Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Art of Persuasion

By: Davis Truman

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Delve into the immersive world of World War II through the lens of popular culture with this compelling book. It offers a fresh perspective by meticulously analyzing the overarching themes in various mediums. From the silver screen to the airwaves, and from the pages of comic books to the whimsical world of cartoons, witness how these diverse... Read more

Forged in Fire

By: Scott Ryder

Narrated by: David Tredinnick

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos.

Garry made a report on the radio: 'I see around 200 women and children heading north up the valley.' Less than 400 metres below us, a steady stream of women and kids were hurrying away in single file.
'Where are all the men?' I asked Garry. 'Waiting for us,' he... Read more

Murder in the Gulag

By: John Sweeney

Narrated by: John Sweeney

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, Telegraph

The gripping sequel to the bestselling Killer in the Kremlin

2:19pm, Moscow time, 16 February 2024. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets... Read more

Life in the UK Test 2025

By: GreatBrit Education

Narrated by: Mark Jeary-Fairbairn

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you looking for the perfect way to study for your upcoming Life in the UK Test in 2024 or 2025? Do you wish you could pass first time, and become a British Citizen? Maybe you just want to settle in the United Kingdom with "indefinite leave to remain"?Whatever your motivation is to stay in the UK - whether for love, work, or family - we get... Read more

Vidas desplazadas

By: Ana Mercedes Saiz Valenzuela

Narrated by: Raúl Boxer & Mabil Morales

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

LA MIGRACIÓN EN MÉXICO «Con esta obra se presenta un mosaico que ayuda a esclarecer la dinámica migratoria partiendo de una visión global, enfatizando la dinámica regional y poniendo el reflector sobre México como país de origen, tránsito, destino y retorno. Los artículos que integran el libro analizan cuestiones específicas que brindan una... Read more

An Introduction to Legal Reasoning

By: Edward H. Levi

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook version of this book.

Originally published in 1949, An Introduction to Legal Reasoning is widely acknowledged as a classic text. As its opening sentence states, “This is an attempt to describe generally the process of legal reasoning in the field of case law and in the interpretation of statutes and of the... Read more

Repúblicas defraudadas

By: Alberto Vergara

Narrated by: Marcelo Pintos

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

«Una meditación profunda sobre el fracaso latinoamericano en su tarea de cumplir con la aspiración de construir repúblicas genuinas. Una lectura esencial para quien esté interesado en comprender el malestar político contemporáneo en América Latina». James Robinson. Universidad de Chicago, coautor de Por qué fracasan los países. América Latina... Read more

The Good Fight

By: Harry Garside

Narrated by: Rew Hazzard

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is all about triumph and tragedy. You can’t have one without the other – that’s just the contract we’ve signed in return for this short time we have here. Resilience isn’t only about bouncing back. It’s about bouncing back stronger.

In The Good Fight, Harry Garside, Australia’s ballet dancing boxing star, offers a raw  account of his... Read more

Serviceman J

By: Jamie Pennell

Narrated by: Michael Whalley

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits
In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest military honour by showing outstanding gallantry in... Read more

Social Security Basics

By: Thaddeus Knightley

Narrated by: Rob Williamson

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

⭐⭐ Includes Questions & Answers! ⭐⭐
Are you aiming to advance in your career and solidify your understanding of Social Security for public servants, including the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)?
Seeking a comprehensive guide that provides all necessary elements to master your knowledge on Social... Read more

The Democratic Presidents of the 20th Century: The History of the Democrats Who Led the United States during the American Century

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

As one of the most influential men of the 20th century, there is no shortage of adjectives to use when describing Woodrow Wilson’s two terms as president of the United States. Wilson was a pioneer of the Progressive movement both before and during his presidency, becoming a populist champion a generation before Franklin Roosevelt’s New... Read more

Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It

By: Kentaro Kawamori

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It: The Market Forces Catalyzing a Climate Technology Renaissance, distinguished author Kentaro Kawamori delivers a fascinating and timely exploration of the interplay between capitalism and climate change. He explains how the capitalist system helped to contribute to the current... Read more

The Architecture of Modern Empire

By: Arundhati Roy

Narrated by: Jeed Saddy

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A revelatory and wide-ranging series of interviews with award-winning writer Arundhati Roy, touching on United States empire, Indian nationalism, a writer's work, and more.



