Social Science audiobooks

Superman

By: Larry Tye

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and performers who made him the icon he is today, from the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy

“A story as American as Superman himself.”—The Washington Post
 
Legions of fans from Boston to Buenos Aires can recite the... Read more

The Velvet Rage

By: Alan Downs, PhD

Narrated by: Alan Downs

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The most important issue in a gay man’s life is not “coming out,” but coming to terms with the invalidating past. Despite the progress made in recent years, many gay men still wonder, “Are we better off?” The byproduct of growing up gay in a straight world continues to be the internalization of shame, rejection, and anger—a toxic cocktail that... Read more

The Mansion of Happiness

By: Jill Lepore

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Renowned Harvard scholar and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has composed a strikingly original, ingeniously conceived, and beautifully crafted history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave.How does life begin? What does it mean? What happens when we die? “All anyone can do is ask,” Lepore writes.... Read more

I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me

By: Joan Rivers

Narrated by: Joan Rivers

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1850“How do I hate thee? How much time do you have?”—Joan Rivers, today, about two-ish
Joan Rivers is a groundbreaking, award-winning, internationally renowned entertainment goddess. She’s also opinionated—especially when it comes to people she hates. Like people who think... Read more

Jeff, One Lonely Guy

By: Jeff Ragsdale, David Shields & Michael Logan

Narrated by: Jeff Ragsdale

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In October 2011, Jeff Ragsdale, a down-and-out actor and stand-up comedian, posted a flyer around Lower Manhattan, asking people to call him if they wanted to talk. He thought he’d get a dozen calls; instead, he got hundreds, then thousands once pictures of the flyer went viral on the net. They came from all over the country and from as far away... Read more

Full Body Burden

By: Kristen Iversen

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter & Kristen Iversen

Length: 13 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“An intimate and deeply human memoir that shows why we should all be concerned about nuclear safety, and the dangers of ignoring science in the name of national security.”—Rebecca Skloot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
 
A shocking account of the government’s attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic... Read more

Tubes

By: Andrew Blum

Narrated by: Andrew Blum

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

“Andrew Blum plunges into the unseen but real ether of the Internet in a journey both compelling and profound….You will never open an email in quite the same way again.”
—Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times bestselling author of TrafficIn Tubes, Andrew Blum, a correspondent at Wired magazine, takes us on an engaging, utterly fascinating tour behind... Read more

Why You're Not Married . . . Yet

By: Tracy McMillan

Narrated by: Tracy McMillan

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

If you’re looking to get married and you’re not, there’s most likely a very good reason: you. Not that you’re a bad person—you’re certainly not! It’s just that you haven’t yet become the woman you need to be in order to have the partnership you want. So how you can grow into someone who is ready to say “I do” and to attract the same in a mate?
 
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Beautiful Souls

By: Eyal Press

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

On the Swiss border with Austria in 1938, a police captain refuses to enforce a law barring Jewish refugees from entering his country. In the Balkans half a century later, a Serb from the war-blasted city of Vukovar defies his superiors in order to save the lives of Croats. At the height of the Second Intifada, a member of Israel's most elite... Read more

The Sacred Sword

By: Scott Mariani

Narrated by: Jack Hawkins

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR ‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermott AN ANCIENT SWORD. A LONG BURIED SECRET.ONE MAN WILL UNCOVER THE MYSTERY. It’s Christmas, and on a trip back to the UK to try to sort... Read more

The Speckled Monster

By: Jennifer Lee Carrell

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 19 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SPECKLED MONSTER is both a hair-raising tale of courage in the face of the deadliest disease that has ever struck mankind, and a gripping account of the birth of modern immunology. Jennifer Lee Carrell's dramatic story follows two parents who, after barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, flouted eighteenth-century European... Read more

Intelligent Evolution

By: Nicki Scully

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Healer Nicki Scully tells us that it’s time for us to consciously evolve. We must continue to heal ourselves as we join with others to heal the planet. Read more

The Ragged Edge of the World

By: Eugene Linden

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning journalist Eugene Linden has written numerous critically acclaimed works on the environment. In The Ragged Edge of the World, Linden recounts his experiences in locales ranging from Vietnam to Antarctica, offering an intimate look at creatures and cultures struggling to adapt to globalization. Read more

Running with the Kenyans

By: Adharanand Finn

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhino, and buffalo roam the plains on either side. But I haven’t come to Kenya to spot wildlife. I’ve come to run.”
 
