Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Sister

By: Sung-Yoon Lee

Narrated by: Dexter Galang

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This first book on Kim Jong Un’s increasingly powerful sister, tapped to be his successor, offers jaw-dropping insights into the latest generation of North Korea’s secretive and murderous dynasty.

The first woman ever to issue the threat of a nuclear weapons strike is not even officially a head of state. Kim Yo Jong is the sister of North... Read more

Wealth Supremacy

By: Marjorie Kelly

Narrated by: Tiffany Williams

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful analysis explains how the bias toward wealth that is woven into the very fabric of American capitalism is damaging people, the economy, and the planet and explores what the foundations of a new economy could be.

This bold manifesto exposes seven myths underlying wealth supremacy-the bias that institutionalizes infinite extraction of... Read more

Defectors

By: Erik R. Scott

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Defectors fleeing the Soviet Union seized the world's attention during the Cold War. Their stories were given sensational news coverage and dramatized in spy novels and films. Upon reaching the West, they were entitled to special benefits, including financial assistance and permanent residency. In contrast to other migrants, defectors were... Read more

Tyranny of the Minority

By: Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the authors of How Democracies Die

“[Levitsky and Ziblatt] write with terrifying clarity about how the forces of the right have co-opted the enshrined rules to exert their tyranny.”—The Washington Post

ONE OF THE CALIFORNIA REVIEW OF... Read more

Crusade in Europe

By: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 22 hours

Abridged: No

A classic of World War II literature, an incredibly revealing work that provides a near comprehensive account of the war and brings to life the legendary general and eventual president of the United States.

Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. Crusade in Europe tells the... Read more

Taming the Street

By: Diana B. Henriques

Narrated by: Karen Murray

Length: 16 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The “extraordinary” (New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of FDR’s fight for the soul of American capitalism—from award-winning journalist Diana B. Henriques, author of The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

“I thought I was well versed in the New Deal, but it turns out I knew next to nothing. Diana Henriques’s... Read more

Universal Basic Income

By: Matt Zwolinski & Miranda Perry Fleischer

Narrated by: Terrence Kidd

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The motivating idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is radically simple: give people cash and let them do whatever they want with it. But does this simple idea have the potential to radically transform our society?



This book provides the average citizen with all the information they need to understand current debates about the UBI. It recounts... Read more

The Grunts of Wrath

By: Ronny Bruce

Narrated by: Jamie Renell

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Combat diaries from elite operators and commanding officers dominate the space. But what happens when regulars face the fire?

Ronny Bruce is a renaissance man: philosopher, drifter, Gen X rock 'n' roller, and gentleman. At thirty-two, divorced and burnt-out with the burbs, Ronny bails on his teaching career and seeks army infantry. It's no joke... Read more

Israelophobia

By: Jake Wallis Simons

Narrated by: Jake Wallis Simons

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

'This is an important and necessary book by a superb and subtle writer. There's no one more qualified to write it than Jake Wallis Simons, both as ground-breaking Middle East security correspondent and Editor of the Jewish Chronicle. It analyses the often prejudiced coverage and intense scrutiny of Israel that so often veers into obsession and... Read more

Politics on Trial

By: Thomas T. Taylor

Narrated by: Jack Pemberton

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever wondered how the intricate web of politics and the judiciary intertwines? "Politics on Trial: The Judiciary’s Role in Sorting Truth from Fiction" takes you on a riveting journey through the legal landscape of political assertions, providing a clear lens to view the blurred lines between free speech, perjury, and the many shades in... Read more

Return to Vienna

By: Peter Dixon

Narrated by: The Author

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

'Captain Charles Kennedy' parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home.Men and women of Churchill’s secret Special Operations Executive worked to free Austria from Hitler's grip. Many were themselves Austrians... Read more

Huumepoliisin jalanjäljissä: Helsingin poliisin huumerikostutkintaa viideltä vuosikymmeneltä

By: Yrjö Ketonen

Narrated by: Pertti Huuskonen

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

50 vuotta huumeita ja rikostutkintaa Helsingin kaduilla. Kun Helsingin poliisin huumeryhmä perustettiin vuonna 1967, ei ensimmäisillä huumepoliiseilla ollut juurikaan tietoa siitä, mitä huumeita kaupungissa ylipäätään liikkui ja kuka niitä käytti. Nykyään huumerikollisuus on kytkeytynyt kansainväliseen järjestäytyneeseen rikollisuuteen ja... Read more