As a novelist, Arundhati Roy is known for her lush language and intricate structure. As a political essayist, her prose is searching and fierce. All of these qualities shine... Read more

The Antiracism Handbook

By: Thema Bryant, PhD & Edith G. Arrington, PhD

Narrated by: Tyanni Mah

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Racism has reached epidemic levels in our country, and every single day we see acts of racial injustice. From police brutality and the prison industrial complex, to crumbling infrastructure and toxic drinking water in predominantly Black neighborhoods—many people have finally opened their eyes to the harsh realities of inequality and systemic... Read more

Beyond Policing

By: Philip V. McHarris

Narrated by: Philip V. McHarris

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

What would happen if policing disappeared? Would we be safe? This book imagines a world without police. It’s evident that policing is a problem. But what is the way best forward? In Beyond Policing, distinguished scholar and writer Philip V. McHarris reimagines the world without police to find answers and reveal how we can make police... Read more

Into the Clear Blue Sky

By: Rob Jackson

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the world’s leading climate scientists, a heart- and mind-changing book that offers a hopeful and attainable vision for restoring the atmosphere and ending the climate crisis.

Climate change is here. From the millions displaced by the floods in Pakistan to Californian and Canadian towns incinerated by wildfires, we are experiencing... Read more

Hijacked

By: Elizabeth Anderson

Narrated by: Carolyn Jania

Length: 16 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

What is the work ethic? Does it justify policies that promote the wealth and power of the One Percent at workers' expense? Or does it advance policies that promote workers' dignity and standing? Hijacked explores how the history of political economy has been a contest between these two ideas about whom the work ethic is supposed to serve.... Read more

Exurbia Now

By: David Masciotra

Narrated by: Lee Goettl

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The suburbs have become too liberal and diverse for many white American conservatives, so "exurbia"—areas outside the cities and their suburbs—are becoming the staging ground for the radical right extremist insurgency . . .



Beyond a fanatical devotion to former president Donald Trump, one of the curious things that united the rank and file of the... Read more

Mr. Churchill in the White House

By: Robert Schmuhl

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 13 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Well into the twenty-first century, Winston Churchill continues to be the subject of scores of books. Biographers portray him as a soldier, statesman, writer, painter, and even a daredevil, but Robert Schmuhl, the noted author and journalist, may be the first to depict him as a demanding, indeed exhausting White House guest. Drawing on years of... Read more

Más difícil todavía

By: Juan Torres López

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Un análisis valiente, claro y con propuestas alternativas de la inflación y los demás problemas de la economía mundial tras la Covid-19 y la guerra de Ucrania Una guía para entender con sencillez la inflación actual y la crisis que viene La economía internacional va encadenando una crisis económica con la siguiente. Cuando aún no habíamos salido... Read more

Polarizados

By: Luis Miller

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Una reflexión sobre el aumento de la polarización política en España y otros países occidentales en las últimas décadas La investigación más completa hasta la fecha sobre uno de los mayores problemas de nuestro tiempo El término polarización está en boca de todos los analistas de la actualidad política local e internacional. Pero ¿por qué las... Read more

Wild Wisdom

By: Christine Amour-Levar

Narrated by: Ellie Flory Fawcett

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A tale of adventure, pushing limits, humanity and the transformative power of challenging expeditions to help us grow wiser, more compassionate and purposeful with our livesWild Wisdom recounts the story of social entrepreneur and philanthropist Christine Amour-Levar and the all-female expeditions she has led across the globe via her two... Read more

Milton Friedman on Economics

By: Milton Friedman

Narrated by: Kyle Snyder

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

On his death in the autumn of 2006, Milton Friedman was lauded as "the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era" by the New York Times and "the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century" by the Economist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, Friedman was both a highly respected economist... Read more

Pride Amid Prejudice

By: Chief Warrant Officer (Ret’d) Necole E. Belange...

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Chief Warrant Officer Necole Belanger created a professional persona that was no-nonsense and highly put-together. But the truth was much more complex.



Necole's story is a tale of two lives, the CWO raised in a military family, and the woman coming to terms with her sexuality, in a time where the two could not coexist. A lesbian member of the... Read more