Social Science audiobooks

Self-Made

By: Tara Isabella Burton

Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

 An exploration into the curation of the self in Western civilization from Da Vinci to Kim Kardashian.

In a technologically-saturated era where nearly everything can be effortlessly and digitally reproduced, we're all hungry to carve out our own unique personalities, our own bespoke personae, to stand out and be seen. As the forces of social... Read more

Directions to Myself

By: Heidi Julavits

Narrated by: Heidi Julavits

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • A sharply observed memoir of motherhood and the self, and a love letter to Maine, by a writer Eula Biss calls “witty, sly, critical, inventive” and whose mind Leslie Jamison calls “electric.”

“An absolute stunner: frank, funny, self-aware, constantly surprising.”—George Saunders

That night, in his bed,... Read more

Biblical Critical Theory

By: Christopher Watkin

Narrated by: Christopher Ashman

Length: 26 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

*With a foreword from Tim Keller*A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive.In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture.Critical theories exist to critique what we think we... Read more

Motherhood on Ice

By: Marcia C. Inhorn

Narrated by: Elisabeth Ashby

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are women freezing their eggs in record numbers? Motherhood on Ice explores this question by drawing on the stories of women who pursued fertility preservation technology. These nuanced personal stories reveal the complexity of women's lives as they struggle to preserve and extend their fertility.



Contrary to popular belief, egg freezing is... Read more

Passport to Shame

By: Sam Louie, MA, LMHC

Narrated by: David Lee Huynh

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A psychotherapist's candid memoir of addiction and recovery, exploring the intersection of Asian culture, mental health, and assimilating into American culture as an ethnic minority.



Sam Louie grew up torn between cultures as part of a first-generation Chinese immigrant family from Hong Kong living in a predominantly African American neighborhood... Read more

Hanging Out

By: Sheila Liming

Narrated by: Moniqua Plante

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A smart and empowering book about the simple art of hanging out . . . and of taking back our social lives from the deadening whirl of contemporary life.



Almost every day it seems that our world becomes more fractured, more digital, and more chaotic. Sheila Liming has the answer: we need to hang out more.



Starting with the assumption that play is... Read more

The Invention of Scarcity

By: Deborah Valenze

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

With the publication of Essay on the Principle of Population and its projection of food shortages in the face of ballooning populations, British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus secured a leading role in modern political and economic thought. In this startling new interpretation, Deborah Valenze reveals how canonical readings of Malthus fail to... Read more

Wonder Drug

By: Jennifer Vanderbes

Narrated by: Jennifer Vanderbes

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

“A shocking saga of pharmaceutical malpractice . . . Wonder Drug is both a first-rate medical thriller and the searing account of a forgotten American tragedy.”—Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain
 
A “fascinating and compassionate” (People) account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told story of... Read more

To Dye For

By: Alden Wicker

Narrated by: Alden Wicker

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A Silent Spring for your wardrobe, To Dye For is a jolting exposé that reveals the true cost of the toxic, largely unregulated chemicals found on most clothing today.

Many of us are aware of the ethical minefield that is fast fashion: the dodgy labor practices, the lax environmental standards, and the mountains of waste piling up on the shores of... Read more

Awaken your FUTURE SENSE

By: Anne Skare Nielsen & Henrik Good Hovgaard

Narrated by: Mille Sjøgren

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Awaken your future sense and predict your own future!The future is a game. And this book will teach you how to win planetary style!Anne Skare Nielsen and Henrik Good Hovgaard are some of the most prominent futurists in the game. Together they run Universal Futurist and travel the world to teach leaders and other folks how to be a visionary,... Read more

The Study of Sociology

By: Herbert Spencer

Narrated by: Daniel Natal

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Hebert Spencer coined the famous expression “survival of the fittest”. "The Study of Sociology, written in 1873," was the first major work in the English language on the subject of Sociology.
This is a must-have book for listeners who are interested in studying a seminal work in Sociology and discovering Spencer’s groundbreaking work in the field. Read more

La verdadera historia de la Panda del Moco

By: Iñaki Domínguez

Narrated by: Quique Cuervas

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

La historia de la Panda del Moco: un grupo de jóvenes macarras de clase alta que sembró el terror en el Madrid de los ochenta. Fueron los amos y señores del Pachá, el Look, el Oh, Madrid, el Tartufo y otros locales pijos de la capital. Vestían camisetas Caribbean, pantalones Levi's y cazadoras vaqueras y los expulsaban de los mejores colegios... Read more

Entre limones

By: Chris Stewart

Narrated by: Joe Lewis & Eduardo Díez

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Primera parte de la trilogía sobre el encanto de la vida alternativa que vive Chris Stewart en la Alpujarra granadina. **Edición actualizada: incluye entrevista del autor y capítulo extra** El primer libro autobiográfico de Chris Stewart, Entre limones, es el divertidísimo relato de un joven inglés que, con tal de no vestir traje y trabajar en... Read more

Age of the City

By: Ian Goldin & Tom Lee-Devlin

Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Age of the City by Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin, read by Nathaniel Priestley.

