Social Science audiobooks

Por qué compramos la burra

By: Ramon Nogueras

Narrated by: Jordi Salas

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Descubre cómo nos convencen y cómo convencemos a los demás, y aprende a defenderte de los malos usos de la persuasión. En ocasiones nos sorprende que consigan que hagamos algo que no queremos: comprar un cachivache que no necesitamos, apoyar unas ideas que, si las pensamos un poco, son una memez, meternos en negocios ruinosos o situaciones que,... Read more

README.txt – Meine Geschichte (ungekürzt)

By: Chelsea Manning

Narrated by: Daniela Thuar

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Die persönlichen, aufschlussreichen Erinnerungen einer der wichtigsten Aktivistinnen unserer Zeit Im Jahr 2010 veröffentlichte Chelsea Manning geheime Militärdokumente, die sie als Geheimdienstanalystin für die US-Armee im Irak auf der Speicherkarte ihrer Digitalkamera herausgeschmuggelt hatte. Die Armee klagte sie in zweiundzwanzig Punkten im... Read more

Una curiosa historia del sexo

By: Kate Lister

Narrated by: Clivia Torres

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Basado en el popular proyecto de investigación Whores of Yore (Putas de antaño) y escrito con su característico humor e ingenio, ‘Una curiosa historia del sexo’ se basa en los amplios conocimientos de la Dra. Kate Lister sobre la historia del sexo. Desde las pruebas de impotencia medievales hasta los robos de testículos del siglo XX, desde los... Read more

Infections and Inequalities

By: Paul Farmer

Narrated by: Derek Shoales

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "peculiarly... Read more

Black Country Music

By: Francesca Royster

Narrated by: LaNecia Edmonds

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Black Country Music tells the story of how Black musicians have changed the country music landscape and brought light to Black creativity and innovation.After a century of racist whitewashing, country music is finally reckoning with its relationship to Black people. In this timely work—the first book on Black country music by a Black... Read more

The Sacred Pipe

By: Joseph Epes Brown

Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice.



Black Elk was the only qualified priest of the older Oglala Sioux still living when The Sacred Pipe was written. This is his book: he gave it orally to Joseph Epes Brown during the latter's eight month's... Read more

The World Record Book of Racist Stories

By: Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar

Narrated by: Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A new collection of hilarious, intergenerational anecdotes full of absurd detail about everyday experiences of racism from the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedian Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey.

Families may not always see eye to eye; we get on each other’s nerves, have different... Read more

The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment

By: Randy E. Barnett & Evan D. Bernick

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment profoundly changed the Constitution, giving the federal judiciary and Congress new powers to protect the fundamental rights of individuals from being violated by the states. Yet, according to Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick, the Supreme Court has long misunderstood or ignored the original meaning of the... Read more

Samrastecha Punyapravah

By: Ravindra Gole

Narrated by: Madhavi Pansare

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

समता आणि समरसता, महापुरुषांनी, संतमहात्म्यांनी केलेले समतेचे प्रयत्न, संविधानातून लिहिलेली समता या गोष्टी आपल्याला या पुस्तिकेतून समजून घेता येतील. त्याबरोबरच रा. स्व. संघाच्या माध्यमातून सामाजिक सामारासातेसाठी सुरु असलेले प्रयत्न तसेच केवळ समता नाही तर त्यापुढील पायरी समरसता आहे असा आग्रह संघ का व कोणत्या भूमिकेतून करतो हे सांगणारी पुस्तिका. Read more

Wir und die Flüchtlinge - Auf dem Punkt (Ungekürzt)

By: Gerald Knaus

Narrated by: Patrick Imhof

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Während Flüchtlinge immer öfter als politisches Druckmittel instrumentalisiert werden - etwa bei der russischen Invasion der Ukraine oder im Syrien-Krieg - wird bei größeren Fluchtbewegungen in Europa rasch die Frage aufgeworfen: Gefährdet irreguläre Migration die Demokratie? Messerscharf zeigt Gerald Knaus nun auf, wie sehr Wahrnehmung und... Read more

Superyachten - Luxus und Stille im Kapitalozän (Ungekürzt)

By: Grégory Salle

Narrated by: Johann von Bülow & Britta Steffenhagen

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Abramowitsch hat eine, der Emir von Abu Dhabi auch, Jeff Bezos sowieso: Superyachten sind Ausweis der Zugehörigkeit zum Club der "lucky few". Sie ermöglichen grenzenlose Mobilität und exklusiven Geltungskonsum. Zugleich sind sie schwimmende Umweltsünden. Sie verbrennen Unmengen Treibstoff, ihre Anker zerstören kostbare Flora. Und sie sind... Read more

