Politics & Economy audiobooks

What's So Great about America

By: Dinesh Souza

Narrated by: Dinesh D'Souza

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

What's So Great About America isn't a question—it's a statement. From the unique perspective that perhaps only an immigrant can have, Dinesh D'Souza says that America is a land of opportunity and freedom. A leading conservative thinker, D'Souza trumpets the science, democracy, and capitalism that he believes have led the West to global... Read more

The Age of Sacred Terror - Abridged

By: Daniel Benjamin & Steven Simons

Narrated by: Philip Bosco

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon began working on this book shortly after leaving the National Security Council, where, as director and senior director for counterterrorism, they watched the rise of al-Qaeda and helped coordinate America’s fight against Usama bin Laden and his organization. They warned in articles and interviews about the... Read more

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Abridged

By: Edmund Morris

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt ... Read more

I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It - Abridged

By: Charles Barkley

Narrated by: Charles Barkley

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If there’s one thing Charles Barkley knows, it’s the crying need for honest, open discussion in this country—the more uncomfortable the subject, the more necessary the dialogue. And if the discussion leader can be as wise, irreverent, (occasionally) profane and (consistently) funny as Charles Barkley, so much the better. Many people are going to... Read more

Slander - Abridged

By: Ann Coulter

Narrated by: Ann Coulter

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The immutable fact of politics in America is this: liberals hate conservatives.”

Ann Coulter, whose examination of the Clinton impeachment was a major national bestseller and earned widespread praise, now takes on an even tougher issue. At a time when Democrats and Republicans should be overwhelmingly congenial, American political debate has... Read more

Worth the Fighting For - Abridged

By: John McCain & Mark Salter

Narrated by: John McCain

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Senator John McCain tells the story of his great American journey, from the U.S. Navy to his electrifying campaign for the presidency in 2000, interwoven with heartfelt portraits of the mavericks who have inspired him through the years.

After five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, naval aviator John McCain... Read more

Winston Churchill

By: John Keegan

Narrated by: Richard Matthews

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"[Keegan is] the best military historian of the world."—Tom Clancy
 
When today’s world leaders require inspiration and strength in times of crisis, they often invoke Winston Churchill. The son of a member of Parliament, Churchill, a poor academic student, wanted to be a solider early in life. At this he succeeded brilliantly, fighting... Read more

Slander

By: Ann Coulter

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The hottest and most controversial book of the year! Find out who really controls the media in America.

“[Ann Coulter] is never in doubt. And that, along with her bright writing, sense of irony and outrage, and her relish at finally hitting back at political opponents (especially in the media) is what makes Slander such refreshing and provocative... Read more

The Cell - Abridged

By: John Miller & Michael Stone

Narrated by: John Miller

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In New York City, a a handful of veteran FBI agents, police officers and investigative journalists had known for years that a terrorist event on the scale of 9/11 was likely. Ironically, one of the men who had been most aware of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden had recently left the FBI, where he had been following the movements of bin Laden... Read more

A Ranger Born - Abridged

By: Robert W. Black

Narrated by: Charles Stransky

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Even as a boy growing up amid the green hills of rural Pennsylvania, Robert W. Black knew he was destined to become a Ranger. With their three-hundred-year history of peerless courage and independence of spirit, Rangers are a uniquely American brand of soldier, one foot in the military, one in the wilderness—and that is what fired Black’s... Read more

The One Minute Millionaire

By: Mark Victor Hansen & Robert G. Allen

Narrated by: Mark Victor Hansen & Robert G. Allen

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Two mega-bestselling authors with decades of experience in teaching people how to achieve extraordinary wealth and success share their secrets.

Mark Victor Hansen, cocreator of the phenomenal Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and Robert G. Allen, one of the world’s foremost financial experts, have helped thousands of people become ... Read more

Worth the Fighting For

By: John McCain & Mark Salter

Narrated by: Dan Cashman

Length: 18 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Senator John McCain tells the story of his great American journey, from the U.S. Navy to his electrifying campaign for the presidency in 2000, interwoven with heartfelt portraits of the mavericks who have inspired him through the years.

After five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, naval aviator John McCain... Read more

Afghan Views/American Visions

By: Tamim Ansary

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

After listening to callers on a morning radio talk show urging that Afghanistan be nuked or otherwise destroyed on September 12, 2001, Tamim Ansary wrote an e-mail that changed the course of his life. Ansary received unexpected international fame after sending this e-mail to twenty friends comparing the Taliban to Nazis and his Afghan people to... Read more

Master of the Senate - Abridged

By: Robert A. Caro

Narrated by: Stephen Lang

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Book Three of Robert A. Caro’s monumental work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson—the most admired and riveting political biography of our era—which began with the best-selling and prizewinning The Path to Power and Means of Ascent.

Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from... Read more

The Best Business Stories of the Year: 2002 Edition - Abridged

By: Andrew Leckey & Ken Auletta

Narrated by: Eliza Foss, Jeff Woodman & Oliver Wyman

Length: 17 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Vintage Original

The first installment of an exciting new annual anthology–a year's worth of the most interesting, noteworthy, and best-written articles on all aspects of the business world.

Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Marshall Loeb have scoured the print media, consulted with the editors of major business and general interest... Read more

Ronald C. White Jr: Lincoln's Greatest Speech

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In his book, Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, historian Ronald White reveals how Americans, including Frederick Douglas and John Wilkes Booth, responded to the 16th president's declarations on March 4, 1865 and Lincoln's intentions. In this interview, White quotes from the book, explains why he believes the speech was Lincoln's... Read more

Plutocracy, Globaloney, Populism and Democracy

By: Jim Hightower

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Hightower speaks of a government dominated by monied interests and driven by greed. According to Hightower, recovery of the vision and values that launched this nation and lots of downhome democracy are the antidote. Read more

Diane McWhorter: Carry Me Home

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

PBS NewsHour correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Diane McWhorter, who received a Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction for her book Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama - The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution. Read more

Master of the Senate

By: Robert A. Caro

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 18 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate.

At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his... Read more

Master of the Senate

By: Robert A. Caro

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 18 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate.

At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his... Read more

Napoleon

By: Paul Johnson

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Paul Johnson, “a very readable and entertaining biography” (The Washington Post) about one of the most important figures in modern European history: Napoleon Bonaparte
 
In an ideal pairing of author and subject, the magisterial historian Paul Johnson offers a vivid look at the life of the strategist,... Read more

Rites of Passage - Abridged

By: Robert Peterson

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A raw, powerful account of an infantryman’s life during wartime– complete with all the horrors and the heroism . . .

Robert Peterson arrived in Vietnam in the fall of 1966, a young American ready to serve his country and seize his destiny. What happened in that jungle war would change his life forever. Peterson vividly relives the tense patrols... Read more

Humanity With Heart: The New Global Paradigm

By: Kevin Danaher, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Hold on to your seats!  You are about to depart on a global reality tour with world lecturer and co-founder of Global Exchange, Kevin Danaher.  In this "ear-opening" dialogue, Danaher addresses the three major pieces of society that influence every aspect of our life: our government, our education and our public airwaves, all of which have been... Read more

What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response

By: Bernard Lewis

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

For many centuries, the world of Islam was at the forefront of human achievement—the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier, was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to... Read more