Politics & Economy audiobooks

You May Never See Us Again

By: Jane Martinson

Narrated by: Olivia Poulet

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

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The untold story of post-war Britain. Told through the lives of the two men who helped shape it: Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay.You May Never See Us Again is the only definitive story of David and Frederick Barclay - commonly known as the Barclay brothers. Born poor, these enigmatic twins built one of the... Read more

All Life is Problem Solving

By: Karl Popper

Narrated by: Martyn Swain

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

All Life is Problem Solving is a stimulating and provocative selection of Popper's writings on his main preoccupations during the last twenty-five years of his life. This collection illuminates Popper's process of working out key formulations in his theory of science, and indicates his view of the state of the world at the end of the Cold War... Read more

Справа Бяляцкага

By: Валер Каліноўскі

Narrated by: Валер Каліноўскі

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Гэтая кніга ня столькі пра крымінальную справу № 11081100188, паводле якой Алесь Бяляцкі быў асуджаны на 4,5 года турмы, колькі пра справу ягонага жыцьця — абарону грамадзянскіх і культурных правоў чалавека. Кнігу ў pdf можна чытаць тут https://docs.rferl.org/be-BY/2013/01/18/6416447a-0fda-455d-a521-0011c20ad28a.pdf
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The Canceling of the American Mind

By: Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott

Narrated by: Rikki Schlott

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A “galvanizing” (The Wall Street Journal) deep dive into cancel culture and its dangers to all Americans from the team that brought you Coddling of the American Mind.

Cancel culture is a new phenomenon, and The Canceling of the American Mind is the first book to codify it and survey its effects, including hard data and research on what cancel... Read more

Lay Them to Rest

By: Laurah Norton

Narrated by: Laurah Norton

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Take a fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the identity of an unknown woman by exploring the rapidly evolving techniques being used to break the most notorious cold cases. Fans of true crime shows like CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Law and Order know that when it comes to “getting the bad... Read more

The Big Fail

By: Joe Nocera & Bethany McLean

Narrated by: Joe Nocera & Bethany McLean

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

From the collaborators behind the modern business classic All the Devils are Here comes a damning indictment of American capitalism—and the leaders that left us brutally unprepared for a global pandemic

In 2020, the novel coronavirus pandemic made it painfully clear that the U.S. could not adequately protect its citizens. Millions of Americans... Read more

Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind

By: Pandit Dasa

Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Written by a monk-turned-leadership-guru, Mindfulness For the Wandering Mind offers unique insight on how you can focus your mind, become more resilient, respond better to conflict, and build stronger professional (and personal) relationships. It's all possible when you begin to understand how your mind works and take control of this complicated... Read more

An Inconvenient Cop

By: Edwin Raymond & Jon Sternfeld

Narrated by: Edwin Raymond

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE
A WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2023
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2023

“With illuminating, vivid, and meticulous prose, Edwin Raymond delivers an extraordinary exposé on policing in America . . . An essential, exceptional work.”
—Toluse Olorunnipa, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of His Name... Read more

How Infrastructure Works

By: Deb Chachra

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdom and humanity, How Infrastructure Works is a masterpiece.” —Ed Yong, author of An Immense World

A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us

Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic... Read more

Sedition Hunters

By: Ryan J. Reilly

Narrated by: Ryan J. Reilly

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly political, it can't be handled by the traditional rules and norms of law enforcement--threatening the very idea of justice and its role in society.

The attack on the Capitol building following the 2020 election was an extraordinarily large and brazen... Read more

The Lumumba Plot

By: Stuart A. Reid

Narrated by: Michael Boatman

Length: 18 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Economist, Financial Times

“This is one of the best books I have read in... Read more

Ella persistió: Coretta Scott King

By: Kelly Starling Lyons

Narrated by: Jane Santos

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspirado en el bestseller #1 del New York Times Ella persistió de Chelsea Clinton y Alexandra Boiger, llega ahora esta serie en Chapter Books sobre mujeres que sobresalieron, lucharon y se levantaron contra viento y marea.

La activista social y líder de los derechos humanos Coretta Scott King inspiró a muchas personas alrededor del mundo con su... Read more

Conflict

By: David Petraeus & Andrew Roberts

Narrated by: David Petraeus & Robert Fass

Length: 18 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past—and... Read more

Rivals

By: Lorraine Daston

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Why is “the scientific community” so unified?

