Social Science audiobooks

Unspeakable

By: Jessica Willis Fisher

Narrated by: Jessica Willis Fisher

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed... Read more

Chaste Mimosa

By: Terence McMullen

Narrated by: April Pressler

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Propositions about artificial intelligence are being debated seriously in the 21st Century, but machines, unlike plants, are not even living organisms. So, are plants sentient beings, like humans? Do they feel? Can they communicate? Plant sentience is a subject that has intrigued mankind over the ages - from the ancient Greeks, Plato and... Read more

Inside Voice

By: Lake Bell

Narrated by: Lake Bell

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

A humorous, insightful, and personal deep dive into our most outward-facing, least-appreciated trait: our voice. Raise your hand if you cringe at the sound of your own voice, worry that you actually do sound like your mother, or have spent a sleepless night wondering if your inner and outer voices are in sync. Now, hands down, headphones on.... Read more

Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body

By: Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Narrated by: Garrett Michael Brown & Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An honest reckoning with the war on terror, masculinity, and the violence of American hegemony abroad, at home, and on the psyche, from a veteran whose convictions came undone When Lyle Jeremy Rubin first arrived at Marine Officer Candidates School, he was convinced that the “war on terror” was necessary to national security. He also subscribed... Read more

Feels Like Home

By: Linda Ronstadt & Lawrence Downes

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Linda Ronstadt takes readers on a journey to the place her soul calls home, the Sonoran Desert, in this candid new memoir."The arid land that starts in Arizona and stretches into Mexico's west coast is Ronstadt's foothold in the world. It's a story she has told through music, and now wants to tell through food."—The... Read more

Influenced

By: Brian Boxer Wachler, M.D.

Narrated by: Brian Boxer Wachler, M.D. & Raymond J. Lee

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Unpacks and pulls the curtain back on what happens to our brains and our behaviors each time we addictively engage social media and the influencers we encounter there.
 
Individuals seeking to widen their tribes of friends, fans, and followers have an abundance of resources for building their digital footprints and social media popularity. All of... Read more

Our Daily Bread

By: Father Alex Frost

Narrated by: Alex Frost

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A warmly funny, intensely moving and startlingly personal account of the lives of an urban parish priest and his parishioners. Father Alex Frost was not always a man of the cloth. He found his calling while running an Argos store in his native Burnley, moonlighting as a stand-up comedian and die-hard... Read more

Food for Life

By: Tim Spector

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 17 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat has never seemed so complicated. In his new book, Tim Spector creates a unique, thorough, evidence-based guide to the real science of eating. Moving away from misleading notions of calories or nutritional breakdowns, Food for Life empowers us to... Read more

Painted People

By: Matt Lodder

Narrated by: Henry Nott

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing ‘an art without a history’. ‘No-one’, it went on, ‘has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.’ Until now. Painted People is a beguiling and intimate look at an untold history of humanity. ... Read more

La pelea por los infiernos

By: Enrique Zuñiga

Narrated by: Pedro De Tavira Egurrola

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Con su doble vena de criminólogo y reportero, Enrique Zúñiga analiza en este libro el peso específico que las prisiones tienen en el gran sistema criminal de México y desvela la guerra oculta -y el botín inmenso- que se disputa en cada uno de estos lugares. Cada cárcel en México es un infierno particular. Algunas prisiones tienen salas de... Read more

Maldita entre todas las mujeres: el rostro de los feminicidas

By: Saskia Niño de Rivera Cover

Narrated by: Saskia Niño de Rivera Cover, Gwendolyne Flores,...

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

No es maldita la mujer asesinada porque era malvada o perversa, sino porque cayó sobre ella la maldición de ser víctima de un feminicida; maldita porque sobre su muerte se abrieron las horas más trágicas y dolorosas para su familia. Más de una decena de mujeres es asesinada a diario en México. Y con cada muerte se abre una herida profunda en sus... Read more

Mitología

By: Juan Perez

Narrated by: Alejandro Morales

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Este libro consta de seis títulos, que son los siguientes:1: Mitología Inca - Los Incá, también conocidos como Inká, eran indios sudamericanos que gobernaban un imperio que se extendía desde la frontera norte del actual Ecuador hasta el río Maule en el centro de Chile en el momento de la conquista española en 1532. El Inca, al igual que los... Read more

Moradia Primeiro - Abridged

By: Rafael Lessa Vieira de Sá Menezes

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O modelo Moradia Primeiro parte de um pressuposto elementar: quem "mora" na rua precisa de casa. Por isso, o atendimento às pessoas em tal situação deve começar pelo acesso à moradia digna. Trata-se de um meio adequado para atendimento a pessoas em situação de rua crônica, com problemas de saúde mental, deficiências físicas debilitantes ou que... Read more

Intersectionality, 2nd Edition

By: Patricia Hill Collins & Sirma Bilge

Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The concept of intersectionality has become a central topic in academic and activist circles alike. But what exactly does it mean, and why has it emerged as such a vital lens through which to explore how social inequalities of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, and ethnicity shape one another?



