Politics & Economy audiobooks

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions

By: Charles Mackay

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" is a classic work written by Charles Mackay, first published in 1841. The book explores various historical instances of mass hysteria, irrational behavior, and financial manias. Mackay delves into the psychology of crowds and examines cases such as the South Sea Bubble, the... Read more

Hedwig Dohm: Die wissenschaftliche Emanzipation der Frau

By: Hedwig Dohm

Narrated by: Lea Pfeiffer

Length: 5 hours 27 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 Jahr1874 veröffentlichte sie ihr Essay "Die wissenschaftliche Emanzipation der Frau",  das unter anderem die Fragen behandelt, ob Frauen... Read more

Putin and the Return of History

By: Martin Sixsmith

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Putin and the Return of History by Martin Sixsmith, read by Jonathan Keeble.

An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War.

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet... Read more

The Road to Tangible Hope

By: Telile Yoseph

Narrated by: Telile Yoseph & Janet Dean

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Now, having told my story, I feel that a huge burden has been lifted. My secrets are now in the open and I believe that no girl or woman in the world should have such dark secrets hiding in her heart. I want to encourage all women who are or have suffered the indignation of abuse to break free of the silence, live their lives with joy and look... Read more

Trust Shattered

By: Peter Serefine

Narrated by: Peter Serefine

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

"Trust Shattered: Cases of Government Betrayal" is a meticulously researched, compelling narrative that unravels the complex tapestry of government actions and their profound impact on individual rights and societal trust. Spanning three distinct parts - Betrayed Bodies, Betrayed Liberty, and Betrayed Estates - this book delves into historical... Read more

CompTIA CySA+ Study Guide: Exam CS0-003, 3rd Edition

By: Mike Chapple & David Seidl

Narrated by: Ray Greenley

Length: 17 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In the newly revised third edition of CompTIA CySA+ Study Guide: Exam CS0-003, a team of leading security experts and tech educators delivers comprehensive and accurate coverage of every topic and domain covered on the certification exam. You'll find clear and concise information on critical security topics presented by way of practical,... Read more

Filterworld

By: Kyle Chayka

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture itself.

"[Filterworld] is about how algorithms changed culture…[Chayka asks] what is taste? What is a sense of aesthetics? And what... Read more

Sheridan’s Secret Mission

By: Robert Cwiklik

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

An impeccably researched, character-driven narrative history recounting the fascinating late-Reconstruction Era mission of General Philip Sheridan, a Union hero dispatched to the South 10 years after the Civil War to protect the rights of newly freed black men, who were under siege by violent paramilitary groups like the White league intent on... Read more

The Project-State and Its Rivals

By: Charles S. Maier

Narrated by: Stephen Caffrey

Length: 25 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

We thought we knew the story of the twentieth century. For many in the West, after the two world conflicts and the long cold war, the verdict was clear: democratic values had prevailed over dictatorship. But if the twentieth century meant the triumph of liberalism, as many intellectuals proclaimed, why have the era's darker impulses—ethnic... Read more

Big Intel

By: J. Michael Waller

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Shocking, illuminating—and filled with exclusive interviews with leading CIA figures themselves—Big Intel recounts the dramatic story of the rise and Cold War heroics of the CIA and the American intelligence apparatus followed by its unfortunate slide into Kafkaesque Deep State dysfunction.

How the Left Subverted the CIA

It wasn’t a foreign... Read more

American Girls

By: Jessica Roy

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle

A CNN, NPR, and Today Most-Anticipated Book of 2024

A “gripping” (CNN), true account of religious extremism, radicalization, and the bonds of family: the story of an American woman who traveled to ISIS-controlled Syria with her two children and extremist husband and the sister back home who worked tirelessly... Read more

Black Boys Like Me

By: Matthew R. Morris

Narrated by: Matthew R. Morris

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

*INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER*
*LONGLISTED FOR THE TORONTO BOOK AWARD*

“Black Boys Like Me ignited parts of me I honestly didn't believe any book could ever know. . . . Seldom do incredibly titled books earn their titles. Matthew R. Morris earns this classic title with a classic book about our insides.” —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy


Startlingly... Read more

In the Nation's Service

By: Philip Taubman

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 18 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Deftly solving critical but intractable national and global problems was the leitmotif of George Pratt Shultz's life. No one at the highest levels of the United States government did it better or with greater consequence in the last half of the twentieth century, often against withering resistance. While political, social, and cultural dynamics... Read more

The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic

By: Kevin Kenny

Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Today the United States considers immigration a federal matter. Yet, despite America's reputation as a "nation of immigrants," the Constitution is silent on the admission, exclusion, and expulsion of foreigners. Before the Civil War, the federal government played virtually no role in regulating immigration.



