Social Science audiobooks

The Untold Story of the Talking Book

By: Matthew Rubery

Narrated by: Jim Denison

Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Histories of the book often move straight from the codex to the digital screen. Left out of that familiar account is nearly 150 years of audio recordings. Recounting the fascinating history of audio-recorded literature, Matthew Rubery traces the path of innovation from Edison’s recitation of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” for his tinfoil phonograph in... Read more

Playing for Their Lives

By: Tricia Tunstall & Eric Booth

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An eye-opening view of the unprecedented global spread of El Sistema—intensive music education that disrupts the cycles of poverty.



In some of the bleakest corners of the world, an unprecedented movement is taking root. From the favelas of Brazil to the Maori villages in New Zealand, from occupied Palestine to South Central Los Angeles, musicians... Read more

The Revenge of Analog

By: David Sax

Narrated by: David Sax

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Michiko Kakutani's (New York Times) top ten books of 2016

A funny thing happened on the way to the digital utopia. We've begun to fall back in love with the very analog goods and ideas the tech gurus insisted that we no longer needed. Businesses that once looked outdated, from film photography to brick-and-mortar retail, are now springing... Read more

Anfangen! - Reden von Carolin Emcke (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung)

By: Dr. Carolin Emcke

Narrated by: Dr. Carolin Emcke

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"Carolin Emcke setzt sich schwierigen Lebensbedingungen aus und beschreibt - vor allem in ihren Essays und ihren Berichten aus Kriegsgebieten - auf sehr persönliche und ungeschützte Weise, wie Gewalt, Hass und Sprachlosigkeit Menschen verändern können. Mit analytischer Empathie appelliert sie an das Vermögen aller Beteiligten, zu Verständigung... Read more

Overcoming Bias

By: Tiffany Jana & Matthew Freeman

Narrated by: Tiffany Jana

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Control, Conquer, and Prevail!

Everybody's biased. The truth is, we all harbor unconscious assumptions that can get in the way of our good intentions and keep us from building authentic relationships with people different from ourselves. Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman use vivid stories and fun (yes, fun!) exercises and activities to help us... Read more

Richter Gottes - Die geheimen Prozesse der Kirche (ungekürzt)

By: Eva Müller

Narrated by: Eva Müller

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Wenn Priester zur Vernehmung bitten "Er sieht nicht glücklich aus, dachte sie und verliebte sich. Dabei war das kein Ort zum Verlieben. Der Wirt hatte die Musik gerade wieder aufgedreht. Karnevalsmusik. Die Schminke war bei den meisten nicht mehr frisch. Sie schaute zur Tanzfläche." Ellen Rogosky weiß schnell, dass Peter Otten der Richtige ist.... Read more

People of the World

By: Catherine Herbert Howell & K. David Harrison

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 18 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the heart of National Geographic comes this expansive guide to the clans, tribes, ethnicities, and peoples of the world.Organized in keeping with our knowledge of the migration of human groups through history, with statistics and a cultural portrait of each ethnic group, People of the World becomes a fascinating round-the-world tour of... Read more

How to Win at Feminism

By: Reductress, Beth Newell, Sarah Pappalardo & Ann...

Narrated by: Anna Drezen & Nicole Silverberg

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Feminism is all about demanding equality and learning to love yourself. But not too much — men hate that! From the writers of Reductress, the subversive, satirical women’s magazine read by over 2.5 million visitors a month, comes HOW TO WIN AT FEMINISM: The Definitive Guide to Having It All—And Then Some!This ultimate guide to winning... Read more

The Third Reconstruction

By: The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II & Jonatha...

Narrated by: Chase Bradley

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A modern-day civil rights champion tells the stirring story of how he helped start a movement to bridge America’s racial divide.

Over the summer of 2013, the Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II led more than a hundred thousand people at rallies across North Carolina to protest restrictions to voting access and an extreme makeover of state... Read more

The Truth about Cancer

By: Ty M. Bollinger

Narrated by: Ty M. Bollinger

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Cancer touches more lives than you may think. According to the World Health Organization, one out of three women alive today, and one out of two men, will face a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.To Ty Bollinger, this isn't just a statistic. It's personal. After losing seven members of his family to cancer over the course of a decade, Ty set... Read more

The Attention Merchants

By: Tim Wu

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From Tim Wu, author of the award-winning The Master Switch ( a New Yorker and Fortune Book of the Year) and who coined the term "net neutrality”—a revelatory, ambitious and urgent account of how the capture and re-sale of human attention became the defining industry of our time.
 
