Politics & Economy audiobooks

Napoleon

By: Paul Johnson

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Paul Johnson, “a very readable and entertaining biography” (The Washington Post) about one of the most important figures in modern European history: Napoleon Bonaparte
 
In an ideal pairing of author and subject, the magisterial historian Paul Johnson offers a vivid look at the life of the strategist,... Read more

Rites of Passage - Abridged

By: Robert Peterson

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A raw, powerful account of an infantryman’s life during wartime– complete with all the horrors and the heroism . . .

Robert Peterson arrived in Vietnam in the fall of 1966, a young American ready to serve his country and seize his destiny. What happened in that jungle war would change his life forever. Peterson vividly relives the tense patrols... Read more

Humanity With Heart: The New Global Paradigm

By: Kevin Danaher, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Hold on to your seats!  You are about to depart on a global reality tour with world lecturer and co-founder of Global Exchange, Kevin Danaher.  In this "ear-opening" dialogue, Danaher addresses the three major pieces of society that influence every aspect of our life: our government, our education and our public airwaves, all of which have been... Read more

Shadow Warriors

By: Tom Clancy & General Carl Stiner

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 21 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Teams of dedicated, highly specialized soldiers trained to a higher standard than regular forces; an armamentarium of advanced weapons and tactics; a variety of exotic, critical assignments for the good of the nation; in short, the U.S. Special Forces seem tailor-made for Tom Clancy, progenitor of the techno-thriller. In this factual account... Read more

What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response

By: Bernard Lewis

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

For many centuries, the world of Islam was at the forefront of human achievement—the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier, was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to... Read more

The Final Days

By: Barbara Olson

Narrated by: Kimberly Schraf

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Barbara Olson was a trenchant critic of the Clinton White House, which she considered to be the home of two of the slickest kleptocrats ever to disgrace the Oval Office. In THE FINAL DAYS, Olson depicted the excesses and outright crimes she claims took place as the Clintons prepared to leave office. These include the granting of pardons to... Read more

See No Evil - Abridged

By: Robert Baer

Narrated by: Robert Baer

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“See No Evil is a compelling account of America’s failed efforts to ‘listen in’ on the rest of the world, especially the parts of it that intend to do us harm.”—The Wall Street Journal

In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling... Read more

War Paint - Abridged

By: Bill Goshen

Narrated by: Jake Robards

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger) --engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater relative aggregate of casualties that any other LRRP/LRP/ Ranger company. Their base was Lai Khe,... Read more

Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?

By: Jean Fritz

Narrated by: David deVries

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This lively biography, by Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz, is a nice, personal look at a leader and his times.In early America, when all the men wore ruffled shirts and rode grandly on horseback, one man refused to follow suit. He was the rebel leader Sam Adams, a plainspoken gent who scorned ruffles, refused to ride a horse, and had... Read more

Theodore Rex

By: Edmund Morris

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 25 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.”—San Francisco Chronicle

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY • “[Theodore Rex] is one of the great histories of the American presidency, worthy of... Read more

Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Marshall Frady

Narrated by: Marshall Frady

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Marshall Frady, the reporter who became the unofficial chronicler of the civil rights movement, here re-creates the life and turbulent times of its inspirational leader. Deftly interweaving the story of King’s quest with a history of the African American struggle for equality, Frady offers fascinating insights into his subject’s magnetic... Read more

The Media: Cutting Through the Illusion

By: Norman Solomon

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Solomon, nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics and founder of the Institute for Public Accuracy, speaks eloquently about the seductive power of the media and how it shapes our understanding of the world, and our response to critical world events. Read more

Unabridged Selections from How Did this Happen?

