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Julius Caesar
By: Philip Freeman
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 14 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, and his name became a synonym for "emperor"—not only in Rome but as far away as Germany and Russia. He is best known as the general who defeated the Gauls and doubled the size of Rome's territories. But, as... Read more
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The Infinite Desire for Growth
By: Daniel Cohen
Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
Length: 4 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
The Infinite Desire for Growth spotlights the obsession with wanting more, and the global tensions that have arisen as a result. Amid finite resources, increasing populations, environmental degradation, and political unrest, the quest for new social and individual goals has never been so critical.
Leading economist Daniel Cohen provides a... Read more
The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
Narrated by: Austin Vanfleet
Length: 1 hour 12 minutes
Abridged: No
The Communist Manifesto is an 1848 political pamphlet by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle and the conflicts of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms.
The Communist Manifesto summarizes Marx and... Read more
Food
By: Fabio Parasecoli
Narrated by: Levi Squier
Length: 4 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Everybody eats. We may even consider ourselves experts on the topic, or at least Instagram experts. But are we aware that the shrimp in our freezer may be farmed and frozen in Vietnam, the grapes in our fruit bowl shipped from Chile, and the coffee in our coffee maker grown in Nicaragua, roasted in Germany, and distributed in Canada? Whether we... Read more
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Unfreedom of the Press
By: Mark R. Levin
Narrated by: Jeremy Lowell
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Six-time New York Times bestselling author, FOX News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin “trounces the news media” (The Washington Times) in this timely and groundbreaking book demonstrating how the great tradition of American free press has degenerated into a standardless profession that has squandered the faith and trust of the public.... Read more
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History of European Union
By: Introbooks Team
Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
Length: 32 minutes
Abridged: No
The European Union is the result of a group of leaders who looked forward to a peaceable, united and thriving Europe. Besides its founding fathers there are several who have strived hard to uphold the peace and prosperity of the nations who are a part of the European Union. There were just six countries who agreed to partake in the treaty in the... Read more
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Profits and Sustainability
By: Geoffrey Jones
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 16 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Are profits and sustainability compatible?
This book brings unique perspectives to this key debate by exploring the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling, architecture, and finance.
The book uses... Read more
The Dreamt Land
By: Mark Arax
Narrated by: Mark Arax
Length: 25 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
A vivid, searching journey into California's capture of water and soil—the epic story of a people's defiance of nature and the wonders, and ruin, it has wrought
Mark Arax is from a family of Central Valley farmers, a writer with deep ties to the land who has watched the battles over water intensify even as California lurches from drought to flood... Read more
The Moscow Rules
By: Antonio J. Mendez & Jonna Mendez
Narrated by: Wilson Bethel
Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
From the spymaster and inspiration for the movie Argo, discover the "real-life spy thriller" of the brilliant but under-supported CIA operatives who developed breakthrough spy tactics that helped turn the tide of the Cold War (Malcolm Nance).
Antonio Mendez and his future wife Jonna were CIA operatives working to spy on Moscow in the late 1970s,... Read more
How Wealth Rules the World
By: Ben G. Price
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Ben Price reveals that our Constitution and legal system were intentionally designed to give more rights to the wealthy propertied class than the rest of us and exposes how this hamstrings our ability to effectively address a host of pressing social and environmental problems—and what we can do about it.
Many of today's most serious... Read more
Twenty-Two on Peleliu
By: George Peto
Narrated by: Paul Brion
Length: 15 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
On September 15, 1944, the U.S. First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was twenty-two-year-old George Peto.
Growing up on a farm in Ohio, George always preferred being outdoors and... Read more
Truth Worth Telling
By: Scott Pelley
Narrated by: Scott Pelley & Scott Pelley Scott Pelley
Length: 16 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
An inspiring memoir from the frontlines of history by the award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent.
Don’t ask the meaning of life. Life is asking, what’s the meaning of you?
With this provocative question, Truth Worth Telling introduces us to unforgettable people who discovered the meaning of their lives in the historic events of our times.
