Social Science audiobooks
Los secretos de la motivación
By: José Antonio Marina
Narrated by: Miquel García Borda
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
La motivación despierta un interés universal. Los padres quieren motivar a sus hijos, los docentes a sus alumnos, los jefes a los subordinados, las empresas a sus clientes, los políticos a los votantes… También queremos motivarnos a nosotros mismos; cuando nos sentimos aburridos, cansados, desesperanzados, y desearíamos poder lanzar un grito de... Read more
View audiobookLittle Brother
By: Ben Westhoff
Narrated by: Dan Bittner & Ben Westhoff
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
This intimate exploration of race and inequality in America tells the story of a journalist’s long-time relationship with his mentee, Jorell Cleveland, through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and investigates Jorell's tragic fatal shooting. In 2005, soon after Ben Westhoff moved to St. Louis, he joined the Big Brothers Big Sisters program... Read more
View audiobookTwo Wheels Good
By: Jody Rosen
Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Amanda Carlin & Fred Sanders
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twenty-first-century world
“Excellent . . . calls to mind Bill Bryson, John McPhee, Rebecca Solnit.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker
The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly... Read more
Mujer, emprende
By: Omayra Font
Narrated by: Omayra Font
Length: 3 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Mujer, emprende es el cuarto libro de la exitosa serie de bolsillo de Omayra Font. Representa la culminación de la mujer que decidió valorarse, dar crédito a sus sueños, atreverse a crear y, ahora, desarrollar el sueño de su vida: una empresa. Este libro lleva un mensaje alentador que la autora ha vivido: la gran capacidad del carácter... Read more
View audiobookMajority Minority
By: Justin Gest
Narrated by: Clark Cornell
Length: 15 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary politics of the United States and other countries where persistent immigration has altered populations and may soon produce a majority minority milestone, where the original ethnic or religious majority loses its numerical advantage to one or more... Read more
View audiobookGods in Everyman
By: Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD
Narrated by: Joana Garcia
Length: 14 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
The companion volume to Goddesses in Everywoman reveals the powerful inner patterns, or archetypes, that shape men's personalities, careers, and personal relationships—offering a insights into Greek mythology, Jungian archetypal psychology, and into themselves and the people in their lives.
A Jungian analyst, Dr. Bolen introduces our inner... Read more
Quickies
By: Shelley Green & Douglas Flemons
Narrated by: Vivianna Marlowe
Length: 17 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Effective, brief techniques for therapists to support their clients in having satisfying sex lives.
Quickies demonstrates that the best sex therapy is often the briefest, presenting readers with a refreshing array of time-efficient, client-focused approaches to sexual problems. The third edition includes new chapters on the impact of the internet... Read more
Puta feminista
By: Georgina Orellano
Narrated by: Georgina Orellano
Length: 5 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
«Nunca la prohibición es la solución y de eso las putas podemos dar cuenta».
Un día la mujer cuyos hijos cuidaba le contó la verdad: Soy puta. Poco después le preguntó si quería atender a uno de sus clientes. Georgina Orellano calculó: con sus ingresos como niñera jamás podría superar la pobreza. Así que aceptó. En un rato ganó más que el... Read more
HUMANIFICATION of AI
By: Christian Kromme
Narrated by: Derek Botten
Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
How Technology will Advance Humanity Towards a More Meaningful FutureImagine being able to spot the next big trend, or being able to predict the next big wave of change. Imagine having a code that gives you the power to invent, predict or harness the next big technology. Humanification is going to help you unlock the DNA of innovation itself, so... Read more
View audiobookAdiós al 68
By: Joel Ortega Juárez
Narrated by: Humberto Solórzano
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
¿Qué queda hoy de una generación a la que se le puede reclamar tanto como se le debe? Adiós al 68 rechaza la mirada contemplativa con la que se ha construido la memoria de los movimientos sociales de la segunda mitad del siglo XX y lo que va del XXI. Con la dolorosa valentía que requiere la autocrítica, confronta al fantasma de aquellos que... Read more
View audiobookCómo evitar la próxima pandemia
By: Bill Gates
Narrated by: Roberto Medina
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
La pandemia de la COVID-19 aún no ha terminado, pero mientras los gobiernos del mundo entero tratan de dejarla atrás, ya se plantean qué pasará a continuación. ¿Cómo podemos evitar que una próxima pandemia les arrebate la vida a millones de personas y hunda la economía global? ¿Podemos siquiera albergar la esperanza de alcanzar esta meta? Bill... Read more
View audiobookPensar México I
By: Maruan Soto Antaki
Narrated by: Bern Hoffman
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
En el primer volumen de Pensar México intenté aproximarme a nuestra realidad desde el lenguaje, analizando el extravío de los significados a causa de un fenómeno enraizado en la mexicanidad: la relativización de cada concepto. Hoy encuentro una sociedad que abandonó la intención de entenderse; abdicamos de preguntarnos sobre nuestro futuro y... Read more
View audiobookNXIVM. La secta que sedujo al poder en México
By: Juan Alberto Vázquez
Narrated by: Luis Tula
