Politics & Economy audiobooks

John F. Kennedy and PT-109

By: Richard Tregaskis

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The true experiences of President Kennedy in World War II, as he commanded a PT-boat in the Solomon Islands and rescued his men after their craft was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Read more

Guadalcanal Diary

By: Richard Tregaskis

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles; crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. One of only two on-location news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the... Read more

An Extraordinary Time

By: Marc Levinson

Narrated by: James Foster

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In An Extraordinary Time, acclaimed economic historian Marc Levinson recounts the global collapse of the postwar economy in the 1970s. While economists struggle to return us to the high economic growth rates of the past, Levinson counterintuitively argues that the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s were an anomaly; slow economic growth is the... Read more

Anfangen! - Reden von Carolin Emcke (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung)

By: Dr. Carolin Emcke

Narrated by: Dr. Carolin Emcke

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"Carolin Emcke setzt sich schwierigen Lebensbedingungen aus und beschreibt - vor allem in ihren Essays und ihren Berichten aus Kriegsgebieten - auf sehr persönliche und ungeschützte Weise, wie Gewalt, Hass und Sprachlosigkeit Menschen verändern können. Mit analytischer Empathie appelliert sie an das Vermögen aller Beteiligten, zu Verständigung... Read more

The Man Who Created the Middle East

By: Christopher Simon Sykes

Narrated by: Mike Grady

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes’ lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it. ... Read more

All Out War

By: Tim Shipman

Narrated by: Rupert Farley

Length: 32 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017 #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘The best political book of the year’ Andrew Marr ‘A superb work of storytelling and reporting. Sets new benchmark for the writing of contemporary political history’ Guardian The only... Read more

Boy & Going Solo

By: Roald Dahl

Narrated by: Full Cast & Patrick Malahide

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Two new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of Roald Dahl's gripping autobiographical stories.

These two compelling adaptations, based on Roald Dahl’s real-life tales of his of his boyhood and youthful overseas adventures, celebrate his remarkable life and commemorate his genius.

Boy Dahl’s childhood was one of excitement, wonder, terror and... Read more

These are Our Leaders: Freedom of Speech is a Funny Thing!

By: Marcus Albey

Narrated by: Craig Randall Nickerson

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"The problem with political jokes is they get elected." Let's look at some of the best and the brightest (funniest) moments in our recent political and social history, quotes from the leaders that we so look up to and admire and even a few celebrities. Why do we give them our undying attention, faith, and hope? Why not pay closer attention to... Read more

In Your Face

By: Chris DeRose

Narrated by: Rick Pasqualone

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In Your Face, is Chris's story in his own words; it's not simply an eyewitness account of social activism, but the experience of a man living on the front lines. It is the intense, sometimes funny, story of how one man learned about injustice, cared enough to get involved, started taking direct action, and ultimately made a difference in the... Read more

Sacco and Vanzetti

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Colin Fluxman

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

There are few cases in American history as well known as Sacco and Vanzetti, and perhaps none of them were as controversial or socially charged as the trials against the two Italian immigrants in the early 20th century. The two avowed anarchists were ultimately tried and executed for murder and armed robbery, but the case said as much about the... Read more

Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

Narrated by: Eliza Foss

Length: 26 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2016
One of NPR's 10 Best Books of 2016

"Heartachingly relevant...the Eleanor Roosevelt who inhabits these meticulously crafted pages transcends both first-lady history and the marriage around which Roosevelt scholarship has traditionally pivoted." -- The Wall Street Journal

The final volume in the... Read more

A Time for War

By: Ronald B. Wheatley

Narrated by: Rosemary Benson & Johnny Heller

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From Vietnam vet Ronald Wheatley, A Time for War features in-depth interviews with sixty-five veterans who served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, as well as stories of veterans from the Revolutionary, Civil, and Cold Wars. These are enlisted men and women, officers and volunteers, connected by a small seacoast town located midway... Read more

The Spy Who Couldn't Spell

By: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The thrilling, true-life account of the FBI’s hunt for the ingenious traitor Brian Regan—known as the Spy Who Couldn’t Spell.
 