A 60... Read more
Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths—And How We Can Stop!
By: Bill Eddy
Narrated by: Tom Dheere
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Bestselling author, therapist, lawyer, and mediator Bill Eddy describes how dangerous, high-conflict personalities have gained power in governments worldwide—and what citizens can do to keep these people out of office.
Democracy is under siege. The reason isn't politics but personalities: too many countries have come under the sway of... Read more
Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense
By: Dan Abrams & David Fisher
Narrated by: Roger Wayne, Dan Abrams & Dan Abrams Dan Abrams
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Mental Floss Book to Read in Summer 2019
“Gripping.… Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense is a must-read.” —NPR
A President on Trial. A Reputation at Stake.
ABC News legal correspondent and host of LIVE PD Dan Abrams reveals the story of Teddy Roosevelt’s last stand—an epic courtroom battle against corruption—in this... Read more
The Impeachers
By: Brenda Wineapple
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 14 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times; The New York Times Book Review; NPR; Publishers Weekly
“This absorbing and important book recounts the titanic struggle over the implications of the Civil War amid the impeachment of a defiant and temperamentally erratic American president.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer... Read more
War Story
By: Steven Elliott
Narrated by: Chris Abell
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Every soldier has a war story.Steven Elliott’s opens with the death of American hero Pat Tillman by “friendly fire” in Afghanistan—when Army Ranger Elliott pulled the trigger, believing he and his fellow soldiers were firing on the enemy.Tormented by remorse and PTSD in the aftermath of Tillman’s death, Elliott descended into the depths of... Read more
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La rebelión de los mayores
By: Paca Tricio
Narrated by: Anabel Moreno
Length: 4 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
La lucha por las pensiones justas de un colectivo a menudo olvidado. Nadie esperaba mucho de ellos. Todos —políticos y sociólogos, analistas y politólogos— daban a los mayores españoles por amortizados y semienterrados. Habían sacado la cabeza entre las mareas de indignación que nos visitan de manera periódica, sobre todo desde el 11-M —los... Read more
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History of Money
By: Introbooks Team
Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The history of money tells us of the development of the means through which transactions can be carried out with the help of a medium of exchange. From eons now, man has been exchanging goods for a certain price. This price came either in the form of other goods or money. The interesting journey of money from barter products to bitcoin and... Read more
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Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway
By: David Rigby
Narrated by: David Stifel
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The story of the man who won the battle of Midway and avenged Pearl Harbor for the United States.
During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, U.S. Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never been told—until now.
It was Wade McClusky who... Read more
Platon: Die Apologie des Sokrates
By: Platon
Narrated by: Sven Görtz
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Sokrates ist wegen Unfrömmigkeit angeklagt. Welches Strafmaß soll ergehen? In seiner Verteidiungsrede, die zu einer der Grundlagen der Philosophie geworden ist, zeigt Sokrates: Die Wahrheit ist das höchste Gut – und Eigeninteressen müssen dahinter zurückstehen. Ein packendes Hörerlebnis. Read more
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Non-Bullshit Innovation
By: David Rowan
Narrated by: David Rowan
Length: 14 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
David Rowan travels the globe in search of the most exciting and pioneering startups building the future. He's got to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Didi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious entrepreneurs disrupting businesses in almost every sector. And yet too often the... Read more
Brothers in Arms
By: Geraint Jones
Narrated by: Geraint Jones
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of a soldier's tour of Afghanistan, the brutal reality of war – every scary, exciting moment – and the bonds of friendship that can never be destroyed.
‘If you could choose which two limbs got blown off, what would you go for?’ Danny said. ‘Your arms or your legs?’
In... Read more
No Win Race
By: Derek A. Bardowell
Narrated by: Derek A. Bardowell
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR A FINANCIAL TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘Personal, political, powerful and about so much more than race and sport.’ ... Read more
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Epic Continent
By: Nicholas Jubber
Narrated by: Luke Thompson
Length: 11 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2020
Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times. These are the stories that made Europe.
Journeying... Read more