Politics & Economy audiobooks
China's World View
By: David Daokui Li
Narrated by: David Shih
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. David Daokui Li pulls from his wealth of firsthand experience to demystify contemporary Chinese society and advocate for understanding between China and the West. In this urgently needed and fascinating book, he explains the inner workings of a rising... Read more
View audiobookHow to Listen When Markets Speak
By: Lawrence G. McDonald
Narrated by: James Patrick Robinson
Length: 11 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, outlining new rules of investing for the forward-thinking.
“I can’t tell you how much I learned from How to Listen When Markets Speak. The historical perspectives and... Read more
A Company of Heroes
By: Marcus Brotherton
Narrated by: Joshua Saxon
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
THE MUST-LISTEN BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION
Look for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!
After the Band of Brothers went home, they never forgot the lessons of war . . .
After chronicling the personal stories of the Band of Brothers in We Who Are Alive and Remain, author... Read more
Dissidently Speaking
By: Brent Hamachek
Narrated by: Matt Weinglass
Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Mostly Americans need to take a fresh look at ourselves. To do that we need to apply critical thinking, add some skepticism, and be willing to replace answers with questions.Compiled from a decade of writings and contemplation, and further aided by a forty-year career in the world of business dealing with hundreds of companies, this book... Read more
View audiobookOn Gold Hill
By: Jaclyn Moyer
Narrated by: Momo Hoshi
Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
A young South Asian American woman’s story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming
In 2012, 25-year-old Jackie Moyer—the daughter of a forbidden marriage between a white American father and a Punjabi American mother—leased 10 acres of land in Gold Hill, California, and embarked on a career in organic... Read more
Age of Revolutions
By: Fareed Zakaria
Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live.
Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the 21st century may... Read more
A War Made in Russia
By: Sergei Medvedev
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
In this timely and incisive book, Sergei Medvedev argues that Russia's war in Ukraine was not merely a whim of Putin's obsession: rather, it was the result of two decades of authoritarian degradation and post-imperial ressentiment, a culmination of Putin's regime and of Russia's entire imperial history. Building on his prize-winning book The... Read more
View audiobookSome People Need Killing
By: Patricia Evangelista
Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A “riveting” (The Atlantic) account of the Philippines’ state-sanctioned killings of its citizens under President Rodrigo Duterte, hailed as “a journalistic masterpiece” (The New Yorker)
“Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista risked her life to... Read more
Reading the Constitution
By: Stephen Breyer
Narrated by: Stephen Breyer
Length: 12 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.
“You will not read a more important legal work this election year.” —Bob Woodward, Washington Post... Read more
Combat Love
By: Alisyn Camerota
Narrated by: Alisyn Camerota
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota's memoir Combat Love is her story of growing up longing for stability and attachment as the foundation of her family crumbled. Set on the Jersey Shore in the free-range 1980s, Camerota finds the belonging she craves courtesy of a local punk rock band named Shrapnel and their diehard fans. Combat Love chronicles her... Read more
View audiobookOn Disinformation
By: Lee McIntyre
Narrated by: Brian P. Craig
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
The effort to destroy facts and make America ungovernable didn't come out of nowhere. It is the culmination of seventy years of strategic denialism. In On Disinformation, Lee McIntyre shows how the war on facts began, and how ordinary citizens can fight back against the scourge of disinformation that is now threatening the very fabric of our... Read more
View audiobookWoke or Not?
