Politics & Economy audiobooks

John Lewis

By: Raymond Arsenault

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Length: 17 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

For six decades John Robert Lewis was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil rights. As an activist and progressive congressman, he was renowned for his unshakable integrity, indomitable courage, and determination to get into "good trouble."



In this biography of Lewis, Raymond Arsenault traces Lewis's upbringing in rural Alabama, his... Read more

Aid State

By: Jake Johnston

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Haiti’s state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the economy reels from the after-effects of disasters, both man-made and natural, that destroyed much of Haiti’s... Read more

A First-Rate Madness

By: Nassir Ghaemi

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller

“A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders . . .” —The Boston Globe

“A provocative thesis . . . Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” —The Washington Post

“Provocative, fascinating.” —Salon.com

Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental... Read more

Nationalized Politics

By: Jamie L. Carson, Joel Sievert & Ryan D. Williamson

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In the United States, politics has become increasingly nationalized in recent years as voter decision-making is now driven by partisan or national political forces rather than the attributes of individual candidates. Indeed, voters now seem more concerned with which of the two national parties will be in power across all levels of government as... Read more

The Grift

By: Clay Cane

Narrated by: Clay Cane

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

GRIFTER [grif-ter] noun
1. a con or scam artist, a hustler or a sell-out

After the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans, reinventing an economy based on exploitation, and, most importantly, building thriving Black communities. How did Black Republicanism... Read more

One Nation Under Guns

By: Dominic Erdozain

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This “brilliant and gut-wrenching” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms—and that this distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy.

“At once eye-opening and enraging, One... Read more

Kid Olympians: Summer

By: Robin Stevenson

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Athletes throughout history have dreamed of competing in the Olympics—and some were kids themselves when those dreams and plans began! In Kid Olympians: Summer, discover the childhood stories of legends such as -Usain Bolt, who used to skip practices to go to the arcade and play video games. -Serena Williams, who sometimes hit her tennis ball... Read more

Libro de los cinco anillos

By: Miyamoto Musashi & Armando Astral

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

“Percibe y conoce lo que no puede verse con los ojos” - Miyamoto MusashiObra maestra de la auto-disciplina, el desarrollo personal y la filosofía de vida. El legendario samurái Miyamoto Musashi escribió en el siglo XVII esta profunda y atemporal guía en la que revela sus secretos sobre las artes marciales y la estrategia militar.¿Qué encontrarás... Read more

The Theory of Stock Exchange Speculation

By: Arthur Crump

Narrated by: Kenny Davis

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Theory of Stock Exchange Speculation” is a book by Arthur Crump that delves into the principles and strategies of stock market speculation. It was first published in 1874 and has been reproduced from the original from the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London. The book warns of the many... Read more

Hedwig Dohm: Die Mütter

By: Hedwig Dohm

Narrated by: Lea Pfeiffer

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Hedwig Dohm (1831-1919) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin, Frauenrechtlerin und eine der ersten feministischen Theoretikerinnen. Die Großmutter von Katia Mann, der Gattin Thomas Manns, war sie obendrein.   Im Jahr 1903 veröffentlichte sie ihr Essay "Die Mütter", in dem sie auf vielfältige Weise unter anderem folgende Themen beleuchtet:  das... Read more

Die Atombombenlüge - Abridged

By: Clemens Aldenbrock

Narrated by: Sonja Heuser

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Das erste deutschsprachige Buch über die Atombombenlüge! Dieses Buch handelt von einer der größten PSYOPs der Menschheitsgeschichte. Selbst die alternativen Medien wagen es nicht, dieses Narrativ in Frage zu stellen. Denn kaum eine Lüge wird von den Kontrolleuren dieser Welt so gut geschützt wie die der Atombombe. Doch warum ist das... Read more

Everybody's Guide to Money Matters

By: William Cotton

Narrated by: Kenny Davis

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Everybody’s Guide to Money Matters by William Cotton is a book that offers a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange. The author, with a banking experience of over forty years, presents this work to the public, hoping that it may prove useful to many people, especially women, who are often brought up in... Read more

