Social Science audiobooks

Adicción a la pornografía

By: Marcio Ortíz

Narrated by: Alejandro Morales

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: No

En caso de que te preguntes qué hacer con una adicción a la pornografía, estás en el mejor lugar posible. La pornografía se ha convertido en un problema masivo en la sociedad actual, aunque, sorprendentemente, muchos no la consideran problemática en absoluto. Con este libro, no te quedarás en la oscuridad. Revela la naturaleza siniestra de la... Read more

American Refuge

By: Diya Abdo

Narrated by: Diya Abdo

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative, conversation-sparking exploration of refugee experiences told in their own words, for readers of Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s The Undocumented Americans and Viet Thanh Nguyen

“A moving and timely book that strips away misleading politics to reveal the complexities of real human lives." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Forced to... Read more

Working 9 to 5

By: Ellen Cassedy

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

9 to 5 wasn’t just a comic film—it was a movement built by Ellen Cassedy and her friends.Ten office workers in Boston started out sitting in a circle and sharing the problems they encountered on the job. In a few short years, they had built a nationwide movement that united people of diverse races, classes, and ages.They took on the corporate... Read more

America Made Me a Black Man

By: Boyah J. Farah

Narrated by: Preston Butler III

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

NAACP Image Award Nominee · NPR Best Book of 2022A searing memoir of American racism from a Somalian-American who survived hardships in his birth country only to experience firsthand the dehumanization of Blacks in his adopted land, the United States.“No one told me about America.”  Born in Somalia and raised in a valley among nomads, Boyah... Read more

A Death on W Street

By: Andy Kroll

Narrated by: Greg D. Barnett

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

 A true-crime story for the post-truth era
 
In the early hours of July 10, 2016, gunshots rang out and a young man lay fatally wounded on a quiet Washington, DC, street. But who killed Seth Rich? When he was buried in his hometown, his rabbi declared: “There are no answers for a young man gunned down in the prime of his life.” The rabbi was... Read more

My Escape from Hollywood

By: Maitland Ward

Narrated by: Maitland Ward

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A celebrity memoir unlike any other, this is an empowering, sex-positive, behind-the-scenes look at both Hollywood and the porn industry. Perfect for fans of Pleasure Activism and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star.

Maitland Ward got her start in acting as a teenager when she was cast in The Bold and the Beautiful, but it wasn’t until she joined... Read more

Passionate Work

By: Renyi Hong

Narrated by: James Burkdoll

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In Passionate Work, Renyi Hong theorizes the notion of being "passionate about your work" as an affective project that encourages people to endure economically trying situations like unemployment, job change, repetitive and menial labor, and freelancing. Not simply a subject of aspiration, passion has been deployed as a means to build resilience... Read more

Spiderweb Capitalism

By: Kimberly Kay Hoang

Narrated by: Kathleen Li

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing how the superrich hide their money using complex webs of offshore vehicles. Spiderweb Capitalism takes you inside this shadow economy, uncovering the mechanics behind the invisible, mundane networks of lawyers, accountants,... Read more

Niñas sin infancia

By: Mayté Ciriaco Ruiz

Narrated by: Sonia Couoh

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Qué sucede cuando tu comunidad o familia normaliza el abuso y la violación? ¿Cómo enfrentar que se prioricen problemas como la escasez de maestros, comisarios, médicos o dirigentes por encima de tus derechos y dignidad? Distintos lugares de la selva peruana evidencian las respuestas. Indiana, Mazán y Puinahua, en Loreto; y Nieva, en... Read more

Heretic of the Heart

By: Sera Beak

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Beak assures us that the soul is constantly communicating to us through metaphor, dreams, and synchronicities. It is through patterns in our lives that our soul is dropping hints of itself everywhere. Read more

Blanca Varela: una retórica del horror y la vanidad

By: Martín Horna Romero

Narrated by: Antonio Monroy

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

El género pictórico vanitas o vanidades era un recurso simbólico usado durante el Barroco europeo para considerar como vano o contingente todo logro humano que no tuviese a la divinidad cristiana como fin último. De esta manera, se desestabilizaron rasgos venerados por la sociedad occidental como la belleza, la riqueza, el reconocimiento, el... Read more

