Politics & Economy audiobooks

Bibi

By: Anshel Pfeffer

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 18 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply reported biography of the scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister, showing that we cannot understand Israel -- its history, present, and future -- without first understanding the life and worldview of the man who leads it

Benjamin Netanyahu is embroiled in numerous scandals, all of his own making, and may soon be ousted from the office... Read more

India's Most Fearless

By: Shiv Aroor & Rahul Singh

Narrated by: Pradeep Kumar

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Army major who led the legendary September 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC; a soldier who killed 11 terrorists in 10 days; a Navy officer who sailed into a treacherous port to rescue hundreds from an exploding war; a bleeding Air Force pilot who found himself flying a jet that had become a screaming fireball . .... Read more

The Assault on Intelligence

By: Michael V. Hayden

Narrated by: Michael V. Hayden

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A blistering critique of the forces threatening the American intelligence community, beginning with the President of the United States himself, in a time when that community's work has never been harder or more important

In the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts, evidence, or logic, truth tellers are under attack. Meanwhile,... Read more

Gaslighting America

By: Amanda Carpenter

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"Can you believe what Donald Trump said?"



In Gaslighting America, Amanda Carpenter breaks down Trump's formula, showing why it's practically foolproof, playing his victims, the media, the Democrats, and the Republican fence-sitters perfectly. She traces how this tactic started with Nixon, gained traction with Bill Clinton, and exploded under... Read more

Young China

By: Zak Dychtwald

Narrated by: Zak Dychtwald

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

The author, in his twenties, who is fluent in Chinese, examines the future of China through the lens of the Jiu Ling Hou—the generation born after 1990.

A close up look at the Chinese generation born after 1990 exploring through personal encounters how young Chinese feel about everything from money and sex, to... Read more

Collusion

By: Nomi Prins

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In this searing exposéformer Wall Street insider Nomi Prins shows how the 2007-2008 financial crisis turbo-boosted the influence of central bankers and triggered a massive shift in the world order.

Central banks and international institutions like the IMF have overstepped their traditional mandates by directing the flow of epic sums of... Read more

The Evolution of Socialism in the United States

By: the Speech Resource Company

Narrated by: the Speech Resource Company

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Influenced by the political philosophy of Karl Marx, German immigrants to the US formed small political parties or trade unions based on socialist principles advocating for social justice and labor reforms. The movement continued to rebel against economic inequality. Included are speeches from both sides of the argument for a more socialized... Read more

RFK

By: Robert F. Kennedy, C. Richard Allen & Edwin O. ...

Narrated by: James Lurie & Jim Meskimen

Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Earphones Award WinnerIn honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedy’s death, an inspiring collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by commentary from notable historians and public figures.Twenty-five years after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, RFK: His Words for Our Times, a celebration of Kennedy’s life and legacy,... Read more

Young Washington

By: Peter Stark

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 15 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A vivid and groundbreaking portrait of a young, struggling George Washington that casts a new light on his character and the history of American independence, from the bestselling author of AstoriaTwo decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young soldier serving the British Empire in the vast wilderness of... Read more

The New Global Road Map

By: Pankaj Ghemawat

Narrated by: Firdous Bamji

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

What Globalization Now Means for Your Business. Executives can no longer base their strategies on the assumption that globalization will continue to advance steadily. But how should they respond to the growing pressures against globalization? And what can businesses do to control their destinies in these times of uncertainty? In The New Global... Read more

Post-Truth

By: Lee McIntyre

Narrated by: Matthew Josdal

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

What, exactly, is post-truth? Is it wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion, bold-faced lying? McIntyre analyzes recent examples—claims about inauguration crowd size, crime statistics, and the popular vote—and finds that post-truth is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which its practitioners try to compel someone to believe... Read more

Political Risk

By: Condoleezza Rice & Amy B. Zegart

Narrated by: Grace Angela Henry

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Stanford University professor Amy B. Zegart comes an examination of the rapidly evolving state of political risk, and how to navigate it.

