Politics & Economy audiobooks

Wealth, Poverty, and Politics

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: David Cochran Heath

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while... Read more

The Power Brokers

By: Jeremiah D. Lambert

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than a century, the interplay between private, investor-owned electric utilities and government regulators has shaped the electric power industry in the United States. Provision of an essential service to largely dependent consumers invited government oversight and ever more sophisticated market intervention. The industry has sought to... Read more

Genghis Khan

By: Frank McLynn

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 24 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and... Read more

Entscheidung in Kiew - Ukrainische Lektionen - Aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuausgabe (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Karl Schlögel

Narrated by: Timo Weisschnur

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Was macht die Ukraine aus? Erst mit der russischen Annexion der Krim entwickelte sich ein Bewusstsein für die Eigenständigkeit dieses Landes, das nach dem Willen der Aggressoren nun von der Landkarte verschwinden soll. Seit vielen Jahren ist Karl Schlögel in der Ukraine unterwegs, seine ukrainischen Lektionen von 2015 ergänzt er nun um einen... Read more

Exceptional

By: Dick Cheney & Liz Cheney

Narrated by: Liz Cheney & Dick Cheney

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller, with a new afterword by authors former vice president Dick Cheney, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, and his daughter Liz Cheney, former deputy assistant secretary of state, they explain the unique and indispensable nature of American power, reveal the damage done by President Obama’s abandonment of this... Read more

Mr. Smith Goes to Prison

By: Jeff Smith

Narrated by: Jeff Smith

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The fall from politico to prisoner isn't necessarily long, but the landing, as Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith learned, is a hard one.

In 2009, Smith lied to the Feds about seemingly minor campaign malfeasance and earned himself a year and a day in Kentucky's FCI Manchester. Mr. Smith Goes to Prison is the fish-out-of-water story of his time in... Read more

Prosperity in The Age of Decline

By: Alan Beaulieu & Brian Beaulieu

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Protect your wealth in an age of turbulent business cycles From Brian and Alan Beaulieu—the CEO and President of ITR Economics™ (ITR)—comes Prosperity in the Age of Decline, the must-have resource for thriving in uncertain economic times. ITR has mastered long-term economic trend forecasting, with an astounding 94.7% accuracy rate over the... Read more

The Senator Next Door

By: Amy Klobuchar

Narrated by: Amy Klobuchar

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the U.S. Senate's most candid--and funniest--women tells the story of her life and her unshakeable faith in our democracy

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar has tackled every obstacle she's encountered--her parents' divorce, her father's alcoholism and recovery, her political campaigns and Washington's gridlock--with honesty, humor and pluck.... Read more

Kissinger's Shadow

By: Greg Grandin

Narrated by: Brian O'Neill

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stance In his fascinating new book, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America-its never-ending wars abroad and political... Read more

Base Nation

By: David Vine

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 13 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

American military bases encircle the globe with nearly a thousand locations in foreign lands. These bases are usually taken for granted or overlooked entirely, but in an eye-opening account, Base Nation shows that the worldwide network of bases brings with it a panoply of ills—and actually makes the nation less safe in the long run.



As David Vine... Read more

Shots on the Bridge

By: Ronnie Greene

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Six days after Hurricane Katrina's landfall in New Orleans, New Orleans Police Department officers opened fire on residents crossing the Danziger Bridge. When the shooting stopped, a mentally challenged man and a seventeen-year-old boy were dead, riddled with gunshot wounds. A mother's arm was shot off, her daughter's stomach gouged with a... Read more

It IS About Islam

By: Glenn Beck

Narrated by: Jeremy Lowell

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, exposes the real truth behind the roots of Islamic extremism in Muslim teachings in this sharply insightful handbook that debunks commonly held assumptions about Islam and the dream of a renewed caliphate.

From the barbarians of ISIS to the terror tactics of Al-Qaeda and its... Read more

Goldie Takes a Stand!

By: Barbara Krasner

Narrated by: Erin Yuen

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Even at the age of nine, little Golda Meir was known for her leadership skills. As president of the American Young Sisters Society, she organized friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates. This story is a glimpse at the early life of Israel’s first woman Prime Minister. Read more

The Words We Live By

By: Linda R. Monk

Narrated by: Marianne Fraulo

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The Words We Live By takes an entertaining and informative look at America's most important historical document, now with discussions on new rulings on hot button issues such as immigration, gay marriage, gun control, and affirmative action.

In The Words We Live By, Linda Monk probes the idea that the Constitution may seem to offer cut-and-dried... Read more

Plenty Ladylike

By: Claire McCaskill

Narrated by: Claire McCaskill

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The senator from Missouri shares her “straightforward, plainspoken, and at once deeply personal and thoroughly political” (Publishers Weekly) story of embracing her ambition, surviving sexism, making a family, losing a husband, outsmarting her enemies—and finding joy along the way.

Claire McCaskill grew up in a political family, but not at a time... Read more

This Noble Land

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Arthur Addison

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In such modern classics as Chesapeake, Centennial, Hawaii, Alaska, and Texas, James A. Michener proved time and again that his understanding of and love for his country was unparalleled. This Noble Land is Michener’s most personal statement about America, an examination of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine the nation—racial... Read more

Heist

By: Jeff Diamant

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The bizarre true story of the criminals behind the second-largest bank heist in American historyOne night in a small North Carolina town, a down-on-his-luck guard at Loomis Fargo manages to steal $17 million—literally more than one ton of cash. Despite being caught on camera wheeling the money from the vault to the getaway van, David Ghantt... Read more

The Bridge at Andau

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future—until, at four o’clock in the... Read more

Strangers on a Bridge

By: James Donovan

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestseller and subject of the acclaimed major motion picture Bridge of Spies directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan.

Originally published in 1964, this is the “enthralling…truly remarkable” (The New York Times Book Review) insider account of the Cold War spy exchange—with a new foreword by... Read more

Plunder and Deceit

By: Mark R. Levin

Narrated by: Adam Grupper & Mark R. Levin

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R. Levin delivers a "bracing meditation” (National Review) on the ways our government has failed the next generation.

In modern America, the civil society is being steadily devoured by a ubiquitous federal government. But as the government grows into an increasingly authoritarian and... Read more

Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality

By: Pope Francis

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall & Linda Korn

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete text of the landmark encyclical letter from Pope Francis that, as Time magazine reported, “rocked the international community”

In the Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality, the beloved Pope exhorts the world to combat environmental degradation and its impact on the poor. In a stirring, clarion call that is not merely aimed at... Read more

Bridge of Spies

By: Giles Whittell

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The “riveting, meticulously researched, and beautifully written” (Ben Macintyre, author of The Spy and the Traitor) true story chronicles the first and most legendary prisoner exchange of the Cold War, between East and West at Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge and Checkpoint Charlie
 
“A marvelous saga of dangerous missions, helter-skelter innovation, and... Read more

Green Giants

By: E. Freya Williams

Narrated by: Kelly Bourquin

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

What do Brazil's top beauty brand, America's second-fastest-growing restaurant chain, and the world's third bestselling car have in common? They are shattering the myth that acting sustainably and building a billion-dollar business are mutually exclusive. Green Giants examines nine companies that are merging social responsibility with wild... Read more

The Ingenious Mr. Pyke

By: Henry Hemming

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In the World War II era, Geoffrey Pyke was described as one of the world's great minds—to rank alongside Einstein. Pyke was an inventor, adventurer, polymath, and unlikely hero of both world wars. He earned a fortune on the stock market, founded an influential pre-school, wrote a bestseller, and came up with the idea for the US and Canadian... Read more