In this fully revised and expanded... Read more

Polyamory

By: Martha Kauppi

Narrated by: Kim Niemi

Length: 15 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Your favorite long-term client tells you they want to open up their relationship. Are you ready to help them?



This groundbreaking guide to consensual nonmonogamy offers a listening experience that feels like consulting with a trusted advisor. Martha Kauppi equips you with the skills to be a true ally to clients who want to explore polyamory.... Read more

Jokes to Offend Men

By: Allison Kelley, Danielle Kraese, Kate Herzlin &...

Narrated by: Kate Herzlin, Cortney Wright & Erica Hernandez

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

A modern, feminist take on the classic joke book to amuse and empower readers who are tired of being the punchline.
A man walks into a bar. It’s a low one, so he gets a promotion within his first six months on the job.
 
Four comedy writers transform classic joke setups into sharp commentary about the everyday and structural sexism that pervades... Read more

The Science of Witchcraft

By: Meg Hafdahl & Kelly Florence

Narrated by: Darcey Rhoads

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A scientific discovery of witches in fiction—Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Sleeping Beauty, Wicked, and so many more!



Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl, authors of The Science of Women in Horror and cohosts of the Horror Rewind podcast called "the best horror film podcast out there" by Film Daddy, present a guide to the history of witchcraft... Read more

Sitting Bull

By: Robert M. Utley

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 15 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive, award-winning biography of the legendary chief and his dramatic role in the history of westward expansion

Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history.... Read more

How to Win at The Challenge and Life

By: Sydney Bucksbaum

Narrated by: Cassandra Medcalf & Travis Tonn

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

You’ve seen the rivalries. You’ve witnessed the blood, sweat, and tears. You’ve celebrated the champions. But what does it really take to win MTV’s The Challenge? And what happens after the cameras stop rolling?

Since 1998, MTV’s The Challenge has tested competitors’ physical, mental, and emotional endurance. Some go on to become Challenge... Read more

How to Win the War on Truth

By: Samuel C. Spitale

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

Made to Stick by Chip Heath meets Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe in this guide to navigating today's post-truth landscape, filled with examples of modern-day propaganda campaigns.



We're bombarded with information like never before. Some of it's true, some of it's spin, and some of it's flat-out fake news. And that's by design. Propaganda... Read more

The White Wall

By: Emily Flitter

Narrated by: Emily Flitter

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply reported, “important, and infuriating” (The Guardian) look at the systemic racism inside the American financial services industry, from acclaimed New York Times finance reporter Emily Flitter.

In 2018, Emily Flitter received a tip that Morgan Stanley had fired a Black employee without cause. Flitter had been searching for a way to... Read more

The Need to Be Whole

By: Wendell Berry

Narrated by: Nick Offerman

Length: 19 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continues the work he began in The Hidden Wound (1970) and The Unsettling of America (1977), demanding a careful exploration of this hard, shared truth: The wealth of the mighty few governing this nation has been built on the unpaid labor of others.Without... Read more

Toil and Trouble

By: Melanie R. Anderson & Lisa Kröger

Narrated by: Tegan Ashton Cohan

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This celebration of forgotten magical women, from Salem to WitchTok, is a fascinating and empowering read for anyone interested in occultism or feminist history.Meet the mystical women and nonbinary people from US history who found strength through the supernatural—and those who are still forging the way today. From the celebrity spirit mediums... Read more

Disease & History

By: Frederick F. Cartwright & Michael Biddiss

Narrated by: Peter Lerman

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Arising from collaboration between a doctor and a historian, Disease and History offers the general listener a wide-ranging and accessible account of the ways in which disease has left its dramatic mark on the past.



It discusses the impact made by bubonic plague and other infections upon the ancient and medieval worlds; the likely role of... Read more