Shakha Mulyankan

By: H V Seshadri

Narrated by: Neha Naik

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

शाखेचे मूल्यांकन म्हणजे आपले कार्यक्षेत्र, आपली शाखा आणि आपली प्रगती ध्यानांत घेऊन त्या दिशेने कार्यकर्त्याला किती यश मिळते याचे मूल्यांकन, त्या संबंधीचे मा. हो. वे. शेषाद्रि यांचे चिंतन व विवेचन या पुस्तिकेत आहे. कार्यासंबंधी प्रेरणा व ध्येयासंबंधी सुस्पष्ट कल्पना असायला हवी. हिंदु संघटनेचे प्रतीक, स्वरुप शाखा असावी. शाखा म्हणजे समाजव्यापी,... Read more

Historias de una pandemia

By: Paco Moreno

Narrated by: Paco Moreno

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Paco, con su conocimiento y valentía, fue el infectólogo que a muchos nos trajo la luz en la oscuridad de esta pandemia. En este libro describe, con la claridad que lo caracteriza, lo que todos vivimos estos últimos años. Recomiendo su lectura ampliamente." -ARTURO ELÍAS AYUB En diciembre de 2019 la noticia de una neumonía desconocida que... Read more

Hardship Britain: Personal Stories of Social Issues Today

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Individuals who have experienced some of society's biggest issues tell their stories - and search for answers

From climate change, fake news and vaccine hesitancy to mental health, addiction and domestic violence, there are no shortage of societal problems facing the UK right now. But while we are aware these challenges exist, without personal... Read more

Body Art

By: Owen Jones

Narrated by: Owen Jones

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

I hope that you will find the information helpful, useful and profitable.It could easily be argued that body art is more popular than at any time in history. In days long gone by, sailors were the most heavily tattooed sector of society, but for decades now, that sector is the youth, which is a larger group than those who put to sea.Not only has... Read more

Cómo aprende tu cerebro

By: Carla Hannaford

Narrated by: Ana Ragasol

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Cada persona aprende de distinta manera dependiendo de cuál es su hemisferio cerebral dominante; esto influye en nuestra percepción y en cómo actuamos. Por eso, la perspectiva de un individuo nunca es idéntica a la de otro, y hay una infinidad de conductas e ideas sorprendentes. Read more

What's Your Zip Code Story?

By: CJ Gross

Narrated by: Brandon Colbert

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Shedding light on class division, this audiobook offers solutions to class bias in the workplace by analyzing real experiences, social norms, education, wealth, and more.The renewed focus on class, race, and equality in the workplace and beyond is making an indelible mark on society. This clarion call for change is sweeping inequality from every... Read more

Hot, Hot Chicken

By: Rachel Louise Martin

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

These days, hot chicken is a “must-try” Southern food. Restaurants in New York, Detroit, Cambridge, and even Australia advertise that they fry their chicken “Nashville-style.” Thousands of people attend the Music City Hot Chicken Festival each year. The James Beard Foundation has given Prince’s Chicken Shack an American Classic Award for... Read more

The Essential Questions

By: Elizabeth Keating, PhD

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Uncover new sides of family members you've known your entire life with this indispensable guide.



Just as the oral histories of people around the world are disappearing amid rapid change, there is a risk that your family's personal stories, too, will be lost forever. In The Essential Questions, anthropologist Elizabeth Keating helps you to uncover... Read more

The Future Is Analog

By: David Sax

Narrated by: David Sax

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The beloved author of The Revenge of Analog lays out a case for a human future--not the false technological utopia we've been living.

For years, consumers have been promised a simple, carefree digital future. We could live, work, learn, and play from the comforts of our homes, and have whatever we desire brought to our door with the flick of a... Read more

The Trauma of Caste

By: Thenmozhi Soundararajan

Narrated by: Thenmozhi Soundararajan

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Caste and Radical Dharma, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded in Dalit feminist abolition and engaged Buddhism.

“Dalit” is the name that we chose for ourselves when Brahminism declared us “untouchable.” Dalit means broken. Broken by suffering. Broken by caste: the world’s oldest, longest-running dominator... Read more

Daddy Issues

By: Katherine Angel

Narrated by: Cat Gould

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

On the fraught bonds between daughters and their fathers, women, and the patriarchy



In this beguiling, incisive book, critically acclaimed writer Katherine Angel examines the place of fathers in contemporary culture with her characteristic mix of boldness and nuance, asking how the mixture of love and hatred we feel toward our fathers—and... Read more

Black Trans Feminism

By: Marquis Bey

Narrated by: Marquis Bey

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In Black Trans Feminism Marquis Bey offers a meditation on blackness and gender nonnormativity in ways that recalibrate traditional understandings of each. Theorizing black trans feminism from the vantages of abolition and gender radicality, Bey articulates blackness as a mutiny against racializing categorizations; transness as a... Read more

Switching Fields

By: George Dohrmann

Narrated by: Brian Telestai

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist unravels why the United States has failed to produce elite men’s soccer players for so long—and shows why a golden era just might be coming.

“George Dohrmann is one of our most perceptive chroniclers of youth sports in the United States, and here he brings his keen eye to the history and present of U.S.... Read more