Feeling attention challenged? Even assaulted? American business... Read more

The Content Trap

By: Bharat Anand

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“My favorite book of the year.”—Doug McMillon, CEO, Wal-Mart Stores

Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand presents an incisive new approach to digital transformation that favors fostering connectivity over focusing exclusively on content.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG

Companies everywhere face two major... Read more

The Lion in the Living Room

By: Abigail Tucker

Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller about how cats conquered the world and our hearts in this “deep and illuminating perspective on our favorite household companion” (Huffington Post).

House cats rule bedrooms and back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, even cyberspace. And unlike dogs, cats offer humans no practical benefit. The truth is they are sadly... Read more

Random Family

By: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Narrated by: Roxana Ortega

Length: 20 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This New York Times bestseller intimately depicts urban life in a gripping book that slips behind cold statistics and sensationalism to reveal the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour.

One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

In her extraordinary bestseller, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the... Read more

Muslim Girl

By: Amani Al-Khatahtbeh

Narrated by: Amani Al-Khatahtbeh

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times Editors’ Choice, the brilliant founder of MuslimGirl.com shares her harrowing and candid account of what it’s like to be a young Muslim woman in the wake of 9/11, during the never-ending war on terror, and through the Trump era of casual racism.

At nine years old, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh watched from her home in New Jersey as... Read more

The Life of Rylan

By: Rylan Clark-Neal

Narrated by: Rylan Clark-Neal

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Well hark at you, stumbling upon my autobiography. Bet you wouldn't have put money on that three years ago, eh?! Please don't stress yourself out too much though, it's actually socially acceptable nowadays that you're interested.
Firstly I'd like to emphasise that I have WRITTEN THIS BOOK MYSELF, so be assured you're getting the TOOTH, the WHOLE... Read more

Street Farm

By: Michael Ableman

Narrated by: Michael L. Caanan

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia—one of the worst urban slums in North America—who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood. It is a story of recovery, of land and food, of people, and of the power of... Read more

Who Killed These Girls?

By: Beverly Lowry

Narrated by: Amanda Carlin

Length: 15 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Crossed Over, another masterful account of a horrible crime: the murder of four girls, countless other ruined lives, and the evolving complications of the justice system that frustrated the massive attempts--for twenty-five years now--to find and punish those who committed it.

The facts are brutally straightforward. On December... Read more

Why They Do It

By: Eugene Soltes

Narrated by: Johnny Heller & Eugene Soltes

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Rarely does a week go by without a well-known executive being indicted for engaging in a white-collar crime. Perplexed as to what drives successful, wealthy people to risk it all, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes spent seven years in the company of the men behind the largest corporate crimes in history—from the financial... Read more

Dark Dreams

By: Roy Hazelwood & Stephen G Michaud

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The Evil That Men Do introduced readers to the lifework and the techniques of FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood. Now, in Dark Dreams, Hazelwood—writing with bestselling author Stephen G. Michaud—brings us deep into the minds of his prey, the world's most dangerous sexual criminals, and reveals the extent to which these individuals permeate our... Read more

Manology

By: Tyrese Gibson & Rev Run

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller, Tyrese Gibson, multiplatinum R&B singer and movie star, and Rev Run of Run-DMC and star of Run’s House, present a bold, honest, and uncensored look into the male mind.Tyrese and Rev are the unlikeliest of best friends—Rev is married with six kids, and Tyrese is a single dad still hesitant to settle down.... Read more

You Can't Touch My Hair

By: Phoebe Robinson

Narrated by: Phoebe Robinson, Jessica Williams & John Hodgman

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • "A must-read…Phoebe Robinson discusses race and feminism in such a funny, real, and specific way, it penetrates your brain and stays with you." –Ilana Glazer, co-creator and co-star of Broad City

A hilarious and timely essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from upcoming comedy superstar and 2 Dope... Read more

Writings on the Wall

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld

Narrated by: Ben Adduchio

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans today.
Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, six-time MVP, and Hall of Fame inductee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has become a lauded observer of culture and society, a New York... Read more

Another Day in the Death of America

By: Gary Younge

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

On an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States. It could have been any day, but Younge has chosen November 23, 2013. From... Read more