Social Science audiobooks

Overtime

By: Lisa F. Berkman & Beth C. Truesdale

Narrated by: Robin McAlpine

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

America is at a crossroads in its approach to work and retirement. Many policymakers think it's logical—almost inevitable—that Americans will delay retirement and spend more years in the paid labor force. But it's an assumption that doesn't match the reality faced by a large and growing proportion of Americans. Precarious working conditions,... Read more

Yes, Mistress

By: Alicia Zadig

Narrated by: Alicia Zadig

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the forbidden desire for Female Domination—and the real men who seek it out.



Leading Dominatrix and BDSM expert Alicia Zadig takes you on a provocative, eye-opening journey into the erotic world of Female Domination and male submission. Zadig explains the psychology behind male submission and answers the question: Why do men crave... Read more

The Spirit of Harriet Tubman

By: Spring Washam

Narrated by: Spring Washam

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The Spirit of Harriet Tubman, who was called the Moses of her people, is rising again, and we can call forth her spirit to embody incredible strength and unwavering courage. Combining direct transmissions of Harriet's message with insightful explorations of her life and legacy, this extraordinary book gives us support and inspiration to deepen... Read more

Chasing the Scream

By: Johann Hari

Narrated by: Johann Hari

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Chasing the Scream written and read by Johann Hari.

Revised and Updated

The New York Times Bestseller

What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari’s journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question—and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than... Read more

Struggle and Mutual Aid

By: Nicolas Delalande

Narrated by: Chris Abell

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A dynamic historian revisits the workers’ internationals, whose scope and significance are commonly overlooked.In current debates about globalization, open and borderless elites are often set in opposition to the immobile and protectionist working classes. This view obscures a major historical fact: for around a century—from the 1860s to the... Read more

Children of the State

By: Jeff Hobbs

Narrated by: George Newbern, Landon Woodson, Aven Shore & An...

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace comes “an eye-opening, fully humanizing, deeply affecting look at the often-misunderstood juvenile justice system and its inhabitants—young people of earnestness, disappointment, hope, and resilience” (Booklist, starred review).

For many kids, a... Read more

The Aftermath

By: Philip Bump

Narrated by: Matthew Berry

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A widely-read Washington Post columnist takes a deep dive into what the end of the baby boom means for American politics and economics.

Philip Bump, a reporter as adept with a graph as with a paragraph, is popular for his ability to distill vast amounts of data into accessible stories. THE AFTERMATH is a sweeping assessment of how the baby boom... Read more

The Southern Way of Life

By: Charles Reagan Wilson

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

Length: 24 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

How does one begin to understand the idea of a distinctive southern way of life—a concept as enduring as it is disputed? In this examination of the American South in national and global contexts, celebrated historian Charles Reagan Wilson assesses how diverse communities of southerners have sought to define the region's identity. Surveying three... Read more

Divaneos

By: David Dorenbaum

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

La introspección nos ayuda a clarificar lo que parece oscuro. Nos ilumina y contribuye a nuestra sensación de estar vivos. Acciones más que cotidianas, como montar en bici, ir al cine, leer o visitar un museo adquieren en este libro un sentido y una dimensión especial, simplemente reflexionando sobre ellas, mostrando sus múltiples matices.... Read more

Don Prusòt e il ballo a palchetto

By: Giuseppe Grinza

Narrated by: Daniele Ridolfi

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Campagna piemontese, anni Cinquanta. Il paesino di Pravorino è in preda al panico. La signorina Benita, responsabile della neo formata Pro Loco, ha deciso di rivoluzionare la festa del paese. Ok che lei porta i pantaloni alla zuava ed è quindi chiaramente una progressista ribelle ma che lo facesse solo nella sua vita privata, no? Che senso ha... Read more

The Black Boom

By: Jason L. Riley

Narrated by: Amir Abdullah

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Economic inequality continues to be one of the most hotly debated topics in America, but there has been relatively little discussion of the fact that black-white gaps in joblessness, income, poverty, and other measures were shrinking prior to the pandemic. Why was it happening, and why did this phenomenon go unacknowledged by so much of the... Read more

