Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Dissident

By: David Herszenhorn

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin’s nemesis Alexey Navalny— lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and presidential candidate, campaign strategist, provocateur, poisoning victim, dissident, and now, prisoner of conscience and anti-war crusader. THE DISSIDENT is the story of how... Read more

Food Politics

By: Robert Paarlberg

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This authoritative primer lays out everything you need to know to understand today's global food landscape.



The third edition of Food Politics has been updated to reflect the latest developments and research on today's global food landscape, including the realities of food markets, farm production methods, food manufacturing, and dietary health... Read more

Game Changer

By: Arnab Sinha & Jean-Manuel Izaret

Narrated by: Kent Klineman

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The right pricing strategy can change the entire trajectory of a business, a market, and even society at large. To help you create your best pricing strategy efficiently and confidently, two leaders from BCG are introducing fresh perspectives on pricing that take you far beyond the realm of mind-numbing numbers.



In Game Changer, Jean-Manuel... Read more

Bradley

By: Charles Whiting

Narrated by: Dallas Britt

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

At the age of fifty Bradley was a career officer who had never seen a day of action on the battlefield. Yet, by the end of the war, he had led American soldiers through some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two—the final defeat of the Germans' Afrika Korps, the invasion of Sicily, and the historic Normandy invasion, before leading the... Read more

A Fabulous Failure

By: Nelson Lichtenstein & Judith Stein

Narrated by: Tom Campbell

Length: 16 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he ended twelve years of Republican rule and seemed poised to enact a progressive transformation of the US economy, touching everything from health care to trade to labor relations. Yet by the time he left office, the nation's economic and social policies had instead lurched dramatically... Read more

Footsloggers

By: Peter Hart

Narrated by: Nigel Patterson

Length: 14 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.



In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th... Read more

Depraved New World

By: John Crace

Narrated by: George Weightman

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

AS FEATURED IN WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2023 From bestselling author and beloved Guardiancolumnist John Crace comes a blisteringly hilarious tour through the whirlwind of post-Brexit Britain, from the ousting of Boris to the dawn of a new era . . . sort of. O brave new world, that has such people in't. Or not. William Shakespeare clearly had... Read more

The Quiet Warrior

By: Thomas B. Buell

Narrated by: Chris Monteiro

Length: 18 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the towering figures in American naval history. Yet his reserved, cerebral... Read more

Mao's America

By: Xi Van Fleet

Narrated by: Ava Wong, Xi Van Fleet & James Lindsay

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring survivor of Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China makes a passionate case that history is eerily repeating itself as the Woke Revolution spreads across America.  Xi Van Fleet lived through the horrors of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a schoolgirl. Forced to the countryside with other young Chinese for re-education after high... Read more

Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage, and multiculturalism. Read more

KNOW ABOUT "AUNG SAN SUU KYI"

By: Saurabh Singh Chauhan

Narrated by: Saurabh Singh Chauhan

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This is small part of introduction of the book: In the vast tapestry of history, certain individuals emerge as beacons of courage, symbols of change, and inspirations for generations to come. Aung San Suu Kyi, a name etched in the annals of our times, stands as a testament to the power of determination and the pursuit of justice. Her journey is... Read more

Once a King

By: Jane Marguerite Tippett

Narrated by: Esther Wane & Gregory Cox

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A retelling of the story of the Duke of Windsor - King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the woman he loved.

Using never before seen sources, Once a King is a fresh, revelatory and gripping insight into the Duke of Windsor - King Edward VIII - who gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved, twice divorced American Wallis Simpson. ... Read more

The World's Biggest Cash Machine

By: Chris Blackhurst

Narrated by: Chris Blackhurst

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

'Jaw-dropping revelations . . . The incredible story of [Man United] laid bare in new book' - Daily Mail

'A gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer' – City A.M.

From Chris Blackhurst, the former Editor of the Independent, comes The World's Biggest Cash Machine, a gripping and tightly reported account of how the... Read more

Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio

By: Liang Qichao

Narrated by: Daniel York Loh

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

'A country does not become corrupt and weak overnight. Rather, we are now reaping the evil harvest of what previous generations sowed.'

