Politics & Economy audiobooks

Allen Dulles: The Life of the CIA’s Most Powerful and Notorious Director

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Ross Jenkins

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The 28-year period from 1933-1961, bracketed on one end by Hitler’s rise to power in Germany and on the other by the very height of the Cold War, was marked by a remarkably stable succession of American presidents. In fact, only three men held office in this period, and that predictability led to a general stability among government agencies.... Read more

Долг: первые 5000 лет истории

By: Дэвид Гребер

Narrated by: Олег Булгак

Length: 19 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

«Долг: первые 5000 лет» — это масштабное и новаторское исследование товарно-денежных отношений с древнейших времен до наших дней. Американский антрополог и профессор Лондонской школы экономики Дэвид Гребер описывает, как феномен долговых обязательств проявляется в совершенно разных социальных институтах: от решений правительства до сердечной... Read more

Ciudad Feliz

By: Charles Montgomery

Narrated by: Martin Untrojb

Length: 19 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Un viaje por todo el mundo y una exploración reveladora de cómo las ciudades pueden hacer -y hacen- que seamos más felices.
'Ciudad feliz', de Charles Montgomery, está revolucionando la forma de concebir la vida urbana.
Tras décadas de expansión descontrolada, más personas que nunca están volviendo a la ciudad. La vida urbana densa se ha prescrito... Read more

Chasing Shadows

By: Miles Johnson

Narrated by: Ahmed Hamad & Miles Johnson

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

*** CONTAINS AN EXLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR ***

'As breathless, complex and on-the-edge suspenseful as the finest thriller fiction - but it's all real, which makes it truly extraordinary' Lee Child

'McMafia for the new age' Catherine Belton, author of Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then took on the West

'Compelling,... Read more

La torre elevada

By: Lawrence Wright

Narrated by: Carlos Álvarez

Length: 19 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Veinte años después del 11-S, y diez de la muerte de Osama bin Laden, La torre elevada sigue siendo la mejor obra escrito sobre el auge del fundamentalismo islámico, la creación de al-Qaeda y los fallos de los servicios de inteligencia que culminaron en el atentado de las Torres Gemelas. Obra ganadora del Premio Pulitzer. «Literatura como... Read more

El progreso improductivo

By: Gabriel Zaid

Narrated by: Diego Santana

Length: 20 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A los ojos del autor nada es más urgente que superar la voluntad ciega del progreso per se. Este libro pone énfasis en el caso mexicano pero aborda un fenómeno característico de la globalidad. Ofrece una recomendación concreta: el saber, el poder y el dinero han de concentrarse en organismos piramidales que abandonen el espejismo del progreso.El... Read more

On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

Narrated by: Jason William Bayless

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The classic and influential essay, On Liberty, was written by John Stuart Mill and first published in 1859. An English philosopher, Mill painstakingly expounded upon his ideas of liberty, individuality, and authority mainly through a lens influenced by the philosophy of utilitarianism. Read more

The Prince

By: Niccolo Machiavelli & W. K. Marriott, translator

Narrated by: Jason William Bayless

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful, and sometimes disturbing and frank, political treatise was written in the early 16th century by Niccolo Machiavelli, a political theorist and Italian diplomat. Machiavelli was writing specifically to Lorenzo De'Medici as an instruction manual for "new princes." His perspective on the aims and glory of princes is a controversial... Read more

Los engaños del dinero

By: John R. Searle & Maurizio Ferraris

Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

El dinero es uno de los pilares de la sociedad tal y como la conocemos. Todos lo utilizamos cotidianamente sin que su empleo presuponga ningún conocimiento específico en materia económica; y sin embargo, para entender qué es el dinero y cómo funciona es preciso recurrir a la filosofía, más aún cuando las crisis y las transformaciones históricas... Read more

L'Inflation : causes et répercussions

By: Gérard Bérubé

Narrated by: Danièle Panneton

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

L’essai de vulgarisation économique lançant la maison d’édition Somme toute - Le Devoir La sortie de la crise de la COVID 19 et la reprise abrupte de l'activité économique a causé une montée de l'inflation brusque qui affecte tous les secteurs, à commencer par ceux des matières premières et de l'énergie. Partant de ce constat, cet essai... Read more

21st-Century Virtues

By: Lucinda Holdforth

Narrated by: Lucinda Holdforth

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater diversity and inclusion, while our... Read more

ZEITEN ENDE - Politik ohne Leitbild, Gesellschaft in Gefahr (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung)

