Social Science audiobooks

Lincoln's Gamble

By: Todd Brewster

Narrated by: Todd Brewster

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant, authoritative, and riveting account of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War.On July 12, 1862, Abraham Lincoln spoke for the first time of his intention to free the slaves. On January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed the Emancipation... Read more

Tomlinson Hill

By: Chris Tomlinson

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Journalist Chris Tomlinson grew up hearing stories about his family's abandoned cotton plantation in Falls County, Texas. Most of the tales lionized his white ancestors for pioneering along the Brazos River. His grandfather often said the family's slaves loved them so much that they also took Tomlinson as their last name.

LaDainian Tomlinson,... Read more

The World's Greatest Arguments In Favor of Legalized Abortion

By: Trevor Clinger

Narrated by: Allen Prohaska

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Delving into the contentious debate surrounding abortion, this book carefully dissects three of the most polarizing arguments from both pro-choice and pro-life perspectives. With a neutral stance, the author navigates through the complexities of each position, offering thorough analysis and insight. Acknowledging the significance of both sides,... Read more

In Real Life

By: Nev Schulman

Narrated by: Nev Schulman

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the host of MTV's #1 show Catfish comes the definitive guide about how to connect with people authentically in today's increasingly digital world.


In Real Life:Love, Lies & Identity in the Digital Age

As the host of the wildly popular TV series Catfish which investigates online relationships to determine whether they are based on truth or... Read more

Glimpsing Heaven

By: Judy Bachrach

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

If you caught a glimpse of heaven, would you choose to come back to life?Investigative journalist Judy Bachrach has collected accounts of those who died and then returned to life with lucid, vivid memories of what occurred while they were dead, and the conclusions are astonishing. Clinical death—the moment when the heart stops beating and brain... Read more

The Vanishing Neighbor

By: Marc J. Dunkelman

Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping new look at the unheralded transformation that is eroding the foundations of American exceptionalism.

Americans today find themselves mired in an era of uncertainty and frustration. The nation's safety net is pulling apart under its own weight; political compromise is viewed as a form of defeat; and our faith in the enduring concept of... Read more

Artemis

By: Jean Shinoda Bolen

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In Jean Shinoda Bolen’s bestselling, game-changing Goddesses in Everywoman, myths came to life in a whole new way that resonated with our own lives. Even fictional character Bridget Jones was reading that book.Now comes Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman, a groundbreaking new audiobook that explores the archetype of the activist.... Read more

The Price of Silence

By: Liza Long

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Liza Long is the mother of a child with an undiagnosed mental disorder. When she heard about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, her first thought was, "What if my son does that someday?" She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy, which the Boise State University online journal posted as "I Am Adam Lanza's... Read more

Meatonomics

By: David Robinson Simon

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

Few consumers are aware of the economic forces behind the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Yet omnivore and herbivore alike, the forces of meatonomics affect us in many ways. Most importantly, we've lost the ability to decide for ourselves what—and how much—to eat. Those decisions are made for us by animal food producers who control... Read more

Entertainment and activism of "Orange Is the New Black"

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Piper Kerman, whose memoir, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, inspired a hit series on Netflix, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the prevalence of mental illness, sexual abuse and inequality in the American justice system, as well as how the Emmy-nominated show compares to real life. Read more

Sharp black-white divide on perceptions of Ferguson

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Unrest continues to grip Ferguson, Missouri as the National Guard struggles to help restore order. Meanwhile, a new poll conducted by the Pew Research Center has found a stark racial divide in reactions to the Michael Brown shooting and the ongoing protests and violence in Ferguson. Judy Woodruff explores the situation with Carroll Doherty, the... Read more

Genius: The Divine Mission Of The Soul

By: Michael Meade

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

True genius isn’t necessarily a high IQ score or prodigy, although it often manifests as such. It’s the spirit within each of us. Meade explains that “the genius is a unique spirit in a person; it’s the part of them that makes them unique and it’s tied to their destiny, or the destination of their soul...” He asserts that we have an obligation... Read more

What will it take to restore calm to the Ferguson community?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The St. Louis-area community is struggling to keep order and heal divisions after more than a week of unrest over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. Judy Woodruff gets an update from Yamiche Alcindor of USA Today about the deployment of the National Guard, plus reaction from former Ferguson Mayor Brian Fletcher... Read more

Warum dick nicht doof macht und Genmais nicht tötet

By: Walter Krämer, Gerd Gigerenzer & Thomas Bauer

Narrated by: Umut Dirik

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Trockenobst ist giftig. Fast Food macht depressiv, Choleragefahr nimmt rasant zu, Polen sind fleißiger als Deutsche: Mit solch dramatischen Meldungen auf höchst fragwürdiger Datenbasis lassen wir uns täglich nur allzu gern aufstören. Der Psychologe Gigerenzer, Gerd, der Ökonom Thomas Bauer und der Statistiker Walter Krämer diagnostizieren uns... Read more

In a Rocket Made of Ice

By: Gail Gutradt

Narrated by: Lorna Raver

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman’s volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia—a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles.

Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children’s Community. Begun... Read more

Darkwater

By: W. E. B. Du Bois

Narrated by: Bernard K. Addison, Dion Graham, Lisa Reneé Pit...

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

The distinguished American civil rights leader, W. E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually in 1920 in the Atlantic, the Journal of Race Development, and other periodicals. Reflecting the author's ideas as a politician, historian, and artist, this volume has long moved and inspired readers with its... Read more

Alexanderplatz, Berlin

By: Georg Diez

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Alexanderplatz has long survived as the symbol of a city burdened by its ruinous past. In 2012, twenty-year-old Jonny K. was beaten to death on this infamous Berlin square—and Germany’s first multicultural murder brought another shock to a country that’s seen its share. Before the trial, the question of guilt already had an ideological slant:... Read more

postChristian

By: Christian Piatt

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

It's the end of Christianity as we know it. But it's not a catastrophe-it's an opportunity. Thousands are walking away from the church. Christians are grappling with their faith. And both believers and nonbelievers wondering-what's coming next? Fearless and provocative, spiritual trailblazer Christian Piatt offers a roadmap to the future of... Read more

Killing of a Missouri teenager by police triggers unrest

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, has sparked outrage and protests. Brown, a young African-American man, was unarmed. Jeffrey Brown gets reaction from Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Greg Meyer, former captain of the Los Angeles Police Department. Read more

Please Stop Helping Us

By: Jason L. Riley

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price... Read more

Bad Feminist

By: Roxane Gay

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

“Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there.”  — Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?A New York Times BestsellerBest Book of the Year: NPR • Boston Globe •... Read more

The Republic

By: Plato

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato’s Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second edition includes a new introduction by Professor Bloom, whose careful translation and interpretation of The Republic was first published in 1968. In... Read more

Tales of a Tiller Girl

By: Irene Holland

Narrated by: Kate Lee

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls. Based in London in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Irene’s story will transport readers back to a more innocent, simple way of life. This is the story of a little girl who loved to dance. Growing up in London in the 1930s, dancing was... Read more

Shadows in the Vineyard

By: Maximillian Potter

Narrated by: Donald Corren

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine.

In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romance-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an... Read more