In the last 350-odd years, the international “scientific community” has come to be the bastion of consensus and concerted action, especially in the face of two global crises: disastrous climate change, and a deadly pandemic. How did “the scientific community” come into existence, and why does it... Read more

Das laute Schweigen des Max Grund

By: Ralf M. Ruthardt

Narrated by: Heiko Grauel

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Max Grund, ein Bürger wie du und ich, fühlt sich nicht mehr wohl im eigenen Land. Vernünftige Diskussionen, vor allem der politische Diskurs, sind in Deutschland unmöglich geworden. Zu oft werden die Menschen belehrt, was sie denken und wie sie leben sollen. Die Leute sind vorsichtig geworden. Ein falsches Wort könnte ihrer Reputation schaden.... Read more

Leviatán

By: Thomas Hobbes

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

"Leviatán" es una obra de Thomas Hobbes publicada en 1651. El nombre "Leviatán" hace referencia a un monstruo marino bíblico descrito en el libro de Job y los Salmos, y es utilizado metafóricamente para representar al poderoso Estado. La obra significó un antes y un después en la teoría política. Hobbes sostenía que el ser humano, en su estado... Read more

Bedingt abwehrbereit - Deutschlands Schwäche in der Zeitenwende (Ungekürzt)

By: Carlo Masala

Narrated by: Patrick Imhof

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Deutschland hatte sich behaglich eingerichtet in der Welt der Globalisierung - einer Welt, die friedlich zusammenzuwachsen und für uns immer sicherer zu werden schien. Doch diese Welt gibt es spätestens seit dem russischen Überfall auf die Ukraine nicht mehr. Über ein Zeitenwendchen ist die deutsche Politik bisher dennoch nicht hinausgekommen.... Read more

Last Rights

By: Professor Jeffrey B. Simon

Narrated by: Professor Jeffrey B. Simon

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Last Rights: The Fight to Save the 7th AmendmentBy: Professor Jeffrey B. Simon About the Book
Last Rights: The Fight to Save the 7th Amendment shines a bright spotlight on a grave but often overlooked effort by large corporate interests to undermine America's civil justice system and consumer rights. Trailblazing Plaintiff's lawyer, Jeffrey B.... Read more

2SAS

By: Gavin Mortimer

Narrated by: John Hopkins

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents 2SAS by Gavin Mortimer, read by John Hopkins.

Drawing on recently declassified files and interviews with veterans, this is a fascinating history of Bill Stirling and 2SAS – pioneering founders of modern special forces.

David Stirling is the name synonymous with the wartime SAS, but the real brains behind the operation was in... Read more

WN 62 - Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach: Normandie, 6. Juni 1944: NEUAUFLAGE

By: Hein Severloh

Narrated by: Mario Kunze

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Endlich wieder verfügbar! Sichern Sie sich jetzt die erschütternde Autobiografie des MG-Schützen Heinrich Severloh, die sich weltweit bereits mehr als 60.000 mal verkauft hat! D-Day, 6. Juni 1944. Mit 7.000 Schiffen und 13.000 Flugzeugen starten die Alliierten die größte Landeoperation der Menschheitsgeschichte. Strandabschnitt Omaha... Read more

Les Paparazzis de la République

By: Renaud Revel

Narrated by: Paul GEORGES

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

La nouvelle enquête de Renaud Revel, dans les coulisses des photos qui ont marqué l'histoire de nos présidentsDans l'histoire de la Ve République, aucun président, du général de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, n'a réussi à échapper aux paparazzis. La « Cinquième » est ainsi jalonnée d'innombrables photos volées par ces chasseurs d'images.... Read more

Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors

By: Matt Chorley

Narrated by: Matt Chorley

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

‘’F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts – moreish and fabulously salty’ JOE LYCETT A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors is an entertaining and original romp through the highs and lows of British political history and the... Read more

Unter Wahnsinnigen - Abridged

By: Florian Schroeder

Narrated by: Florian Schroeder

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

UM UNS HERUM TOBT DER WAHNSiNN. ›Unter Wahnsinnigen‹ ist eine Zustandsbeschreibung unserer Zeit. Wie gerne würden wir leicht in Freund und Feind trennen, liken oder bashen. Aber so einfach ist der Mensch nicht. Schroeder folgt seinem Drang und seiner Neugier, das Böse zu verstehen. Auf dem Pfad des Bösen trifft er einen Holocaust-Leugner im... Read more

Exit Wounds

By: Lanny Hunter

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy is an intimate, boots-on-the-ground memoir that chronicles one captain’s brutal experience in the Vietnam War.On October 19, 1965, American Special Forces in Vietnam came under attack at their camp at Plei Me. This marked the first major confrontation between the North Vietnamese and US armies during the war.... Read more