Politics & Economy audiobooks

Jefferson's Demons

By: Michael Beran

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Though he was a great statesman, one of America's founding fathers, and the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson suffered from depression. In Jefferson's Demons, Michael Knox Beran examines episodes of melancholia in Jefferson's life. In particular, he focuses on the journey Jefferson made to Europe in 1787 to escape the... Read more

Blood, Money & Power

By: Barr McClellan

Narrated by: Barr McClellan

Length: 15 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy has been shrouded in secrecy and deceit, leading most Americans to doubt the veracity of the Warren Commission's findings.



Now, after nearly forty years, Barr McClellan exposes the secret, high-level conspiracy in Texas that led to Kennedy's death and L.B.J.'s succession as President. Using court... Read more

Hegemony or Survival

By: Noam Chomsky

Narrated by: Brian Jones

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The world's foremost intellectual activist narrates his irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow

The United States is in the process of staking out not just the globe but the last unarmed spot in our neighborhood—the heavens—as a militarized sphere of influence. Our... Read more

I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup - Abridged

By: David Brenner

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Brenner offers brilliant comic riffs—well-tested on his audiences—on a wide range of issues, from the personal to the political. Read more

A Mighty Heart - Abridged

By: Mariane Pearl

Narrated by: Mariane Pearl

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now a major motion picture starring Angelina Jolie!

The unforgettable story of two journalists who fell in love with their work and with each other, a portrait of a partnership built on the ideals of love, truth, and justice—and a critical look at the methods and structure of the Al-Qaeda network.

For five weeks, the world waited for news about... Read more

Who's Looking Out For You?

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Media powerhouse and expert critic Bill O'Reilly's most comprehensive book yet offers new insight into the current state of life in America. In examining the social, political, and economic aspects of our daily lives, O'Reilly exhausts every bureaucratic system to see what our higher-ups are doing to take care of us, and points out the people... Read more

Bushwhacked - Abridged

By: Molly Ivins & Lou Dubose

Narrated by: Molly Ivins

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

From Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, authors of Shrub, Bushwhacked is a hilarious, no-holds-barred look at George W. Bush and his administration, and an essential book for understanding the full, destructive impact of his presidency.

For years, bestselling political commentator Molly Ivins has been sounding the alarm about George W. Bush. In Shrub,... Read more

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

By: Al Franken

Narrated by: Al Franken

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first time since his bestselling RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT, Franken trains his subversive wit directly on the contemporary political scene. Now, the "master of political humor" (Washington Post) destroys the myth of liberal bias in the media and exposes how the Right shamelessly tries to deceive the rest of us. No one is spared as... Read more

Making Friends With Money

By: Fred Brown

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Fred Brown tells us that money is about energy, balance and flow. He points out that in making friends with money we become healthier in our spiritual growth. This conversation is filled with practical suggestions about approaching money concerns that will lead us to peace of mind and financial flow. Read more

The Real America

By: Glenn Beck

Narrated by: Glenn Beck

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, delivers a compelling, patriotic, and spiritually driven message to inspire you to help lead us back to that place that is quickly being forgotten...THE REAL AMERICA.

Glenn Beck has entertained, inspired, and informed millions with his self-effacing humor, heartfelt conviction,... Read more

MLK: A Dream Remembered

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A panel of historians and activists reflect on the historic 1963 March on Washington and the enduring significance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s rousing "I Have a Dream" speech. Read more

A Thread Across the Ocean

By: John Steele Gordon

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe -- the center of world affairs -- was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic, making the United States isolated and vulnerable.

But in 1866, the... Read more

America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918

By: Richard Brookhiser

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Brookhiser has won a wide and loyal following for his stylish, pointed, and elegant biographies of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. In America's First Dynasty, Brookhiser tells the story of America's longest and still greatest dynasty -- the Adamses, the only family in our history to play a leading role in American affairs for... Read more

Robert E. Lee

By: Roy Blount, Jr.

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert E. Lee was a brilliant general, a complex soul, and a Southerner to the core. Tapped by Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army in the Civil War, his Virginian roots led him to command the Confederates instead. A charismatic though reluctant leader, his military audacity and tactical genius were combined with a genuine and sorrowful... Read more

My Turn at the Bully Pulpit

By: Greta Van Susteren & Elaine Lafferty

Narrated by: Greta Van Susteren

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to the bully pulpit where opinions fly but common sense rules. Here’s where you’ll find straight talk about the most pressing issues of the day, all delivered in the trademark commonsense style of one of America’s most popular and admired television news anchors. Always resisting the political label that attempts to place people in one... Read more

Like No Other Time

By: Tom Daschle

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Tom Daschle, the Majority Leader of the historic 107th Senate, presents a candid insider’s account of the workings of the U.S. government during two of the most tumultuous years in the nation’s history.

The 107th Congress faced a time like no other in the life of the nation. This was the era of the first presidential election to be decided by the... Read more

The Soul of Capitalism - Abridged

By: William Greider

Narrated by: Peter Johnson

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In The Soul of Capitalism William Greider shows how to reinvent capitalism so that it works not only for profits but for people, too. Greider contends that the recent contagion of financial fraud and corporate bankruptcies confirms what is wrong with capitalism. Our discontents are not just with dishonest CEOs, but with what our affluence costs... Read more

Darby's Rangers - Abridged

By: William O. Darby

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

The exciting true story of a legendary leader and the men who fought by his side in World War II, told in his own words

From the moment they hit the beaches in North Africa to their last desperate struggle at Anzio, Darby’s Rangers asked for only one thing in World War II—the chance to fight. Experts at amphibious landings, night attacks, and... Read more

The Age of Sacred Terror

By: Daniel Benjamin & Steven Simon

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 17 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2004 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations

From two of the world’s foremost experts on the new terrorism comes the definitive book on the rise of al-Qaeda and America’s efforts to combat the most innovative and dangerous terrorist group ever. Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon trace the growth of radical Islam... Read more

Conversation with Dorothy Height

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Dorothy Height has been fighting for racial equality for more than six decades. Gwen Ifill talked to her recently about her new memoir, Open Wide the Freedom Gates. Read more

The Death of Right and Wrong - Abridged

By: Tammy Bruce

Narrated by: Tammy Bruce

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

If you believe children should be seduced into warped sexual behavior by the Gay Elite, if you think confessed murderers should be set free by defense attorneys who know how to wield the race card, if you feel promiscuous gay men should be empowered to spread AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, don’t read this book.

But if you’ve always... Read more

Sleeping With the Devil - Abridged

By: Robert Baer

Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Former CIA operative Robert Baer examines the dangers behind America's collaboration with Saudi Arabia. Nominally based on a "harmony of interests" - the Saudis sold their oil to the American government very inexpensively - what we offered in exchange has damaged our position in the Middle East and left our country vulnerable to economic and... Read more

Franklin and Winston

By: Jon Meacham

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portrait of the enormous friendship between World War II allies [Franklin] Roosevelt and [Winston] Churchill” (Vanity Fair).
 
“Intense and compelling... Read more

There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere

By: Kara Swisher & Lisa Dickey

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“AOL had found itself at the edge of disaster so frequently that one of its first executives, a brassy Vietnam veteran and restaurateur named Jim Kimsey, had taken the punch line of an old joke popularized by Ronald Reagan and made it into an unlikely mantra for the company. It concerned a very optimistic young boy who happened upon a huge pile... Read more