Comment parler en public sans avoir peur

By: Julia Turner

Narrated by: Kay Webster

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Parler en public est un problème très courant chez les gens, et cette difficulté peut interférer et endommager la carrière de n'importe quel professionnel ; même pour les plus compétents, après tout, il faut bien communiquer afin de gagner un bon placement sur le marché du travail ou une meilleure position dans l'entreprise.Dans cette optique,... Read more

How to speak in public without fear

By: Julia Turner

Narrated by: Kay Webster

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

Public speaking is a very common problem among people, and this difficulty can interfere and harm the career of any professional - even the most competent ones. After all, to communicate well is essential when it comes to conquering a good placement in the job market, or a better position in the company.With this in mind, this audiobook presents... Read more

Abortion

By: R. C. Sproul

Narrated by: Michael Beck

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

In this book, Dr. R.C. Sproul employs his unique perspective as a highly experienced pastor–theologian and a trained philosopher to provide well–considered and compassionate answers to the difficult questions that attend termination of pregnancy. Dr. Sproul strives for a factual, well–reasoned approach informed by careful biblical scholarship.... Read more

A Family Torn Apart

By: Cathy Glass

Narrated by: Denica Fairman

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to keep them safe. Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they are inconsolable.... Read more

How to Be Confident

By: James Smith

Narrated by: James Smith

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From two times number one Sunday Times bestselling author, James Smith, comes HOW TO BE CONFIDENT – the third instalment in James’ no-nonsense guides to gaining the tools to empower your decision-making and change your life. Now, more than ever, we are so often lost within a cycle of negativity – from comparing ourselves to... Read more

The Accidental Detectorist

By: Nigel Richardson

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

When a travel writer is stuck on home soil in the middle of a pandemic he meets Kris Rodgers, one of Britain's eminent metal detectorists. Dipping a toe in the hobby, Nigel quickly finds himself swept up in the world beneath the surface. Above the ground are a cast of fascinating and passionate people who open Nigel's eyes to a subterranean... Read more

The Musician Healer

By: Islene Runningdeer

Narrated by: Lorene Shyba

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The Musician Healer resurrects a long-forgotten role for musicians and provides clear guidance for preparation and self-development as a musician healer in order to reactivate this role for the modern world. It begins with the author’s personal musical story that draws upon her Mi’kmaq/Abenaki First Nation and French roots, followed by a section... Read more

The Brain

By: Sophie Scott

Narrated by: Sophie Scott

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it affects our personalities, behaviours and more.

Written by Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, Sophie Scott, and composed of ten mind-blowing yet accessible essays, The Brain guides you through the astounding complexities of the organ that makes you, you. From diving into the... Read more

Hagitude

By: Sharon Blackie

Narrated by: Sharon Blackie

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Unearths the stories of the little-known but powerful elder women in European myth and folklore, inspiring listeners to radically reimagine the last decades of their lives as the most dynamic of all



Western folklore and mythology are rife with brilliantly creative, fulfilled, feisty, and furious role models for aging women, despite our culture's... Read more

African and Caribbean People in Britain

By: Hakim Adi

Narrated by: Brenda Iyalla

Length: 22 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

A major new history of Britain that will transform our understanding of this country's past

Despite the best efforts of researchers and campaigners, there remains today a steadfast tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a simple story: it is one that begins in 1948 with the arrival... Read more

Pensar México II (Pensar el mundo 2)

By: Maruan Soto Antaki

Narrated by: Bern Hoffman

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Hemos construido un país de solucionólogos y comentócratas? ¿Por qué la violencia y la humillación parecen inherentes a nuestra historia? Pensar México es una verdadera radiografía cultural de nuestro país. En Pensar Medio Oriente, Maruan Soto Antaki plantea preguntas esenciales para entender el mundo árabe(¿arabe es sinónimo de islámico? ¿Es... Read more

Adoption

By: Janine Myung Ja

Narrated by: Brianna Vox

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Before you spend up to $75,000 in hidden child-adoption fees, adult adoptees worldwide have investigated the history of domestic and international adoption and have started a movement to end the crisis of child trafficking. You can gain a bird's-eye view on adoption secrets before you transfer funds to the adoption agency. This information is... Read more

My Black Motherhood

By: Sandra Igwe

Narrated by: Sandra Igwe

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatized. Stereotyped. What happens when motherhood isn’t what you expected—and when you reach out for support, you are met with judgment and prejudice? Sandra Igwe shares her journey as a young Black mother, coping with sleepless nights, anxiety, and loneliness after the birth of her... Read more