Politics & Economy audiobooks

Reden wir über Geld

By: Niki Lauda

Narrated by: Stefan Lehnen

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

»Wie viel Geld haben wir eigentlich?«, fragte ich mit zehn meinen Vater. »Über Geld spricht man nicht!«, antwortete er. »Und wenn du noch einmal fragst, kriegst ein paar Watschen.« Niki Lauda, der aus einer wohlhabenden Wiener Indus­triellenfamilie stammt, ist Selfmade­-Millionär mit einem Privatvermögen im dreistelligen Millionenbereich. Zum... Read more

Europa im Erdölrausch

By: Daniele Ganser

Narrated by: Markus Böker

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

88 Millionen Fässer Erdöl werden weltweit täglich verbraucht. Das sind 44 Supertanker. Woher kommt das Öl? Wie hat es die europäische Geschichte in den letzten 150 Jahren beeinflusst? Und vor allem: Warum geht es uns jetzt aus? Daniele Ganser, Peak-Oil-Experte und Friedensforscher, legt die erste Gesamtdarstellung zu Europas Erdöl-Abhängigkeit... Read more

Elon Musk - Abridged

By: Ashley Vance & Elon Musk

Narrated by: Michael J. Diekmann

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Elon Musk ist der da Vinci des 21. Jahrhunderts. Seine Firmengründungen lesen sich wie das Who's who der zukunftsträchtigsten Unternehmen der Welt. Alles, was dieser Mann anfasst, scheint zu Gold zu werden. Mit PayPal revolutionierte er das Zahlen im Internet, mit Tesla schreckte er die Autoindustrie auf und sein Raumfahrtunternehmen SpaceX ist... Read more

Elon Musk - Abridged

By: Ashley Vance & Elon Musk

Narrated by: Michael J. Diekmann

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Elon Musk ist der da Vinci des 21. Jahrhunderts. Seine Firmengründungen lesen sich wie das Who's who der zukunftsträchtigsten Unternehmen der Welt. Alles, was dieser Mann anfasst, scheint zu Gold zu werden. Mit PayPal revolutionierte er das Zahlen im Internet, mit Tesla schreckte er die Autoindustrie auf und sein Raumfahrtunternehmen SpaceX ist... Read more

Dad's Army: The Lost Tapes

By: David Croft & Jimmy Perry

Narrated by: Arthur Lowe, Full Cast & John Le Mesurier

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn and Ian Lavender star in a collection of rediscovered Dad's Army gems. Published for the first time, these four instalments of Dad's Army have been brought together from a variety of archive sources, and in each case represent something unique. 'A Stripe for Frazer' is the surviving TV soundtrack from an... Read more

Crippled America

By: Donald J. Trump

Narrated by: Jeremy Lowell

Length: 4 hours 29 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

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

By: Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger

Narrated by: Brian Kilmeade

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“Another blockbuster! Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates reads like an edge-of-your-seat, page-turning thriller. You will love this book and also wonder why so few people know this story. No one captures the danger, intrigue, and drama of the American Revolution and its aftermath like Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger.” —Brad Thor

This is the... Read more

The General and the Genius

By: James Kunetka

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Two ambitious men. One historic mission.With a blinding flash in the New Mexico desert in the summer of 1945, the world was changed forever. The bomb that ushered in the atomic age was the product of one of history’s most improbable partnerships. The General and the Genius reveals how two extraordinary men pulled off the greatest scientific feat... Read more

The Time of Our Lives

By: Peggy Noonan

Narrated by: Betsy Foldes Meiman, Rena-Marie Villano & Peggy...

Length: 17 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary and conservative icon Peggy Noonan offers her most insightful work, including her Wall Street Journal columns about the 2016 Election.

New York Times bestseller The Time of Our Lives travels the path of Peggy Noonan's remarkable and influential career, beginning with a revealing essay about her... Read more

45

By: Scott Dikkers & Peter Hilleren

Narrated by: Scott Dikkers & Peter Hilleren

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An irreverent take on the national bestseller 41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush, 45 is a no-holds-barred tell-all written in the voice of former president George W. Bush as he stumps for his brother Jeb -- perhaps doing more harm than good.

