Social Science audiobooks

8 Billion and Counting

By: Jennifer D. Sciubba

Narrated by: Christine Williams

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative description of the power of population change to create the conditions for societal transformationAs the world nears eight billion people, the countries that have led the global order since World War II are becoming the most aged societies in human history. At the same time, the world’s poorest and least powerful countries are... Read more

Bi

By: Julia Shaw

Narrated by: Julia Shaw

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A provocative and eye-opening book on the science and history of bisexuality

Significant strides have been made in recent years in the movement for LGBTQ+ rights, visibility, and empowerment, but the conversation is far from over. After years of feeling the crushing dearth of information on bisexuality, psychological
scientist and bestselling... Read more

Black Looks

By: Bell Hooks

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In the critical essays collected in Black Looks, bell hooks interrogates old narratives and argues for alternative ways to look at blackness, black subjectivity, and whiteness. Her focus is on spectatorship—in particular, the way blackness and black people are experienced in literature, music, television, and especially film—and her aim is to... Read more

The Little Locksmith

By: Katharine Butler Hathaway

Narrated by: Julia Atwood

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine Hathaway, then suffering from spinal tuberculosis, to a board with halters and pulleys in a failed attempt to prevent her from becoming a “hunchback” like the “little locksmith” who does odd jobs at her family’s home. Forced to endure her confinement for ten years, Katharine remains immobile... Read more

Salty

By: Alissa Wilkinson

Narrated by: Erin deWard

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

If you could have a dinner party with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?



That's the question film critic and food writer Alissa Wilkinson answered as she gathered a hypothetical table of women who challenged norms and defied conventional wisdom.



Ella Baker, Alice B. Toklas, Hannah Arendt, Octavia Butler, Agnes Varda, Elizabeth David, Edna... Read more

Religion in Human Evolution

By: Robert N. Bellah

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 29 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Religion in Human Evolution is a work of extraordinary ambition—a wide-ranging, nuanced probing of our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have most often imagined were worth living. It offers what is frequently seen as a forbidden theory of the origin of religion that goes deep into evolution, especially but not... Read more

Inheritance

By: Baynard Woods

Narrated by: Will Collyer

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In this unflinching, honest narrative, an award-winning journalist discovers his family’s heritage as slave owners in the South and grapples openly with his whiteness to inspire others to do the same.

"Bracing, candid, and rueful." —Kirkus 

Baynard Woods thought he had escaped the backwards ways of the South Carolina he grew up in, a world... Read more

Migrations

By: DK

Narrated by: Emma Hignett

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover how the migration of peoples has shaped the modern world.

This book details the movement of people and cultures around the world - from the early migrations of Homo erectus out of Africa 50,000 years ago to modern refugee movements and migrations.

Through intimate firsthand accounts, Migrations explores famous (and infamous) movements... Read more

Superman on the Couch

By: Danny Fingeroth

Narrated by: Danny Fingeroth

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are so many of the superhero myths tied up with loss, often violent, of parents or parental figures? What is the significance of the dual identity? What makes some superhuman figures “good” and others “evil”? Why are so many of the prime superheroes white and male? How has the superhero evolved over the course of the twentieth and early... Read more

Cosplay: A History

By: Andrew Liptak

Narrated by: Eunice Wong

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A history of the colorful and complex kingdom of cosplay and fandom fashion by Andrew Liptak, journalist, historian, and member of the legendary fan-based Star Wars organization the 501st Legion.

In recent years, cosplay—the practice of dressing up in costume as a character—has exploded, becoming a mainstream cultural phenomenon. But what are the... Read more

Crossing Borders

By: Ali Noorani

Narrated by: Zac Aleman

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Moving stories of American immigrants and their journeysIn an era when immigration on a global scale defines the fears and aspirations of Americans, Crossing Borders presents the complexities of migration through the stories of families fleeing violence and poverty, the government and nongovernmental organizations helping or hindering their... Read more

Top Insiders Guide to Successful and Stable Careers

By: Ephraim Osaghae

Narrated by: Radostin Radev

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Migration is still top on the list of life-changing decisions anyone can make. Between complex immigration processes and successful settling in the new country is a chasm that swallows the unfortunate and the ignorant. So, while some migrants find green pastures, many are lost in the desert of “survival” jobs and trapped in the vicious cycle of... Read more