By: Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer

Narrated by: Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Sinkende Wahlbeteiligung, Kirchenaustritte, fallende TV-Quoten und Zeitungs-Auflagen: Viele Menschen fühlen sich vom Angebot, das ihnen die politische und mediale Öffentlichkeit in Deutschland macht, nicht mehr angesprochen. Zugleich erhöhen Multi-Krisen und eine immer kaputtere Daseinsvorsorge - Schienenverkehr, die Schulen, die Verwaltung -... Read more

Die DNA der USA

By: Sandra Navidi

Narrated by: Katja Amberger

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Amerika durchlebt ein epochales Gesellschaftsbeben. Mit faschistischen Methoden versuchen die Republikaner, die Demokratie zu kapern und eine autokratische Herrschaft zu etablieren: Sie befeuern die militante Spaltung der Gesellschaft, fördern einen Führerkult, rufen zu Gewalt auf und erschaffen mittels Propaganda eine fiktive Realität. Dabei... Read more

Courage in the People's House

By: Joe Neguse

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring the remarkable stories of nine US Representatives who helped shape America, Courage in the People’s House is a “reminder of how courage can make a difference, and how, especially in the darkest of times, the lessons of history are most needed” (Booklist).

In this “well-written addition to the history of Congress” (Kirkus Reviews),... Read more

Victorious in Defeat

By: Alexander V. Pantsov

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 25 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century's most powerful and controversial figures



Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975) led the Republic of China for almost fifty years, starting in 1926. He was the architect of a new, republican China, a hero of the Second World War,... Read more

Beijing Rules

By: Bethany Allen

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

An acclaimed journalist on contemporary China lays bare the country's two-decade quest for global dominance and how the Chinese Communist Party coopted what Western leaders have long considered their most powerful tool in the fight for liberal democracy—capitalism—to expand its illiberal influence worldwide.Bethany Allen, the award-winning China... Read more

What Happened When I Was Asleep

By: WILLIAM DINGWALL

Narrated by: Karl Sjoberg

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This book expresses the truth of the world that is being hidden and concealed by those in positions of power. It highlights how we have been denied our basic right of freedom through optimized control from those we see as our leaders. There are truths about the world and the universe as a whole that we are not told or that are hidden from us.... Read more

Best Things First

By: Bjorn Lomborg

Narrated by: Pete Ferrand

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2023 by The Economist.
In this urgent, thought-provoking book, Bjorn Lomborg presents the 12 most efficient solutions for the world's poorest and our global SDG promises. • If you want to make the world better, Best Things First is the book to read.
World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they... Read more

On Class

By: Deborah Dundas

Narrated by: Deborah Dundas

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn’t make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with the poor and those who are poor about what happens when we don’t talk about poverty or class—and what will happen when we do. Growing up poor, Deborah Dundas knew what it meant to want,... Read more

Politics for Everybody

By: Ned O'Gorman

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book. In this age of nearly unprecedented partisan rancor, you’d be forgiven for thinking we could all do with a smaller daily dose of politics. In his provocative and sharp book, however, Ned O’Gorman argues just the opposite: Politics for Everybody contends that what we really need to do is... Read more

Sovok

By: Kevin McKinney

Narrated by: Jason Maniccia

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Witness first-hand the transition from Soviet Union to liberated Russia and its return to a regime of tyranny and injustice from the perspective of a foreigner who lived through it. McKinney describes his interactions for over twenty years with dissidents, billionaires, artists, cosmonauts, mob bosses, presidents, prosecutors, and prime... Read more

Las damas del poder

By: Francisco Cruz

Narrated by: Antonio Raluy

Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Corrupción, impunidad y nepotismo, tras las mujeres más poderosas de México SOLO HAY ALGUIEN MÁS AMBICIOSO QUE EL PRESIDENTE: LA PRIMERA DAMA Protegidas por el alto mando del país, las verdaderas dueñas del poder siempre han sido las primeras damas: quienes han utilizado a su favor los secretos más confidenciales del Estado para orquestar... Read more

A Life Worth Living

By: Tommy Jessop

Narrated by: Jane Jessop & Tommy Jessop

Length: 18 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, moving and joyous memoir from Tommy Jessop, award-winning actor and activist.

I'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down Syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled.

Tommy Jessop is a multi-award winning actor, theatre... Read more

Política pública social ou marketing político? - Abridged

By: Eliana Rangel de Oliveira

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A autora reconhece a importância do Programa Bolsa Família dentro do campo social, mas analisa a sua influência na ótica do Marketing e lança luz à tese de que o PBF é uma ferramenta de Marketing Político Estratégico que tem como resultado os votos Read more