Social Science audiobooks

Black in White Space

By: Elijah Anderson

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student lounging on a university quad. Two men sitting in a coffee shop. Perfectly ordinary actions in ordinary settings—and yet, they sparked jarring and inflammatory responses that involved the police and attracted national media coverage. Why? In essence, Elijah Anderson would argue, because these... Read more

Slaves for Peanuts

By: Jori Lewis

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Americans consume over 1.5 billion pounds of peanut products every year. But few of us know the peanut's tumultuous history, or its intimate connection to slavery and freedom.



Lyrical and powerful, Slaves for Peanuts deftly weaves together the natural and human history of a crop that transformed the lives of millions. Author Jori Lewis reveals... Read more

Passion Plays

By: Randall Balmer

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As a historian of religion, the more he listened, Balmer couldn’t help but wonder how the fervor he heard related to religious practice. Houses of worship once railed against Sabbath-busting sports... Read more

The Quaking of America

By: Resmaa Menakem

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of MY GRANDMOTHER'S HANDS surveys America's deteriorating democracy and offers embodied practices to help us protect ourselves and our country.
In THE QUAKING OF AMERICA, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist... Read more

Porn: A Hard Look

By: Jenay Zapparelli

Narrated by: Jenay Zapparelli

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Sex... God... Civilization... Brutal Honesty and Vulnerable Secrets... what more could you ask for in a book? Jesus hung out with hookers and thieves, don't ya think they deserve some airtime? Relinquish all your preconceived notions here. You may think such saucy subject matter is redundant and has been told and talked about a thousand times... Read more

الاستشراق

By: محمد عبدالله الشرقاوي

Narrated by: عمر زكريا

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

يتحدث الكاتب عن ظاهرة الاستشراق وكيف كان لها أثر كبير في تشكيل نظرة الغرب للإسلام، وكيف بدأ الاستشراق والهدف الرئيسي منه وكيف كان عامل مساعد قوي في فترة الاستعمار وعلاقته بالتبشير، ثم كيف تطور إلى أن وصل إلى ما عليه الآن. يوضح الكتاب مميزات وعيوب الاستشراق، ثم يتحدث عن المستشرقين وكيف كان يدفع الحقد والكره للإسلام بعضهم إلى تشويهه و تزييف... Read more

Der Zauber der dunklen Jahreszeit

By: Wolf-Dieter Storl

Narrated by: Wolf-Dieter Storl

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In diesem Hörbuch tauchen wir in die magische Zwischenzeit, Samhain bis zum Ende der Raunächte ein. Traditionelle Völker lebten im Einklang mit der Natur und dem Jahreskreis. Dieser Jahreskreis mit den Sonnenwendpunkten und Naturfesten war ihnen heilig und ist seit jeher mit reichem Brauchtum verbunden. Wir haben fast vergessen, dass wir in... Read more

The Man the Most Attractive : Wonderful Stories of Krishna - Part 1

By: Dr. King & Swami Satyapriya

Narrated by: Dr. King

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a collection of wonderful stories of Krishna from the 5000-year-old Indian scripture namely the Bhagavata. The word Krishna literally means someone who attracts. He is believed to be the incarnation of God on earth.In this part of the book, author discusses following episodesEpisode 1. Good news! God is coming!Episode 2. Krishna descends... Read more

Surviving Master Joshua: The BDSM Memoir Of An Unfaithful Wife

By: Karma Said

Narrated by: Claire Glover

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a true story. Master Joshua is a pansexual, polyamorous pro-Dom (a male Dominatrix). He leads a leather tribe and, when we met, was battling accusations of rape and abuse. Master Joshua was the intended subject of my story… until I became it. My own name doesn't matter. I can't use it here. Suffice it to say that I was a reporter and a... Read more

Plano de Contingência de Desastres Naturais na Atenção Primária em Saúde - Abridged

By: Cíntia do Socorro Matos Pantoja

Narrated by: Voz Artificial

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Os municípios de Laranjal do Jari e Vitória do Jari apresentam um histórico severo e devastador de enchentes e inundações causadas pela elevação do nível do rio Jari. A média anual de precipitação de chuvas varia entre 1.850 e 2.550 mm, e os meses mais chuvosos são março, abril e maio. Historicamente, a maior enchente que atingiu o vale do Jari... Read more

Seva Dharma Mahan

By: Ramraj Shekhar

Narrated by: Madhavi Pansare

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

या पुस्तकात तामिळनाडू प्रांतात निष्ठेने सेवा कार्य करणार्‍या अपरिचित व्यक्तींच्या 30 गोष्टी सांगितल्या आहेत. समाज आणि पर्यावरणाची काळजी निस्वार्थ वृत्तीने घेणार्‍या व्यक्तींच्या कथा आणि त्या सोबत मांडलेले विचार निश्‍चितच प्रेरणादायी आहेत. 'सेवा धर्म महान' ही उक्ती सार्थ करणार्‍या कथा आपल्याला सेवा करण्यास प्रवृत्त करतात. Read more

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps

By: Dom Joly

Narrated by: Dom Joly

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Dom Joly sets off round the world, but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone - he's monster hunting.