Irmeli

By: Hillevi Wahl

Narrated by: Machteld van der Gaag

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

De ouders van Hillevi Wahl waren allebei alcoholist. Om te overleven verbrak zij als vijftienjarige alle banden met haar familie, ging van school af en leefde enkele jaren tussen zwervers en daklozen. In deze geromantiseerde autobiografie vertelt ze eerlijk en direct over haar jeugd en de noodlottige gevolgen van een opvoeding te midden van... Read more

Violence

By: Philip Dwyer

Narrated by: Gary Paul Williams

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature. It is one of our most distinctive traits, the one thing that all cultures and societies, across time, share in common. It has defined not only the ways in which individuals relate to each other, but also how collective entities and states have interacted with each other over the... Read more

Total Dopamine Detox in 7 Easy Steps

By: Felix Giroux

Narrated by: Helpful Matthew

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you struggle with an addiction like your phone or porn?Do you wish you could wake up every day clear-headed ready to work on your goals?If you've answered yes, this book is for you!The chapters in this book go over everything you need to understand how dopamine functions in the brain and how to accomplish a complete dopamine detox to reset... Read more

Hoe doen we het?

By: Milou Deelen

Narrated by: Nathalie van Gent

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Seks hebben we bijna allemaal. Waarom praten we er dan nauwelijks over? Milou Deelen helpt in Hoe doen we het? veertien inspirerende vrouwen de drempel over, en dat levert bloedeerlijke en herkenbare verhalen op. Onder anderen Hedy d'Ancona, Tjitske Reidinga, Lale Gül, S10, Ellen Laan en Berget Lewis vertellen alles over hun seksuele... Read more

Land Healer

By: Jake Fiennes

Narrated by: Jake Fiennes

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Our relationship with our land is broken: we must heal it.

Jake Fiennes is on a mission to change the face of the English countryside. As Conservation Manager at Holkham in Norfolk, one of the country's largest historic country estates, his radical habitat restoration and agricultural work has nurtured its species and... Read more

What WE Lost

By: Tawfiq S. Rangwala

Narrated by: Martin Luther King III

Length: 18 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

WE Charity had changed the game. In its 25 years, the international development charity and youth empowerment movement impacted lives the world over. Innovation was at its core: while most charities focus on making the world a better place for our children, WE Charity focused on making better children for our world. Founded by the ubiquitous... Read more

At Day's Close

By: A. Roger Ekirch

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 14 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating and colourful social history of the nighttime.

'A wonderful revelation of a vanished age of darkness' SPECTATOR

'Fascinating' SUNDAY TIMES

'A splendid book ... great entertainment' Sir Patrick Moore

'A triumph of social history. Almost every page contains something to surprise the reader ... one of the most enjoyable literary... Read more

To Hunt a Killer

By: Julie Mackay & Robert Murphy

Narrated by: Lucy Scott

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

*Winner of Best New True Crime Author, CrimeCon UK True Crime Awards 2023* *Shortlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger award for non-fiction, Crime Writers’ Association Awards 2023* The gripping true story of how Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay brought Melanie Road’s... Read more

The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition

By: Carol Stock Kranowitz

Narrated by: Beth Hicks

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The first accessible guide to examine Sensory Processing Disorder, The Out-of-Sync Child touched the hearts and lives of thousands of families. Carol Stock Kranowitz continues her significant work with this companion volume, which presents more than one hundred playful activities specially designed for kids with SPD.Each activity in this... Read more

Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms

By: Alistair Moffat

Narrated by: Mhairi Morrison

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A "fascinating historical detective work" that pins down the real story of the legendary medieval king and the court of Camelot (Spectator).



The Holy Grail, the kingdom of Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, and the magical sword Excalibur are all key ingredients of the legends surrounding King Arthur. But who was he really, where did he... Read more

Tell Me More About That

By: Rob Volpe

Narrated by: Rob Volpe

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

"A good primer for anyone who wants to increase their empathy skills."
—QRCA

It’s time to shape up your empathy muscle.

Empathy is in short supply these days—and it’s hurting all of us. From the rise in workplace tension and school bullying to increased anxiety and depression, a lack of empathy for one another is wearing away at the gears of... Read more

Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships

By: Gary Chapman & Clarence Shuler

Narrated by: Gary Chapman & Clarence Shuler

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the authors.We can heal our communities--one friendship at a time.Everyone wants to do something to improve race relations, but many of us don't know where to start. In Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships, lifelong friends Gary Chapman and Clarence Shuler will show you how. Through important lessons they have learned, you will learn... Read more