Politics & Economy audiobooks

Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil

By: Lezley McSpadden

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

This revelatory memoir by the mother of Michael Brown, the African American teenager killed by the police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, sheds light on one of the landmark events in recent history.“I wasn’t there when Mike Mike was shot. I didn’t see him fall or take his last breath, but as his mother, I do know one thing... Read more

The Intimidation Game

By: Kimberley Strassel

Narrated by: Jennifer Edges

Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

From Kim Strassel-one of the preeminent political columnists writing today and member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board-comes an insightful, alarming look at how the Left, once the champion of civil liberties, is today orchestrating a coordinated campaign to bully Americans out of free speech.

For nearly 40 years, Washington and much of... Read more

Flyover Nation

By: Dana Loesch

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Blaze TV and top radio host Dana Loesch explains that the biggest political problem today is that the people who run this country have no idea what life is really like for ordinary Americans. In fact, they have contempt for the very people they claim to represent.When the owners of a small pizza parlor in Indiana were asked by the local press... Read more

Why Vote Leave

By: Daniel Hannan

Narrated by: Daniel Hannan

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Why Vote Leave written and read by Daniel Hannan.

POST-REFERENDUM EDITION OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, WITH A NEW PREFACE.

MEP and award-winning political writer Daniel Hannan’s argument for a British exit during the lead up to the Brexit referendum in 2016.

Hannan demonstrates that the EU, past its sell-by date, was rendered... Read more

The Way to the Spring

By: Ben Ehrenreich

Narrated by: Ben Ehrenreich

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Way to the Spring is a riveting and powerful work . . . . Readers near and far who seek greater understanding of how Palestinians live—and the violence they endure—are well served by Ehrenreich’s book.” —Haaretz

“Ehrenreich's haunting, poignant and memorable stories add up to a weighty contribution to the Palestinian side of the scales of... Read more

Love Wins

By: Debbie Cenziper & Jim Obergefell

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The fascinating and very moving story of the lovers, lawyers, judges and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades—the legalization of same-sex marriage.In June 2015, the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage the law in all fifty states in a decision as... Read more

Code Warriors

By: Stephen Budiansky

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping, in-depth history of NSA, whose famous “cult of silence” has left the agency shrouded in mystery for decades
 
The National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory. In the... Read more

If You Can Keep It

By: Eric Metaxas

Narrated by: Eric Metaxas

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America. 

In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin what the founders had given the American people. "A... Read more

To Protect and Serve

By: Norm Stamper

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

American policing is in crisis. The last decade witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. Nowhere is this more noticeable and painful than in African American and other ethnic minority communities. Racism—from raw, individualized... Read more

The Rise and Fall of Nations

By: Ruchir Sharma

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This pioneering work demystifies the drivers behind political, economic, and social change.Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world and enlivened by encounters with tycoons, presidents, and villagers from Rio to Beijing, Ruchir Sharma’s The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks the “dismal science” of economics as a practical... Read more

Commander in Chief

By: Nigel Hamilton

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 14 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In the next installment of the "splendid memoir Roosevelt didn't get to write" (New York Times), Nigel Hamilton tells the astonishing story of FDR's year-long, defining battle with Churchill, as the war raged in Africa and Italy. Nigel Hamilton's Mantle of Command, long-listed for the National Book Award, drew on years of archival research and... Read more

Conversations with Lincoln

By: Gordon Leidner

Narrated by: Graham Winton

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring collection of stories from ordinary Americans who sought Lincoln's help during the Civil War. What was it like to meet our 16th President? Was he really as kind and honest as we perceive him to be today? This astonishing new book is an inspiring and eye-opening collection of stories, anecdotes and quotes from people who sought out... Read more

The Pivot

By: Kurt Campbell

Narrated by: Marc Vietor

Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From former assistant secretary of state Kurt M. Campbell comes the definitive analysis and explanation of the new major shift in American foreign policy, its interests and assets, to Asia.

There is a quiet drama playing out in American foreign policy far from the dark contours of upheaval in the Middle East and South Asia and the hovering drone... Read more

Black Man, White House

By: D. L. Hughley

Narrated by: Mia Barron, Cherise Boothe, Ron Butler, Greg It...

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From legendary comedian D.L. Hughley comes a bitingly funny send-up of the Obama years, as “told” by the key political players on both sides of the aisle.What do the Clintons, Republicans, fellow Democrats, and Obama’s own family really think of President Barack Obama? Finally, the truth is revealed in this raucously funny “oral history”... Read more

There Goes My Social Life

By: Stacey Dash

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Stacey Dash didn't have the ideal American childhood. Growing up in the South Bronx, her friends were the hustlers, hookers, and gang members who struggled in the face of futility, who sold drugs instead of living on food stamps, who settled matters with fists, knives, and guns because it seemed their only option, who stood tall against broken... Read more

Charmed Life

By: Damian Collins

Narrated by: Thomas Judd

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of a fascinating man who connected the great politicians, artists and thinkers at the height of British global power and influence. A famed aesthete, politician and patron of the arts, Philip Sassoon lived in a world of English elegance and oriental flair. Gathering a social set that would provide inspiration for... Read more

Absolute Power

By: Mark Tavener

Narrated by: John Bird & Stephen Fry

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Fry and John Bird star in all four series of the BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy, plus the 2006 special episode.

Set in the Machiavellian world of modern PR, Absolute Power introduces us to London-based 'government-media relations consultancy' Prentiss McCabe, whose partners Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe are frequently embroiled in the... Read more

Naked Diplomacy

By: Tom Fletcher

Narrated by: Roger May

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Who will be in power in the 21st century? Governments? Big business? Internet titans? And how do we influence the future? Digital technology is changing power at a faster rate than any time in history. Distrust and inequality are fuelling political and economic uncertainty. The scaffolding built around the global order is... Read more

The Greatest Speeches of Great Politicians

By: SpeechWorks

Narrated by: SpeechWorks

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The Greatest Speeches of Great Politicians features historical speeches given by those aspiring to win over voters and gain positions of power. Well-known candidates for a variety of offices address campaign rallies, press conferences, and the general public. This collection includes speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, Barry... 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

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

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

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

Fatal Voyage

By: Dan Kurzman

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. The ship had just left the island of Tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima. As the torpedoes hit, the Indianapolis erupted into a fiery coffin, sinking in less than fifteen... Read more