Social Science audiobooks

Die Olympischen Spiele - Der Mythos

By: Tina Angelou

Narrated by: Alexia Leondiadis

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Entdecken Sie die Geheimnisse der Olympischen Spiele durch ihre Ursprungsmythen. Titanen und Giganten gegen Götter! Wer verhindert die Ehe der schönen Prinzessin? Welche Prophezeiung wird das Orakel geben, um den Bürgerkrieg zu beenden? Hören mit Erzählung, Musik und Soundeffekten. Gehen Sie auf den Spuren der antiken griechischen Mythen und... Read more

Weapons of Math Destruction

By: Cathy O'Neil

Narrated by: Cathy O'Neil

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric—with a new afterword
 
“A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.”—Financial Times
 
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The... Read more

The Red Bandanna

By: Tom Rinaldi

Narrated by: Tom Rinaldi

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller

What would you do in the last hour of your life?
 
The story of Welles Crowther, whose actions on 9/11 offer a lasting lesson on character, calling and courage
  
One Sunday morning before church, when Welles Crowther was a young boy, his father gave him a red handkerchief for his back pocket. Welles kept it with him... Read more

Australia's Most Murderous Prison

By: James Phelps

Narrated by: Stan Pretty

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An unprecedented spate of murders in the 1990s earned Goulburn Jail the ominous name ‘The Killing Fields'. Inmates sentenced or transferred to the 130-year-old towering menace declared they had been given a death sentence. Serial killer Ivan Milat, the ‘Terror Five' militants who plotted attacks across Sydney in 2005, Brothers 4 Life founder... Read more

The Wife Drought

By: Annabel Crabb

Narrated by: Annabel Crabb

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

‘I need a wife.' It's a common joke among women juggling work and family, but it's no joke. Having a spouse who takes care of things at home is a Godsend on the domestic front and an asset on the work front, and is an advantage enjoyed by vastly more men than women. Full of candid and funny stories from politics and the media, The Wife Drought... Read more

Una vida con ángeles

By: Tania Karam

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Descubre cómo los ángeles se comunican contigo Descubre cómo los ángeles se comunican contigo La "mejor conferencista espiritual de México", según la revista Quién, te enseña cómo llevar una relación cercana con tus ángeles y cumplir con tu misión de vida. Tania Karam te comparte un aprendizaje increíble para conocer la esencia de los Ángeles; a... Read more

Neuroplasticity

By: Moheb Costandi

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement -- and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs... Read more

The Kingdom of Speech

By: Tom Wolfe

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.

Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech -- not evolution... Read more

NYC program helps refugee kids prepare for school

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Students at the Refugee Youth Summer Academy in New York City are taking their first steps to adjusting to life in a U.S. classroom. This year's class of 118 students comes from families who have been granted asylum in the U.S. The NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano has the story. Read more

Syrian Refugees Find Mental and Physical Rehabilitation

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Now five years old, the war in Syria has taken an immense emotional and physical toll on those close to the fighting. Nisreen Katbi fled from Syria to Jordan four years ago and now runs a center that helps fellow refugees experiencing physical and psychological trauma. The center provides full-time care, free of charge. Three University of... Read more

In Iceland, refugees bring diversity, economic growth

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

As refugees from war flee across continental Europe, a few have found safety in an unlikely place: Iceland. New legislation there relaxes immigration controls, worrying some residents -- but more citizens favor diversifying their mostly white and Christian nation. In fact, the country’s economy may rely on population growth. Malcolm Brabant... Read more

Healthy food to those in need

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Sam Polk was making millions on Wall Street when he had a life-changing revelation: he wanted to help those in need. His focus became so-called "food deserts," regions with limited access to healthy food. Polk founded Everytable to serve nutritious meals at minimal prices for low-income populations, but higher prices for customers who can afford... Read more

Votes of Confidence

By: Jeff Fleischer

Narrated by: Nick Mondelli

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

With 2016 promising to be an interesting and hotly contested election year, Votes of Confidence offers young readers an essential guide to the past, present, and future of American elections. Read more

Troubled Refuge

By: Chandra Manning

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating and original portrait of the escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and black citizenship.By the end of the Civil War, nearly half a million slaves had taken refuge behind Union lines in what became known as “contraband camps.” These were crowded, dangerous places, yet some 12–15 percent of the... Read more

What Does Queer Mean Anyway?

By: Chris Bartlett

Narrated by: Randal Schaffer

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In this clear and concise text Chris Bartlett provides direct explanations for how to use and interpret vocabulary like "queer", "transgender", and "intersex". Writing to those who are unsure of how to talk about alternative sexualities and gender, the author uses case studies and historical examples to unpack this often misused and... Read more

Adnan's Story

By: Rabia Chaudry

Narrated by: Rabia Chaudry

Length: 14 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

After more than twenty years in prison, Adnan Syed’s murder conviction was overturned, and he was finally set free. Rabia Chaudry’s New York Times bestseller and award-winner Adnan’s Story reveals how the case was mishandled and became the subject of Sarah Koenig’s Peabody Award-winning podcast Serial.

In early 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and... Read more

A Brief History of Vice

By: Robert Evans

Narrated by: Tristan Morris

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time, A Brief History of Vice explores a side of the past that mainstream history books prefer to hide. History has never been more fun—or more intoxicating.

Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern... Read more

Mind = Blown

By: Matthew Santoro

Narrated by: Matthew Santoro

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

YouTube sensation Matthew Santoro amazes with eye-opening facts that are sure to blow your mind.

Matthew Santoro's originality and humor has attracted millions of fans, making him a beloved YouTube star. His weekly videos on amazing and little-known facts are eagerly anticipated by his many subscribers and followers around the world. In his... Read more

We Are Not Such Things

By: Justine van der Leun

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 19 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Justine van der Leun reopens the murder of a young American woman in South Africa, an iconic case that calls into question our understanding of truth and reconciliation, loyalty, justice, race, and class.The story of Amy Biehl is well known in South Africa. The twenty-six-year-old white American Fulbright scholar was brutally murdered on August... Read more

Playing Dead

By: Elizabeth Greenwood

Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A darkly comic foray into the world of men and women who fake their own deaths, the consultants who help them disappear, and the private investigators who’ll stop at nothing to bring them back to life.

“A delightful read for anyone tantalized by the prospect of disappearing without a trace.” —Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of... Read more

The Art and Science of Aging Well

By: Mark E. Williams, MD

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In the past century, average life expectancies have nearly doubled, and today, for the first time in human history, many people have a realistic chance of living to eighty or beyond. As life expectancy increases, Americans need accurate, scientifically grounded information so that they can take full responsibility for their own latter years. In... Read more

Syrian refugees to US bring complex health needs

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Refugees arriving in upstate New York in recent years have increasingly come from active conflict zones, including Syria and Iraq - many fleeing with injuries of war and deep emotional scars. As the refugee populations in places like Buffalo change, the health care systems and cultures of U.S. cities welcoming these populations have been... Read more

The “Narrative Intelligence” of the Greek Myths

By: Carol Pearson, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Most of us are trapped in the stories we tell ourselves; they guide what we pay attention to. When we expand that story, our possibilities increase. Archetypes, such as found in the Greek myths, can help us identify and change a debilitating tale into a powerful one that shifts our perspective and changes what we are noticing. This can enhance... Read more

The Fire This Time

By: Jesmyn Ward

Narrated by: Michael Early, Kevin R. Free, Korey Jackson, Ch...

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The... Read more