Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Long Game

By: Mitch McConnell

Narrated by: Mitch McConnell

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The candid, behind-the-scenes memoir of the of the Senate Majority Leader and GOP veteran.
 
In October 1984, a hard-charging Kentucky politician waited excitedly for President Ronald Reagan to arrive at a presidential rally in Louisville. In the midst of a tough Senate campaign against an incumbent Democrat, the young Republican hoped Reagan’s... Read more

The Unraveling

By: Emma Sky

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

When Emma Sky, an intrepid young British woman, volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, she had little idea what she was letting herself in for: a tour that would last over a decade, longer than that of any senior military of political official. As the only adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Kirkuk... Read more

The Art of Tough

By: Barbara Boxer

Narrated by: Barbara Boxer

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"One goal of this memoir is to inspire people to fight for change. It takes what I call the Art of Tough and I've had to do it all my life." -- Senator Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political career spanning more than three decades. Now, retiring from the Senate, she... Read more

Fueling Freedom

By: Stephen Moore & Kathleen Hartnett White

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Fossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Before the Industrial Revolution, humanity depended on burning wood and candle wax. But with the ability to harness the energy in oil and other fossil fuels, quality of life and capacity for progress increased exponentially. Thanks to incredible innovations in the energy industry, fossil... Read more

The Last Best Hope

By: Ronald Reagan

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From the time he arrived on the political scene in 1964 - throughout his presidency and beyond, Ronald Reagan - used his speeches to inspire and reinvigorate America. When he spoke, Reagan, said, he was preaching a sermon. The American people saw his vision of America and his dreams for the future and they overwhelmingly responded; he was... Read more

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

By: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Narrated by: Mia Ellis

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new... Read more

Pumpkinflowers

By: Matti Friedman

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Using humor, pop culture, and even musical references, Matti Friedman recreates the wartime experience in a narrative that is part memoir, part journalism, part military history. The years in question were pivotal ones, seeing the perfection of a type of warfare that would eventually be exported to Afghanistan and Iraq and has come to seem like... Read more

Lessons My Father Taught Me

By: Michael Reagan

Narrated by: Milton Jeffers

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Noted political commentator Michael Reagan, the son of Ronald Reagan and first wife Jane Wyman, has traveled across America, giving speeches and meeting the public. Time and time again, people tell him how much they love and miss his father, and what his presidency meant to them. In a world where role models are few and far between, Ronald... Read more

Brown is the New White

By: Steven Phillips

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite the abundant evidence from Obama's victories proving that the U.S. population has fundamentally changed, many progressives and Democrats continue to waste millions of dollars chasing white swing voters. Explosive population growth of people of color in America over the past fifty years has laid the foundation for a new American majority... Read more

Trump's America

By: Scott Dikkers

Narrated by: Scott Dikkers, Jen Spyra, Mike Kaminski & Miria...

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

From comedy writer, public speaker, and founding editor of The Onion Scott Dikkers comes this laugh-out-loud hilarious guide to surviving and thriving under Donald Trump’s presidency.Screamingly funny to everyone regardless of political persuasion, this is the ultimate handbook to the forty-fifth President of the United States.Everything from a... Read more

Rogue Justice

By: Karen J. Greenberg

Narrated by: Rebecca Mitchell

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive account of how America's War on Terror sparked a decade-long assault on the rule of law, weakening our courts and our Constitution in the name of national security. The day after September 11, President Bush tasked the Attorney General with preventing another terrorist attack on the United States. From that day forward, the Bush... Read more

Rich is Not a Four-Letter Word

By: Gerri Willis

Narrated by: Gerri Willis

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In Rich Is Not a Four-Letter Word, veteran financial journalist and pundit Gerri Willis takes on the progressive mind-set championed by liberals that gives government bureaucrats the right to decide what's best for us, resulting in bigger government programs, more bureaucracy, and more wasted taxpayer money. She dissects Obamacare and Democratic... Read more

