Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Court v. The Voters

By: Joshua A. Douglas

Narrated by: Chris Baetens

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

An urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the stories of 9 Supreme Court decisions—and the next looming case

In The Court v. The Voters, law professor Joshua Douglas takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in voting rights—some surprising and unknown, some familiar—to... Read more

Growth

By: Daniel Susskind

Narrated by: Daniel Susskind

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Economic growth has freed billions from the struggle for subsistence. Yet prosperity has come at a price: environmental destruction, desolation of local cultures, the rise of vast inequalities, and destabilizing technologies. Faced with such damage, many now claim that the only way forward is through "degrowth," deliberately shrinking our... Read more

The Struggle for Taiwan

By: Sulmaan Wasif Khan

Narrated by: Austin Yang

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A concise, definitive history of the precarious relationship among the US, China, and Taiwan

As tensions over Taiwan escalate, the United States and China stand on the brink of a catastrophic war. Resolving the impasse demands we understand how it began. In 1943, the Allies declared that Japanese-held Taiwan would return to China at the... Read more

Kennan

By: Frank Costigliola

Narrated by: Paul Brion

Length: 22 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904–2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy. Drawing on many previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola's biography offers a new picture of a man of extraordinary ability and ambition whose idea of containing the Soviet Union helped ignite the Cold War but who... Read more

Breaking the Mold

By: Raghuram G. Rajan & Rohit Lamba

Narrated by: Homer Todiwala

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Homer Todiwala charts the new path for economic development that India must create

The whole world has a stake in India’s future, and that future hinges on whether India can develop its economy and deliver for its population—now the world’s largest—while staying democratic. India’s economy has overtaken the United... Read more

Fat Leonard

By: Craig Whitlock

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest public corruption scandals in American history—exposing how a charismatic Malaysian defense contractor bribed scores of high-ranking military officers, defrauded the US Navy of tens of millions of dollars, and jeopardized our nation’s security.

All the... Read more

The Profiteers

By: Christopher Marquis

Narrated by: Simon Vance & Christopher Marquis

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

An exposé of how society pays for corporations' "free lunch" and the cost of environmental damage, low wages, systemic discrimination, and cheap goods.

In an age when business leaders solemnly profess dedication to principles of environmental and social justice, Christopher Marquis’s provocative investigation into the real costs of doing... Read more

They Came for the Schools

By: Mike Hixenbaugh

Narrated by: Mike Hixenbaugh

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas suburb inspired a Christian nationalist campaign now threatening to undermine public education in America—from an NBC investigative reporter and co-creator of the Peabody Award–winning and Pulitzer Prize finalist Southlake podcast. Award-winning... Read more

Beware Euphoria

By: George Fisher

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 21 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Beware Euphoria uncovers the roots of America's moral obsession with drug regulation, offering a lively and fascinating history of the nation's racialized fear of intoxication. Challenging the idea that early antidrug laws in the United States arose from racial animus, George Fisher instead shows in textured detail how United States drug laws... Read more

Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island

By: John R Bruning

Narrated by: Brian Troxell

Length: 19 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The pivotal true story of the first fifty-three days of the standoff between Imperial Japanese and a handful of Marine aviators defending the Americans dug in at Guadalcanal, from the New York Times bestselling author of Indestructible and Race of Aces.

On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at... Read more

Trabajo sucio

By: Eyal Press

Narrated by: Javier Lacroix

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Una denuncia innovadora y urgente desde la primera línea del "trabajo sucio", el trabajo que la sociedad considera esencial pero moralmente comprometido.

Pilotos de drones que llevan a cabo asesinatos selectivos. Inmigrantes indocumentados que trabajan en los mataderos industriales. Guardias que patrullan los pabellones de las prisiones más... Read more

American Disgust

By: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

Narrated by: Lee Goettl

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

American Disgust shows how perceptions of disgust and fears of contamination are rooted in the country's history of colonialism and racism. Drawing on colonial, corporate, and medical archives, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer argues that microbial medicine is closely entwined with changing cultural experiences of digestion, excrement, and disgust that are... Read more

The Perilous Fight

By: Ben Carson, M.D.

