Politics & Economy audiobooks

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

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

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

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

The Wise Men Know What Wicked Things Are Written on the Sky

By: Russell Kirk

Narrated by: Peter Kjenaas

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In a series of eleven essays, Kirk relates several issues to a common question: “Is the American Republic descending into decadence, or are the American people entering upon a renewal of belief and hope?” In doing so, he covers a wide range of subjects that beg answers and action, including “The American Mission,” “The Illusion of Human Rights,”... Read more

Grant

By: John Mosier

Narrated by: Brian Emerson

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In this addition to the Palgrave Great Generals Series, John Mosier brings to life the brilliant military strategist Ulysses S. Grant. A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, ultimately becoming president of the re-united states. Grant revolutionized military... 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

Lethal Injection

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Judy Woodruff talks to Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center and Jeff Middendorf of the State of Kentucky's Justice and Public Safety Cabinet about recent lethal injection developments. Read more

It Takes a Village - Abridged

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of It Takes a Village, this splendid edition includes photographs and a new Introduction by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A decade ago, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton chronicled her quest—both deeply personal and, in the truest sense, public—to help make our society into the kind of village that enables... Read more

Inside the Jihad

By: Omar Nasiri

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 14 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first time, a first person account of life inside the Jihad...



This is a detailed portrait of the complex man who fought on both sides. From Europe's burgeoning terrorist underground in the 1990s, to the training camps of Afghanistan, to the radical mosques of London, Omar Nasiri offers a unique and chilling perspective, on both the rise... Read more

Master of the Senate

By: Robert A. Caro

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 53 hours 41 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

My Trade - Abridged

By: Andrew Marr

Narrated by: Andrew Marr

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? How do hacks get their scoops? How do the TV stations choose their news bulletins? How do you persuade people to say those awful, embarrassing things? Who earns what? How do journalists manage to look in the mirror after the way they sometimes... Read more

Palestine Peace Not Apartheid

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Jimmy Carter

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

Following his #1 New York Times bestseller, Our Endangered Values, the former president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers an assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine.

President Carter, who was able to negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt, has remained deeply involved in... Read more

Class 11

By: T. J. Waters

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Written by one of its own graduates, Class 11: Inside the CIA's First Post-9/11 Spy Class is a gripping insider's look at the first post-9/11 CIA training class—the most elite and secretive espionage training program in the country.



Like all Americans, T. J. Waters was stunned, angry, and grief stricken by the terrorist attacks of September 11,... Read more

Ship of Ghosts

By: James D. Hornfischer

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 17 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Son, we’re going to Hell."

The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of... Read more

The Art of Victory

By: Gregory R. Copley

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

From historian and global strategist Gregory R. Copley comes a charter for personal business success based on the "28 Maxims of Victory"—lessons from history on how civilizations and societies have evolved.



The Art of Victory is a manual for survival and prosperity in the midst of current social, technological, and environmental changes. Like... Read more

Ship of Ghosts - Abridged

By: James D. Hornfischer

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Son, we’re going to Hell."

The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of... Read more

The Way to Win

By: Mark Halperin & John F. Harris

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Way to Win, two of the country's most accomplished political reporters explain what separates the victors from the victims in the unforgiving environment of modern presidential campaigns.



Mark Halperin, political director of ABC News, and John F. Harris, the national politics editor of The Washington Post, tell the story of how two... Read more

Destined for Destiny

By: Scott Dikkers & Peter Hilleren

Narrated by: Scott Dikkers & Peter Hilleren

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In Destined for Destiny, George W. Bush offers readers an intimate, plainspoken, and often readable look at the character-shaping achievements that led to his inevitable rise to the office of President of the United States.

Written from the heart, not from the brain, this definitive autobiography takes readers on a journey through the 43rd... Read more

Bill Bryson Collector's Edition - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 17 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Notes from a Small Island
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. The result is a hilarious social commentary that... Read more

The Audacity of Hope - Abridged

By: Barack Obama

Narrated by: Barack Obama

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in Congress... Read more

Imagine The Possibilities

By: Marc Allen

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Marc Allen has a found a way to have everything he wants, and attain success and fulfillment-the easy way. This Type-Z entrepreneur, business guru, and life coach will explain the simple steps you can take to turn your life in the direction of your goals. Because, as he says, "We all have our unique strengths, and we all have what we need to... Read more

Soldier

By: Karen DeYoung

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 23 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and, according to polls, “the most trusted man in America.” From his humble origins as the son of Jamaican immigrants to the highest levels of government in four administrations, he helped guide the nation through some of its... Read more

Soldier - Abridged

By: Karen DeYoung

Narrated by: Roscoe Orman

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and, according to polls, “the most trusted man in America.” From his humble origins as the son of Jamaican immigrants to the highest levels of government in four administrations, he helped guide the nation through some of its... Read more