Uncle Tom's Cabin

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Narrated by: Larraine Paquette

Length: 20 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Delve into the powerful and moving world of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This audiobook takes you on an emotional journey through the lives of its compelling characters, depicting the harsh realities of slavery in 19th-century America. Through the eyes of Uncle Tom, Eliza, and other unforgettable figures, you will witness the... Read more

Hacer disidencia

By: Eric Sadin

Narrated by: Jordi Llovet

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Ante los continuos desengaños políticos, los nuevos modelos de sometimiento del neoliberalismo y la complicidad de nuestros dirigentes para que nada de esto cambie, el mayor reto que se nos presenta hoy en día es despertar de nuestro estado de parálisis y movilizar nuestras propias fuerzas. Hacer disidencia supone romper con muchos... Read more

Civil War by Other Means

By: Jeremi Suri

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1865, the Confederacy was comprehensively defeated, its economy shattered, its leaders in exile or in jail. Yet in the years that followed, Lincoln's vision of a genuinely united country never took root. Apart from a few brief months, when the presence of the Union army in the South proved liberating for newly freed Black Americans, the... Read more

Apaga el celular y enciende tu cerebro

By: Pablo Muñoz Iturrieta

Narrated by: Pablo Muñoz Iturrieta

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Leído por el autorEl premiado filósofo, conferenciante internacional y académico Dr. Pablo Muñoz Iturrieta nos trae un manifiesto filosófico que pretende animar a los lectores a aprender a pensar por sí mismos y no permitir que la tecnología domine y controle su vida.En un mundo de servicios de streaming a la carta y de interminables contenidos... Read more

Settling the Boom

By: Mary E. Thomas & Bruce Braun

Narrated by: Suzie Althens

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Examines how settler colonial and sexist infrastructures and narratives order a resource boom



Over the past decade, new oil plays have unsettled U.S. energy landscapes and imaginaries. Settling the Boom studies how the disruptive forces of an oil boom in the northern Great Plains are contained through the extension of settler temporalities,... Read more

She Persisted: Pura Belpré

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

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra & Chelsea Clinton

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Pura Belpré!

Pura Belpré grew up in Puerto Rico surrounded by stories. When she moved to New York and was offered the chance to work at the New York Public... Read more

El espía que robó la bomba atómica

By: Ann Hagedorn

Narrated by: Carlos Garza

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

. Aunque nació en Iowa en 1913, George Koval vivió por ocho años en la URSS, lugar en el que se crio bajo el yugo de la ideología soviética. Sus cualidades lo convertían en el candidato ideal para el Ejército Rojo: una afición al beisbol, una doble nacionalidad y una mente brillante. Con el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la inteligencia... Read more

Great Strategic Rivalries

By: James Lacey

Narrated by: David Stifel

Length: 28 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

From the legendary antagonism between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War to the Napoleonic Wars and the two World Wars of the twentieth century, the past is littered with long-term strategic rivalries. History tells us that such enduring rivalries can end in one of three ways: a series of exhausting conflicts in which one side... Read more

Rewired

By: Eric Lamarre, Kate Smaje & Rodney Zemmel

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Many companies are stuck with digital transformations that are not moving the needle. There are no quick fixes but there is a playbook. The answer is in rewiring your business so hundreds, thousands, of teams can harness technology to continuously create great customer experiences, lower unit costs, and generate value. It's the capabilities of... Read more

Hispanic Star: Sonia Sotomayor

By: Claudia Romo Edelman & Nathalie Alonso

Narrated by: Diana Pou

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is Hispanic Star: Sonia Sotomayor.

Read about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes that have shaped our culture and the world, in this gripping biography written by Claudia Romo Edelman and... Read more

Not the Camilla We Knew

By: Rachael Hanel

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Behind every act of domestic terrorism there is someone's child whose life took a radical turn for reasons that often remain mysterious. Camilla Hall is a case in point: a pastor's daughter from small-town Minnesota who eventually joined the ranks of radicals in the notorious Symbionese Liberation Army before dying in a shootout with Los Angeles... Read more

No Silly Questions

By: Zara Seidler & Sam Koslowski

Narrated by: Sam Koslowski & Zara Seidler

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the news cycle and a bit lost without the background to everything that's going on?

You care what's happening in the world - but you can't help feeling you missed the part where the key stuff got explained. What's a budget deficit? How does voting actually work? What's the deal with the UN? And what does net zero... Read more