Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

By: Jeanne Theoharis

Narrated by: Judith West

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography

2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians 

Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013


The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in... Read more

Lincoln and California

By: Brian McGinty

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In Lincoln and California Brian McGinty explains the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and the Golden State, describing important events that took place in California and elsewhere during Lincoln's lifetime. He includes the histories of Lincoln's close friends and personal acquaintances who made history as they went to California, lived... Read more

Bayard Rustin

By: Michael G. Long

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

While we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of a massive crowd at Lincoln Memorial, few of us remember the man who organized this watershed nonviolent protest in eight short weeks: Bayard Rustin.



This was far from Rustin's first foray into the fight for civil rights. As a world-traveling... Read more

The War Below

By: Ernest Scheyder

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION AND THE 2024 FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

This unprecedented look inside the global battle to power our lives is “required reading for anyone interested in the 360-degree impacts of the energy transition” (Daniel Poneman, former US Deputy Secretary of Energy)... Read more

School Moms

By: Laura Pappano

Narrated by: Tracy Parsons

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

An investigative study of the far-right’s attack on education and an on-the-ground look at the parent activist battle, on either side of the debate, to control the future of public schools

For well over a century, public schools have been a non-partisan gathering place and vital center of civic life in America—but something has changed. In School... Read more

Double Life

By: Linda Wolfe

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

He was the top justice of New York’s highest court. She was a stunning socialite and his wife’s step-cousin. In 1993, Sol Wachtler was convicted of blackmail and extortion against Joy Silverman, his former mistress. How did a respected jurist and one of the most prominent men in America end up serving time in prison? Linda Wolfe starts at the... 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

Cancel Culture Dictionary

By: Jimmy Failla

Narrated by: Jimmy Failla

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYou may know Jimmy Failla as the best dressed man in cable news. A force multiplier of positive energy on the radio who sounds like he gets paid in Tequila and Tide Pods. But he’s also a former New York City Taxi Driver who’s spent countless hours conversing with people from all over this planet and several... Read more

Edge of Armageddon

By: Robert Enochs

Narrated by: James Wilson

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"Edge of Armageddon: The Imminent Nuclear Consequence,” discover the gripping narrative that explores the intricate dance of dominance and diplomacy on the world stage. The stakes? The survival of civilization as we know it. Delve into the heart of modern hegemony where power, strategy, and an ever-looming threat come together in a chilling... Read more

To Catch a Dictator

By: Reed Brody

Narrated by: Reed Brody

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it take to make a dictator answer for his crimes? Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, terrorized, tortured, and killed on a horrific scale over eight years in power—while enjoying full American and Western support. After Habré’s overthrow, his victims and their supporters were determined to see him held responsible for his... 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

Escudo Americano

By: Aquilino Gonell & Susan Shapiro

Narrated by: Jesús E. Martínez

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Aquilino Gonell era un jóven cuando llegó a los Estados Unidos de la República Dominicana. Aunque no hablaba inglés, se dedicó a su nueva tierra adoptada, luchando para conseguir el dichoso sueño americano. Su resolución de lograr una vida de éxito le llevó a alistarse en el ejército, como manera de pagar sus estudios universitarios. Tras... Read more

Russia's War

By: Jade McGlynn

Narrated by: Jade McGlynn

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the early hours of February 24, 2022, Russian forces attacked Ukraine. The brutality of the Russian assault has horrified the world. But Russians themselves appear to be watching an entirely different war—one in which they are the courageous underdogs and kind-hearted heroes successfully battling a malign Ukrainian foe.



Russia analyst Jade... Read more

The Grounds of Political Legitimacy

By: Fabienne Peter

Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

Political decisions have the potential to greatly impact our lives. Think of decisions in relation to abortion or climate change, for example. This makes political legitimacy an important normative concern. But what makes political decisions legitimate? Are they legitimate in virtue of having support from the citizens? Democratic conceptions of... Read more

Vote Gun

By: Patrick J. Charles

Narrated by: William Sarris

Length: 12 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Today, gun control is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics. However, before the 1960s, positions on firearms rights did not necessarily map onto partisan affiliation. What explains this drastic shift?



Patrick J. Charles charts the rise of gun rights activism from the early twentieth century through the 1980 presidential... Read more

Putin's Exiles

By: Paul Starobin

Narrated by: David Aranovich

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The future of Russia lies outside the country.

Since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, some one million Russians have fled the country and gone into exile. Motivated by opposition to the war, by guilt for their country’s deeds, by personal hatred for the Czar-like Putin, and by a vision of a better Russia, shorn of autocracy, the... Read more

The Grift

By: Clay Cane

Narrated by: Clay Cane

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

GRIFTER [grif-ter] noun1. a con or scam artist, a hustler or a sell-outAfter 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

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

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

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

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