Whether running is your recreation, your religion, or just a spectator sport, Adharanand Finn’s incredible journey to the elite... Read more

DNA USA

By: Bryan Sykes

Narrated by: John Curless

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Having worked on numerous high-profile genetic investigations, including one focused on the famed Iceman of the Italian Alps, Bryan Sykes has become a premier authority on human genetics. In DNA USA, Sykes examines the unique fabric of the U.S. population-one of the world's most genetically variegated countries. His fascinating discoveries offer... Read more

The American Way of Eating

By: Tracie McMillan

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

What if you can't afford nine-dollar tomatoes? That was the question award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan couldn't escape as she watched the debate about America's meals unfold, one that urges us to pay food's true cost—which is to say, pay more. So in 2009 McMillan embarked on a groundbreaking undercover journey to see what it takes to eat... Read more

The World Dharma Of Freedom And Non-Violence

By: Alan Clements

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Clements dares to say we are living in a "post-mindfulness" era. What he means is that we all need to move into a post-hierarchical time where "nirvana" is not static and the mindful mind - observing one's self - is not mistaken for "dharma intelligence." Clements passionately challenges us to step out of the confines of set traditions,... Read more

City of Scoundrels

By: Gary Krist

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into “the Metropolis of the World.” But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city’s highest ambitions were suddenly under attack by the same... Read more

Bad Religion

By: Ross Douthat

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

As the youngest-ever op-ed columnist for the New York Times and the author of the critically acclaimed books Privilege and Grand New Party, Ross Douthat has emerged as one of the most provocative and influential voices of his generation. Now he offers a masterful and hard-hitting account of how American Christianity has gone off the rails—and... Read more

Hell's Angels

By: Hunter S. Thompson

Narrated by: Scott Sowers

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas author Hunter S. Thompson rocked the literary world with his mind-bending style of Gonzo journalism. First published in 1966, Hell's Angels is Thompson's up-close and personal look at the infamous motorcycle gang during the time when its moniker was most feared. "[Thompson's] language is brilliant . [he] has... Read more

A History of English Food

By: Clarissa Dickson Wright

Narrated by: Clarissa Dickson Wright

Length: 14 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade and the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine - both good and bad - of the present day. She looks at the shifting influences on the national diet as new ideas and ingredients have arrived, and as immigrant... Read more

No, They Can't

By: John Stossel

Narrated by: John Stossel

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling journalist John Stossel shows how the expansion of government control is destructive for American society.

Politicians—and we voters—can dream of guaranteed incomes or green energy. But the mature response to cries of “Yes, we can!” should be “No, we can’t”—not when “we” means government. There is nothing that... Read more

The Missionary Position

By: Christopher Hitchens

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"A religious fundamentalist, a political operative, a primitive sermonizer, and an accomplice of worldly secular powers. Her mission has always been of this kind. The irony is that she has never been able to induce anybody to believe her. It is past time that she was duly honored and taken at her word."

Among his many books, perhaps none have... Read more

No One Left to Lie To

By: Christopher Hitchens

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

"Just as the necessary qualification for a good liar is a good memory, so the essential equipment of a would-be lie detector is a good timeline, and a decent archive."

In No One Left to Lie To, a New York Times bestseller, Christopher Hitchens casts an unflinching eye on the Clinton political machine and offers a searing indictment of a... Read more