Social Science audiobooks

Race Rules - Abridged

By: Michael Eric Dyson

Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As a former welfare father who is also an ordained Baptist minister and a Princeton Ph.D., Michael Eric Dyson is one of those rare intellectuals who act not only as interpreters between black and white America but as bridges between the academy and the street. In this brave, bracing, and vastly readable book, he identifies the hidden rules that... Read more

Toms River

By: Dan Fagin

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 18 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • Winner of The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award • “A new classic of science reporting.”—The New York Times

The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable... Read more

The Men on My Couch

By: Dr. Brandy Engler & David Rensin

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

When Dr. Brandy Engler opened her sex therapy practice for women in Manhattan, she got a big surprise. Most of the calls were from men. They wanted to talk about womanizing, porn addiction, impotence, prostitutes—and most of all, love.



Her patients were everyday guys from all walks of life. Among them were David, the Wall Street hotshot and... Read more

Twelve Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

Narrated by: Louis Gossett

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this riveting landmark autobiography that reads like a novel, Academy Award and Emmy winner Louis Gossett, Jr., masterfully transports us to 1840s New York, Louisiana, and Washington, DC, to experience the kidnapping and twelve-year bondage of Solomon Northup, a free man of color.Twelve Years a Slave, published in 1853, was an immediate... Read more

Snake Oil

By: Reverend Becca Stevens

Narrated by: Reverend Becca Stevens

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"In the world of snake oils, you have to see the world a little differently. Where others see poverty, you see riches; where others see weeds, you see flowers; where others see sickness, you see openness."

Becca Stevens calls herself a "snake oil seller": She takes natural oils, mixes them with a good story, sells them in an open market and... Read more

Infinite Progress

By: Byron Reese

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

For years we’ve been inundated with bleak forecasts about the future. But in this electrifying new book, author Byron Reese debunks the pessimistic outlook as dangerous, and shows instead how technology will soon create a dramatically better world for every person on earth, beyond anything we have dared to imagine.

With the art of a storyteller,... Read more

5 Dinge, die Sterbende am meisten bereuen

By: Bronnie Ware

Narrated by: Maja Byhahn

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Was zählt am Ende wirklich? auf dem Sterbebett, wenn klar wird, dass das Leben sich dem Ende zuneigt? Nach vielen Reisen durch die ganze Welt, auf der Suche nach dem, was dem Leben Sinn gibt, findet die Australierin Bronnie Ware eine neue Aufgabe. Sie begleitet Sterbende in den letzten Wochen ihres Lebens. In ihrem Hörbuch erzählt sie von... Read more

Gun Guys

By: Dan Baum

Narrated by: Richard Kind

Length: 14 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is armed America—a land of machine-gun gatherings in the desert, lederhosened German shooting societies, feral-hog hunts in Texas, and Hollywood gun armories. Whether they’re collecting antique weapons, practicing concealed carry, or firing an AR-15 or a Glock at their local range, many Americans love guns—which horrifies and fascinates... Read more

Contagious

By: Jonah Berger

Narrated by: Keith Nobbs

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller that explains why certain products and ideas become popular.

“Jonah Berger knows more about what makes information ‘go viral’ than anyone in the world.” —Daniel Gilbert, author of the bestseller Stumbling on Happiness

What makes things popular? If you said advertising, think again. People don’t listen to... Read more

More or Less

By: Jeff Shinabarger

Narrated by: Kelly Ryan Dolan

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

What is enough? From cleaning out closets to avoiding the grocery store for weeks at a time, Jeff Shinabarger is on a journey to find out what is “enough” in every aspect of life. Follow his community as they ponder one question: what would happen if we created a culture in which we gave away whatever was more than enough for us? How would our... Read more

In Turkey, More Domestic Abuse

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

As the Turkish economy grows, the country’s gender gap continues to widen. Turkey’s domestic violence rate has skyrocketed, leaving female victims feeling hopeless and alone. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has more on this disturbing trend as part of the NewsHour’s Agents for Change series. Read more

Salt Sugar Fat

By: Michael Moss

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Atlantic • The Huffington Post • Men’s Journal • MSN (U.K.) • Kirkus Reviews • Publishers Weekly