By: James F. Hoge, Jr. & Gideon Rose

Narrated by: Chris Gannon

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on September 11, one question has been on everyone's mind: "How did this happen?" This book seeks to answer this question in all its critical aspects--the motives and actions of the terrorists, the status of the U.S. military, the context of the Middle East, bioterrorism, airport security, diplomatic... Read more

Theodore Rex - Abridged

By: Edmund Morris

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris’s classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down from Mount Marcy, New York, to take his emergency oath of office in Buffalo, one hundred years... Read more

When Character Was King - Abridged

By: Peggy Noonan

Narrated by: Peggy Noonan

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the bestselling author of What I Saw at the Revolution comes an elegiac tribute to one of America's most beloved leaders.

It is twenty years—a full generation—since Ronald Reagan first walked into the White House and ignited a revolution. From the beginning, he enjoyed the American people's affection but now, as he approaches the end of his... Read more

Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think

By: Chris Matthews

Narrated by: Chris Matthews

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Matthews has been playing "Hardball" since the day he was born. As host of Hardball and the best-selling author of such classics as Hardball and Kennedy & Nixon, Matthews is a political cop who insists on the truth and nothing but. In Now Let Me Tell You What I Really Think, Chris Matthews is at his brilliant, blunt, bulldogged best.
... Read more

Reaching for Glory - Abridged

By: Michael R. Beschloss

Narrated by: Michael R. Beschloss

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Reaching for Glory lets us eavesdrop on LBJ's private, often tortured thoughts during the most crucial year of his presidency -- when his dreams of being hailed as the equal of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt were destroyed by the war in Vietnam.
As Reaching for Glory opens, LBJ is campaigning for the greatest presidential landslide in... Read more

Reagan In His Own Voice - Abridged

By: Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson & Martin An...

Narrated by: Various

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Reagan In His Own Voice features Ronald Reagan's radio addresses from the late 1970s. Edited by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, and Martin Anderson, they are introduced by George Shultz and feature additional introductions by Nancy Reagan, Richard V. Allen, Judge William Clark, Michael Deaver, Peter Hannaford, Edwin Meese III and Harry... Read more

Holy War, Inc. - Abridged

By: Peter L. Bergen

Narrated by: Peter L. Bergen

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On September 11, 2001, the world changed forever as more than three thousand men, women, and children lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. The attack was masterminded by Osama bin Laden and his Jihad group -- an organization that CNN's terrorism analyst Peter Bergen calls Holy War, Inc. One of the few Western... Read more

The Ecology of Power

By: Robert Fuller, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes power tick and how does it become entrenched and abused? Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, so the saying goes. What lies beneath power? Understanding the nature of power can help us move towards a world of freedom, justice and economic equity for all. Read more

Narren des Zufalls - Die unterschätzte Rolle des Zufalls in unserem Leben (Ungekürzt)

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Narrated by: Stefan Barth

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In diesem Hörbuch geht es um Glück und Zufall, genauer gesagt darum, wie wir Glück und Zufall im Alltags- und Geschäftsleben wahrnehmen und damit umgehen. Die meisten Menschen denken, dass die Erfolge auf ihre "Strategie" und ihr "Können" zurückführen. Doch bestimmen Glück und Zufall unser Leben stärker, als wir denken. Nassim Nicholas... Read more

The Big Enchilada

By: Stuart P. Stevens

Narrated by: Edward Holland

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Six years ago he owned a baseball team. Now he's the leader of the free world. "The Big Enchilada" is a comic anthem to the wild and improbable crusade that propelled George W. Bush into the White House and to the close-knit group of Texans who made it happen, written by "the Bush campaign's Renaissance man" (Time magazine).

Writer and political... Read more

Christmas In Plains

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Jimmy Carter

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Jimmy Carter remembers Christmas in Plains, Georgia, the source of spiritual strength, respite, friendship, and vacation fun in this charming portrait.

In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood—the simplicity of family and community gift-giving, his father’s eggnog, the children’s house... Read more

The Rehnquist Choice - Abridged

By: John W. Dean

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines & John W. Dean

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The explosive story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the only person who could have revealed this information—John W. Dean.

In 1971, William Rehnquist seemed the perfect choice to fill a seat on the United States Supreme Court. He was a young, well-polished lawyer who shared many of President Richard Nixon's... Read more