Social Science audiobooks

The Everyday Feminist

By: Latanya Mapp Frett

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin & Latanya Mapp Frett

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An invigorating exploration of impactful feminist movements and strategies for replicating their success

In The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever, accomplished feminist activist and executive Latanya Mapp Frett delivers a powerful and practical exploration of the factors that make... Read more

The Pornography Wars

By: Kelsy Burke

Narrated by: Kelsy Burke

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Pornography Wars written and read by Kelsy Burke.

For readers of Peggy Orenstein and Rebecca Traister, an authoritative, big think look at pornography in all its facets – historical, religious, and cultural.

In the 1960s, sex researchers Masters and Johnson declared the end of the fake orgasm. Nearly two decades later, in... Read more

Momfluenced

By: Sara Petersen

Narrated by: Megan Tusing

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

How momfluencer culture impacts women psychologically as consumers, as performers of their stories, and as mothers

On Instagram, the private work of mothering is turned into a public performance, generating billions of dollars. The message is simple: we’re all just a couple of clicks away from a better, more beautiful experience of... Read more

These are the Plunderers

By: Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller

Pulitzer Prize­­­–winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson and financial policy analyst Joshua Rosner investigate the insidious world of private equity in this “masterpiece of investigative journalism” (Christopher Leonard, bestselling author of Kochland)—revealing how it... Read more

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things

By: Katy Kelleher

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects.

April recommended reading by the New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, Goodreads, Jezebel, Christian Science Monitor, All Arts, and the Next Big Idea Club
One of... Read more

Golondrinas

By: Emiliano Ruiz Parra

Narrated by: Emiliano Ruiz Parra

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Golondrinas es un barrio marginal de Ecatepec, en la periferia de la Ciudad de México.y en el imaginario mexicano, Ecatepec es el infierno. La cuestión es que Golondrinas es el futuro del mundo: en 2050, nueve de cada 10 mexicanos vivirán en slums como éste. Es el pasado, el presente y el futuro de un planeta que se empobrece, se precariza y se... Read more

La verdad de las mentiras

By: Mario Vargas Llosa

Narrated by: Mario Velásquez

Length: 13 hours

Abridged: No

La vida es una y tiene límites. La lectura de novelas los revienta y lo que era una se convierte en mil, infinitas. Ése es el mayor poder de la literatura y este libro nos hace participar de él. «Hay que leer buenos libros, e incitar y enseñar a leer a los que vienen detrás, como un quehacer imprescindible, porque él impregna y enriquece a todos... Read more

NW London

By: Zadie Smith

Narrated by: Luis Torrelles & Ingrid Carreras

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Una novela magistral e íntima de la vida moderna de Londres. Los protagonistas de la historia, Leah, Natalie, Felix y Nathan, crecieron entre edificios de protección oficial y, ahora en la treintena, la ambición y el azar los han llevado a alcanzar posiciones sociales muy distintas. Los encuentros y desencuentros entre ellos ponen de manifiesto... Read more

It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth

By: Remi Adekoya

Narrated by: Remi Adekoya

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

'Remi Adekoya is a welcome blast of unsentimental rigour into a race debate clogged up with emotion and moralism. His dissection of the economic underpinnings of the world's racial and national hierarchies will make uncomfortable reading for both liberals and conservatives' David Goodhart

'This terrifically illuminating book . . . offers a new... Read more

La enfermedad y sus metáforas | El sida y sus metáforas

By: Susan Sontag

Narrated by: Valentina Latyna

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Este volumen reúne los ensayos, La enfermedad y sus metáforas y El sida y sus metáforas, que siguen ejerciendo una influencia enorme en la reflexión médica y en las vidas de miles de pacientes y cuidadores. Susan Sontag escribió La enfermedad y sus metáforas en 1978, mientras se trataba de un cáncer. En el libro quiso demostrar cómo los mitos... Read more

Ante el dolor de los demás

By: Susan Sontag

Narrated by: Valentina Latyna

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Un lúcido ensayo sobre la representación documental e iconográfica del dolor. Veinticinco años después de Sobre la fotografía, Susan Sontag regresó al estudio de la representación visual de la guerra y la violencia. ¿Cómo nos afecta el espectáculo del sufrimiento ajeno? ¿Nos hemos acostumbrado a la crueldad? Para ello, la autora examina la serie... Read more

KlügerAls Napoleon Hill Methode - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Killian