Readings in Money and Banking

By: Chester Arthur Phillips

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 22 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"Readings in Money and Banking" by Chester Arthur Phillips is a classic text that provides a comprehensive overview of key concepts in the field of money and banking. Unfortunately, as of my last knowledge update in January 2022, I don't have specific details about this particular book. However, I can provide you with a general idea of what you... Read more

The Inequality of Wealth

By: Liam Byrne

Narrated by: Keith Wickham

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A wide-ranging and compelling account of the historical and current causes of wealth inequality, offering prescriptions for lasting solutions to an intractable problem, and for a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources.
Is equality possible in the 21st century? In The Inequality of Wealth, Liam Byrne, a former Treasury minister in... Read more

Die Kindersklaven der Staatsmatrix

By: Dawid Snowden

Narrated by: Dawid Snowden

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Wenn wir auf die Welt kommen, sind wir wie eine unformatierte Festplatte. Wir haben keine Ahnung, wer wir sind, welche Potentiale in uns stecken und was wir mit all der Hardware, die an uns klebt, noch alles anstellen könnten. Wir leben jeden Tag, ohne daran zu denken, dass wir eines Tages stürzen, krank werden oder sterben könnten. Unsere... Read more

Ella persistió: Pura Belpré

By: Meg Medina, Marilisa Jiménez García & Chelsea C...

Narrated by: Jane Santos

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspirada en el bestseller #1 del New York Times Ella persistió / She Persisted de Chelsea Clinton y Alexandra Boiger, llega esta serie en Chapter Books sobre mujeres que sobresalieron, lucharon y se levantaron contra viento y marea, como Pura Belpré.
 
Pura Belpré se mudó de Puerto Rico a la ciudad de Nueva York y se hizo bibliotecaria en un... Read more

When Science Meets Power

By: Geoff Mulgan

Narrated by: Michael Langan

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Science and politics have collaborated throughout human history and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change.



Leading policy analyst Geoff Mulgan here calls attention to the growing frictions caused by the expanding—and unsolicited—authority being heaped upon science. As science... Read more

The Spirit of Our Politics

By: Michael R. Wear

Narrated by: Michael Wear

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.For those discouraged and exhausted by the bitterness and rage in our politics, Michael Wear offers a new paradigm of political involvement rooted in the teachings of Jesus and drawing insights from Dallas Willard's approach to spiritual formation.When political division shows up not only on the campaign trail but also at our... Read more

Everyday Freedom

By: Philip K. Howard

Narrated by: Bill Thatcher

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Something basic is missing in our culture. Americans know it. Nothing much works as it should. Simple daily choices seem impossible, or fraught with peril. In the workplace, we walk on eggshells. Big projects get stalled in years of review. Endemic social problems such as homelessness become, well, more endemic.

Everyday Freedom offers a... Read more

American Epic

By: Garrett Epps

Narrated by: Lee Goettl

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1987, E. L. Doctorow celebrated the Constitution's bicentennial by reading it. "It is five thousand words long but reads like fifty thousand," he said. Distinguished legal scholar Garrett Epps disagrees. It's about 7,500 words. And Doctorow "missed a good deal of high rhetoric, many literary tropes, and even a trace of, if not wit, at least... Read more

1947-1957, India

By: Chandrachur Ghose

Narrated by: Dev J Haldar

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The first decade after India's independence, 1947-1957, was probably the most crucial in the nation's history. Opening a window to this period, this book weaves a story out of the complex ideas and events that have largely remained beneath the surface of public discourse. The transfer of power, the framing of the Constitution and the formation... Read more

Raising the Nation

By: Paul Lindley

Narrated by: Richard Pryal, Ali Vowles, Lissa Berry, Quentin...

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered from steering their lives while society’s systems are failing to provide the support they need. Yet, a country only prospers when its children – from all walks of life – thrive, meaning that the United Kingdom now faces some... Read more

The Showman

By: Simon Shuster

Narrated by: Daniel Gamburg

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him unprecedented access. Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and wartime leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety... Read more

Black Women Taught Us

By: Jenn M. Jackson

Narrated by: Jenn M. Jackson

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.

“Jenn M. Jackson is a beautiful writer and excellent scholar. In this book, they pay tribute to generations of Black women organizers and... Read more