Bigamista

By: Mary Turner Thomson

Narrated by: Olga Żmuda

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Ile poświęciłabyś dla ukochanego mężczyzny? Jak daleko może posunąć się mąż, który chce cię oszukać? Co zrobiłabyś, gdyby okazało się, że twoje małżeństwo to jedna wielka farsa? Szkotka Mary Turner Thomson w 2000 r. na portalu randkowym poznała Afroamerykanina Willa Jordana, który oświadczył się jej po trzech tygodniach znajomości. Sześć lat... Read more

Vivir en bienestar a pesar de todo

By: Ramsés Barragán Estrada

Narrated by: Ezequiel Álvarez

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Para 2030, la depresión será la enfermedad mental más incapacitante en todo el mundo. El trastorno psicológico más frecuente en nuestro país es la ansiedad. El 36% de los mexicanos padecerá un desorden psiquiátrico, antes de los 65 años de edad. ¿Cómo no ser parte de estas estadísticas? Es cierto, la incertidumbre y la desesperanza impera en la... Read more

Make Bosses Pay

By: Eve Livingston

Narrated by: Steph Bower

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren’t they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway? The government constantly attacks unions, CEOs devote endless time and resources to undermining them, and many unions themselves are stuck... Read more

The Road

By: Christopher Hadley

Narrated by: Guy Slocombe

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ Sunday Telegraph ‘On nearly every page a random passage takes one’s breath away’ The Times Have you... Read more

Snowflake

By: Lucy Nichol

Narrated by: Sadie Frost

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

'Sensitively and seriously exploring mental health stereotypes' Stylist

This is NOT a book of rules or statistics.

It will NOT tell you what you can and can't say to someone with a mental health problem – or to anyone for that matter.

It WILL increase your understanding and empower you to stop stigma in its tracks.

Take a deep-dive into some of... Read more

Into the Metaverse

By: Cathy Hackl

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Into the Metaverse by Cathy Hackl, read by Laurel Lefkow.

An illuminating insight into the Metaverse – what it is, how it works, and and why it will soon be playing a major role in business, technology and society.

In Into the Metaverse, Cathy Hackl, a globally recognized futurist and one of the world’s first Chief Metaverse... Read more

Unwanted

By: Cathy Glass

Narrated by: DeNica Fairman

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by their social worker. Lara has... Read more

How to Master Small Talk

By: William Howard

Narrated by: Adrian Newcastle

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Improving your "small talk" skills is something many people never even consider. That can be a big mistake, especially if you want to get the most out of your interactions with others in your day-to-day life. The truth is that the great majority of all discussion consists of minor chitchat and cordialities. Think of it as the necessary framework... Read more

Entfesselte Intelligenz - Dein Freund, Dein Feind, Deine Chance

By: Marnus Flatz

Narrated by: Marnus Flatz

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Was kommt mit den großen KI-Modellen der Zukunft GPT-4, Lamda & Co auf uns zu?Erfahren sie wie neuronale Netze und KIs wirklich ticken, damit sie in Zukunft über jede Art von Sensations-Journalismus lächeln können, weil Sie es besser wissen. Vor allem aber treibt uns eine noch wichtigere Frage um: Welchen Platz können wir in dieser Welt für... Read more

The Status Revolution

By: Chuck Thompson

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

How did rescue dogs become status symbols? Why are luxury brands losing their cachet? What’s made F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous observations obsolete? The answers are part of a new revolution that’s radically reorganizing the way we view ourselves and others that “will be hard for pop-culture readers to put down” (Booklist).

Status was once... Read more

And Finally

By: Henry Marsh

Narrated by: Henry Marsh

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

"As a mature observer of the human condition, Marsh has audible serenity that makes listeners curious about how his story ends." - AudioFile Magazine

From the bestselling neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm, comes Henry Marsh's And Finally, an unflinching and deeply personal exploration of death, life and... Read more

Rough Sleepers

By: Tracy Kidder

Narrated by: Tracy Kidder

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community—by the Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains

“I couldn’t put Rough Sleepers down. I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to... Read more

Edible Economics

By: Ha-Joon Chang

Narrated by: Homer Todiwala

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too-disciplined subject of economics

For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy.

Bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic... Read more