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Esta es la historia de cómo Keith Rainiere, el falso gurú de la autoayuda, sedujo a las élites mexicanas y debió gran parte de su éxito a que éstas se involucraron e impulsaron su proyecto. Entre mayo y junio de 2019, se juzgó en Nueva York al falso gurú de la autoayuda, Keith Raniere, por un cúmulo de delitos que incluyen lavado de dinero,... Read more
View audiobookLa filosofía de ser niños
By: Christopher Phillips
Narrated by: Rubén Hernández
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Cómo liberar la creatividad, la curiosidad y la razón a través de la sabiduría de los más jóvenes. La niñez es nuestra plataforma de despegue, el periodo de la vida en el que el aprendizaje es más intenso, y adquirimos el conocimiento crítico y las habilidades que nos permitirán adaptarnos. Filósofos de todas las épocas han señalado que, con el... Read more
View audiobookLa nueva guerra: Del Chapo al Fentanilo
By: Jorge Fernández Menéndez
Narrated by: Sergio Mejía
Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
El crimen organizado transformó al país, y el país transformó al crimen organizado. La guerra contra el narco, la alternancia en los gobiernos de México y Estados Unidos, la captura y extradición de capos, la atomización de cárteles, el surgimiento de nuevos líderes, las fluctuaciones del mercado nacional e internacional y la evolución en el... Read more
View audiobook19 edificios como 19 heridas
By: Alejandro Sánchez
Narrated by: Gwendolyne Flores & Daniel Cubillo
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
El 19 de septiembre de 2017 un terremoto azotó México. Murieron 369 personas. Pero no las mató el sismo. Los responsables fueron la corrupción, la impunidad, la dejadez, el olvido e incluso la falta de cultura cívica. A un año del desastre, esta obra investiga qué salió mal en 19 de los edificios más dañados por el temblor. ¿Por qué hubo... Read more
View audiobookLa estafa maestra: La historia del desfalco
By: Manuel Ureste Cava & Nayeli Roldán
Narrated by: Paco Valdovinos
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
LEER ESTA HISTORIA NOS INDIGNA, PERO NO HACERLO PERMITE QUE LA CLASE POLÍTICA NOS SIGA ROBANDO La mañana del 13 de agosto de 2019, la historia política moderna de México cambió. Por primera vez en nuestro país, una secretaria de Estado era encarcelada a raíz de una investigación periodística. Rosario Robles ingresó al penal de Santa Martha... Read more
View audiobookCreated Equal
By: Ben Carson
Narrated by: Ben Carson & Terrence Kidd
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Bestselling author and conservative icon Dr. Ben Carson lays out a hopeful and inspiring road map for how America can come together.
External physical characteristics that are genetically encoded are things over which no individual has control. But rather than appreciating the gift of diversity, some have chosen to use it to drive wedges between... Read more
Sex and the Single Woman
By: Eliza Smith & Haley Swanson
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A feminist anthology inspired by legendary Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown’s Sex and the Single Girl, featuring twenty-four new essays on the triumphs and heartbreaks of modern singlehood from acclaimed and bestselling authors, including Kristen Arnett, Morgan Parker, Evette Dionne, and Melissa Febos.Sixty years ago, Helen Gurley... Read more
View audiobookThe Atlas of Conflict Reduction
By: Hannah Jaicks
Narrated by: Hannah Jaicks
Length: 10 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
The book is a firsthand account of Dr. Hannah Jaicks’ journey through western Montana's ranching landscapes to showcase the stories of ranchers and affiliated groups who are pioneering strategies for reducing conflicts with wildlife, while also stewarding the landscape. Often seen as antithetical to one another, American ranchers and wildlife... Read more
View audiobookMy Life: Growing Up Asian in America
By: CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainm...
Narrated by: Jennifer Aquino, Ramón de Ocampo, Deepti Gupta,...
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A collection of thirty heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces “that highlights the humanity and multitudes of being Asian American” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), for fans of Minor Feelings.
There are 23 million people, representing more than twenty countries, each with unique languages, histories, and cultures, clumped under one banner:... Read more
Red Paint
By: Sasha LaPointe
Narrated by: Sasha LaPointe
Length: 4 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Sasha LaPointe has always longed for a sense of home. When she was a child, her family moved around frequently, often staying in barely habitable church attics and trailers, dangerous places for young Sasha.
With little more to guide her than a passion for the thriving punk scene of the Pacific Northwest and a desire to live up to the... Read more
Sexed Up
By: Julia Serano
Narrated by: Julia Serano
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
The author of landmark manifesto Whipping Girl exposes the violent ways we are all sexualized–then offers a bold path for resistance Feminists have long challenged the ways in which men tend to sexualize women. But pioneering activist, biologist, and trans woman Julia Serano argues that sexualization is a far more pervasive problem, as it’s... Read more
View audiobookCaptives
By: Jarrod Shanahan
Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
Length: 13 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Just about everybody knows the name Rikers Island. A fixture of pop culture and underground prison lore alike, the sprawling East River jail complex has become synonymous with both the horrors of mass incarceration and the structurally-racist class domination at its core. But how did Rikers Island get to be this way? America's Jail represents a... Read more
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