Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Fabulist

By: Mark Chiusano

Narrated by: André Santana

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the dogged Long Island reporter who has been on his trail since 2019, the bizarre, page-turning, and frankly hysterical story of America’s most outrageous grifter—former US Representative George Santos.

America is used to larger-than-life politicians, from Telfon Don to AOC and from Dark Brandon to MTG. The political arena has been injected... Read more

H&H - Escenas de la vida conyugal

By: Marco Sifuentes

Narrated by: Marco Sifuentes

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Este libro es un Aleph de peruanidad. Si el subtítulo alude a unas escenas de la vida conyugal, el lector notará que son, en realidad, escenas de la vida nacional. La trayectoria de los Humala-Heredia es la historia privada de nuestra informal política contemporánea. Pero, más importante, es la expresión biográfica de las tramas seculares de la... Read more

American Eagles

By: Charles Whiting

Narrated by: Dallas Britt

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Of the 6,600 paratroopers of the 101st 'Screaming Eagles' Airborne Division who parachuted into France in the early hours of 6 June 1944—D-Day—some 3,500 were listed as missing by midnight that same night. Yet it was only the beginning of their 'rendezvous with destiny.'



American Eagles is the remarkable true story of the United States 101st... Read more

The New Middle East

By: James L. Gelvin

Narrated by: Kent Klineman

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In the second edition of The New Middle East, renowned scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged. Syria, Libya, and Yemen have become "crisis states," where warlords vie against governments and each other. The... Read more

Endgame

By: Omid Scobie

Narrated by: Omid Scobie

Length: 14 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy—an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince... Read more

Reimagine Inclusion

By: Mita Mallick

Narrated by: Mita Mallick

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Reimagining what inclusion can look like in our organizations starts with understanding why these thirteen DEI myths are not true—with effective strategies for implementing transformative inclusivity.

In Reimagine Inclusion, veteran DEI leader Mita Mallick debunks thirteen myths that hold us back from transforming our workplaces. She delivers... Read more

Canopy of Titans

By: Paul Koberstein & Jessica Applegate

Narrated by: Tom Beyer

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In Canopy of Titans, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource, and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world's... Read more

The Value of a Whale

By: Adrienne Buller

Narrated by: Anu Anand

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Parties across the political spectrum claim to be climate leaders, and overt denial is on the way out. Yet when it comes to slowing the course of the climate and nature crises, despite a growing number of pledges, policies and... Read more

Private Censorship

By: J.P. Messina

Narrated by: Clark Cornell

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Concerns about censorship have once again reached a fever pitch across the liberal West. With a few notable exceptions, complaints about censorship in the twenty-first century West are complaints about the behavior of private parties: employers, media conglomerates, social media platforms, and search engines.



To better understand the concerns... Read more

How Benjamin Franklin Became a Revolutionary in Seven (Not-So-Easy) Steps

By: Gretchen Woelfle

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Benjamin Franklin was a proud citizen of America all his life. And a proud subject of the British Empire. Until he wasn’t.

Under British rule Franklin prospered as a printer, newspaper publisher, and writer.
• He served in the Pennsylvania Assembly that made laws for the colony.
• He led campaigns to build the first college, library, hospital, and... Read more

Circle of Stars

By: Dermot Hodson

Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick

Length: 15 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling new history of the European Union and the people who sought to shape and challenge it—from Maastricht to today

The European Union is the most ambitious, and one of the most contentious, international organizations ever created. Decisions made in Brussels shape the lives of over 500 million Europeans, and its laws and policies... Read more

Schock-Zeiten

By: Alexander Hagelüken

Narrated by: Erich Wittenberg

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

INFLATION, ENERGIEKRISE, FACHKRÄFTEMANGEL - DIE GROSSE DEUTSCHLAND-INVENTUR

Inflation, Energienot, globale Konkurrenz, Personalmangel: Wenn Deutschland nicht entschieden gegensteuert, steigt es wirtschaftlich ab. Was können wir tun?

Die Deutschen leben in Schockzeiten. Die Preise sind hoch wie nie. Viele Industrieunternehmen liebäugeln mit der... Read more

Living Democracy

By: Tim Hollo

Narrated by: Tim Hollo

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The way we glow when having a great conversation, building off each other’s ideas, finding solutions we can all be satisfied with. The way we spark together when marching in protest. This is living democracy.Yes, the world looks bleak. Across our society there’s a mounting sense of desperation in the face of the climate crisis, gaping economic... Read more

Kapitalismus ohne Demokratie

By: Quinn Slobodian

Narrated by: Philipp Schepmann

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Freiheit und Demokratie, so der Investor Peter Thiel 2009, seien nicht länger kompatibel. Wer die Freiheit liebe, müsse daher versuchen, der Politik in all ihren Formen zu entkommen. Zuflucht suchen könnten Libertäre im Cyberspace, im Weltraum und auf dem offenen Meer. Das mag verblasen klingen, steht aber in einer jahrzehntealten Tradition... Read more

Druck machen!

