Politics & Economy audiobooks

A Time to Die

By: Robert Moore

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

On a quiet Saturday morning in August 2000, two explosions--one so massive it was detected by seismologists around the world--shot through the shallow Arctic waters of the Barents Sea. Russia's prized submarine, the Kursk, began her fatal plunge to the ocean floor. Award-winning journalist Robert Moore presents a riveting, brilliantly researched... Read more

See No Evil

By: Joel B. Pollak

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Liberals take great pride in their supposed openmindedness. Yet when it comes to hot-button issues like radical Islam, global warming, and abortion, “openminded” liberals go to great lengths to discredit and suppress the ideas of their opponents. Breitbart senior editor Joel Pollak exposes the nineteen key ideas that today’s liberals are... Read more

For child migrants, desperate journey to freedom

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The boat trip from North Africa to Italy has ended in death and heartbreak for many migrants. It has been especially tough on children, many of whom come by themselves. In the second of a three-part Desperate Journey series from the Mediterranean, Malcolm Brabant is aboard a Doctors Without Border ship when one trip ends with promise of a new... Read more

The Girl Who Escaped ISIS

By: Farida Khalaf & Andrea C. Hoffmann

Narrated by: Lara Sawalha

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post

“Farida Khalaf’s story is harrowing but crucial—especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does.” —Glamour

“As gripping as it is appalling…a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary people caught up in violence far beyond their control—and to the particularly... Read more

A Rage for Order

By: Robert Worth

Narrated by: Will Damron & Robert Worth

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive work of literary journalism on the Arab Spring and its troubled aftermath

In 2011, a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to tyranny, corruption, and economic decay. From Egypt to Yemen, a generation of young Arabs insisted on a new ethos of common citizenship. Five years later, their... Read more

Desperate migrants share horror stories from Libya

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The sea route from Libya to Italy is dangerous, even deadly, for African migrants and refugees who are desperate to cross. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from a Doctors Without Borders rescue ship that’s attempting to save people victimized in Libya from then dying at sea. Read more

Hillary's America

By: Dinesh D'Souza

Narrated by: James Foster

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Dinesh D’Souza, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller America, is back with this darkly entertaining deconstruction of Hillary Clinton’s flawed character and ideology. From her Alinskyite past to her hopes for America’s progressive future, the presumptive Democratic nominee is revealed to be little more than a political gangster intent on... Read more

American Maelstrom

By: Michael A. Cohen

Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr.

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

American Maelstrom captures the full drama of the watershed election of 1968, establishing this year as the hinge between the decline of political liberalism, the ascendancy of conservative populism, and the rise of anti-government attitudes that continue to dominate the nation's political discourse. This sweeping and immersive book, equal parts... Read more

Problem with Socialism

By: Thomas DiLorenzo

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Remember when "socialism" was a dirty word? Now students at America's elite universities are parroting socialist talking points and "sure-thing" Hillary Clinton is struggling to win the Democratic nomination against a 74-year-old avowed socialist who promises to make the nation more like Europe. What's happened? Do Americans need a reminder... Read more

Almighty

By: Dan Zak

Narrated by: Michael Quinlan

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

On a tranquil summer night in July 2012, a trio of peace activists infiltrated the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nicknamed the “Fort Knox of Uranium,” Y-12 was reputedly one of the most secure nuclear weapons facilities in the world, a bastion of warhead parts that harbored hundreds of metric tons of highly-enriched... Read more

Watchdog

By: Darrell Issa

Narrated by: Rick Zieff

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

You might think you had a front-row seat to the shocking scandals of Benghazi, the IRS targeting of conservatives, Fast & Furious, illegal email servers, mishandling America's secrets and cover-ups at the EPA. The rest of the story, told here for the first time, is even more troubling.

In Watchdog, Congressman Darrell Issa reveals some of the... Read more

The End of White Christian America

By: Robert P. Jones

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“Quite possibly the most illuminating text for this election year” (The New York Times Book Review).

*Winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion*
Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, spells out the profound political and cultural consequences of a new reality—that America is no longer a majority white Christian nation.... Read more

Machiavelli

By: Ross King

Narrated by: Tim Reynolds

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Machiavelli is a superb portrait of the brilliant and revolutionary political philosopher—history’s most famous theorist of “warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed”—and the age he embodied. Ross King, the New York Times bestselling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome, argues that the author of The Prince was... Read more

Great Again

By: Donald J. Trump

Narrated by: Jeremy Lowell

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue... Read more

The Field of Fight

By: Lieutenant General (Ret.) Michael T. Flynn & Mi...

Narrated by: Lieutenant General (Ret.) Michael T. Flynn

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A war is being waged against us by radical Islamists, and, as current events demonstrate, they are only getting stronger. Al-Qaeda has morphed into a much more dangerous, menacing threat: ISIS. Lt. General Michael T. Flynn is blunt and urgent. This book aims to inform the American people of the grave danger we face in the war on terror—and will... Read more

Drinking with the Democrats

By: Mark Will-Weber

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This new gift edition spin-off of Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt looks at the favorite beers, liquors, and cocktail recipes of Democratic presidents and their first ladies.This election year, celebrate the Democratic Party by drinking like a Democrat! Organized by president, this fun audiobook is full of cocktail recipes, bar tips, and... Read more

Drinking with the Republicans

By: Mark Will-Weber

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This election year, celebrate the Republican Party by drinking like a Republican! Organized by president, this fun audiobook is full of cocktail recipes, bar tips, and hysterical drinking anecdotes from all Republican White House administrations. Which president liked to mix whiskey, vodka, and orange juice? Who had a trick for hiding the labels... Read more

Miami and the Siege of Chicago

By: Norman Mailer

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

1968. The Vietnam War was raging. President Lyndon Johnson, facing a challenge in his own Democratic Party from the maverick antiwar candidate Eugene McCarthy, announced that he would not seek a second term. In April, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and riots broke out in inner cities throughout America. Bobby Kennedy was killed after... Read more

A Child's First Book of Trump

By: Michael Ian Black

Narrated by: Michael Ian Black

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller!

What do you do when you spot a wild Trump in the election season? New York Times bestselling author and comedian Michael Ian Black has some sage advice for children (and all the rest of us who are scratching our heads in disbelief) in this perfectly timely parody picture book intended for adults that would be... Read more

Eleanor Roosevelt

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 22 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Eleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting intimate friendships with some of the great men and... Read more

Cyberspies

By: Gordon Corera

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 17 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The previously untold—and previously highly classified—story of the conflux of espionage and technology, a compelling narrative rich with astonishing revelations taking readers from World War II to the Internet ageAs the digital era becomes increasingly pervasive, the intertwining forces of computers and espionage are reshaping the entire world;... Read more

Bobby Kennedy

By: Larry Tye

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 19 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

“A multilayered, inspiring portrait of RFK . . . [the] most in-depth look at an extraordinary figure whose transformational story shaped America.”—Joe Scarborough, The Washington Post

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu original series starring Chris Pine. Larry Tye appears on CNN’s American Dynasties: The Kennedys.

“We are in Larry... Read more

Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide

By: Darryl "DMC" McDaniels & Darrell Dawsey

Narrated by: Darryl "DMC" McDaniels

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In this surprising and moving memoir, the legendary rap star and cofounder of Run D.M.C. keeps it a hundred percent, speaking out about his battle with depression and overcoming suicidal thoughts—one of the most devastating yet little known health issues plaguing the black community today.As one third of the legendary rap group Run D.M.C.,... Read more

Eleanor Roosevelt

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 28 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe).

The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest... Read more