Ever since he was given a copy of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World for his ninth birthday Dom has been obsessed with the world of cryptozoology - monster hunting - and in Scary Monsters and Super Creeps he heads to six... Read more

Dignity and Health

By: Nora Jacobson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In these hard times of global financial peril and growing social inequality, injuries to dignity are pervasive. "Indignity has many faces," one man told Nora Jacobson as she conducted interviews for this book. Its expressions range from rudeness, indifference, and condescension to objectification, discrimination, and exploitation. Yet dignity... Read more

The Silent Twins

By: Marjorie Wallace

Narrated by: Jodhi May

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

*** Now a major motion picture starring Letitia Wright ***

When identical twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons were three they began to reject communication with anyone but each other, and so began a childhood bound together in a strange and secret world. As they grew up, love, hate and genius united to push them to the... Read more

What Are You Doing Here?

By: Floella Benjamin

Narrated by: Floella Benjamin

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio edition is read by the author, Floella Benjamin.

Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book Awards

Baroness Floella Benjamin is an inspiration, an actress and much-loved children’s television presenter who is a member of the House of Lords. But how did the girl from Trinidad end up lunching with the Queen?

In What Are You Doing Here? Floella... Read more

The Race to the Top

By: Nazir Afzal

Narrated by: Nazir Afzal

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A New Statesman ‘most anticipated title of the year’ ‘Compelling.’ David Lammy MP ‘Refreshing,’ Pragya Agarwal A powerful intervention roundly debunking the myth of progress in racial equality — particularly in the workplace — and offering a... Read more

Everything I Need I Get from You

By: Kaitlyn Tiffany

Narrated by: Eileen Stevens

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling and riotous dive into the world of superfandom and the fangirls who shaped the social Internet.In 2014, on the side of a Los Angeles freeway, a One Direction fan erected a shrine in the spot where, a few hours earlier, Harry Styles had vomited. “It’s interesting for sure,” Styles said later, adding, “a little niche, maybe.” But what... Read more

The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 1

By: Steven L. Kent

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 23 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive behind-the-scenes history of the dawn of video games and their rise into a multibillion-dollar business
 
“For industry insiders and game players alike, this book is a must-have.”—Mark Turmell, designer for Midway Games and creator of NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, and WrestleMania
 
With all the whiz, bang, pop, and shimmer of a glowing arcade,... Read more

Then They Came for Mine

By: Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts

Narrated by: Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Black Americans' resilience during centuries of racially-motivated violence is beyond remarkable. But continuing to endure this harm allows for generations of trauma to fester and grow. Healing has to be the priority going forward. For decades, Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts clung to her upbringing in the church, believing that racial... Read more

Hysterical

By: Elissa Bassist

Narrated by: Elissa Bassist

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Writer Elissa Bassist shares her journey to reclaim her authentic voice in a culture that doesn't listen to women in this medical mystery, cultural criticism, and rallying cry.

Between 2016 and 2018, Elissa Bassist saw over twenty medical professionals for a variety of mysterious ailments. Bassist had what millions of American women had: pain... Read more

Ownership

By: John Case & Corey Rosen

Narrated by: Anna Crowe

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the William Foote Whyte and Kathleen King Whyte Book Prize from the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing

Employee ownership creates stronger companies, helps workers build wealth, and fosters a fairer, more stable society. In this book, two leading experts show how it works-and how it can be greatly... Read more

Up for the Fight

By: Bill C. Potts

Narrated by: Bill C. Potts

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The guide endorsed by MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Mayo Clinic, and used by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation patients.

Imagine a road map for the entire cancer journey, for both patients and their loved ones. That’s what this book is. Think What to Expect When You’re Expecting, but for navigating the... Read more

Before We Were Trans

By: Dr. Kit Heyam

Narrated by: Dr. Kit Heyam

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity  

Today’s narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories, while important, fail to account for the complex realities of many trans people’s lives.  
 
Before We Were Trans illuminates... Read more

A Voice in the Wilderness

By: Professor Joseph L Graves Jr.

Narrated by: Kyle Chapple

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Why understanding evolution—the most reviled branch of science—can help us all, from fighting pandemics to undoing racism Evolutionary science has long been regarded as conservative, a tool for enforcing regressive ideas, particularly about race and gender. But in A Voice in the Wilderness, evolutionary biologist Joseph L. Graves Jr.—once styled... Read more