coming of age as a leader in escape and evasion during World War II. Dowding helped exfiltrate hundreds of Allied... Read more
View audiobookWas Sie schon immer übers Klima wissen wollten, aber bisher nicht zu fragen wagten
By: Axel Bojanowski
Narrated by: Mathias Grimm
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Es gibt massenhaft Lektüre über den Klimawandel, doch zwei Arten bestimmen das Genre: die eine, die auf dramatische Weise vor der Apokalypse warnt, und die andere, die den Alarmismus als trojanisches Pferd politischer Kräfte entlarven will. Beide blenden Wesentliches aus: Einerseits hat die Wissenschaft überzeugend dargelegt, dass es ein... Read more
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