Politics & Economy audiobooks

A Good Life

By: Ben Bradlee

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 20 hours

Abridged: No

The classic New York Times bestselling memoir by legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post Ben Bradlee—with a new foreword by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and an afterword by Sally Quinn.

The most important, glamorous, and famous newspaperman of modern times traces his path from Harvard to the battles of the South Pacific to the... Read more

Between Silk and Cyanide

By: Leo Marks

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 20 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Between Silk and Cyanide presents the memoir of the man who transformed code-making and code-breaking for the Special Operations Executive in World War Two. Leo Marks later went on to become an award-winning scriptwriter. Read more

Grant - Abridged

By: Ron Chernow

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 23 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017

“Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic

Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents,... Read more

Goodbye Europe

By: Various

Narrated by: David Rintoul, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jenni Murray, J...

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European.

Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly unique collection spanning everything from art, language, food, music and movies, to war, literature, driving, nudity, geography, smoking and nature.

Featuring pieces of... Read more

Collusion

By: Luke Harding

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive exposé that lays out the story behind the Steele Dossier, including Russia’s decades-in-the-making political game to upend American democracy and the Trump administration’s ties to Moscow.

“Harding…presents a powerful case for Russian interference, and Trump campaign collusion, by collecting years of... Read more

Zero Hour

By: Harry S. Dent, Jr. & Andrew Pancholi

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross & John Lee

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Harry S. Dent Jr., bestselling author of The Demographic Cliff and The Sale of a Lifetime, predicted the populist wave that has driven the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump, and other recent shocks around the world. Now he returns with the definitive guide to protect your investments and prosper in the age of the anti-globalist... Read more

God, Faith, and Reason

By: Michael Savage

Narrated by: Lorenzo De Leon

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

For decades, Michael Savage has been preaching his political faith of borders, language and culture to millions on his nationally-syndicated radio show, The Savage Nation. Now, Savage gives his audience a look into his religious faith and his ideas about the Judeo-Christian foundation of the American culture he has fought all his life to... Read more

A Precautionary Tale

By: Philip Ackerman-Leist

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward-thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote—making it the first place on... Read more

The Last Republicans

By: Mark K. Updegrove

Narrated by: Milton Jeffers

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

An historian’s revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son—the first major biographical treatment of these two consequential presidents and figures in American history.In 2016 the Republican base revolted against the GOP establishment that has become... Read more

Madison Park

By: Eric L. Motley

Narrated by: Brandon Maloney

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to Madison Park, a small community in Alabama founded by freed slaves in 1880. And meet Eric Motley, a native son who came of age in this remarkable place where constant lessons in self-determination, hope, and unceasing belief in the American dream taught him everything he needed for his journey to the Oval Office as a Special Assistant... Read more

Rescue

By: David Miliband

Narrated by: David Miliband

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

We are in the midst of a global refugee crisis. Sixty five million people are fleeing for their lives. The choices are urgent, not just for them but for all of us. What can we possibly do to help?

With compassion and clarity, David Miliband shows why we should care and how we can make a difference. He takes us from war zones in the Middle East to... Read more

Revolution

By: Emmanuel Macron

Narrated by: Jean Brassard

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling memoir by France’s president, Emmanuel MacronSome believe that our country is in decline, that the worst is yet to come, that our civilization is being wiped out. That only withdrawal or civil strife are on our horizon. That to protect ourselves from the great transformations taking place around the globe, we should go back in... Read more

Israel at War

By: Joel C. Rosenberg

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, tells the U.N. that Iran could have nukes by spring. Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has called for the end of the United States and Israel. Chaos is erupting throughout the region. Rumors abound of an impending Israeli first strike against Iran's nuclear program. Is war imminent? New York... Read more

Bannon

By: Keith Koffler

Narrated by: William LeRoy

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

To understand the Trump White House, you need to understand Steve Bannon: what’s driving him, what his true role is, and what he’s trying to accomplish on behalf of the American middle class.White House reporter Keith Koffler penetrates the fog surrounding the mysterious senior White House advisor, tracing Bannon’s wild and distinctly American... Read more

Hacks

By: Donna Brazile

Narrated by: Donna Brazile

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Explosive... A blistering tell-all."---Washington Post

"People should sit up, take notes and change things."---Ace Smith, Los Angeles Times

"Brazile most certainly has a story to tell.... Vivid."---The Guardian

From Donna Brazile, former DNC chair and legendary political operative, an explosive and revealing... Read more

Becoming Hitler

By: Thomas Weber

Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White

Length: 14 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

An award-winning historian charts Hitler's radical transformation after World War I from a directionless loner into a powerful National Socialist leader

In Becoming Hitler, award-winning historian Thomas Weber examines Adolf Hitler's time in Munich between 1918 and 1926, the years when Hitler shed his awkward, feckless persona and transformed... Read more

Tanker Pilot

By: Mark Hasara

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From a veteran air-refueling expert who flew missions for over two decades during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Iraq War comes a thrilling eyewitness account of modern warfare, with inspirational stories and crucial lessons for people on the battlefield, in boardrooms, and in their everyday lives.

Get a glimpse of life in the pilot’s seat and... Read more

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Thoreau's Civil Disobedience - his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty - has inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature. First published in 1849, this essay argues that individuals have rights and duties in relation to their government. Motivated by his disgust over both slavery and... Read more

The Last Girl

By: Nadia Murad

Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE • In this “courageous” (The Washington Post) memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.
 
Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers... Read more

My Life, Our Times

By: Gordon Brown

Narrated by: Gordon Kennedy

Length: 19 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Random House presents the audiobook edition of My Life, Our Times by Gordon Brown, read by Gordon Kennedy.

As former Prime Minister and our longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the world over three decades. This is his candid, poignant and deeply relevant story.

In describing his upbringing in Scotland... Read more

Playing with Fire

By: Lawrence O'Donnell

Narrated by: Lawrence O'Donnell

Length: 17 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller!

"A thriller-like, propulsive tour through 1968, told by a man who is in love with American politics and who knows how all the dots connect. Brilliant and totally engrossing."
-Rachel Maddow

"Delightful...brings to life the most fascinating election of modern times."
-Walter Isaacson

From the celebrated host of MSNBC’s... Read more

Darkest Hour

By: Anthony McCarten

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

“McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. A true story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable.”—Michael F. Bishop, Executive Director of the International Churchill SocietyFrom the acclaimed... Read more

The Evangelicals

By: Frances FitzGerald

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 25 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

* Winner of the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award
* National Book Award Finalist
* Time magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year
* New York Times Notable Book
* Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017

This “epic history” (The Boston Globe) from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frances FitzGerald is the first to tell the powerful, dramatic... Read more

What Unites Us

By: Elliot Kirschner & Dan Rather

Narrated by: Dan Rather

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us,... Read more