Politics & Economy audiobooks

William Henry Harrison

By: Howard Peckham

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet our ninth US president before his famous victory over the native chief Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. Young readers will thrill to “Billy” Harrison’s dramatic rescue of his sister, Sally, as she struggles to stay afloat after falling into a river, and admire his courage when he captures a British soldier at the age of eight. Find out... Read more

Victory

By: Peter Schweizer

Narrated by: Ian Esmo

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

This explosive book chronicles why and how Ronald Reagan helped to bring down the Soviet Union. Based on exclusive interviews with key participants including Caspar Weinberger, George Schultz, John Poindexter, Robert McFarlane, and William Clark, Peter Schweizer provides the riveting details of how the Reagan inner circle undermined the Soviet... Read more

Edmund Burke

By: Russell Kirk

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In this, the liveliest and most accessible one-volume life of Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk has ingeniously combined the public and the private man into a living whole. He lucidly unfolds Burke's philosophy and offers a fresh assessment of Burke, a statesman enjoying even greater influence today than in his own time.Kirk defines four great... Read more

Sherman

By: Steven E. Woodworth

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, as well as criticism for the harshness of the “scorched earth” policies that he implemented in conducting total war... Read more

Ending the War on Drugs

By: Dirk Chase Eldredge

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this outstanding examination of the country’s most troubling problem, a conservative Republican shows how and why America is losing the war on drugs and makes an important contribution to the debate on alternative policies.Author Dirk Eldredge demonstrates how the drug war has led only to overcrowded courts and prisons, rising crime, official... Read more

Saddam’s Bombmaker

By: Khidir Hamza

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

Saddam’s Bombmaker is the true saga of one man’s journey through the circles of hell. Educated at MIT and Florida State University, dedicated to a life of peaceful teaching in America, Iraqi scientist Dr. Khidhir Hamza relates how Saddam’s regime ordered him home, seduced him into a pampered life as an atomic energy official, and forced him to... Read more

They Called Him Stonewall

By: Burke Davis

Narrated by: Christopher Hurt

Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Stonewall Jackson was a military genius at once peculiar and perfect, a fearless soldier in battle but a God-fearing man who hesitated to kill on Sunday. He broke the rules of war to win, and yet his tactics are studied in military academies the world over. Burke Davis brings the color, vivid characterization, and immediacy of the best fiction... Read more

Fight Back!

By: G. Gordon Liddy & James G. Liddy

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

G. Gordon Liddy has never shrunk from a fight, and in this book he offers individuals and businesses a clear-eyed, proactive, and deeply informed approach to combating criminal and terrorist threats.Backed by advice from three seasoned professionals who offer military, medical, and personal security perspectives, Liddy addresses:How and why... Read more

LeMay

By: Barrett Tillman

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Packed with breathtaking air battles and ground tactics, this new addition to the Great Generals Series features the controversial command and strategies of the former Air Force Chief of Staff.Curtis LeMay was a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general. In World War II, he ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when atomic bombs... Read more

MacArthur

By: Richard B. Frank

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his adaptability that hoisted him to his greatest accomplishments. Adaptability now reigns as the most indispensable trait for high military leadership in an era of technological leaps that guarantee the nature of war will radically change during the span of an ordinary career. No American figure better... Read more

What a Party!

By: Terry McAuliffe

Narrated by: Terry McAuliffe

Length: 15 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

For a generation of Democrats, Terry McAuliffe has been the ultimate political insider: strategist and spokesperson for the party, confidant for the candidates, mediator among party leaders, and without question the most successful fundraiser in political history. Now, McAuliffe’s energetic memoir provides readers with a fly-on-the-wall view,... Read more

Andrew Jackson

By: Robert V. Remini

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

It was Andrew Jackson’s military heroism that helped to usher him into the presidency. From the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 to the Indian Wars and his unorthodox presence in the White House, Jackson is one of the most fascinating figures in American history. Here is his life as told by the foremost Jackson historian of our time. Read more

Ambassador in Paris

By: Evan Galbraith

Narrated by: Matthew Davis

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Evan Galbraith represented America in Paris for four years during Reagan's administration. He paints a vivid picture showing the life of an American ambassador in the grand and glamorous city of Paree. He opened up the US Embassy to more than 75,000 guests at over 500 events during his stay.Notwithstanding his popularity as a host however,... Read more

The Fall of Che Guevara

By: Henry Butterfield Ryan

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

This book tells the story—for the first time—of the United States government’s response to Guevara’s ill-starred insurgency in Bolivia in 1967. Henry Butterfield Ryan argues that Guevara’s life must be reevaluated in light of secret documents only recently released by the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the National Security... Read more

The War against Parents

By: Sylvia Ann Hewlett & Cornel West

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin & Lloyd James

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of the best-kept secrets of the last thirty years is that big business, government, and the wider culture have waged a silent war against parents, undermining the work that they do…parents have been left twisting in the wind by a society intent on other agendas.”—from the bookIn The War against Parents, two different parents from diverse... Read more

Bradley

By: Alan Axelrod

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Known by his troops in World War II as “The GI General” because of his close identification with the men under his command, Omar Bradley commanded the Twelfth US Army Group in Europe. By the spring of 1945, this group contained four field armies, twelve corps, forty-eight divisions, and more than 1.3 million men, the largest exclusively American... Read more

The Bureau

By: Ronald Kessler

Narrated by: Raymond Todd

Length: 17 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bureau takes listeners behind the scenes of the FBI, from its creation in 1908 to the scandals of present day. Based on exclusive interviews, Kessler reveals the inside story surrounding the events of September 11 and the investigation into the anthrax mailings. The Bureau delves deep within the agency, presenting the organization in its... Read more

Pershing

By: Jim Lacey

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing’s legacy as the nation’s first modern combat commander, setting the standard for today’s four-star officers. When the US entered into World War I in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled a one-million-man army against forty... Read more

Autobiographical Reflections

By: Eric Voegelin

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of Eric Voegelin, a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness; his key intellectual breakthroughs; his theory of history; and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age.The book also... Read more

Stonewall Jackson

By: Donald A. Davis

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Deemed “irreplaceable” by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that the Army of Northern Virginia never fully recovered from the loss of Jackson’s leadership when he was accidentally shot by one of his own men and died in 1863. Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson as a... Read more

Unlimited Access

By: Gary Aldrich

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

As one of two FBI agents posted at the White House to perform background checks on appointees, FBI Special Agent Gary Aldrich intended to close his eventful career in peace and dignity. But what he witnessed during the Clinton administration left him deeply troubled—then alarmed—and finally, so outraged that he felt compelled to leave. Unlimited... Read more

Our Country

By: Michael Barone

Narrated by: William Lavelle

Length: 39 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this rare, sweeping history, Michael Barone draws from deep within the political and social record of modern America to tell the story of how the country of our parents and of our grandparents became the prosperous and powerful nation we know today.Barone points out that the single most significant issue to dominate American politics in this... Read more

Inside the CIA

By: Ronald Kessler

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Ronald Kessler’s explosive bestseller, The FBI, brought down FBI Director William S. Sessions. Now, in this unparalleled work of investigative journalism, Kessler reveals the inner world of the CIA. Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active Directors of Central Intelligence William H. Webster and Robert M.... Read more

Eisenhower

By: John Wukovits

Narrated by: Brian Emerson

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

This new addition to Wesley Clark’s Great Generals Series features the principal architect of the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II and his relevance today.World War II expert John Wukovits explores Dwight D. Eisenhower’s contributions to American warfare. American general and thirty-fourth president of the United States, Eisenhower... Read more