Social Science audiobooks

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex, and Feminism

By: Carrie L. Lukas

Narrated by: Dianna Dorman

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

We’ve been duped. We were raised to think we could have it all. In college we were told that men weren’t necessary. Pop culture told us that career, not family, came first. The idea of being a stay-at-home mom was for losers. And yet, are we happier than our mothers or grandmothers, who grew up before women were “liberated” by the sexual... Read more

Whatever It Takes

By: Congressman J. D. Hayworth & Joseph J. Eule

Narrated by: J. D. Hayworth

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

What should we do to solve America's border crisis? Whatever it takes! That's the no-nonsense approach of Arizona congressman J. D. Hayworth, one of America's most outspoken and eloquent conservative spokesmen. J. D. has walked the border and seen firsthand the devastation that illegal immigration inflicts on law-abiding Americans. He's read the... Read more

Dancing in the Streets

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

From bestselling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich comes this fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and... Read more

The World of the Ancient Maya, Second Edition

By: John S. Henderson

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The ancient Maya were the only fully literate pre-Colombian people in the Americas. Superb scientists, they developed highly sophisticated mathematics and an intricate and accurate calendar system. Theirs was one of the few complex societies to emerge in and to adapt successfully to a tropical forest environment. Their architecture, sculpture,... Read more

The Jihad Next Door

By: Dina Temple-Raston

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Dina Temple-Raston uncovers a strange corner of the war on terror in Lackawanna, New York, home of the first homegrown al-Qaeda terrorist cell in America. Or was it?The “Lackawanna Six” were young men, born of Yemeni families long settled in upstate New York, who took a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan and spent time in an al-Qaeda training... Read more

Laurel Canyon

By: Michael Walker

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Laurel Canyon was the neighborhood perched above the clubs and record companies of Sunset Strip where Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, Carole King, Don Henley, and Peter Tork, just to name a few, lived and collaborated to make an indelible mark on our music and our culture. Starting with The Byrds in 1965, these musicians... Read more

Feminist Fantasies

By: Phyllis Schlafly

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Phyllis Schlafly was one of the first to recognize that radical feminism, like other destructive ideologies, is at odds with human nature. As the rest of the intellectual elite fell compliantly into line, Schlafly courageously took up the fight for the right to be a woman. Feminist Fantasies is the inspiring story of that fight. In these... Read more

Kabul Beauty School

By: Deborah Rodriguez

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Most Westerners now working in Afghanistan spend their time tucked inside the wall of a military compound or embassy. Deborah Rodriguez is one of the very few who lives life smack in the middle of Kabul. Now, Rodriguez tells the story of the beauty school she founded and the vibrant women who were her students there.When Rodriguez opened the... Read more

Sabotage

By: Rowan Scarborough

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking new book, bestselling author Rowan Scarborough reveals how CIA bureaucrats are undermining President Bush and the War on Terror through disinformation, incompetence, and outright sabotage. Using first-rate sources in all levels of national security, from field officers to high ranking analysts to former intelligence heads,... Read more

Class Action

By: Clara Bingham & Laura Leedy Gansler

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In the coldest reaches of northern Minnesota, a group of women endured a shocking degree of sexual harassment, until one found the courage to file the first sexual harassment class action suit in America, permanently changing the legal landscape.When the local iron mine began hiring women in 1975, Lois Jenson, a single mother on welfare, didn’t... Read more

The N Word

By: Jabari Asim

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In The N Word, a renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word.In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the use and implications of that epithet. The N Word moves beyond that short, provocative book by revealing how the word has both reflected and spread the... Read more

West of Kabul, East of New York

By: Tamim Ansary

Narrated by: Tamim Ansary

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The day after the World Trade Center was destroyed, Tamim Ansary sent an anguished e-mail to twenty friends discussing the attack from his perspective as an Afghan American. The message reached millions.Born to an Afghan father and American mother, Ansary grew up in the intimate world of Afghan family life. When he emigrated to San Francisco, he... Read more