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wenn Sie auf der Suche nach einem neuen Ansatz sind, um in Ihrem Leben erfolgreich zu sein, ist dieses E-Book genau das Richtige für Sie. Im Gegensatz zu Napoleon Hill's Methode in seinem Buch "Smarter Than the Devil", präsentiert dieser Leitfaden begründete "Kritiken" und effektive Alternativen, um Ihre Ziele zu erreichen. Am Ende der... Read more

La méthode de Napoléon Hill - Abridged

By: MAX EDITORIAL

Narrated by: Céline

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Si vous êtes à la recherche d'une nouvelle approche pour réussir votre vie, ce livre est fait pour vous. Contrastant avec la méthode de Napoléon Hill dans son livre "Plus malin que le diable", ce guide présente des "critiques" raisonnées et des alternatives efficaces pour atteindre vos objectifs. A la fin de la lecture, vous aurez entre... Read more

Avoiding the Worst

By: Tobias Baumann

Narrated by: Adrian Nelson

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

How can we avoid worst-case scenarios?From Nineteen Eighty-Four to Black Mirror, we are all familiar with the tropes of dystopian science fiction. But what if worst-case scenarios could actually become reality? And what if we could do something now to put the world on a better path?In Avoiding the Worst, Tobias Baumann lays out the concept of... Read more

To Live Peaceably Together

By: Tracy E. K'Meyer

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book. A groundbreaking look at how a predominantly white faith-based group reset the terms of the fight to integrate US cities.

The bitterly tangled webs of race and housing in the postwar United States hardly suffer from a lack of scholarly attention. But Tracy K’Meyer’s To Live Peaceably... Read more

New Light on Witchcraft

By: Joseph McCabe

Narrated by: Oberon Michaels

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In this short history, scholar of religion Joseph McCabe explores the nature and development of witchcraft as an alternative religion fundamentally opposed to Christianity. He examines the inevitable persecution of witches by the established church, and describes how the development of the Enlightenment movement eventually led to the end of the... Read more

Biting the Hand

By: Julia Lee

Narrated by: Julia Lee

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"Lee's narration of her brilliant memoir is penetrating with insight, raw with confessions, radiant with fury. Her meticulous writing is already stupendous, but the unguarded emotions that flow through her candid voice are a remarkable enhancement. Her tears of frustration and gratitude will surely prove contagious." - Booklist (starred... Read more

Like, Literally, Dude

By: Valerie Fridland

Narrated by: Valerie Fridland, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Keylor ...

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"With easygoing authority... [Fridland] offers context, and a welcoming spirit, to the many contentious realignments in our language."—The Wall Street Journal

“Smart and funny—I loved it!" —Mignon Fogarty, author of New York Times bestseller Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

A lively linguistic exploration of the speech habits... Read more

Rising

By: Graci Harkema

Narrated by: Graci Harkema

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

An identity that spans the globe.

In this astonishing memoir, Graci Harkema revisits her experience growing up as an adoptee from the Congo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She traces her path to claiming and living her own story, becoming a successful consultant on diversity, equity and inclusion, racial justice, LGBTQ+ equality, and women in... Read more

The Possibility of Life

By: Jaime Green

Narrated by: Jaime Green

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“Every page of this book makes our shared universe feel larger and more interesting than ever before, a true gift of fascinating science and engrossing storytelling.” —Matt Bell, author of Appleseed

A spellbinding exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the possibility of life on other planets shapes our understanding of... Read more

The True Story of Pocahontas

By: Dr. Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow & Angela L. ...

Narrated by: Rainy Fields

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The True Story of Pocahontas is the first public publication of the Powhatan perspective that has been maintained and passed down from generation to generation within the Mattaponi Tribe, and the first written history of Pocahontas by her own people. Read more

"You Should Be Grateful"

By: Angela Tucker

Narrated by: Angela Tucker

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures

“Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You should be grateful that you were adopted.”

Angela Tucker is a Black woman, adopted from foster care by white parents. She has heard this... Read more

America the Beautiful?

By: Blythe Roberson

Narrated by: Kendra Hoffman

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Book of the Year —NPR, Vulture, Book Riot, B&N""America the Beautiful? is so funny and special and illuminating that it makes even me, a person who cannot tolerate trees or weather, wish I could've tagged along in the back seat."" — Samantha Irby, author of Wow, No Thank You. and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.The... Read more

Daughters Healing from Family Mobbing

By: Stephanie A. Sellers, PHD

Narrated by: Julie Slater

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A galvanizing call to end family-based anti-female violence, shaming, and shunning--stories and practices for healing from Family Mobbing.

“Family Mobbing” is a strategic process of power and control. When daughters are mobbed, they’re not just shunned, attacked, or slandered: they’re also subjugated by a system of family rules that reinforces... Read more