Politics & Economy audiobooks

Spin Masters

By: David Freddoso

Narrated by: David Cochran Heath

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The biggest story of the election was how the media ignored the biggest story of the election.Amid all the breathless coverage of a nonexistent war on women, there was little or no coverage of Obama's war on the economy—how, for instance, part-time work is replacing full-time work, how low-wage jobs are replacing high-wage ones, how for... Read more

Marvel Comics

By: Sean Howe

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 17 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The defining, behind-the-scenes chronicle of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and dominant pop cultural entities in America’s history -- Marvel Comics – and the outsized personalities who made Marvel including Martin Goodman, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby.  “Sean Howe’s history of Marvel makes a compulsively readable, riotous and heartbreaking... Read more

Madam Secretary

By: Madeleine Albright

Narrated by: Madeleine Albright

Length: 24 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A national bestseller on its original publication in 2003, Madam Secretary is a riveting account of the life of America's first woman Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. For eight years, during Bill Clinton's two presidential terms, Albright was a high-level participant in some of the most dramatic events of our time—from the pursuit of... Read more

What's Next

By: Ian Bremmer & Douglas Rediker

Narrated by: James Flippin, Derek Shetterley, Jessica Geffen...

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the world's leading experts on geopolitical risk, a guide to the major global issues and policies sure to dominate headlines in the next few years. In the last four years, the world has suffered a financial market meltdown and subsequent global recession. The eurozone crisis looms, the Middle East is in turmoil, and a shifting power balance... Read more

Catastrophic Care

By: David Goldhill

Narrated by: Dean Sluyter

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.
In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more... Read more

Power Systems

By: Noam Chomsky & David Barsamian

Narrated by: Noam Chomsky & David Barsamian

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling new set of interviews on our changing and turbulent times with Noam Chomsky, one of the world's foremost thinkers

In this collection of conversations, conducted from 2010 to 2012, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear... Read more

JFK: History in an Hour

By: Sinead Fitzgibbon

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America’s youngest President. But, barely one thousand days into his Presidency, he was assassinated. JFK in an Hour provides a compelling and comprehensive overview of this man credited with introducing an aspirational new approach to American... Read more

Stalin: History in an Hour

By: Rupert Colley

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Arguably no person in history had such a direct and negative impact on the lives of so many as Joseph Stalin. Under the Red Tsar terror knew no limits, it did not discriminate; no one was safe, no institution, no single town or village was immune. Yet, following his... Read more

The Globalist Papers

By: Samuel Avery

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The nation-state remains the political paradigm of the current era even as nuclear weaponry, global communications, climate change, and the global economy make it obsolete. The Globalist Papers shows the need now for unity among the nations of the world much the same way the Federalist Papers showed the need in the 1700’s for unity among the... Read more

Cesar Millan’s Short Guide to a Happy Dog

By: Cesar Millan

Narrated by: Armando Durán

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

After more than nine seasons as television's Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan has a new mission: to use his unique insights about dog psychology to create stronger, happier relationships between humans and their canine companions.Both inspirational and practical, A Short Guide to a Happy Dog draws on thousands of training encounters around the world... Read more

Rwanda, Inc.

By: Patricia Crisafulli & Andrea Redmond

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Eighteen years after the genocide that made Rwanda international news, yet left it all but abandoned by the West, the country has achieved a miraculous turnaround. Rising out of the complete devastation of a failed state, Rwanda has emerged on the world stage yet again—this time with a unique model for governance and economic development under... Read more

The King Years

By: Taylor Branch

Narrated by: Leslie Jr, Odom

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement are set in historical context by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the magisterial America in the King Years trilogy—Parting the Waters; Pillar of Fire; and At Canaan’s Edge.

Taylor Branch, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning America in the King Years trilogy, presents selections from his... Read more

Tocqueville, éthique et politique - Abridged

By: Tocqueville

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Alexis de Tocqueville est célèbre pour ses analyses de la Révolution française, de la démocratie américaine et de l'évolution des démocraties occidentales en général. Il défend la liberté individuelle et l'égalité politique. Exprimant parfois des réserves sur l'évolution possible de la démocratie vers une dictature de la majorité au nom de... Read more

Weber, l'esprit du capitalisme - Abridged

By: Weber

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

" L'éthique protestante et l'esprit du capitalisme " est une des œuvres fondatrices de la sociologie moderne. Max Weber propose de comprendre l'organisation capitaliste de l'économie. Il construit l'idéal type, qui consiste en une rationalisation de la production et du travail afin d'assurer le profit maximal. Cet idéal type trouve son origine... Read more

Jaurès, l'esprit du socialisme - Abridged

By: Jaurès

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jaurès est certainement l'un des plus grand orateurs du 20ème siècle. Homme politique, fervent défenseur de la République, socialiste convaincu, pacifiste actif, historien, philosophe et poète, Jean Jaurès est également, comme le soulignait à juste titre Léon Blum " un des plus hauts penseurs et un des plus grands écrivains dont la France ait pu... Read more

Coming of Age in Mississippi

By: Anne Moody

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 15 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till's lynching. Before then, she had "known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. But now there was…the... Read more

Emancipation Proclamation Celebrates 150 Years

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Issued by President Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation is one of the defining documents of American democracy and is rarely available for public viewing. Ray Suarez talks to Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard University about the importance of this artifact. Read more

Fat Chance

By: Robert H. Lustig

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Lustig’s 90-minute YouTube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth”, has been viewed more than two million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years.

In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1864-1865

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“Hold On with a Bulldog Grip and Chew and Choke as Much as Possible”: The Grand Offensive: (May–August 1864): The Spring Offensive is launched. A bogus presidential proclamation calling for volunteers and prayers causes panic throughout the North. Grant and Lee battle for six weeks until severe losses force them to a halt. Congressional Radicals... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1863-1864

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“Go Forward, and Give Us Victories”: From the Mud March to Gettysburg: (January–July 1863): Dissatisfaction with the Emancipation Proclamation and lack of military victory heightens the discontent with the administration. Trouble comes with the destructive rivalry within the army and the threat of the French intervening on behalf of the... Read more

The End of the Line: Romney vs. Obama: the 34 days that decided the election: Playbook 2012 (POLITICO Inside Election 2012)

By: Glenn Thrush & Jonathan Martin

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The fourth and final eBook in POLITICO’s Playbook 2012 series once again provides an unprecedented minute-by-minute account of the race for the presidency. The End of the Line follows President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney as their campaign teams go all-in to win in the critical final weeks of the 2012 election.
 
From Mitt... Read more

Meet Mahatma Gandhi

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Mahatma, meaning great soul, is the name by which we all know the inspirational Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi. In this unique life story from The Amazing People Club, you are invited to share in the thoughts and mindset of this resolute peace lover. His compassion and respect for those around him played a pivotal part in history as he promoted... Read more

Amazing Colonists - Volume 1

By: Charles Margerison

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Colonists are often defined as people who moved from a civilized country to a non-civilized country to form new communities modelled on their old country. The Amazing People Club would like to introduce you to five amazing people who embarked upon great adventurous journeys, in some cases not always voluntarily. Discover how they adapted to... Read more

Rise to Greatness

By: David Von Drehle

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 17 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

As 1862 dawned, the American republic was at death’s door. The federal government appeared overwhelmed, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Union’s top general was gravely ill. The Confederacy—with its booming economy, expert military leadership, and commanding position on the battlefield—had a clear view to victory. To a remarkable extent, the... Read more