Politics & Economy audiobooks

We Were Warriors

By: Johnny Mercer

Narrated by: Finlay Robertson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan.' - Andy McNab

The rounds were single shot from the same two enemy positions, trying to pick me off. They were kicking up the dirt around me. Then all hell broke loose as the gunship's Gatling vomited ammo right over my head. The sound was deafening. It was now or... Read more

Be Like the Fox

By: Erica Benner

Narrated by: Karen Saltus

Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The dramatic, myth-shattering story of how Machiavelli-arguably the most misunderstood thinker of all time-fought to change his corrupt world. Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality. But that characterization is unfair. In Be Like the Fox, Erica Benner sets the record... Read more

A Brief History of Neoliberalism

By: David Harvey

Narrated by: Clive Chafer

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Neoliberalism—the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action—has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so. Writing for a wide audience, David Harvey, author of The New Imperialism and The Condition of Postmodernity, here tells the... Read more

Destined for War

By: Graham Allison

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

War with China is much more likely than anyone thinks When Athens went to war with Sparta some 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Thucydides identified one simple cause: a rising power threatened to displace a ruling one. As the eminent Harvard scholar Graham Allison explains, in the past 500 years, great powers have found themselves in... Read more

Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver

By: Michael Maloney

Narrated by: Michael Maloney

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an updated version of the book that accurately predicted the global stock market crash of 2008, the bursting of the real estate bubble, and Ben Bernanke's unprecedented overreaction via quantitative easing programs. First published in 2008, the book quickly became a best seller not just for its timely insight into precious metals... Read more

The End of Loyalty

By: Rick Wartzman

Narrated by: Rick Wartzman

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Having a good, stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. Not anymore.

In this richly detailed and eye-opening book, Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers -- General Motors, General Electric, Kodak, and Coca-Cola -- he shows... Read more

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate

By: Al Franken

Narrated by: Al Franken

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From Senator Al Franken - #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum -- comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.

"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual -... Read more

The Weapon Wizards

By: Yaakov Katz & Amir Bohbot

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on the modern battlefield. The Weapon Wizards shows how this tiny nation of eight million learned to adapt to the changes in warfare and in the defense industry and become the new prototype of a... Read more

Written Out of History

By: Mike Lee

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Some of America’s most important founders have been erased from our history books. In the fight to restore the true meaning of the Constitution, their stories must be told.
     
In the earliest days of our nation, a handful of unsung heroes—including women, slaves, and an Iroquois chief—made crucial contributions to our... Read more

Benjamin Franklin

By: Thomas S. Kidd

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more... Read more

Angry White Men

By: Michael Kimmel

Narrated by: Aaron Williamson

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the enduring legacies of the 2012 Presidential campaign was the demise of the white American male voter as a dominant force in the political landscape. On election night, after Obama was announced the winner, a distressed Bill O'Reilly lamented that he didn't live in "a traditional America anymore." He was joined by others who bellowed... Read more

A Selfish Plan to Change the World

By: Justin Dillon

Narrated by: Justin Dillon

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

You are exactly what the world needsWhat if your search for meaning could solve the world’s problems? What if everything you are passionate about could save a life or change history? Justin Dillon argues it can, and A Selfish Plan to Change the World shows how. 

In this paradigm-shifting new book, Dillon--the founder of Slavery Footprint and Made... Read more

Churchill and Orwell

By: Thomas E. Ricks

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller!

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017

A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike.

Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's—Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line... Read more

Hunting the Jackal

By: Billy Waugh & Tim Keown

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than half a century, Special Forces and CIA legend Billy Waugh dedicated his life to tracking down and eliminating America's most virulent enemies. Operating from the darkest shadows and most desolate corners of the world, he made his mark in many of the most important operations in the annals of U.S. Spec Ops.



He spent seven and a half... Read more

Grave New World

By: Stephen D. King

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free trade and, since the 1980s, open capital markets, is beginning to fracture. With disappointing growth rates across the Western world, nations are no longer willing to sacrifice national interests for global growth;... Read more

All Measures Short of War

By: Thomas J. Wright

Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The two decades after the Cold War saw unprecedented cooperation between the major powers as the world converged on a model of liberal international order. Now, great power competition is back, and the liberal order is in jeopardy.Russia and China are increasingly revisionist in their regions. The Middle East appears to be unraveling. And many... Read more

Never Call Me a Hero

By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr & Laura Orr

Narrated by: Mike Ortego, Cassandra Campbell & Patrick Lawlor

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinary firsthand account of the Battle of Midway by one of its key participants, timed to the 75th anniversary: American dive-bomber pilot ""Dusty"" Kleiss helped sink three Japanese warships (including two aircraft carriers), received the Navy Cross, and is credited with playing a decisive individual role in determining the outcome of... Read more

Remember the Ladies

By: Angela P. Dodson

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the centennial celebrations of women first winning the right to vote, this book documents the milestones in the hard-won struggle and reflects on women's impact on politics since.

From the birth of our nation to the recent crushing defeat of the first female presidential candidate, this book highlights women's impact on United States... Read more

Breaking Through Gridlock

By: Jason Jay & Gabriel Grant

Narrated by: Tom Dheere

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Think about the last time you tried to talk with someone who didn't already agree with you about issues that matter most. How well did it go?

These conversations are vital, but too often get stuck. They become contentious or we avoid them because we fear they might. What if, in these difficult conversations, we could stay true to ourselves while... Read more

Do-Gooders

By: Mona Charen

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Mona Charen has a loyal following from her syndicated newspaper column (which runs in more than two hundred newspapers) and her many television and radio appearances. Her first book, Useful Idiots, was a six-week New York Times bestseller. Now she’s back, switching her focus from foreign policy to domestic issues.Unlike some conservatives who... Read more

Firehouse

By: David Halberstam

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"In the firehouse the men not only live and eat with each other, they play sports together, go off to drink together, help repair one another's houses and, most importantly, share terrifying risks; their loyalties to each other must, by the demands of the dangers they face, be instinctive and absolute." So writes David Halberstam, one of... Read more

The Looming Tower

By: Lawrence Wright

Narrated by: Lawrence Wright

Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

One of... Read more

Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway

By: Dave Barry

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Understanding the urgent need for a deeply thoughtful, balanced book to explain our national political process, Dave Barry has not even come close. Though he himself has covered many campaigns, run for president several times, and run for cover at the rainy inauguration of George W. Bush (the man will spare nothing for his art), Barry has... Read more

The Only Language They Understand

By: Nathan Thrall

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Scattered over the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea lie the remnants of failed peace proposals, international summits, secret negotiations, UN resolutions, and state-building efforts. The conventional story is that these well-meaning attempts at peacemaking were repeatedly, perhaps terminally, thwarted by... Read more