The Age of Chivalry

By: Thomas Bulfinch

Narrated by: Mary Woods

Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The Age of Chivalry, Thomas Bulfinch’s masterpiece of history and fable, recounts the legend of Arthur and the Round Table. A timeless tale retold by Milton, Dryden, Tennyson, and writers before and since, the Arthurian legend has metamorphosed from medieval Welsh texts to the French vernacular romances of Chrétien de Troyes, from obscure... Read more

The West’s Last Chance

By: Tony Blankley

Narrated by: Mark Warner

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The West, says author Tony Blankley in this shocking book, is down to its last chance. Within our lifetimes, Europe could become Eurabia, a continent overwhelmed by militant Islam that poses a greater threat to the United States than even Nazi Germany did. In The West’s Last Chance, Blankley shows how that could happen and how we can prevent... Read more

Fishing the Sea to Death

By: Joshua S. Reichert

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

It is Reichert's mission to raise our emotional awareness of the plight of the marine ecosystem, so that we will take steps to protect it before it's too late. Read more

Red Star Rogue

By: Kenneth Sewell

Narrated by: Brian Emerson

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last. Early in 1968, a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank in the waters off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Compelling evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile.We now know that... Read more

Don't Know Much About Mythology

By: Kenneth C. Davis

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 20 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Employing the popular Don't Know Much About® style, with its familiar question-and-answer format, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY will explore the myths of the world, their impact on history, and their continuing role in our lives. It will offer listeners a wide-ranging, comprehensive, entertaining and listenable survey of the great myths of... Read more

Don't Know Much About Mythology - Abridged

By: Kenneth C. Davis

Narrated by: John Lee & Lorna Raver

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Employing the popular Don't Know Much About® style, with its familiar question-and-answer format, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY will explore the myths of the world, their impact on history, and their continuing role in our lives. It will offer listeners a wide-ranging, comprehensive, entertaining and listenable survey of the great myths of... Read more

Your Money or Your Life - Abridged

By: Neil Cavuto

Narrated by: Neil Cavuto

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As the host of Fox News Channel's Your World with Neil Cavuto and Cavuto on Business, Neil Cavuto reports on today's most influential newsmakers, from CEOs to politicians -- getting behind the story by connecting with the men and women who made it. And he ends each show with his own personal commentaries -- sometimes witty, often inspiring, and... Read more

Talk to the Hand

By: Lynne Truss

Narrated by: Lynne Truss

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Talk to the hand, ’cause the face ain’t listening," the saying goes.When did the world stop wanting to hear? When did society become so thoughtless? It’s a topic that has been simmering for years, and Lynne Truss says it’s now reached the boiling point. Taking on the boorish behavior that for some has become a point of pride, Talk to the Hand... Read more

Are Men Necessary?

By: Maureen Dowd

Narrated by: Maureen Dowd

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Are men afraid of smart, successful women? Why did feminism fizzle? Why are so many of today's women freezing their faces and emotions in an orgy of plasticity? Is "having it all" just a cruel hoax?In this witty and wide-ranging book, Maureen Dowd looks at the state of the sexual union, raising bold questions and examining everything from... Read more

Our Endangered Values

By: Jimmy Carter

Narrated by: Jimmy Carter

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM!

President Jimmy Carter offers a passionate defense of separation of church and state, warning that fundamentalists are deliberately blurring the lines between politics and religion.

In Our Endangered Values, Jimmy Carter offers a personal consideration of "moral values" as they relate to the... Read more

Aging And Saging

By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Our culture is bent on avoiding aging. The problem with that is every one of us is aging every day. Arrien points to the enormous possibilities for cultural change as we come into our wisdom years. She opens a gateway to personal possibility and an affirmation that we truly can look ahead to the best years of our lives. Read more

Raising a Wondrous Child

By: Dawna Markova

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dawna Markova launched a movement to free parents from worrying about "fixing" their children's differences, and instead help their youngsters recognize the enormous value they have in the world, just as they are. It's a radical shift from our current standardized educational paradigm - and it's a joyous one. Read more