In 45: A Portrait of My Knucklehead Brother Jeb, George W. Bush takes readers on a journey... Read more

America Ascendant

By: Stanley B. Greenberg

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 14 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Our economy is on the move, fueled by revolutions in energy, immigration, innovation, big data, and advanced manufacturing. America's energy independence has set off shockwaves. Just as important are the social transformations that are making the country ever more racially and culturally diverse, younger, and a home to immigrants. While most... Read more

Power Wars

By: Charlie Savage

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 27 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state.

Barack Obama campaigned on changing George W. Bush's "global war on terror" but ended up entrenching extraordinary executive powers, from warrantless surveillance and indefinite detention to military commissions... Read more

Red Team

By: Micah Zenko

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Red teaming. It is a practice as old as the Devil’s Advocate, the eleventh-century Vatican official charged with discrediting candidates for sainthood. Today, red teams—comprised primarily of fearless skeptics and those assuming the role of saboteurs who seek to better understand the interests, intentions, and capabilities of institutions or... Read more

A Just and Generous Nation

By: Harold Holzer & Norton Garfinkle

Narrated by: Barry Press

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In A Just and Generous Nation, the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president to go to war when the Southern states seceded from the Union. Rather than a commitment to eradicating slavery or a defense of the Union, they argue... Read more

I Should Be Dead

By: Bob Beckel

Narrated by: Bob Beckel & Graham Beckel

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From Bob Beckel, the popular co-host of "The Five" on Fox News Channel, a deeply moving, redemptive memoir about his life as a political operative and diplomat, his long struggle with alcohol and drugs, and his unlikely journey to finding faith.

Growing up poor in an abusive home, Bob Beckel learned to be a survivor: to avoid conflict, mask his... Read more

Huckabee

By: Scott Lamb

Narrated by: John McMurray & Webb Wilder

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The Mike Huckabee StoryAn Intimate LookFor the first time, the former governor of Arkansas opens up the vault to friend and biographer W. Scott Lamb (Pujols: More Than the Game, 2011) to tell his life story. In this thoroughly unique biography of one of the most likeable, influential leaders in America, Lamb covers the entire scope of Mike... Read more

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy

By: Joseph E Stiglitz

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Inequality is a choice.The United States bills itself as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone can achieve success and a better life through hard work and determination. But the facts tell a different story—the U.S. today lags behind most other developed nations in measures of inequality and economic mobility. For decades, wages have... Read more

What to Do When the Bubble Pops

By: Harry S. Dent

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Harry Dent has been predicting for some time that we are about to enter a prolonged downturn, one that will be looked at by historians as a classic economic depression, due to demographic factors---one of the largest generations in history---the Baby Boomers---are leaving the workplace, either due to planned retirement or involuntarily (due to... Read more

Sustainability

By: Kent E. Portnoy

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The word "sustainability" has been connected to everything from a certain kind of economic development to corporate promises about improved supply sourcing. But despite the apparent ubiquity of the term, the concept of sustainability has come to mean a number of specific things. In this accessible guide to the meanings of sustainability, Kent... Read more

The Dent Business Academy

By: Harry S. Dent

Narrated by: Harry S. Dent

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In this nine session course from Harry Dent, you learn what to expect in the winter economic season and the best business strategies to stay ahead of your competition. Is your business prepared to survive and prosper in the winter season of our economy? How do demographic trends impact your business? If you knew that we are heading into another... Read more

The Money Makers

By: Eric Rauchway

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortly after arriving in the White House in early 1933, Franklin Roosevelt took the United States off the gold standard. His opponents thought his decision unwise at best, and ruinous at worst. But they could not have been more wrong. With The Money Makers, Eric Rauchway tells the absorbing story of how FDR and his advisors pulled the levers... Read more

Ich gebe Ihnen mein Ehrenwort

By: Jürgen Roth

Narrated by: Jürgen Roth

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ich gebe Ihnen mein Ehrenwort!" beleuchtet mit einer Vielzahl grandioser, mal obszöner, mal hochkomischer O-Töne die Verlogenheit deutscher Politik und präsentiert eine Truppe peinlicher und gefährlicher Politgestalten aus den letzten siebzig Jahren: Denunzianten, Beutelschneider, Luschen, Selbstdarsteller, Bimbeseinsacker, Wahlbetrüger und... Read more

Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church

By: The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

With this exposé, the Boston Globe presents the single most comprehensive account of the cover-ups, hush money and manipulation used by the Catholic Church to keep its history of sexual abuse secret. Read more

Custer's Trials

By: T.J. Stiles

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 23 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History

From the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, a brilliant biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times.

In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope,... Read more