Narrated by: Ben Carson & Candy Carson

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Dr. Ben Carson.Learn from one of our leading conservative voices how we can return to the biblical values our nation was founded upon, especially the vital importance of the family, in order to secure a prosperous future for generations to come.Does America no longer feel like home? Widespread divorce rates, the erosion of traditional... Read more

A Seat at the Table

By: Drs. Glenn L. Starks & F. Erik Brooks

Narrated by: Kim Staunton

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisolm rose from being the child of immigrants to running for the highest office in the land. She was both the first African American woman elected to the US Congress and the first African American woman of a major political party to make a serious run for president of the United States.

These achievements were not in... Read more

At the Table

By: Katherine Miller

Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When Katherine Miller was first asked to train chefs to be advocates, she thought the idea was ludicrous. But she quickly learned that chefs and other leaders in the restaurant industry are some of the most powerful forces for change in our troubled food system. Chefs are leading hunger relief efforts, supporting local farmers, fighting food... Read more

The United States Constitution Simplified

By: Timothy Harper

Narrated by: Robert G. Slade

Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most revered, imitated, and controversial governmental documents in the world, the US Constitution serves as the foundation for the American government and shapes the lives of Americans every day. But how many of us know its history and the impact it has on guiding our ever-evolving nation?

This book provides you with a clear look at... Read more

The Parent Revolution

By: Dr. Corey A. DeAngelis

Narrated by: Chris Abell

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the leader of the online army in America's parental rights movement comes the real story of how moms and dads across the country are turning the tide against radical activists in public schools.

It’s no secret that our government-run public education system has held generations of Americans hostage. The teachers unions—the government’s... Read more

ZOV: L'homme qui a dit non à la guerre

By: Pavel Filatiev

Narrated by: Philippe Sollier

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

« Mon Dieu, si je survis, je ferai tout pour changer ça. » C'est sous le feu nourri de l'artillerie ukrainienne que Pavel Filatiev s'est fait cette promesse. Membre du 56e régiment d'assaut aéroporté russe, il participe dès le 24 février 2022 à la guerre déclenchée par le Kremlin. Blessé à l'oeil, il est évacué et demande à démissionner pour... Read more

Plato's Republic

By: Plato

Narrated by: Ron Welch

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the timeless wisdom of one of the most influential works of philosophy with "Plato's Republic" by Plato, now available as a captivating audiobook.In this groundbreaking dialogue, Plato takes listeners on a journey through the intricacies of justice, morality, and the ideal state. Through thought-provoking discussions and vivid... Read more

Les Dictateurs - Partie I - Abridged

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Qu'elles soient anciennes ou plus récentes, les dictatures, comme le note Jacques Bainville, sont le plus souvent imposées par les circonstances. L'académicien s'intéresse ainsi dans ce volume aux causes qui, à travers l'Histoire, ont permis l'essor des dictatures les plus remarquables, diverses dans leurs formes mais possédant toutes des points... Read more

Les dictateurs - Partie III - Abridged

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Qu'elles soient anciennes ou plus récentes, les dictatures, comme le note Jacques Bainville, sont le plus souvent imposées par les circonstances. L'académicien s'intéresse ainsi dans ce volume aux causes qui, à travers l'Histoire, ont permis l'essor des dictatures les plus remarquables, diverses dans leurs formes mais possédant toutes des points... Read more

Les dictateurs - Partie II - Abridged

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Qu'elles soient anciennes ou plus récentes, les dictatures, comme le note Jacques Bainville, sont le plus souvent imposées par les circonstances. L'académicien s'intéresse ainsi dans ce volume aux causes qui, à travers l'Histoire, ont permis l'essor des dictatures les plus remarquables, diverses dans leurs formes mais possédant toutes des points... Read more

Carta de Jamaica

By: Simón Bolívar

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"El destino de la América se ha fijado irrevocablemente; el lazo que la unía a la España está cortado." Simón BolívarDESCUBRE LA HISTORIA, ESCRITA POR SU PROTAGONISTA.La Carta de Jamaica es un documento esencial para comprender el desarrollo histórico de América Latina. Escrito por Simón Bolívar en 1815, durante su exilio en Kingston, Jamaica,... Read more

"Today You Are A Citizen of the United States of America.."

By: Anonymous

Narrated by: philip chenevert

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a recording of a booklet given to new naturalized American citizens, it contains an explanation of fundamental documents, symbols and anthems of the United States. "Today you are a citizen of the United States of America— becoming “a peer of kings” as President Calvin Coolidge once said. This occasion is a defining moment that should not... Read more