Politics & Economy audiobooks

Triumph of the Yuppies

By: Tom McGrath

Narrated by: Stacy Carolan

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The “entertaining and insightful” first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987 (New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich). 

By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s, Yuppies—the... Read more

The Hidden History of the White House

By: Corey Mead

Narrated by: Lindsay Graham & Jeremy Arthur

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Presented by the hit podcast American History Tellers, The Hidden History of the White House reveals the behind-the-scenes stories of some of the most dramatic events in American history—set right inside the house where it happenedFor more than two centuries, the White House in Washington, DC, has been the stage for some of the most climactic... Read more

Inteligencia Artificial. La tecnología que cambiará el mundo - Abridged

By: Roberto Velasco

Narrated by: Sergio Huescar (voz digital)

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Los avances tecnológicos invaden velozmente nuestras vidas y desbordan las capacidades normativas de las Administraciones públicas, todo bajo el control remoto de unos gigantes empresariales que pretenden rediseñar los hábitos sociales en función de sus intereses económicos. En este mundo de escasas reglas, se presenta la Inteligencia... Read more

The Anti-Coup (Unabridged)

By: Gene Sharp

Narrated by: Carolyn Cooper, Marcia Kim & Juanita Morrison

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In the face of tyranny, nonviolent resistance emerges as a formidable weapon. "The Anti-Coup" unveils the strategies and tactics that have empowered countless individuals to overthrow oppressive regimes without resorting to violence. Gene Sharp, a renowned scholar and activist, provides a comprehensive guide to nonviolent resistance, empowering... Read more

Bloody Tuesday

By: John M. Giggie

Narrated by: Christopher Grove

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The dramatic story of one of the most violent episodes of the civil rights movement and its role in the ongoing reckoning with racial injustice in the United States.



On Tuesday, June 9, 1964, police attacked more than 600 Black men, women, and children inside First African Baptist Church (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), where Reverend Martin Luther King... Read more

Banking on Slavery

By: Sharon Ann Murphy

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook version of this book.

A sobering excavation of how deeply nineteenth-century American banks were entwined with the institution of slavery.

It’s now widely understood that the fullest expression of nineteenth-century American capitalism was found in the structures of chattel slavery. It’s also understood that... Read more

The Mount Rushmore Presidents

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1920s, plans were made to carve the figures of America's greatest presidents into Mount Rushmore, the tallest spot in the Black Hills of the Dakotas. By 1939 the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt had been carved into the rock, and one of America's greatest national monuments was born.The... Read more

General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: The Lives and Careers of America’s Commanders-in-Chief in the Pacific Theater during World War II

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Bill Caufield

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite fighting in North Africa and the Atlantic, the United States still had the resources and manpower to fight the Japanese in the Pacific. Though the Japanese had crippled the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, its distance from Japan made an invasion of Pearl Harbor impossible, and Japan had not severely damaged important infrastructure.... Read more

Conspiracy

By: Charlotte Greig

Narrated by: Nick Landrum

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

22 November 1963: Dallas, Texas. US President John F Kennedy is assassinated as his motorcade passes through the city's streets. The assassin is soon captured, and revealed to be disaffected Communist sympathizer Lee Harvey Oswald. Did Oswald act alone, or did he have help? Is the Bilderberg Group simply a group of international financiers... Read more

Machtübernahme - Was passiert, wenn Rechtsextreme regieren | Eine Anleitung zum Widerstand (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Arne Semsrott

Narrated by: Alexander Pensel

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Demokratie in Gefahr - und was wir dagegen tun können Es sind beunruhigende Zeiten: Vor wenigen Jahren waren Rechtsextremisten im Parteienspektrum noch weitgehend isoliert. Heute denken Teile der Union offen über eine Koalition mit ihnen nach. Und während antidemokratische Positionen in der Breite der Gesellschaft stetig an Zustimmung gewinnen,... Read more

Nerungi Varum Idiyosai

By: Sethupathi Arunachalam

Narrated by: Uma Maheswari

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

நெருங்கி வரும் இடியோசை (நாவல்) “நான் ஏழு நாளா ஒன்னுமே சாப்டல. சின்னச் சின்ன மீன், நத்தைங்கள்லாம் பிடிச்சு சாப்பிட்டுக்கிட்டு இருந்தேன். இப்போ அதெல்லாமும் குறைஞ்சு போச்சு. தாமரைக்குளம் இருக்குல்ல, அதெல்லாம் இப்போ வெறும் சேறும் சகதியுமாய்டுச்சு. சின்னப் பசங்க, பொண்ணுங்க எல்லாம் கழுத்தளவு தண்ணில நின்னுக்கிட்டு மீன், நத்தையெல்லாம் கிடைக்காதான்னு... Read more

Blind Faith

By: Salomea Genin

Narrated by: Salomea Genin

Length: 23 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Salomea Genin was born in 1932 in Berlin to Polish-Jewish parents and fled the Nazis with her family to Australia in 1939. In 1944 she joined the Eureka Youth (Young Communist) League and in 1949 – the beginning of the Cold War – the Australian Communist Party just as the government was planning to ban it. In 1951, as a delegate to the "3rd... Read more

15 Minute Musical: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series

By: Dave Cohen, David Quantick & Richie Webb

Narrated by: Richie Webb, Pippa Evans, Alex Lowe, Dave Lamb,...