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD FOR WRITING AND LITERATURE

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of... Read more

Mindfulness Practice: Slowing Down - Tapping Into Our Inner Resources

By: Congressman Tim Ryan

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As a Congressman, Ryan has a dream for America which includes healthcare for all, a sustainable eco-system, one that fosters creativity at the highest levels, and time to connect with family and friends. He sees us slowing down and becoming more kind and more aware. To help us do this, he advocates training ourselves in mindfulness awareness. Read more

Top Dog

By: Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman

Narrated by: Po Bronson

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller

Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's work changes the national dialogue. Beyond their bestselling books, you know them from commentary and features in the New York Times, CNN, NPR, Time, Newsweek, Wired, New York, and more. E-mail, Facebook, and Twitter accounts are filled with demands to read their reporting (such as... Read more

Living and Dying in Brick City

By: Sampson Davis

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a riveting personal exploration of the health-care crisis facing inner-city communities, written by an emergency room physician who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now serving.Sampson Davis is best known as one of three friends from inner-city Newark who made a pact in high school to become doctors. Their book The Pact and the... Read more

Our Occulted History

By: Jim Marrs

Narrated by: Dave Courvoisier

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author Jim Marrs steps once again to the cutting-edge of research into conspiracies and hidden truths. In Our Occulted History, Marrs  goes beyond the revelations of his classic Alien Agenda and illustrates how human civilization may have originated with non-humans who visited earth eons ago...and may still be here todayOur Occulted... Read more

Asking Better Questions

By: Robert Fuller, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Whether Fuller is talking about the end of the cold war or the digitarian movement, he's constantly reminding us to ask better questions. It's the questions we are formulating that gives us a clue into solving our personal and our global problems. Read more

Radical

By: Michelle Rhee

Narrated by: Shannon McManus

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The United States is known as a world leader in innovation, boasting brilliant thinkers and trendsetting companies, but that status is at grave risk. American children are well outside the top-ten international student rankings in reading, science, and math; those rankings—not to mention the nation's position of leadership on everything from the... Read more

Lesebuch der Sozialen Demokratie, Band 7: Geschichte der Sozialen Demokratie

By: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Lesebücher der Sozialen Demokratie bieten die Möglichkeit, sich den Themenfeldern selbständig anzunähern. Sie sind klar in der Sprache, fundiert in der Analyse und bieten Zugänge aus Theorie und Praxis. In knapper und verständlicher Form finden Sie hier eine solide Einführung zu den großen Linien und Kontroversen der einzelnen Seminarthemen.... Read more

Jump Ship to Freedom

By: James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Young Daniel Arabus and his mother are slaves in the house of Captain Ivers of Stratford, Connecticut. By law they should be free, since Daniel’s father fought in the Revolutionary army and earned enough in soldiers’ notes to buy his family’s freedom.But now Daniel’s father is dead, and Mrs. Ivers has taken the notes from his mother. When Daniel... Read more

Fresh Off the Boat

By: Eddie Huang

Narrated by: Eddie Huang

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON ABC • “Just may be the best new comedy of [the year] . . . based on restaurateur Eddie Huang’s memoir of the same name . . . [a] classic fresh-out-of-water comedy.”—People
 
“Bawdy and frequently hilarious . . . a surprisingly sophisticated memoir about race and assimilation in America . . . as much James Baldwin and... Read more

Abortion

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Forty years ago, in the landmark case Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decided that abortion should be legal in the United States. Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life and Nancy Keenan of NARAL Pro-Choice America join Gwen Ifill to debate the state of abortion rights and activism today. Read more

Saturday Night Widows

By: Becky Aikman

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Six marriages, six heartbreaks, one shared beginning.

   In her forties – a widow, too young, too modern to accept the role – Becky Aikman struggled to make sense of her place in an altered world.  In this transcendent and infectiously wise memoir, she explores surprising new discoveries about how people experience grief and transcend loss and,... Read more

12 Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

Narrated by: Richard Allen

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

12 Years a Slave is the harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years... Read more