Social Science audiobooks

The Trial of Henry Kissinger

By: Christopher Hitchens

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"If the courts and lawyers of this country will not do their duty, we shall watch as the victims and survivors of this man pursue justice and vindication in their own dignified and painstaking way, and at their own expense, and we shall be put to shame."

Forget Pinochet, Milosevic, Hussein, Kim Jong-il, or Gaddafi: America need look no further... Read more

The Social Conquest of Earth

By: Edward O. Wilson

Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career.Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human... Read more

Out In The World A Global Gay History

By: Richard Coles

Narrated by: Richard Coles

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Coles examines same sex desire through the ages, in a journey reaching from the UK to India, Egypt, Greece and Native America. In episode one, his quest takes him to Saqqara, Egypt and the contested tomb of two men, Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum. Were the men lovers or brothers? He explores the ideas of the 'sexologists' and tells the story... Read more

The Theory That Would Not Die

By: Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.

In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers,... Read more

Full Service

By: Scotty Bowers & Lionel Friedberg

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Newly discharged from the Marines after World War II, Scotty Bowers arrived in Hollywood in 1946. Young, charismatic, and strikingly handsome, he quickly caught the eye of many of the town's stars and starlets. He began sleeping with some himself, and connecting others with his coterie of young, attractive, and sexually free-spirited friends.... Read more

The Sugar Girls

By: Duncan Barrett & Nuala Calvi

Narrated by: Penny McDonald

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten. ‘On an autumn day in 1944, Ethel Alleyne walked the short distance from her house to Tate & Lyle’s refinery on the shining curve of... Read more

Americans Are Living Alone

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

More and more Americans are living alone, according to sociologist Eric Klinenberg's new book, Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone. Ray Suarez and Klinenberg discuss the emerging demographic, so-called "singletons," and what he calls the "biggest unnamed social change of the last 50 years." Read more

Twelve Years a Slave

By: Solomon Northup

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Twelve Years a Slave is the autobiographical account of Solomon Northup, an African American who was born free in New York in the early 1800s. In 1841, Solomon Northup was captured and forced into slavery for a period of twelve years. Northup's account is detailed in its account of life on a cotton and sugar plantation and the daily routine of... Read more

Gegensätze ziehen sich um - Mode im Blick - lit.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)

By: Barbara Vinken, Thomas Meinecke & Philipp Hübl

Narrated by: Barbara Vinken, Thomas Meinecke & Philipp Hübl

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Angela Merkels Dekolleté bei der Eröffnung der Osloer Nationaloper war im Frühjahr 2008 eine mittlere Mediensensation, der "Spiegel" rief eine Dekolleté-Debatte aus. Seither sind Kanzlerinnendekolletés selten geworden. Ist weibliche Erotik unvereinbar mit politischer Macht und moralischer Autorität? Lautet die Alternative immer noch entweder... Read more

The Richer Sex

By: Liza Mundy

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A revolution is under way. Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. In The Richer Sex, Liza Mundy shows how this reality will transform the sexual, dating, marriage, and work habits of men and women worldwide.

This flip in the economic order is inevitable, and Mundy demonstrates why it will also be a good thing... Read more

Sister Citizen

By: Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Jezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger—these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual crooked room that shames them and shapes their experiences as... Read more

I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did

By: Lori B. Andrews

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Social networks are the defining cultural movement of our time, empowering us in constantly evolving ways. We can all now be reporters, alerting the world to breaking news of a natural disaster; participate in crowd-sourced scientific research; and become investigators, helping the police solve crimes. Social networks have even helped to bring... Read more

NPR American Chronicles: Women's Equality

By: NPR

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

NPR explores the issues, struggles, and triumphs of the American women’s movement, from early pioneers to modern groundbreakers and leaders of today who fight to preserve hard-won rights. Profiles of Victoria Woodhull, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony provide insights into the origins of the movement, while reflections from Betty... Read more

A Mindful Nation

By: Tim Ryan

Narrated by: Tim Ryan

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

All across America, people are feeling squeezed-running faster and faster yet falling farther behind. The economy struggles, wars rage on, and every week brings news of another environmental disaster. Everything seems broken and people feel helpless. Despite this bleak outlook, a quiet hope is emerging throughout the nation. People are beginning... Read more

Free Will

By: Sam Harris

Narrated by: Sam Harris

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion.

A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy,... Read more

Care To Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars?

By: The Believer

Narrated by: Patton Oswalt, George Saunders, Jerry Stahl, Ju...

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Believer magazine presents a compendium of advice from producers, writers, and actors of The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, Late Show with David Letterman, The Hangover, and The Colbert Report, along with other musicians, cartoonists, New Yorker writers, and those similarly unqualified to offer guidance.
 
Here Amy... Read more

The Abundant Community

By: Peter Block & John McKnight

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling authors John McKnight and Peter Block offer compelling new understanding of how and why community has been lost in our neighborhoods, cities, and society and what ordinary citizens as well as leaders and professionals can do to restore it. Read more

The Abundant Community

By: John McKnight & Peter Block

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is about a new possibility for us together to discover the real basis for a satisfying life. It is a life that becomes possible when we join our neighbors in creating a community that nurtures our family and makes us useful citizens.

We are besieged by messages from consumer society telling us that we are insufficient, that we must... Read more

Britain Etc.

By: Mark Easton

Narrated by: Mark Easton

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Mark Easton's Britain Etc.looks at the UK through its relationship to 26 subjects - one for each letter of the alphabet. From Alcohol, Beat Bobbies, Cheese and Dogs through Immigration, Justice, Knives and Murder to the Queen, Umbrellas, Vegetables and the Zzzz of a well-deserved rest, the book's meticulously researched but accessible essays map... Read more

Power, Inc.

By: David Rothkopf

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 16 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The world’s largest company, Wal-Mart Stores, has revenues higher than the gross domestic product of all but twenty-five of the world’s countries. Its employees outnumber the populations of almost one hundred nations. The world’s largest asset manager, a New York company called BlackRock, controls assets greater than the national reserves of any... Read more

The Fox Effect

By: David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt & Media Matters for...

Narrated by: Bob Dunsworth

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is comprehensive overview of the tumultuous career of former Fox News president Roger Ailes and a must-read for anyone looking to understand his legacy and impact on news media. 

Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt show how Fox News, under its president... Read more

Global Economics

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In her new book, The Accordion Family, sociologist Katherine Newman examines why more young adults in the world's wealthiest countries are returning home to live with their parents -- a phenomenon that Paul Solman has come across repeatedly in his reporting on global economic problems as part of his Making Sen$e series. Read more

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

By: Katherine Boo

Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

“Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate circumstances can find the resilience to hang on to their humanity. Just as... Read more

Coming Apart

By: Charles Murray

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes a bonus disc with graphs, charts, and moreFrom the bestselling author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, this startling long-lens view shows how America is coming apart at the seams that have historically joined our classes. In Coming Apart, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from... Read more