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Twenty brief, barbed and bittersweet musical comedies, written by and starring Richie Webb – including eight Christmas Specials

‘Let’s have a standing ovation for the 15 Minute Musical' The Guardian

Oozing with satire and sass, these fun-size yet deliciously satisfying musical comedies do for your ears what chocolate does for your... Read more

Think Like a Spy

By: Julian Fisher

Narrated by: Julian Fisher

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

'It's rare to find a book that is not only intensely personal but deeply practical. Julian Fisher has somehow pulled it off, in this fascinating and engaging guide to the art of influence. Think Like a Spy is a fantastic read, full of eye-opening espionage tradecraft as well as insightful tips on how to achieve your business goals. Highly... Read more

Unemployment

By: Daniel Shore

Narrated by: Jacob Simmons

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Unemployment, at its core, refers to a state in which individuals who are willing and able to work are unable to secure employment opportunities. However, this seemingly straightforward definition belies the intricate interplay of factors that contribute to the phenomenon. From structural shifts in industries to cyclical fluctuations in economic... Read more

Free Speech

By: Nadine Strossen

Narrated by: Nadine Strossen

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This concise but comprehensive book lays out specific answers to myriad topical questions about free speech law, and also general explanations of how and why the law distinguishes between protected and punishable speech.



The book focuses on modern First Amendment law, explaining the historic factors that propelled its evolution in a more... Read more

Pasajes de la Guerra Revolucionaria

By: Ernesto Che Guevara

Narrated by: Ignacio Rodríguez De Anca, Irene Machado, Ramsé...

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

En abril de 1965, el Che Guevara se marcha de La Habana al Congo para dirigir a 200 veteranos cubanos que asisten al movimiento de liberación africana contra los colonialistas belgas, cuatro años después del asesinato del presidente socialista democráticamente electo, Patrice Lumumba.
Porque el diario trata el admitido "fracaso" del Che, examina... Read more

King Hancock

By: Brooke Barbier

Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Americans are more familiar with his signature than with the man himself. In this spirited account of John Hancock's life, Brooke Barbier depicts a patriot of fascinating contradictions—a child of enormous privilege who would nevertheless become a voice of the common folk; a pillar of society uncomfortable with radicalism who yet was crucial to... Read more

What Are the Olympics For?

By: Jules Boykoff

Narrated by: John Chancer

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Athletes first’ is a slogan the International Olympic Committee often touts, but the reality is very different, as pre-eminent Olympics expert Jules Boykoff shows in this book. While the world’s attention is riveted by the triumphs and tribulations on their screens, there is much that goes on behind the scenes that is deeply troubling: athletes... Read more

Boss

By: Mike Royko

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the turbulent world of Chicago politics, Boss dives deep into the captivating life and legacy of Richard J. Daley, the influential politician and mastermind behind the city's Democratic Party machine.



Mike Royko's scathing and meticulously researched account follows Richard J. Daley's rise to power, from his inauspicious youth on Chicago's... Read more

Lessons in Liberty

By: Jeremy S. Adams

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs.” — Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American MindAmerica is full of inspiring heroes.Greatness is not a chance—it is a choice. George Washington didn’t simply wake up as one of the greatest men in human history. His greatness was the... Read more

Obama Era Hopes And Disappointments

By: Dr. Ahmed Zaki

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Secrets of American policies during the era of Obama and secret alliances with the regimes of Arab and Islamic countries The battles with organizations inside the Middle East and the threat from Russia Read more

The Russian FSB

By: Kevin P. Riehle

Narrated by: Nigel Patterson

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Since its founding in 1995, the FSB, Russia's Federal Security Service, has regained the majority of the domestic security functions of the Soviet-era KGB. Under Vladimir Putin, who served as FSB director just before becoming president, the agency has grown to be one of the most powerful and favored organizations in Russia. The FSB not only... Read more

Hope Over Fate

By: Scott MacMillan

Narrated by: Scott MacMillan

Length: 15 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times called him "one of the unsung heroes of modern times." Fazle Hasan Abed was a mild-mannered accountant who may be the most influential man most people have never even heard of. A former finance executive with almost no experience in relief aid, he founded BRAC, originally the Bangladesh Rehabilitation... Read more