Social Science audiobooks

Black and British

By: David Olusoga

Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Length: 24 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' – Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times

In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles... 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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life as Jamie Knows It

By: Michael Berube

Narrated by: Brian Roberts

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of Jamie Bérubé’s journey to adulthood and a meditation on disability in American life

Published in 1996, Life as We Know It introduced Jamie Bérubé to the world as a sweet, bright, gregarious little boy who loves the Beatles, pizza, and making lists. When he is asked in his preschool class what he would like to be when he grows up, he... 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

Ghostland

By: Colin Dickey

Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016

“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book Review

From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers on a road trip through some of the country’s most infamously... Read more

The Duel

By: Judith St. George

Narrated by: John H. Mayer

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In curiously parallel lives, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both orphaned at an early age. Both were brilliant students who attended college--one at Princeton, the other at Columbia--and studied law. Both were young staff officers under General George Washington, and both became war heroes. Politics beckoned them, and each served in the... Read more

Get What's Yours for Medicare

By: Philip Moeller

Narrated by: James Foster

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What’s Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation’s other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money.Social Security provides the bulk of most retirees’ income and Medicare guarantees them... 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

Soul Serenade

By: Rashod Ollison

Narrated by: C. S. Treadway

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A coming-of-age memoir about a young boy in rural Arkansas who searches for himself and his distant father through soul music

Growing up in rural Arkansas, young Rashod Ollison turned to music to make sense of his life. The dysfunction, sadness, and steely resilience of his family and neighbors was reflected in the R&B songs that played on... Read more