The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao's writings make him one of the towering figures in modern Chinese literature. He saw his great, almost unmanageable task as an attempt to... Read more

Hijos del Neoliberalismo

By: Ana Lilia Pérez

Narrated by: Liliana Barba

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta es la historia contemporánea de nuestro México saqueado Todo comenzó en los años ochenta, cuando el país se debatía en una crisis económica sin precedentes y optó por abrazar el modelo neoliberal como tabla de salvación. Una promesa de modernidad y prosperidad que, al intentar reducir la intervención estatal en la economía, dejó un rastro... Read more

Die Reichsbürger

By: Christoph Schönberger & Sophie Schönberger

Narrated by: Heiko Grauel

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

WER SIND DIE REICHSBÜRGER?

Am 7. Dezember 2022 rückten mehr als 3 000 Polizisten zur wohl größten Anti-Terror-Razzia in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik aus. Sie verhafteten die Rädelsführer einer Gruppe aus dem Reichsbürgermilieu, die einen gewaltsamen Umsturz der Regierung geplant hatte. Wer aber sind diese Reichsbürger, die die Bundesrepublik... Read more

How To Run Britain

By: Robert Peston

Narrated by: Nick Biadon & Robert Peston

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

THE MUST-READ BOOK FROM ITV'S ROBERT PESTON AND KISHAN KORIA, REVISED AND UPDATED FOLLOWING THE GENERAL ELECTION

*Previously published as Bust?*

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Britain is facing uncertainty, threats and risk: new Prime Minister, new government, new political landscape, at home and abroad. But how much should change? And how much will change?

How To Run... Read more

The British Constitution

By: Martin Loughlin

Narrated by: Michael Langan

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The British constitution is regarded as unique among the constitutions of the world. What are the main characteristics of Britain's peculiar constitutional arrangements? How has the British constitution altered in response to the changing nature of its state—from England, to Britain, to the United Kingdom? What impact has the UK's developing... Read more

Raus aus dem Ego Kapitalismus

By: Patrick Kaczmarczyk

Narrated by: Robert Gregor Kühn

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Wie uns Solidarität aus der Krise führt

Ob Krisen, Armut oder die zunehmende Verrohung und Spaltung der Gesellschaft: Die beängstigenden Entwicklungen der letzten Jahre sind in erster Linie das Ergebnis verfehlter wie fehlender wirtschaftspolitischer Ideen und Leitbilder. Das sagt der Politökonom Patrick Kaczmarczyk. Seine Suche nach möglichen... Read more

Ludwig von Mises: Der kompromisslose Liberale

By: Thorsten Polleit

Narrated by: Christian Leuenberg

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Ludwig von Mises gilt als einer der bedeutendsten wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er erkannte in der Logik des menschlichen Handelns den Dreh- und Angelpunkt der Volkswirtschaftslehre und revolutionierte damit die Denkweise ganzer Generationen von Ökonomen. Mises' wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse sind nicht... Read more

The Politics of Time

By: Guy Standing

Narrated by: Kerry Hutchinson

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

How does a person organize a good life? The ancient Greeks divided time into five types: labour, work, leisure, play and aergia (contemplation). But labour was separated from work, as painful, onerous work undertaken for survival, whereas work could include caring for family members, study, or political activities. But... Read more

Making Britain Civilized

By: Abhijit Naskar

Narrated by: Abhijit Naskar

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

"Hitler's holocaust took over 6 million lives, hence he is rightly deemed a monster, but the british empire uprooted 15 million people from their homes, massacred millions and starved four million people to death. What about that?"Abhijit Naskar, the scientist and reformer who's been at the forefront of humankind's struggle against... Read more

Altcoins and ICOs

By: Nathan Chambers

Narrated by: Betty Johnston

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Welcome to "Altcoins and ICOs: The Next Frontier - Navigating Altcoins and ICOs for Investment Opportunities and Growth." We set off on an exciting adventure through the cryptocurrency world in this e-book, exploring the diverse world of alternative coins (altcoins) and the groundbreaking fundraising technique known as Initial Coin Offerings... Read more

Trade-Offs

By: Harold Winter

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book. The highly engaging introduction to thinking like an economist, updated for a new generation of readers. When economists wrestle with any social issue—be it unemployment, inflation, healthcare, or crime and punishment—they do so impersonally. The big question for them is: what are the... Read more