Offering an original interpretation of... Read more

Escape from Camp 14

By: Blaine Harden

Narrated by: Blaine Harden

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived. Blaine Harden's latest book, King of Spies, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017.North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000... Read more

The MAGA Diaries

By: Tina Nguyen

Narrated by: Tina Nguyen

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This explosive “must-read for anyone who cares about the future of our democracy” (Brian Stelter, New York Times bestselling author) chronicles the rise of the MAGA movement from acclaimed political journalist Tina Nguyen, who began her career—and her education—on the ground levels of the conservative recruiting machine.

Her very first job was... Read more

The Alternative

By: Nick Romeo

Narrated by: Jamie Renell

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed in this provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy. 

Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century – widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world – many... Read more

Evocación

By: Aleida March

Narrated by: Irene Machado, Ignacio Rodríguez De Anca & Erne...

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

La viuda del Che Guevara recuerda el gran romance revolucionario trágicamente acortado por el asesinato del Che en Bolivia.

Cuando Aleida March primero conoció al Che Guevara, ella era una combatiente de veinte años del interior de Cuba, él era un ya legendario revolucionario y un exuberante líder. Pero había una faceta más humana del Che a la... Read more

Born This Way

By: Joanna Wuest

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook version of this book.

The story of how a biologically driven understanding of gender and sexuality became central to US LGBTQ+ political and legal advocacy. Across protests and courtrooms, LGBTQ+ advocates argue that sexual and gender identities are innate. Oppositely, conservatives incite panic over... Read more

Imperialism: The Final Stage of Capitalism

By: Vladimir Lenin

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"Imperialism: The Final Stage of Capitalism" by Vladimir Lenin is a foundational Marxist text that explores the economic and political dynamics of imperialism in the early 20th century. Originally published in 1917, this work was a response to the global geopolitical landscape of the time and sought to analyze the nature of imperialism as the... Read more

What Is to Be Done?

By: Vladimir Lenin

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

"What Is to Be Done?" by Vladimir Lenin is a seminal work that outlines the revolutionary strategy and organizational principles for the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Written in 1902, this influential text serves as a cornerstone in the development of Leninist thought.  Lenin addresses the challenges facing the working class movement,... Read more

Das kommunistische Manifest

By: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

Narrated by: Volker Braumann

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Das «Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei» ist die wohl bekannteste Schrift von Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels. Wie wohl kaum ein anderes Dokument seiner Zeit lässt das «Manifest» die politisch aufgeladene Stimmung nachempfinden, die damals um 1848 herum während des zu Ende gehenden Vormärz in Europa kurz vor Ausbruch der Februarrevolution in... Read more

Warum die Welt keinen Frieden findet - Auf dem Punkt (Ungekürzt)

By: Carlo Masala

Narrated by: Patrick Imhof

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Wunsch nach weltweitem Frieden ist ebenso redlich wie verständlich. Doch er führt auch dazu, dass uns aufflammende Konflikte und Kriege in Schrecken versetzen - ganz besonders, wenn sie in geografischer Nähe auftreten, wie es seit dem russischen Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine der Fall ist. Sehen wir also der Realität ins Auge, fordert der... Read more

邓小平讲话实录：演讲卷

By: 《邓小平讲话实录》编写组 编著

Narrated by: 先读

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

内容简介：《邓小平讲话实录》记述了邓小平从革命战争年代到社会主义建设中发挥的重要作用，他的历次讲话，尤其是他讲话中改革开放这一主张，对我国的政治、经济、文化都有巨大的推动作用。其中，《演讲卷》记录了从1943年到1988年邓小平的历次重要演讲。内容涉及国家建设、干部选拔、军队国防、财政、教育、党内思想等诸多方面。时至今日，在党的十九大上立未来五年“工作坐标”时，仍然坚定着改革开放的决心。全面深化改革，将“一张蓝图绘到底”，成为新时代改革新部署。除了精彩而充满智慧的讲话实录，本书在编写过程中还补充了大量的背景资料，让读者可以更清楚地了解当时的国际背景以及政策出台的前因后果，从国家建设、军队国防、民生要务、政治经济、文化教育、干部选拔、党建思想等诸多方面领略领袖人物的睿智与风采。改革开放4... Read more