Before Edward Snowden’s infamous data breach, the largest theft of government secrets was committed by an ingenious traitor whose intricate espionage scheme and complex system of coded... Read more

Long Time Gone

By: Les Rolston

Narrated by: Kevin F. Spalding

Length: 16 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Experience the entire Civil War through the eyes of the soldiers-North and South. Fast paced, this very human story reads like you're watching a movie. "During wartime, soldiers never know the whole picture. Tracing the surprising parallel lives of childhood friends and kinsmen, Elisha Hunt Rhodes of the 2nd R. I. Regiment and James Rhodes... Read more

23/7

By: Keramet Reiter

Narrated by: C.S.E. Cooney

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally meant to be brief and exceptional, solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has become long-term and common. Prisoners spend twenty-three hours a day in featureless cells, with no visitors or human contact for years on end, and they are held entirely at administrators' discretion. Keramet Reiter tells the history of one "supermax,"... Read more

No More Work

By: James Livingston

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

For centuries we’ve believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance—in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if you didn’t work, you didn’t eat, or else you were stealing from someone. If only you worked hard, you could earn your way and maybe even make... Read more

The Hamilton Collection

By: Dan Tucker

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The subject of a New York Times best-selling biography and a Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, interest in Alexander Hamilton is at an all-time high. This carefully curated collection of Hamilton's writings gives the reader an intimate glimpse into the mind of our most misunderstood founding father.

The smash-hit musical Hamilton presents its... Read more

The Third Reconstruction

By: The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II & Jonatha...

Narrated by: Chase Bradley

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A modern-day civil rights champion tells the stirring story of how he helped start a movement to bridge America’s racial divide.

Over the summer of 2013, the Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II led more than a hundred thousand people at rallies across North Carolina to protest restrictions to voting access and an extreme makeover of state... Read more

The Nine of Us

By: Jean Kennedy Smith

Narrated by: Lorna Raver

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.Prompted by interesting tidbits in the newspaper, Rose and Joe... Read more

Wild and Precious Life

By: Deborah Ziegler

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From the mother of Brittany Maynard comes an endearing memoir honoring the young woman who made the decision to travel to Oregon and end her life on her own terms after a defeating battle with a cancerous brain tumor.

Written by Deborah Ziegler, the mother of Brittany Maynard—a twenty-nine-year-old woman with a terminal brain tumor—this touching... Read more

The Fleet at Flood Tide

By: James D. Hornfischer

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 23 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower

Winner, Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States • Winner, John Lehman Distinguished Naval Historian... Read more

Inside Story

By: Philip Webster

Narrated by: Philip Webster

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the greatest political journalists of recent times, an insider’s account of four decades of covering the British political scene, packed with tales of the biggest political happenings of the last half century. Philip Webster covered politics for The Times newspaper for 43 years, including 18 years as its... Read more

Unleashing Demons

By: Craig Oliver

Narrated by: Craig Oliver

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

'Utterly fascinating...I suspect that every historian of the period will regard it as indispensable to appreciating this extraordinary phase in our history.' John Simpson

'The compelling insider's account of the man who was at the centre of the Downing Street web' Nick Robinson

'This is one of the most vivid, frank and exciting inside accounts to... Read more

Sturmwarnung - Das Hörbuch

By: Stefan Kruecken

Narrated by: Jürgen Schwandt

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein Leben wie ein ewiges Abenteuer: Orkane auf See, Stürme im Rotlicht der Häfen. Momente zwischen Leben und Tod. Kapitän Jürgen Schwandt, Jahrgang 1936, hat alles erlebt. Aufgewachsen in den Trümmern Hamburgs, ging er früh zur See - und tauchte ein in jene exotische Welt aus Fernweh und Sternenstaub, von der er immer geträumt hatte. Dabei... Read more