The world is changing fast. Political risk-the probability that a political action could significantly impact a... Read more

Keep Marching

By: Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Narrated by: Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A GROUNDBREAKING, DEFINITIVE WORK ON HOW TO BUILD WOMEN'S POWER

"A perfect primer for women everywhere who want to take action-whether their heading to their first town hall meeting or running for office." -- Cecile Richards, New York Times bestselling author of Make Trouble and President of Planned Parenthood

"The book we all need to remind us... Read more

Reading the Man

By: Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 21 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert E. Lee is remembered by history as a tragic figure, stoic and brave but distant and enigmatic. Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, his beliefs, and his time, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and contradictory general's... Read more

A Two Hour Koran

By: Bill Warner, PhD

Narrated by: Bill Warner, PhD

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A TWO-HOUR KORAN is condensed and abridged, covering the most important elements of the Koran that concern non-Muslims. Standard Korans are widely known to be difficult to comprehend but this version allows the reader to understand the basics of the Koran in the time it takes to watch a professional sports event.The standard Korans are arranged... Read more

Fuego y furia

By: Michael Wolff

Narrated by: Juan Magraner

Length: 14 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Los primeros nueve meses de la presidencia de Donald Trump han sido tempestuosos, atroces… y absolutamente fascinantes. Gracias a su acceso privilegiado al ala oeste, Michael Wolff cuenta en este libro explosivo cómo ha iniciado Trump un mandato que apunta tan volátil como él mismo. Fuego y furia narra con todo lujo de detalles el caos que... Read more

Sharia Law for Non-Muslims - Abridged

By: Bill Warner, PhD

Narrated by: Bill Warner, PhD

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

SHARIA LAW FOR NON-MUSLIMS
SHARIA LAW FOR NON-MUSLIMS is an introduction to Islamic Sharia law and gives the reader a taste of Islam. This book makes an effective tool to educate politicians, legal authorities and public officials.

Islam is a religion, a culture and a political system. The political system has its own body of laws, called the... Read more

1983

By: Taylor Downing

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

1983 was a supremely dangerous year - even more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the US, President Reagan massively increased defence spending, described the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire' and announced his 'Star Wars' programme, calling for a shield in space to defend the US from incoming missiles.

Yuri Andropov,... Read more

The bubble dynamics of bitcoin

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Can bitcoin be a currency if you never know its value? Living outside the traditional banking network by design, its fluctuating value makes it too cumbersome for petty transactions. Yet despite the hurdles, bitcoin and its underlying technology is seen as a kind of "digital gold." Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. Read more

Why this 13-year-old Rohingya refugee faces intense pressure to marry

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Child marriage is common among the Rohingya, but for those who have fled terror in Myanmar, insecurity and poverty is pushing many families to marry off their daughters even earlier. Special correspondent Tania Rashid and videographer Phil Caller meet a girl who is about to become a bride. Read more

Lead from the Outside

By: Stacey Abrams

Narrated by: Stacey Abrams

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

*This program was previously published as Lead from the Outside . This updated edition includes a new preface written and read by Stacey Abrams.*

"Abrams's own grit, coupled with her descriptions of much stumbling and self-doubt, will make [Lead from the Outside] touch you in a way few books by politicians can." — The New York Times

National... Read more

Us vs. Them

By: Ian Bremmer

Narrated by: Willis Sparks

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestseller

"A cogent analysis of the concurrent Trump/Brexit phenomena and a dire warning about what lies ahead...a lucid, provocative book." --Kirkus Reviews

Those who championed globalization once promised a world of winners, one in which free trade would lift all the world's boats, and extremes of left and right would give way... Read more

Chasing Hillary

By: Amy Chozick

Narrated by: Amy Chozick

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

For nearly a decade, Amy Chozick chronicled Hillary Clinton’s pursuit of the presidency. Chozick’s front-row seat, initially at the Wall Street Journal covering Mrs. Clinton’s imploding 2008 campaign, and then at the New York Times where she was assigned “The Hillary Beat”, set off a years-long journey in which the formative years of her... Read more

1983

By: Taylor Downing

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983--the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon

The year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one--more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, President Reagan vastly increased defense... Read more