The Opposite of Woe

By: John Hickenlooper

Narrated by: John Hickenlooper

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The maverick (and very funny) governor of Colorado tells his story, from early loss to college on the ten-year plan, to remarkable business and later political success.In just over a decade, John Hickenlooper has gone from a craft-brew entrepreneur to mayor of Denver to governor of Colorado, hailed by many political analysts, the New York Times... Read more

Investment Theory

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Investment theory is the knowledge that helps you to take an informed decision as an investor while choosing the investment options that are for distinct purposes. Investment is pivotal in everyone’s life. Without investment, people need to face dire financial hardships. In fact, they need to make debts to fulfill their child’s dreams. Most... Read more

What Will It Take to Make a Woman President?

By: Marianne Schnall

Narrated by: Erin Bennett & Tom Taylorson

Length: 20 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Featuring conversations with more than twenty leading politicians, writers, artists, and activists, this book is expert interviewer Marianne Schnall’s examination of why America has not yet elected a female president—and how this might change.Prompted by a question from her eight-year-old daughter during the 2008 election of Barack Obama—“Why... Read more

Rediscovering God in America

By: Newt Gingrich & Callista Gingrich

Narrated by: Newt Gingrich & Callista Gingrich

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller, join Newt and Callista Gingrich on a walking tour of Washington, D.C. and learn about the great people, events, and ideas that shaped the religious founding of America.

Explore the architecture and beauty of America's capital with Newt and Callista Gingrich. You'll tour Washington, D.C. to view the nation's... Read more

The Politicians and the Egalitarians

By: Sean Wilentz

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

"There are two keys to unlocking the secrets of American politics and American political history." So begins Princeton historian Sean Wilentz's new work of history.

First, America is built on an egalitarian tradition. At the nation's founding, Americans believed that extremes of wealth and want would destroy their experiment in republican... Read more

By Honor Bound

By: Tom Norris, Mike Thornton & Dick Couch

Narrated by: Jeff Gurner

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

By Honor Bound is the powerful and moving story of two Medal of Honor recipients, written by New York Times bestselling author Dick Couch.

“Delivers cracking-good minute-by-minute descriptions of two SEAL missions rich in suspense, with technically accurate fireworks and undeniable heroism.” —HistoryNet

In April of 1972, near the end of the... Read more

Broken But Unbowed

By: Greg Abbott

Narrated by: Van Tracy

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From Governor Greg Abbott—Texas governor and rising star in the Republican Party and one of the first prominent politicians to govern from a wheelchair—comes this deeply personal and inspiring life story and a plan to restore America to greatness in what Newt Gingrich calls a “bold and compelling” read.

Greg Abbott lost his ability to walk when a... Read more

Makers and Takers

By: Rana Foroohar

Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America?

"A well-told exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." —The New York Times

In looking at the forces that shaped the 2016 presidential election, one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is rigged to enrich the privileged elites at the expense... Read more

Donald Trump

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

There are a handful people who are born to make it to the zenith. From being a businessman to becoming ‘The President’ of the United States of America; Donald Trump has indeed reflected some brilliant characteristics on how determination can get you to the heights that you desire. The President of United States of America is the elected head of... Read more

The First Congress

By: Fergus M. Bordewich

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The First Congress was the most important in U.S. history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed—as many at the time feared it would—it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today.



The Constitution was a broad set of... Read more

The Four Freedoms

By: Jeffrey A. Engel

Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr. & Kathleen Mary Carthy

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The specter of global war loomed large in President Franklin Roosevelt's mind as he prepared to present his 1941 State of the Union address. He believed the United States had a role to play in the battle against Nazi and fascist aggression already underway in Europe, yet his rallying cry to the nation was about more than just national security... Read more

First Dads

By: Joshua Kendall

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Every president has had some experience as a parent. Of the 43 men who have served in the nation's highest office, 38 have fathered biological children and the other five adopted children. Each president's parenting style reveals much about his beliefs as well as his psychological make-up. James Garfield enjoyed jumping on the bed with his kids.... Read more