Politics & Economy audiobooks

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

The Call to Serve

By: Jon Meacham

Narrated by: Jon Meacham

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of George H. W. Bush’s birth, this visually stunning chronicle features never-before-published photos and memories celebrating the forty-first president’s vision of leadership as service to country—curated by Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham.

Lavishly illustrated, The Call to Serve is an... Read more

Moral Vision

By: Marvin Olasky

Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes a leader truly great? Is it simply a matter of management style and personality? Or is it character that matters most? Moral Visions takes an insightful look into America’s leaders of the past to answer these questions and demonstrates that values and moral convictions are critical to the strength of a nation.

Supposedly, we learn... Read more

Jesus and the Abolitionists

By: Terry J. Stokes

Narrated by: Terry J. Stokes

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Isn't anarchy just chaos? How could it possibly relate to Christianity?Countless people, including (and sometimes especially) those from religious backgrounds, are exploring radical ideas. The pandemic, the Black liberation movement, climate disaster--all these concerns are leading us to ask, "Does our system actually work? Is capitalism... 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

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

Barons

By: Austin Frerick

Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of agriculture. Mike benefited from deregulation of the American food industry, a phenomenon that... Read more

Nelson Mandela

By: Elleke Boehmer

Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A pathbreaking analysis of the relationship between Mandela the myth, and Mandela the historical figure, looking at the way images, stories, and politics have been combined to create the iconic image of Mandela that we know today.



Boehmer explores the long trajectory of Mandela's life, explaining first the historical and political context of the... 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

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

The Hamilton Scheme

By: William Hogeland

Narrated by: William Hogeland

Length: 17 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Alexander Hamilton has become a global celebrity. Millions know his name and imagine knowing the man. But what did he really want for the country? What risks did he run in pursuing those vaulting ambitions? Who tried to stop him? How did they fight? It's ironic that the Hamilton revival has obscured the man's most dramatic battles and... Read more

Hine Toa

By: Ngahuia te Awekotuku

Narrated by: Ngahuia te Awekotuku

Length: 13 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Māori liberation movements
'Remarkable. At once heartbreaking and triumphant' Patricia GraceIn the 1950s, a young Ngāhuia is fostered by a family who believe in hard work and community. Although close to her kuia, she craves more: she wants higher education and refined living.... Read more

Commander in Chief

By: Casey B. K. Dominguez

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The constitutional balance of war powers has shifted from Congress to the president over time. Today, presidents broadly define their constitutional authority as commander in chief. In the nineteenth century, however, Congress was the institution that claimed and defended expansive war powers authority. This discrepancy raises important... Read more

Trabajo asalariado y capital

By: Karl Marx

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Introducción accesible a los conceptos clave del pensamiento marxista.Trabajo asalariado y capital es crucial para entender las bases del pensamiento marxista sobre la economía y la sociedad. Proporciona una crítica incisiva del capitalismo y sienta las bases de la obra posterior de Karl Marx, uno de los pensadores más influyentes de la historia... Read more

Terrible Humans

By: Patrick Alley

Narrated by: Richard Burnip

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

'Few people have shown more commitment to investigative journalism than Patrick Alley. His latest book is a vivid, compelling testament to the importance of revealing corruption and wrong-doing and shining a light into dark places, wherever in the world they are.' -Peter Geoghegan, author of Democracy for Sale

A small number of people, motivated... Read more

Rivals in the Storm

By: Damian Collins

Narrated by: Dyfrig Morris

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Rivals in the Storm by Damian Collins, read by Dyfrig Morris.

A vivid biography in cinematic snapshots of David Lloyd George, one of the world’s greatest statesmen.

Brought up in rural North Wales, David Lloyd George attended neither a grand school nor ancient university. He was very much an outsider. And yet he rose through... Read more

Hercules

By: Scott Bateman

Narrated by: Angus King

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The legendary story of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules jet, told through the eyes of former RAF captain Scott Bateman


Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow. Whether it’s war, natural disaster, or humanitarian emergency, for over fifty years the RAF’s Hercules force was the first in and last out of any crisis faced by the UK government... Read more

Mao's Great Famine

By: Frank Dikötter

Narrated by: Daniel York Loh

Length: 15 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikötter, read by Daniel York Loh.

WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE

‘A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag Montefiore

'Harrowing and brilliant' Ben Macintyre

‘A critical contribution to Chinese... Read more

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy - Abridged

By: Joseph A. Schumpeter

Narrated by: John Clickman

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

"Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy," authored by Joseph A. Schumpeter and first published in 1942, stands as a cornerstone in the study of economics and political science. In this profound and ambitious work, Schumpeter delves into the intricate mechanisms that drive capitalist economies and the transformative forces that shape them. Central... Read more

The Road to Serfdom

By: Friedrich Hayek

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual history and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians and scholars for half a century. Originally published in 1944, it was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For Hayek, the collectivist... Read more

Psychologie der Massen

By: Gustave Le Bon

Narrated by: Herbert Schäfer

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"Psychologie der Massen" ist ein wegweisendes Werk von Gustave Le Bon, das die Dynamiken und Verhaltensweisen von Menschen in Massengesellschaften untersucht. Le Bon beschreibt, wie individuelle Rationalität und Kontrolle in der Masse oft durch Emotionen, Impulse und Ansteckungseffekte ersetzt werden. Er analysiert Phänomene wie Mobmentalität,... Read more

LCSW Clinical Study Guide

By: Michael Langstone.

Narrated by: Rob Williamson

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Ready to pursue your prestigious LCSW credential and establish yourself as a recognized Licensed Clinical Social Worker?
Looking for an all-encompassing guide that will anchor your preparation for the LCSW Exam?
Your search is over. Dive right in!
This guide serves as an indispensable asset for reviewing your knowledge, understanding practical... Read more

Grand Old Unraveling

By: John Kenneth White

Narrated by: Bob Johnson

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

It didn't begin with Donald Trump. Since the time of FDR, the Republican Party has been home to conspiracy thinking, including a belief that lost elections were rigged. And when Republicans later won the White House, the party elevated their presidents to heroic status—a predisposition that eventually posed a threat to democracy. John Kenneth... Read more

The High Seas

By: Olive Heffernan

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “essential guide to the half of our blue planet we call the high seas” (Will McCallum, author of How to Give Up Plastic), one of the world’s leading voices on the issue tracks the race to exploit and protect our last frontier.

Two thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national borders. Owned by all nations and no nation simultaneously,... Read more