One of the Financial Times' Best Economics Books of 2023

Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced.

From... Read more

Critical

By: Dr Julia Grace Patterson

Narrated by: Dr Julia Patterson

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. ‘The NHS is an institution. But it’s also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for the past 75 years. It’s a burden to some and a potent vote-winner for others. It’s a... Read more

black girl, no magic

By: Kimberly McIntosh

Narrated by: Kimberly McIntosh

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff ‘Witty, fresh and full of life’ Liv Little Kimberly McIntosh has lived a full life, with a loving family, messy friendships, mind-expanding travel and all-night... Read more

Miss Narco

By: Javier Valdez Cárdenas

Narrated by: Fernando Álvarez Rebeil

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Testimonios conmovedores y terribles de mujeres que, por decisión propia o por azares del destino, vivieron las consecuencias de encontrarse cara a cara con el mundo del narcotráfico. De Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Premio Internacional a la Libertad de Expresión, el autor de Los morros del narco. Obra finalista del Premio Rodolfo Walsh. Belleza,... Read more

Huerfanos del narco

By: Javier Valdez Cárdenas

Narrated by: Fernando Álvarez Rebeil

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Una colección de testimonios desgarradores sobre la generación perdida, afectada por la violencia del crimen organizado y el narcotráfico. Javier Valdez, autor de Miss Narco, Con una granada en la boca y Morros del narco, vuelve con una investigación sobre la vida de los niños que han quedado sin hogar como efecto colateral de la guerra contra... Read more

China Actualidad Y Cambios

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

La República Popular China, Es un país soberano de Asia Oriental. Es uno de los países más antiguos, y el segundo más poblado del mundo tras la India. Es la primera potencia económica mundial por PIB en términos de paridad de poder adquisitivo.​ Adoptó su nombre actual en 1949, después de denominarse Zhōngguó, Imperio chino o simplemente China,... Read more

Mitología Yoruba: Fascinantes mitos y leyendas de los yoruba y otros pueblos de África occidental

By: Matt Clayton

Narrated by: Luis Trumper

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

¿Le gustan las historias sobre reyes y reinas, espíritus y monstruos, embaucadores y villanos?Si le interesan estos temas, este libro es para usted. Contiene fascinantes historias de los yorubas y otros pueblos de África Occidental, este libro presenta cuentos de coraje y astucia, virtud y vicio, y fortunas encontradas y perdidas. Algunas de... Read more

Un Vistazo A Las Coreas

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Japón abandonó el control sobre Corea tras la rendición formal ante los Aliados el 2 de septiembre de 1945, tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La Unión Soviética y los Estados Unidos habían acordado dividir Corea a lo largo del paralelo 38, con los soviéticos ocupando el norte y el los estadounidenses ocupando el sur. Estas circunstancias se... Read more

¡Ándale, Prieta!

By: Yasmín Ramírez

Narrated by: Kim Ramirez

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

When I tell people who don’t speak Spanish what “prieta” means—“dark” or “the dark one”—their eyes pop open and a small gasp escapes. … How do I tell them that now, even after the cruelty of children, “Prieta” means love? That each time “Prieta” fell from my grandmother’s lips, I learned to love my dark skin. My Ita called me Prieta. When she... Read more

Detroit City Is the Place to Be

By: Mark Binelli

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Once America’s capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country’s greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city’s worst crisis yet (and that’s saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neopastoral agriculturalists,... Read more

We Hold Our Breath

By: Micah Fields

Narrated by: Micah Fields

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Developed as the commercial hub of the Texas cotton and sugarcane industries, Houston was designed for profit, not stability. Its first residents razed swamplands into submission to construct a maze of highways and suburbs, giving the city a sprawling, centerless energy as storms and floods rattled coastal Texas.

When Hurricane Harvey made... Read more