Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump

By: Bandy X. Lee

Narrated by: Bandy X. Lee, Luba Kessler, M.D., Betty P. Teng...

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the audiobook up to date—because this is still not normal.

Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway bestseller. Alarmed Americans and international... Read more

The Four

By: Scott Galloway

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. 

For all that’s been written about the Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering... Read more

The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr

By: H. W. Brands

Narrated by: H. W. Brands

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War—a fascinating portrait of one of the most compelling politicians in American history—a Revolutionary War hero, vice president of the United States, and the man who killed Alexander Hamilton. 

But as H. W. Brands demonstrates in this biography, Burr... Read more

They Came for Freedom

By: Jay Milbrandt

Narrated by: Wayne Campbell

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A page-turning story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever changed the course of history.Once a year at Thanksgiving, we encounter Pilgrims as folksy people in funny hats before promptly forgetting them. In the centuries since America began, the Pilgrims have been relegated... Read more

Adults in the Room

By: Yanis Varoufakis

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 20 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Leighton Pugh narrates this work as if it were an unsolved mystery...In a voice of nuanced emotion, Pugh creates muted characters to paint a vivid picture of what the author was up against as he tried to save his country." — AudioFile Magazine

A Number One Sunday Times Bestseller transformed into an illuminating, dynamic audiobook.

What happens... Read more

Run for Something

By: Amanda Litman

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton, Roger Casey, Fred Sanders & Am...

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The must-have guide for young progressives looking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives.

You’ve been depressed since the night of November 8, 2016. You wore black to work the next morning. You berated yourself for your complacency during the Obama years. You ranted on Twitter. You... Read more

Choosing Donald Trump

By: Stephen Mansfield

Narrated by: Stephen Mansfield

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump exposed a deep divide in American politics and culture, one that pollsters and pundits didn't seem to realize was there. But Trump did, and he used it to his advantage in ways that surprised nearly everyone, even those who voted for him. Perhaps the biggest question on many people's minds is how, exactly, did... Read more

King of Spies

By: Blaine Harden

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War, and its legacy

In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was repairing jeeps on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from... Read more

Forged in Crisis

By: Nancy Koehn

Narrated by: Nancy Koehn

Length: 16 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

“Five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history…a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic” —Angela Duckworth, #1 bestselling author of Grit

An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights, Forged in Crisis, by celebrated Harvard Business School... Read more

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism

By: Paul Kengor

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The worst idea in history is back!Communism has wrecked national economies, enslaved whole peoples, and killed more than a hundred million men and women. What’s not to like?Too many young Americans are supporting communism. Millennials prefer socialism to capitalism, and 25 percent have a positive view of Lenin. One in four Americans believe... Read more

Overload

By: Bob Schieffer

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

From the explosion of fake news to the challenges of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, legendary journalist Bob Schieffer examines political journalism today and those who practice it. Based on interviews with over forty media leaders, Schieffer provides an inside look at the changing role of media and asks whether today's citizens are more... Read more

El negocio del siglo XXI

By: Robert T. Kiyosaki & Kim Kiyosaki

Narrated by: Jesús Flores

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert T. Kiyosaki explica por qué en este siglo, pese a las crisis económicas, es la mejor época para empezar un negocio. Del autor de Padre Rico, Padre Pobre, el libro #1 de finanzas personales y bestseller de The New York Times por más de seis años. Robert Kiyosaki te explica que el problema no es la economía: el problema, eres tú. ¿Te... Read more

Vietnam

By: Christopher Goscha

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 23 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese rule reshaped and modernized Vietnam, but so too did the colonial enterprises of the... Read more

The Woman Who Smashed Codes

By: Jason Fagone

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNPR Best Book of 2017 “Not all superheroes wear capes, and Elizebeth Smith Friedman should be the subject of a future Wonder Woman movie.”— The New York TimesJoining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her... Read more

A World of Three Zeros

By: Muhammad Yunus

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet

Muhammad Yunus, who created microcredit, invented social business, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in alleviating poverty, is one of today's most trenchant social... Read more

Future War

By: Robert H. Latiff

Narrated by: Johnathan McClain

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

An urgent, prescient, and expert look at how future technology will change virtually every aspect of war as we know it and how we can respond to the serious national security challenges ahead.

Future war is almost here: battles fought in cyberspace; biologically enhanced soldiers; autonomous systems that can process information and strike... Read more

Bunny Mellon

By: Meryl Gordon

Narrated by: Vanessa Cortland

Length: 17 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion.

Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime.... Read more

Nomadland

By: Jessica Bruder

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From the beet fields of North Dakota to the wilderness campgrounds of California to an Amazon warehouse in Texas, people who once might have kicked back to enjoy their sunset years are hard at work. Underwater on mortgages or finding that Social Security comes up short, they're hitting the road in astonishing numbers, forming a new community of... Read more

Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

By: Arundhati Roy & John Cusack

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan & Jim Meskimen

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this rich dialogue on surveillance, empire, and power, Roy and Cusack describe meeting with National Security Agency whistleblower Ed Snowden.In late 2014, Arundhati Roy, John Cusack, and Daniel Ellsberg traveled to Moscow to meet with Edward Snowden. The result is a series of essays and dialogues in which Roy and Cusack reflect on their... Read more

Americana

By: Bhu Srinivasan

Narrated by: Scott Brick & Bhu Srinivasan

Length: 21 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

An absorbing and original narrative history of American capitalism

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE ECONOMIST

From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana takes us on a four-hundred-year journey of this spirit of... Read more

The H-Spot

By: Jill Filipovic

Narrated by: Jill Filipovic

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

What do women want? The same thing men were promised in the Declaration of Independence: happiness, or at least the freedom to pursue it.

For women, though, pursuing happiness is a complicated endeavor, and if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you'll see that happiness is indelibly shaped by the... Read more

Daring Democracy

By: Frances Moore Lappé & Adam Eichen

Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

An optimistic book for Americans who are asking, in the wake of Trump’s victory, What do we do now? The answer: We need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy.

Americans are distraught as tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary Diet for a Small Planet author Frances Moore Lappé... Read more

Wounds

By: Fergal Keane

Narrated by: David McFetridge

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A family story of blood and memory and the haunting power of the past. 2018 WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER EWART-BIGGS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017 WINNER OF THE NON-FICTION IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER After nearly three decades reporting conflict from all... Read more

Crushing the Collective

By: Charles W. Sasser

Narrated by: John Masterson

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The American way—independence, entrepreneurialism, liberty—has been under assault for decades. The cultural foundations of the United States and its institutions are devolving along the line of some futuristic apocalyptic novel and producing social, moral, and economic dry rot that can lead only to chaos and ruin.



Attacks on individuality,... Read more