By: Jürgen Resch

Narrated by: Erich Wittenberg

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Höchste Zeit zu handeln!
Jürgen Resch ist als Bundesgeschäftsführer der Deutschen Umwelthilfe einer der bekanntesten und wirkungsvollsten Umweltaktivisten unserer Zeit. Doch seit Jahrzehnten macht er immer wieder die bittere Erfahrung: Der Staat kapituliert vor den Interessen großer Konzerne. Wider besseres Wissen bleiben Umwelt und Klima auf der... Read more

La sombra del dictador

By: Heraldo Muñoz

Narrated by: Tomás Cebral

Length: 17 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Un notable retrato, a mitad de camino entre el ensayo y la autobiografía, sobre el Chile de Pinochet.
Publicado originalmente en inglés en 2009, este libro que retrata la vida de un militante socialista que el 11 de septiembre se encontraba en la calle con un revolver y dinamita, ofrece nuevas luces sobre la vida política y cotidiana de... Read more

Room 101

By: Nick Hancock

Narrated by: Nick Hancock, Paul Merton, Ian Hislop, Jenny Ec...

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Nick Hancock finds out what people, places and pop songs his celebrity guests would consign to oblivionRoom 101 is the anti-Desert Island Discs. Instead of picking the tracks, books and luxuries they love, guests are invited to banish their least favourite things to Orwell's eponymous chamber of horrors. Twenty-seven episodes of the show were... Read more

The Long Game

By: Aoife Moore

Narrated by: Roisin McGowan

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

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Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in Ireland

Sinn Féin is the most popular political party in both Northern Ireland and the Republic. A movement once synonymous with a paramilitary campaign is on the brink of taking real power through purely... Read more

J. Edgar Hoover and Allen Dulles: The History of 20th Century America’s Most Controversial FBI and CIA Directors

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

No single figure in 20th century American history inspires such opposing opinions as J. Edgar Hoover, the iconic first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In his time, he was arguably the most powerful non-elected figure in the U.S. government. Serving under 8 presidents (and outliving 2 of them), he remains the longest-serving head... Read more

Cartas de la Wehrmacht

By: Marie Moutier

Narrated by: Sara Gómez & Santiago Gómez

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

La segunda guerra mundial contada por los soldados Estas cartas de soldados alemanes, seleccionadas entre las que se guardan en el Deutsche Dienststelle de Berlín, nos ofrecen el testimonio directo de quienes lucharon en los diversos frentes, de Francia a la Unión Soviética, durante cerca de seis años. Unos testimonios que comienzan en... Read more

El cielo prometido

By: Gregorio Luri

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez

Length: 18 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

La apasionante historia de la familia Mercader Un piolet y un grito desgarrador son los elementos que cargan de dramatismo el instante en el que Ramón Mercader acabó con la vida de Trotsky, una historia que se ha convertido en uno de los mitos de nuestro tiempo. Este es sólo un episodio más del increíble devenir de la familia... Read more

From Conquest to Colony

By: Kirsten Schultz

Narrated by: Alex Picard

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A new history of Brazil's eighteenth century that foregrounds debates about wealth, difference, and governance



Transformations in Portugal and Brazil followed the discovery of gold in Brazil's hinterland and the hinterland's subsequent settlement. Although earlier conquests and evangelizations had incorporated new lands and peoples into the... Read more

Michael Novak

By: Flavio Felice

Narrated by: Annina Pedrini

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Teologo e politologo statunitense, autore di numerose pubblicazioni nel campo delle scienze sociali, Michael Novak (1933-2017) è stato uno dei maggiori studiosi contemporanei del rapporto fra liberalismo e cattolicesimo. Il libro vuole essere un'introduzione alla lettura delle sue opere, offrendo un quadro di riferimento generale, all'interno... Read more

Los alegres muchachos de la lucha de clases

By: Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Narrated by: Victor Bedoya

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Las batallas de una generación que formaron el presente «Esto es y no es una novela, porque la ficción a veces se desliza en sus páginas. Es también una crónica autobiográfica que arranca con un niño de cuatro años vestido con una chamarra amarilla, que pasa por un joven al que le disparan un 10 de junio y que termina en un hombre de setenta... Read more