Politics & Economy audiobooks

History in the House

By: Richard Davenport-Hines

Narrated by: Ric Jerrom

Length: 20 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

History in the House pulls back the curtains on Christ Church, Oxford and reveals its great and lasting historical significance. This is an exciting new historiographical study from the much-acclaimed historian Richard Davenport-Hines. It shows the evolution of historical ideas, purposes and methods... Read more

The News Quiz: A Heritage Collection

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Various

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A brand-new collection of previously unpublished episodes taken from the programme's first four decades.

As highly prized as a Ming vase or a Regency sideboard, this fine collection of 14 vintage episodes of BBC Radio 4’s long-running panel show - chaired by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart, Bill Tidy and Sandi Toksvig - is at last available for all to... Read more

Political Ideals (Unabridged)

By: Bertrand Russell

Narrated by: Francisca Jacobs, Alex Valliere & Jose Lemoyne

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In "Political Ideals," Bertrand Russell, the renowned philosopher and Nobel laureate, delves into the fundamental principles that shape political thought. With his characteristic clarity and incisiveness, Russell examines the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity, exploring their historical origins, philosophical underpinnings, and... Read more

State of the Union 1983

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The 1983 State of the Union address, delivered January 25, 1983, focuses on “what we can do together -- not as Republicans and Democrats, but as Americans -- to make tomorrow's America happy and prosperous at home, strong and respected abroad, and at peace in the world.”Reagan praises a bipartisan proposal to save social security. He blames... Read more

The Scam That Shook a Nation

By: Rasheed Kidwai & Prakash Patra

Narrated by: Adwait Karambelkar

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

On 24 May 1971, based on a telephone call purportedly from Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her secretary P.N. Haksar, the chief cashier at the Parliament Street branch of the State Bank of India handed over Rs 60 lakh to a stranger posing as the PM's courier. The money was supposedly meant for secret operations in East Pakistan. When the chief... Read more

Apprentice in Wonderland

By: Ramin Setoodeh

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller Ladies Who Punch, the never-fully-told, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump and The Apprentice, the long-running reality series that catapulted him to the White House.Here for the first time is the definitive untold story of... Read more

Financial FastStart

By: Garrett Gunderson

Narrated by: Garrett Gunderson

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A Comprehensive Course for Business Owners on Personal Finance.

Learn how to get an immediate injection of cash without working harder, robbing from the business, or taking any additional risk.

If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you walk a very risky line since you don’t have appropriate liquidity, so much of your money is leaking, and you have... Read more

Night Flyer

By: Tiya Miles

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory reckoning with the myth and the truth behind an American everyone knows and few really understand

Harriet Tubman is among the most famous Americans ever born and soon to be the face of the twenty-dollar bill. Yet often she’s a figure more out of myth... Read more

Dinastías: Dos familias, una nación

By: Ramón Alberto Garza

Narrated by: Paco Valdovinos

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Los Echeverría y los Salinas; las clanes que se disputan el control de México «Desde Luis Echeverría hasta Andrés Manuel López Obrador, pasando por Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Vicente Fox, Felipe Calderón y Enrique Peña Nieto, viví en carne propia, con cada presidente, sus glorias y sus infiernos, así como sus delirios de grandeza, de fortuna y... Read more

Tyrants

By: Nigel Cawthorne

Narrated by: Richard Trinder

Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me."- Genghis Khan
A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield... Read more

Rooted

By: Brea Baker

Narrated by: Brea Baker

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Why is less than 1% of rural land in the U.S. owned by Black people? An acclaimed writer and activist explores the impact of land theft and violent displacement on racial wealth gaps, arguing that justice stems from the literal roots of the earth.

“With heartfelt prose and unyielding honesty, Baker explores the depths of her roots and invites... Read more

The Latino Century

By: Mike Madrid

Narrated by: Lee Osorio

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

An insightful investigation of how and why the two major political parties have failed to appeal to the Latino vote—the largest ethnic voting group in the country—and the impact it will have on American democracy and politics for decades to come.

