Social Science audiobooks

American Indian Symbolism

By: Manly Palmer Hall

Narrated by: Dennis Logan

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The North American Indian is by nature a symbolist, a mystic, and a philosopher. Like most: aboriginal peoples, his soul was en rapport with the cosmic agencies manifesting about him. Not only did his Manidos control creation from their exalted seats above the clouds, but they also descended into the world of men and mingled with their red... Read more

Bangladeshi Ghuskhori

By: Br. Hemant Mahajan

Narrated by: Savita Mhaskar

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

बांगलादेशी घुसखोरी ही केवळ अर्थिक कारणासाठीच होत आहे असे नाही तर काही बांगलादेशी हे देशद्रोही दहशतवाद्यांना मदत करणे अशी कामे करीत आहेत. यात खोट्या नोटांचा प्रसार, अफू, गांजा-चरस अशा अमली पदार्थांची तस्करी तसेच चोर्‍या, दरोडेखोरी अशा कामातही ते गुंतल्याचे दिसते. पश्‍चिम बंगालमध्ये 29% व आसाममध्ये 34.7% लोकसंख्या बांगलादेशी आहे. बांगलादेशी... Read more

Street Rebellion

By: Benjamin S. Case

Narrated by: Chris Bergman

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In a style that bridges the divide between academia and activism, Street Rebellion develops a broader and more accurate understanding of how people struggle for liberation. 
We are living in a time of uprisings that routinely involve physical confrontation—burning vehicles, barricades, vandalism, and scuffles between protesters and authorities.... Read more

Standoff

By: Bruce McIvor

Narrated by: Lorne Cardinal

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Faced with a constant stream of news reports of standoffs and confrontations, Canada’s “reconciliation project” has obviously gone off the rails. In this series of concise and thoughtful essays, lawyer and historian Bruce McIvor explains why reconciliation with Indigenous peoples is failing and what needs to be done to fix it.Widely known as... Read more

Beyond Survival

By: Ejeris Dixon & Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Narrated by: Ejeris Dixon & Esteban Kelly

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the putative atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often... Read more

Game Misconduct

By: Evan F. Moore & Jashvina Shah

Narrated by: Siiri Scott, Bill Andrew Quinn & David Sadzin

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Those who have been lured by the sound of skate blades slicing into fresh ice and everything-or-nothing attitude of the game know that hockey can seem like its own world.



Yet in another light, that tight community can turn insular; the values of teamwork and humility can manifest as collective silence in the face of abuse and discrimination,... Read more

The Plea of Innocence

By: Tim Bakken

Narrated by: Gary Bennett

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Plea of Innocence offers a fundamental reform of the adversarial system: plausibly innocent people may now plead innocent and require the government to search for exonerating facts; in return, they will be required to waive their right to remain silent, speak to government agents, and participate in a search for truth.



While almost all the... Read more

Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood

By: Michael R. Heinlein

Narrated by: Amir Abdullah

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The Church in the United States is greatly blessed by the contributions of Black Catholics and the legacy of holiness of so many men and women of color. These men and women lived lives that are worthy of our study and emulation.



In Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood, Michael R. Heinlein provides the first book to explore the lives of the... Read more

Welcome to Dragon Talk

By: Greg Tito & Shelly Mazzanoble

Narrated by: Greg Tito & Shelly Mazzanoble

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

If it seems like everyone you know is playing Dungeons & Dragons, it's because they are! After nearly five decades, the iconic roleplaying game is more popular than ever. Famous Hollywood actors and directors, therapists, educators, politicians, kids, parents, and grandparents all count themselves as fans. In Welcome to Dragon Talk, hosts of... Read more

Mercy

By: Cathal J. Nolan

Narrated by: Tristan Morris

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

War presents the most degraded moral environment humanity creates. Individuality is subsumed in collective violence and humanity is obscured as a faceless, merciless enemy.



A barbaric logic has guided the conduct of war throughout history. Yet as Cathal Nolan reveals in this powerful book, even as war can obliterate hope and decency at the grand... Read more

Boys

By: Paul Smith

Narrated by: David Sadzin & Laural Merlington

Length: 15 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Analyzing the meanings of masculinity in contemporary culture, this book examines specific cultural male icons like Mohammad Ali, Harvey Keitel, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dan Quayle, and Newt Gingrich and explodes the male stereotypes such as the cowboy, the father, the homosexual, and the Black terror. Written by cultural studies scholars from... Read more

When Others Dont Understand Your Illness

By: Heather Coleske

Narrated by: Ashlinn Romagnoli

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A diagnosis and treatment plan for a chronic illness has brought your world crashing down - When Others Don’t Understand Your Illness can help get your well-being back on track again.Stress in our everyday life is common but add the shock of diagnosis and grief of the loss of health, and it’s a perfect storm of stress and overthinking, which can... Read more

The Hiramic Legend

By: Manly Palmer Hall

Narrated by: Dennis Logan

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The Masonic legend of the building of Solomon's Temple does not in every particular parallel the Scriptural version, especially in those portions relating to CHiram Abiff. According to the Biblical account, this Master workman returned to his own country; in the Masonic allegory he is foully murdered. On this point A. E. Waite, in his New... Read more

Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry

By: Charles H Vail

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in 1909, this book consists of a series of lectures, first given in Pullman Memorial Church, Albion, New York. The purpose of these lectures is to consider the origin and nature of the Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry and to show the relation which they bear one to the other. Chapters include The Egyptian, Hindu and Persian... Read more

Prarthana Samuhik Prernecha Hunkar

By: Sharad Hebbalkar

Narrated by: Pradnya Kulkarni

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

प्रा. शरद हेबाळकरांनी अतिशय सोप्या भाषेत आणि छोट्या छोट्या गोष्टी सांगून रोजच्या शाखेचे आणि तीवर म्हटल्या जाणार्‍या प्रार्थनेचे महत्त्व सांगितले आहे. एखादा गंभीर विषय सोप्या शब्दात कसा मांडता येतो याचे उत्तम उदाहरण म्हणजे हे पुस्तक आहे. ही प्रार्थना वैयक्तिक नसून सामुहिक प्रेरणेचा हुंकार आहे. Read more

The Fraternity of the Rose Cross

By: Manly Palmer Hall

Narrated by: Dennis Logan

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Who were the Rosicrucians? Were they an organization of profound thinkers rebelling against the inquisitional religious and philosophical limitations of their time or were they isolated transcendentalists united only by the similarity of their viewpoints and deductions? Where was the "House of the Holy Spirit, " in which, according to their... Read more

Rosicrucian Doctrines and Tenets

By: Manly Palmer Hall

Narrated by: Dennis Logan

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Trustworthy information is unavailable concerning the actual philosophical beliefs, political aspirations, and humanitarian activities of the Rosicrucian Fraternity. Today, as of old, the mysteries of the Society are preserved inviolate by virtue of their essential nature; and attempts to interpret Rosicrucian philosophy are but speculations,... Read more

Freemasonic Symbolism

By: Manly Palmer Hall

Narrated by: Dennis Logan

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

According to Freemasonic symbolism, Enoch, fearing that all knowledge of the sacred Mysteries would be lost at the time of the Deluge, erected the two columns mentioned in the quotation. Upon the metal column in appropriate allegorical symbols he engraved the secret reaching and upon the marble column placed an inscription stating that a short... Read more

Glücklich leben - Band 3: Hilfsbereitschaft

By: Michael von Känel

Narrated by: Michael von Känel

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Glücklich leben 3:Hilfsbereitschaft Was unsere Hilfe für andere Menschen bedeutet Hilfsbereitschaft ist etwas Wundervolles. Aber erkennen können wir das nur, wenn wir bereit sind, uns mit diesem Thema auseinanderzusetzen. Es ist nicht die Hilfsbereitschaft selbst, die unser Leben glücklich werden lassen kann. Es ist das, was hinter der... Read more

Long Live Mortal Kombat

By: David L. Craddock

Narrated by: Andy Ingalls

Length: 21 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

To politicians and parents, Mortal Kombat was a menace to society. To gamers, it was a way of life. From dedicated hustlers who put thousands of miles on their odometers driving coast to coast to challenge the top players in arcades, to fans who devote their free time to collecting action figures, setting world records, and plumbing the depths... Read more

Psychedelic Wisdom

By: Richard Louis Miller

Narrated by: Brock Blatter

Length: 12 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

• Reveals how these scientists, doctors, therapists, and teachers have applied their entheogenic experiences in their professions, leading to therapeutic advancements, scientific discoveries, and healing for thousands

• Includes contributions from scientific psychonaut Amanda Feilding, psychedelic swami Dr. Allan Ajaya, “America’s Doctor” Dean... Read more

Side Affects

By: Hil Malatino

Narrated by: Hil Malatino

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Some days—or weeks, or months, or even years—being trans feels bad. Yet as Hil Malatino points out, there is little space for trans people to think through, let alone speak of, these bad feelings. Negative emotions are suspect because they unsettle narratives of acceptance or reinforce virulently phobic framings of trans as inauthentic and... Read more

Por qué creemos en mierdas

By: Ramon Nogueras

Narrated by: Jordi Salas

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Nunca conseguirás que un negacionista cambie de opinión. Nunca antes en la historia de la humanidad hemos tenido más acceso a información que ahora. Nunca antes nuestro conocimiento sobre el mundo en el que vivimos y su funcionamiento ha sido comparable al que tenemos ahora. Y sin embargo, ¿cómo es posible que creamos firmemente en bulos y... Read more

Doing Nothing Is No Longer an Option

By: Jenny Booth Potter

Narrated by: Jenny Booth Potter

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

During a bus ride with a group of fellow college students, Jenny Booth Potter came to a life-changing realization. She decided that racism in all its forms—in policies and systems, in organizations and churches, in neighborhoods and families—could no longer be tolerated. And even though Jenny didn't know what to do about racism, she was certain... Read more