By: Nina Thom
Narrated by: Deidra O'ree
Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
What does woke mean? Learn about wokeness, its origin, and why it has become controversial.You may have heard this hotly debated buzzword. Perhaps you feel sidelined in conversations about social justice issues and are surprised by how quickly its meaning has changed from a compliment to a slur.This is not a critical race theory book or a cancel... Read more
View audiobookKlimapolitik mit kühlem Kopf (Ungekürzt)
By: Lothar Thürmer
Narrated by: Samy Andersen
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Es ist Zeit für eine neue Sicht auf die Klimapolitik. Für eine ehrliche Bilanz. Für Ziele, die erreichbar sind und uns nicht überfordern. Für eine stärkere globale Klima-Kooperation, die China voll einbezieht. Und für mehr Tempo bei der Anpassung an die Folgen der Erderwärmung. Read more
View audiobookMy First Deployment
By: Ronal Bethune
Narrated by: Lori Loomis
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
"My First Deployment: Chronicles of a Military Journey" reveals military veteran Ronald Bethune's heartfelt experiences of being deployed for the first time in the Middle East. The emotional narrative shares the ups and downs during deployment, uncovering the reality of a soldier's life beyond battle. Ronald’s book portrays the challenges,... Read more
View audiobookUS Presidents 5 Books in 1
By: Joseph Greene
Narrated by: Marty Ravenel
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
US Presidents 5 Books in 1Embark on a riveting journey through the lives and legacies of five of the most pivotal figures in American history with "US Presidents 5 Books in 1: Biographies of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry Truman." This monumental collection offers more than just... Read more
View audiobookDiscourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
By: Niccolò Machiavelli
Narrated by: Andrew Jackson
Length: 13 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
"Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius" is a seminal work by Niccolò Machiavelli, written in the early 16th century. In this book, Machiavelli offers a detailed analysis of the first ten books of Livy's "History of Rome," providing insights into political theory, governance, and the dynamics of power. Machiavelli examines the rise and... Read more
View audiobookHistory of Florence and of the affairs of Italy
By: Niccolò Machiavelli
Narrated by: Andrew Jackson
Length: 16 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
"History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy" by Niccolò Machiavelli is a seminal work in the realm of historical writing and political theory. It was written by Machiavelli during the early 16th century and offers a detailed account of the history of Florence and Italy during his lifetime. Machiavelli's work delves into the intricate... Read more
View audiobookSoviet Union Spy Operations
By: Roger Holt
Narrated by: Peter Finch
Length: 2 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
The KGB is one of the most well-known abbreviations of the twentieth century, and it has come to represent the shadowy and often violent activities of the Soviet Union's secret police and internal security agencies. Indeed, it has frequently been used to refer to the Soviet state security agencies throughout its history, from the formation of... Read more
View audiobookXingona
By: Ivonne Melgar
Narrated by: Karina Castillo
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Xóchitl Gálvez aceptó encabezar la lucha contra uno de los gobiernos más polarizantes, opacos y corruptos en la historia reciente del país. ¿Qué hay dentro de una persona para aceptar una responsabilidad así? Enesta biografía política, la reportera Ivonne Melgar —quien ha seguido la carrera de Xóchitl desde antes de que llegara a la política,... Read more
View audiobookEl feminismo
By: María Elena Walsh
Narrated by: María Abadi
Length: 3 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Todavía los movimientos de mujeres no habían eclosionado en la Argentina, cuando María Elena Walsh escribía y cantaba palabras incómodas, cuestionaba los rígidos roles asignados a mujeres y varones, y se manifestaba contra la misoginia y la violencia machista. Qué es el feminismo reúne buena parte de esos textos, lanzados desde diarios y... Read more
View audiobookAMLO. El costo de una locura
By: Pablo Hiriart
Narrated by: Jaime Collepardo
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Cuando se dice que el Obradorato es el peor sexenio del México reciente, no se habla desde la ideología, sino desde las cifras: en estos años, México ha perdido 2 billones 520 mil millones de pesos. «Eldestino de los pueblos que renuncian a la razón es siempre el mismo: la tragedia. Ese momento de insensatez colectiva se da cuando los argumentos... Read more
View audiobookAbridgment of The Oqual Cycle: The 84-Year Rhythm of Human Civilization (2023) - Abridged
By: Amjad Farooq
Narrated by: Amjad Farooq
Length: 18 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Today, almost every nation is teetering on the brink of a societal meltdown as it finds itself in the midst of a sociopolitical upheaval, the like of which has not hitherto been witnessed in our lifetime.Yet, hardly anyone realizes that like a winter that returns every year, such a concerted turmoil across the globe is also periodic due to what... Read more
View audiobookPaper Soldiers
By: Saleha Mohsin
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
"Incisive debut treatise... Mohsin brings to the proceedings a reporter's eye for story" — Publisher's Weekly
From Bloomberg News reporter Saleha Mohsin, the untold story of how one of America’s most invincible institutions—the Treasury—has used the U.S. dollar to define America’s role in the world, and our economic future.
In 1995, Treasury... Read more
The End of the Alphabet
By: Isabel Brown
Narrated by: Isabel Brown
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
A rising Gen Z star empowers members of her generation to embrace conservative values and to rise up and fight for the future and those who will come after us Gen Z has the power to change the world. As the largest emerging demographic in American history, Gen Z is at the center of a cultural shift, one that will define the direction of our... Read more
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