In 2020, Latinos became the second largest ethnic voting group in the country. They make up the... Read more

Crossing the Line

By: Sarah Towle

Narrated by: Sarah Towle

Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

It was family separation and “kids in cages” that drove Sarah Towle to the U.S. southern border. On discovering the many-headed hydra that is the U.S. immigration system—and the heroic determination of those caught under its knee—she could never look away again. Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands charts Sarah’s journey from... Read more

Twilight Prisoners

By: Siddhartha Deb

Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive, lyrical, and deeply reported account of India's descent into authoritarianism.



Traveling across India, interviewing Hindu zealots, armed insurgents, jailed dissidents, and politicians and thinkers from across the political spectrum, Siddhartha Deb reveals a country in which forces old and new have aligned to endanger democracy. The... Read more

Inventing Paradise

By: Paul Haddad

Narrated by: Paul Haddad

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth: Phineas Banning, Harrison Gray Otis, Henry Huntington, Harry Chandler, William Mulholland, and Moses Sherman. In the late 1870s, Los Angeles was... Read more

We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For

By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Narrated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, one of the nation's preeminent scholars and a New York Times bestselling author, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., makes the case that the hard work of becoming a better person should be a critical feature of Black politics. Through virtuoso interpretations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Ella Baker,... Read more

The Indispensable Right

By: Jonathan Turley

Narrated by: Jonathan Turley

Length: 14 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A timely, revelatory look at freedom of speech—our most basic right and the one that protects all the others.

Free speech is a human right, and the free expression of thought is at the very essence of being human. The United States was founded on this premise, and the First Amendment remains the single greatest constitutional commitment to the... Read more

Surviving Hyperinflation

By: Petros Eshetu

Narrated by: Petros Eshetu

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

HOW THE LESSONS OF ZIMBABWE’S FINANCIAL CRISIS TEACHES AMERICANS WHAT TO DOOn November 14, 1997, the massive loans taken by the government of Zimbabwe came to a sudden halt and our currency nearly completely collapsed. We call it Black Friday. In one day, the US dollar went from being worth 12 Zimbabwe dollars...to $75. In the weeks that... Read more

State of the Union 1982

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: Ronald Reagan

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1982 State of the Union address on January 26, 1982, Reagan invokes his self-deprecating humor and calls for “a new spirit of partnership between this Congress and this administration”. Reagan cites the “stagflation” of the 1970s: double digit inflation, interest rates over 21%, and over 8 million unemployed. Reagan notes economic... Read more

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians (Unabridged)

By: Xenophon Xenophon

Narrated by: Martha Prevatte

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In the tumultuous era of ancient Greece, two formidable city-states, Athens and Sparta, clashed in an epic struggle for supremacy. Xenophon, a renowned historian and military strategist, offers an unparalleled account of their political systems and military prowess in "The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians." Through meticulous... Read more

Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities , Volume 2 (Unabridged)

By: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaig...

Narrated by: Chris Arnold, Edna Marble & Olga Cato

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities conducted a thorough investigation into the illegal activities that had taken place. The result was a comprehensive report, Volume 2 of which is presented here in its unabridged form. This volume delves into the details of the committee's... Read more

The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III (Unabridged)

By: William Jennings Bryan Various

Narrated by: Melissa Puffinberger, Martha Gray & Vivian Jenn...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Prepare to be captivated by the eloquence and wisdom of history's greatest orators in "The World's Famous Orations, Vol. III." This timeless collection features speeches that have shaped nations, inspired movements, and left an enduring mark on the human experience. From the fiery rhetoric of William Jennings Bryan to the profound insights of... Read more

Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities , Volume 1 (Unabridged)

By: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaig...

Narrated by: Lauren Dvorak, Jeffrey Scroggins & Steve Obrien

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities conducted a thorough investigation into the illegal activities that had taken place. The resulting report, known as the Final Report, is a comprehensive and damning account of the Nixon administration's abuses of power. Volume 1 of the... Read more

Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities , Volume 3 (Unabridged)

By: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaig...

Narrated by: Richard Collins, Roberta Larsen & Jean Strain

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities conducted a thorough investigation into the illegal activities that had taken place. The result was a comprehensive report, Volume 3 of which is presented here in its unabridged form. This volume delves into the details of the committee's... Read more