Politics & Economy audiobooks

Bin Laden

By: Yossef Bodansky

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 21 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Who is Osama bin Laden—the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war? What drives him and his followers to hate the Western civilization that has armed them? Bin Laden’s name has been linked to a number of incidents that have cost Americans their lives, most conspicuously, the catastrophic assaults on the World Trade Center and the... 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

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

Forge of Union, Anvil of Liberty

By: Jeffrey St. John

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most important news stories of the last two centuries comes to life in this “eyewitness account” of America's first Federal elections, the First Congress, and the creation of the Bill of Rights. In a swift-moving and colorful chronicle written by St. John as though he were an on-the-scene reporter, listeners will discover how Madison... 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

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

The Case of Abraham Lincoln

By: Julie M. Fenster

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1856, Abraham Lincoln was at a difficult point, personally. Depressed, edgy, and often despondent, he had grown bored with his work as a lawyer. He saw himself as a former congressman with little future in politics. Then in May of 1856, he became drawn to the case of the gruesome murder of a blacksmith named George Anderson. Lincoln was asked... 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

The New Golden Age

By: Ravi Batra

Narrated by: Brian Emerson

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking treatise, bestselling author and economist Ravi Batra identifies the roadblocks to world economic prosperity and what we need to do to overcome them. Bringing the same insight and expertise that made his book The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism an international bestseller, Batra takes on falling minimum wages,... Read more

Capitalism

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 14 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world’s collapse. This is the view of Ayn Rand, a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constitutes a major philosophic revolution. In her series of essays, she presents her stand on the persecution of big business, the... Read more

The Making of Modern Economics

By: Mark Skousen

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 19 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This bold history of economics tells the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built a rigorous social science without peer. Unlike other economics histories, Skousen’s book provides a running plot with a singular heroic figure, Adam Smith, at the center of the discipline. Skousen unites the great thinkers by ranking them for or... 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

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

That’s Not in My American History Book

By: Thomas Ayres

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

That’s Not in My American History Book collects an illuminating treasury of stories edited out of your textbooks. It explains why the Fourth of July isn’t really our Independence Day. It dispels the myth of Paul Revere’s ride. It reveals nineteenth-century political mudslinging that labeled Andrew Jackson a murderer and his wife an adulteress.... Read more

Patton

By: Alan Axelrod

Narrated by: Brian Emerson

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

George S. Patton was a general who achieved greatness in his field by contradicting his own nature. A cavalryman steeped in romantic military tradition, he nevertheless pulled a reluctant American military into the most advanced realms of highly mobile armored warfare. An autocratic snob, Patton created unparalleled rapport and loyalty with the... 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

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

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

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

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

The Life of Thomas More

By: Peter Ackroyd

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 18 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This book, as much a work of history as a biography, is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures in history.Thomas More (1478–1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political treatise, Utopia, that gave a political worldview; and, most famously, a Catholic martyr and saint. Born into... 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

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

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